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Medics and carers hold the lives of their patients in the balance. They see us at our most vulnerable, and we trust them utterly. Yet there are those who abuse this trust in the medical profession and take advantage of their position to commit the most hideous crimes.In this gripping account, readers can discover the chilling stories of these cold-hearted killers. Some kill because of a twisted sense of mercy. Others let their monstrous egos take over as they seek to prove themselves the hero by rescuing those they harmed themselves. And then there are those who simply delight in the power over life and death. Whatever their motivation, these killers can go undetected for years, racking up huge body counts before they are finally discovered.Contains 35 atrocious cases, including:• Harold Shipman, who killed as many as 200 of his patients• Genene Jones, who kept being hired even after babies continued to die under her watch• Donald Harvey, who murdered to ''ease the pain'' of his victims.• and many more.Featuring unsettling images of these criminals, Angels of Death casts a light on the men and women who preyed on their own patients and their twisted motivations for doing so.

Hidden among us live some of the most depraved and dangerous individuals one could ever imagine. Their enthusiasm for killing knows no bounds and their violent rampages often consume many victims before they are finally brought to justice. In Monsters Who Murder, crime writer Al Ciminio explores the twisted motivations and horrifying crimes of some of the most evil men and women that have walked the earth.In this book, you will learn about:• Keith Hunter Jesperson, who drew smiley faces on his letters to the authorities as he boasted of his atrocious crimes.• Jeffrey Dahmer, the ''Milwaukee Monster'' who dismembered his victims and kept a fridge full of body parts.• Charles Albright, who removed the eyes from dolls and photographs before attempting the same surgery on his unfortunate victims.• Joseph James DeAngelo, the rapist murderer ''Golden State Killer'' who evaded detection for over 40 years until a DNA match was found on an open-access genealogy website.• and many more.Featuring chilling photographs, this gripping account is a must-read for true crime enthusiasts who want insight into the dark side of the human psyche.ABOUT THE SERIES: The True Crime Casefiles series covers some of the most shocking crimes and notorious criminals and psychopaths of all time, without shying away from the grisly details. These books include psychological profiles, witness testimonies, court proceedings and more, accompanied by chilling photographs of the people and places involved.

There are few people alive who are so cruel, so heartless and so undeniably evil that they will kill again and again. Yet at any one time, there are between 25 and 50 active serial killers in the USA, and their chilling crimes have fascinated us since the days of Jack the Ripper. Here you will discover how these heartless killers committed their gruesome deeds, what motivated them to kill and how, eventually, they were caught.This collection features more than 50 compelling stories, including:• Ed Kemper, who dismembered the bodies of his victims once he had finished with them;• Ted Bundy, who abducted, raped and brutally killed more than 30 women;• Charles Manson, who led a cult of mayhem and murder;• Jeffrey Dahmer, who stored a human head in his freezer;• Randy Kraft, who was pulled over for drunk driving with a body in the trunk of his car;• Alexander Pichushkin, who aimed to kill a person for every square on the chessboard.

''Part of the beauty of me is that I''m very rich''But that''s just part of it. His fingers, too, are ''long and beautiful''. Improbably coiffed, perma-tanned and bronze-tongued, the Donald has increasingly impinged on the world''s consciousness through a string of startling pronouncements.From his preference for war heroes who have not been captured, to his references to his sleeping around in the 1980s as his ''personal Vietnam'' or this - ''My grandparents didn''t come to America all the way from Germany to see it get taken over by immigrants'' - Trump''s utterances are nothing if not intriguing. As he once said, and to date this has been hard to dispute, he ''could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and [he] wouldn''t lose any voters.''Here, in his own words, is the businessmen, the dealmaker, TV personality, author and one-time Democrat, now Republican who would be president of the United States.

The Mafia Files presents the rap sheets of key figures in the Italian-American underworld, featuring Lupo the Wolf, the Teflon Don, Joey ''the Clown'' Lombardo, Tony ''Joe Batters'' Accardo and many more.These case studies chart the mobsters'' careers, showing how Mafia tentacles have delved into a host of new ventures over the past 100 years. Including portraits of victims and crime-busters, this full-colour book is perfect bedtime reading from the dark side of life - brutal, grisly, but fascinating.

The ramifications of the Manhattan Project are still with us to this day. The atomic bombs that came out of it brought an end to the war in the Pacific, but at a heavy loss of life in Japan and the opening of a Pandora''s box that has tested international relations.This book traces the history of the Manhattan Project, from the first glimmerings of the possibility of such a catastrophic weapon to the aftermath of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It profiles the architects of the bomb and how they tried to reconcile their personal feelings with their ambition as scientists. It looks at the role of the politicians and it includes first-hand accounts of those who experienced the effects of the bombings.

Throughout history, secret services have been employed by repressive regimes to keep the populace in check at home, while hiring agents to collect intelligence abroad. Britain''s first secret service was established by Sir Francis Walsingham, secretary of state to Elizabeth I; meanwhile the US Secret Service was set up in 1865 as a specialized department of the Treasury, charged with stopping the circulation of forged banknotes. This book concentrates on more recent covert operations conducted by the modern-day security services of the USA, Britain, Russia and China, a game of spy versus spy played out day by day and decade by decade across the world, with the ultimate stake each nation''s freedom. From Sidney Reilly ''Ace of Spies'' through the heyday of the KGB, CIA and MI5/ MI6 to today''s super-snooper Big Brother set-up, The Spying Game gives you the inside track on an incredible cloak and dagger world of international intrigue now being eclipsed by computers and electronic surveillance as the NSA in America and Britain''s GCHQ take over the reins.

Organized crime is perhaps the most fascinating phenomenon of our time. From Al Capone, who boldly claimed his bootlegging activities were a public service, to the flamboyant Teflon Don, the criminals of the underworld have garnered headlines and captured our imagination with their violent and extravagant lifestyles. Mafia Crimes is an absorbing introduction to the mob''s most influential personalities - their lives, loves and terrible crimes. It also provides and in-depth history of the role of the Mob in Sicily and America.For anyone who wants to know the truth about organized crime and understand the violent forces that have shaped it over the last century, this book is an indispensable guide.