(Part 2) Best specific group biographies according to redditors
We found 1,008 Reddit comments discussing the best specific group biographies. We ranked the 401 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
Patricia Cornwell wrote a book purporting to solve the question of Jack the Ripper's identity. It's full of logical fallacies and circular logic and demonstrates nothing of value. I read it years ago and I'm still angry about the time I wasted reading it.
I found patricia Cornwell's case for Walter Sickert pretty compelling Link to book if you want to check it out. Things like details in his paintings that a person uninvolved shouldn't have known as well as paper matching to the letters from jack the ripper to police are interesting ideas as well as her creating a physiological profile that fit him and the ripper.
But there are a few holes in her case as she is piecing together a 100+ year old crime. Nothing can every be conclusively proved or disproved so any real accusation is basically a highly educated guess.
At this point in history the only concrete thing to say is that nobody will know conclusively who Jack the Ripper was.
There's a sequel, for what it's worth. The Driver survives in the book.
Well, we hit the 10000 limit. Reserving this comment for the misc. section.
FREE TIME/FUN/MISC.
The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
The Art of War
Steal This Computer Book 4.0: What They Won't Tell You about the Internet
How to Disappear: Erase Your Digital Footprint, Leave False Trails, and Vanish without a Trace
The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey
Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart
Casting the Net: From ARPANET to INTERNET and Beyond thanks sjhill
A Quarter Century of UNIX thanks sjhill
A Reading List For the Self-Taught Computer Scientist thanks zinver
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk thanks segamix
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable thanks AgonistAgent
Snow Crash thanks AgonistAgent
Cryptonomicon thanks Mirple
Bundy also took pleasure in vicariously "investigating his crimes" through an avatar that he made up to two writers who came to interview him in prison. This person was ostensibly the "real killer" and he would give in depth analysis as to what he was feeling as he committed the crimes and explain why he engaged in certain patterns of behavior.
Though he never inserted himself into the discussion, it was obvious that Bundy took great pleasure in recounting the crimes. He just couldn't get over how clever he thought he was.
Here's the resulting book about it:
www.amazon.com/Ted-Bundy-Conversations-Hugh-Aynesworth/dp/1928704174
He also volunteered his "expertise" in investigating the "Green River Killer" Gary Ridgway...
Here you go:
Movies
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SlapShot|A failing ice hockey team finds success using constant fighting and violence during games
Goon|Labeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way.
Youngblood|A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town.
The Mighty Ducks Trilogy|A self-centered lawyer is sentenced to community service coaching a rag tag youth hockey team. In the second movie, leads them to the World Junior Goodwill Games. And in the third movie, the gang heads to a cake-eater private school and a different, tougher coach.
Mystery, Alaska|This comedy is about the residents of a small town who get over-excited when their hockey team gets chosen to host a televised event
Miracle|Miracle tells the true story of Herb Brooks (Russell), the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Russian squad.
Breakaway|An Indian-Canadian hockey player struggles against traditional family values and discrimination from mainstream hockey players.
TV & Documentaries
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24/7| The road to the Winter Classic details the trials and tribulations of 2 teams each season as they head into the Winter Classic. First Season: Caps/Pens. Second Season: Flyers/Rangers
Pond Hockey|Pond Hockey examines the changing culture of sports through insightful interviews with hockey stars, experts, journalists and local rink rats alike. More than just a celebration of a beloved game, Pond Hockey searches the open ice for the true meaning of sport.
The Last Gladiators|In ice hockey, no one is tougher than the "goon". Those players have one mission: to protect the star players at any price.
Hockey: A People's History|The history of the sport of ice hockey and its impact on the founding country of Canada.
30 fo 30: A King's Ransom|Story of the Gretzky trade from Oilers to the Kings.
Books
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The Game|Ken Dryden|Ken Dryden, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, is recognized as one of the greatest goalies ever to play the game. More than that, he is one of hockey's most intelligent and insightful commentators. In The Game, Dryden captures the essence of the sport and what it means to all hockey fans.
The Boys of Winter|Wayne Coffey|They were the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered what Sports Illustrated called the greatest sports moment of the twentieth century. Their “Miracle on Ice” has become a national fairy tale, but the real Cinderella story is even more remarkable.
J.R.|Jeremy Roenick|Jeremy Roenick, one of the premier hockey players of his generation and one of the greatest American stars the NHL has ever known, shares his life story in this frank and unflinching autobiography.
Crossing the Line|Derek Sanderson|The autobiography of one of hockey’s first rebels and a beloved member of the “Big Bad Bruins,” this book shares how Derek Sanderson’s ferocious style helped lead the team to two Stanley Cup victories in the early 1970s.
