Morbidly Curious Book Club

 

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1. The angel makers: arsenic, a midwife, and modern history's most astonishing murder ring

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Author:
McCracken, Patti
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4 stars
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Athens Drive Community - Adult Non-Fiction
364.152 MCCRA
Duraleigh Road - Adult Non-Fiction
364.152 MCCRA
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
364.152 MCCRA
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"The angel makers is a true-crime story like no other-a 1920s midwife who may have been the century's most prolific killer, leading a murder ring of women responsible for the deaths of at least 160 men"--

2. The day I die: the untold story of assisted dying in America

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Author:
Hannig, Anita
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Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
364.152 HANNI
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
364.152 HANNI
Holly Springs Community - Adult Non-Fiction
364.152 HANNI
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"The Day I Die is a major work of nonfiction that tackles the one issue we'll all eventually come to face--our final days, hours, and minutes. With clarity and empathy, award-winning anthropologist Anita Hannig uncovers the stigma against the practice of assisted dying, untangles the legalities and logistics of pursuing an assisted death in America today, and profiles the dedicated advocates and medical personnel involved. In intimate, lyrical detail,...

3. The indifferent stars above: the harrowing saga of a Donner Party bride

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Author:
Brown, Daniel James, 1951-
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Green Road Community - Adult Non-Fiction
978 BROWN
Holly Springs Community - Adult Non-Fiction
978 BROWN

4. Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI

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Grann, David
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Athens Drive Community - Adult Non-Fiction
976.6 GRANN
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976.6 GRANN
East Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
976.6 GRANN
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Cary Regional - Audio Books - Adult Nonfiction
976.6 GRANN 7 CDs
Eva H. Perry Regional - Audio Books - Adult Nonfiction
976.6 GRANN 7 CDs
Eva H. Perry Regional - Audio Books - Adult Nonfiction
976.6 GRANN 7CDs
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE
“A shocking whodunit…What...

5. We carry their bones: the search for justice at the Dozier School for Boys

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Author:
Kimmerle, Erin H.
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Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
365.42 KIMME
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365.42 KIMME
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365.42 KIMME
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Recounts the story of the Dozier School, a Florida reform school shut down in 2011 due to reports of cruelty, abuse, and mysterious deaths, and the efforts of the author, a leading forensic anthropologist, to locate and exhume the graves of the boys buried there in order to reunite them with their families.