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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"During childhood summers in Louisiana, Andre Dubus III's grandfather taught him that men's work is hard. As an adult, whether tracking down a drug lord in Mexico as a bounty hunter or grappling with privilege while living with a rich girlfriend in New York City, Dubus worked--at being a better worker and a better human being. In Ghost Dogs, Dubus's nonfiction prowess is on full display in his retelling of his own successes, failures, triumphs, and...
Publisher
Image Madacy Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Take a walk on the wild side with the professionals who seal up the cracks in the American criminal justice system. When a judge grants a criminal defendant "bail", only 90% of that money is paid to the court. The remainder goes to a bail bondsman, who then becomes legally responsible for the conduct of the person in question. Every year, tens of thousands of these individuals, fearing negative trial results, decide to "take it on the lam"! That's...
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
If you were born in the 80s', your parents were the last wave of baby boomers. They, along with everybody else, were embracing the future with the personal computer. It was the decade of remarkable technology. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates became household names. MTV broadcasted the first music video; there was a home-video store in every neighborhood; and Pac-Man, was the best selling arcade game of all time.
Bail out: Three down-on-their-luck bounty...
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