The New York Police Department is an iconic symbol of one of the world’s most famous cities. The blue uniforms of the men and women who serve on the force have long stood for integrity and heroism in the work to serve and protect the city’s residents. And yet, as in any large public organization, the NYPD has also suffered its share of corruption, political shenanigans, and questionable leadership. In The NYPD’s First Fifty Years Bernard Whalen, himself a long-serving NYPD lieutenant, and his father, Jon, consider the men and women who have contributed to the department’s past, both positively and less so. Starting with the official formation of the NYPD in 1898, they examine the commissioners, politicians, and patrolmen who during the next fifty years left a lasting mark on history and on one another. In the process, they also explore the backroom dealings, the hidden history, and the relationships that set the scene for the modern NYPD that so proudly serves the city today.
Characters galore, both good guys and gangsters, leap from the pages" (The New York Times) in this irresistible, authentic look at 175 years of true crime cases from the NYPD archives, packed with photos, artifacts and expert revelations. From atrocities that occurred before the establishment of New York's police force in 1845 through the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 to the present day, this chronological visual history is an insider's look at more than 80 real-life crimes that shocked the nation, from arson to gangland murders, robberies, serial killers, bombings, and kidnappings, including: Architect Stanford White's fatal shooting at Madison Square Garden over his deflowering of a teenage chorus girl. The anarchist bombing of Wall Street in 1920, which killed 39 people and injured hundreds more with flying shrapnel. Kitty Genovese's 1964 senseless stabbing, famously witnessed by dozen of bystanders who did not intervene. Robert Chambers, the handsome, wealthy ex-Choate student, who murdered Jennifer Levin in Central Park, called "The Preppy Murder Case." Son of Sam, a serial killer who eluded police for months while terrorizing the city, was finally apprehended through a simple parking ticket. Perfect for crime buffs, urban historians, and fans of American Crime Story, this riveting collection details New York's most startling and unsettling crimes through behind-the-scenes analysis of investigations and more than 250 revealing photographs.
More than 175 years of true crimes culled from the city's police blotter, told through startling, rarely seen images and insightful text by two NYPD officers and a NYC crime reporter. From atrocities that occurred before the establishment of New York's police force in 1845 through the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 to the present day, this visual history is an insider's look at more than 80 real-life crimes that shocked the nation, from arson to gangland murders, robberies, serial killers, bombings, and kidnappings, including: Architect Stanford White's fatal shooting at Madison Square Garden over his deflowering of a teenage chorus girl. The anarchist bombing of Wall Street in 1920, which killed 39 people and injured hundreds more with flying shrapnel. The 1928 hit at the Park Sheraton Hotel on mobster Arnold Rothstein, who died refusing to name his shooter. Kitty Genovese's 1964 senseless stabbing, famously witnessed by dozen of bystanders who did not intervene. Son of Sam, a serial killer who eluded police for months while terrorizing the city, was finally apprehended through a simple parking ticket. Perfect for crime buffs, urban historians, and fans of Serial and Making of a Murderer, this riveting collection details New York's most startling and unsettling crimes through behind-the-scenes analysis of investigations and more than 500 revealing photographs.
Unless you pull the trigger, you will never know the truth. . . . THE MAYOR William Gennaro grew up on the crime-ridden streets of New York City. As mayor, he gave them back to the people through tough law-and-order action. Now he has reached the pinnacle of power. But in an upstate jail cell one man is plotting his revenge. THE COP The mayor's brother, Frank Gennaro, is a seventeen-year veteran of the NYPD, working on the firing line as a street detective. But shattering events may force him to cross the thin blue line. THE CRIMINAL Eduardo Noscar swore vengeance on the person who put him behind bars. And he will get it--unleashing a hit man with a diabolical plan that will obliterate the mayor's city. But Frank Gennaro and a beautiful rookie narcotics officer, who's been through hell and back herself, slide undercover. And they won't stop until they disperse a little retribution of their own. . . . JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE
The New York Police Department is an iconic symbol of one of the world’s most famous cities. The blue uniforms of the men and women who serve on the force have long stood for integrity and heroism in the work to serve and protect the city’s residents. And yet, as in any large public organization, the NYPD has also suffered its share of corruption, political shenanigans, and questionable leadership. In The NYPD’s First Fifty Years Bernard Whalen, himself a long-serving NYPD lieutenant, and his father, Jon, consider the men and women who have contributed to the department’s past, both positively and less so. Starting with the official formation of the NYPD in 1898, they examine the commissioners, politicians, and patrolmen who during the next fifty years left a lasting mark on history and on one another. In the process, they also explore the backroom dealings, the hidden history, and the relationships that set the scene for the modern NYPD that so proudly serves the city today.
