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Psykopattesten

av Jon Ronson • 2011

A journalist learns to spot psychopaths. Then the checklist starts spotting him.

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🧠 Forensic Psychology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🎭 Psychopathy 📋 Diagnostic Overreach 💊 Mental Health Industry

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Psykopattesten

A journalist learns to spot psychopaths. Then the checklist starts spotting him.

av Jon Ronson 2011 272 sider

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100 000+ vurderinger

🧠 Forensic Psychology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🎭 Psychopathy 📋 Diagnostic Overreach 💊 Mental Health Industry

Talking With Psychopaths and Savages

av Christopher Berry-Dee • 2017

Serial killers lack the brain wiring for empathy. Thirty interviews show what fills the void.

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🔪 Serial Killers 🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔬 Psychopathy Research 🎙️ Forensic Interviews 💔 Childhood Trauma

Talking With Psychopaths and Savages Sammendrag

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Talking With Psychopaths and Savages

Serial killers lack the brain wiring for empathy. Thirty interviews show what fills the void.

av Christopher Berry-Dee 2017 288 sider

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🔪 Serial Killers 🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔬 Psychopathy Research 🎙️ Forensic Interviews 💔 Childhood Trauma

Talking with Psychopaths and Savages

av Christopher Berry-Dee • 2017

215 patients killed by their GP. Nobody suspected. Deadliest predators hide behind a familiar face.

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🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔍 Forensic Interviewing 😈 Psychopath Behavior 💥 Narcissism And Violence 📈 Criminal Escalation

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Talking with Psychopaths and Savages

215 patients killed by their GP. Nobody suspected. Deadliest predators hide behind a familiar face.

av Christopher Berry-Dee 2017 288 sider

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8 000+ vurderinger

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔍 Forensic Interviewing 😈 Psychopath Behavior 💥 Narcissism And Violence 📈 Criminal Escalation

The Wager

av David Grann • 2023

A warship wrecks. Two survivor stories collide. The empire buries the truth to protect its myth.

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🚢 Maritime History 🏝️ Shipwreck Survival ⚓ Mutiny Narratives 🧠 Survival Psychology 🏛️ Institutional Collapse

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The Wager

A warship wrecks. Two survivor stories collide. The empire buries the truth to protect its myth.

av David Grann 2023 329 sider

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🚢 Maritime History 🏝️ Shipwreck Survival ⚓ Mutiny Narratives 🧠 Survival Psychology 🏛️ Institutional Collapse

Talking to Strangers

av Malcolm Gladwell • 2019

The signals we use to read strangers are mostly noise, and Sandra Bland paid the price.

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🧠 Social Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎭 Deception Detection 🤝 Trust And Suspicion 👀 First Impressions

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Talking to Strangers

The signals we use to read strangers are mostly noise, and Sandra Bland paid the price.

av Malcolm Gladwell 2019 675 sider

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🧠 Social Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🎭 Deception Detection 🤝 Trust And Suspicion 👀 First Impressions

By Way of Deception

av Victor Ostrovsky • 1990

A spy agency with zero oversight inevitably serves itself. A Mossad insider shows the bodies.

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🕵️ Israeli Intelligence 📢 Whistleblower Accounts 🔍 Espionage Tradecraft ⚠️ Intelligence Failures 🏛️ Institutional Corruption

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By Way of Deception

A spy agency with zero oversight inevitably serves itself. A Mossad insider shows the bodies.

av Victor Ostrovsky 1990 372 sider

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🕵️ Israeli Intelligence 📢 Whistleblower Accounts 🔍 Espionage Tradecraft ⚠️ Intelligence Failures 🏛️ Institutional Corruption

Becoming Brigitte

av Xavier Poussard • 2025

No photos before 40. A 53% face match. France jailed the people who asked why.

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🏛️ French Politics 📰 Political Scandal 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📺 Media Manipulation 🚫 State Censorship

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Becoming Brigitte

No photos before 40. A 53% face match. France jailed the people who asked why.

av Xavier Poussard 2025 332 sider

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281 vurderinger

🏛️ French Politics 📰 Political Scandal 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📺 Media Manipulation 🚫 State Censorship

Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare

av Michael A. Hoffman II • 1992

The powerful stopped hiding their crimes because they learned you will only watch, never act.

