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Glasgow Crimefighter: The Les Brown Story
ISBN: 9781845020606 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The true story of one of Glasgow's most controversial detectives and his battle with the criminals and violent street gangs of the city.
The true story of one of Glasgow's most controversial detectives and his battle with the criminals and violent street gangs of the city.
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55,18 zł |
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Octopus: The Long Reach of the Sicilian Mafia
ISBN: 9780393334661 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A shocking expose of how the Sicilian Mafia uses financial influence and ruthless violence to control the international narcotics trade. The most definitive work yet published on the transformation of the old bootlegging and gambling Mafia into a multinational conglomerate.--The Washington Times.
A shocking expose of how the Sicilian Mafia uses financial influence and ruthless violence to control the international narcotics trade. The most defi...
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117,72 zł |
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Drugs and Contemporary Warfare
ISBN: 9781597972567 / Angielski / Twarda / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The relationship between drugs and today's wars has grown more noticeable since the end of the Cold War and will likely gather strength in this era of increased globalization. Many violent groups and governments have recently turned to illicit narcotics in their entrepreneurial quests to stay viable in the post-Cold War world. It is no coincidence that many of the most violent and ongoing conflicts, from the Balkans to the Hindu Kush, from the Andes to the Golden Triangle, occur in areas of widespread drug production and well-traveled distribution routes. Interdisciplinary in its approach,...
The relationship between drugs and today's wars has grown more noticeable since the end of the Cold War and will likely gather strength in this era of...
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171,21 zł |
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Drugs and Contemporary Warfare
ISBN: 9781597972574 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The relationship between drugs and today's wars has grown more noticeable since the end of the Cold War and will likely gather strength in this era of increased globalization. Many violent groups and governments have recently turned to illicit narcotics in their entrepreneurial quests to stay viable in the post-Cold War world. It is no coincidence that many of the most violent and ongoing conflicts, from the Balkans to the Hindu Kush, from the Andes to the Golden Triangle, occur in areas of widespread drug production and well-traveled distribution routes. Interdisciplinary in its approach,...
The relationship between drugs and today's wars has grown more noticeable since the end of the Cold War and will likely gather strength in this era of...
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87,14 zł |
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The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption
ISBN: 9780312539207 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The New York Times Bestseller The Soprano State details the you-couldn't-make-this-up true story of the corruption that has pervaded New Jersey politics, government, and business for the past thirty years. From Jimmy Hoffa purportedly being buried somewhere beneath the end zone in Giants Stadium, through allegations of a thoroughly corrupt medical and dental university, through Mafia influence at all levels, the Garden State might indeed... The New York Times Bestseller |
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100,42 zł |
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When the Rackets Reigned
ISBN: 9780595496891 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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100,24 zł |
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When the Rackets Reigned
ISBN: 9780595500277 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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130,82 zł |
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Today's White Collar Crime: Legal, Investigative, and Theoretical Perspectives
ISBN: 9780415996105 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text goes beyond discussing the basic theories and typologies of common offenses such as fraud and forgery to include the legalistic aspects of white-collar crime. It also explores the investigative tools and analytical techniques needed for students to pursue a career in the field.
This text goes beyond discussing the basic theories and typologies of common offenses such as fraud and forgery to include the legalistic aspects of w...
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813,27 zł |
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Today's White Collar Crime: Legal, Investigative, and Theoretical Perspectives
ISBN: 9780415996112 / Angielski / Miękka / 426 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written as a text for undergraduate courses, this book appeals to instructors interested in teaching the field of white-collar crime, both from a matter-of-fact investigative perspective as well as a decidedly academic endeavor. Accordingly, it goes beyond discussing the basic theories and typologies of commonly-encountered offenses such as fraud, forgery, embezzlement, and currency counterfeiting, to include the legalistic aspects of white-collar crime. It also explores the investigative tools and analytical techniques needed if students wish to pursue careers in this field.... Written as a text for undergraduate courses, this book appeals to instructors interested in teaching the field of white-collar crime, both from a m... |
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377,72 zł |
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Blood Washes Blood: A True Story of Love, Murder and Redemption under the Sicilian Sun
ISBN: 9780671041595 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Against the sweeping backdrop of western Sicily, in a riveting seven-year quest, Frank Viviano pieces together his own harrowing ancestral history of betrayal and redemption. His take is haunted, from its violent opening to its stunning climax, by an ancient Sicilian proverb, Lu sangu lava lu sangu, "Blood washes blood": the torrent of unforgiving vengeance that flows from an unforgivable offense.
Viviano's great-great grandfather was a legendary bandit who traveled the countryside of Sicily by night in the robes of a friar and was known as "the Monk." His brutal murder has... Against the sweeping backdrop of western Sicily, in a riveting seven-year quest, Frank Viviano pieces together his own harrowing ancestral history of ...
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87,14 zł |
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The Telephone Booth Indian
ISBN: 9780767917360 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A classic work on Broadway sharpers, grifters, and con men by the late, great New Yorker journalist A. J. Liebling. A classic work on Broadway sharpers, grifters, and con men by the late, great New Yorker journalist A. J. Liebling. |
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82,99 zł |
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The Black Hand: Terror by Letter in Chicago
ISBN: 9780252034886 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the history of Black Hand crime in Chicago primarily from 1905 to 1920 and challenges the belief that the Black Hand was an extension of the Sicilian Mafia. A crude method of extorting money from primarily wealthy Italians, the Black Hand involved sending victims a letter stating that they would come to harm if the blackmailers' demands were not met; the threatening letter often included a drawing of a black hand or other frightening symbols. While many criminologists and scholars believe that Black Hand crime originated in Italy, that only Southern Italians and Sicilians...