▶ 혁명가를 위한 격언(Maxims for Revolutionists by George Bernard Shaw)은 ‘셰익스피어 이후 최고의 극작가(The Greatest Playwright after Shakespeare)’로 추앙받는 19세기 영국 극작가 조지 버나드 쇼(George Bernard Shaw, 1856~1950)의 어록 중 코미디와 철학: 인간과 초인 1902(Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by George Bernard Shaw)에 수록된 것을 추려 묶은 격언집(Maxims)입니다. 분량은 그리 많지 않은 작품임에도 불구하고, 재기발랄한 독설가이자 유머러스한 풍자가로써의 버나드 쇼의 진면목을 오롯이 담은 책으로, 어록 중에 반드시 독자의 심장을 관통할만한 것이 한두 개는 있을 것입니다. 다만 현대인의 관점에서 보면 성차별적인 요소나 아동학대 등 윤리적으로 문제될 수 있는 부분이 포함되어 있다는 점은 경계해야할 것입니다. 테마여행신문 TTN Korea 영어고전(English Classics) 1,999선과 함께 어제도, 오늘도, 내일도 멋진 문학여행을! ▶ 코미디와 철학: 인간과 초인 1902(Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by George Bernard Shaw)는 ‘셰익스피어 이후 최고의 극작가(The Greatest Playwright after Shakespeare)’로 추앙받는 19세기 영국 극작가 조지 버나드 쇼(George Bernard Shaw, 1856~1950)가 풋풋한 청년 시절(1879~1883)을 지나 한층 원숙한 나이(46세)에 집필한 4막(Act I.~Act IV.)의 희곡(戱曲, Play)입니다. 버나드 쇼의 대표작은 단연 희곡(戱曲, Play)일 것이나, 경력 초창기에는 다섯 권의 소설(Five Novels Early in His Career)을 비롯해 정치, 드라마 비평(Politics, Drama Criticism) 등 다양한 분야의 글을 왕성하게 집필한 바 있습니다. ▶ 인류 역사상 최악의 여성 편력가는 누구일까? 카사노바 VS 돈 후안 : 이탈리아의 자코모 지롤라모 카사노바(Giacomo Girolami Casanova, 1725~1798)가 실존인물인데 반하여, ‘바람의 대명사’ 돈 후안(Don Juan) 혹은 돈 조반니(Don Giovanni)는 사실 역사에 실존했던 인물은 아닙니다. 이 때문에 그의 업적(?!)은 국경과 시대를 초월해 확장되어 왔고, 그의 일대기는 수많은 작가, 작곡가, 화가들의 상상력을 불러 일으켰습니다. 돈 후안이 최초로 등장한 작품으로 기록된 스페인 작가 티르소 데 몰리나(Tirso de Molina, 1579~1648)의 세비야의 난봉꾼과 석상의 초대(El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra, 1630)를 시작으로 프랑스 극작가 몰리에르(Molière, 1622~1673)의 동쥐앙 또는 석상의 잔치(Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre, 1665), 볼프강 아마데우스 모차르트(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756~1791)의 오페라 돈 조반니(Don Giovanni, K.527, 1787), 독일 작곡가 리하르트 슈트라우스(Richard Strauss, 1864~1949)의 교향시 돈 후안 작품번호 20(Don Juan, 1888)…. ▶ THE GOLDEN RULE. Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. Never resist temptation: prove all things: hold fast that which is good. Do not love your neighbor as yourself. If you are on good terms with yourself it is an impertinence: if on bad, an injury. The golden rule is that there are no golden rules. ▷ 황금률. 남들이 당신에게 해야 할 것처럼 그들에게 하지 마십시오. 그들의 취향은 같지 않을 수 있습니다. 유혹을 이겨내지 마십시오. 모든 것을 증명하십시오. 좋은 것을 빨리 증명하십시오. 당신의 이웃을 당신 자신처럼 사랑하지 마십시오. 당신과 사이가 좋으면 그것은 무례한 것입니다. 나쁜 것은 상처입니다. 황금률이란 황금률은 없다는 것입니다. ▶ IMPERIALISM. Excess of insularity makes a Briton an Imperialist. Excess of local self-assertion makes a colonist an Imperialist. A colonial Imperialist is one who raises colonial troops, equips a colonial squadron, claims a Federal Parliament sending its measures to the Throne instead of to the Colonial Office, and, being finally brought by this means into insoluble conflict with the insular British Imperialist, "cuts the painter" and breaks up the Empire. ▷ 제국주의. 고립성의 과잉은 영국인을 제국주의자로 만듭니다. 지역적 자기주장의 과잉은 식민주의자를 제국주의자로 만듭니다. 