Lee Butcher

Relates the meteoric rise to power of Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Computer, his career at Apple and his influence on the personal computer field, and his eventual ouster from the company that began in his parents' garage

I didn't kill them for any satisfaction. It was distasteful. It was dreadful. Of course, I was able to do it because of my general rage against society.Meredith Emerson was a recent college graduate who disappeared while taking her beloved dog, Ella, for a hike on Georgia's Blood Mountain on New Year's Day, 2008. Cheryl Dunlap was a nurse whose body was found in Florida's Apalachicola National Forest after she failed to show up to teach her regular Sunday School class in December 2007. Vibrant, beautiful, caring women, loved by their friends and families, with everything to live for. . .until they fell into the trap of Gary Michael Hilton, a former Green Beret paratrooper and expert outdoorsman with a twisted lust for violence. What they suffered at his hands was unspeakable. Even after two convictions, the question remains--how many innocent victims were prey to his evil designs?Includes killer's shocking confession and 16 pages of dramatic photos.Case seen on 48 Hours"Chilling true crime by a master storyteller." --Don Lasseter

Angel-faced Paula Guitierrez was 15 when she met 14-year-old Nestor (Chino) DeJesus on a subway platform in New York City. Almost immediately, they began a torrid affair fueled by sex and marijuana.But while Chino charmed Paula's parents, behind closed doors he was a sadistic control freak who forced Paula into submission and beat her when she tried to escape. Moving to Tampa, Florida, the couple found themselves penniless and hungry with a two-year-old daughter to feed. The only thing going for them was a semiautomatic Mac 11 pistol and a reckless plan.On the morning of July 6, 2001, the sordid saga of Paula and Chino finally reached its inevitable violent end. Hats and bandannas over their faces, the desperate duo rushed into a bank with their gun raised and walked out with $10,000. Believing they'd made a clean getaway, within the hour they found themselves in a tense standoff with two SWAT teams - one cop dead in the street. The only way out was suicide. Pointing the guns at themselves, Chino began counting to three... but only one would die.

On a hot summer night, near St. Augustine, Florida, a beautiful couple - who had everything going for them - went for a walk on the beach. By midnight, April Barber was dead, her husband Justin was riddled with bullets, and police had a baffling mystery on their hands...Investigators soon suspected that Justin himself was the killer and that the attack was a carefully planned sham. The Justin had carried out multiple affairs and was strapped for the kind of cash April's life insurance would pay. But the cops had a problem. They had no murder weapon, no witnesses, no DNA - no hard evidence at all.For months investigators built their case. But as a nation turned its attention to a riveting courtroom confrontation, the duel between investigators and suspect exploded into a shocking drama. Now a jury would have to decide Justin's fate - and whether or not he'd carried out the perfect crime...

Presents the chilling and twisted true story of millionaire heiress Lisa Paspalakis who was murdered by her husband Kosta Fotopoulos and his party-girl lover, Dierdre Hunt. Reprint.

An account of a teen's tortured affection for his mother reveals how Virginia Larzelere--now on death row--convinced her son to murder his stepfather so she and her son could live together as man and wife. Original.

An overview of those people, who they are, what they do and impacts, that are parts of the power structure economically and politically in Florida in 1976.

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Covers the emotional, physical, and financial concerns and adjustments resulting from retirement, discussing monetary assessment and planning, the role of hobbies and new jobs, housing, health care, and the legal concerns of retirees

Get ready for a super look at how plants grow! This book uses fun and adorable cartoon characters to show the amazing life cycle of a plant. From a winking seed to a leafy sprout doing a happy dance, and flowers with funny faces attracting buzzing bee buddies, you'll learn all about transformation and seeds in a way that will make you smile. It's plant science made playful!