Playing With Fire|Theo Fleury|Theo Fleury takes us behind the bench during his glorious days as an NHL player, and talks about growing up devastatingly poor and in chaos at home.
Jonesy: Put Your Head Down and Skate|Kieth Jones|Jonsey is the story of Keith s career in the league as well as all of the interesting stories he accumulated over the course of his career, playing with some of the leagues best players in the last 15 years, including Peter Forsberg, Joe Sakic, Mark Recchi and Eric Lindros. Forward by Ray Bourque.
Blood Feud|Adrian Dater|Blood Feud is a rollicking story of a fierce, and often violent, rivalry between the Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche.
Tough Guy|Bob Probert|Documenting his notorious career with the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks, Bob Probert details in this autobiography how he racked up points, penalty minutes, and bar bills, establishing himself as one of the most feared enforcers in the history of the NHL.
Journeyman|Sean Pronger|The many triumphs (and even more numerous defeats) of a guy who's seen just about everything in the game of hockey while playing for 11 teams in 16 years.
Ballad of the Whiskey Robber|Julian Rubenstein|The true story of a bank robbing backup goalie in Hungary who becomes a folk hero right after the fall of communism.
Breakaway|Tal Pinchevsky|The stories of the first players to defect and/or get work visas to play in the NHL from Czechoslovakia and the USSR.
Breakaway|Andrew Conte|A detailed, fascinating account of Penguins rise from bankruptcy to Stanley Cup champion that takes you inside the board rooms as well as the players dressing rooms.
Artificial Ice|David Whitson, Richard Gruneau|Artificial Ice explores how hockey has moved from popular pastime to commercial entertainment product, and one struggling to maintain its stature in the North American entertainment market.
Orr: My Story|Bobby Orr|Bobby Orr is often referred to as the greatest ever to play the game of hockey. From 1966 through the mid-seventies, he could change a game just by stepping on the ice. No defenseman had ever played the way he did, or received so many trophies, or set so many records, several of which still stand today. Now he tells of his inspirations, his motivations, and what drove him to become one of the greats. Avalable October 15
There were a lot of reasons that were responsible for breaking the Underworlds back in Mumbai.
Mumbai underworld has a extremelyy long history and it is impossible to cover 50 years of history from 1930-1980 in one reddit post.
So I will just give a small recap. By 1980s - Out of the original 7 mafia families that ruled Mumbai -only 1 family was left with any significant power.
That is the infamous D-Gang. The D-Gang was the mafia organization of Dawood Ibrahim. Dawood was the son of a low police constable who rose up through the mafia hirerachy to ultimately end up as the last man standing in Mumbai after an extremely bloody inter gang wars between the 7 original families.
So now that I have done a quick recap, here are the reasons why organised crime ended in Mumbai
1)Liberalisation Of Indian economy and end of socialist India
In the end of 1980s India came to near bankruptcy due to an extremely depleted foreign reserves, a non existent economy, collapse of India's biggest trade partner-the soveit union. Sanctions from world government due to nuclear tests a decade ago.Imports were at all time high. Exports and value of rupee were at all time low.
India was 14 days away from being officially declared as bankrupt. In order to escape it, India finally ended the socialist goverment policies and extreme government control that had been in place since 1947.
As a result, All government regulations over trade were removed. Liquor, alcohol, Gold, all western products were legally allowed to be imported in India.
The Indian government officially endorsed free market capitalism as the guiding principle for future of Indian economy.
While entire India was celebrating, The mafias were extremely mad and pissed.
The reason was that main source of income for mafia was the illegal smuggling of gold, liquor, western products into india and selling them on black market.With the legalisation of all of the above imports by the government of India - The mafia were officially robbed of their major source of illicit income.
With no money to fund their operations and to pay the salaries of their henchmen, most of the junior mafia families dissolved and left Mumbai for greener pastures.
2) Formation of an Pro Hindu Right wing goverment in Maharashtra(where mumbai city is located)
Disclaimer: The D gang was founded by Dawood Ibrahim. While he was a muslim by religion, there is no proof of him having jihadist leanings. However, the D gang had a lot of Islamists as its members and the D-gang was responsible for the Mumbai serial blasts(that left hundreds dead) to avenge the demolition of a muslim mosque by right wing hindu extremists.This caused the public to see the D-gang as a "Muslim extremist organization"
The 1980s and 90s marked the rise of the Hindu politcal movement and parties. These parties were in most of the cases outspoken about restoring the power back in to the commen hindu who according to them were being politically supressed by "Pseudo secular Left wing" who "are afraid to take actions against people belonging to their muslim votebank".
Thus, the Hindu right wing came to power in Maharashtra on a mixture of Nationalasm, Patriotism and Promise of restoration of Hindu power.
