Secret Trials and Executions: Military Tribunals and the Threat to Democracy
New York: Seven Stories Press, 2002. First Edition. First Printing. 77, wraps, notes, ink mark on half-title. More
New York: Seven Stories Press, 2002. First Edition. First Printing. 77, wraps, notes, ink mark on half-title. More
New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1994. First Edition. First Printing. 23 cm, 282, illus., DJ slightly worn and soiled, DJ flap creased. More
New York, NY: ibooks, 2005. First printing [stated]. Mass-market paperback. Glued binding. 346 pages. More
Toronto: M&S, c1994. 24 cm, 314, Inscribed by Rod Stamler. More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1985. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 311, [1] pages. DJ slightly worn and soiled, slight wear to DJ edges. Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American writer of fiction, primarily of the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works were the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the mid-1980s; a series of TV movies based on the character was also produced. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area. The Spenser novels have been cited by critics and bestselling authors such as Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, and Dennis Lehane as not only influencing their own work but reviving and changing the detective genre. Parker also wrote two other series based on an individual character: He wrote nine novels based on the fictional character Jesse Stone, a Los Angeles police officer who moves to a small New England town, and six novels based on the fictional character Sunny Randall, a female private investigator. Parker wrote four Westerns starring the duo Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. The first, Appaloosa, was made into a film starring Ed Harris. A penetrating exploration of the complicated relationships between love and courage, commitment and independence, and justice and the law. More
New York, N.Y. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1995. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 293, [1] pages. Slightly cocked. Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American writer of fiction, primarily of the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works were the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the mid-1980s; a series of TV movies based on the character was also produced. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area. The Spenser novels have been cited by critics and best-selling authors such as Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, and Dennis Lehane as not only influencing their own work but reviving and changing the detective genre. Parker also wrote two other series based on an individual character: He wrote nine novels based on the fictional character Jesse Stone, a Los Angeles police officer who moves to a small New England town, and six novels based on the fictional character Sunny Randall, a female private investigator. Parker wrote four Westerns starring the duo Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. More
New York: Pocket Books, c1996. First Printing. 24 cm, 372, illus., index. More
New York: Pocket Books, c1996. First Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, 372 pages. Illus., index. Signed by the author (Pascucci). More
London: Headline Feature, 2001. Reprint. Later printing. Mass-market paperback. 435 p.; 18 cm. More
New York: Vision, 2015. First Printing [Stated]. Mass market paperback. [12], 355, [16] pages. Very slightly cocked. Slight cover wear. James Brendan Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an American author. He is largely known for his novels about fictional psychologist Alex Cross. Patterson also wrote the Michael Bennett, Women's Murder Club, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, and NYPD Red series, as well as stand-alone novels. His books have sold more than 300 million copies and he holds the Guinness World Record for being the first person to sell 1 million e-books. In 2016, Patterson topped Forbes's list of highest-paid authors for the third consecutive year. In November 2015, Patterson received the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, which cited him as a "passionate campaigner to make books and reading a national priority. Patterson has donated millions of dollars in grants and scholarships with the purpose of encouraging Americans of all ages to read more books." Michael S. Ledwidge is an American author of Irish descent. He wrote his first novel, The Narrowback, while working as the back elevator operator for a Park Avenue Coop apartment building. His novel, Bad Connection was written while working as a lineman for the telephone company in NYC. His most successful writing has been several books he has co-authored with the best-selling author James Patterson. More
