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This thought-provoking book examines gang history in the region encompassing West Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Known as the El Paso-Juárez borderland region, the area contains more than three million people spanning 130 miles from east to west. Mike Tapia examines this region by exploring a century of historical developments through a criminological lens and by studying the diverse subcultures on both sides of the law.

In this brilliant, gracefully written, and important new book, former Secretary of the Interior and Governor of Arizona Bruce Babbitt brings fresh thought to questions of how we can build a future we want to live in.

A Life in Trauma is a frank, remarkable account of a career spent helping others, offering a positive outlook on the potential of Ireland’s healthcare system in the future. Concern. Compassion. Doubt. Despair. Anger. Hope. Imagine juggling these feelings every day in a situation where your work could mean the difference between someone's life or death.

Albert Richardson and Junius Browne, two correspondents for the New York Tribune, were captured at the Battle of Vicksburg and spent 20 months in horrific Confederate prisons before escaping and making their way to Union territory. Their amazing, long-forgotten odyssey is one of the great escape stories in American history, packed with drama, courage, horrors and heroics, plus many moments of antic comedy.

Dastardly Criminals in Space takes you on a thrilling journey through a galaxy of intrigue and suspense. Join Peter Duane in Conspiracy on Callisto by Frederik Pohl, as he wrestles with a forgotten memory that could determine the fate of a revolt. Enter the inescapable Prison of a Billion Years by CH Thames, and ponder the possibility of predictive crime prevention machines in Watchbird by Robert Sheckley. Experience the tension of a high-stakes heist in The Incomplete Theft by Ralph Burke, face the audacious humans infiltrating an emperors space in The Barbarians by Tom Godwin, and uncover ...

Join Sarah Macnaughtan, a passionate Scottish novelist and suffragist, as she shares her remarkable journey across two continents during times of conflict. From her early work with the Red Cross in the Second Boer War to her tireless efforts aiding the impoverished in Londons East End, Sarahs commitment to humanitarian causes is truly inspiring. When World War I erupted in 1914, she volunteered once more, this time in Belgium, where she served in a field hospital. Her path then took her to Russia, Armenia, and Persia, where her dedication never wavered, even in the face of illness. This ...

Blicken Sie hinter die Kulissen einer geheimnisumwitterten Branche: 12 Hotels. 12 Stories. 12 Meilensteine eines Lebens im Zeichen der fünf Sterne. Alles für ein Ziel: den besten Service der Welt. Carsten K. Rath nimmt seine Hörer mit auf eine heitere und manchmal irrwitzige Reise hinter die Kulissen der Haute Hotellerie - und einmal um die Welt. In den erlesenen Kreis der Luxushoteliers stieg der Junge aus der rheinischen Provinz aus eigener Kraft auf.