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A Stolen Life
ISBN: 9780857207135 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jaycee Dugard's raw and powerful memoir: her own story of being kidnapped as an 11-year-old and held captive for over 18 years.
Jaycee Dugard's raw and powerful memoir: her own story of being kidnapped as an 11-year-old and held captive for over 18 years.
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50,87 zł |
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Hotel K: The Shocking Inside Story of Bali's Most Notorious Jail
ISBN: 9780857382696 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An account of one of the world's most notorious drug-smuggler jails.
An account of one of the world's most notorious drug-smuggler jails.
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55,97 zł |
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Theatres of Violence: Massacre, Mass Killing and Atrocity Throughout History
ISBN: 9780857452993 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ... A] milestone on the path toward a more sophisticated analysis of a key feature of human cruelty... This volume's] goal is exploration and inspiration of further research in, and discussion of, the history of massacres... It] does an excellent job in doing exactly this, and I am sure it will serve for a long time as a major reference book in the broader field of mass violence studies. Thomas Kuhne, Strassler Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies, Clark University Massacres and mass killings have always marked if not shaped the history of the world and as such are subjects of... ... A] milestone on the path toward a more sophisticated analysis of a key feature of human cruelty... This volume's] goal is exploration and inspi... |
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545,40 zł |
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The Lost Boy
ISBN: 9780857502124 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Between 1963 and 1965 the Moors Murderers - Ian Brady and Myra Hindley - kidnapped and murdered five children before they were caught and sentenced to life in prison. The case shook the nation. This title offers new evidence about the Moors murderers' system for hiding their victims' bodies.
Between 1963 and 1965 the Moors Murderers - Ian Brady and Myra Hindley - kidnapped and murdered five children before they were caught and sentenced to...
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69,70 zł |
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The Day Aberystwyth Stood Still
ISBN: 9781408821954 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the latest hilarious instalment of Malcolm Pryce's Aberystwyth mysteries, Wales's answer to Philip Marlowe faces an axe-wielding rabbit-hugger, a green-eyed beauty who answers to the name Miaow, and a case that is out of this world
In the latest hilarious instalment of Malcolm Pryce's Aberystwyth mysteries, Wales's answer to Philip Marlowe faces an axe-wielding rabbit-hugger, a g...
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69,70 zł |
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The Bull of Mithros
ISBN: 9781408831489 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the real life Shirley Valentine, Anne Zouroudi's sixth Greek mystery with the popular detective, Hermes Diaktoros. Drawn to the sun-drenched island of Mithros by the myth of its fabled bull, the arrival of investigator Hermes Diaktoros coincides with a violent and troubling death. The death has echoes in Mithros's past, in a brutal unsolved crime from years ago which, it seems, is neither forgotten, nor forgiven. Hermes sets out to solve a complex puzzle where shadowy secrets and unspoken loyalties are intertwined. And before long it's clear that the fate of the mythical bull may be the...
From the real life Shirley Valentine, Anne Zouroudi's sixth Greek mystery with the popular detective, Hermes Diaktoros. Drawn to the sun-drenched isla...
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42,87 zł |
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Impediments to the Prevention and Intervention of Genocide: Genocide: A Critical Bibliographic Review
ISBN: 9781412849432 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Academics, NGOs, the United Nations, and individual nations are focused on the prevention and intervention of genocide. Traditionally, missions to prevent or intervene in genocide have been sporadic and under-resourced. The contributors to this volume consider some of the major stumbling blocks to the avoidance of genocide. Bartrop and Totten argue that realpolitik is the major impediment to the elimination of genocide. Campbell examines the lack of political will to confront genocide, and Theriault describes how denial becomes an obstacle to intervention against... Academics, NGOs, the United Nations, and individual nations are focused on the prevention and intervention of genocide. Traditionally, missions to ... |
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688,13 zł |
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Globalization and Crime
ISBN: 9781446257265 / Angielski / Twarda / 1304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new major work shines a spotlight on key criminological themes in the study of transnationalism and globalization, and, through a selection of the established literature on the subject along with more contemporary writing, explores how globalization is defined, researched and debated within criminology. In order to do this, the set is broken down into three volumes:
Volume One: Concept, History, Method Volume Two: Transnational Crime, Deviance and Crime Policy Volume Three: New Directions in Criminology and Criminal Justice The... This new major work shines a spotlight on key criminological themes in the study of transnationalism and globalization, and, through a selection of th...
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2676,04 zł |
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The Original Inspector George Gently Collection
ISBN: 9781472108364 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Comprises the original two novels that established Gently as one of Scotland Yard's fictional finest.
Comprises the original two novels that established Gently as one of Scotland Yard's fictional finest.
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50,87 zł |
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Organized Crime: Challenges, Trends & Reduction Strategies
ISBN: 9781613240120 / Angielski / Twarda / 177 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Organised crime threatens multiple facets of the United States, including the economy and national security. This book examines issues for Congress concerning whether the resources the federal government allocated to organised crime matters are adequate and appropriately allocated to counter the threats organised crime poses.
Organised crime threatens multiple facets of the United States, including the economy and national security. This book examines issues for Congress co...