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🧠 Mass Psychology 🕯️ Occult History 🎭 Mind Control 📢 Propaganda Analysis 📺 Media Criticism

Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare Sammendrag

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Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare

The powerful stopped hiding their crimes because they learned you will only watch, never act.

av Michael A. Hoffman II 1992 215 sider

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366 vurderinger

🧠 Mass Psychology 🕯️ Occult History 🎭 Mind Control 📢 Propaganda Analysis 📺 Media Criticism

The Franklin Scandal

av Nick Bryant • 2008

A credit union fronted a child-trafficking ring. The cover-up is better documented than the crime.

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🔗 Human Trafficking 📁 Institutional Cover-Up 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚖️ Prosecutorial Misconduct 📰 Media Complicity

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The Franklin Scandal

A credit union fronted a child-trafficking ring. The cover-up is better documented than the crime.

av Nick Bryant 2008 650 sider

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🔗 Human Trafficking 📁 Institutional Cover-Up 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚖️ Prosecutorial Misconduct 📰 Media Complicity

Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream

av Robert I. Simon • 1996

The monsters in the news are not a different species: they are you, minus restraint.

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🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🔍 Criminal Psychology 💔 Empathy Deficits 👹 Dehumanization 🌑 Human Darkness

Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream Sammendrag

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Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream

The monsters in the news are not a different species: they are you, minus restraint.

av Robert I. Simon 1996 339 sider

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🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🔍 Criminal Psychology 💔 Empathy Deficits 👹 Dehumanization 🌑 Human Darkness

Crazy Love

av Leslie Morgan Steiner • 2009

Five days before the wedding, he slammed her against a wall. She said I do anyway.

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🔒 Domestic Abuse 🔄 Abuse Cycle 🔗 Coercive Control 💣 Love Bombing 🪞 Narcissistic Abuse

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Crazy Love

Five days before the wedding, he slammed her against a wall. She said I do anyway.

av Leslie Morgan Steiner 2009 336 sider

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🔒 Domestic Abuse 🔄 Abuse Cycle 🔗 Coercive Control 💣 Love Bombing 🪞 Narcissistic Abuse

How to Cheat at Everything

av Simon Lovell • 2006

The one move every con relies on: making you think you've found a sure thing.

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390

🎭 Con Artistry 🃏 Card Cheating 🎲 Street Hustles 🧠 Social Engineering 🎯 Odds And Probability

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How to Cheat at Everything

The one move every con relies on: making you think you've found a sure thing.

av Simon Lovell 2006 456 sider

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390 vurderinger

🎭 Con Artistry 🃏 Card Cheating 🎲 Street Hustles 🧠 Social Engineering 🎯 Odds And Probability

The Invisible Coup

av Peter Schweizer • 2026

Mass migration is not a crisis. It's a weapon, and its architects say so on camera.

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🛂 Immigration Policy 🔐 National Security 🕵️ Foreign Interference 📊 Demographic Change 🏫 Assimilation Politics

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The Invisible Coup

Mass migration is not a crisis. It's a weapon, and its architects say so on camera.

av Peter Schweizer 2026 288 sider

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🛂 Immigration Policy 🔐 National Security 🕵️ Foreign Interference 📊 Demographic Change 🏫 Assimilation Politics

Family of Spies

av Christine Kuehn • 2025

A 1994 letter claimed her grandfather helped Japan attack Pearl Harbor. Every word was true.

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🔍 World War Ii Espionage 🌊 Pearl Harbor 🔐 Family Secrets 🔎 Investigative Memoir 🏛️ Ancestral Reckoning

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Family of Spies

A 1994 letter claimed her grandfather helped Japan attack Pearl Harbor. Every word was true.

av Christine Kuehn 2025 272 sider

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🔍 World War Ii Espionage 🌊 Pearl Harbor 🔐 Family Secrets 🔎 Investigative Memoir 🏛️ Ancestral Reckoning

One Nation Under Blackmail

av Whitney Alyse Webb • 2022

Seventeen White House visits. The blackmail machine that protected Jeffrey Epstein for decades.

