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The World's Most Evil People (World's Worst)
Author: Rodney Castleden
ISBN-10: 0708807453
ISBN-13: 9780708807453
Published: 2008-08
Publisher: Futura
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Book Description:
There are some evil people in this world, when you think about the killing, torturing, bombing and maiming and this book covers it all. Vlad the Impaler was a prince known for executing his enemies by impalement. He was a fan of various forms of torture including disembowelling and rectal and facial impalement. Vlad the Impaler tortured thousands while he ate and drank among the corpses. Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator, ordered that millions of peasants were either killed or permitted to starve to death. Stalin brought about the deaths of more than 20 million of his own people while holding the Soviet Union in an iron grip for 29 years.
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Life In Prison (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
Author: Stanley Williams
ISBN-10: 0613338324
ISBN-13: 9780613338325
Published: 2001-03-01
Publisher: Turtleback
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Book Description:
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Williams, co-founder of the notorious Los Angeles Crips gang, knows that prison ""is no place you'd ever want to be"" in this sobering personal view of life behind bars.
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We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States
Author: David Catrow
ISBN-10: 0142402761
ISBN-13: 9780142402764
Published: 2005-04-21
Publisher: Puffin
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Book Description:
A long time ago some smart guys wrote the Preamble to the Constitution. You have probably read it before, but do you know what it means? And did it ever make you laugh? Now it will! Perfect for inspiring discussion in classrooms and around kitchen tables, this fun-filled and cheerfully illustrated look at the Preamble provides an accessible introduction to America's founding ideals for citizens of all ages. Includes a glossary of terms and a foreword by the artist.
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Math at Hand: A Mathematics Handbook
Author: Great Source Education Group
ISBN-10: 066946922X
ISBN-13: 9780669469226
Published: 1999-03
Publisher: Great Source Education Group
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Kingfisher Knowledge: Forensics
Author: Richard Platt
ISBN-10: 0753462117
ISBN-13: 9780753462119
Published: 2008-04-29
Publisher: Kingfisher
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Book Description:
Just like on CSI, readers will explore the crime lab and discover how detectives use scientific evidence to solve crimes. Find out how bloodstains, footprints, and fingerprints can lead police to catch criminals, and learn how specialists match trace evidence--such as a single hair found on a victim--to catch a murderer.
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Getting Away with Murder (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards))
Author: Chris Crowe
ISBN-10: 0803728042
ISBN-13: 9780803728042
Published: 2003-05-26
Publisher: Dial
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Book Description:
The kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till is famous as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old Black teenager from Chicago, was visiting family in a small town in Mississippi during the summer of 1955. Likely showing off to friends, Emmett allegedly whistled at a white woman. Three days later his brutally beaten body was found floating in the Tallahatchie River. The extreme violence of the crime put a national spotlight on the Jim Crow ways of the South, and many Americans-Black and white-were further outraged at the speedy trial of the white murderers. Although the two white men were tried and acquitted by an all-white jury, they later bragged publicly about the crime. It was a galvanizing moment for Black leaders and ordinary citizens, including such activists as Rosa Parks. In clear, vivid detail Chris Crowe investigates the before-and-aftermath of the crime, as well as the dramatic court trial, and places it into the context of the nascent Civil Rights Movement. With lively narrative and abundantly illustrated with forty fascinating contemporaneous photographs, this impressive work of nonfiction brings fresh insight to the case in a manner that will be accessible and eye-opening for teenagers and adults alike.
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Weird but True! Stupid Criminals: 150 Brainless Baddies Busted, Plus Wacky Facts
Author: National Geographic
ISBN-10: 1426308612
ISBN-13: 9781426308611
Published: 2012-03-13
Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books
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Book Description:
Did you hear the one about the crook who broke into a vending machine and then left a trail of cheese curls all the way to his hideout? Or the burglar who left his wallet in an apartment he robbed, and actually went back to get it? Or how about the runaway criminal who got stuck in a drainpipe? Based on the successful "Stupid Criminals Busted!" column in National Geographic Kids magazine, this book is the newest extension of the blockbuster National Geographic Kids Weird But True franchise. This collection of chuckle-worthy stories about stupid criminals and the ridiculous ways they gave themselves away is illustrated with wacky collage art, and sprinkled with more than 150 weird-but-true facts about crime, including: funny laws; hilarious costumes criminals have worn while robbing banks; animal crimes and midemeanors; strange food crimes; great escapes; and more...
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Eyewitness: Spy (Eyewitness Books)
Author: Richard Platt
ISBN-10: 0789466163
ISBN-13: 9780789466167
Published: 2000-04-01
Publisher: DK CHILDREN
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Book Description:
Featuring an extra-sturdy library binding! Everybody knows that spies wear white dinner jackets, drive sports cars, like their drinks shaken not stirred, and carry electric saws disguised as watches. Or do they? Certainly, some real spies are sophisticated members of the diplomatic service, but most are ordinary people from all walks of life. Spy is a journey through the history of espionage, from biblical spies who helped bring down the walls of Jericho to today's technological intrusions on the internet. Real-life spying equipment and gadgets are as amazing as those designed by Q for James Bond. Eyewitness Spy shows how, after the Cold War, and despite the new spirit of international cooperation, there is still a place for the spy in the modern world. Written by Richard Platt, author of the best-selling Cross-sections! Man-of-War and Eyewitness Pirate, Spy is a unique introduction to the dangerous lives of those who exist in the shadowy world of espionage.
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A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution
Author: Betsy Maestro
ISBN-10: 0688101925
ISBN-13: 9780688101923
Published: 1990-10-26
Publisher: Collins
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Book Description:
This easy-to-understand book tells why and how the Constitution of the United States was created. "Simple, attractive, informative....The most accessible history of the Constitution to date."--School Library Journal.
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