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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LOOK FOR THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES • “Both an American tragedy and [Grisham’s] strongest legal thriller yet, all the more gripping because it happens to be true.”—Entertainment Weekly
John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime masterpiece that tells the story of small town justice gone terribly awry.
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John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime masterpiece that tells the story of small town justice gone terribly awry.
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HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date:
2019
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English
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A gripping true crime investigation into the longest miscarriage of justice in British legal history. In September 1973, Stephen Downing was convicted and indefinitely sentenced for the murder of Wendy Sewell, a young legal secretary in the town of Bakewell in the Peak District. Wendy was attacked in broad daylight in Bakewell Cemetery. Stephen Downing, the 17-year-old groundskeeper with learning difficulties and a reading age of 11, was the primary...
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"Based on years of original research and new reporting, two acclaimed authors deliver the riveting and emotionally wrenching full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history: the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II--and the fifty-year fight to exonerate the captain after a wrongful court martial."--Provided by publisher.
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English
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Defense attorney David Nash has made a career out of setting monsters free -- and no one does it better. Now a case has come to "The Ice Man" that could help cleanse Nash of the guilt and doubts that torment him: that rarest of all defendants, an innocent man. A fellow lawyer has been accused of a heinous crime -- the brutal murder of an undercover vice cop. But the case that is supposed to be Nash's redemption could prove to be his downfall, dragging...
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In 1990, while serving a sentence in San Quentin for armed robbery, Jarvis Masters was convicted of being an accessory in the murder of a prison guard. While in the "maximum security" section of Death Row Jarvis has written an astounding memoir that is a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit and the talent of a fine writer.
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2017
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English
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"When the final gavel clapped in a rural southern courtroom in the summer of 1988, Willie J. Grimes, a gentle spirit with no record of violence, was shocked and devastated to be convicted of first-degree rape and sentenced to life imprisonment. Here is the story of this everyman and his extraordinary quarter-century-long journey to freedom, told in breathtaking and sympathetic detail, from the botched evidence and suspect testimony that led to his...
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If you had the courage and money to lead a fast life, wouldn't you do so? 'Confessions of a Young Man' is a memoir by Irish novelist George Moore who spent about 15 years in his teens and his 20s in Paris, and later in London as a struggling artist. Moore's 'confessions' are aesthetic. If there's more, you'll find a soul struggling to rid itself of Victorian morality. Of landed gentry, Moore moved from Ireland to Paris hoping to be a painter. He immersed...
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Seedwood Publishing
Pub. Date:
2023
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English
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Introducing The Knock: A True Story of an Innocent Man, a Twisted Accusation and the Fight for Truth-a relentless rollercoaster of suspense that thrusts you into the heart-wrenching predicament of Max, an innocent family man. Imagine your life turned upside down in an instant. Accused of downloading indecent images you never touched. A loving spouse, two precious children - all hanging in the balance. But the accusations won't relent. They're coming...
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2018
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English
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Confessions of an Old Man is about how next generation is being robbed of their future and what can they do about it. The goal of the book is to get Millennials angry enough to actively engage with the American political system and take control of their destiny instead of their future being decided by rich old white men. It is a statement of collective guilt that places the responsibility on my generation, the baby boomers, for dealing a bad card...
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"From the former Stanford University sailing coach, the first person sentenced in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal, the riveting true story of how he was drawn unwittingly into a web of deceit, about the sophisticated scheme designed to take advantage of college coaches and play to the endless appetite for university fundraising, and about the ways in which justice and fairness do not always intersect" --
15. An innocent man
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Columbia
Pub. Date:
[1998]
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English
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The enhanced portion contains an illustrated discography, a link to his web site, and 4 music videos.
16. An Innocent Man
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Disney Enterprises, Inc
Pub. Date:
1989
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English
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Wrongly convicted, a young man is sent to prison and discovers the rules he'd lived by don't work on the inside. Finally paroled, he begins a daring plan to set the record straight and even the score with the system that put away an innocent man.
17. An Innocent Man
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Cinedigm
Pub. Date:
1933
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English
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John Wayne is back with a vengeance! Wrongly imprisoned for murder, John Brant (Wayne) makes a daring escape and infiltrates a ruthless gang of outlaws to find the real killer.
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BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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"Confessions of a Sensitive Man" was written for every man or boy that was told that they are too emotional. Masculinity isn't defined by how much you feel, sense or experience emotionally. Twenty percent of the male population is highly sensitive, and this book is a starting point for them to become self-validated. In many ways, this book was written by my older self for my younger self. It is with that hope that I offer this book to younger highly...