Duped!
As long as there have been people willing to believe the unbelievable, people have been duped. In the best storytelling tradition, readers can follow the tales of:• How the Nazis planned to destroy the British economy during World War II by flooding the world with millions of fake British banknotes• How an infamous radio broadcast had American …
Dustship Glory
In this new edition of a prairie classic, Andreas Schroederfictionalizes the true story of Tom Sukanen’s wild scheme tobuild an ocean-bound ship in the middle of a wheatfield inSaskatchewan. Set in the hardship of the “Dirty Thirties,”Dustship Glory presents us with Sukanen’s mythiceffort to escape both the drought and pestilence of his tim …
Robbers!
Determined to beat the odds, professional thieves spend their lives figuring out ingenious ways to steal other people’s possessions.In ROBBERS! you’ll uncover the dirt on eight cunning master thieves, including:-Master-of-disguise Willie Sutton, who robbed banks in costume-D. B. Cooper, who hijacked a plane, demanded $200,000, and parachuted to …
Scams!
Ten of the biggest scams in history.
When a tribe of natives who lived for centuries with no outside contact was discovered in the Philippines in 1971, the world was captivated. Media and scientists flocked to the Tasadays' village and the story held the public's attention for more than a decade. Then two journalists dropped in on the village una …
Shaking It Rough
"Prison is a huge lightless room filled with hundreds of blind, groping men, perplexed and apprehensive and certain that the world is filled with nothing but their enemies, at whom they must flail each time they brush against them..."
From the moment he was stopped by police looking for drugs, Andreas Schroeder knew he was on his way to prison. Unli …
Thieves!
Ten classic stories about cunning plans and daring escapades.
Of all the crimes that human beings commit, stealing is probably the most common. Thieves!, the latest in the True Stories from the Edge series, brings ten exciting stories of master thieves and their master crimes.
Willie Sutton was casing a bank when he noticed that the manager look …
