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One Cop's Story of Patrolling America's Most Dangerous City

By: John R. Baker,Stephen J. Rivele

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One Cop's Story of Patrolling America's Most Dangerous City

By: John R. Baker,Stephen J. Rivele

9 square miles. 10,000 criminals. 130 cops. A riveting memoir by Baker, California's most-decorated police officer Compton: the most violent and crime-ridden city in America. What had been a semi-rural suburb of Los Angeles in the 1950s became a battleground for the Black Panthers and Malcolm X Foundation, the home of the Crips and Bloods and the first Hispanic gangs, and the cradle of gangster rap. At the center of it, trying to maintain order was the Compton Police Department, never more than 130-strong, and facing an army of criminals that numbered over 10,000. At any given time, fully one-tenth of Compton's population was in prison, yet this tidal wave of crime was held back by the thinnest line of the law—the Compton Police. John R. Baker was raised in Compton, eventually becoming the city's most decorated officer involved in some of its most notorious, horrifying and scandalous criminal cases. Baker's account of Compton from 1950 to 2001 is one of the most powerful and compelling cop memoirs ever written—an intensely human account of sacrifice and public service, and the price the men and women of the Compton Police Department paid to preserve their city.

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433

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Macmillan + ORM

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1429989777

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9781429989770

Virgin Film: Oliver Stone

By: Stephen Lavington

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Virgin Film: Oliver Stone

By: Stephen Lavington

Three-time Oscar winner Oliver Stone is one of the most controversial and well-known contemporary American directors. He began his professional life as a screen writer and was responsible for the scripts of Midnight Express and Scarface. As a director he made one of the all-time great Vietnam war movies, Platoon, and went on to helm such definitive cinematic works as Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July, JFK, Natural Born Killers and, most recently, Alexander - an epic biography of the legendary Greek king starring Colin Farrell and Anthony Hopkins. This indispensable guide takes each of Stone's writing and directoial features in chronological order, discussing them within categories such as Casting, Cut Scenes, Music Conspiriacy Theory? and Controversy. It looks at the inspiration behind his work, its connection with the real world and the story behind each film's development. Whether the subject is war, politics, sport or the defining aspects of an era, Stone is an expert at polarising audience views. This is an essential reference for all fans of Oliver Stone, writer, director and one of the most influential filmmakers of the last twenty-five years.

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456

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Random House

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075354766X

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9780753547663

A Booke of Days

By: Stephen J. Rivele

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A Booke of Days

By: Stephen J. Rivele

Written by the coauthor of the film Nixon, a critically acclaimed recreation of the first papal crusades, in 1096, focuses on one man who undergoes a spiritual crisis amid the fury and mindless greed of the pilgrimage.

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452

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Carroll & Graf

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0786704624

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9780786704620

Stephen Fry in America

By: Stephen Fry

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Stephen Fry in America

By: Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab, stopping in every state from Maine to Hawaii.

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356

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HarperCollins UK

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0007266359

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9780007266357

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