This right wing goverment had major grudges against the D-gang. D gang had assasinated a large number of Hindu right wing leaders and were also responsible for the largest terrorist attack (uptil then) in human history * when they carried out the Mumbai serial bombings leading to thr death of 100+ Mumbaikars.
These bombings were done by the D-gand (which were dominated by Mulims) as a retaliation for what it perceived as unjust slaughter of Muslims in the Hindu-muslims riots that happened a short while ago all across India.
The new government authorised the Mumbai police to take any actions neccesary to bring an end to the D-gang.The government gave a 100% free pass to the Mumbai police to close the chapter of D-gang. The government promised to provide complete legal protection to all mumbai police actions.
With the state government behind them, the Mumbai police went on overdrive to take down every single memeber of the D-gang from top to bottom who were still in India.
3) "Encounter" campaigns by Mumbai police
>Encounter killing" is a term used in India since the late 20th century to describe killings by the police or the armed forces, allegedly in self-defence, when they encounter suspected gangsters or terrorists. In the 1990s and the mid-2000s, the Mumbai Police used encounter killings to attack the city's underworld, and the practice spread to other large cities.
In simple words, Encounter is "extra-judicial" killing of a criminal to ensure that "quick justice" is served. (the morality of it is another discussion)
Anyways, Mumbai police started gunning down all know D-gang members in Mumbai streets, their houses, their offices.
As soon as Mumbai police found the presence of any D-gang members, they were quickly "encounterd" aka gunned down.
The aim of the Mumbai police was to put the fear of instant death into the Hearts of Mafia. The aim was to scare off the mafia from even steppimg foot in Mumbai.
And it was largely successfully.
After an intensive war between D-gang and Mumbai police, D gang was left severly depleted.
D-gang original founders had already ran away to Pakistan and Dubai after the Mumbai serial blast.
The remaining members were either imprisoned or killed by Mumbai police.
Continuous encounter killings by Mumbai police caused a massive drop of people seeking employment in the D-gang.
By 1990s, Mumbai police had to stop their encounter campaign because several cases in Indian court by victims of Mumbai police killings.
Also human right organization were rasing voices against Mumbai police in Delhi.
However the work was already done.
By the end of 20 the century, Mumbai was almost organised crime free as all mafia families were either dead or had fled the country.
The mafia families who were left: quit organised crime and entered politics or engaged in white collar crimes only
Source
From Dongri to Dubai- A complete history of the Munbai underworld
Link to the book
http://www.amazon.in/Dongri-Dubai-Decades-Mumbai-Mafia/dp/8174368949
I can't believe I spent twenty minutes to track this down.
The change to Wikipedia was made in an anonymous edit last May, so I figured, okay, this story is not going to pan out.
The change had an actual citation, though: Schechter (2003). The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers. Ballantine Books. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-345-46566-5.
I checked it on Amazon, and did the Look Inside thing for Locusta. It was actually verbatim from the book, page 130, so it could have been removed for copyright reasons. The source of this specially-trained giraffe story in the book is one "Michael Newton," "crime maven," who appears to have written a number of books of crime anecdotes.
Edit: Michael Newton's profession must be noted.
Read Persepolis.
>Girls may be called "sluts" for any number of reasons, including being outsiders, early developers, victims of rape, targets of others' revenge. Often the labels has nothing to do with sex -- the girls simply do not fit in. An important account of the lives of these young women, Slut! weaves together powerful oral histories of girls and women who finally overcame their sexual labels with a cogent analysis of the underlying problem of sexual stereotyping.
She may not have read it, but she's not wrong
I guess Bundy would be a bit of an extreme example, but reading about him wouldn't hurt. I read a book about Bundy called Ted Bundy : Conversations with a Killer and you really get a good look inside the head of a sociopath.
http://www.amazon.com/Ted-Bundy-Conversations-Hugh-Aynesworth/dp/1928704174/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408804663&sr=8-1&keywords=Ted+Bundy%3A+Conversations+with+a+Killer
Not that I want a sequel but there is a sequel to the book
Bind, Torture, Kill by a few of the reporters who covered the BTK case as it happened in Wichita, Kansas and had some unique insight in to the investigation.
Here's another. Hint: look at who replies to all his 1 star commenters :-)
First off: gender is a continuum, not a dimorphism. It's very important to remember that, or you may and up vacillating wildly between two extremes unwilling to find a comfortable expression somewhere in the middle.
Beyond that though, I don't think anyone can tell you where you fall on the spectrum. Almost everyone's experiences, and ways of coping, differ.
My best advice is to really open your mind to the options you have to express and embody your own personal gender, and then read a lot. Read blogs, watch videos, get some good books (I recommend Hello Cruel World or Gender Outlaw, Whipping Girl (a big heavy, but hey, you're on reddit!), and most importantly force yourself to think about it. Really think about it, without shame or fear, and see what feels right.
