Thieves Market

Author : A. I. Bezzerides
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520311825
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thieves' Market written by A. I. Bezzerides and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dark, fast-paced proletarian novel originally published in 1949, Thieves' Market was written out of the author's youthful experiences as a trucker carrying produce to the packing houses of California's Central Valley. Immigrant Nick Garcos, like his father before him, becomes an independent trucker, soon landing in the brutal and crooked underworld of the produce markets of San Francisco, Oakland, Stockton, and Los Angeles. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1949.

Author : A. I. Bezzerides
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520306848
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thieves' Market written by A. I. Bezzerides and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-04-29 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dark, fast-paced proletarian novel originally published in 1949, Thieves' Market was written out of the author's youthful experiences as a trucker carrying produce to the packing houses of California's Central Valley. Immigrant Nick Garcos, like his father before him, becomes an independent trucker, soon landing in the brutal and crooked underworld of the produce markets of San Francisco, Oakland, Stockton, and Los Angeles. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1949.

Author : Scott Carney
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062079581
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Red Market written by Scott Carney and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An unforgettable nonfiction thriller, expertly reported….A tremendously revealing and twisted ride, where life and death are now mere cold cash commodities.” —Michael Largo, author of Final Exits Award-winning investigative journalist and contributing Wired editor Scott Carney leads readers on a breathtaking journey through the macabre underworld of the global body bazaar, where organs, bones, and even live people are bought and sold on The Red Market. As gripping as CSI and as eye-opening as Mary Roach’s Stiff, Carney’s The Red Market sheds a blazing new light on the disturbing, billion-dollar business of trading in human body parts, bodies, and child trafficking, raising issues and exposing corruptions almost too bizarre and shocking to imagine.

Author : A I Bezzerides
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788293326687
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thieves' Market written by A I Bezzerides and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A.I. Bezzerides's third novel, about the dark world of truckers and wholesalers in post-war California, was famously adapted into the classic film noir Thieves' Highway (1949), directed by Jules Dassin. Immigrant trucker Nick Garcos--hauling produce in California's Central Valley--has a tough time maintaining his independence and integrity while dealing with the brutal and crooked underworld types who control the produce markets. This editon comes with a brand new introduction by Eddie Muller, author of Dark City and President of the Film Noir Foundation. "Bezzerides wrote with the progressive passion of John Steinbeck and the noir sensibility of James M. Cain. Anyone who wants to understand the bare-knuckled and blue-collar world of mid-20th century America has to read Buzz Bezzerides."--Alan K. Rode, Film Noir Foundation director and author of Charles McGraw: Film Noir Tough Guy

Author : Lyndsie Bourgon
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0316497428
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tree Thieves written by Lyndsie Bourgon and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHORTLISTED FOR THE COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM J. ANTHONY LUKAS BOOK AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 PEN/JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION FINALIST FOR THE NELLIE BY CHANTICLEER INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS FOR JOURNALISTIC NON-FICTION A gripping investigation of the billion-dollar timber black market “and a fascinating examination of the deep and troubled relationship between people and forests” (Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts). There's a strong chance that chair you are sitting on was made from stolen lumber. In Tree Thieves, Lyndsie Bourgon takes us deep into the underbelly of the illegal timber market. As she traces three timber poaching cases, she introduces us to tree poachers, law enforcement, forensic wood specialists, the enigmatic residents of former logging communities, environmental activists, international timber cartels, and indigenous communities along the way. Old-growth trees are invaluable and irreplaceable for both humans and wildlife, and are the oldest living things on earth. But the morality of tree poaching is not as simple as we might think: stealing trees is a form of deeply rooted protest, and a side effect of environmental preservation and protection that doesn't include communities that have been uprooted or marginalized when park boundaries are drawn. As Bourgon discovers, failing to include working class and rural communities in the preservation of these awe-inducing ecosystems can lead to catastrophic results. Featuring excellent investigative reporting, fascinating characters, logging history, political analysis, and cutting-edge tree science, Tree Thieves takes readers on a thrilling journey into the intrigue, crime, and incredible complexity sheltered under the forest canopy.

Author : Dennis Haseley
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780060224936
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Thieves' Market written by Dennis Haseley and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children wake in the night and visit the unusual market where thieves sell their stolen goods.

Author : Joe Haldeman
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504060121
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wings of Omen written by Joe Haldeman and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixth in the magical, action-packed shared-world series: “Thieves’ World® has grown into a real presence in the fantasy genre” (Fantasy-Faction). Under the rule of a humanoid race, the city of Sanctuary finds itself divided. Rebels and assassins stalk the shadows, bringing chaos to the streets—which is nothing new to the lawless locals. But even they will have to put aside their differences to unite against their common enemy. An accomplishment easier said than done in a city where everyone is out for themselves . . . Stories by Chris and Janet Morris, Robin W. Bailey, Diana L. Paxson, Diane Duane, C. J. Cherryh, Andrew J. Offutt, Lynn Abbey, and Robert Lynn Asprin add to the legend and lore of this “surprisingly rich and deep world” (Book Riot). “In the sixth book of the collection, the friction between the residents of Sanctuary and the invading Beysib heats up and makes for some exciting reading . . . Offutt’s character Shadowspawn gets some good coverage, and a few fresh new characters also get some play . . .” —Fantasy-Faction “‘The Hand That Feeds You’ [by Diane Duane] is one of the best stories in the entire collection to date.” —brianbookreviews.blogspot.com

Author : Lynn Abbey
Publisher : Ace Books
ISBN 13 : 9780441775811
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soul of the City written by Lynn Abbey and published by Ace Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dramatic eighth volume, Tempus returns to Sanctuary, a city ravaged by war and upheaval, seething with crime and chaos--a dark bedlam of magic forces thrown out of balance, and disasters, both natural and unnatural...

Author : Joe Haldeman
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504060105
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Storm Season written by Joe Haldeman and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A whirlwind of fantasy action and adventure descends on Thieves’ World®—as related by C. J. Cherryh, Diana L. Paxson, Andrew J. Offutt, and others. Welcome back to Sanctuary, “the city where anything could happen, where characters created by some of the best fantasy writers of the generation crossed paths and shared adventures” (Black Gate). The Thieves’ World® series continues with a story line created by Robert Lynn Asprin, C. J. Cherryh, Diana L. Paxson, Lynn Abbey, Janet Morris, and Andrew J. Offutt. In Storm Season, immortal warrior Tempus Thales and his nemesis, the crime lord Jubal, go head to head in fast-paced exploits that bring the simmering tension between them to a boil. “Much of Storm Season pertains to the conflict between Asprin’s gladiator/crime lord Jubal and Morris’ Tempus, and the other stories work to move this plotline along, while telling their own tales. Offutt, as usual, steals the show with a Shadowspawn story . . .” —Fantasy-Faction

Author : James B. Stewart
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439126208
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Den of Thieves written by James B. Stewart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A #1 bestseller from coast to coast, Den of Thieves tells the full story of the insider-trading scandal that nearly destroyed Wall Street, the men who pulled it off, and the chase that finally brought them to justice. Pulitzer Prize–winner James B. Stewart shows for the first time how four of the eighties’ biggest names on Wall Street—Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, Martin Siegel, and Dennis Levine—created the greatest insider-trading ring in financial history and almost walked away with billions, until a team of downtrodden detectives triumphed over some of America’s most expensive lawyers to bring this powerful quartet to justice. Based on secret grand jury transcripts, interviews, and actual trading records, and containing explosive new revelations about Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky, Den of Thieves weaves all the facts into an unforgettable narrative—a portrait of human nature, big business, and crime of unparalleled proportions.