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Armed and Dangerous: Memoirs of a Chicago Policewoman
ISBN: 9780312878900 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The critically acclaimed memoirs of one female police officer's sixteen-year odyssey, beginning with day one at the Police Academy and spanning assignments on Chicago's West Side, one of the most dangerous areas in the city. The notorious cops' code of silence is broken as the author recounts incidents in the West Side projects: shoot-outs, ambushes, and what it feels like to kill a man--just four days out of the Academy. The stories told are sometimes tragic, sometimes funny, often poignant, and always provide the reader with an on the scene feel for life behind the badge.... The critically acclaimed memoirs of one female police officer's sixteen-year odyssey, beginning with day one at the Police Academy and spanning ass... |
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82,35 zł |
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Brooklyn's Best: The Michael Behette Story
ISBN: 9780989481939 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Brooklyn's Best, The Michael Behette Story is a book which is both captivating and funny. The characters and tales from Michael's 20 years with the Fire Department of New York and his stint with the New York Police Department and his antics with friends will be certain to hold your interest and put a smile on your face. At the same time there are some heartbreaking stories from the devastating effects of September 11, 2001, the line of duty deaths suffered by firefighters and rescue workers protecting New York City and its citizens. There may well be a tear in your eye when you read about the...
Brooklyn's Best, The Michael Behette Story is a book which is both captivating and funny. The characters and tales from Michael's 20 years with the Fi...
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59,15 zł |
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Test of Loyalty
ISBN: 9780671220211 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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116,87 zł |
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The Man from the Rio Grande, Volume 32: A Biography of Harry Love, Leader of the California Rangers Who Tracked Down Joaquin Murrieta
ISBN: 9780870623288 / Angielski / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For more than a century the history of the American Frontier, particularly the West, has been the speciality of the Arthur H. Clark Company. We publish new books, both interpretive and documentary, in small, high-quality editions for the collector, researcher, and library.
For more than a century the history of the American Frontier, particularly the West, has been the speciality of the Arthur H. Clark Company. We publis...
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215,75 zł |
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Fighting to Win: Sheriff Bob Vogel
ISBN: 9781563116278 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How a lone Florida Sheriff fought the U.S. Justice Department--and won The amazing career of Bob Vogel began in the Florida Highway Patrol, where he personally took over billion dollars in street value of drugs off the market in just three years. Bob tells his story about the war on drugs, on the controversial practice of profiling, and about his years-long battle to prove that his law enforcement efforts were both lawful and prudent. His results helped stem the flow of drugs north and south up Interstate 95 for a number of years, and he was featured on 60 Minutes for his remarkable record....
How a lone Florida Sheriff fought the U.S. Justice Department--and won The amazing career of Bob Vogel began in the Florida Highway Patrol, where he ...
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134,21 zł |
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Policing in America: A Reference Handbook
ISBN: 9781598840438 / Angielski / Twarda / 327 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How Americans view police has varied dramatically through history. In 1856, New York police opposed wearing uniforms because they felt it represented a militaristic and nondemocratic type of organization. Today, our police model themselves on the military and use military tactics in the "war" on drugs. "Policing in America: A Reference Handbook" chronicles our changing ideas and methods of social control, beginning with the first recorded instances. It traces the trends that have shaped America's unique policing system and our fascination with police. It also examines the hot-button... How Americans view police has varied dramatically through history. In 1856, New York police opposed wearing uniforms because they felt it represent... |
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300,30 zł |
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Ramblings of a Lowcountry Game Warden: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781570037283 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title features the career-spanning tales of a coastal crimefighter, ranging from the dangerous to the hilarious.Moise served with distinction as a South Carolina game warden for nearly a quarter century, patrolling the coastal woods and waters of the Palmetto State. In this colorful memoir, the cigar-chomping, ticket-writing scourge of lowcountry fish and game law violators chronicles grueling stakeouts, complex trials, hair-raising adventures, and daily interactions with a host of outrageous personalities. Along the way he paints a vivid and fluid portrait of evolving attitudes and...
This title features the career-spanning tales of a coastal crimefighter, ranging from the dangerous to the hilarious.Moise served with distinction as ...
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152,61 zł |
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Skyburst Police Dept.
ISBN: 9781434358127 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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77,35 zł |
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Both Sides Of The Fence : A Life Undercover
ISBN: 9781840187694 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As one of a handful of UK police officers trained in SAS deep-cover surveillance, David Corbett infiltrated the toughest communities, living among junkies, prostitutes, murderers, and firearm dealers, in order to gather evidence that would lead to dozens of convictions. He trained in urban and rural surveillance and invented a fictional past for himself. Like Donnie Brasco, the legendary US cop who won the trust of the Mafia, Corbett risked his life every dayone false move and his cover would have been blown. Corbett's work led to 31 convictions and commendations from the Chief Constable and...
As one of a handful of UK police officers trained in SAS deep-cover surveillance, David Corbett infiltrated the toughest communities, living among jun...
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70,93 zł |
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I Took It As A Sign
ISBN: 9781505564808 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Susan Ashton-Burghley was born in England, and raised in Vancouver B.C. after immigrating with her parents at age three. She has an extensive background in the law enforcement field, working in various capacities, including being a former member of the RCMP. On a personal level, her interests lie in self development and psychology, with a leaning toward a holistic approach which embraces the mind, body and spirit connection with regard to overall health. Through her Police work she's dealt with the dark side. It's something she learned about in her personal life, having been the victim of...
Susan Ashton-Burghley was born in England, and raised in Vancouver B.C. after immigrating with her parents at age three. She has an extensive backgrou...
