The Wire: Truth Be Told

10 best books like The Wire: Truth Be Told (Rafael Alvarez): The Orenda, American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment, By Myself and Then Some, Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Audio Collection, The Holocaust: A New History, Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power, A Place Called Waco: A Survivor's Story, The Battle For Paradise, David Foster Wallace: The Last Interview and Other Conversations, Lasermannen: En berättelse om Sverige

AuthorJoseph Boyden
ISBN0670064181
In the remote winter landscape a brutal massacre and the kidnapping of a young Iroquois girl violently re-ignites a deep rift between two tribes. The girl’s captor, Bird, is one of the Huron Nation’s great warriors and statesmen. Years have passed since the murder of his family, and yet they are...
AuthorShane Bauer
ISBN0735223580
A groundbreaking and brave inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America in one Louisiana prison and over the course of our country's history.

In 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison in Winnfield, Louisiana. An...
By Myself and Then Some
AuthorLauren Bacall
ISBN0061127914
Lauren Bacall was barely 20 when she made her Hollywood debut with Humphrey Bogart and became an overnight sex symbol. Their romance on and off screen made them Hollywood's most celebrated couple and together they produced some of the most electric scenes in movie history. But when Bogart died of cancer...
AuthorArthur Conan Doyle
71 hrs 58 mins

Ever since he made his first appearance in A Study In Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes has enthralled and delighted millions of fans throughout the world. Now Audible is proud to present Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection, read by Stephen Fry. A lifelong...
The Holocaust: A New History
AuthorLaurence Rees
ISBN0241297001
This book answers two fundamental questions about the Holocaust. How, and why, did it happen?

Laurence Rees' masterpiece is revealing in three ways. First, it is based not only on the latest academic research, but also on 25 years of interviewing survivors and perpetrators, often at the sites...
AuthorNoam Chomsky
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

In his first major book on the subject of income inequality, Noam Chomsky skewers the fundamental tenets of neoliberalism and casts a clear, cold, patient eye on the economic facts of life. What are the ten principles of concentration of wealth and power at work...
A Place Called Waco: A Survivor's Story
AuthorDavid Thibodeau
ISBN1891620428
Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the siege at Waco, and a tie-in to the upcoming Spike TV mini-series, an updated reissue of the critically acclaimed A Place Called Waco by Branch Davidian survivor, David Thibodeau.

For the first time ever, a survivor of the Waco massacre tells the inside...
AuthorNaomi Klein
Fearless necessary reporting . . . Klein exposes the 'battle of utopias' that is currently unfolding in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico - a battle that pits a pitilessly neoliberal plutocratic 'paradise' against a community movement with Puerto Rican sovereignty at its center." - Junot Diaz

"We...
AuthorDavid Foster Wallace
ISBN1612192068
In intimate and eloquent interviews, including the last he gave before his suicide, the writer hailed by A.O. Scott of the New York Times as “the best mind of his generation” considers the state of modern America, entertainment and discipline, adulthood, literature, and his own inimitable writing...
Lasermannen: En berättelse om Sverige
AuthorGellert Tamas
ISBN9173249734
Under några månader årsskiftet 1991 och 1992 var Stockholm en stad i skräck. En okänd gärningsman, beväpnad med ett lasergevär, sköt sammanlagt 11 personer vid tio olika attentat. En dog, flera fick men för livet. Det enda offren hade gemensamt var sitt mörka hår och mörka hudfärg....
All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire
AuthorJonathan Abrams
ISBN0451498143
The definitive oral history of the iconic and beloved TV show The Wire, as told by the actors, writers, directors, and others involved in its creation.

Since its final episode aired in 2008, HBO's acclaimed crime drama The Wire has only become more popular and influential. The issues it tackled,...
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