식민지 제국주의자는 식민지 군대를 일으켜 식민지 비행대를 장비하고, 연방 의회가 식민지 사무소 대신 왕좌에 그 조치를 보낸다고 주장하는 사람입니다. 그리고 마침내 이 수단으로 고립된 영국 제국주의자와 해결할 수 없는 갈등에 빠지게 되고, "화가를 베고" 제국을 해체합니다. ▶ HOW TO BEAT CHILDREN. If you strike a child, take care that you strike it in anger, even at the risk of maiming it for life. A blow in cold blood neither can nor should be forgiven. If you beat children for pleasure, avow your object frankly, and play the game according to the rules, as a foxhunter does; and you will do comparatively little harm. No foxhunter is such a cad as to pretend that he hunts the fox to teach it not to steal chickens, or that he suffers more acutely than the fox at the death. Remember that even in childbeating there is the sportsman's way and the cad's way. ▷ 아이들을 때리는 방법. 아이를 때릴 경우, 평생 불구가 될 위험이 있더라도 화가 나서 때리지 않도록 주의하십시오. 냉혈한 타격은 용서될 수도 없고 용서되어서도 안 됩니다. 즐거움을 위해 아이들을 때린다면, 여우사냥꾼처럼 자신의 목표를 솔직하게 공언하고 규칙에 따라 게임을 하십시오. 그러면 당신은 비교적 해를 덜 끼칠 것입니다. 어떤 여우사냥꾼도 여우를 사냥하여 닭을 훔치지 말라고 가르치거나 여우가 죽었을 때 그보다 더 극심한 고통을 겪는 것처럼 가장하는 미친 사람은 없습니다. 아이를 때리는 것에도 스포츠맨의 방법과 캐디의 방법이 있다는 것을 기억하십시오. ▶ GAMBLING. The most popular method of distributing wealth is the method of the roulette table. The roulette table pays nobody except him that keeps it. Nevertheless a passion for gaming is common, though a passion for keeping roulette tables is unknown. Gambling promises the poor what Property performs for the rich: that is why the bishops dare not denounce it fundamentally. ▷ 도박. 부를 분배하는 가장 대중적인 방법은 룰렛 테이블 방법입니다. 룰렛 테이블은 그것을 지키는 사람 외에는 누구에게도 돈을 지불하지 않습니다. 그럼에도 불구하고 게임에 대한 열정은 흔하지만 룰렛 테이블 유지에 대한 열정은 알려져 있지 않습니다. 도박은 재산이 부자들에게 제공하는 것과 같은 것을 가난한 사람들에게 약속합니다. 이것이 바로 주교들이 감히 그것을 근본적으로 비난하지 못하는 이유입니다. -목차(Index)- ▶ 프롤로그(Prologue). 테마여행신문 TTN Korea 영어고전(English Classics) 1,999선을 읽어야 하는 7가지 이유 ▶ 20가지 키워드로 읽는 조지 버나드 쇼(George Bernard Shaw, 1856~1950) 01. 조지 버나드 쇼(George Bernard Shaw, 1856~1950)가 조지(George)가 아니라, G라고 서명한 이유는? 02. 페이비언 협회(Fabian Society, 1884~)의 페이비언 사회주의자(Fabian Socialist) 03. 피그말리온(Pygmalion, 1913) : 조각가 피그말리온이 여성을 혐오한 이유는? 03-1. 오비디우스(Publius Ovidius Naso, BC 43~AD 17)의 변신 이야기(The Metamorphoses, AD 8) 03-2. 피그말리온 효과(Pygmalion Effect) VS 골렘 효과(Golem Effect) 03-3. 오드리 헵번(Audrey Hepburn)의 마이 페어 레이디(My Fair Lady, 1964) 03-4. 웬디 무어(Wendy Moore)의 완벽한 아내 만들기(How to Create the Perfect Wife, 2013) 03-5. 피그말리온(Pygmalion, 1913)을 그린 화가들 04. 므두셀라 증후군(Methuselah Syndrome) 05. 버나드 쇼가 노벨문학상(The Nobel Prize in Literature, 1925)은 받되, 상금은 거부한 이유는?! 05-1. 아일랜드 출신의 노벨문학상 수상작가(Irish Nobel Prize-Winning Author)가 무려 넷?! 05-2. 노벨문학상(1925)과 오스카상(1939)을 둘 다 수상한 지구상 유일한 작가(1939~2016) 06. 셰익스피어(William Shakespeare, 1564~1616) VS 조지 버나드 쇼(George Bernard Shaw, 1856~1950) 07. 오역으로 더욱 유명해진 유언(1950) : 우물쭈물하다가 내 이럴 줄 알았지 08. 수많은 어록을 남긴 신랄한 비평가(Vitriolic Critic)이자 유머러스한 풍자가(Witty Satirist) 09. 천연두 백신을 맞았으나, 천연두에 걸린 백신반대론자(Anti-Vaccinationist) 10. 조지 버나드 쇼를 만날 수 있는 장소 TOP10(10 Places to meet George Bernard Shaw) 11. 