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63,75 zł |
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The Wolf and the Sheepdog
ISBN: 9781434355126 / Angielski / Miękka / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Wolf and The Sheepdog is a personal account that graphically depicts the experiences of a police officer working the cold streets in one of Canada's largest cities. Join the author on his journey from a fresh recruit to an experienced street cop as he deals with a vast variety of Policing calls. Feel the emotions that affect the author as he battles through near death situations. Learn the personal dramatic emotions create by dealing with domestic assaults, violence, sexual assault victims and death. The Wolf and The Sheepdog will bring you into a world that the recruiting posters fail to...
The Wolf and The Sheepdog is a personal account that graphically depicts the experiences of a police officer working the cold streets in one of Canada...
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98,00 zł |
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The Wolf and the Sheepdog
ISBN: 9781434355133 / Angielski / Twarda / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Wolf and The Sheepdog is a personal account that graphically depicts the experiences of a police officer working the cold streets in one of Canada's largest cities. Join the author on his journey from a fresh recruit to an experienced street cop as he deals with a vast variety of Policing calls. Feel the emotions that affect the author as he battles through near death situations. Learn the personal dramatic emotions create by dealing with domestic assaults, violence, sexual assault victims and death. The Wolf and The Sheepdog will bring you into a world that the recruiting posters fail to...
The Wolf and The Sheepdog is a personal account that graphically depicts the experiences of a police officer working the cold streets in one of Canada...
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147,02 zł |
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Bullets, Bombs, and Fast Talk: Twenty-Five Years of FBI War Stories
ISBN: 9781597972444 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A desperate gunman holds a planeload of innocent passengers hostage. A heavily armed cult leader refuses to leave his compound, threatening mass suicide by a hundred of his brainwashed followers. A neo-Nazi militant in a cabin hideout keeps federal agents at bay with gunfire. A baby disappears; his only trace is an ominous ransom call to his parents. Prisoners riot, threatening the lives of prison officers and hundreds of other inmates. How do you react? What do you do? What do you say? Your words, your actions can save lives--or lose them. James Botting faced these challenges and daily...
A desperate gunman holds a planeload of innocent passengers hostage. A heavily armed cult leader refuses to leave his compound, threatening mass suici...
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150,37 zł |
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Surrounded
ISBN: 9781434358394 / Angielski / Miękka / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is for humans only, especially if the color of your blood is red. "Officer Beth" talks about the Brave, the Cowards, and the true Survivors of Earth and gives tough love-life directions. She's a true life survivor as a San Francisco Police Veteran with near-miss death situations and her Marine Mom's emotional survival story will move any human. Officer Beth writes from her heart and she leaves footprints in yours. There's Judge Judy, there's Dr. Laura, and here's Officer Beth, Officer of the Peace. Who do you trust the most in giving you directions when you're lost, frustrated, or...
This book is for humans only, especially if the color of your blood is red. "Officer Beth" talks about the Brave, the Cowards, and the true Survivors ...
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113,61 zł |
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The Vendetta: Special Agent Melvin Purvis, John Dillinger, and Hoover's FBI in the Age of Gangsters
ISBN: 9781586487416 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In "The Vendetta," author Alston Purvis recounts the story of his father, Melvin Purvis, the iconic G-man and public hero made famous by his remarkable sweep of the great Public Enemies of the American Depression John Dillinger; Pretty Boy Floyd, and Baby Face Nelson. Purvis s successes led FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover to grow increasingly jealous, to the point where he vowed to bring down Purvis. Hoover smeared Purvis s reputation, and tried to erase his name from all records of the FBI's greatest triumphs. This book sets the record straight, and provides a grippingly authentic new telling of...
In "The Vendetta," author Alston Purvis recounts the story of his father, Melvin Purvis, the iconic G-man and public hero made famous by his remarkabl...
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158,01 zł |
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One Marshal's Badge: A Memoir of Fugitive Hunting, Witness Protection, and the U.S. Marshals Service
ISBN: 9781597973670 / Angielski / Twarda / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While many people are familiar with the U.S. Marshals Service's reputation from frontier days, when legendary lawmen such as Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson enforced the Wild West, the agency's modern exploits are less well known. One Marshal's Badge sheds light on the service's valuable role in current national and international affairs through the intriguing figure of Louie McKinney, the agency's former director. McKinney's life is an inspirational story of personal fortitude and professional achievement. Growing up a sharecropper's son in the segregated South, McKinney rose to become...
While many people are familiar with the U.S. Marshals Service's reputation from frontier days, when legendary lawmen such as Wyatt Earp and Bat Master...
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124,44 zł |
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Burglars in Blue
ISBN: 9781438930688 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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72,81 zł |
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E-Man: Life in the NYPD Emergency Service Unit
ISBN: 9781935278269 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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82,17 zł |
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Wiley G. Haines: Frontier U.S. Deputy Marshal
ISBN: 9781571686473 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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87,37 zł |
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Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District
ISBN: 9780691143866 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Harvard-trained sociologist Peter Moskos left the classroom to become a cop in Baltimore's Eastern District, he was thrust deep into police culture and the ways of the street--the nerve-rattling patrols, the thriving drug corners, and a world of poverty and violence that outsiders never see. In Cop in the Hood, Moskos reveals the truths he learned on the midnight shift. Through Moskos's eyes, we see police academy graduates unprepared for the realities of the street, success measured by number of arrests, and the ultimate failure of the war on drugs. In addition to... When Harvard-trained sociologist Peter Moskos left the classroom to become a cop in Baltimore's Eastern District, he was thrust deep into police cu... |
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87,31 zł |
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