Among the ethnic gangs that rule Americas inner cities none has had the impact of the Jamaican posses. Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the islands politicians the posses began migrating to the United States in the early 1980s just in time to catch & ride the crack wave as it engulfed the country. Laurie Gunsts provocative expose of the Jamaican politicians role in creating this problem is also a moving & compelling tale of suffering & exploitation. Leone Ross substantial afterword examines further the issues raised by the book from a British & Jamaican perspective ...

Meet Dave Hazard; world class martial artist. A 7th dan black belt in Shotokan karate he's as respected in the tough streets bars & clubs of the East End of London as he is in the best karate dojo in Japan. His reputation is legendary. He's faced down many tough challenges as a street fighter but also as a mentor & teacher. As a member of the Great British karate team Dave fought for his country facing some of the world's leading martial artists in both competition & the highly dangerous & demanding sparring of the dojo where no rules apply... Born into a harsh world which demanded that you learn how to look after yourself & those around you Dave Hazrd grew into a complex & extraordinary man. The ups & downs of his remarkable life & the challenges he's overcome throughout it prove he is truly a force to be reckoned with
- a living embodiment of the power of the mind as well as the fist.
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Reg Kray is one of Britains most notorious criminals. Together with his brother Ron he rose through the ranks of Londons East End gangland to run an evil empire of vice & villainy. But after half a lifetime behind bars Reg wants to set the record straight. Here in his own words is the true story of his life as one half of a criminal double act with his brother Ron the chilling career of two street-wise kids who became standard-bearers of violence
- from fire-bombings to shootings & cold-blooded murder. But here too is the inner voice of a one-time mobster who learned compassion through his own struggle to come to terms with a life sentence.
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Fifty years ago Joy Adamson first introduced to the world the story of her life alongside Elsa the lioness whom she had rescued as an orphaned cub & raised at her home in Kenya. But as Elsa had been born free Joy made the heartbreaking decision that she must be returned to the wild when she was old enough to fend for herself. Since the first publication of Born Free" & its sequels " Living Free" & " Forever Free" generations of readers have been enchanted inspired & moved by these books' uplifting charm & the remarkable interaction between Joy & Elsa. Millions have also come to know & love " Born Free" through the immortal film starring Virginia Mc Kenna & Bill Travers. But here is the chance to rediscover the original story in this 50th anniversary edition in the words of the woman who reared Elsa & walked with the lions." ...

Eve Dallas has a grisly double homicide to solve when two young lovers
- both employees of the same prestigious accounting firm
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Passions are about to flare for the Concannon sisters.. . Maggie & Brianna Concannon are two very different sisters. The calm & gentle Bri seems able to weather any storm even the constant criticism that rains down on them both from their mother but Maggie is a passionate & fiery artist whose temper is as bold as her art. Their mother's bitterness is a mystery to Bri & Maggie until secrets from the past challenge everything they've come to believe. It's Maggie's skill as a glass blower that brings Rogan Sweeney the international gallery owner to her small cottage in County Clare. His interest in her is purely professional until their personalities clash & sparks begin to fly.. . As her career takes off how will Maggie cope with the heat of the spotlight & feelings for Rogan that she would rather ignore? ...

Brianna Concannon has buried a broken heart under her fair calm exterior for ten long years. Jilted just weeks before the wedding to her childhood love Bri turned her attention to keeping house for her family in County Clare. She's cooled her passions for anything other than tending to the guests at her inn until one stormy night when the wind blows in a houseguest who could change everything.. . Grayson Thane the acclaimed thriller writer has come to Ireland to research his next bestseller. It's the latest stop on Gray's travels: with a past of his own that he'd rather forget Gray won't let anything tie him down. But he's soon possessed by the ghost stories of Ireland
- & the fired-gold hair of his hauntingly beautiful host. Stumbling across her late father's letters in an attic trunk Bri is about to make a discovery that will stir dark family secrets & change her life for ever. But will Gray stay with her to weather the storm?
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For Shannon Bodine losing her mother has been doubly heartbreaking: hours before she died her mother confessed that Shannon's father was not the man she believed but a married man in Irel&. Across the ocean Brianna & Maggie Concannon have been eagerly awaiting news of their half-sister. But the woman who visits Brie's guest house in County Clare is not the loving sibling they had hoped for. Shannon shaken by the truth of her birth stays distant from the sisters while she tries to clear her head
- & to shake the feeling that she has met the tall young farmer Murphy somewhere or sometime before.. .
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In Born Liars Ian Leslie takes the reader on an exhilarating tour of ideas that brings the latest news about deception back from the frontiers of psychology neuroscience & philosophy & explores the role played by lies
- both black & white
- in our childhoods our careers & our health as well as in advertising politics sport & war. Drawing on thinkers as varied as Augustine Charles Darwin Sigmund Freud & Joni Mitchell the author argues that far from being a bug in the human software lying is central to who we are; that we cannot understand ourselves without first understanding the dynamics of deceit. After reading Born Liars youll never think about lies
- or life
- in quite the same way again.



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Devyn Kell spent his life in service to the League until he learned of the double dealing & backstabbing that was costing innocent people their lives. Refusing to play those politics he became a Runner
- someone who makes sure planets get the weapons medicine & supplies they need to survive. May the gods have mercy on any who get in his way because he definitely wont. Alix Garran is a woman on the run from a past she cant escape. Signing on to work for Devyn as a Systems Engineer she finds a cause she can fight for
- & a man she can respect. But as Alixs past catches up to her & Devyns old enemies turn lethal they have to fight together...or fall alone.

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