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Presents O.J. Simpson's description of how he hypothetically would have committed the murders of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson in 1994, with essays by the Goldman family and their lawyer that tell the story behind various events surrounding the case, including the arrest of Simpson in 2007.

"Dreamers and Schemers chronicles how Los Angeles's pursuit and staging of the 1932 Olympic Games during the depths of the Great Depression helped fuel the city's transformation from a seedy frontier village to a world-famous metropolis. Leading that pursuit was the "Prince of Realtors," William May (Billy) Garland, a prominent figure in early Los Angeles. In important respects, the story of Billy Garland is the story of Los Angeles. After arriving in Southern California in 1890, he helped drive much of the city's historic expansion in the first two decades of the twentieth century, and then, from 1920 to 1932, he directed the city's bid for the 1932 Olympic Games. Garland's quest to host the Olympics provides an unusually revealing window onto a particular time, place, and way of life. Reconstructing the narrative from Garland's visionary notion to its consequential aftermath, Barry Siegel shows how one man's grit and imagination made California history"--Provided by publisher.

Text and photographs look at some of the different players who have played on the Los Angeles Lakers.

L.A. Crip gang member Kody Scott recounts his life from the time he joined at eleven years old to being in solitary confinement at San Quentin.

Suspects abound when William Desmond Taylor, a successful director, is found shot in his home during the early days of Hollywood.

The author recounts his growing up in poverty in Los Angeles, his encounters with racism in school and on the streets, and his struggle to overcome prejudice, drugs, and violence.

"A memoir--written in the wake of a cancer diagnosis--that zeroes in on the crux between two brothers: one who became an LAPD officer, and the other a terrorist"--Amazon.

A behind-the-scenes history of the O.J. Simpson trial, discussing the attorneys, private detectives, dog walkers, cops, forensic experts, and other people and events that played a part in the proceedings, and examining some of the questions raised by the case, such as the importance of celebrity, race, and the efficacy of the jury system.

Tells the true story of Nick Markowitz, an innocent teen who becomes a hostage in the middle of a dangerous drug-fueled feud, then later killed, and the countless people who witnessed it and said nothing.