blue gangster

blue gangster
Author: prabhjeet singh
Publisher: prabhjeet singh
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2018-03-03
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1980457743

story of a man turned into monster

Out of the Red

Out of the Red
Author: Christian L. Bolden
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2020-08-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1978813430

Frank Tannenbaum Outstanding Book Award from the American Society of Criminology​ Faculty Senate Award for Research from Loyola University New Orleans​ Out of the Red is one man’s pathbreaking story of how social forces and personal choices combined to deliver an unfortunate fate. After a childhood of poverty, institutional discrimination, violence, and being thrown away by the public education system, Bolden's life took him through the treacherous landscape of street gangs at the age of fourteen. The Bloods offered a sense of family, protection, excitement, and power. Incarcerated during the Texas prison boom, the teenage former gangster was thrust into a fight for survival as he navigated the perils of adult prison. As mass incarceration and prison gangs swallowed up youth like him, survival meant finding hope in a hopeless situation and carving a path to his own rehabilitation. Despite all odds, he forged a new path through education, ultimately achieving the seemingly impossible for a formerly incarcerated ex-gangbanger.

The Gangster's Cousin

The Gangster's Cousin
Author: Salvatore "Sal" Lucania
Publisher: WildBlue Press
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2019-06-21
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1948239264

The autobiography of a member of Charles “Lucky” Luciano’s Mafia family. “The reader gets a real sense of code, of honor, courage and commitment” (London TV). “I was born an outlaw in outlaw culture. I refused to be forced into the powerless class of the ordinary, law-abiding citizen. I always saw things from outside the box because I was born outside the box, so I was free to think for myself.” Born in 1942, Salvatore “Sal” Lucania was not only raised but educated by the streets of East Harlem. Dropping out of his Catholic high school at fifteen after punching out a priest, a formal education was not Sal’s future. As such, it would have been easy to fall into the trappings of “made man” status in the mafia, like his cousin Charles “Lucky” Luciano. But Sal had a different vision of the future, if he could just escape the confines of his neighborhood and defy the ways of the people in power: the bullies, the “ruling class,” local government corruption and his own mafia family culture—in order to create a different life than the one fate might have otherwise intended. The Gangster’s Cousin is a wonderfully different take on the usual Mafia story. Sal’s memoir takes the reader on a sometimes exciting, sometimes poignant, and often humorous adventure as he finds himself in unbelievable situations and meeting an array of unique and funny characters along the way. Follow Sal’s one-of-a-kind perspective and find out why he strives so hard to stay ahead of a different type of criminal class—the people who make the rules.

High Rise Stories

High Rise Stories
Author: Audrey Petty
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2021-01-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1642595470

In the gripping first-person accounts of High Rise Stories, former residents of Chicago’s iconic public housing projects describe life in the now-demolished high-rises. These stories of community, displacement, and poverty in the wake of gentrification give voice to those who have long been ignored, but whose hopes and struggles exist firmly at the heart of our national identity.

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson
Author: Damien Shields
Publisher:
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2018-06-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9780986199172

This is the anatomy of Michael Jackson's craftsmanship told by those who were there, with Jackson, creating the music he left behind. Featuring dozens of exclusive new interviews with his closest collaborators, Michael Jackson: Songs & Stories From The Vault takes you inside the studio, showcasing the creative process of the most successful recording artist in the history of popular music. Author Damien Shields delivers captivating fly-on-the-wall accounts of how Jackson and his collaborators crafted the eight songs that would ultimately be resurrected several years after his death on the Xscape album.

Black Eyes and Blue Blood

Black Eyes and Blue Blood
Author: Norman Johnson
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Gangsters
ISBN: 9781845963552

True Crime.

The History of Gangster Rap

The History of Gangster Rap
Author: Soren Baker
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 636
Release: 2018-10-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1683352351

Journalist Soren Baker’sThe History of Gangster Rap takes a deep dive into this fascinating music subgenre. Foreword by Xzibit Sixteen detailed chapters, organized chronologically, examine the evolution of gangster rap, its main players, and the culture that created this revolutionary music. From still-swirling conspiracy theories about the murders of Biggie and Tupac to the release of the film Straight Outta Compton, the era of gangster rap is one that fascinates music junkies and remains at the forefront of pop culture. Filled with interviews with key players such as Snoop Dogg, Ice-T, and dozens more, as well as sidebars, breakout bios of notorious characters, lists, charts, and beyond, The History of Gangster Rap is the be-all-end-all book that contextualizes the importance of gangster rap as a cultural phenomenon. “History has so often been written by the victors, that you very rarely ever get the real story behind anything. So it’s really important to hear from the people that were there, which is exactly what Soren Baker shares in this book. He writes about it and he’s honest about it.” —The D.O.C.

Hunting Down Amanda

Hunting Down Amanda
Author: Andrew Klavan
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2011-11-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1453234284

A freak plane crash sets off a chase for a little girl with strange powers in this “stay-up-all-night” thriller from an Edgar Award–winning author (USA Today). Amanda is playing in the backyard when the plane explodes overhead. As metal, fire, and bodies rain down on her small town, the little girl wanders off. Houses on either side explode as she toddles away from the carnage, across the park, and into the woods. When her mother finds her, Amanda is asleep in the arms of a mysterious man. Carol takes her daughter and flees for her life, afraid not of the hell their town has become, but of what might happen if her daughter is found. Little Amanda is blessed with the power to heal the sick, and there are powerful people who want to find out where her mysterious ability comes from. After the crash, Carol and her daughter flee to New York, where one mother’s love is all that stands between Amanda and the forces of evil.

When Violence Erupts

When Violence Erupts
Author: Dennis R. Krebs
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2003
Genre: Civil disobedience
ISBN: 9780763720704

Designed to teach EMS personnel how to function both effectively and safely in high-stress situations.

The Riverman

The Riverman
Author: RONALD D. CARROLL
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2011-10-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1467035629

Suppose you were in control of $154 million dollars of legal pharmaceuticals that had been stolen, and you purchased them for $3 million. You knew that you stood to make near the normal dollar rate if they were redistributed to a legal foreign market. Would $90 million make you happy? This is a story about such temptations that begin with a missing man. In a small southern town, or a relatively medium-sized Ohio River town, there is a retired cop and, presently, a private dick looking for a missing person. He works his magic to find the man. Along the way he discovers mysterious leads that twist and turn and have him in the middle of an international drug scheme for profit. Those in power make him a fall guy for a double murder. See how this nobody skirts the law and finds the truth. Luck or ingenuity, you choose. When you read and think it is over, it is not. This reading covers a lot of territory including small towns in Kentucky, DEA, FBI, local homicide, organized crime, people so called Ohio River rats, and a donkey farm. How do some people afford those big boats on the River? Can $90 million solve all these problems? A book by Ron Carroll, a retired everything, cop, detective, narcotics, teacher, boys High School basketball coach, private investigator, and a life long college student. Oh, also, once a deputy sheriff. Awards: Mayors Award first class, for Federal Narcotics Strike Force undercover operations commander, Kentucky Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame. Self award for extreme imagination. That means I day dream a lot, why not, go figure.