Television's Female Spies and Crimefighters

Television's Female Spies and Crimefighters
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9780786496372
ISBN-13 : 0786496371
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Television's Female Spies and Crimefighters by : Karen A. Romanko

Emma Peel wearing her "kinky boots." Amanda King and her poppy seed cake. Julie Barnes at her hippie pad. Honey West with her pet ocelot. Television's female spies and crimefighters make quite an impression, yet there hasn't been a reference book devoted to them until now. This encyclopedic work covers 350 female spies, private investigators, amateur sleuths, police detectives, federal agents and crime-fighting superheroes who have appeared in more than 250 series since the 1950s, with an emphasis on lead or noteworthy characters. Entries are alphabetical by series, featuring credits and synopses, notable plot points, interesting facts and critical commentary on seminal series and characters. A brief history of female spies and crimefighters on TV places them in chronological perspective and sociological context.

Elementary: The Ghost Line

Elementary: The Ghost Line
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Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 9781781169858
ISBN-13 : 1781169853
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Elementary: The Ghost Line by : Adam Christopher

summons to a bullet-riddled body in a Hell’s Kitchen apartment marks the start of a new case for consulting detectives Sherlock Holmes and Joan Watson. The victim is a subway train driver with a hidden stash of money and a strange Colombian connection, but why would someone kill him and leave a fortune behind? The search for the truth will lead the sleuths deep into the hidden underground tunnels beneath New York City, where answers—and more bodies—may well await them...

The Numbers Behind NUMB3RS

The Numbers Behind NUMB3RS
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 9781101213469
ISBN-13 : 1101213469
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis The Numbers Behind NUMB3RS by : Keith Devlin

The companion to the hit CBS crime series Numb3rs presents the fascinating way mathematics is used to fight real-life crime Using the popular CBS prime-time TV crime series Numb3rs as a springboard, Keith Devlin (known to millions of NPR listeners as the Math Guy on NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon) and Gary Lorden (the principal math advisor to Numb3rs) explain real-life mathematical techniques used by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to catch and convict criminals. From forensics to counterterrorism, the Riemann hypothesis to image enhancement, solving murders to beating casinos, Devlin and Lorden present compelling cases that illustrate how advanced mathematics can be used in state-of-the-art criminal investigations.

McMafia

McMafia
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Publisher : House of Anansi
Total Pages : 402
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ISBN-10 : 9780887848186
ISBN-13 : 0887848184
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis McMafia by : Misha Glenny

Drugs, weapons, migrant labour, women — these are just a few of the many goods that effortlessly cross national borders in this globalized age, often without the knowledge or permission of the nations concerned. How is this remarkable criminal feat managed?From gun runners in the Ukraine, to money launderers in Dubai, cyber criminals in Brazil, racketeers in Japan, and the booming marijuana industry in western Canada, McMafia builds a breathtaking picture of a secret and bloody business.Internationally celebrated writer Misha Glenny crafts a fascinating, highly readable, and impressively well-researched account of the emergence of organized crime as a globalized phenomenon and shows how its secret and bloody business mirrors both the methods and the rewards of the legitimate world economy. Employing his journalistic talent and his prior experience covering organized crime in Eastern Europe, Glenny reports on his travels around the planet to investigate this worrying and worsening situation. After comprehensively surveying the criminal scene, Glenny ends by considering the future of organized crime. McMafia is an important book that assembles all the pieces of this worldwide puzzle for the first time.

Lockdown America

Lockdown America
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Publisher : Verso
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 1859843034
ISBN-13 : 9781859843031
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Lockdown America by : Christian Parenti

Lockdown America documents the horrors and absurdities of militarized policing, prisons, a fortified border, and the war on drugs. Its accessible and vivid prose makes clear the links between crime and politics in a period of gathering economic crisis.

Detective Duos

Detective Duos
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 452
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ISBN-10 : 0195129105
ISBN-13 : 9780195129106
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Detective Duos by : Marcia Muller

In this remarkable anthology, a real-life detective duo brings together 25 ofthe best paired puzzle-solvers in short stories of marvelous range and scope.450 pp.

Screening Gender on Children's Television

Screening Gender on Children's Television
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9781136997334
ISBN-13 : 1136997334
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Screening Gender on Children's Television by : Dafna Lemish

This book offers readers insights into the transformations taking place in the presentation of gender portrayals in television productions aimed at younger audiences.

The Truth Machine

The Truth Machine
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Publisher : Ballantine Books
Total Pages : 492
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ISBN-10 : 9780345439802
ISBN-13 : 0345439805
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis The Truth Machine by : James L. Halperin

Prepare to have your conception of truth rocked to its very foundation. It is the year 2004. Violent crime is the number one political issue in America. Now, the Swift and Sure Anti-Crime Bill guarantees a previously convicted violent criminal one fair trial, one quick appeal, then immediate execution. To prevent abuse of the law, a machine must be built that detects lies with 100 percent accuracy. Once perfected, the Truth Machine will change the face of the world. Yet the race to finish the Truth Machine forces one man to commit a shocking act of treachery, burdening him with a dark secret that collides with everything he believes in. Now he must conceal the truth from his own creation . . . or face his execution. By turns optimistic and chilling--and always profound--The Truth Machine is nothing less than a history of the future, a spellbinding chronicle that resonates with insight, wisdom . . . and astounding possibility. "PROFOUND." --Associated Press

Illegal Residence and Public Safety in the Netherlands

Illegal Residence and Public Safety in the Netherlands
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Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Total Pages : 245
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ISBN-10 : 9789089640499
ISBN-13 : 9089640495
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Illegal Residence and Public Safety in the Netherlands by : Arjen Leerkes

Illegal Residence and Public Safety in the Netherlands is een onderzoek naar de gevolgen van de steeds drastischere maatregelen om illegaal verblijf in Nederland tegen te gaan. EU-lidstaten als Nederland hanteren steeds zwaardere voorwaarden voor immigratie vanuit niet-westerse landen en niet-Europese landen. Arjen Leerkes onderzocht in hoeverre het verblijf en de migratie van illegale immigranten gevolgen hebben voor de publieke veiligheid en criminaliteit in Nederland. Zijn illegale immigranten eerder geneigd tot criminaliteit of weerhoudt hun juridische status hen er juist van?

Mafia Summit

Mafia Summit
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 372
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ISBN-10 : 9781250021106
ISBN-13 : 1250021103
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis Mafia Summit by : Gil Reavill

Mafia Summit is the true story of how a small-town lawman in upstate New York busted a Cosa Nostra conference in 1957, exposing the Mafia to America In a small village in upstate New York, mob bosses from all over the country—Vito Genovese, Carlo Gambino, Joe Bonanno, Joe Profaci, Cuba boss Santo Trafficante, and future Gambino boss Paul Castellano—were nabbed by Sergeant Edgar D. Croswell as they gathered to sort out a bloody war of succession. For years, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover had adamantly denied the existence of the Mafia, but young Robert Kennedy immediately recognized the shattering importance of the Appalachian summit. As attorney general when his brother JFK became president, Bobby embarked on a campaign to break the spine of the mob, engaging in a furious turf battle with the powerful Hoover. Detailing mob killings, the early days of the heroin trade, and the crusade to loosen the hold of organized crime, fans of Gus Russo and Luc Sante will find themselves captured by this momentous story. Reavill scintillatingly recounts the beginning of the end for the Mafia in America and how it began with a good man in the right place at the right time.