Litsy

The Penguin Book of Pirates | Katherine Howe

#pirates

A new look at the Golden Age of Piracy pirates and the notoriety in our modern culture. Savvy?

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/713637/the-penguin-book-of-pirates-by-e...

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤☠️ 4d

julieclair This looks quite interesting! Stacked. 4d

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MysticFaerie

Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16 | Moshe Kasher

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5🌟/5🌟

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Blueberry

The Dirty Dozen | E. M. Nathanson

#DimeADozen #IdiomInsight

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Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 8mo

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Blueroseis

The Victorian Underworld | Donald Thomas

so-so

For those researching crime in the Victorian times then possibly this is just the book for you. Covering brothels, pornography, forgery, serial killers and a train robbery. Also covered was prostitution which maybe had a too much coveridge,coupled with details of the court cases, transcripts and news paper reports all of which took quite some time to read. Had the crime details been condensed rather than drawn out, I would have liked it more.

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OutsmartYourShelf

Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde | Jeff Guinn

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In this book, author Jeff Guinn, looks at the truth behind the headlines & the folk-myths about the notorious couple. Bonnie & Clyde - as usual the reality fails to live up to the 'glamorous' hype. They were certainly not master criminals, nearly everything they tried was either bungled or foiled due to bad luck & timing. Alongside a jail break (that Clyde got the credit for but didn't actually plan) & several bank hold-ups, (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf most of their crimes were small-time robberies of stores & gas stations. Money hauls were usually small-time allowing them to live day to day, but no massive paydays.

The author does a good job of humanising the two without glamorising what they actually did. Lest we forget, the Barrow gang killed their fair share of people, but we can also see that Bonnie & Clyde did love each other & their families. 13mo

OutsmartYourShelf I found this an informative & interesting read, & the author obviously did a lot of research judging by the copious notes & bibliography. Overall, great research & well-written. 4🌟

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/822498592

Read: 21st - 31st March 2023

#MarchMadness @DieAReader @andrew65 @Ghabi4roses 13mo

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MingWei

The Hunting of Burta Khan: 1946 | Ming Wei

My own paperback book published December 2022
Also available in ebook format

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DocBrown

In My Father's House: A New View of How Crime Runs in the Family | Fox Butterfield

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I decided to read this after The Foundling raised the issues of criminality, heredity, and eugenics. It‘s an excellent exploration of how at least 60 members of just one family have been imprisoned or under supervision for committing a crime. The book doesn‘t really settle the nature/nurture debate; it‘s likely an interaction between the two - as with so many other (anti)social phenomena. A family saga of a different kind ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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jlhammar

The Last Bookseller: A Life in the Rare Book Trade | Gary Goodman

I finally got around to watching this documentary last night (Prime video). Really enjoyed it. Would definitely recommend!

jlhammar You can watch the trailer here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymcRRt3Ix04 1y

PurpleyPumpkin Wow, looks very interesting! I'll have to check this out. Thanks for recommending.👍🏽 1y

squirrelbrain Ooh, I need to watch this… I‘ll see if we can get it on any UK platforms; hopefully it‘ll be on Prime here too. 1y

Tamra Thanks for mentioning the film! I‘ll watch it on the treadmill today. I can‘t read & walk at the same time, so this will be a close approximation. 1y

Amiable Ugh, I heard about this and wanted to watch it but we don‘t have Prime. 😖 I had hoped it was on Netflix. 1y

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TheNeverendingTBR

Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange: Based on the Novel by Anthony Burgess | Anthony Burgess, Stanley Kubrick

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This book has the entire script from the movie as well as stills from every scene in the film.

I've not seen the movie in years, so it was cool reading all that incredible dialogue again.

The movie and the novel are masterpieces, in my opinion, this book however is not essential.

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