조지 버나드 쇼 원작의 영화·드라마(Movie and Drama of George Bernard Shaw in IMDb and Wikipedia) 12. 오디오북으로 듣는 조지 버나드 쇼(Audio Books of George Bernard Shaw) 13. 조지 버나드 쇼 어록 161선(161 Quotes of George Bernard Shaw) ▶ 영어고전1,202 조지 버나드 쇼의 혁명가를 위한 격언(English Classics1,202 Maxims for Revolutionists by George Bernard Shaw) 01. The Golden Rule 02. Idolatry 03. Royalty 04. Democracy 05. Imperialism 06. Liberty And Equality 07. Education 08. Marriage 09. Crime And Punishment 10. Titles 11. Honor 12. Property 13. Servants 14. How To Beat Children 15. Religion 16. Virtues And Vices 17. Fairplay 18. Greatness 19. Beauty And Happiness, Art And Riches 20. The Perfect Gentleman 21. Moderation 22. The Unconscious Self 23. Reason 24. Decency 25. Experience 26. Time's Revenges 27. Good Intentions 28. Natural Rights 29. Faute De Mieux 30. Charity 31. Fame 32. Discipline 33. Women In The Home 34. Civilization 35. Gambling 36. The Social Question 37. Stray Sayings 38. Self-Sacrifice ▶ 부록(Appendix). 세계의 고전을 여행하는 히치하이커를 위한 안내서(The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Worlds’s Classics) A01. 하버드 서점(Harvard Book Store) 직원 추천 도서 100선(Staff’s Favorite 100 Books) & 판매도서 100위(Top 100 Books) A02. 서울대(Seoul University) 권장도서 100 A03. 연세대(Yonsei University) 필독도서 고전 200선 A04. 고려대(Korea University) 세종캠퍼스 권장도서 100선 A05. 서울대·연세대·고려대(SKY University) 공통 권장도서 60권 A06. 성균관대(Sungkyunkwan University) 오거서(五車書) 성균 고전 100선 A07. 경희대(Kyung Hee University) 후마니타스 칼리지(Humanitas College) 교양필독서 100선 A08. 포스텍(포항공대, POSTECH) 권장도서 100선 A09. 카이스트(KAIST) 독서마일리지제 추천도서 100권 A10. 문학상(Literary Awards) 수상작 및 추천도서(44) A11. 영어고전(English Classics) 오디오북을 무료로 듣는 5가지 방법(How to listen to FREE audio Books legally?) 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Using intriguing characters and sparkling dialogue, George Bernard Shaw explored ideas and issues that transformed the conventions of British theater. "Don Juan in Hell" showcases the master's art at its best. An episode from Act Three of Man and Superman, "Don Juan in Hell" is often presented independently of the rest of the play. Rooted in the Don Juan legend--particularly as it appears in Mozart's opera Don Giovanni--this dream sequence forms a play within a play. It consists of a dramatic reading in which three characters from Man and Superman appear in archetypal guises: Don Juan, the libertine turned moralist; Doña Ana, the eternal female; and the Commander, a hypocrite transformed into a statue. The Devil himself joins their spirited debate on the nature of heaven and hell, of good and evil, and of human purpose, for a captivating blend of Shavian wit and Nietzschean philosophy.