Find people who you can talk to, in real life or online, about it. The experience of having to explain your feelings to someone who doesn't share them is a really effective way to figure it out for yourself. A therapist would obviously be great for this of course, but if you're not in a position to find one a close and non-judgmental friend is great too.
Also, consider writing a diary, journal, blog or letter to share how you feel with a theoretical friend/confidant. Again, the process is much more important than the result.
Experiment! Try presenting as female, in big ways or small. Try imagining how everyday life would feel different as a girl. Is it "more normal" or exciting and transgressive?
It's not an easy thing to figure out, and there really don't seem to be any shortcuts. But the comfort of understanding yourself is well worth it.
When I was very young and living in Colorado I remember my family getting stopped at a road block during the manhunt after Ted broke out of Jail. At the time of the manhunt, Ted was not the infamous person he is now and his legacy was still unknown.
Years later, when I was in college, I borrowed a book from a friend about Ted Bundy. That book was The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule. Only having a basic understanding of Ted, and serial killers in general, I was shocked and fascinated.
I've since read another 5 books, most recently The Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer by Robert Keppel. I found this one very interesting particularly if you have any background of the Green River Killer.
But my favorite by far is The Bundy Murders: A Comprehensive History by Kevin M. Sullivan. While other books are written from the perspective of the author in relation to Ted; this author, Kevin, has no relationship with the murderer or murders and therefore writes an objective account. In summary, I found it well researched with a lot of details, and very chilling. A must read.
> Black Flag: Surrender, I'm taking your shit, get in my way and I'll kill you.
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> Red Flag: I'm taking your shit. You're going to die.
Not quite. Under a black flag, they would not necessarily kill the defeated crew. They may offer to take some on as new crew members (or just take them whether they want to or not). They wouldn't necessarily even kill you if you didn't join the crew, they might just take all your valuables and weapons and release you.
Under the red flag, if you don't surrender immediately, you better hope you win, because they are announcing their intent up front.
/u/bTvuUtTyXZvnj does that help?
If you want to know more, I've read a couple fascinating books on the subject:
I'm not particularly a history buff or an expert on pirates at all, but I listen to a lot of audiobooks and these came up on sale on Audible a few years ago, and I enjoyed them both very much.
Sources:
John Douglas - Mindhunter. Some of his other books talk about Bundy too, but I can't remember which ones - sorry.
Robert Keppel with Stephen G. Michaud - Terrible Secrets
Keppel was the original detective that was assigned to the Bundy case. Bundy asked him to meet him once he knew he was going to be executed and a lot of the book talks about that meeting.
Check our Stephen G. Michaud's other books too. He helped co-write a number of books on Bundy with a few FBI profilers. The one contains transcripts of Michaud's interviews with Bundy.
You can also read the transcripts of Bill Hagmaier's interviews online.
Interested in reading the famous Art of War by Sun Tzu? Don't!
The text is mostly useless junk, and what's salient can be summarized as follows:
There, I just saved you a couple of tedious evenings! Please reward with upvotes!
> But MegasBasilius, what if I do want to read the text?
Then purchase this edition.
A good book for those who want to know that women have been Masons, but haven't been allow in even though Freemasons gave them the EA obligation.
http://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Chambers-Lives-Early-Freemasons/dp/1934935557
I'll suggest two books for you:
Kevin Rushby's Children of Kali
S. Hussain Zaidi's Dongri to Dubai
Not sure how much time you have for your project or what kind of info you are planning to include, but these 2 books are classic, great resources for understanding Ted himself as well as his murders and victims.
The Stranger Beside Me - Ann Rule
The Bundy Murders: A Comprehensive History - Kevin M Sullivan
Here's my list so far. It's a mix of FTM-specific, general trans, and gender studies books, including essays, memoir, and more academic works. In no particular order:
Gender Trouble by Judith Butler
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation by Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman
Nina Here Nor There by Nick Krieger
Female Masculinity by Judith Halberstam
Nobody Passes - Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity edited by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Whipping Girl by Julia Serano
How Sex Changed: A History of Transexuality in the United States by Joanne Meyerowitz
Becoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green
Queer Theory, Gender Theory: An Instant Primer by Riki Wilchins
PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality edited by Carol Queen
Genderqueer: Voices From Beyond the Sexual Binary edited by Joan Nestle
From the Inside Out: Radical Gender Transformation, FTM and Beyond edited by Morty Diamond
Second Son by Ryan Sallans
Why are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots? by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
and the must-read fiction:
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
I'll edit this if I can find any others, I'm probably missing a couple. Been a big non-fiction reading year for me!
EDIT: Edited to add links, and a few more on my wish list I haven't picked up yet.