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🏛️ Political Corruption 🕵️ Intelligence History 🔫 Organized Crime 📹 Surveillance State 🕶️ Modern Espionage

One Nation Under Blackmail

Seventeen White House visits. The blackmail machine that protected Jeffrey Epstein for decades.

av Whitney Alyse Webb 2022 432 sider

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500+ vurderinger

🏛️ Political Corruption 🕵️ Intelligence History 🔫 Organized Crime 📹 Surveillance State 🕶️ Modern Espionage

Accountable

av Dashka Slater • 2023

A racist Instagram account shatters a progressive high school, laying bare the cost of online hate.

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⚖️ Restorative Justice 😳 Public Shaming 💻 Online Hate 🎙️ Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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Accountable

A racist Instagram account shatters a progressive high school, laying bare the cost of online hate.

av Dashka Slater 2023 472 sider

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⚖️ Restorative Justice 😳 Public Shaming 💻 Online Hate 🎙️ Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Wisdom of Psychopaths

av Kevin Dutton • 2012

The traits behind the worst crimes also fuel top surgeons and CEOs. The difference is degree.

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🖤 Dark Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🎯 High-Stakes Performance 🧠 Personality Psychology

The Wisdom of Psychopaths

The traits behind the worst crimes also fuel top surgeons and CEOs. The difference is degree.

av Kevin Dutton 2012 222 sider

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14 000+ vurderinger

🖤 Dark Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🎯 High-Stakes Performance 🧠 Personality Psychology

The Wolf of Wall Street

av Jordan Belfort • 2007

His brokerage was a carnival of drugs, money, and manipulation, and he was its ringmaster.

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📈 Wall Street Memoir 💰 Financial Crime 💊 Drug-Fueled Excess 💔 Toxic Marriage 😈 Darkly Comic

The Wolf of Wall Street

His brokerage was a carnival of drugs, money, and manipulation, and he was its ringmaster.

av Jordan Belfort 2007 528 sider

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📈 Wall Street Memoir 💰 Financial Crime 💊 Drug-Fueled Excess 💔 Toxic Marriage 😈 Darkly Comic

Gambler

av Billy Walters • 2023

His betting system beat every casino in Vegas. An insider trading conviction did what they couldn't.

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🎲 Sports Betting 🎰 Professional Gambling 📉 Insider Trading 📊 Risk Management 🩹 Addiction And Recovery

Gambler

His betting system beat every casino in Vegas. An insider trading conviction did what they couldn't.

av Billy Walters 2023 384 sider

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3 000+ vurderinger

🎲 Sports Betting 🎰 Professional Gambling 📉 Insider Trading 📊 Risk Management 🩹 Addiction And Recovery

My Story

av Elizabeth Smart • 2013

A white veil, a man's voice, nine months. The 14-year-old who survived by becoming invisible.

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🏠 Abduction Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🙏 Faith And Resilience 🧠 Predator Psychology 📢 Victim Advocacy

My Story

A white veil, a man's voice, nine months. The 14-year-old who survived by becoming invisible.

av Elizabeth Smart 2013 308 sider

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48 000+ vurderinger

🏠 Abduction Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🙏 Faith And Resilience 🧠 Predator Psychology 📢 Victim Advocacy

The Poisoner's Handbook

av Deborah Blum • 2010

Jazz Age poisoners had the perfect crime, until a morgue chemist invented toxicology to catch them.

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🧪 Forensic Toxicology ☠️ Poison History 🎷 Jazz Age New York 🍸 Prohibition Era 💀 Deadly Substances

The Poisoner's Handbook

Jazz Age poisoners had the perfect crime, until a morgue chemist invented toxicology to catch them.

av Deborah Blum 2010 319 sider

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🧪 Forensic Toxicology ☠️ Poison History 🎷 Jazz Age New York 🍸 Prohibition Era 💀 Deadly Substances

The Anatomy of Motive

av John E. Douglas • 1999

Motive catches killers before evidence does. The FBI profiler who built the science shows why.

