Frank Quintana was born into a niche between two societies and accepted by neither. His father was Hispanic, his mother Anglo, and in a socially divided town like Halliburton, he would be forever relegated to cutting grass and doing menial jobs. Then he discovered a way out: excel at football, win a ... more »

The charismatic forger immortalized in the film Catch Me If You Can exposes the astonishing tactics of today's identity theft criminals and offers powerful strategies to thwart them based on his second career as an acclaimed fraud-fighting consultant. Consider these sobering facts:     ... more »

A borderline-SF case for Holmes; one of the stories that Watson mentions in the sacred texts but never wrote up. The revolting Red Leech, Sanguisuga rufa, is even more sinister than it looks.... [Authorized by the Doyle estate.] more »

In Los Angeles in 1988, a sixteen-year-old girl disappeared from her home and was later found dead of a gunshot wound to the chest. The death appeared at first to be a suicide-but some of the evidence contradicted that scenario, and detectives came to believe this was in fact a murder. Despite a by-the ... more »

Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #9. A master.... Lawrence Block's estimable private eye Matthew Scudder is one of the most fully developed and credible characters working in the genre today (Chicago Tribune). In Matt Scudder's mind, money, power, and position elevate nobody above morality and the law. Now ... more »

 Take back your health, your fitness, and your life This authoritative and comprehensive guide, written by a Harvard doctor who has struggled with back pain himself, will help you find the real cause of your problem--and the smartest way to treat it.  This simple step-by-step program will show ... more »

Top ten New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance's classic tale of suspense featuring Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont and his desperate race to track down a twisted killer. Japanese businessman Tadeo Kurobashi had many passions, including computers, poetry, money, and Samurai lore. So his suicide ... more »

True Crime Stories told by: police officers, victims and criminals including internet predators, date rapists, child abductors, domestic violent offenders and more...  According to the Disaster Center, since 1960, violent crime in the United States has increased nearly 500 percent.  What are ... more »

* An engineer's guidebook demonstrating non-toxic electronics manufacturing processes. * Covers manufacture of printed circuits, integrated circuits, printed circuit boards assemblies, electronic packages, and more more »

No one is more evocative of the dusty, gutsy hey-day of the American West than Elmore Leonard. And no story about a young writer struggling to launch his career ever matched its subject matter better than the tale behind Leonard's Western oeuvre. In 1950, fresh out of college -- having written two pointless ... more »

Product Info An old-fashioned 1920's English country house mystery featuring two cats playing P. G. Wodehouse's Bertie and Jeeves. more »

E-book extras: Martin Amis Interviews 'The Dickens of Detroit'; Elmore Leonard's If It Sounds Like Writing, Rewrite It; All By Elmore: The Crime Novels & The Westerns; Selected Filmography Probation officer Kathy Baker's clients, including psycho Uncle Elvin, want to whack Palm Beach County judge ... more »