Letters for my Brothers: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect edited By Megan M. Rohrer, M.Div. & Zander Keig, M.SW.
That's Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation edited by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Transgender Voices: Beyond Women and Men by Lori B. Girshick
Just Add Hormones: An Insider's Guide to the Transsexual Experience by Matt Kailey
The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male by Max Wolf Valerio
Books
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The Game|Ken Dryden|Ken Dryden, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, is recognized as one of the greatest goalies ever to play the game. More than that, he is one of hockey's most intelligent and insightful commentators. In The Game, Dryden captures the essence of the sport and what it means to all hockey fans.
The Boys of Winter|Wayne Coffey|They were the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered what Sports Illustrated called the greatest sports moment of the twentieth century. Their “Miracle on Ice” has become a national fairy tale, but the real Cinderella story is even more remarkable.
J.R.|Jeremy Roenick|Jeremy Roenick, one of the premier hockey players of his generation and one of the greatest American stars the NHL has ever known, shares his life story in this frank and unflinching autobiography.
Crossing the Line|Derek Sanderson|The autobiography of one of hockey’s first rebels and a beloved member of the “Big Bad Bruins,” this book shares how Derek Sanderson’s ferocious style helped lead the team to two Stanley Cup victories in the early 1970s.
Playing With Fire|Theo Fleury|Theo Fleury takes us behind the bench during his glorious days as an NHL player, and talks about growing up devastatingly poor and in chaos at home.
Jonesy: Put Your Head Down and Skate|Kieth Jones|Jonsey is the story of Keith s career in the league as well as all of the interesting stories he accumulated over the course of his career, playing with some of the leagues best players in the last 15 years, including Peter Forsberg, Joe Sakic, Mark Recchi and Eric Lindros. Forward by Ray Bourque.
Blood Feud|Adrian Dater|Blood Feud is a rollicking story of a fierce, and often violent, rivalry between the Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche.
Tough Guy|Bob Probert|Documenting his notorious career with the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks, Bob Probert details in this autobiography how he racked up points, penalty minutes, and bar bills, establishing himself as one of the most feared enforcers in the history of the NHL.
Journeyman|Sean Pronger|The many triumphs (and even more numerous defeats) of a guy who's seen just about everything in the game of hockey while playing for 11 teams in 16 years.
Ballad of the Whiskey Robber|Julian Rubenstein|The true story of a bank robbing backup goalie in Hungary who becomes a folk hero right after the fall of communism.
Breakaway|Tal Pinchevsky|The stories of the first players to defect and/or get work visas to play in the NHL from Czechoslovakia and the USSR.
Breakaway|Andrew Conte|A detailed, fascinating account of Penguins rise from bankruptcy to Stanley Cup champion that takes you inside the board rooms as well as the players dressing rooms.
Artificial Ice|David Whitson, Richard Gruneau|Artificial Ice explores how hockey has moved from popular pastime to commercial entertainment product, and one struggling to maintain its stature in the North American entertainment market.
Orr: My Story|Bobby Orr|Bobby Orr is often referred to as the greatest ever to play the game of hockey. From 1966 through the mid-seventies, he could change a game just by stepping on the ice. No defenseman had ever played the way he did, or received so many trophies, or set so many records, several of which still stand today. Now he tells of his inspirations, his motivations, and what drove him to become one of the greats. Avalable October 15
For histriocal accuracy the stand out candidates are:
Maus - the plight of the jews during WWII (all-be-it told through mice and cats instead of jews and nazis)
From Hell - Jack the Ripper & Victorian London
Pelestine - About the troubles in Pelestine during the 90's
Persepolis - Growing up in Iran during the war between Iran and Iraq
If you're looking for something that captures the mood and times accurately, but doesn't concern itself with actual factual events, then try the Lone Wolf and Cub Series (Edo period Japan).
Maybe you should read this? http://www.amazon.com/Slut-Growing-Female-Bad-Reputation/dp/0060957409
My reading recommendations include, mainly, a lot of textbooks! Unlike a lot of the true crime novels, I've found that criminal psychology, criminology, victimology, forensics and other academic textbooks and research journals are generally far less sensationalistic than the true crime novels tend to be. here are some of the ones that I highly recommend.
Serial Murderers and Their Victims by Eric W Hinkley is a fantastic resource for the latest studies concerning serial murder, focusing on both the perpetrators and their victims. Now in its seventh iteration, this text has some of the most up to date statistics on serial killers in the US and worldwide.
Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters by Peter Vronsky is another similarly great book full of real life case studies of serial and spree killers and delves into the motives behind such aberrant behavior.
The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers by Michael Newton has entries on hundreds of convicted serial killers.