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733,95 zł |
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The Aleppo Codex: In Pursuit of One of the World's Most Coveted, Sacred, and Mysterious Books
ISBN: 9781616202781 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner of the 2014 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature Winner of the 2014 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature |
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83,33 zł |
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Dead Man Running
ISBN: 9781742375335 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Dead Man Running' is a true and chilling first-hand account of the criminal involvement of the feared Bandidos gang - one of the most powerful and influential crime groups currently operating - and how one man broke their code and turned informant.
'Dead Man Running' is a true and chilling first-hand account of the criminal involvement of the feared Bandidos gang - one of the most powerful and in...
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127,28 zł |
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Rogue Warrior of the SAS: The Blair Mayne Legend
ISBN: 9781780575827 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. More than fifty years after his death, Lt Col Robert Blair Mayne is still regarded as one of the greatest soldiers in the history of military special operations. This text presents a rounded portrait of a man who was one of the most distinctive combatants of the campaigns in the Western Desert and Europe.
More than fifty years after his death, Lt Col Robert Blair Mayne is still regarded as one of the greatest soldiers in the history of military special ...
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58,97 zł |
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The Cocaine Diaries: A Venezuelan Prison Nightmare
ISBN: 9781780576077 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'It won't happen to me. That's what I thought when I got on the plane to Venezuela. But it did -- I got caught.' Caught smuggling half a million euros' worth of cocaine, Paul Keany was sexually assaulted by Venezuelan anti-drugs officers before being sentenced to eight years in the notorious Los Teques prison outside Caracas. There he was plunged into a nightmarish world of coke-fuelled killings, gun battles, stabbings, extortion and forced hunger strikes until finally, just over two years into his sentence, he gained early parole and embarked on a daring escape from South America. ...
'It won't happen to me. That's what I thought when I got on the plane to Venezuela. But it did -- I got caught.' Caught smuggling half a million ...
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61,06 zł |
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Savile - The Beast: The Inside Story of the Greatest Scandal in TV History
ISBN: 9781782193593 / Angielski / Miękka / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Sir Jimmy Savile died in 2011 he was celebrated as a prolific charity fundraiser who had dedicated his time to worthy causes. But on 3 October 2012, ITV broadcast a documentary called Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile. In it they revealed the shocking truth behind the popular TV persona. Several women alleged that Savile had sexually abused them when they were underage, sparking a flurry of further allegations in the following days and weeks. Savile was accused of abusing hundreds of young children and teenagers over nearly 50 years and on 19 October the Metropolitan Police...
When Sir Jimmy Savile died in 2011 he was celebrated as a prolific charity fundraiser who had dedicated his time to worthy causes. But on 3 October 2...
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65,32 zł |
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The Baby Thief
ISBN: 9781782194576 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For almost three decades, Georgia Tann was nationally lauded for her work at her children's home. In reality she was selling many of her charges - often neglected abused, and stolen from their birth parents - to wealthy clients nationwide.
For almost three decades, Georgia Tann was nationally lauded for her work at her children's home. In reality she was selling many of her charges - oft...
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50,87 zł |
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The Hidden History of Crime, Corruption, and States
ISBN: 9781782380382 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Renowned historical sociologist Charles Tilly wrote many years ago that "banditry, piracy, gangland rivalry, policing, and war-making all belong on the same continuum." This volume pursues the idea by revealing how lawbreakers and lawmakers have related to one another on the shadowy terrains of power over wide stretches of time and space. Illicit activities and forces have been more important in state building and state maintenance than conventional histories have acknowledged. Covering vast chronological and global terrain, this book traces the contested and often overlapping boundaries...
Renowned historical sociologist Charles Tilly wrote many years ago that "banditry, piracy, gangland rivalry, policing, and war-making all belong on th...
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504,63 zł |
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The Damage Done: Twelve Years Of Hell In A Bangkok Prison
ISBN: 9781840182750 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1978 Warren Fellows was convicted of heroin trafficking between Thailand and Australia and was consequently sentenced to life in Bang Kwang prison - known as the Bangkok Hilton. This is the story of his 12 years behind bars, the abuse of human rights and the squalid conditions he endured.
In 1978 Warren Fellows was convicted of heroin trafficking between Thailand and Australia and was consequently sentenced to life in Bang Kwang prison ...
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45,78 zł |
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Everyday Corruption and the State: Citizens and Public Officials in Africa
ISBN: 9781842775639 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This detailed study of everyday corruption in three different African countries highlights its alarming prevalence. The authors analyze the various forms of corruption; the corrupt strategies public officials resort to; and how these forms and strategies have become embedded in the daily administrative practices of the state. The authors investigate the roots of the system, notably the growing inability of weakened states in Africa to reward their employees adequately or deliver the services on the scale expected of the state in the age of structural adjustment and collapsing commodity...
This detailed study of everyday corruption in three different African countries highlights its alarming prevalence. The authors analyze the various fo...
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178,35 zł |
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Sex Traffic: Prostitution, Crime and Exploitation
ISBN: 9781842776254 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Critically addressing gender relationships, the author gives a poignant account of the linkage between sexual exploitation, prostitution and human trafficking. Violence and gender is an old problem to which the author responds with a new awareness. Placing the emphasis on the pull factors and exploitation structures in the destination countries, she invariably takes the reader back to the root causes, among which patriarchal structures, the myth of male superiority and the mind-sets of men as well as the prevailing market mechanisms provide fuel for discrimination on the basis of sex and...
'Critically addressing gender relationships, the author gives a poignant account of the linkage between sexual exploitation, prostitution and human tr...
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245,28 zł |