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The Black Lives Matter movement
By Peggy J. Parks. 2018
Explores the Black Lives Matter movement that was launched in 2013 to address civil rights issues against African American citizens.…
Covers the divide between black citizens and the police, the formation of the movement, its detractors, and law enforcement accountability. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2018Ghost: my thirty years as an FBI undercover agent
By Ralph Pezzullo, Michael R. McGowan. 2018
The author, whose three decades working as an FBI field operative ended in 2017, discusses some of the more than…
fifty undercover cases he worked, including the Boston Marathon bombing, El Chapo and his Sinaloa Cartel, and investigations of the Russian and Italian mobs and corrupt unions. Strong language. 2018Hands up, don't shoot: why the protests in Ferguson and Baltimore matter, and how they changed America
By Jennifer E. Cobbina. 2019
Examination of effects and experiences of local residents and protestors around high-profile police killings of young black men. Discusses the…
Black Lives Matter movement, policing tactics during the protests surrounding these deaths, and the larger effects on American society. Draws on interviews with locals. Violence and strong language. 2019Dinosaurs: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
By David Norman. 2005
Cambridge University paleobiologist summarizes what the fossil record tells us about the dinosaurs that roamed the planet more than sixty-five…
million years ago. Recounts nineteenth-century discoveries that provided a foundation for study, and recent developments that have challenged the traditional view of dinosaurs. 2005De-extinction: the science of bringing lost species back to life
By Rebecca E. Hirsch. 2017
Describes the causes of the last five mass-extinction events and maintains that human activity is causing the sixth. Explores the…
pros and cons of using technology to resurrect extinct plants and discusses the new science that makes it possible. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2017Curators: behind the scenes of natural history museums
By Lance Grande. 2017
Curator at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago shares in depth his experiences in his career. Discusses what…
led him to becoming a curator in a natural history museum, the education necessary, and his day-to-day work. Addresses challenges faced by those in the field, now and in the future. 2017Blood in the water: the Attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy
By Heather Ann Thompson. 2016
An account of the infamous 1971 prison uprising, in which nearly 1,300 prisoners took over the Attica Correctional Facility in…
New York for four days and nights to protest years of mistreatment. Discusses the state's violent response and the victims' quest for justice. Some violence. 2016Stalling for time: my life as an FBI hostage negotiator
By Gary Noesner. 2010
Chief FBI hostage negotiator for ten of his thirty years as an investigator, instructor, and negotiator recreates some of the…
cases he and colleagues participated in. Includes the David Koresh standoff in Waco, Texas, and--his final case--the snipers who terrorized the Washington, D. C., area in 2002. Violence and strong language. 2010British-born reporter--who has long written about Latin America--interviewed gangsters, police, and victims of violence for this examination of the drug…
trade and crime syndicates of Brazil, Jamaica, Mexico, and Central America. He outlines a three-pillared approach to confronting the drug wars: reforming drug policy, building justice systems, and transforming ghettos. 2016Once a cop: the street, the law, two worlds, one man
By Corey Pegues. 2016
The author recounts how he left life as a crack dealer in Queens by joining first the army and then…
the NYPD, where he rose to deputy inspector before retiring in 2013. Discusses his experiences with both sides of the law as an African American. Strong language and some violence. 2016Fossils: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions #Vol. 138)
By Keith Stewart Thomson. 2005
Past director of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History explains the study of fossils and the ways they help…
us understand the Earth's past. Considers the public's fascination with fossils--especially the remains of dinosaurs--and recounts famous hoaxes such as Piltdown man. 2005The king of sting: the amazing true story of a modern American outlaw
By Craig Glazer. 2008
Craig Glazer organized his first fake sting against drug dealers who had robbed him. After that success, he and his…
accomplices spent two years carrying out a succession of over thirty stings across America, sniffing out even highly sought-after drug lords. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2008Scaly spotted feathered frilled: how do we know what dinosaurs really looked like?
By Catherine Thimmesh. 2013
Red team: how to succeed by thinking like the enemy
By Micah Zenko. 2015
A foreign policy analyst presents the management concept of red teams, which has roots in the Catholic Church's role of…
Devil's Advocate. The author discusses case studies in which red teams were used, the potential benefits and drawbacks to deploying them, and recommendations for frameworks in which to operate. 2015One righteous man: Samuel Battle and the shattering of the color line in New York
By Arthur Browne. 2015
Pulitzer Prize winner describes the life and career of the first African American New York Police Department officer, Samuel Battle…
(1883-1966). Using an unpublished autobiography coauthored by Langston Hughes as source, discusses Battle's trials, tribulations, and joys, including mentoring the first African American member of the Fire Department of New York. 2015Chasing the scream: the first and last days of the war on drugs
By Johann Hari. 2015
After travel and research, journalist Johann Hari posits three truths about the War on Drugs: first, that drugs are not…
what we think they are; second, that addiction is not what we think it is; and third, that the drug war's motives are different from those broadcast. Some violence and some strong language. 2015Eliot Ness: the rise and fall of an American hero
By Douglas Perry. 2014
Comprehensive portrait of Bureau of Prohibition agent Eliot Ness (1903-1957), the legendary leader of the Untouchables. Documents the years after…
his famous confrontation with Al Capone in Chicago, his attempts to end corruption in Cleveland, and his efforts to track the serial murderer called the Cleveland Torso KillerBusted: a tale of corruption and betrayal in the city of brotherly love
By Wendy Ruderman, Barbara Laker. 2014
Two Philadelphia Daily News reporters chronicle their probe into corruption in the Philadelphia Police Department narcotics squad, for which they…
won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. Some strong language. 2014Kitty Genovese: the murder, the bystanders, the crime that changed America
By Kevin Cook. 2014
Author of Titanic Thompson (DB 73236) details the 1964 murder of New York bartender Kitty Genovese. Examines the erroneous but…
much-publicized claim that no one came to Genovese's aid. Provides a portrait of the victim and her killer. 2014Subversives: the FBI's war on student radicals, and Reagan's rise to power
By Seth Rosenfeld. 2012
Journalist uses once-classified government documents to detail the FBI's efforts during the 1960s to undermine suspected radicals at the University…
of California, Berkeley, including Free Speech Movement leader Mario Savio. Describes covert operations authorized by J. Edgar Hoover at the request of then-governor Ronald Reagan. 2012