The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers by Harold Schechter undoubtedly possesses a sensational bent, but I can't deny that the book is certainly thrilling to read in a morbid way, and I think any fan of true crime will like it very much.
Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters by Peter Vronsky explores the rare phenomenon of female serial killers.
Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives by Ressler, Burgess and Douglas is an important and easily-read psychological textbook on the sexual impulses that lead to violence.
Sexual Murder: Catathymic and Compulsive Homicides by Louis B Schlesinger is a similar book by a prominent forensic psychologist.
Sex-Related Homicide and Death Investigation: Practical and Clinical Perspectives, Second Edition: Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations by Vernon J Geberth is a manual for law enforcement professionals investigating sexually-motivated homicides by a renowned former-detective. The images and case studies are directly from the author's archive of case files. I will warn readers that some of the content in this book is highly disturbing, even for I, a person with an interest in the psychology of serial killers. All in all, a fascinating book for those who can stomach it.
In sfarsit, suntem ca in America!
Though I find Ann Rule a bit hit-and-miss for me on whether I like her books, I did enjoy Too Late to Say Goodbye.
Oh, also Devil's Knot about the West Memphis Three.
And Bind, Torture, Kill which I find disturbingly fascinating, especially how he ultimately got caught decades later.
I have this edition: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/081331951X/
I've very happy with it - the book is broken into two chunks. The second is the complete english translation of the text. This bit is "The Art of War" as written by Sun Tzu. The first chunk is a long historical context that leads up to the life of Sun Tzu and gives the political and military climate of the time, as well as timelines/troop movements of several of the battles Sun Tzu participated in. I thought this part was incredibly interesting for it's own sake, though if you're just looking for the bare text, then this becomes merely fluff. Both chunks are well and thoroughly footnoted both for references and tangential information.
Overall, it was a very solid buy, and if you're at all remotely interested in the China in which this text was written as opposed to just the bare text, I would definitely get it.
Talking with Serial Killers is pretty interesting read.
Rose West: The Making of a Monster is quite a detailed book about the West case,i really enjoyed this to read,got through it pretty quickly.
Fiction wise, American Psycho is a great story. I have a strong stomach but some parts of that I had to put the book down and walk away for a bit. You can't beat the Hannibal Lector series either.
Sorry I thought of two more that are a little more political, they are "Gender Outlaw" by Kate Bornstien and "Whipping Girl" by Julia Serrano.
https://www.amazon.com/Gender-Outlaw-Men-Women-Rest/dp/0679757015/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1466321943&sr=8-1&keywords=gender+outlaw
https://www.amazon.com/Whipping-Girl-Transsexual-Scapegoating-Femininity/dp/1580051545/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1466321964&sr=8-2&keywords=whipping+girl
Isn't that the truth? Slut technically applies, but it unfortunately has negative connotations for most (particularly not in a sex setting) and used to ridicule and shame women for perfectly normal sexuality. And it shouldn't, but men want the Madonna and the whore.
Slut: Growing Up Female With a Bad Reputation is a great read on this topic.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003K15IKI/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Republic of Pirates. He goes through the history of all the big pirates in the early 1700s and how they were brought down.
Preacher!
It's the first graphic novel set I ever read and I bloody love it. It's twisted and dark and just brilliant.
I love seeing true stories told in graphic novel form too, so I would also recommend Persepolis, about a girl growing up in Iran during a time of amazing change, and Maus, which is the author telling the story of his dad's time in WWII.
It's not something any of us should be proud of. They weren't badass, they were evil.
But if it's a topic that interests you, there's a book all about it called But He Was Good To His Mother
Would recommend reading this from Irish cyclist and travel writer Dervla Murphy: https://www.amazon.com/Full-Tilt-Ireland-India-Bicycle/dp/1906011419
Journeyman by Sean Pronger Very amusing, even to my non-hockey fan mother. Interesting due not only who his little brother is, but rarely do the guys who bounce in and out of the minor leagues get a platform to tell the story.
Ballad of the Whiskey Robber by Julian Rubenstein The true story of a bank robbing backup goalie in Hungary who becomes a folk hero right after the fall of communism.
Breakaway by Tal Pinchevsky The stories of the first players to defect and/or get work visas to play in the NHL from Czechoslovakia and the USSR.
http://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Chambers-Lives-Early-Freemasons/dp/1934935557
In a perfect world, they wouldn't. But words don't exist in a vacuum. They have connotations.
My question would be why the hell do people feel the need to label people for their personal sexual choices? Who gives a shit who is a slut or who slept with 5 people or who slept with 100 people? It's their body, and their choice. Why can't we all just have sex with who we want without people labeling and judging us?
> Basically, if people are calling you a slut, you are either a slut or, you are surrounding yourself with people that don't have the same principals as you.
