True Crime, Drugs & Jail

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A scarce Brazil travelogue. Book is in good condition with light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition ~ enjoy!

Price: AUD $8.00

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A LAND WITHOUT EVIL Stopping the genocide of Burma's Karen People by Benedict Rogers

A hard to find book on the plight of the Karen tribe. This is a used book in good, read condition: pages are clean and ageing lightly; light wear around the edges and corners. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages - the book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - enjoy!

Price: AUD $10.00

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ALPHAVILLE Michael Codella and Bruce Bennett - New York 1988: Welcome to Heroin City (USA)

ALPHAVILLE: an interesting looking book on New York, a true crime book about the drug-ridden 1980's in Alphabet City, a notorious neighbourhood in Manhattan.

Price: AUD $12.00

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AMONG INSURGENTS Shelby Tucker - Walking Through Burma (Myanmar)

In AMONG INSURGENTS, author Shelby Tucker treks through the jungle hill country of northern Burma.

Price: AUD $8.00

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ASIAN ECLIPSE Exposing the Dark Side of Business in Asia by Michael Backman

A scarce book on Asian business in good condition with light wear and age. Book is signed by author. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD $8.00

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BANDIET Hugh Lewin - Seven Years in a South African Prison (South Africa)

BANDIET: IN 1964 Hugh Lewin was sentenced to seven years jail in Pretoria for offences to the South African Sabotage Act. Bandiet tells of his arrest and imprisonment.

Price: AUD $10.00

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CHASING THE DRAGON Christopher R. Cox - Into the Heart of the Golden Triangle (Burma & Thailand)

CHASING THE DRAGON: Christopher Cox relates his adventures and misadventures as he enters Burma in search of an interview with the drug kingpin, Khun Sa, who controls thirty percent of the heroin entering the United States.

Price: AUD $6.00

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COCAINE TRAIN Stephen Smith - Tracing My Bloodline Through Columbia

In the summer of 1998, journalist Stephen Smith finds himself boarding the Cocaine Train out of Cali, home of Columbia's infamous drugs cartel. The Cocaine Train is one of the last remnants of a once great railway system, and Smith is riding in it in search of a grandfather he barely knew: Fred Leslie Frost, pioneering railwayman.

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DAUGHTERS OF SHAME Jasvinder Sanghera (India/Pakistan)

DAUGHTERS OF SHAME: Jasvinder Sanghera exposes the plight of women in forced marriages, telling their harrowing and moving stories.

Price: AUD $8.00

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DEATH IN THE MOUNTAINS The true story of a Tuscan Murder by Lisa Clifford (Italy)

A scarce travel\memoir\historical true crime book set in Tuscany, Italy.

Price: AUD $9.00

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DEATH WITHOUT MISERY Nancy Scheper-Hughes - The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil

Death Without Mercy is a scarce ethnological account of women in a Brazilian favela (shantytown\slum).

Price: AUD $14.00

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DEVI THE BANDIT QUEEN Richard Shears & Isobelle Gidley (India True Crime Biography)

DEVI THE BANDIT QUEEN: Phoolan Devie - Goddess of Flowers - was tortured and raped for 23 days then seeked revenge resulting in a massacre on St Valentines day with the death of twenty villages. Devi went on the run, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.

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FIRE UNDER THE SNOW Testimony of a Tibetan Prisoner by Palden Gyatso

A scarce and fascinating biography. Book is in good condition with little wear, pages are tanning lightly with age. A few age spots. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD $9.00

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FOR THE LOVE OF MY SON Margaret Davis

A true story - the author's son was murdered in the Philippines by his former prostitute wife.

Price: AUD $9.00

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FORGET YOU HAD A DAUGHTER Sandra Gregory - Doing Time in the Bangkok Hilton (Thailand / True Crime)

FORGET YOU HAD A DAUGHTER: An amazing true story. Sandra Gregory was busted smuggling heroin out of Thailand and did time in a Thai Jail. Naughty.

Price: AUD $10.00

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I WAS NEVER ALONE Nidia Diaz - A Prison Diary from El Salvador

I Was Never Alone is author and guerilla commander Nidia Diaz's account of her 190 day imprisonment in El Salvador. This book is very hard to find.

Price: AUD $14.00

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IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES Gracia Burnham ( Kidnapping of American Missionaries The Philippines)

A gripping account of the kidnapping of two American missionaries and their year of terror in the Philippine Jungle. Book has a religious angle.

Price: AUD $5.00

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INSIDE STORY Peter Lloyd - From ABC Foreign Correspondent to Singapore Prisoner #12988

INSIDE STORY documents ABC journo Peter Lloyd's jailing in Singapore for drug possession.

Price: AUD $9.00

$INSIDE THE RED MANSION Oliver August - On the Trail of China's Most Wanted Man (China \ True Crime)$ See photos & details

INSIDE THE RED MANSION Oliver August - On the Trail of China's Most Wanted Man (China \ True Crime)

INSIDE THE RED MANSION: a journey into the dark heart of China in search of it's enemy number one, Lai Changxing, formerly one of the richest men in the country.

Price: AUD $7.00

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INVISIBLE TRADE II Gerrie Lim - Secret Lives and Sexual Intrigue in Singapore

INVISIBLE TRADE II: An incisive expose of the hidden, upscale escort industry in Singapore, this fascinating read introduces the women who work in it, the men who pay for it and how an entire industry is able to successfully thrive behind closed doors.

Price: AUD $12.00

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