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Product Description: The first biography of the little-known real-life Tom Sawyer, told through a harrowing account of Sawyer's involvement in the hunt for a serial arsonist who terrorized mid-nineteenth century San Francisco.When San Francisco Daily Morning Call reporter Mark Twain met Tom Sawyer in 1863, he was seeking a subject for his first novel...read more

Paperback:

9780307720573 | Broadway Books, October 29, 2013, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: The first biography of the little-known real-life Tom Sawyer, told through a harrowing account of Sawyer's involvement in the hunt for a serial arsonist who terrorized mid-nineteenth century San Francisco.

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Product Description: The first biography of the little-known real-life Tom Sawyer (a friend of Mark Twain during his brief tenure as a California newspaper reporter), told through a harrowing account of Sawyer's involvement in the hunt for a serial arsonist who terrorized mid-nineteenth century San Francisco...read more

Hardcover:

9780307720566 | Crown Pub, October 30, 2012, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: The first biography of the little-known real-life Tom Sawyer (a friend of Mark Twain during his brief tenure as a California newspaper reporter), told through a harrowing account of Sawyer's involvement in the hunt for a serial arsonist who terrorized mid-nineteenth century San Francisco.

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Product Description: When twenty-eight-year-old San Francisco Daily Morning Call reporter Mark Twain met Tom Sawyer at a local bathhouse in 1863, he was seeking a subject for his first novel. As Twain steamed, played cards, and drank beer with Sawyer (a volunteer firefighter, customs inspector, and local hero responsible for having saved ninety lives at sea), he had second thoughts about Shirley Tempest, his proposed book about a local girl firefighter, and began to envision a novel of wider scope...read more

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9781452609256 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, October 30, 2012), cover price $34.99 | About this edition: When twenty-eight-year-old San Francisco Daily Morning Call reporter Mark Twain met Tom Sawyer at a local bathhouse in 1863, he was seeking a subject for his first novel.

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Product Description: When twenty-eight-year-old San Francisco Daily Morning Call reporter Mark Twain met Tom Sawyer at a local bathhouse in 1863, he was seeking a subject for his first novel. As Twain steamed, played cards, and drank beer with Sawyer (a volunteer firefighter, customs inspector, and local hero responsible for having saved ninety lives at sea), he had second thoughts about Shirley Tempest, his proposed book about a local girl firefighter, and began to envision a novel of wider scope...read more

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9781452639253 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, October 30, 2012), cover price $71.99 | About this edition: When twenty-eight-year-old San Francisco Daily Morning Call reporter Mark Twain met Tom Sawyer at a local bathhouse in 1863, he was seeking a subject for his first novel.

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Product Description: "The New York Times" bestselling author who investigated the Zodiac case now uncovers a real-life mystery of murder, body doubles, and obsession. Marli Renfro was a model who played a part in one of the most iconic scenes in American movies - as Janet Leigh's nude body double in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" - only to fade into obscurity, a footnote in Hollywood history...read more

Paperback:

9781848567368 | Gardners Books, March 26, 2010, cover price $14.90 | About this edition: "The New York Times" bestselling author who investigated the Zodiac case now uncovers a real-life mystery of murder, body doubles, and obsession.

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Hardcover:

9780425232316, titled "The Girl in Alfred Hitchcock's Shower: A Murder That Became a Real-life Mystery, a Mystery That Became an Obsession" | 1 edition (Berkley Pub Group, February 2, 2010), cover price $25.95

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A San Francisco Chronicle reporter provides an account of the series of unsolved murders committed in California from 1968 to the early seventies in which letters were sent to the 'Chronicle,' announcing the crimes and signed with a symbol from the Zodiac. Reissue. (Tie-in to the new Paramount film, directed by David Fincher, starring Jake Gyllenhaal & Robert Downey, Jr.) (True Crime)

Paperback:

9780425212189 | Rei mti edition (Berkley Pub Group, January 1, 2007), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: A 'San Francisco Chronicle' reporter provides an account of the series of unsolved murders committed in California from 1968 to the early seventies, in which letters were sent to the 'Chronicle' announcing the crimes and signed with a symbol from the Zodiac.

