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Offers new clues about the mysterious boy raised in a dungeon.

The "crimes" of the Borgias are legend; the name of the noted and notorious Florentine family has become a synonym for intrigue and violence, and yet the Borgias have not been without stanch defenders in history. The Cenci are nearly as ill-famed. The beautiful Beatrice Cenci -- celebrated in the painting of Guido, the sixteenth century romance of Guerrazi, and the poetic tragedy of Shelley, not to mention numerous succeeding works inspired by her hapless fate -- will always remain a shadowy figure and one of infinite pathos.(Vol. I of VIII)

The first of the many Pinkerton volumes, with historical significance as the American counterpart of Vidocq - the nineteenth century's most celebrated detective. Pinkerton wrote many volumes of stories and memoirs. The Expressman and the Detective recounts the unraveling of a case of theft involving an Alabama banking express mail service. Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) was the world's first private detective. Emigrating to Chicago from Glasgow, Scotland, he discovered a gang of counterfeiters and assisted in their capture. He became deputy sheriff of Kane County, then Cook County, resigning from the police to form the Pinkerton Detective Agency in 1852. The Pinkerton logo, the All-Seeing Eye, inspired the phrase "Private Eye". The mental characteristics of Allan Pinkerton were judgment as to facts, knowledge of men, the ability to concentrate his faculties on one subject, and the persistent power of will. A mysterious problem of crime, against which his life was devoted, presented to his thought, was solved almost in an instant, and seemingly by his intuitions. With half-closed eyes he saw the scene in which the wrong was done, read every movement of the criminals, and reached invariably the correct conclusion as to their conduct and guilt.

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After 9/11, life is no longer the same. The world we know is changing, and new ways of protecting ourselves, doing business, and meeting personal goals are on everyone's mind. The pervasive need for more personal power underscores modern trends toward the psychology of self and therapeutic individualism. Americans want individual accountability in business and government, increased personal security, and life-changing social skills.When is the last time strangers came into your house or place of work? Do you get uneasy feelings about other people when shopping or flying? As both crime and technology increase, personal security wanes. The AP recently reported that new FBI agents are learning how to read body language as part of the most notable change in their training in more than fifty years. Sociologists say nonverbal communications are crucial to building relationships, and businessmen say the ability to read people benefits global trade. Knowing the movements and expressions people use to express their innermost feelings enables observers to rapidly organize information needed to make quick consequential decisions, and nonverbal skills are absolutely essential to personal empowerment. It's not "what" you say that counts, but "how" you say it.

One of the most natural of story-tellers, and also one who took most naturally to the "detective"or "mystery" form was Charles Dickens. His lovers can easily recall examples, not only in the so-called detective stories such as "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," but in the shape of exciting threads that wind through and color some of his broadest efforts, such as "Little Dorrit." One of Dickens' great admirations was Inspector Field, a London detective. He reported him in a series of articles, describing his own adventures in the slums with police guards. He saw in him the good-natured, native shrewdness, the kindliness towards the distressed, yet the inflexibility of vengeance itself with the criminal, that one would expect from the tender-hearted author himself were he to turn detective. With such "Real Life" to work from, no wonder Dickens put one of the best detective stories of all time into his lengthy novel of "Bleak House," from which it has been selected for the following pages. The "Inspector Bucket" of this story is none other than Inspector Field, and the episode in Chapter VIII is a vivid and literal rendering of Dickens' own visits to the dreadful depths of the London slums with his friend of the police.

CONTENTSForewordPreface - Okhrana: The Paris Operations of the Russian Imperial PoliceFrom Paris to Palo AltoCIA Interest in the Okhrana FilesOrigins of the Okhrana and Its Paris OfficeForeign OperationsChange and ContinuityDramatis PersonaeConclusionsArticles by "Rita T. Kronenbitter"Paris Okhrana 1885-1905The Illustrious Career of Arkadiy HartingThe Sherlock Holmes of the RevolutionOkhrana Agent DolinThe Okhrana's Female Agents - Part I: Russian WomenThe Okhrana's Female Agents - Part II: Indigenous RecruitsReview of Edward Ellis Smith, The Young Stalin, by Ham GelmanCommentary by Rita T. Kronenbitter

While on a business trip in Miami, Elizabeth Grzeszczyk meets a man who introduces himself as Dr. Jonathan Palmer, the former British Formula One Grand Prix race car driver. He quickly steals her heart, and her life becomes a whirlwind as she is swept up into his glamorous lifestyle. When Elizabeth discovers he is really an internationally wanted con man, Jonathan Nigel-Philip Kern, her life spirals downward. Determined not to let this man ruin her life, Elizabeth fights back. When she is transferred to work in Europe, she has the chance of a lifetime to testify against the con man in a Paris courtroom. Elizabeth's story has been featured on "Unsolved Mysteries" and in numerous newspapers world-wide including "The Sunday Times" in South Africa", "News of the World Sunday Magazine" in Great Britain and "Israeli Insider" in Israel. Elizabeth's Story has also been featured in "Marie Claire", "Sports Illustrated", and "Car & Driver" magazines.(Book includes photos.)