This book examines the history of Black Hand crime in Chicago primarily from 1905 to 1920 and challenges the belief that the Black Hand was an extensi...
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477,47 zł |
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The Black Hand: Terror by Letter in Chicago
ISBN: 9780252076756 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unraveling the truth about the sinister extortion scheme that preyed on innocent Chicagoans
Unraveling the truth about the sinister extortion scheme that preyed on innocent Chicagoans
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110,13 zł |
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Screening the Mafia: Masculinity, Ethnicity and Mobsters from the Godfather to the Sopranos
ISBN: 9780786443116 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 'post-classic' era of American gangster films began in 1967 with the release of Bonnie and Clyde, achieving a milestone five years later with the popular and highly influential The Godfather. This historical study explores the structure, myths and intertextual narratives found in the gangster films produced since The Godfather. The intense relationship between masculinity and ethnicity in the gangster film, especially within the movie-generated mythology of the Mafia, is carefully analyzed, and the book tracks the trends in the genre up to and including the landmark HBO television series...
The 'post-classic' era of American gangster films began in 1967 with the release of Bonnie and Clyde, achieving a milestone five years later with the ...
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189,45 zł |
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Gemini Joe: Memoirs of Brooklyn
ISBN: 9780615290416 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Joe, the son of a mobster, watches his father s mob loyalty force his family into a life of secrecy and deceit. As he struggles to avoid becoming his father, Joe discovers his father s influence is hard to ignore. The physical and emotional abuse Joe endured leaves him unable to express love for his own family. From his childhood in Brooklyn during the Depression, to his involvement in the Italian Mafia, and then his later foray into politics, the reader experiences one man s struggle to overcome his past.
Joe, the son of a mobster, watches his father s mob loyalty force his family into a life of secrecy and deceit. As he struggles to avoid becoming his ...
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122,06 zł |
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Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy: The Secret World of Corporate Espionage
ISBN: 9780061697210 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Eamon Javers has produced a remarkable book about the secret world of business warfare--a world filled with corporate spies and covert ops and skullduggery... An important book that has the added pleasure of reading like a spy novel." --David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z Award-winning reporter Eamon Javers's Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy is a penetrating work of investigative and historical journalism about the evolution of corporate espionage, exploring the dangerous and combustible power spies hold over international business. From the birth of the... "Eamon Javers has produced a remarkable book about the secret world of business warfare--a world filled with corporate spies and covert ops and sku... |
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62,04 zł |
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The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption
ISBN: 9780312602574 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The New York Times Bestseller The Soprano State details the you-couldn't-make-this-up true story of the corruption that has pervaded New Jersey politics, government, and business for the past thirty years. From Jimmy Hoffa purportedly being buried somewhere beneath the end zone in Giants Stadium, through allegations of a thoroughly corrupt medical and dental university, through Mafia influence at all levels, the Garden State might indeed... The New York Times Bestseller |
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96,05 zł |
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Murder for Hire: My Life as the Country's Most Successful Undercover Agent
ISBN: 9780312667771 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After joining the Phoenix Police Department in 1978, Jack Ballentine quickly rose to the top as one of the nation's most sycessful undercover operatives. His specialty: posing as a hit man. Ballentine led a schizophrenic life, changing assumed identities at the drop of a hat as he developed a network in the criminal underworld and was "hired" to kill business partners, spouses, or, in one case, a couple's son. In twenty-four cases, he produced a 100 percent conviction rate on murder conspiracy charges. Murder For Hire details his most shocking assignments while also showing how he... After joining the Phoenix Police Department in 1978, Jack Ballentine quickly rose to the top as one of the nation's most sycessful undercover opera... |
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96,05 zł |
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Manhattan Mafia Guide: Hits, Homes & Headquarters
ISBN: 9781609493066 / Angielski / Miękka / 221 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When people think about the city of New York, one of the most prominent images is that of the gangster the mob bosses and their henchmen, living luxurious lifestyles while wreaking havoc on the people who got in their way. In this book, Eric Ferrara will tell us exactly where and when they did their best and worst deeds, allowing readers to literally walk in the footsteps of New York's most notorious Mafioso's, from Dead Rabbits in the 1850s to John Gotti in the 1990s. Organized by neighborhood, each entry will include not only the physical address, but a description of what went down in...
When people think about the city of New York, one of the most prominent images is that of the gangster the mob bosses and their henchmen, living luxur...
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87,32 zł |
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Jackpot: The Story of Eugene Bulgarino
ISBN: 9781609762186 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this gripping profile of Eugene Bulgarino, author Tarvis El Alberty takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the world of a unique Robin Hood-type of hustler, whose schemes were humorous at their the core. Eugene was a key figure in the largest slot machine casino heist in history. Along with his accomplice - a man the FBI named "The Genius" - Eugene took Las Vegas for millions. Jackpot: The Story of Eugene Bulgarino covers Eugene's early years and his gift for hustling, which eventually caught the attention of noted Mafia associates and union bosses. Eugene became a stand-up man and...
In this gripping profile of Eugene Bulgarino, author Tarvis El Alberty takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the world of a unique Robin Hood...
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60,93 zł |
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