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🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Killers 🧠 Forensic Psychology 💥 Violent Crime 🔎 Murder Investigation

The Anatomy of Motive

Motive catches killers before evidence does. The FBI profiler who built the science shows why.

av John E. Douglas 1999 320 sider

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🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Killers 🧠 Forensic Psychology 💥 Violent Crime 🔎 Murder Investigation

The Innocent Man

av John Grisham • 2006

Ada, Oklahoma. Two men condemned for murder. Twelve years later, DNA pointed to the real killer.

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🏛️ Wrongful Convictions ⚖️ Death Penalty 📋 Prosecutorial Misconduct 🔬 Junk Science In Court 🏘️ Small-Town Justice

The Innocent Man

Ada, Oklahoma. Two men condemned for murder. Twelve years later, DNA pointed to the real killer.

av John Grisham 2006 435 sider

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85 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Wrongful Convictions ⚖️ Death Penalty 📋 Prosecutorial Misconduct 🔬 Junk Science In Court 🏘️ Small-Town Justice

Too Much and Never Enough

av Mary L. Trump • 2020

The family blueprint: a psychologist explains how cruelty, money, and neglect made a president.

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🧠 Political Psychology 🔬 Family Systems Psychology 🏚️ Toxic Family Dynamics 👤 Emotional Neglect 🧬 Generational Trauma

Too Much and Never Enough

The family blueprint: a psychologist explains how cruelty, money, and neglect made a president.

av Mary L. Trump 2020 225 sider

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98 000+ vurderinger

🧠 Political Psychology 🔬 Family Systems Psychology 🏚️ Toxic Family Dynamics 👤 Emotional Neglect 🧬 Generational Trauma

The World's Most Dangerous Secret Societies

av James Jackson • 2015

From the Illuminati to the Committee of 300: the secret societies that may run the world.

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201

🕵️ Secret Societies 🤔 Conspiracy Culture 💼 Power Elite 🧩 Alternative History 🌐 New World Order

The World's Most Dangerous Secret Societies

From the Illuminati to the Committee of 300: the secret societies that may run the world.

av James Jackson 2015 135 sider

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201 vurderinger

🕵️ Secret Societies 🤔 Conspiracy Culture 💼 Power Elite 🧩 Alternative History 🌐 New World Order

The Gift of Fear

av Gavin de Becker • 1997

Politeness silences your fastest danger-detection system. Here is how to turn the volume back up.

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🎯 Threat Assessment 🛡️ Personal Safety 🧠 Gut Instinct 🚫 Boundary Setting 🕵️ Manipulation Awareness

The Gift of Fear

Politeness silences your fastest danger-detection system. Here is how to turn the volume back up.

av Gavin de Becker 1997 352 sider

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52 000+ vurderinger

🎯 Threat Assessment 🛡️ Personal Safety 🧠 Gut Instinct 🚫 Boundary Setting 🕵️ Manipulation Awareness

Mindhunter

av John E. Douglas • 1995

Dismissed as witchcraft, FBI profiling began when an agent interviewed serial killers in prison.

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83 000+

🎯 Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Killers 🏛️ Fbi History 🧠 Criminal Psychology 👮 Law Enforcement Memoir

Mindhunter

Dismissed as witchcraft, FBI profiling began when an agent interviewed serial killers in prison.

av John E. Douglas 1995 384 sider

4.09

83 000+ vurderinger

🎯 Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Killers 🏛️ Fbi History 🧠 Criminal Psychology 👮 Law Enforcement Memoir

The World for Sale

av Javier Blas • 2021

A few secretive companies move the world's oil, grain, and metals, thriving on sanctions and coups.

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13 000+

🧱 Commodity Trading 🚢 Global Supply Chains 🚫 Sanctions Busting 🛢️ Energy Geopolitics 💰 Oligarchic Capitalism

The World for Sale

A few secretive companies move the world's oil, grain, and metals, thriving on sanctions and coups.

av Javier Blas 2021 410 sider

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13 000+ vurderinger

🧱 Commodity Trading 🚢 Global Supply Chains 🚫 Sanctions Busting 🛢️ Energy Geopolitics 💰 Oligarchic Capitalism

Chaos

av Tom O'Neill • 2019

The Manson story was a lie built to hide the CIA's mind-control experiments in Haight-Ashbury.

