Im Mai 1940 rollen deutsche Panzer westwarts. Wahrend in Paris die Angst um sich greift, bricht der legendare Simplon Orient Express ein letztes Mal nach Istanbul auf. An Bord befinden sich Reisende, fur die alles auf dem Spiel steht: Ein Balkanfurst will die Herrschaft uber sein Land zuruckerobern. Seine judische Geliebte furchtet um ihre Liebe – und um ihr Leben. Ein deutscher Spion soll einen au?erst riskanten Auftrag ausfuhren. Was niemand v ...
Did Louis Riel have a fair trial? The trial and conviction of Louis Riel for treason in the summer of 1885 and his execution on November 16, 1885, have been the subjects of historical comment and criticism for over one hundred years. A Rush to Judgment challenges the view held by some historians that Riel received a fair trial. Roger Salhany argues that the presiding judge allowed the prosecutors to control the proceedings, was biased in hi ...
From the outside looking in, Jennifer Pan seemed like a model daughter living a perfect life. The ideal child, the one her immigrant parents saw, was studying to become a pharmacist at the University of Toronto. But there was a dark, deceptive side to the angelic young woman. In reality, Jennifer spent her days in the arms of her high-school sweetheart, Daniel. In an attempt to lead the life she dreamed of, she would do almost anything: lie abou ...
Пособие включает основные разделы предмета судебно-медицинской гистологии с учетом современных достижений науки и практики судебной медицины. По содержанию и объему полностью соответствует программе по судебной медицине. Материал изложен с учетом действующего законодательства Российской Федерации. Соответствует актуальным требованиям Федерального государственного образовательного стандарта среднего профессионального образования и профессиональны ...
Arturo «Thunder» Gatti hung up his gloves in 2007, closing the book on a boxing career that bordered on the mythical. At long last, he seemed ready to leave the business of blood behind for a long, happy life outside the ring. His retirement was celebrated—boxing’s modern gladiator had earned his freedom. Two years later, he was gone—found dead in a hotel in Brazil under mysterious circumstances. He was only thirty-seven years old. Did he commi ...
Up the close and down the stair,Up and down with Burke and Hare.Burke's the butcher, Hare's the thief,Knox the man who buys the beef. —anonymous children's song On Halloween night 1828, in the West Port district of Edinburgh, Scotland, a woman sometimes known as Madgy Docherty was last seen in the company of William Burke and William Hare. Days later, police discovered her remains in the surgery of the prominent anatom ...
Harry Macklowe is one of the most notorious wheelers and dealers of the real-estate world, and The Liar's Ball is the story of the gamblers and thieves who populate his world. Watch as Harry makes the gutsy bid for midtown Manhattan's famous GM building and puts almost no money down, landing the billion-dollar transaction that made him the poster child for New York's real-estate royalty. Listen in on the secret conversations, bac ...
Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1953: An impoverished Cherokee named Buster Youngwolfe confesses to brutally raping and murdering his eleven-year-old female relative. When Youngwolfe recants his confession, saying he was forced to confess by the authorities, his city condemns him, except for one man-public defender and Creek Indian Elliott Howe. Recognizing in Youngwolfe the life that could have been his if not for a few lucky breaks, Howe risks his career to ...
