Gone. This fresh up-to-the-minute collection of true crime stories captures the rich complexities of 25 diverse kidnapping cases from across the globe. Who can forget - . The video stills of a badly beaten Douglas Wood pleading for his life in Iraq? . Good-girl-turned-bad Patty Hearst posing with an AK-47? . The sordid secret lives of Phillip Garrido and Josef Fritzl? . The unflattering mug shots of NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak, driven to distraction by her romantic rival? . And did the FBI really foil a plot to kidnap Russell Crowe? Gone will engross anyone fascinated by human nature and the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit.