Con Artists/ Hoaxes & Deceptions
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Friday Night Lies: The Bishop Sycamore Story
$28.00 Read moreThe riveting true story of a sham school run by longtime con men whose scheme crashed and burned live on television
In August of 2021, a high school football team became the talk of the nation. A fea- Author: King, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1637272235
- Language: English
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Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion
$16.99 Read moreA thoroughly entertaining and darkly humorous roundup of history’s notorious but often forgotten female con artists and their bold, outrageous scams–by the acclaimed author of Lady Killers.
From Eliza
- Author: Telfer, Tori
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 23 2021
- ISBN10: 0062956035
- Language: English
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Satellite Boy: The International Manhunt for a Master Thief That Launched the Modern Communication Age
$27.00 Read moreSpanning the underworld haunts of Montreal to Havana and Miami in the early days of the Cold War, Satellite Boy reveals the unlikely connection between an audacious bank heist and the “other Space Rac… [more below]
- Author: Amelinckx, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1640094806
- Language: English
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The Curse of the Marquis de Sade: A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History
$28.99 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE – The captivating, deeply reported true story of how one of the most notorious novels ever written–Marquis de Sade’s 120 Days of Sodom–landed at the heart of one of th… [more below]
- Author: Warner, Joel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0593135687
- Language: English
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Wicked Takes the Witness Stand: A Tale of Murder and Twisted Deceit in Northern Michigan
$26.95 Read moreOn a bitterly cold afternoon in December 1986, a Michigan State trooper found the frozen body of Jerry Tobias in the bed of his pickup truck. The 31-year-old oil field worker and small-time drug deale… [more below]
- Author: Link, Mardi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 17 2014
- ISBN10: 0472051695
- Language: English
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Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy Inside the Catholic Church
$30.99 Add to cartA thrilling exposé recounting how members of Opus Dei–a secretive, ultra-conservative Catholic sect–pushed its radical agenda within the Church and around the globe, using billions of dollars sipho… [more below]
- Author: Gore, Gareth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1668016141
- Language: English
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Unmask Alice: Lsd, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World’s Most Notorious Diaries
$19.95 Read more“Unmask Alice by Rick Emerson goes a long way to showing what investigative journalism could be in the right hands . . . this book is undeniably buzzworthy.” —Portland Book Review
“An absorbing and- Author: Emerson, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1637745184
- Language: English
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Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud
$18.00 Add to cartINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“A smart, savvy road map through the mayhem of the cryptocurrency madness.”–Ron Chernow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Alexander Hamilton From “one of the crypto- Author: McKenzie, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1419766406
- Language: English
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McMillions: The Absolutely True Story of How an Unlikely Pair of FBI Agents Brought Down the Most Supersized Fraud in Fast Food Hi
$30.00 Add to cartIn this stranger than fiction story of the massive crime network that rigged the McDonald’s monopoly game for decades, unlock new, exclusive interviews and stories that couldn’t make it into the HBO d… [more below]
- Author: Hernandez, James Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1538720116
- Language: English
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Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success
$35.00 Read moreFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters behind the 2018 bombshell New York Times expos? of then-President Trump’s finances, an explosive investigation into the history of Donald Trump’s wealth, reve… [more below]
- Author: Buettner, Russ
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0593298640
- Language: English
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The Absinthe Forger: A True Story of Deception, Betrayal, and the World’s Most Dangerous Spirit
$32.00 Add to cartAn astonishing true crime story about an eccentric grifter who blew up the lucrative black market for vintage bottles of the legendary drink of artistic renegades, absinthe . . .
Thought to be halluci- Author: Rail, Evan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1685891543
- Language: English
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Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts, and Schemes
$28.00 Add to cart“Laci Mosley is a hilarious and wise rule breaker and Scam Goddess reminds you there are many ways to ‘live your dream.'” –Amy Poehler
A delightfully subversive essay collection from Laci Mosley, ho- Author: Mosley, Laci
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0762484659
- Language: English
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The Key Man: The True Story of How the Global Elite Was Duped by a Capitalist Fairy Tale
$29.99 Read moreLONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR
ONE OF THE ECONOMIST‘S BEST BOOKS OF 2021
In this compelling story of lies, greed and tarnished idealism, two Wall Street Journal
- Author: Clark, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 06, 2021
- ISBN10: 0062996215
- Language: English
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The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth
$18.99 Add to cartWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography
In this critically acclaimed true crime tale of “welfare queen” Linda Taylor, a Slate editor reveals a “wild, only-in-America story” of pol… [more below]- Author: Levin, Josh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 0316513288
- Language: English
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Forgotten Murders from Alaska’s Capital
$16.95 Add to cartFormer Alaska newspaper reporter Betsy Longenbaugh brings to life 10 stories of murder that occurred between 1902 and 1959. Learn about Alaska’s first serial killer, a Polish Jewish prostitute who met… [more below]
- Author: Longenbaugh, Betsy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1942078889
- Language: English
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The St. Elizabeth Hospital Fire in Iowa
$24.99 Read moreOne of the Largest Tragedies in Iowa History. On January 7, 1950, a fire erupted at St. Elizabeth’s Mental Health Facility for women. The disaster garnered state-wide and national attention as the sec… [more below]
- Series: Disaster
- Author: Grimes, Bret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1467155578
- Language: English
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The Real Lolita: A Lost Girl, an Unthinkable Crime, and a Scandalous Masterpiece
$18.99 Read more“The Real Lolita is a tour de force of literary detective work. Not only does it shed new light on the terrifying true saga that influenced Nabokov’s masterpiece, it restores the forgotten victim to o
- Author: Weinman, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 0062661930
- Language: English
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Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success
$37.00 Add to cartFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters behind the 2018 bombshell New York Times expos? of then-President Trump’s finances, an explosive investigation into the history of Donald Trump’s wealth, reve… [more below]
- Author: Buettner, Russ
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0593949250
- Language: English
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Stolen Fragments: Black Markets, Bad Faith, and the Illicit Trade in Ancient Artefacts
$30.00 Add to cartIn 2012, Steve Green, billionaire and president of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores, announced a recent purchase of a Biblical artefact–a fragment of papyrus, just discovered, carrying lines fro
- Author: Mazza, Roberta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1503632504
- Language: English
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Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris
$39.00 Add to cartA riveting true story of murder and detection in 15th-century Paris, by one of the most brilliant medievalists of his generation.
On a chilly November night in 1407, Louis of Orleans was murdered by- Author: Jager, Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 25 2014
- ISBN10: 0316224510
- Language: English