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38 000+

🏛️ Government Cover-Ups 🧠 Mind Control Programs 👮 Police Corruption 🎭 Manufactured Narratives 📝 Investigative Journalism

Chaos

The Manson story was a lie built to hide the CIA's mind-control experiments in Haight-Ashbury.

av Tom O'Neill 2019 504 sider

4.04

38 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Government Cover-Ups 🧠 Mind Control Programs 👮 Police Corruption 🎭 Manufactured Narratives 📝 Investigative Journalism

The Anatomy of Violence

av Adrian Raine • 2013

Slower heartbeats and smaller amygdalae predict crime. Violence is as biological as it is social.

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2 000+

🧠 Neurocriminology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🔪 Violence And The Brain 👤 Psychopathy

The Anatomy of Violence

Slower heartbeats and smaller amygdalae predict crime. Violence is as biological as it is social.

av Adrian Raine 2013 501 sider

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2 000+ vurderinger

🧠 Neurocriminology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🔪 Violence And The Brain 👤 Psychopathy

Ghost in the Wires

av Kevin D. Mitnick • 2011

He never cracked a password. He cracked people, and the FBI chased him for years.

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27 000+

🖥️ Computer Hacking 🎭 Social Engineering 🏃 Life On The Run 🔒 Cybercrime 💾 Early Hacker Culture

Ghost in the Wires

He never cracked a password. He cracked people, and the FBI chased him for years.

av Kevin D. Mitnick 2011 413 sider

3.97

27 000+ vurderinger

🖥️ Computer Hacking 🎭 Social Engineering 🏃 Life On The Run 🔒 Cybercrime 💾 Early Hacker Culture

The Panama Papers

av Frederik Obermaier • 2016

11.5 million documents arrived at a German newspaper, exposing the secret world of offshore wealth.

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🏝️ Offshore Finance 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowing 💰 Money Laundering

The Panama Papers

11.5 million documents arrived at a German newspaper, exposing the secret world of offshore wealth.

av Frederik Obermaier 2016 366 sider

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4 000+ vurderinger

🏝️ Offshore Finance 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowing 💰 Money Laundering

The House of My Mother

av Shari Franke • 2025

Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.

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⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoir 🔒 High-Control Groups 🥀 Family Estrangement

The House of My Mother

Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.

av Shari Franke 2025 320 sider

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200 000+ vurderinger

⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoir 🔒 High-Control Groups 🥀 Family Estrangement

Catching the Wolf of Wall Street

av Jordan Belfort • 2009

The FBI closes in. The marriage collapses. The only path out runs through a federal prison cell.

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🏢 Wall Street Culture 📉 Securities Fraud 💼 White Collar Crime 🔒 Prison Memoir 💊 Drug Addiction

Catching the Wolf of Wall Street

The FBI closes in. The marriage collapses. The only path out runs through a federal prison cell.

av Jordan Belfort 2009 482 sider

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4 000+ vurderinger

🏢 Wall Street Culture 📉 Securities Fraud 💼 White Collar Crime 🔒 Prison Memoir 💊 Drug Addiction

The Confidence Game

av Maria Konnikova • 2015

Anyone can be conned. The con artist's real genius is finding what you already want to believe.

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6 000+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎭 Social Engineering 📊 Behavioral Economics 🎯 Victim Psychology 🃏 Con Artistry

The Confidence Game

Anyone can be conned. The con artist's real genius is finding what you already want to believe.

av Maria Konnikova 2015 352 sider

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6 000+ vurderinger

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎭 Social Engineering 📊 Behavioral Economics 🎯 Victim Psychology 🃏 Con Artistry

The Devil in the White City

av Erik Larson • 2003

An architect builds a wonder. A doctor builds a hotel next door for murder. Chicago, 1893.