Packed with the spot-on social commentary that George Bernard Shaw is known for, the five plays that comprise Back to Methuselah are an engaging read for lovers of classic drama and science fiction fans alike. In an effort to shed light on what he regards as a pervasive failure of modern governance, Shaw projects his imagination backwards and forwards in time, dissecting what went wrong and what could have been in a series of five set pieces that span the time period from 4004 BC to 31,920 AD.
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In the middle of the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian war, an enemy soldier escapes a cavalry charge by climbing up a drainpipe into Raina Petkoff’s room. Raina is the daughter of one Major and engaged to another, but she chooses to save the soldier’s life by concealing him. Arms and the Man, named after the opening lines of Virgil’s The Aeneid, is a play that humorously deals with the hypocrisy of humanity and the stupidity of war. It was among George Bernard Shaw’s first commercial successes, and was included in a collection of plays he referred to as Plays Pleasant, along with Candida, You Never Can Tell, and The Man of Destiny. Having coined the term “chocolate soldier,” the play has been staged multiple times in London’s West End and on Broadway, and has been adapted into operetta and film.
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - To the irreverent - and which of us will claim entire exemption from that comfortable classification? - there is something very amusing in the attitude of the orthodox criticism toward Bernard Shaw. He so obviously disregards all the canons and unities and other things which every well-bred dramatist is bound to respect that his work is really unworthy of serious criticism (orthodox). Indeed he knows no more about the dramatic art than, according to his own story in "The Man of Destiny," Napoleon at Tavazzano knew of the Art of War. But both men were successes each in his way - the latter won victories and the former gained audiences, in the very teeth of the accepted theories of war and the theatre. Shaw does not know that it is unpardonable sin to have his characters make long speeches at one another, apparently thinking that this embargo applies only to long speeches which consist mainly of bombast and rhetoric. There never was an author who showed less predilection for a specific medium by which to accomplish his results. He recognized, early in his days, many things awry in the world and he assumed the task of mundane reformation with a confident spirit. It seems such a small job at twenty to set the times aright. He began as an Essayist, but who reads essays now-a-days? - he then turned novelist with no better success, for no one would read such preposterous stuff as he chose to emit. He only succeeded in proving that absolutely rational men and women - although he has created few of the latter - can be most extremely disagreeable to our conventional way of thinking.
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