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An End to Murder: A Criminologist's View of Violence Throughout History

Product Description: Human beings have always been cruel, savage, and murderous. Is that all about to change?Human history can be seen as a catalog of coldhearted murders, mindless blood feuds, appalling massacres, and devastating wars. Creatively and intellectually, there is no other species that has ever come close to equaling humanityâs achievements, but neither is any other species as suicidally prone to internecine conflict...read more

By Damon Wilson

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9781629148120 | Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, November 17, 2015, cover price $26.99 | About this edition: Human beings have always been cruel, savage, and murderous.

Evil: Spine-Tingling True Stories of Murder and Mayhem

By Colin Wilson and Damon Wilson

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9781629144566 | Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, October 21, 2014, cover price $14.95

9780843708769 | Hammond World Atlas Corp, April 1, 2009, cover price $19.99

Strange: True Stories of the Mysterious and Bizarre

Product Description: Over fifty of the most fascinating accounts of historyâs greatest unsolved mysteries.Did werewolves roam the countryside of fifteenth century France? What exactly is El Chupacabra, a creature whose name translates to ÂThe Goat Suckerâ in English? What phantoms and apparitions drift the halls of Borley Rectory, earning it the nickname of ÂThe Most Haunted House in Englandâ? Featuring maps, callouts, and facts that locate these mysterious happenings, Strange is a groundbreaking book and the first of its kind...read more

By Damon Wilson

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9781629144573 | Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, October 21, 2014, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Over fifty of the most fascinating accounts of historyâs greatest unsolved mysteries.

Supernatural: Your Guide Through the Unexplained, the Unearthly and the Unknown

Product Description: Popular culture has created a new thirst for supernatural knowledge and this comprehensive encyclopedia covers the entire spectrum of paranormal phenomena. From precognition and psychic detection to ghosts and demonic possession, authority Colin Wilson tells us everything we ever wanted to know about vampires, doppelgÃ¤ngers, witches, Odic forces, Atlantis, UFOs, crop circles, and more...read more

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9781907486555 | Original edition (Watkins Pub Ltd, June 7, 2011), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Popular culture has created a new thirst for supernatural knowledge and this comprehensive encyclopedia covers the entire spectrum of paranormal phenomena.

The Crime Archives: Inside the Minds of Today's Deadliest Criminals

Product Description: At once horrifying and fascinating, The Crime Archive is a rogue's gallery of murderers, hitmen, gang leaders, and kidnappers. This gripping foray into the criminal underworld details a variety of offenses--from serial killings to drug smuggling, localized rampages to international headlines...read more

By Damon Wilson

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9781847327536 | Carlton Books Ltd, June 7, 2011, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: At once horrifying and fascinating, The Crime Archive is a rogue's gallery of murderers, hitmen, gang leaders, and kidnappers.

Crimes of Passion: The Thin Line Between Love and Hate

Product Description: All it takes is a kitchen knife, a heavy object from the mantel, or a gun from the bedside cabinet. Jealousy, revenge, and lust are the oldest motives for murder. When passions run high, spurned lovers can act without thought. Crimes of Passion chronicles over 80 cases in which the heart ruled the head with fatal consequences...read more

By Colin Wilson and Damon Wilson

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9781847320315 | Ill edition (Carlton Books Ltd, July 1, 2007), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: When passions run high, spurned lovers can act without a thought for the consequence.

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9781847322555 | Carlton Books Ltd, March 1, 2009, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: All it takes is a kitchen knife, a heavy object from the mantel, or a gun from the bedside cabinet.

The Giant Book of Bad Guys

By Ian Schott (editor), Colin Wilson (editor), Damon Wilson (editor) and Rowan Wilson (editor)

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9781845297527 | Constable & Robinson Ltd, August 15, 2007, cover price $7.99

The Giant Book of Bad Guys

A practical guide on how food can be grown in nutritious ways, the crucial importance of minerals in the soil, and how to tell what's good and what isn't. It explains not only why our food is in such a parlous state, but also how we can change what we eat and radically improve our health. It also contains listings of various outlets for Real Food.

By Ian Schott (editor), Colin Wilson (editor), Damon Wilson (editor) and Rowan Wilson (editor)

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9781845295455 | Constable & Robinson Ltd, August 30, 2007, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A practical guide on how food can be grown in nutritious ways, the crucial importance of minerals in the soil, and how to tell what's good and what isn't.

