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Boa: Aruba In The Stranglehold
ISBN: 9781481208178 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After working for years as a child psychiatrist in The Hague, Netherlands, Rita Zecher moves to Aruba, a small island in the Dutch Caribbean. Rita and her two youngest children embark on a journey to start a new life. As a five-lingual psychiatrist, and Aruba's only child psychiatrist, Rita connects to the hearts of the people of all backgrounds. But when abused children seek out her help, Rita gets entangled with their perpetrators, their lawyers, and a failing justice system. Rita must now face the dark side of paradise. Aruba's corrupted justice system doesn't protect abused children, so...
After working for years as a child psychiatrist in The Hague, Netherlands, Rita Zecher moves to Aruba, a small island in the Dutch Caribbean. Rita and...
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Spiked: The Story of a Woman Drugged with Ghb and How She Was Turned Into a Criminal
ISBN: 9781484097137 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. REVISED AND EDITED VERSION The author shares the shocking true account of how overnight her life was turned into a living hell, after her drink was spiked with GhB - a drug that can virtually turn anyone into a willing slave, combined with the potentially lethal power of hypnosis, gang stalkers on two continents, the latest technology for monitoring and recording all voyeuristic activity, outwardly "respectable" criminals send her on a journey into a 21st century hell which defies imagination, gravely endangering her physical and mental health and leaving her destitute. How does anyone...
REVISED AND EDITED VERSION The author shares the shocking true account of how overnight her life was turned into a living hell, after her drink was sp...
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71,84 |
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Art Heist: The True Story of a Major Manhattan Art Theft
ISBN: 9781489511256 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After returning from a vacation in California with his wife and family, the author is reluctantly drawn into a crime involving the theft of priceless paintings from a Manhattan art gallery, perpetrated by members of his family, and escapes at the end only by the grace of a benevolent deity. In June 2007, one of the paintings, Monet's "Nympheas," sold at auction in London for $36 million. Tuccille tries to find redemption in a quixotic political campaign when he runs for Governor of New York, only to have his life unravel before his eyes in a way he could not have foreseen. The failure of his...
After returning from a vacation in California with his wife and family, the author is reluctantly drawn into a crime involving the theft of priceless ...
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51,68 |
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Secret Partners: Big Tom Brown and the Barker Gang
ISBN: 9780873519045 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Among the most dangerous criminals of the public enemies era was a man who has long hidden in history's shadows: Tom Brown. In the early 1930s, while he was police chief of St. Paul, Minnesota, Brown became a secret partner of the infamous Barker gang. He profited from their violent crimes, he protected the gang from raids by the nascent FBI--and while he did all this, the gangsters gunned down cops and citizens in his hometown.
Big Tom Brown, 6'5" and 275 pounds, continued to enforce St. Paul's corrupt O'Connor system, allowing criminals to stay in the city as long as they paid... Among the most dangerous criminals of the public enemies era was a man who has long hidden in history's shadows: Tom Brown. In the early 1930s, while ...
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87,23 |
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This Crew of Mine: Getting Out of Organized Crime Alive
ISBN: 9780989472913 / Angielski / Miękka / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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63,66 |
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The Gang Capitol: The Art of Gang War and Racism Behind It
ISBN: 9781483635453 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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72,32 |
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The Gang Capitol: The Art of Gang War and Racism Behind It
ISBN: 9781483635460 / Angielski / Twarda / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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113,03 |
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Sonny Girard's Mob Crossword
ISBN: 9780982169674 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Think you know about the mob? About its history and personalities? About the mob busters as well as the killers? Here's just the book to challenge your level of expertise. Twenty-five organized crime crossword puzzles on subjects from Chicago, to Film & TV, to Italy, and more. This will keep you busy for days of relaxation and fun, and will renew your interest to read more and learn more about what is as much about the American experience as the gunslingers of the Wild West. Other available books by Sonny Girard: - Sonny Girard's Mob Reader - Blood of Our Fathers - Sins of Our Sons - Snake...
Think you know about the mob? About its history and personalities? About the mob busters as well as the killers? Here's just the book to challenge you...
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43,70 |
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The Archetypal Rebel: a true Saga
ISBN: 9781490496511 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a True Story about a farmer turned dacoit/bandit. In the pre and post independence era in India from 1939 till 1954 he held a vast criminal record of more than 100 criminal cases registered against him, including more than 1200 robberies, 185 murders, 90 police encounters and killing 32 policemen. But still he has a temple to his name and people and the villagers worship him as a god in his village till date. He robbed and killed for the people of his village and went beyond measures to help them and save them from the landlords and money lenders who exploited the villagers. His reign...
This is a True Story about a farmer turned dacoit/bandit. In the pre and post independence era in India from 1939 till 1954 he held a vast criminal re...
