Kategoria BISAC: True Crime >> Organized Crime

A raw, gritty memoir - part true-life cop thriller, part unputdownable history of a storied time and place - that will grip you by the throat until the explosive end

"Codella describes Alphabet City] so vividly, with such hardboiled language that you feel like you're in the squad car with him." --New York Post

" A] taut true-crime tale... genuinely exciting." --Kirkus

"A blistering cop's-eye view of the Drug War during the heady years of the late-1980s.... You will feel as though you are pounding the pavement and dodging bullets. Alphaville...

The first close-up look at the hidden world of Somali pirates by a young journalist who dared to make his way into their remote havens and spent a year infiltrating their lives.

For centuries, stories of pirates have captured imaginations around the world. The recent ragtag bands of pirates off the coast of Somalia, hijacking multimillion-dollar tankers owned by international shipping conglomerates, have brought the scourge of piracy into the modern era. Jay Bahadur's riveting narrative expose--the first of its kind--looks at who these men are, how they live, the forces that created...

Vivir bajo una identidad ficticia y arriesgar su vida eran parte del trabajo diario de Hipolito Acosta, agente del gobierno de los Estados Unidos. Trabajaba regularmente en operaciones clandestinas de gran importancia, infiltrando las bandas criminales de contrabando de inmigrantes y los carteles del narcotrafico mexicano.

Las investigaciones de Acosta son legendarias tanto entre las...

No Colors is a Warning

No community wants to admit it has a gang problem. Yet that denial and the unwillingness to address youth violence as a community problem will have tragic consequences.

If your community does not address the crisis, the epidemic of youth violence will erode your city or town with a potential that is both frightening and tragic. We cannot wait on government to solve this problem. We must approach the solution as a unified community.

No COLORS is a story of hope.

Many cities are winning this battle for the minds and hearts of our youth. No...