Cocaine Train
Cocaine Train

Author: Stephen Smith

Publisher: Abacus

Published: 2012-09-07

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1405520086

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One of the most violent countries on earth, where the cause of death is regularly 'massacre', drink drivers play chicken and kidnap stories pass for dinner party conversation; nine times more dangerous than the United States, Columbia is no place for the nervous traveller. So it is much against his better judgement that, in the summer of 1998, coinciding with a World Cup and a general election, journalist Stephen Smith finds himself boarding the Cocaine Train out of Cali, home of Columbia's infamous drugs cartel. Its passengers prey to theives, extortionists and a dozen different varieties of paramilitary, the Cocaine Train is one of the last remnants of a once great railway system, and Smith is riding in it in search of a grandfather he barely knew: Fred Leslie Frost, pioneering railwayman, upright citizen and diplomat, with a Columbian mistress and an illegitimate son. As remote from his suburban British origins as it is possible to imagine.

Cocaine
Cocaine

Author: Paul Gootenberg

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-01-04

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1134600712

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Cocaine examines the rise and fall of this notorious substance from its legitimate use by scientists and medics in the nineteenth century to the international prohibitionist regimes and drug gangs of today. Themes explored include: * Amsterdam's complex cocaine culture * the manufacture, sale and control of cocaine in the United States * Japan and the Southeast Asian cocaine industry * export of cocaine prohibitions to Peru * sex, drugs and race in early modern London Cocaine unveils new primary sources and covert social, cultural and political transformations to shed light on cocaine's hidden history.

The Cooktown Grave
The Cooktown Grave

Author: Carney Vaughan

Publisher: Book Venture Publishing LLC

Published: 2018-05-17

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 1641667990

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In adulthood Danny and his boss, Jim Mitchell are both murdered for asking the wrong questions and David, blamed for his brother’s manslaughter, is gaoled but escapes Known only as Mac, a pseudodrunken bum and loner, David becomes hidden in the North Queensland fishing fleet without incident for the next ten years. But on a pub-crawl in Cairns one evening he is the victim of a vicious assault and is admitted—a comatose John Doe—to Cairns Base Hospital. Upon waking, David feigns amnesia to avoid too close scrutiny by police. Nevertheless, in an attempt to identify him, he is photographed by the police roundsman from the Cairns Sentinel. David’s photo crosses the desks of two who seek his recapture. Detective Sergeant Russell Byers wants him back in gaol to serve his remaining term. Phillip Benson, a drug baron and engineer of Danny’s murder, wants him dead, he sends two men on a mission to kill. One a psychopath, the other a neurotic coward. Along the way they account for many innocent victims in their relentless, and ultimately successful, hunt for their quarry. David and the two killers square off on a muddy river bank in the far north of Cape York Peninsula.

Taboo Tunes
Taboo Tunes

Author: Peter Blecha

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780879307929

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In this extensively researched ode to scandal, historian and musician Blecha recounts the travails of the musicians and songs that have dared to push the hot-button topics that polite society has deemed unacceptable.

Rail Safety Technology
Rail Safety Technology

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13:

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The Country Music Book of Lists
The Country Music Book of Lists

Author: Ace Collins

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Published: 2015-09-01

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 1250096219

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More than just charts, star bios, and boring listings, "The Country Music Book of Lists" is the perfect gift or pop reference guide for trivia fans, filled with humor, insight, and "down home fun".

The Destroyer
The Destroyer

Author: Deborah Eden

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2008-05-09

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 146911254X

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Showboat
Showboat

Author: Roland Lazenby

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2016-10-25

Total Pages: 670

ISBN-13: 0316387274

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The definitive portrait of Kobe Bryant, from the author of Michael Jordan. "Lazenby's detailed research and fantastic writing paint a complex, engaging picture of one of the NBA's greats" (Kurt Helin, NBC Sports). Eighteen-time All-Star, scorer of 81 points in a single game, MVP, and one of the best shooting guards in NBA league history: Kobe Bryant is among basketball's absolute greatest players, and his importance to the sport is undeniable. Third on the NBA career scoring list and owner of five championship rings, he is an undisputed all-time great, one deserving of this deep and definitive biography. Even within the flashiest franchise in all of sports -- the Los Angeles Lakers, where he played his entire career -- Bryant always took center stage, and his final game captivated the basketball world, indeed the country. Roland Lazenby delves deep to look behind this public image, using classic basketball reporting and dozens of new interviews to reveal the whole picture, from Bryant's childhood through his playing years. Showboatis filled with large personalities and provocative stories, including details of Bryant's complicated personal life and explosive relationships on the court, and is a riveting and essential read for every hoops fan.