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A former San Francisco Chronicle reporter continues his account of the series of murders committed in California beginning in 1968, in which letters were sent to the Chronicle announcing the crimes and signed with a symbol from the Zodiac, by revealing the final solution to the crimes, which baffled investigators for more than thirty years. Reissue. (Tie-in to the new Paramount film, directed by David Fincher, starring Jake Gyllenhaal & Robert Downey, Jr.) (True Crime)

Paperback:

9780425212738 | Reprint edition (Berkley Pub Group, January 1, 2007), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: A former 'San Francisco Chronicle' reporter continues his account of the series of murders committed in California beginning in 1968, by revealing the final solution to the crimes that had baffled investigators for more than thirty years.

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Product Description: A sexual sadist, his pleasure was torture and murder. His first victims were a teenage couple, stalked and shot dead on a lover's lane. After another slaying, he sent his first mocking note to authorities, promising he would kill again...read more

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9780786165940 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, October 1, 2006), cover price $81.00 | About this edition: A sexual sadist, his pleasure was torture and murder.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780786146390 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, October 1, 2006), cover price $65.95 | About this edition: A sexual sadist, his pleasure was torture and murder.

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A sexual sadist, his pleasure was torture and murder. He mocked authorities through encrypted notes, promising he would kill again. The toll may have reached fifty. He was never caught. Graysmith, who was on staff at the San Francisco Chronicle when the killer's first letter arrived, gives this gripping account of Zodiac's reign of terror.

Hardcover:

9780312898953 | St Martins Pr, January 1, 1986, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A 'San Francisco Chronicle' reporter provides an account of the series of unsolved murders committed in California from 1968 to the early seventies in which letters were sent to the 'Chronicle,' announcing the crimes and signed with a symbol from the Zodiac

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9780425098080 | Rei edition (Berkley Pub Group, May 1, 1996), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A 'San Francisco Chronicle' reporter provides an account of the series of unsolved murders committed in California from 1968 to the early seventies in which letters were sent to the 'Chronicle,' announcing the crimes and signed with a symbol from the Zodiac

CD/Spoken Word:

9780786174287 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, July 1, 2006), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: A 'San Francisco Chronicle' reporter provides an account of the series of unsolved murders committed in California from 1968 to the early seventies in which letters were sent to the 'Chronicle,' announcing the crimes and signed with a symbol from the Zodiac.
9780786177653 | Mp3 edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, June 1, 2006), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The Shocking true story of the nation's most bizarre mass murderer.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780786144082 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, July 1, 2006), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: A sexual sadist, his pleasure was torture and murder.

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Product Description: Who was the anthrax killer? Six days after the 9/11 attacks, a new terror began to spread... September 17, 2001: A Florida tabloid receives a love letter addressed to Jennifer Lopez. The paper's photo editor opens it--and, unknowingly, inhales thousands of toxic spores...read more

Hardcover:

9780425191903 | 1 edition (Berkley Pub Group, November 1, 2003), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Examines the series of anthrax-infected letters that terrorized the media and U.

Paperback:

9780515146530 | Jove Pubns, October 8, 2008, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Who was the anthrax killer?
9780515138382 | Reprint edition (Jove Pubns, August 31, 2004), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Examines the series of anthrax-infected letters that terrorized the media and U.

Product Description: The San Francisco Chronicle hailed Robert Graysmith's Zodiac as "provocative...the taut narrative brings the horror back jolt upon jolt." And that wasn't even the whole story. When the Zodiac killings began in 1968, Robert Graysmith, employed at the San Francisco Chronicle, became fascinated with the case...read more

Paperback:

9780425189436 | Berkley Pub Group, February 1, 2003, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A former San Francisco Chronicle reporter continues his account of the series of murders committed in California beginning in 1968, in which letters were sent to the Chronicle announcing the crimes and signed with a symbol from the Zodiac, by revealing the final solution to the crimes, which baffled investigators for more than thirty years.

Prebinding:

9781417650583 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2003, cover price $17.55 | About this edition: The San Francisco Chronicle hailed Robert Graysmith's Zodiac as "provocative.

