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Playing the Grey Man
ISBN: 9781911175407 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When the rest of us run away, it's the police officers up and down the country who run into danger and into some of the messiest and most tragic events imaginable. But there's a price to pay. Robert Moon's vivid description of how he left the SAS for a life in the Scottish police gives a shocking insight into the toll that police life can take on even the toughest individuals. At times funny, at other times almost unbearably sad, and often both at the same time, this heart-rending account will leave you with awed respect for the ordinary police men and women, the cops on the front line - and...
When the rest of us run away, it's the police officers up and down the country who run into danger and into some of the messiest and most tragic event...
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59,87 |
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Once a Cop: The Street, the Law, Two Worlds, One Man
ISBN: 9781501110504 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New York City Book Awards Hornblower Award Winner African American Literary Award Winner for Best Biography/Memoir As a youth, Corey Pegues was a criminal. As an adult, he became a high-ranking police officer. In this fascinating look at life on both sides of the law, Corey Pegues opens up about why he joined the New York Police Department after years as a drug dealer. Pegues speaks honestly about the poor choices he made while coming of age in New York City during the height of the crack epidemic. He's equally candid about why he turned his life around, and takes...
New York City Book Awards Hornblower Award Winner African American Literary Award Winner for Best Biography/Memoir As a youth, C...
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68,38 |
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A Policeman's Perspective: Sometimes There's No Other Option
ISBN: 9781539916000 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the current climate, the actions of police officers are more scrutinized than ever before. Between the critical mainstream media reports and private citizens spreading stories on social media, America's cops are struggling to serve and protect while grappling with increasingly hostile opposition on all fronts. Author and lifelong police officer Sgt. Dave Caudle, Ret., reaches out to the public with an eye-opening perspective on the duties and challenges police officers are faced with on a daily basis. In a book that is part memoir and part tell-all tale, Caudle offers readers an... In the current climate, the actions of police officers are more scrutinized than ever before. Between the critical mainstream media reports and pri... |
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59,87 |
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Graham Barnett: A Dangerous Man
ISBN: 9781574416671 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Graham Barnett was killed in Rankin, Texas, on December 6, 1931. His death brought an end to a storied career, but not an end to the legends that claimed he was a gunman, a hired pistolero on both sides of the border, a Texas Ranger known for questionable shootings, a deputy sheriff, a bootlegger, and a possible ""fixer"" for both law enforcement and outlaw organisations.
Graham Barnett was killed in Rankin, Texas, on December 6, 1931. His death brought an end to a storied career, but not an end to the legends that clai...
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121,40 |
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Shots Fired: Officer Down, Code One
ISBN: 9781635254754 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Police work is a very unique occupation. There is no other job that you can actually compare to it. First responders and firemen are often compared to what police officers experience. However, let me try to explain some of the differences. There are similarities, but often, police officers face a different set of circumstances a lot of the time. Police work is a very unique occupation. There is no other job that you can actually compare to it. First responders and firemen are often compared... |
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102,44 |
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Lethal Force: My Life As the Met’s Most Controversial Marksman
ISBN: 9781785033957 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Top shot Tony Long is the most prolific police marksman Britain has ever seen. For 25 years, he operated in the Met's elite specialist firearms units and was at the forefront of SO19's fight against armed crime. Deployed on hundreds of dangerous operations, it was his duty to bring down terrorists, killers, and hostage takers, sometimes with lethal force--and with only seconds to decide. Tony has been behind some of the UK's most controversial police shootings, but it was the death of suspected armed robber and drug dealer Azelle Rodney that brought his career to a devastating end. Tried for...
Top shot Tony Long is the most prolific police marksman Britain has ever seen. For 25 years, he operated in the Met's elite specialist firearms units ...
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85,50 |
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Indian Ernie: Perspectives on Policing and Leadership by Ernie Louttit
ISBN: 9781895830781 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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106,83 |
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More Indian Ernie: Insights from the Streets
ISBN: 9781895830828 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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106,83 |
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Memoirs of an Innocent Man
ISBN: 9781539408024 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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63,66 |
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Burnley Borough Bobbies: The first ten years of a police officer's life in the 1960's
ISBN: 9781543047264 / Angielski / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Burnley Borough Bobbies: The first ten years of a police officer's life in the 1960's by Mike Griffin: Mike joined the Burnley Borough Police in 1959 as a cadet and was appointed a constable in 1960. This account mainly covers the period to 1969 when the force was amalgamated with the Lancashire Constabulary along with other borough forces. During this time, after initial training, he was a beat officer, a motor cyclist, a detective and a uniform patrol sergeant. He details many incidents dealt with during this period describing the wide variety, the humour as well as the sadness and the...
Burnley Borough Bobbies: The first ten years of a police officer's life in the 1960's by Mike Griffin: Mike joined the Burnley Borough Police in 1959 ...
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50,88 |
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Pig Tales a narc's story
ISBN: 9780998681603 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pig Tales follows a young man's career from his stint as a Berkeley police officer in the 70s to his time as an undercover narcotic detective in a rural county in California's Central Valley. It examines the war on drugs from a different point of view and explores the personal lives of narcs as well as how cases are really made. The wild adventures of this undercover cop are relayed in humorous, and sometimes moving, stories that bring the cops, crooks, and informants to life during a time when police work was far less regulated. The characters involved on both sides of the law were colorful...
