The Allure of Bank Robbery Explained in ‘A History of Heists’
Nathan Gelgud interprets 'A History of Heists: Bank Robbery in America' by Jerry Clark and Ed Palattella.(READ MORE)
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A Crowbar and a Cache: Citizen Activists Penetrate J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI
Betty Medsger’s story of The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI is as relevant today as it was forty-plus years ago. (READ MORE)
The True Characters of ‘American Hustle’: Spies, Lies and a Book Giveaway!
In American Hustle, Christian Bale plays Melvin Weinberg, a living, breathing, and highly entertaining conman. To win a copy of The Sting Man about Weinberg's life, and to learn more about the story of Weinberg, Abscam, and what life is like in the FBI, join our giveaway and check out these memoirs. (READ MORE)
The Lurid Tale of Mob Boss Whitey Bulger
Immersing yourself in the world of a psychopathic killer might not be your idea of fun, so Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill have gone and done it for you. In their book Whitey, they unpack who Whitey Bulger was, what made him that way, and how he subverted a major anti-crime initiative by recruiting agents...(READ MORE)
