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RICO- How Politicians, Prosecutors, and the Mob Destroyed One of the FBI’s finest Special Agents    by Joe Wolfinger
Price: $4.99 USD. 97050 words. Language: English. Published on December 3, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Modern / General.

In October 2003 Paul Rico, a 78-year old retired FBI agent, was arrested and charged with the 1981 murder of a Tulsa Oklahoma based millionaire. Rico died a few months later in January 2004, before a trial or even a preliminary hearing could be held. An investigation by two retired agents proves two things: 1) he was a great agent and 2) he was not guilty.
I Remember It Well: Fifty Years of Colonial Service Personal Reminiscences    by David Le Breton
Price: $8.20 USD. 117470 words. Language: English. Published by North Highland Publishing  on August 15, 2012. Nonfiction » History » War.

Life in the Colonial Service was varied, sometimes dangerous, often hilarious but never dull. Members of the Overseas Service Pensioners' Association served the Crown in far-flung territories both before and after World War II. Their reminiscences were published in whole or in part from time to time in the Association's biannual Journal, the Overseas Pensioner.
The Planet-Girded Suns: The History of Human Thought About Extrasolar Worlds    by Sylvia Engdahl
Price: $2.99 USD. 87430 words. Language: English. Published by Ad Stellae Books  on May 18, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Astronomy.

From the late 17th century until the end of the 19th, almost all educated people believed that the stars are suns surrounded by inhabited planets. This book, first published by Atheneum in 1974 and now updated to include the scientific knowledge gained during the past 40 years, tells the story of the rise, fall, and eventual renewal of widespread conviction that we are not alone in the universe.
Un año, una vida    by Iluminada Olivares
Price: $4.99 USD. 64410 words. Language: Spanish. Published by Chiado Editora on April 7, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Modern / General.

Los 70 y los 80 fueron años ricos en cambios y experiencias: políticas, sociales, sexuales y familiares. Y de nostalgia y amargura para quienes los vivieron con intensidad. Nunca hasta entonces, la mujer tuvo la oportunidad de vivir tantas conquistas – y tantos desengaños – en tan poco tiempo.