Pig Tales follows a young man's career from his stint as a Berkeley police officer in the 70s to his time as an undercover narcotic detective in a rur...
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63,86 |
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Iron Men in Blue
ISBN: 9781544137506 / Angielski / Miękka / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Iron Men in Blue is about policemen. What they feel, what they think, why they act the way they do. I used the actual experiences that occurred to me to who what police work is about. I'm trying to educate the public so that they will have a better understanding of police work and the men and women that make up the police department.
Iron Men in Blue is about policemen. What they feel, what they think, why they act the way they do. I used the actual experiences that occurred to me ...
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31,73 |
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Shadow of Death
ISBN: 9781544256375 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For self-made businessman Jim Steffman, life was better than he ever expected. Out of grit, a relentless work ethic and natural instinct for business, he built a small empire in rural Connecticut. Gas stations, a car wash, a storage unit facility, and a bar catapulted him from near-poverty to the "good life," with plenty of money and time to enjoy the fruit of his labor. Along the way, he aided friends and employees with generous loans and quick exits from dead-end jobs. Soon after defying town officials, Jim encountered a businessman outside his usual circle. Rich, well-heeled and full of...
For self-made businessman Jim Steffman, life was better than he ever expected. Out of grit, a relentless work ethic and natural instinct for business,...
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59,87 |
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Blowback: The Unintended Consequences of Exposing A Fraud
ISBN: 9781542999663 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Blowback is a non-fiction, first-person memoir about the unintended consequences of failed workplace ethics. Blowback, a prequel to Whistleblower (Bay Tree Publishing, 2010) is based on real events that took place before the whistle was blown. Faculty member, scientist, and educator Amy Block Joy loved her job at the University of California, Davis. For two decades, she administered a highly successful, multi-million-dollar poverty program that provided training to thousands of Californians who needed it most. Working diligently to enforce the federal, state, and university rules, she was...
Blowback is a non-fiction, first-person memoir about the unintended consequences of failed workplace ethics. Blowback, a prequel to Whistleblower (Bay...
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38,91 |
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Behind Her Special Agent Badge: Murder, Mayhem, and Life in the Florida Department of Law Enforcement
ISBN: 9781943106103 / Angielski / Miękka / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Floy Turner is back, but this time she’s knee-deep in murder, kidnappings, and burglaries. Leaving behind her Florida Highway Patrol Trooper hat and Miami’s highways and byways, she dives into the world of high-level criminal investigations. Not only does she love it, but she finds she has a real knack for it. In this sequel to the best-seller BEHIND HER MIAMI BADGE, Turner takes on the role of special agent in the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Florida’s premier law enforcement agency. With an innate passion for justice, she and her teams don’t stop... Floy Turner is back, but this time she’s knee-deep in murder, kidnappings, and burglaries. Leaving behind her Florida Highway Patrol Trooper ... |
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100,85 |
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Crime Stoppers: The Inside Story
ISBN: 9781533259721 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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99,57 |
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Memoirs of Women in Blue: The Good, The Bad and No Longer Silent
ISBN: 9780997168754 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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63,66 |
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Tired, Hungry, and Standing in One Place for Twelve Hours: Essential Cop Essays: Essential Cop Essays
ISBN: 9781680031430 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over twenty years ago, Sarah Cortez left a flourishing corporate career to strap on a gun, and police the streets. Transitioning to a low-bid, agency-owned Crown Vic wasn't easy, but it delivered exactly what she desired. In these highly-charged personal reflections, Cortez reveals the complicated machinery of a cop's heart, mind, and soul by dissecting the differences between cops and civilians.
Over twenty years ago, Sarah Cortez left a flourishing corporate career to strap on a gun, and police the streets. Transitioning to a low-bid, agency-...
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87,39 |
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Overcoming: My Journey from Abject Poverty to the American Dream
ISBN: 9781546320647 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A story of young sharecropper, Jack Taylor, who made his way through every hurdle thrown at him, to reach his American Dream. Fred C. Ball, DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Retired states: "The wildest, most violent and craziest days in the "War on Drugs" were the decades of the 70's and 80's. America was awash in heroin and cocaine, the Mexican and Colombian Drug Cartels were at war with America. In Mississippi and Texas/Mexico border, I had the privilege of working with DEA Special Agent Jack Taylor, a no holds barred, go get'um agent who loved the action and loved his job. Together...
A story of young sharecropper, Jack Taylor, who made his way through every hurdle thrown at him, to reach his American Dream. Fred C. Ball, DEA Assist...
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47,85 |
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From Boy To Blue: Becoming One of America's Finest
ISBN: 9780998641904 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Get ready for the ultimate police "ride along" in this must read memoir with riveting and terrifying tales and life-altering events that will change your perception of officers. There is currently a war being waged on law enforcement, fueled by public controversy and misunderstanding of an officer's role and training. "From Boy To Blue" is the first step to rebuilding the relationship between cops and the public. Armed with 15 years of service and an Emmy Award winning career for his work communicating cops' stories to the American people, Steve now brings you on a journey through humor and...
Get ready for the ultimate police "ride along" in this must read memoir with riveting and terrifying tales and life-altering events that will change y...
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60,83 |
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