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Investigates the bizarre 1978 murder of the popular television star of Hogan's Heroes, the shocking orgies and sexual activities of his last days, and the 1992 arrest and trial of John Carpenter. Reissue. (The basis of the new film AutoFocus, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Greg Kinnear & Willem Dafoe) (True Crime)

Paperback:

9780425189023 | Reissue edition (Berkley Pub Group, October 1, 2002), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Investigates the bizarre 1978 murder of the popular television star, the shocking orgies of his last days, and the 1992 arrest of John Carpenter.

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A former San Francisco Chronicle reporter continues his account of the series of murders committed in California beginning in 1968, in which letters were sent to the Chronicle announcing the crimes and signed with a symbol from the Zodiac, by revealing the final solution to the crimes, which baffled investigators for more than thirty years.

Hardcover:

9780425183328 | Berkley Pub Group, April 1, 2002, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A former 'San Francisco Chronicle' reporter continues his account of the series of murders committed in California beginning in 1968 by revealing the final solution to the crimes, which baffled investigators for more than thirty years.

A fascinating fictional account of the history of the ships that brought prospectors to San Francisco during the California Gold Rush discusses how they were abandoned in the San Francisco harbor, converted into casinos and restaurants, and eventually simply paved over.

Hardcover:

9780895262714 | Regnery Pub, September 1, 1999, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: A fascinating fictional account of the history of the ships that brought prospectors to San Francisco during the California Gold Rush discusses how they were abandoned in the San Francisco harbor, converted into casinos and restaurants, and eventually simply paved over.

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Product Description: Maleficus is a cult classic for the new Millennium! San Francisco newspaper reporter Tom Moone, assigned to write a series about missing women, discovers that he and childhood friends may be the catalyst that brings forth a Maleficus murderous demon...read more
By William Chapin (editor), Robert Graysmith (illustrator) and James Toland

Paperback:

9780739202586 | Morris Pub, June 1, 1999, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Maleficus is a cult classic for the new Millennium!

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The best-selling author of Zodiac reveals the true identity of London's Jack the Ripper and the details of the events surrounding the mysterious San Francisco deaths that occurred five years after his disappearance in London. IP. (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780895263247 | Regnery Pub, May 1, 1999, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Reveals the identity of London's Jack the Ripper and details his murders in San Francisco

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Presents the case history of alleged Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski, from his Harvard education and career as a mathematics professor to his reclusive, hermit-like existence, eighteen-year killing spree, and dramatic arrest. Reprint.

Hardcover:

9780895263971 | Regnery Pub, November 1, 1997, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Explains why it took the FBI eighteen years to catch the Unabomber, and offers a profile of the troubled math professor who became a hermit, and then a serial killer

Paperback:

9780425167250 | Reissue edition (Berkley Pub Group, November 1, 1998), cover price $7.99 | also contains Unconventional Natural Gas Development: Environmental Impacts | About this edition: Presents the case history of alleged Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski, from his Harvard education and career as a mathematics professor to his reclusive, hermit-like existence, eighteen-year killing spree, and dramatic arrest.

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Investigates the bizarre 1978 murder of the popular television star of Hogan's Heroes, the shocking orgies and sexual activities of his last days, and the 1992 arrest and trial of John Carpenter. Reprint. K.

Hardcover:

9780517592090 | Crown Pub, June 1, 1993, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Investigates the bizarre 1978 murder of the popular television star, the shocking orgies of his last days, and the 1992 arrest of John Carpenter

Paperback:

9780425158081 | Reprint edition (Berkley Pub Group, July 1, 1994), cover price $5.99 | also contains The Measure of Manliness: Disability and Masculinity in the Mid-victorian Novel | About this edition: Investigates the bizarre 1978 murder of the popular television star of Hogan's Heroes, the shocking orgies and sexual activities of his last days, and the 1992 arrest and trial of John Carpenter.

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The author follows the life of serial killer David J. Carpenter, the Trailside Killer who terrorized northern California with a series of rape-murders beginning in 1979

Paperback:

9780451402554 | Reprint edition (Onyx Books, March 1, 1991), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: The author follows the life of serial killer David J.

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The author follows the life of serial killer David J. Carpenter, the Trailside Killer who terrorized northern California with a series of rape-murders beginning in 1979

Hardcover:

9780525247791 | E P Dutton, April 1, 1990, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The author follows the life of serial killer David J.

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