The true story of two American teenagers turned cartel assassins—and the Mexican American detective who fought to stop them. Wolf Boys is “a hell of a story…undeniably gripping” (The New York Times), a harrowing nonfiction thriller that reads like a crime novel but is rooted in extraordinary investigative reporting.Journalist Dan Slater tells the unforgettable tale of Gabriel Cardona, a bright and promising Laredo, Texas, teenager who becomes one ...

This harrowing tale of early twentieth century New York reveals the true stories of an immigrant underworld, a secret vice squad, and the rise of organized crime.In the early 1900s, prior to World War I, New York City was a vortex of vice and corruption. On the Lower East Side, then the most crowded ghetto on earth, Eastern European Jews formed a dense web of crime syndicates. Gangs of horse poisoners and casino owners, pimps and prostitutes, thieves and thugs, joc...

The true story of two American teenagers turned cartel assassins—and the Mexican American detective who fought to stop them. Wolf Boys is “a hell of a story…undeniably gripping” (The New York Times), a harrowing nonfiction thriller that reads like a crime novel but is rooted in extraordinary investigative reporting.Journalist Dan Slater tells the unforgettable tale of Gabriel Cardona, a bright and promising Laredo, Texas, teenager who becomes one ...

This harrowing tale of early twentieth century New York reveals the true stories of an immigrant underworld, a secret vice squad, and the rise of organized crime.In the early 1900s, prior to World War I, New York City was a vortex of vice and corruption. On the Lower East Side, then the most crowded ghetto on earth, Eastern European Jews formed a dense web of crime syndicates. Gangs of horse poisoners and casino owners, pimps and prostitutes, thieves and thugs, joc...

“If online dating can blunt the emotional pain of separation, if adults can afford to be increasingly demanding about what they want from a relationship, the effect of online dating seems positive. But what if it’s also the case that the prospect of finding an ever more compatible mate with the click of a mouse means a future of relationship instability, a paradox of choice that keeps us chasing the illusive bunny around the dating track?”It’s the mother of all sea...

** Previously published in hardcover as Love in the Time of Algorithms **Once considered the realm of the lonely and desperate, sites like eHarmony, Match, OkCupid, and Plenty of Fish have been embraced by pretty much every demographic. Dating has been transformed from a daunting transaction based on scarcity to one in which the possibilities are almost endless. Now anyone can search for exactly what they want, connect with more people, and get more information about those people t...

Like the postcolonial world more generally, Southeast Asia exhibits tremendous variation in state capacity and authoritarian durability. Ordering Power draws on theoretical insights dating back to Thomas Hobbes to develop a unified framework for explaining both of these political outcomes. States are especially strong and dictatorships especially durable when they have their origins in 'protection pacts': broad elite coalitions unified by shared support for heightened state power and tight...

“If online dating can blunt the emotional pain of separation, if adults can afford to be increasingly demanding about what they want from a relationship, the effect of online dating seems positive. But what if it’s also the case that the prospect of finding an ever more compatible mate with the click of a mouse means a future of relationship instability, a paradox of choice that keeps us chasing the illusive bunny around the dating track?”It’s the mother of all search problems: how...

Why some of Asia’s authoritarian regimes have democratized as they have grown richer—and why others haven’tOver the past century, Asia has been transformed by rapid economic growth, industrialization, and urbanization—a spectacular record of development that has turned one of the world’s poorest regions into one of its richest. Yet Asia’s record of democratization has been much more uneven, despite the global correlation between development and democracy. Why have ...

威權統治者為什麼願意讓步轉向民主？是抵擋不住，是心懷慈善，還是另有盤算？我們曾經以為，一個國家的經濟發展起來，民主也將隨之發展出來。然而真實情況卻十分複雜，與這樣樂觀的期待相距甚遠。中國與新加坡是特別明顯的例子：儘管經濟有驚人的發展，政治上卻並非民主。然而，原本是威權體制的臺灣與南韓，卻在經濟起飛之後踏上民主轉型之路。為什麼會有這樣的差別？儘管在一九八○年代，國民黨的威權統治者遭遇美國施加的壓力以及臺灣內部追求民主的呼聲，但它的統治權力仍舊非常穩固，是什麼樣的因素讓它願意進入另一種政治架構，來應對上述的壓力？本書作者認為，原因並非政權即將崩潰所以不得不妥協，也不是威權統治者善心大發，反而正是因為統治基礎十分穩固，讓威權政黨有信心在全面開放選舉之後，仍然可以穩操勝券，掌握政權。這個相當特別的解釋角度十分具有啟發性，讓我們對「為什麼有些國家邁向民主，有些卻沒有」這個政治經濟領域的重大謎團有進一步的理解。兩位作者深入比較亞洲十二個國家的經...

Canonical theories of political economy struggle to explain patterns of distribution in authoritarian regimes. In this Element, Albertus, Fenner, and Slater challenge existing models and introduce an alternative, supply-side, and state-centered theory of 'coercive distribution'. Authoritarian regimes proactively deploy distributive policies as advantageous strategies to consolidate their monopoly on power. These policies contribute to authoritarian durability by undercutting rival elites a...

Après le succès de Mort d'une libraire, Alice Slater revient avec son humour grinçant, ses personnages ambigus et son talent pour le suspense. Un régal aux parfums de Louisiane.Daniel, parti en voyage à la Nouvelle Orléans, n'est jamais revenu. Pour élucider le mystère de sa disparition, sa soeur Caroline, à Londres, organise un dîner avec ceux qui le connaissent. Des copains de fac et de son groupe de rock, ainsi que Selina, petite amie de Daniel amatrice de pratiques occ...