Ghettoside: Investigating a Homicide Epidemic
ISBN: 9781784700768 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on the best part of a decade embedded with the homicide units of the LAPD, this book takes us onto the streets, inside the homes and into the lives of a community wracked by a homicide epidemic.
Based on the best part of a decade embedded with the homicide units of the LAPD, this book takes us onto the streets, inside the homes and into the li...
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Alice Diamond and the Forty Elephants: The Female Gang That Terrorised London
ISBN: 9781908479846 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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46,10 zł |
Bird Dog 757: Operation Rabbit Hole
ISBN: 9780692437186 / Angielski / Twarda / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. David Poiry's New and Revised, Third Edition It was a warm September evening in 1973. Rabbit was a twenty-eight-year-old Los Angeles uniformed policeman, on duty working a black and white police car in Westchester, a district of Venice Division near the Los Angeles airport. He had been assigned there for almost four years. Although Rabbit's assignment to this sleepy hollow town was somewhat of a forced retirement for him, it was a peaceful community much like the one he had grown up in, and he liked working there. And that was a good thing, as he had resigned himself... David Poiry's New and Revised, Third Edition It was a warm September evening in 1973. Rabbit was a twenty-eight-year-old Los... |
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Mahatma Gandhi on Prison Reforms
ISBN: 9781482840216 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Correction of an individual who had committed a crime and send him back to the very same society in one of the prime objectives of the Prison system which is part of the Criminal Justice System of the country. Even after long 65 years of Independence the prisons and correctional system in India have not changed much to achieve the said objective. Because there is not much substantial amendments to the prime legislations in the field, mainly in the Prisons Act 1894 and Probation of Offenders Act 1958.There are daily reports from news papers regarding the human rights violations in various...
Correction of an individual who had committed a crime and send him back to the very same society in one of the prime objectives of the Prison system w...
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105,17 zł |
Mahatma Gandhi on Prison Reforms
ISBN: 9781482840223 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Correction of an individual who had committed a crime and send him back to the very same society in one of the prime objectives of the Prison system which is part of the Criminal Justice System of the country. Even after long 65 years of Independence the prisons and correctional system in India have not changed much to achieve the said objective. Because there is not much substantial amendments to the prime legislations in the field, mainly in the Prisons Act 1894 and Probation of Offenders Act 1958.There are daily reports from news papers regarding the human rights violations in various...
Correction of an individual who had committed a crime and send him back to the very same society in one of the prime objectives of the Prison system w...
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67,64 zł |
Summertime Live Theater: A Killing Most Foul
ISBN: 9781511944045 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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32,72 zł |
Deacon Brodie: A Double Life
ISBN: 9781512175172 / Angielski / Miękka / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When respected Gentleman and City Councillor, Deacon William Brodie, chases his love of gambling, he is drawn deep into a double life. Before long the open respectability of day gives way to a hidden life of crime at night, and soon, Brodie is on a trajectory to disaster - one which leads him to the gibbet. Set in the Edinburgh of 1788, Deacon Brodie: A Double Life is a fact-based novel which shows Brodie's love for gambling and risk sweeping him into a life of crime. Betrayed by an accomplice, and revealed as a "Gentleman by day, thief by night," Brodie escapes the city, is captured... When respected Gentleman and City Councillor, Deacon William Brodie, chases his love of gambling, he is drawn deep into a double life. Before long... |
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57,26 zł |
Tales from the Blue Line
ISBN: 9781937495954 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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54,53 zł |
The Missing Three
ISBN: 9781514229583 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story of the three missing women from Springfield, Missouri, covers a period of 22 years. From the time they vanished until now no indvidual has been charged with the crime and the familes of the women are left to wonder what happened in June of 1992 in Springfield. Now go inside the story and learn what is and what isn't known about their strange disappearance. This true crime story will haunt you as you discover some of the suspects and some of the clues police have dealt with.
The story of the three missing women from Springfield, Missouri, covers a period of 22 years. From the time they vanished until now no indvidual has b...
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79,36 zł |
Stolen from the Garden: The Kidnapping of Virginia Piper
ISBN: 9780873519939 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Swanson gives a detailed retelling of the kidnapping and the harrowing ransom drop-off procedure that Harry Piper went through to get his wife back. Cooperation from the Pipers' sons enables Swanson to give an insider account of the family's ordeal and access to FBI files on the case obtained by the son, Harry Piper III, after court battles with federal officials." Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Swanson gives a detailed retelling of the kidnapping and the harrowing ransom drop-off procedure that Harry Piper went through to get his wife back. ...
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96,63 zł |
Frenzy and Cover Up: The Death of Otto Zehm
ISBN: 9780985903633 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2006 a Spokane policeman brutally assaulted an innocent man suspected of committing a petty crime. After a horrific struggle the man suffered cardiac arrest at the scene while in police custody and died three days later. The Police Department tried to sweep the matter under the rug, and the City blamed the victim for his death. It took seven years for a non-profit law firm, the federal government, and an innovative politician to set the matter straight and the Police Department and City Attorney's Office on the proper course.
