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  • A Doctor on the Inside

    From the County Jail to the Supermax

    by William Wright ...
    Get both of Dr. William Wright’s best-selling, award-winning books in a singlevolume!Maximum Insecurity chronicles Wright’s true-life metamorphosis from suburbanear surgeon to life as the sole physician at Colorado’s maximum-security prison.Jailhouse Doc follows Wright’s transition from prison medicine to running theclinic at the county jail. Should be easy right? Not on your life.Told with a ... Read more

    $6.97 USD

  • The Von Bülow Affair

    The Objective Behind-the-Scenes Account of the Shocking Attempted Murder Case

    by William Wright ...
    The true story of heiress Sunny von Bülow's coma and the attempted-murder trial of her husband, Claus—the case that inspired the film Reversal of Fortune.On December 21, 1980, millionaire socialite Sunny Von Bülow was found unconscious on her bathroom floor. She would remain in a coma for twenty-seven years. Although her condition appeared to be the result of hypoglycemia, Sunny's children ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Battle Story: Omdurman 1898

    by William Wright ...
    Series series Battle Story
    The battle took place at Kerreri, 11km north of Omdurman in the Sudan. Kitchener commanded a force of 8,000 British regulars and a mixed force of 17,000 Sudanese and Egyptian soldiers. He arrayed his force in an arc around the village of Egeiga close to the bank of the Nile, where a gunboat flotilla waited in support, facing a wide, flat plain with hills rising to the left and right. The British ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Maximum Insecurity

    A Doctor in the Supermax

    by William Wright ...
    Runner Up in the General Non Fiction category at the 2014 Hollywood Book Festival.After three decades as a successful ear surgeon, William Wright, MD is bored beyond belief. He dabbles with retirement, but finds idleness infuriating. He has to do something.Then he sees an ad for a doctor’s position from the Colorado Department of Corrections at a supermax prison. Now that, he thinks, would be ... Read more

    $4.97 USD

  • Grotesque Architecture

    Unveiling the Fantastical World of Architectural Aberrations

    by William Wrighte ...
    In "Grotesque Architecture," William Wrighte delves into the intricate interplay between architectural design and its socio-political implications, exploring how grotesque elements serve as a counter-narrative to conventional aesthetics. The book employs a richly descriptive literary style, weaving together historical references, architectural theory, and vivid imagery. Wrighte examines various ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Warriors of the Queen

    Fighting Generals of the Victorian Age

    by William Wright ...
    Who were the men who commanded the British Army in the numerous small wars of the Victorian Empire? Today, many are all but forgotten, save the likes of Cardigan, Kitchener, Baden-Powell and Gordon of Khartoum. Yet they were a disparate and fascinating assemblage, made up of men of true military genius, as well as egoists, fools and despots. In Warriors of the Queen, William Wright surveys over ... Read more

    $1.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • British Murder

    A Compendium: 1901-2000

    by William Wright ...
    The first study, year by year, of murder in Britain in the 20th century. The cases range from the long forgotten, like Rhoda Willis - last of the baby farmers - to the truly terrifying, such as Patrick Mackay (front cover). An introduction to each decade shows how investigative procedures and the criminal law changed during the century. ... Read more

    $12.59 USD

  • Manipur Mischief

    Rebellion, Scandal, and the Dark Side of the Raj, 1891

    by William Wright ...
    In 1891 the hill state and principality of Manipur erupted in violence, the worst bloodshed in India since the Great Mutiny thirty-four years earlier. The Manipuris even chopped off the head of the Chief Commissioner of Assam and those of his entourage including the British Resident, handsome Frank Grimwood, leaving his beautiful young wife Ethel alone and the only woman in a world gone mad. The ... Read more

    $14.19 USD

  • Born That Way

    Genes, Behavior, Personality

    by William Wright ...
    A comprehensive view of the most heated debate of our time -- are genes the primary influence on human personality and behavior? In presenting the recent findings, William Wright argues that in a century dominated by psychoanalytic thought, there has been an insistence that humans, unlike all other species, are brought into the world as blank slates on which personalities are etched by the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Harvard's Secret Court

    The Savage 1920 Purge of Campus Homosexuals

    by William Wright ...
    **"As mesmerizing as it is appalling." -- The Boston GlobeHarvard's Secret Court reveals the controversial true story of an appalling scandal at Harvard University, when a group of deans and scholars attempted to expel a group of students for their sexuality.**In 2002, a researcher for The Harvard Crimson came across a restricted archive labeled "Secret Court Files, 1920." The mystery he uncovered ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Tracker

    by William Wright ...
    I was born during the Vietnam war, so I guess you could say I’ve been doing this for a while now. Over 40 years to be exact. I started, what I call tracking, at the age of 13 and have tracked down drug dealers, warlords, cryptids, and some of the worst human beings you can imagine. Some of these the government doesn’t even want you to know about. That’s why they hired me. Even other countries have ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Icons: Celebrity Satire

    by William Wright ...
    2015 was certainly a busy time for celebrities! In a mere 365 days we’ve been hit with enough jaw-dropping headlines to last a decade. Who can forget Marilyn Manson marrying his cat and Pope Francis trading in his Popemobile for a Segway, or William Hung performing as an honorary Dallas Cowboy cheerleader? Could anyone have possibly expected Martha Stewart to get caught shoplifting at a Goodwill ... Read more

    $3.99 USD