Il libro del crimine. Grandi idee spiegate in modo semplice

Oh man I love true crime so I was pretty excited to pick this up and it was great because there was actually a lot of things in there that I didn't know about. While the book covers really big cases like Ted Bundy, Jeffery Dahmer, Pablo Escobar, Bernie Madoff, the assassination of JFK, etc; ther wer Leggi tutto

As a police officer I think it's pretty important to have a knowledge of crime. So I was on the look out for a text that gave a broad overview of the subject...and I found it in the Crime Book from the award-winning Big Ideas series. I'd already read the Philosophy book and found it immensely helpfu Leggi tutto

I'm rather into criminology and forensics, so I found this book quite interesting! That said, some crimes didn't interest me enough to read about them (especially the con-artist ones). Other than that, it's a nice collection of past crimes and their background(s)!

Puntuación: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5) · ¿Por qué se llamó «Jack el Destripador» a un asesino (o asesina) del que poco se sabe? · ¿Quién «vendió» la Torre Eiffel? · ¿Quién dijo «Cuando actuamos bien, nadie se acuerda, cuando actuamos mal, nadie se olvida»? «El libro del crimen» es una recopilación de las mayores y m Leggi tutto

আলোচিত বিভিন্ন অপরাধের সংক্ষিপ্ত ইতিহাস নিয়ে সংকলন। দস্যুদল থেকে অগ্নিকাণ্ড, বাটপার থেকে হাতসাফাই-কারী, অপহরণ থেকে ক্রমিক খুন, রাজনৈতিক হত্যা- সবই মোটামুটি আলাপ করা হয়েছে অধ্যায় ধরে। তবে- যেমনটা ঘটে- আলোচকদের ইতিহাসে কেবল পাশ্চাত্যই আছে; ইংরেজ ডাকাত দল থাকলেও ঠগীরা যেমন সেখানে অনুপস্থিত। Leggi tutto

Pensavo si parlasse solo di serial killer e invece no, e la cosa mi ha sorpreso in positivo. All’interno si trovano le seguenti sezioni: banditi, rapinatori e incendiari; artisti della truffa; crimini dei colletti bianchi; criminalità organizzata; estorsioni e sequestri di persona; casi di omicidio; serial Leggi tutto

First off, this book is bloody gorgeous from front cover to back cover and everything in between. The cover is awesome and each story has its own illustrations and graphics and it’s just drool worthy. Basically the only reason you need to buy this book is it’s good looks. Kidding, obvious because th Leggi tutto