Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces (Balko Radley)(Paperback)

Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces (Balko Radley)(Paperback)

I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad (Woods Baynard)(Paperback)

Corporation - The Rise and Fall of America's Cuban Mafia (English T J)(Paperback / softback)

Corporation - The Rise and Fall of America's Cuban Mafia (English T J)(Paperback / softback)

America's Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve (Lowenstein Roger)(Paperback)

A tour de force of historical reportage, America's Bank illuminates the tumultuous era and remarkable personalities that spurred the unlikely birth of America's modern central bank, the Federal Reserve. Today, the Fed is the bedrock of the financial landscape, yet the fight to create it was so

Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit (Haney Eric)(Paperback)

Now the inspiration for the CBS Television drama, The Unit. Delta Force. They are the U.S. Army's most elite top-secret strike force. They dominate the modern battlefield, but you won't hear about their heroics on CNN. No headlines can reveal their top-secret missions, and no book has ever taken

Hired Swords: The Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan (Friday Karl F.)(Paperback)

Tracing the evolution of state military institutions from the seventh to the twelfth centuries, this book challenges much of the received wisdom of Western scholarship on the origins and early development of warriors in

The Nepal Cookbook (Association of Nepalis in the Americas)(Paperback)

This treasury of recipes from the members of the Association of Nepalis in the Americas represents the best of authentic Nepali cuisine. From festival dishes to simple everyday favorites the recipes included here reflect the many facets of Nepal's colorful and diverse cultures. Nepali food, which

Paladin Unbound (Speight Jeffrey)(Paperback)

The last of a dying breed, a holy warrior must rise up against a growing darkness in Evelium.The most unlikely of heroes, a lowly itinerant mercenary, Umhra the Peacebreaker is shunned by society for his mongrel half-Orc blood. Desperate to find work for himself and his band of fighters, Umhra

Evaluating Police Uses of Force (Stoughton Seth W.)(Pevná vazba)

Provides a critical understanding and evaluation of police tactics and the use of force Police violence has historically played an important role in shaping public attitudes toward the government. Community trust and confidence in policing have been undermined by the perception that officers are

Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America (Perlstein Rick)(Paperback)

Told with urgency and sharp political insight, Nixonland recaptures America's turbulent 1960s and early 1970s and reveals how Richard Nixon rose from the political grave to seize and hold the presidency. Perlstein's epic account begins in the blood and fire of the 1965 Watts riots, nine months

Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior (Trungpa Chogyam)(Paperback)

The classic guide to enlightened living that first presented the Buddhist path of the warrior to Western readers--with a new foreword and cover presentation. There is a basic human wisdom that can help solve the world's problems. It doesn't belong to any one culture or region or religious

Keep the Wretches in Order: America's Biggest Mass Trial, the Rise of the Justice Department, and the Fall of the Iww (Strang Dean)(Pevná vazba)

Putin's Russia - The Rise of a Dictator (Cunningham Darryl)(Paperback / softback)

Master manipulator or gangster? The malign thrust of Putin's domestic and foreign policy is exposed in Cunningham's latest page-turning biography including his early life, political career, the wars in Chechnya, Crimea and the Ukraine, the crackdown on human rights, Brexit, Trump - and the

Kill Chain - Drones and the Rise of High-Tech Assassins (Cockburn Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

Surveillance, technology, war, and the failed US policy of remote

Night Train (Amis Martin)(Paperback / softback)

Detective Hoolihan, a policewoman, a police in cop parlance, begins to investigate the death of Jennifer. The evidence swings towards suicide - the gun in her hand, the suicide note, the secret history of depression and drug addiction, and then swings away; could be suicide administer three and why

The Life of a Scilly Sergeant (Taylor Colin)(Paperback)

Meet Sergeant Colin Taylor, he has been a valuable member of the police force for more than 20 years, 5 of which have been spent policing the 'quiet' Isles of Scilly, a group of islands off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula. Colin has made it his purpose to keep the streets of Scilly

Palestine Affair (Willington David)(Paperback / softback)

In search of adventure, Inspector Guy Pearson joins the Palestine Police Force under the British Mandate. The year is 1938. Both Palestinians and Jews, at war with each other, regard the British as an occupying power. Guy soons finds himself embroiled in love and

Ravenspur - Rise of the Tudors (Iggulden Conn)(Paperback / softback)

Witness the rise of the Tudors in the stunning conclusion to Conn Iggulden's powerful retelling of the Wars of the Roses. 'An utterly compelling page-turner full of historical facts. A fascinating read' SunEngland, 1470. A divided kingdom cannot stand. King Edward of York has been driven out of

America's War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History (Bacevich Andrew J.)(Paperback)

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD - A searing reassessment of U.S. military policy in the Middle East over the past four decades from retired army colonel and New York Times bestselling author Andrew J. Bacevich, with a new afterword by the author From the end of World War II until 1980,

Winterkill (Jonasson Ragnar)(Paperback)

When the body of a nineteen-year-old girl is found on the main street of Siglufjoerdur, Police Inspector Ari Thor battles a violent Icelandic storm in an increasingly dangerous hunt for her killer ... The chilling, claustrophobic finale to the international bestselling Dark Iceland series.Easter

The Dream of Enlightenment - The Rise of Modern Philosophy (Gottlieb Anthony)(Paperback / softback)

The author of the celebrated The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought from Descartes to RousseauIn a short period - from the early 1640s to the eve of the French Revolution - Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, and Hume all made their mark on Western thought. The

The Encyclopedia of the Ancient Americas: The Everyday Life of America's Native Peoples: Aztec & Maya, Inca, Arctic Peoples, Native American Indian (Green Jen)(Paperback)

A Quest of Transcendence (Tierney Jason)(Paperback)

What's the meaning? What's the life force of this flower, of the earth, the life force in me, the life force in the sky, in creation? What dictates which form we're created in? The word consciousness comes to mind. Join Mal mene and Auberone on their journey into consciousness through life itself