New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2006. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [4], 377, [1] pages. Inscribed on title page. DJ has some wear and soiling. Book has some edge soiling and staining. George P. Pelecanos (born 18 Feb 1957) is an American author. Many of his 20 books are in the genre of detective fiction and set primarily in his hometown of Washington, D.C. He is also a film and television producer and a television writer. He worked extensively on the HBO series The Wire, and was a writer on Treme. In 2006 he published The Night Gardener, which was a major change of style and which featured a cameo of himself. Pelecanos has also published short fiction in a variety of anthologies and magazines, including Measures of Poison and Usual Suspects. His reviews have been published in The Washington Post Book World, The New York Times Book Review, and elsewhere. More
Moscow: The People's Commissariat of Justice of the U.S.S.R., 1937. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. 22 cm. [8], 580 pages. Cover very worn and soiled. Hindges weak. Edges rubbed and corners bumped. Some moisture staining at bottom (all pages separate and text complete). This second purge trial involved 17 lesser figures including Karl Radek, Yuri Pyatakov and Grigory Sokolnikov. Alexander Beloborodov was also arrested and intended to be tried along with Radek, but did not make the confession required of him, and so he was not produced in court. Thirteen of the defendants were eventually executed by shooting. The rest received sentences in labor camps. Radek was spared as he implicated others, including Nikolai Bukharin, Alexei Rykov, and Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky, setting the stage for the Trial of Military and Trial of the Twenty One. Radek provided the pretext for the purge on a massive scale with his testimony that there was a "third organization separate from the cadres which had passed through [Trotsky's] school" as well as "semi-Trotskyites, quarter-Trotskyites, one-eighth-Trotskyites, people who helped us, not knowing of the terrorist organization but sympathizing with us, people who from liberalism, from a Fronde against the Party, gave us this help." By the third organization, he meant the last remaining former opposition group called Rightists led by Bukharin. At the time, many Western observers who attended the trials said that they were fair and that the guilt of the accused had been established. They based this assessment on the confessions of the accused, which were given in open court, without any apparent evidence that they had been tortured or drugged. More
New York: Harmony Books, c1978. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 150, illus., front DJ flap price clipped, DJ worn, soiled, and torn, gift inscription on half-title. More
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2004. First Edition, Presumed First Printing. Trade paperback. xvii, [1], 397, [5] pages. Includes Foreword by Richard H. Solomon; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms; Lists of Illustrations and Tables; Introduction; Notes; and Index. Chapters include Brcko: SFOR vs. the "Rent-a-Mob"; Constabulary; CIVPOL: Police in Peacekeeping; Test Case: Creating Postconflict Security in Bosnia; Blue Box: The Multinational Specialized Unit in Bosnia; Odd Jobs: Constabulary Forces in Kosovo; Police keeping: U.S. Policy on Peace Operations; Nation Building: Biting the Bullet in Afghanistan and Iraq; Where Is the Lone Ranger When We Need Him? A penetrating study of U.S. policy on peace operations that examines the challenges of establishing sustainable security in post-conflict environments in places like the Balkans, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Perito chronicles American conceptions and misconceptions regarding peacekeeping. Though the United States has played the primary role in organizing and leading stability operations, Perito’s research and interviews with Washington policy-makers, European diplomats, and civilian police and soldiers raise serious questions about how well prepared the United States is for these nonmilitary tasks. Perito calls for the creation of a civilian U.S. Stability Force composed of constabulary, police, and judicial teams of lawyers, judges, and corrections officers. Such a force, he argues, could provide an effective postconflict partner for U.S. military forces. It could also ensure the likely success of political reconciliation and economic reconstruction by establishing the rule of law quickly and effectively. More
Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War College, 2008. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. viii, 51, [1] p. Endnotes. This is one of the Letort Papers. More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: MS in a Bottle, 1999. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. [6], 272 pages. Stiff cover has front and rear flap. Autographed copy sticker on front cover. Signed on the title page by the author. A young black man is stopped by cops on suspicion of rape. A fight breaks out and the kid is killed. Jeffrey Temple, the cop who threw the fatal punch, opposes the coverup contrived by his partners. The father of the dead kid, John Shipman, goes to the DA and demands justice. But what is justice? The narrative follows these two men, Temple and Shipman, towards a final, tragic climax. The novel bursts with power and passion. From the opening police chase to the ending manhunt, Pfarrer is in tune with rage--the murderous fury of his working-class White police-men and the weary hatred of his self-educated Black protagonist. The novel descends into the chasm between the races. In the authentic voices of all his characters, Pfarrer scrutinizes the anguished, pre-racial needs of our nation's Caucasians and African-Americans. Can we all get along? The answer many very well be "hell no." Temple and Shipman is that rarity of narrative entertainment--a fast-paced action story enriched by complex and engaging characters. At the heart of the novel are considerations of ideas, faith, and race upon which the future of our nation may very well depend.--A stunning achievement of the novelist's craft. Twenty years before George Floyd and too many other unarmed African-American men, this novel attempted to highlight the issue and sought to bridge, at least in part, the gap between communities. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 2002. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 294 p. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980. First edition. Stated. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. 352, [2] p. More
Place_Pub: Washington, DC: Georgetown University, 2002. First? Edition. First? Printing. 100, wraps. More
Wheaton, Illinois: Living Books, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 1990. Seventh Printing [stated]. Mass market paperback. 224 pages. Illustrations. Inscribed by Nick the Greek to Maggie inside the front cover. Chapters include Out of Control; Roots; A Land of Little Opportunity; The Making of a Mobster; A Search for Freedom; A Career in rime; The Final Fork; Freedom Behind Bars; Rough-and-Tumble Rivals; Love Letters from Prison; Satan Strikes Back; The Return of the Greek; The Raising of the Dead; and Inside Out. Also contains an Afterword. The incredible true story of ex-con Nick the Greek. From scrappy immigrant boy to fearless underworld criminal, Nick the Greek terrorized the towns and cities he roamed. As a hit man, thief, and drug addict, he was reckless. It was as if life--his own or anyone else's--had no value whatsoever. Then something remarkable happened. It wasn't until Nick the Greek was sent to prison that he was truly set free,,,, William Proctor, a graduate of Harvard College (magna cum laude in history) and Harvard Law School, has authored, coauthored or ghostwritten more than 80 books in such fields as health and fitness, business and investments, religion, personal motivation, politics, the media and education. He is also the author of three novels. Proctor's books, which have sold over 10 million copies in 40-plus languages, include international bestsellers and an 18-week appearance on the New York Times nonfiction hardcover bestseller list. His books have received many publishing industry awards including the Templeton Foundation Book of Distinction award. More
New York: Center Street, 2020. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. [8], 296 pages. Notes. Signed bookplate on fep. Jeanine Ferris Pirro (born June 2, 1951) is an American television host, author, and a former New York State judge, prosecutor, and politician. Pirro was the host of Fox News Channel's Justice with Judge Jeanine until 2022 when she became a co-host of The Five. She was a frequent contributor to NBC News, including regular appearances on The Today Show. She was also the first female judge elected in Westchester County, New York. Pirro was elected the first female district attorney of Westchester County. As district attorney, Pirro gained visibility in cases of domestic abuse and crimes against the elderly. Pirro briefly sought the Republican nomination for United States Senate to run against Hillary Clinton in 2006, but dropped out to accept the nomination for New York Attorney General; she lost the general election to Democrat Andrew Cuomo. Pirro is the author of six books, two of which are crime novels. Her first book was 2003's To Punish and Protect: A DA's Fight Against a System That Coddles Criminals. It was followed in 2004 by To Punish and Protect: Against a System That Coddles Criminals. Her book Liars, Leakers, and Liberals: The Case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy is a look inside the Presidency of Donald Trump, as well as the politics surrounding the anti-Trump movement. Radicals, Resistance, and Revenge: The Left's Plot to Remake America is described as "the latest chapter in the unfolding liberal attack on our most basic values." More
Arlington, VA: Intern'l Assoc/Chiefs of Pol, c1988. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 191, bibliography, sticker residue. More
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, c1984. 24 cm, 140, illus., bibliography, index, publisher's ephemera laid in. More