Serial Vigilantes of Paperback Fiction: An Encyclopedia from Able Team to Z-Comm
ISBN: 9780786441655 / Angielski / Miękka / 233 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rough justice has often been served in the pages of serial novels, notably beginning with Don Pendletons The Executioner in 1969. This is the first overview of the serial vigilante genre, which featured such hard-boiled protagonists as Nick Carter, Mark Stone, Jake Brand and Able Team among the 130 series that followed Pendleton's novel. Serial vigilantes repeatedly take the law into their own hands, establishing and imposing their own moral standards, usually by force. The book examines the connections between the serial vigilante and the pulp hero that preceded him and how the serial...
Rough justice has often been served in the pages of serial novels, notably beginning with Don Pendletons The Executioner in 1969. This is the first ov...
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241,21 zł |
The Illicit American: Based on the True Life Story of Raymond C. Archuleta
ISBN: 9781440137266 / Angielski / Twarda / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The Illicit American" is a true story about Raymond "Cass" Archuleta. The story is propelled by intrigue, violence, love, hate, wanton sex, humor, and revenge. Cass, 28, is the Illicit American. A once honorable man, he is forced by poverty into smuggling illegal aliens to support his destitute family. Vowing to engage in the repugnant profession only until he is on his feet financially, he is seduced by power and greed culminating in the creation of the largest illegal alien smuggling ring in the U.S. from his base in San Diego from 1969 to 1972.
Frustrated federal agents place Cass on... "The Illicit American" is a true story about Raymond "Cass" Archuleta. The story is propelled by intrigue, violence, love, hate, wanton sex, humor, an...
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163,59 zł |
The Illicit American: Based on the True Life Story of Raymond C. Archuleta
ISBN: 9781440137242 / Angielski / Miękka / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The Illicit American" is a true story about Raymond "Cass" Archuleta. The story is propelled by intrigue, violence, love, hate, wanton sex, humor, and revenge. Cass, 28, is the Illicit American. A once honorable man, he is forced by poverty into smuggling illegal aliens to support his destitute family. Vowing to engage in the repugnant profession only until he is on his feet financially, he is seduced by power and greed culminating in the creation of the largest illegal alien smuggling ring in the U.S. from his base in San Diego from 1969 to 1972.
Frustrated federal agents place Cass on... "The Illicit American" is a true story about Raymond "Cass" Archuleta. The story is propelled by intrigue, violence, love, hate, wanton sex, humor, an...
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121,59 zł |
Stealing You Blind: Tricks of the Fraud Trade
ISBN: 9781440139536 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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66,99 zł |
Stealing You Blind: Tricks of the Fraud Trade
ISBN: 9781440139529 / Angielski / Twarda / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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108,99 zł |
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ORGANISED CRIME
ISBN: 9781848443167 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Entrepreneurship and Organised Crime provides a fresh and realistic insight into the problem of organised crime activity and the role of entrepreneurs in illegal business. Petter Gottschalk takes a close look at how some entrepreneurs choose to develop criminal business enterprises. Stage models for criminal entrepreneurs are presented, and entrepreneurial leadership and management are discussed. This book illustrates how so many issues for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship are similar in legal and illegal business. At the same time, all the cases in the book show how different many of the...
Entrepreneurship and Organised Crime provides a fresh and realistic insight into the problem of organised crime activity and the role of entrepreneurs...
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529,94 zł |
The Fighting Marlows: Men Who Wouldn't Be Lynched
ISBN: 9780875654041 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many people in northern Texas and southwestern Oklahoma still believe that the Marlow brothers--George, Charles, Alf, and Epp--were thieves and killers. In 1888 they were charged with rustling and murder, tried by public opinion, and betrayed by law officials responsible for their safety. After Alf and Epp were killed in a brutal ambush, Charles and George accomplished a grisly escape, only to be caught and sent to Dallas for trial where, for their own protection, they were deputized as marshals.
Their story, as lurid and adventuresome as any western saga, documents late... Many people in northern Texas and southwestern Oklahoma still believe that the Marlow brothers--George, Charles, Alf, and Epp--were thieves and killer...