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23,95 |
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Mafia Princess
ISBN: 9780007332038 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Marisa Merico, the daughter of one of Italy's most notorious Mafia Godfathers, was dazzled by her father, Emilio DiGiovine. To her he was all powerful, sophisticated and loving; to the rest of the world he was staggeringly ruthless. Marisa knew her father would do anything for her, but she hadn't expected just how much he would ask in return. Born to an English mother, Marisa turned her back on her quiet life in Blackpool to join her charming father, Emilio DiGiovine, who had spent years trying to tempt her back to Italy. Arriving in Milan, Marisa had no idea she was returning to the... Marisa Merico, the daughter of one of Italy's most notorious Mafia Godfathers, was dazzled by her father, Emilio DiGiovine. To her he was all power... |
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55,19 |
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Girl A: The truth about the Rochdale sex ring by the victim who stopped them
ISBN: 9780091951344 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The shocking true story of how a young girl from Rochdale came to be Girl A the key witness in the trial of Britain s most notorious child sex ring "What do they find attractive about me? An underage girl who just lies there, sobbing, looking up at them. . . as they come to me one by one. The shocking true story of how a young girl from Rochdale came to be Girl A the key witness in the trial of Britain s most notorious child sex ring... |
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50,16 |
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The Russian Mafia: Private Protection in a New Market Economy
ISBN: 9780199279494 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Challenging widely held views, this book presents a thorough account of the Russian Mafia. It charts the emergence of the group in the context of the transition to the market, the privatization of protection, and pervasive corruption. It includes reports of undercover police operations, in-depth interviews conducted over several years with the victims of the Mafia, criminals and officials, and documents from the Gulag archives. It also provides a comparative study, making references to other Mafia, such as the Japanese Yakuza, the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, and the American-Italian Mafia.
Challenging widely held views, this book presents a thorough account of the Russian Mafia. It charts the emergence of the group in the context of the ...
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262,44 |
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The gripping tale of boxing's golden age when the mob held as much sway in the ring as the fighters, from award-winning writer, Kevin Mitchell.
New York in the Fifties was the most interesting, the most vibrant city in the world. As American culture burst into life -- it gave us television, beatniks, rock 'n roll, Marilyn and Elvis, Cold War paranoia, the Pill -- New York was its epicentre. New York gave the world a couple of other things too: one bloody and brutal but the king of sports, the other simply bloody and brutal. The Fifties were boxing's last real heyday. Never again would the... The gripping tale of boxing's golden age when the mob held as much sway in the ring as the fighters, from award-winning writer, Kevin Mitchell.
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81,26 |
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Peppermint Twist: The Mob, the Music, and the Most Famous Dance Club of the '60s
ISBN: 9780312581787 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The never-before-told story of The Peppermint Lounge, the famed Manhattan nightspot and mobster hangout that launched an era The Peppermint Lounge was intended to be nothing more than a front for gambling and other rackets but the club became a sensation after Dick "Cami" Camillucci began to feature a new kind of music, rock and roll. The mobsters running the place found themselves juggling rebellious youths alongside celebrities like Greta Garbo and Shirley MacLaine. When The Beatles visited the club, Cami's uncle-in-law had to restrain a hitman who was after Ringo because... The never-before-told story of The Peppermint Lounge, the famed Manhattan nightspot and mobster hangout that launched an era The Peppe... |
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140,60 |
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Outlaws Inc. : Flying With the World's Most Dangerous Smugglers
ISBN: 9780330531665 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An extraordinary journey into the biggest, most impenetrable trafficking network the world has ever seen.
An extraordinary journey into the biggest, most impenetrable trafficking network the world has ever seen.
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86,34 |
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Cosa Nostra: The Definitive History of the Sicilian Mafia
ISBN: 9780340935262 / Angielski / Miękka / 501 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents the story of the Sicilian mafia, the world's most famous, most secretive and most misunderstood criminal fraternity. This book reconstructs the history of the Sicilian mafia from its origins, from the lemon groves and sulphur mines of Sicily, to the streets of Manhattan.
Presents the story of the Sicilian mafia, the world's most famous, most secretive and most misunderstood criminal fraternity. This book reconstructs t...
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65,23 |
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Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld
ISBN: 9780520274907 / Angielski / Miękka / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Known for their striking full-body tattoos and severed fingertips, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class eighty thousand strong--more than four times the size of the American mafia. Despite their criminal nature, the yakuza are accepted by fellow Japanese to a degree guaranteed to shock most Westerners. Yakuza is the first book to reveal the extraordinary reach of Japan's Mafia. Originally published in 1986, it was so controversial in Japan that it could not be published there for five years. But in the west it has long served as the standard reference on Japanese organized crime...
Known for their striking full-body tattoos and severed fingertips, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class eighty thousand strong--more than four ...
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120,70 |
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Gangland Australia: Colonial Criminals to the Carlton Crew
ISBN: 9780522857375 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Details the exploits of an unforgettable cast of villains, crooks and mobsters who have made up the criminal and gangland scene in Australia. This title traces the developments in and the shifting dynamics of Australia's criminal underworld from the early 1800s until the Melbourne gangland killings.
Details the exploits of an unforgettable cast of villains, crooks and mobsters who have made up the criminal and gangland scene in Australia. This tit...
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135,14 |
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The Interceptor
ISBN: 9780718158392 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fighting on the frontline of the war against crime, Cam Addicott was one of the very few hard-boiled and highly-experienced surveillance operatives to get called up to the secretive and elite Alpha Projects unit, starting with the interception and decoding of their phone calls.
Fighting on the frontline of the war against crime, Cam Addicott was one of the very few hard-boiled and highly-experienced surveillance operatives to...
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81,26 |
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Reggie Kray's East End Stories: The lost memoirs of the gangland legend
ISBN: 9780751547108 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The name Reggie Kray remains synonymous with London s East End to this day, and yet although much is known about Reggie and his brother Ronnie's life of crime in the 1950s and 60s, to date precious little has been revealed about their formative years. Reggie wrote his "East End Stories"in the early 1990s, but they haven't seen the light of day until now. In the book, he recalls the closeknit East End community in which he and his brother grew up, the characters in his family and neighborhood, and of course, the many villains he worked with. Filled with anecdotes about the area s most...
The name Reggie Kray remains synonymous with London s East End to this day, and yet although much is known about Reggie and his brother Ronnie's life ...
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55,19 |
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