<div>From the Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning author: &ldquo;The story of L.A.&rsquo;s dirtiest cop . . . A riveting glimpse of the dark side of human behavior&rdquo; (Flint Journal). Bill Leasure was among the least ambitious officers ever to wear the badge for the Los Angeles Police Department. He was content to work the traffic beat and only rarely gave out tickets. He also ran scams that netted him countless riches, from stealing yachts to collecting guns and cars. And he further enriched himself by setting up a murder-for-hire ring. Was he in it for the thrills? Was he a cop playing both sides of the law for the fun of it? Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning journalist Edward Humes explores the lies and psychopathy that enabled Bill Leasure to fool even the most savvy of city prosecutors, his own wife. &ldquo;Rife with vivid description. Disturbing.&rdquo; &mdash;The Miami Herald &ldquo;Fascinating . . . A superbly crafted chronicle of one of the most complex, enigmatic criminals in memory. Far stronger and more compelling than most crime fiction.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews &ldquo;Excellent . . . Authoritative, impeccably documented and disturbing.&rdquo; &mdash;The Orange County Register &ldquo;Painstaking research and hair-trigger pacing.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly</div>

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<div>Extraordinary stories of ordinary men and women whose lives were changed forever by landmark legislation&mdash;and how they went on to change the country. Inspiring war stories are familiar. But what about after-the-war stories? From a Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning author, Over Here is the Greatest Generation&rsquo;s after-the-war story&mdash;vivid portraits of how the original G.I. Bill empowered an entire generation and reinvented the nation. The G.I. Bill opened college education to the masses, transformed America from a nation of renters into a nation of homeowners, and enabled an era of prosperity never before seen in the world. Doctors, teachers, engineers, researchers, and Nobel Prize winners who had never considered college an option rewrote the American Dream thanks to this most visionary legislation. &ldquo;Vivid . . . Deeply moving, alive with the thrill of people from modest backgrounds discovering that the opportunities available to them were far greater than anything they had dreamed of.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;Poignant . . . The human dramas scattered throughout the narrative are irresistible.&rdquo; &mdash;The Denver Post &ldquo;Fascinating . . . The book&rsquo;s statistics are eye-opening, but it&rsquo;s the numerous personal vignettes that bring this account to life. . . . At its best, these passages are reminiscent of Studs Terkel&rsquo;s Depression-era and World War II oral histories.&rdquo; &mdash;The Plain Dealer</div>

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<div>From the Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning journalist comes what Publishers Weekly called the &ldquo;definitive study&rdquo; of the grisly mass killings in Matamoros, Mexico. In the 1980&rsquo;s, Adolfo Constanzo, devotee of Santer&iacute;a and powerful cult leader opened shop in Mexico City as a fortune-teller. He soon realized that there were greater profits in drug money than the occult, and as his status grew in the drug trade, so too did his legendary brutality. Kidnappings, torture, and murder were three weapons in his arsenal that he used to keep a vice grip on the drug trade. In Buried Secrets, Edward Humes explores the intersections of the drug trade and politics in a way that still resonates today, touching upon the religious elements that play into the iconic status of drug kingpins. This unflinching, unforgettable story is brought to vivid, terrifying life in &ldquo;one of the best true-crime tales in recent time&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). &ldquo;Chilling . . . A masterful job.&rdquo; &mdash;The Washington Post &ldquo;Terrific . . . A highly readable, authoritative account of a particularly gruesome chapter in border history.&rdquo; &mdash;The Dallas Morning News &ldquo;A chilling story of murder and religious mania.&rdquo; &mdash;Library Journal</div>

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