This is not true. You are creating a false dichotomy.
There are a number of other viable possibilities. People use words to hurt people regardless of whether it's true or they share the same "principals."
> Slut is a word, it doesn't change your behavior or the amount of people you sleep with.
Words can change people's behavior. That's why we use them so often. Why would the word 'slut' be an exception?
Slut! is a great book that illustrates this on this very topic.
I have no stories to share but do read Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia
I think so!
https://www.amazon.com/Portrait-Killer-Jack-Ripper-Closed/dp/0425192733
I think I read this about the time it came out, so it has been a long time, and I certainly have Ramnesia about many of the details.
If I had the kindle version I would search for the mention of fingerprints, but I don't....
Sorry you have to deal with that. Kids in high school are illogical assholes.
So, this is a book I read when I was like 19, maybe it could help? Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation
The main thing I liked about it was because most women who are branded "sluts" really aren't at all. Double standards are a crime and a shame that make no sense.
Just ignore the assholes and go about your business.
A few more thoughts:
-People might be jealous of you.
-Just go with the lie. When I was younger people used to make fun of me for "eating dogs" since I am half korean. I noticed once I started saying I did eat dogs and go into detail about which dogs were the best to eat, people stopped making fun of me. Of course, this was in junior high school, so who knows.
TL;DR- sorry people are assholes.
From childhood: probably Tintin and National Geographic (I've been a subscriber since I was 5 years old). Both convinced my young brain that there is an extraordinarily diverse, beautiful and wonderful world out there to explore (and to photograph).
When I was a teenager, I came across Michael Palin's "Around the World in Eighty Days" series which really got my travel itch going. I still plan to "beat" Palin in my own circumnavigation at some point in the near future.
It was also at this time that I discovered Mark Twain's travel novels which opened a whole world of modern travel writing, including some of these great story-tellers:
BTK
I only got in to Non fiction recently, been a fiction fan all my life...but found some awesome stuff that I wanna name-drop because I'm sure others will list my favorite fantasy titles.
Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account, Born to Run, and the Omnivore's Dilemma were a few other non-fics that changed my life and really made me think.
https://www.amazon.com/Bundy-Murders-Comprehensive-History/dp/0786444266
https://www.amazon.com/Only-Living-Witness-serial-killer/dp/1928704298
If you like a bit of fictional drama, read Rules book. Kind of funny how a nobody becomes a writer. she simply took known data in a multitude of killings, took gossip, had it printed and housewives ate it up.
It's no wonder reality TVB is so big :)
Stick with the meat and the people who had access. Those are the people the other 2 books use for their narrative.
That's awesome! Thanks for the contest, but Don't Sue People Panda. Naughty Panda.
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The book "Travels with Lizbeth" talks about dorm dumpsters being full of cash at the end of each semester.
Kids just dump all the trash in their room and don't go through it properly.
There is a sequel. It's by the same author and called Driven(warning: spoilers in Amazon review). It was released earlier this year and is being developed as a sequel.
The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber. By Julian Rubinstein
DESCRIPTION: Elmore Leonard meets Franz Kafka in the wild, improbably true story of the legendary outlaw of Budapest. Attila Ambrus was a gentleman thief, a sort of Cary Grant--if only Grant came from Transylvania, was a terrible professional hockey goalkeeper, and preferred women in leopard-skin hot pants. During the 1990s, while playing for the biggest hockey team in Budapest, Ambrus took up bank robbery to make ends meet. Arrayed against him was perhaps the most incompetent team of crime investigators the Eastern Bloc had ever seen: a robbery chief who had learned how to be a detective by watching dubbed Columbo episodes; a forensics man who wore top hat and tails on the job; and a driver so inept he was known only by a Hungarian word that translates to Mound of Ass-Head. BALLAD OF THE WHISKEY ROBBER is the completely bizarre and hysterical story of the crime spree that made a nobody into a somebody, and told a forlorn nation that sometimes the brightest stars come from the blackest holes. Like The Professor and the Madman and The Orchid Thief, Julian Rubinsteins bizarre crime story is so odd and so wicked that it is completely irresistible.
"Talking with Serial Killers" is a good one. Disturbing but a good read.
It’s cool, it’s cool! I’m half disappointed I didn’t get to introduce you to Out of Print, half thrilled you already knew and love it like I do!
Speaking of why murderers are the way they are, you can’t go wrong with anything by John Douglas, the man who basically invented criminal profiling. Netflix’s show Mindhunter is about him, based on one of his books of the same name. I can’t recommend him enough.
And one more I must recommend, similar to Jon Ronson, is Will Storr’s the Unpersuadables: Adventures With the Enemies of Science. He hangs out with folks like the world’s most (in)famous Holocaust deniers, creationists, and 9/11 & 7/7 truthers. He actually visits Auschwitz with a group lead by fucking David Irving, even participating “undercover”, pretending to be a fellow denier. It’s an compellingly readable book, and much like Ronson’s style.