Scandal!: An Explosive Expose Of The Affairs, Corruption And Power Of The Rich And Famous

Product Description: Scandal reigns in the world of politics, celebrity, business, religion, royalty, and art, and this book covers it allâfrom Watergate to Iraq, Princess Diana to Oscar Wilde. Distinguished writer Colin Wilson delves into the murky intrigues of American and BritishÂ life to bring the most scandalous secrets to light...read more

By Colin Wilson and Damon Wilson

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9780753512210 | Virgin Pub, August 7, 2007, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Scandal reigns in the world of politics, celebrity, business, religion, royalty, and art, and this book covers it allâfrom Watergate to Iraq, Princess Diana to Oscar Wilde.

The Giant Book of True Crime

Product Description: The Full Stories Behind the World's Most Notorious Murderers

By Colin Wilson and Damon Wilson (editor)

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9781845294076 | Magpie Books Pub Pty Ltd, August 30, 2006, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: The Full Stories Behind the World's Most Notorious Murderers

Crimes of Passion

Chronicles over 150 emotionally charged cases in which the heart ruled the head, invariably with fatal consequence. This work covers cases form all over the world including Thompson and Bywaters, Snyder and Gray, Ruth Ellis, Howard Jacobson, and more. It offers an insight into the tortured minds of some of crime's infamous characters.

By Damon Wilson

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9781844423200 | New edition (Gardners Books, August 1, 2006), cover price $28.60 | About this edition: Chronicles over 150 emotionally charged cases in which the heart ruled the head, invariably with fatal consequence.

The Encyclopedia of Crime

An updated survey of the history, methodology, and science of crime and criminal investigation provides behind-the-scenes, illustrated assessments of key events and crime types, sharing detailed studies of notorious serial killers, unsolved cases, and more.

By Oliver Cyriax, Colin Wilson and Damon Wilson

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9781585677634 | Overlook Pr, February 28, 2006, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: A survey of the history, methodology, and science of crime and criminal investigation provides behind-the-scenes, illustrated assessments of key events and crime types, sharing detailed studies of serial killers and unsolved cases.

Scandal!: Private Stories Of Public Shame

Product Description: Overviews of political furores in both the USA and Europe, gathering them together for the first time, and re-interpreting the most notorious scandals of our age. Looks at forgotten but fascinating episodes, as well as well-known scandals, looking behind the scenes within the media, politics and business...read more

By Colin Wilson and Damon Wilson

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9781852279899 | Virgin Pub, May 1, 2003, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: An encyclopedia of scandal and intrigue.

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9780753509616 | Virgin Pub, January 30, 2005, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Overviews of political furores in both the USA and Europe, gathering them together for the first time, and re-interpreting the most notorious scandals of our age.

Written in Blood: A History of Forensic Detection

A new edition of the best-selling history of forensics science covers the first attempts at detecting arsenic to such modern techniques as psychological profiling and genetic fingerprinting, discussing how current findings are proving helpful in such cases as those of Jack the Ripper and Charles Manson. Original.

By Colin Wilson and Damon Wilson

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9780786712663 | Running Pr Book Pub, November 16, 2003, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A new edition of the best-selling history of forensics science covers the first attempts at detecting arsenic to such modern techniques as psychological profiling and genetic fingerprinting, discussing how current findings are proving helpful in such cases as those of Jack the Ripper and Charles Manson.

The Mammoth Book of Prophecies

A collection of religious and secular prophecies that seem to point to events unfolding in the modern era--most of them unpleasant--is filled with supposed warnings about events such as 9/11, the London Fire, and Jack the Ripper. Original.

By Damon Wilson

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9780786712403 | Running Pr Book Pub, October 21, 2003, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A collection of religious and secular prophecies that seem to point to events unfolding in the modern era--most of them unpleasant--is filled with supposed warnings about events such as 9/11, the London Fire, and Jack the Ripper.

The Mammoth Book of Prophecies: The Predictions of Nostradamus and Other Prophets, Visionaries and Seers

What is prophecy? A vision of future events, or a message from beyond? In this historical study, Damon Wilson explores the two key strands of prophecy in history - the seer of the future and living voice of a god.

