The New Centurions

The New CenturionsBy: Joseph Wambaugh Meet the Los Angeles bluesa new breed of cop. From the baby faced rookies to hashmark heroes, they are besieged men, dealing daily with a world coming apart. Hunting killers, quelling gang wars, fighting corruption, they risk death every day . . . every night. Joseph Wambaugh was a damn good cop and LAPD detective. For fifteen years he prowled the streets, solved murders, took his lumps. Now hes the hard hitting, tough talking

to suites at the Waldorf--Cohen creates a densely anecdotal and gruesomely funny history of muscle

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The bottom-line issue of life is forgiveness—that’s the conclusion of Dr

in the vein of PRIVATE PEACEFUL and THE BUTTERFLY LION

and she tries to hold her own in the wake of Janis Joplin

Bierlein also contemplates what myths mean

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exquisitely written novel is at once a captivating work of the imagination and a window into the world of a woman who led many lives: Jackie