The public was shocked to learn in the 1998-1999 that LAPD officer Rafael Perez—a member of Los Angeles Police Department's CRASH (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) Rampart Division anti-gang unit was secretly stealing cocaine, obtained from busts of gangs in the Rampart District of Los Angeles, out of the LAPD police property evidence room and reselling this cocaine. Perez also framed individuals for cocaine possession that did not have cocaine and sent these people to prison w...

Recognizing the urgent need for students to understand the emergence of the United States' power and prestige in relation to world events, Gary W. Reichard and Ted Dickson reframe the teaching of American history in a global context. Each essay covers a specific chronological period and approaches fundamental topics and events in United States history from an international perspective, emphasizing how the development of the United States has always depended on its transactions with other n...

Discover the science needed to grip and move more effectively, endure for longer, and scale new heights of climbingA great climber requires complete bodily control: to understand what each muscle and joint can do – as well as their limits – in order to correctly judge and execute the next move.Science of Climbing gets under the skin of the sport and anatomises what it takes to achieve your climbing goals.Discover deep analysis of different ...

In 1957 Ghana became one of the first sub-Saharan African nations to gain independence from colonial rule. Over the next decade, hundreds of African Americans--including Martin Luther King Jr., George Padmore, Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, Richard Wright, Pauli Murray, and Muhammad Ali--visited or settled in Ghana. Kevin K. Gaines explains what attracted these Americans to Ghana and how their new community was shaped by the convergence of the Cold War, the rise of the U.S. civil rights movement...

Kevin started his retail career when he was only 15 years old. With over 20 years of experience, he has held various positions throughout his career in retail including the title of store manager. He has a firm belief about never giving up, never giving in, and being the hardest worker in the room. He enjoys competition and has an immense desire to be the best that he can be. He enjoys volunteering for various projects around his local community. Throughout his retail career, he has worked...

Parents may survive the terrible twos and the first years of school all right, but the teenage years bring entirely new and alien creatures. So, parents have a choice: either send that teenager to boarding school and visit him when he reaches normalcy again (in about ten years) or choose to experience the best, most fun years of life--together! The secret is in how the parental cards are played.With his signature wit and commonsense psychology, internationally recognized family exp...

Amidst the violent racism prevalent at the turn of the twentieth century, African American cultural elites, struggling to articulate a positive black identity, developed a middle-class ideology of racial uplift. Insisting that they were truly representative of the race's potential, black elites espoused an ethos of self-help and service to the black masses and distinguished themselves from the black majority as agents of civilization; hence the phrase 'uplifting the race.'A central...

Do You Feel Like Success Is Always Just Out of Reach?Learn How to Turn What You Think Into What You'll Become!Success has a different definition depending on who you talk to. A person can find success in many different areas of their lives. Success may also mean different things to you at different points in time. For some a great job and money is having success, while for others it's having a family and loved ones to share their lives with.Whatever you're definitio...

You want to be confident, capable, and truly connected to your child from day one. But the endless advice from books, family, and the internet is overwhelming, often focused solely on Mom and the baby. What about you? The First-Time Dad's Manual is your answer. This isn't a clinical medical textbook or a touchy-feely memoir. It’s a practical, from-the-trenches field guide written specifically for you—the man who is ready to step up but isn't quite sure where to start. Consider this your tr...

Do you want to learn how to harness the power of gemstones and use their holistic energies to change your life for the better, but don’t how to get started?All around us, even under our feet, there are precious and semi-precious gemstones that contain different types of energies that can be used to alter different things in ourselves and our lives. Things that otherwise might be hard to change can be easy when harnessing the impressive and natural power of gemsto...

Do you want to live a better and more fulfilling life? Are you tired to feel always stressed and mentally tired? And what about those depressive thoughts that don’t let you live your life peacefully and with gratitude?If you answered YES to all these questions, then this is the right book for you.Stoicism is simply a wisdom philosophy that teaches you how to live life well and is the only one that from its inception addressed all humans. Th...

Don't Ever Want To Lose Out On Achieving Super Success In Life On Account Of Behavioral Issues, Particularly Related To Self-Harm and Suicidal Tendencies? Then Read On!Are you one of those people who find it difficult to cope with your surging emotions? Do you feel that your life would change considerably for the better if you could improve your interpersonal skills? Have you always been awed at the site of some people bei...