In 2006 a Spokane policeman brutally assaulted an innocent man suspected of committing a petty crime. After a horrific struggle the man suffered cardi...
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57,26 zł |
Atlanta Jeb: Based On True Events
ISBN: 9780989878623 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jeb, a boy, narrates a story set in the rocking and rolling 1950s Atlanta. His father, Hank McKnight, a combat veteran and lawyer took on the case of a poor black woman, Ida Mae Reivers, imprisoned at age nineteen for homicide. A good outcome seemed impossible. Hank's unlikely team had to fight a wider battle in the street with murder in the mix. Comments from readers: "Mayhem up the street from my home, not a typical Buckhead story." C.E. ATLANTA "I laughed...contains one of my all time favorite lines." M. H. GREENWICH, CT "I thought I could be Ida Mae. A thriller I couldn't put it down." E....
Jeb, a boy, narrates a story set in the rocking and rolling 1950s Atlanta. His father, Hank McKnight, a combat veteran and lawyer took on the case of ...
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66,28 zł |
Lincolnshire Murder Stories: A Collection of Solved and Unsolved Murders
ISBN: 9781910551189 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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20,46 zł |
Sins of the Father
ISBN: 9781409153399 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A rich old man, Rupert Moncrieff, is beaten to death in the silence of his West Country waterside mansion, his head hooded and his throat cut. His extended family are still living beneath his roof, each with their own room, their own story, their own ghosts, and their own motives for murder. And in this world of darkness and dysfunction are the artefacts and memories of colonial atrocities that are returning to haunt them all.
At the heart of the murder investigation is DS Jimmy Suttle who, along with his estranged journalist wife Lizzie, is fighting his own demons after the abduction and... A rich old man, Rupert Moncrieff, is beaten to death in the silence of his West Country waterside mansion, his head hooded and his throat cut. His ext...
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Combating Corruption: Legal Approaches to Supporting Good Governance and Integrity in Africa
ISBN: 9781781004487 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on numerous recent examples of good and bad practice from around the continent, this insightful volume explores the legal issues involved in developing and enhancing good governance and accountability within African states, as well as addressing the need for other states worldwide to demonstrate the 'transnational political will' to support these efforts.
Drawing on numerous recent examples of good and bad practice from around the continent, this insightful volume explores the legal issues involved in d...
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199,80 zł |
The Wrong Trade: Dealing Drugs and Guns A Deadly Combination
ISBN: 9781514291092 / Angielski / Miękka / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a story of two drug lords who became exceptionally rich on the backs of teenage drug slaves and of two young men who chose the drug trade, one from a dysfunctional family that accepted his choice, the other from a caring, loving and respected family that was devastated by his actions.
This is a story of two drug lords who became exceptionally rich on the backs of teenage drug slaves and of two young men who chose the drug trade, one...
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52,61 zł |
By Any Means: The Price of a Soul
ISBN: 9781514858912 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One man's independence is another man's demise as Jamal finds himself embroiled in a dangerous feud with Mr. Goldman, the CEO of Stereotype Records after declining to do a business venture. In conclusion to this fast paced and thought provoking series. Find out just how far Jamal is willing to go to protect his kingdom and everyone in it.
One man's independence is another man's demise as Jamal finds himself embroiled in a dangerous feud with Mr. Goldman, the CEO of Stereotype Records af...
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Real Oklahoma Outlaws: Major Crimes, Prison Time & Jail Breaks-The True Story of the Justice & Davis Crime Families
ISBN: 9781514875636 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Major Crimes, Prison Time & Jail Breaks-The True Story of the Justice & Davis Crime Families.
Major Crimes, Prison Time & Jail Breaks-The True Story of the Justice & Davis Crime Families.
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Invariably Genocide: When Hunter-Gatherers and Commercial Stock Farmers Clash
ISBN: 9781782387381 / Angielski / Twarda / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. European colonial conquest included many instances of indigenous peoples being exterminated. Cases where invading commercial stock farmers clashed with hunter-gatherers were particularly destructive, often resulting in a degree of dispossession and slaughter that destroyed the ability of these societies to reproduce themselves. The experience of aboriginal peoples in the settler colonies of southern Africa, Australia, North America, and Latin America bears this out. The frequency with which encounters of this kind resulted in the annihilation of forager societies raises the question of... European colonial conquest included many instances of indigenous peoples being exterminated. Cases where invading commercial stock farmers clashed... |
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All Russia Is Burning!: A Cultural History of Fire and Arson in Late Imperial Russia
ISBN: 9780295995878 / Angielski / Twarda / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rural fires were an even more persistent scourge than famine in late imperial Russia, as Cathy Frierson shows in this first comprehensive study. Destroying almost three billion rubles' worth of property in European Russia between 1860 and 1904, accidental and arson fires acted as a brake on Russia's economic development while subjecting peasants to perennial shocks to their physical and emotional condition. The fire question captured the attention of educated, progressive Russians, who came to perceived it as a key obstacle to Russia's becoming a modern society in the European... Rural fires were an even more persistent scourge than famine in late imperial Russia, as Cathy Frierson shows in this first comprehensive study. De... |
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482,90 zł |