I recommend all of Ronson’s and Storr’s books, because they’re just really fun and on fascinating subjects. Sort of like Malcom Gladwell, only more controversial subjects, while still being so entertaining I reread them every few years. I reread a lot. And read a lot. I’m disabled, so I get to read a ton.
I’d welcome any fiction recommendations you might wish to share!
I am about to finish my first book about serial killers - Talking with Serial Killers on Amazon by Criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee. I really liked how the author had done a thorough research on every case he mentions and also giving a detailed account, sometimes in the words of the criminal themselves. I enjoyed the attempted psychological evaluation on almost all the cases.
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FC0RRY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fby1AbFXZN0PN
Neon green!
https://www.amazon.com/Snakehead-Chinatown-Underworld-American-Dream/dp/0307279278/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1506111238&sr=8-2&keywords=snakehead
should give this a read, details how people from Asia try very hard to come to USA.
Don't look at me, I read about it in a book called The Serial Killer Files
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0345465660/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_pQiEzbJTXB558
If you're wondering if The Driver survives, then it should be known that the sequel (book) just came out on April 3rd.
Driven by James Sallis
I had the same New Year's resolution a few years ago and ended up reading 65 books that year. I ran out of books I wanted to read and scrambled to find more. So you'll have weeks you'll read anything you can get your hands on which can be hit or miss, but I liked being taken out of my normal, nonfiction, reading patterns.
Here are a few If my favorites:
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Demon In The Freezer by Richard Preston
The Snakehead by Patrick Keefe
John Dies At The End by David Wong
Into Thin Air by John Krakauer
Death's Acre by Dr. Bill Bass
Biohazard by Ken Alibek
The Republic of Pirates Great book.
ask that to the former members of the purple gang
https://www.amazon.com/But-Was-Good-His-Mother/dp/9652292494
Yup, that's the choice he'll face often. Check out Travels with Lisbeth: http://www.amazon.com/Travels-Lizbeth-Three-Years-Streets/dp/0449909433 (Lisbeth is his dog) if you're curious about the story of a homeless man and his dog.
Got the recommendation from Greenspun, years back: http://photo.net/travel/travels-with-lizbeth
Here is a link. She did one more as well, maybe two. She got obsessed with the case. Spent millions of dollars buying stuff related to the case and the guy she thinks was the killer.
I might suggest going a different way. In order to get into the mind of a serial killer, it might be helpful to first understand some of the psychology behind the fascination. This book gives an excellent overview of not only why we as people get very interested in serial murder, but also dives into a lot of other areas that would be essential in authoring a story, in my opinion. I write as well and was glad to have discovered this book. You also might want to check out Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer, as this book offers a unique look not only into Bundy's mind, but also into the essence of serial murder in general.
This is the one that I have, the large page number for such a short book is a result of all the work the author did to put The Art of War itself into its correct historical context.
http://www.amazon.com/Art-War-History-Warfare/dp/081331951X/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1419351680&sr=8-10
Travels with Lizbeth
http://www.amazon.com/Travels-Lizbeth-Three-Years-Streets/dp/0449909433
There was this: http://www.amazon.com/But-Was-Good-His-Mother/dp/9652292494
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000ROKXSI/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
I just finished this the other day.
My parents owned Chinese buffets. I was an indentured servant. Can confirm.
No, in all seriousness, it's super simplistic to think of them as indentured servant. They're just heavily in debt(by choice) and need to work their asses off to pay off their debt pronto. It ain't cheap to come to America. You can't be dumb and lazy to be here. Life ain't easy for Chinese restaurant workers with limited English skill.
You are serious about learning more, pick up this book from library. But with the amount of ignorance I saw on daily basis on this sub, I'm not optimistic people would even bother.
This is the only thing I too cannot figure out! I've decided that for now, its better to have my tea the way I like it and just focus on paleo foods. Tea is really important to me =)
An aside: I recently learned from reading the book Full Tilt that some cultures use salt in their black tea instead of sugar! Dont know why I've never thought of that before, but I tried it and its really good. =)
We have 'The Serial Killer Files' in the master bathroom.
Link on amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Serial-Killer-Files-Terrifying/dp/0345465660/ref=pd_sim_b_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=1H6K1QVB94YD1K99V8MS
https://www.amazon.com/Driven-James-Sallis/dp/1464200114
here is the sequel, it takes place years after the first
Well, you did only ask for ones that hadn't obtained the title by "skullduggery", so you kind of answered that for me.
https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Chambers-Lives-Early-Freemasons/dp/1934935557