How a Ups Driver Became the Greatest Union Reformer of the 20th Century
Probes the enduring impact, and devastating fall, of one of the greatest union organizers of the 20th century In this riveting account, retired UPS driver and unionist, Ken Reiman, gives us the first in-depth portrait of Ron Carey as he rose from a local union officer in the mid-1960s, to president of what was, in 1991, the largest labor union ......
This book considers the 2015 Charleston mass shooting from a rhetorical perspective and offers an appraisal of the discourses that cradled and emerged from it. It argues that Charleston was different from other mass shootings in America and that the differences can be heard and seen in that rhetoric.
Beard Cutting, Hate Crimes, and the Trial of the Bergholz Barbers
On the night of September 6, 2011, terror called at the Amish home of the Millers. Answering a late-night knock from what appeared to be an Amish neighbor, Mrs. Miller opened the door to her five estranged adult sons, a daughter, and their spouses. It wasn't a friendly visit. Within moments, the men, wearing headlamps, had pulled their ......
True Stories of Mobster Molls, Violent Vixens, and Murderous Matriarchs
In Pretty Evil Pennsylvania, historical true crime author Stephanie Hoover recounts the crimes committed by nine of the Keystone State's most violent female criminals from the 1850s through the 1930s.
The first novel in veteran crime writer Gerry Boyle's series about young Brandon Blake is a tale of opportunistic predators on a collision course; it is about the ocean, the fortunes it can deliver-and the lives it can swallow whole.
In this true crime story, investigative journalist David Williams unravels the 60-year old mystery of who murdered wealthy Suffolk business-man and womaniser William Murfitt.
In a society of strangers, there develops what can be called crimes of mobility -- forms of criminality rare in traditional societies: bigamy, the confidence game, and blackmail, for example. What they have in common is a kind of fraudulent role-playing, which the new society makes possible. This book explores the social and legal consequences of ......
12 Wardens, 20 Stories, 300 Years of North Woods Law Enforcement Being a game warden in Maine (which has the oldest game warden service in the U.S.) is not a job, it's a way of life. Wardens go through the same law enforcement training as all police officers, as well as add...
What's Wrong With Federal Law Enforcement and How to Fix It
Waco and Ruby Ridge were neither conspiracies nor flukes. They represent the worst-case scenario of problems that plague federal law enforcement. This book outlines the evidence in such cases to explain how and why such tragedies occur. It analyses different sides of this subject such as flawed search warrants, and intra-governmental deception.
