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Recounts the trial of the notorious serial killer and follows the experiences of his friend and lawyer, Sam Amirante, who accepted Gacy as a client when the latter complained of police harassment before revealing his crimes during a drunken confession.

“Sam, could you do me a favor?” Thus begins a story that has now become part of America’s true crime hall of fame. It is a gory, grotesque tale befitting a Stephen King novel. It is also a David and Goliath saga—the story of a young lawyer fresh from the Public Defender’s Office whose first client in private practice turns out to be the worst serial killer in our nation’s history. Sam Amirante had just opened his first law practice when he got a phone call from his friend John Wayne Gacy, a well-known and well-liked community figure. Gacy was upset about what he called “police harassment” and asked Amirante for help. With the police following his every move in connection with the disappearance of a local teenager, Gacy eventually gave a drunken, dramatic, early morning confession—to his new lawyer. Gacy was eventually charged with murder and Amirante suddenly became the defense attorney for one of American’s most disturbing serial killers. It was his first case. This new edition of John Wayne Gacy, which contains updated material about the case that has come to light since the book’s original publication, recounts the gruesome killings and the famous trial that shocked a nation.

When Money Talks is a powerful look into the world of big money and secret, government surveillance, which makes it impossible for readers to regard a phone call or email in the same way ever again.

Report of Casework Review Committee, I.D.S.C. Northern Region, Surrey House. Examines current practice of casework and makes recommendations concerning how such practice can be improved. Includes a chapter, Task-centered treatment / by William J. Reid, from Social work treatment / edited by Francis J. Turner.

Country music legend Davis, leader of the world-famous Nashville Brass, shares stories from more than 50 years of show business from playing with Gene Krupa and others during the big band era to working with stars like Connie Francis and Hank Williams, Jr. Includes 150 rare and exclusive photographs.

The man who went from a childhood of poverty in Toledo to become a major star and producer of such hits as "Make Room for Daddy" and "The Dick Van Dyke show" shares the story of his phenomenal success