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75,39 zł |
Pirate Hunting: The Fight Against Pirates, Privateers, and Sea Raiders from Antiquity to the Present
ISBN: 9781597972918 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For thousands of years pirates, privateers, and seafaring raiders have terrorized the ocean voyager and coastal inhabitant, plundering ship and shore with impunity. From the victim's point of view, these attackers were not the rebellious, romantic rulers of Neptune's realm, but savage beasts to be eradicated, and those who went to sea to stop them were heroes. Engaging and meticulously detailed, Pirate Hunting chronicles the fight against these plunderers from ancient times to the present and illustrates the array of tactics and strategies that individuals and governments have employed...
For thousands of years pirates, privateers, and seafaring raiders have terrorized the ocean voyager and coastal inhabitant, plundering ship and shore ...
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168,00 zł |
The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes
ISBN: 9780816078196 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When it comes to crime, truth is often stranger than fiction. Many of the cases that have stumped investigators are among the strangest on record. This title presents mysteries that have remained unsolved despite years of investigation by qualified law enforcement agents.
When it comes to crime, truth is often stranger than fiction. Many of the cases that have stumped investigators are among the strangest on record. Thi...
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118,69 zł |
Trial And Imprisonment Of Jonathan Walker, At Pensacola, Florida: For Aiding Slaves To Escape From Bondage (1848)
ISBN: 9781437423938 / Angielski / Inna / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia...
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178,52 zł |
Trial And Imprisonment Of Jonathan Walker, At Pensacola, Florida: For Aiding Slaves To Escape From Bondage (1848)
ISBN: 9781437356762 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia...
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107,96 zł |
A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture Volume 14
ISBN: 9780816650675 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the more than a billion people who now live in urban slums, gangs are ubiquitous features of daily life. Though still most closely associated with American cities, gangs are an entrenched, worldwide phenomenon that play a significant role in a wide range of activities, from drug dealing to extortion to religious and political violence. In A World of Gangs, John Hagedorn explores this international proliferation of the urban gang as a consequence of the ravages of globalization. Looking closely at gang formation in three world cities-Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, and Capetown-he... For the more than a billion people who now live in urban slums, gangs are ubiquitous features of daily life. Though still most closely associated w... |
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82,14 zł |
Homicide: Trends, Causes & Prevention
ISBN: 9781607416258 / Angielski / Twarda / 203 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Homicide refers to the act of killing another human being. There are many types of homicide, including criminal homicide, when a person purposely causes the death of another (murder and manslaughter), and there is non-criminal homicide in which the law all
Homicide refers to the act of killing another human being. There are many types of homicide, including criminal homicide, when a person purposely caus...
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595,85 zł |
Social Security Numbers & ID Theft
ISBN: 9781607416043 / Angielski / Twarda / 133 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores the use of Social Security Numbers (SSN) and Identity Theft. This book describes how criminals acquire SSNs and how they use them to commit identity theft. It examines how organizations such as financial institutions, insurers, universities, healt
Explores the use of Social Security Numbers (SSN) and Identity Theft. This book describes how criminals acquire SSNs and how they use them to commit i...
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636,95 zł |
Do Arrests and Restraining Orders Work?
ISBN: 9780803970724 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this provocative contribution to the debate on which interventions are most effective in reducing domestic violence, a wide range of research methods and analyses are presented and a number of issues raised. These include: whether the criminal justice response to domestic violence is inadequate; whether there is a conflict of interest between society and the victim of violence; and whether alternative means should be used to deter chronic batterers who are undeterred by the criminal justice response.
In this provocative contribution to the debate on which interventions are most effective in reducing domestic violence, a wide range of research metho...
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621,59 zł |
More Dead Than Alive
ISBN: 9781483642789 / Angielski / Twarda / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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158,71 zł |
More Dead Than Alive
ISBN: 9781483642772 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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88,16 zł |
Killer Spy: Inside Story of the FBI's Pursuit and Capture of Aldrich Ames, America's Deadliest Spy
ISBN: 9780446602792 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the waning days of the Cold War, Aldrich Ames systematically and cold bloodedly sent a dozen of the US's best agents to their death, betraying them to the Soviets for more than two million dollars. This is the story of how he was finally caught.
In the waning days of the Cold War, Aldrich Ames systematically and cold bloodedly sent a dozen of the US's best agents to their death, betraying them...
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105,79 zł |
No Place to Hide
ISBN: 9781483677965 / Angielski / Twarda / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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132,25 zł |