Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Friends of the family	Tommy Dades	Detectives Louie Eppolito and Steve Caracappa were the most corrupt and dangerous cops in American history. When they retired in the early 1990s, they left behind a pile of bodies—and for more than a…	OL13763304W
The restless sleep	Stacy Horn	A behind-the-scenes look into the careers of New York detectives charged with solving cold cases from the past half century follows their often exhaustive pursuits of leads and use of new technologie…	OL15858033W
My father's gun	Brian McDonald	"... powerful memoir about three generations of New York City policemen."--Dust jacket.	OL15861956W
Ten days in a mad-house	Nellie Bly	In the 1800s, journalist Nellie Bly pretended to be mentally ill and spent 10 days in an insane asylum in order to report on conditions and abuses there.	OL16915826W
Los impunes	Price, Richard	411 pages ; 23 cm	OL17319089W
Law & disorder	Bruce Chadwick	" Nineteenth-century New York City was one of the most magnificent cities in the world, but also one of the most deadly. Without any real law enforcement for almost 200 years, the city was a lawless …	OL17763834W
Friends of the family	Tommy Dades	Chronicles the case involving corrupt NYPD detectives Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, and traces how they provided information to the Lucchese crime family that resulted in at least eight murde…	OL18165172W
Thirty-eight witnesses	A. M. Rosenthal	In a decade scarred by some of the worst tragedies in this country's history, March 13, 1964, stands apart from the other atrocities, not because of the identity of the victim--whose name was not Ken…	OL1940141W
Ten days in a mad house	Nellie Bly	"This is Bly's truly disturbing account (and exposé) of a mental asylum to which Bly was committed after feigning insanity. Including graphic depictions as to the treatment of mental patients and the…	OL19662699W
Street warrior	Friedman, Ralph (Police detective)	x, 262 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 22 cm	OL19713262W
Enemies within	Matt Apuzzo	Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists take an unbridled look into one of the most sensitive post-9/11 national security investigations, a breathtaking race to avert a second devastating terrorist at…	OL19967850W
The job	Steve Osborne	Steve Osborne has seen a thing or two in his twenty years in the New York Police Department (NYPD) -- some harmless things, some definitely not. In "Stakeout," Steve and his partner mistake a Manhatt…	OL19998737W
From a nickel to a token	Andrew J. Sparberg	"Chronicle of twenty specific events in the history of New York's mass transit systems between 1940 and 1968, including large numbers of rare photos. 1940 to 1968 was chosen because those years brack…	OL20003853W
Once a cop	Corey Pegues	"New Jack City meets Serpico in this provocative memoir of a crack dealer-turned-decorated NYPD officer--a timely reflection on the complex relationship between the police and the communities they ar…	OL20030176W
Blue on blue	Charles Campisi	From 1996 through 2014 Charles Campisi headed NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau, working under four police commissioners and gaining a reputation as hard-nosed and incorruptible. When he retired, only o…	OL20047401W
Guarding a great city	William McAdoo	v, 349 pages 24 cm	OL214693W
Strong of Heart	Thomas Von Essen	"Thomas Von Essen, New York City's Thirtieth Fire Commissioner, had seen just about everything during his thirty-one-year career in the fire department: building collapses, raging infernos, heroic re…	OL274230W
Dr. Seuss, we love you	Patricia Stone Martin	A brief biography of Theodor Geisel who, under the name Dr. Seuss, gained fame as an author and illustrator of books for children. Includes advice on setting and reaching goals.	OL4282074W
Lowboy	John Wray	In the tunnels beneath New York a young man is missing. With each passing minute he heads deeper underground, further from the world of light and reason and closer to the moment of his great surrende…	OL5738187W