Author : Flann O'Brien
Publisher : Pan
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 37,36 MB
Release : 1974
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 9780330241588
With the publication of The Third Policeman, Dalkey Archive Press now has all of O'Brien's fiction back in print.
Author : Gina Bellisario
Publisher : Lerner Digital ™
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 33,77 MB
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1512477710
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Let's Meet a Police Officer! Do you want to learn more about police cars? Police dogs? Other tools the police use? Then it's your lucky day! Officer Gabby is a police officer. She knows how to keep people safe. She shows a group of kids how she does her job. Three cheers for police officers! "Cartoon-style animated drawings in bright colors introduce diverse characters who will capture children's interest." —School Library Journal "In each book introducing a community-benefiting career, schoolchildren meet one adult to learn about his or her job; information includes the training required to become a firefighter, doctor, etc., daily routines, and primary responsibilities. The content is inclusive and up-to-date but delivered though vapid stories. Peppy computer-generated cartoons are amateur." - The Horn Book Guide Free downloadable series teaching guide available.
Author : Lois Lenski
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,69 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Police
ISBN : 9780375810725
Policeman Small gets to see a lot of what goes on in town. He's at his post, directing traffic, by six o'clock in the morning. On one busy day, Policeman Small makes sure the town's kids get to school safely. He also helps an ambulance and fire truck get through the intersection, and even leads a parade on his motorcycle. During the rush, Policeman Small spreads his cheer by saying hello to all the people passing in cars.
Author : The Detection Club
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,11 MB
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1504058283
With “a touch of genius,” this round-robin mystery follow-up to The Floating Admiral features famous detectives including Lord Peter Wimsey (The Times Literary Supplement). Following the success of The Floating Admiral, in which certain members of the Detection Club—including Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and G. K. Chesterton—collaborated on a whodunit, six writers pooled their talents to create another coauthored mystery. This time the premise had an added twist: authors would swap their detective characters, allowing for some extremely entertaining parodies of one another’s sleuths. When a ruthless British newspaper tycoon is shot dead in his home, the high-level suspects include the assistant commissioner of Scotland Yard, casting doubt on the impartiality of a formal police investigation. As a solution, the home secretary brings in four brilliant detectives to solve the murder: Mrs. Bradley, Sir John Saumarez, Lord Peter Wimsey, and Roger Sheringham. Featuring a preface by inaugural Detection Club member Agatha Christie, this playful tour de force gathers together half a dozen Golden Age Mystery masters: John Rhode, Helen Simpson, Gladys Mitchell, Anthony Berkeley, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Milward Kennedy.
Author : Radley Balko
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 23,45 MB
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1541700287
This groundbreaking history of how American police forces have been militarized is now revised and updated. Newly added material brings the story through 2020, including analysis of the Ferguson protests, the Obama and Trump administrations, and the George Floyd protests. The last days of colonialism taught America’s revolutionaries that soldiers in the streets bring conflict and tyranny. As a result, our country has generally worked to keep the military out of law enforcement. But over the last two centuries, America’s cops have increasingly come to resemble ground troops. The consequences have been dire: the home is no longer a place of sanctuary, the Fourth Amendment has been gutted, and police today have been conditioned to see the citizens they serve as enemies. In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Balko shows how politicians’ ill-considered policies and relentless declarations of war against vague enemies like crime, drugs, and terror have blurred the distinction between cop and soldier. His fascinating, frightening narrative that spans from America’s earliest days through today shows how a creeping battlefield mentality has isolated and alienated American police officers and put them on a collision course with the values of a free society.
Author : MSA Blackwell
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 13,70 MB
Release : 2012-11-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1479741671
A Policeman’s Lot Volume Two in the Notting Hill Trilogy A comedy adventure, beginning in London in the spring of 1975. An elderly widow who lived in Notting Hill and was involved in the finding of some stolen penny black stamps, brings home a real dinosaur bone to compare it to an imitation one. Her dog breaks the false bone and falls sick. A friend, who was visiting her, collected the residue contained within the false bone and gave it to a policeman. It was identified as heroin and investigations lead the police to Museums in England who had bought the false bones, being part of a display of Dinosaurs, to a raid in Holland, where the policeman, who took part in a raid, had a fight in a sex club. The raid was a success, but his escapade in the club infuriated his superiors, whereupon he was placed on suspension. The chief constable, however, knew the truth and engaged him as an undercover agent to resolve other police matters and placed him with an American cop, as an assistant. After many comical situations including going undercover in a nudist camp and being part of a sting in a criminal situation, the truth, however, was finally revealed and the policeman became a hero and gained fame and fortune.
Author : Ben H. Winters
Publisher : Quirk Books
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 14,53 MB
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1594745773
"[The] weird, beautiful, unapologetically apocalyptic Last Policeman trilogy is one of my favorite mystery series."—John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns Winner of the 2013 Edgar® Award Winner for Best Paperback Original! What’s the point in solving murders if we’re all going to die soon, anyway? Detective Hank Palace has faced this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. There’s no chance left. No hope. Just six precious months until impact. The Last Policeman presents a fascinating portrait of a pre-apocalyptic United States. The economy spirals downward while crops rot in the fields. Churches and synagogues are packed. People all over the world are walking off the job—but not Hank Palace. He’s investigating a death by hanging in a city that sees a dozen suicides every week—except this one feels suspicious, and Palace is the only cop who cares. The first in a trilogy, The Last Policeman offers a mystery set on the brink of an apocalypse. As Palace’s investigation plays out under the shadow of 2011GV1, we’re confronted by hard questions way beyond “whodunit.” What basis does civilization rest upon? What is life worth? What would any of us do, what would we really do, if our days were numbered? Ebook contains an excerpt from the anticipated second book in the trilogy, Countdown City.
Author : James Waight
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 12,25 MB
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1499075855
A compilation of true events experienced during my twenty-five years with the Metropolitan Police Force in London, England. These stories give an insight into the past day-to-day workings of the Police Force: from my personal involvement in the protection of the public and the dedication to serve my chosen profession. These stories are diverse, ranging from thought-provoking, sad, and at times humorous, about murder, burglars, Special Constables and much more. My stories will give you a glimpse into the past, of how we did things then. Also included are a few stories from my Canadian Military Service.
Author : Rupert Penny
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 25,36 MB
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1605430447
Author : Maureen E. Cain
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 33,47 MB
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317421450
The role of the policeman in the community and attitudes towards the police are now matters of active public concern. In this important and enlightening study, first published in 1973, Maureen Cain gives an account of how the police operate in the United Kingdom. Her book will be of great value to sociologists, criminologists and policemen alike.