By Damon Wilson

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9781841196923 | Constable & Robinson Ltd, September 25, 2003, cover price $13.70 | About this edition: What is prophecy?

The Mammoth Book of Illustrated Crime: A Photographic History

A sweeping visual chronicle of the most sensational crimes of the twentieth century covers O. J. Simpson, Serpico, Sirhan Sirhan, Ruth Ellis, Charles Manson, Bonnie and Clyde, Timothy McVeigh, the World Trade Center attacks, and many others. Original.

By Colin Wilson (editor) and Damon Wilson (editor)

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9780786709229 | Ill edition (Running Pr Book Pub, October 8, 2002), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: A sweeping visual chronicle of the most sensational crimes of the twentieth century covers O.

The Mammoth Encyclopedia of the Unsolved

The author plumbs some of the great unsolved mysteries, including Atlantis, the Bermuda Triangle, Bigfoot, vampires, zombies, and ghosts, sifting through the evidence for concrete answers. Original.

By Colin Wilson and Damon Wilson

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9780786707935 | Running Pr Book Pub, November 23, 2000, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Provides information on some of the world's great unsolved mysteries including Atlantis, the Bermuda Triangle, Bigfoot, vampires, zombies, and ghosts.

The Mammoth Book of the History of Murder

Product Description: Murder provided public entertainment for the Caesars of ancient Rome, and executions drew huge, enthusiastic crowds in Elizabethan England and at the Bastille in revolutionary France. The thirst for blood and cry for deadly vengeance lie deep in humankind, as criminologist Colin Wilson authoritatively illustrates in this millennial history of the most heinous of human crimes...read more

By Colin Wilson and Damon Wilson (editor)

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9780786707140 | Rev exp edition (Running Pr Book Pub, January 27, 2000), cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Murder provided public entertainment for the Caesars of ancient Rome, and executions drew huge, enthusiastic crowds in Elizabethan England and at the Bastille in revolutionary France.

Mammoth Book of Nostradamus and Other Prophets

Product Description: Examining the various theories about how precog ition could work, this book discusses the nature of time, the possibility of contact with a spiritual world, the collective unconscious and the significance of astrology. It also outlines the major prophesies and the prophet Nostradamus's life and times, supported by exaplanatory notes and historical data...read more

By Damon Wilson

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9780756758691 | Diane Pub Co, July 1, 1999, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: Examining the various theories about how precog ition could work, this book discusses the nature of time, the possibility of contact with a spiritual world, the collective unconscious and the significance of astrology.

9780786706280, titled "The Mammoth Book of Nostradamus and Other Prophets: A Complete Guide to Prophets and Prophecies from Babylon to the Present Day and Beyond" | Running Pr Book Pub, June 14, 1999, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Explores the predictions of such seers as Nostradamus, John Dee, Mother Shipton, Edgar Cayce, and Wolf Messing while exploring the predictive powers of the I Ching, the tarot, palmistry, and other oracles

Lost Worlds

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By Damon Wilson

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9781854876980 | London Bridge, March 1, 1998, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Book by Wilson, Damon

Unexplained

By Damon Wilson (editor)

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9781854876997 | Scarlet Books, March 1, 1998, cover price $9.95

Spontaneous Combustion: Amazing True Stories of Mysterious Fires

Product Description: What causes normal, apparently healthy human beings to suddenly blaze to death? To the Victorians, it was the ultimate proof that drinking was wicked: hellfire itself seemed to claim the victim of spontaneous human combustion (SHC)...read more

By Damon Wilson

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9780806905877 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, September 1, 1997, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: What causes normal, apparently healthy human beings to suddenly blaze to death?

Aliens

By Damon Wilson

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9780806905716 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, September 1, 1997, cover price $5.95

The Killers Among Us: Sex, Madness & Mass Murder : Book II

A survey of serial killers from Victorian England to the present day includes profiles of a Sunday school teacher who raped and slew his victim in church and a fetishist and murderer who apologized to his dead prey. Reprint.

By Colin Wilson and Damon Wilson

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9780446603898 | Reprint edition (Grand Central Pub, March 1, 1997), cover price $6.50 | About this edition: A survey of serial killers from Victorian England to the present day includes profiles of a Sunday school teacher who raped and slew his victim in church and a fetishist and murderer who apologized to his dead prey.

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