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Betty Mahmoody went to Iran in 1984 with her Iranian husband for a short visit, but once there her husband and his family would not let her leave.; So...
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The author describes the years he spent in a Turkish jail for smuggling hashish and the escape plan he devised and carried out....
No sin mi hija es la historia real, relatada de un modo conmovedor, del interminable y arduo calvario de una mujer en su lucha por preservar uno de lo...
In August 1984, Michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her husband to his native Iran for a two-week vacation. To her horror, she found herself...
Une jeune Américaine, son mari, d'origine iranienne, et sa fille partent en vacances en Iran. Le père décide de rester pour y faire sa vie avec ell...
The Story of the Andrea Doria, the Greatest Sea Rescue in History
Compelling personal stories of both courage and cowardice mark this vivid narrative of the 1956 sea disaster in which the Italian luxury liner and the...
Born into one of Pakistan's most influential families, Tehmina Durrani was raised in the privileged milieu of Lahore high society. She was expected to...
My Ten Years with Ted Kennedy
In 1971 Richard Burke, a freshman at Georgetown University, volunteered his services to the offices of his political idol, Senator Edward M. Kennedy o...
Recounts the remarkable story of Air Canada Flight 143, which lost all power at 41,000 feet when it ran out of fuel, leaving pilot Bob Pearson the nea...
From the international bestselling authors of MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, NOT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER and FREEFALL comes LUKE RULES, the adventures and misadventure...
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A Franciscan priest tells how he led Peruvian Indians in their battle for survival against Shining Path terrorists, drug traffickers, and government c...
The Untold Story of the Kurt Waldheim Investigation and Cover-up
Details the Nazi affiliation and war crimes of Kurt Waldheim, former United Nations Secretary-General and President of Austria....
Our Search for Justice
The U.S. Army's youngest and most decorated officer in Vietnam tells his extraordinary story. Christian, code-named Victor Six, turned a misfit Army r...
The True Adventures of a Divorce Detective
Murano presents the dramatic story of his undercover investigations for the NYPD Internal Affairs Department and reveals for the first time the chilln...
"The true story made famous by the highly acclaimed film The thin blue line"--Jacket subtitle....
It was a cold but sunny day in January 1995 when Mike Couillard, a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force on assignment in Ankara, Turkey, ...
The Search for Vesuvius