criminals

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criminals

Villains

2006
Describes villians from literature, folklore, and history.

Bertie was a watchdog

2002
Bertie, a dog as small as a watch, outsmarts an overconfident robber.

"Machine Gun" Kelly

public enemy number one
1989
An account of the life of crime of "Machine Gun" Kelly and his wife and his death of a heart attack while in prison.

"Pretty Boy" Floyd

public enemy number one
1989
An account of the bank robberies and killings by "Pretty Boy" Floyd and his death by FBI agents.

Full ride

2013
After her father is convicted of embezzlement, Becca Jones, fourteen, and her mother flee Georgia for small-town Ohio but three years later she learns that his misdeeds may have jeopardized not just her future but also her life.

Bad girls

sirens, Jezebels, murderesses, thieves & other female villains
2013
Looks at twenty-six infamous females from throughout history, including Bloody Mary, Calamity Jane, and Bonnie Parker among others.

Demons and druids

2011
Daniel X, determined to free the world from intergalactic criminals, faces his most difficult challenge yet when number three on his list of outlaws takes the form of fire--reviving Daniel's memories of the death of his parents.

Discovering Wes Moore

2012
The author, a Rhodes scholar and combat veteran, analyzes factors that influenced him as well as another man of the name and from the same neighborhood who was drawn into a life of drugs and crime and ended up serving life in prison, focusing on the influence of relatives, mentors, and social expectations that could have led either of them on different paths.

Fake mustache, or, How Jodie O'Rodeo and her wonder horse (and some nerdy kid) saved the U.S. Presidential election from a mad genius criminal mastermind

2012
Lenny Flem Jr. is the only one standing between his evil-genius best friend Casper and world domination as Casper uses a spectacularly convincing fake mustache and the ability to hypnotize to rob banks, amass a vast fortune, and run for president.

Cyber Crime

2012
"Describes the crimes committed with computers over the Internet and various law enforcement agencies that fight cyber crimes. Includes real-life case studies and examples of crimes solved around the world" --Provided by publisher.

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