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📯 Gilded Age 🎡 World's Fairs 🔪 Serial Killers 🏙️ Urban History 🏛️ Architectural History

The Devil in the White City

An architect builds a wonder. A doctor builds a hotel next door for murder. Chicago, 1893.

av Erik Larson 2003 464 sider

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700 000+ vurderinger

📯 Gilded Age 🎡 World's Fairs 🔪 Serial Killers 🏙️ Urban History 🏛️ Architectural History

Number Go Up

av Zeke Faux • 2023

A journalist chases crypto's billions from a billionaire's penthouse to a Cambodian scam compound.

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🕵️ Crypto ExposéS 💸 Financial Bubbles 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🕴️ Unregulated Finance 👔 White Collar Crime

Number Go Up

A journalist chases crypto's billions from a billionaire's penthouse to a Cambodian scam compound.

av Zeke Faux 2023 304 sider

4.24

9 000+ vurderinger

🕵️ Crypto ExposéS 💸 Financial Bubbles 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🕴️ Unregulated Finance 👔 White Collar Crime

Without Conscience

av Robert D. Hare • 1993

Twenty percent of prisoners are psychopaths. More wear suits. The expert's guide to spotting them.

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13 000+

🧠 Psychopathy 🔍 Forensic Psychology 🚫 Antisocial Personality 💼 White-Collar Crime 🪤 Manipulation Tactics

Without Conscience

Twenty percent of prisoners are psychopaths. More wear suits. The expert's guide to spotting them.

av Robert D. Hare 1993 236 sider

4.06

13 000+ vurderinger

🧠 Psychopathy 🔍 Forensic Psychology 🚫 Antisocial Personality 💼 White-Collar Crime 🪤 Manipulation Tactics

Money Men

av Dan McCrum • 2022

When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.

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2 000+

🏦 Corporate Fraud 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 📉 Short Sellers

Money Men

When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.

av Dan McCrum 2022 352 sider

4.03

2 000+ vurderinger

🏦 Corporate Fraud 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 📉 Short Sellers

Dangerous Personalities

av Joe Navarro • 2014

An FBI profiler's checklist for spotting the personality types most likely to harm you.

3.88

2 000+

🧠 Personality Disorders 🛡️ Interpersonal Safety 🔍 Behavioral Profiling 🕵️ Manipulation Detection ☣️ Toxic Relationships

Dangerous Personalities

An FBI profiler's checklist for spotting the personality types most likely to harm you.

av Joe Navarro 2014 242 sider

3.88

2 000+ vurderinger

🧠 Personality Disorders 🛡️ Interpersonal Safety 🔍 Behavioral Profiling 🕵️ Manipulation Detection ☣️ Toxic Relationships

The Minds of Billy Milligan

av Daniel Keyes • 1981

Twenty-four selves, one body, and a crime that broke the legal definition of guilt.

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35 000+

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🪞 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Landmark Court Cases 🧩 Memory And Identity

The Minds of Billy Milligan

Twenty-four selves, one body, and a crime that broke the legal definition of guilt.

av Daniel Keyes 1981 448 sider

4.27

35 000+ vurderinger

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🪞 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Landmark Court Cases 🧩 Memory And Identity

Inside the Criminal Mind

av Stanton E. Samenow • 1984

The criminal is not a victim; he is a calculating architect who genuinely sees himself as decent.

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2 000+

🧠 Criminal Psychology ⚖️ Forensic Psychology 🎭 Psychopathy 💭 Cognitive Biases 🔄 Cognitive Therapy

Inside the Criminal Mind

The criminal is not a victim; he is a calculating architect who genuinely sees himself as decent.

av Stanton E. Samenow 1984 288 sider

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2 000+ vurderinger

🧠 Criminal Psychology ⚖️ Forensic Psychology 🎭 Psychopathy 💭 Cognitive Biases 🔄 Cognitive Therapy

Dark Alliance

av Gary Webb • 1998

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

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🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

Dark Alliance

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

av Gary Webb 1998 601 sider

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2 000+ vurderinger

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

A Child Called "It"

av Dave Pelzer • 1995

Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.

4.14

400 000+

🧒 Child Abuse Memoir 👩‍👦 Maternal Violence 🔗 Coercive Control 💔 Parental Betrayal 🏫 School Intervention

A Child Called "It"

Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.

av Dave Pelzer 1995 184 sider

4.14

400 000+ vurderinger

🧒 Child Abuse Memoir 👩‍👦 Maternal Violence 🔗 Coercive Control 💔 Parental Betrayal 🏫 School Intervention

The Smartest Guys in the Room

av Bethany McLean • 2003

Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.

4.22

28 000+

🏢 Corporate Fraud 📊 Accounting Manipulation 🏛️ Corporate Governance 💼 Corporate Hubris 🏦 Wall Street Culture

The Smartest Guys in the Room

Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.

av Bethany McLean 2003 440 sider

4.22

28 000+ vurderinger

🏢 Corporate Fraud 📊 Accounting Manipulation 🏛️ Corporate Governance 💼 Corporate Hubris 🏦 Wall Street Culture

The Mask of Sanity

av Hervey M. Cleckley • 1941

Intelligent, charming, incapable of love or remorse. The study that first defined psychopathy.

3.99

1 000+

🧠 Clinical Psychopathy 📋 Personality Disorders 💔 Empathy Deficits 🔍 Forensic Psychology 📖 Psychiatric Case Studies

The Mask of Sanity

Intelligent, charming, incapable of love or remorse. The study that first defined psychopathy.

av Hervey M. Cleckley 1941 596 sider

3.99

1 000+ vurderinger

🧠 Clinical Psychopathy 📋 Personality Disorders 💔 Empathy Deficits 🔍 Forensic Psychology 📖 Psychiatric Case Studies

The Cult of We

av Eliot Brown • 2021

An office landlord convinced Wall Street he was worth $47 billion. Then the IPO filing landed.

4.26

7 000+

💼 Startup Culture 📊 Corporate Governance 💰 Venture Capital 🫠 Founder Hubris 🔥 Unicorn Flameouts

The Cult of We

An office landlord convinced Wall Street he was worth $47 billion. Then the IPO filing landed.

av Eliot Brown 2021 430 sider

4.26

7 000+ vurderinger

💼 Startup Culture 📊 Corporate Governance 💰 Venture Capital 🫠 Founder Hubris 🔥 Unicorn Flameouts

Last Chance in Texas

av John Hubner • 2005

At a Texas juvenile prison, violent offenders reenact their crimes. Only one in ten reoffends.

4.29

500+

⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🔄 Offender Rehabilitation 🫂 Restorative Justice 📚 Correctional Education 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

Last Chance in Texas

At a Texas juvenile prison, violent offenders reenact their crimes. Only one in ten reoffends.

av John Hubner 2005 304 sider

4.29

500+ vurderinger

⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🔄 Offender Rehabilitation 🫂 Restorative Justice 📚 Correctional Education 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

If You Tell

av Gregg Olsen • 2019

Oil made the Osage the richest people on earth. Then trusted friends began murdering them for it.

3.98

300 000+

📜 Historical True Crime 📰 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Institutional Corruption 🔍 Murder Investigation ⚖️ Racial Exploitation

If You Tell

Oil made the Osage the richest people on earth. Then trusted friends began murdering them for it.

av Gregg Olsen 2019 431 sider

3.98

300 000+ vurderinger

📜 Historical True Crime 📰 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Institutional Corruption 🔍 Murder Investigation ⚖️ Racial Exploitation

Catch Me If You Can

av Frank W. Abagnale • 1980

Fake Pan Am pilot, fake doctor, fake lawyer. Real FBI manhunt. He was 19.

4.04

62 000+

🎭 Con Artists 🪪 Impersonation 🖋️ Forgery 🗣️ Social Engineering ⛓️ Prison Survival

Catch Me If You Can

Fake Pan Am pilot, fake doctor, fake lawyer. Real FBI manhunt. He was 19.

av Frank W. Abagnale 1980 219 sider

4.04

62 000+ vurderinger

🎭 Con Artists 🪪 Impersonation 🖋️ Forgery 🗣️ Social Engineering ⛓️ Prison Survival

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