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1972

Whoreson

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crime

Donald Goines - 1972

Goines takes the reader into the violent world of ghetto prostitution.

Whoreson Jones, the novel's hero, is the son of a beautiful black prosititute and an unknown white john. By the age of sixteen, he is a fully- fledged pimp, cold blooded, ruthless. Written in gritty street talk, Whoreson's story affords a startling glimpse into the hell of the inner city, yet brisrles with bitter humor and defiant pride.

Black Gangster

Donald Goines - 1972

A large part of Goines' thirty nine years of life was spent being a successful pimp, a heif, an operator of corn liquor houses, an armed robber, and a small time dope dealer.

He lived the life of the streets and out of that experience he created Prince, the anti-hero of Black Gangster! It's the story of the shocking underworld of black organised crime and the fledgling black "godfather" who goes from teenager ganglord to powerful Detroit mobster. Like the gangsters of the 1920's, he begins with boot-legging and branches out into every known crime

No Beast So Fierce

Edward Bunker - 1972

After serving an eight-year term in Folsom State Prison, Max Dembo is determined not to return to his former way of life, in a realistic, suspenseful study of the pressures facing ex-convicts as they attempt to negotiate the straight world.

Reissue.

Striding Folly

Dorothy L. Sayers - 1972

Three of Lord Peter Wimsey's most baffling cases demonstrate his unique detction skills at their most spectacular.The engima of a house numbered thirteen in a street of even numbers; an indignant child accused of theft, a dream about a game of chess that uncovers the true story behind a violent death.

Each of the stories introduces a different side of the twentieth century's most ingenious detective hero.This book also features a biographical essay by Janet Hitchman, Sayers' first biographer.

Stāsti par Šerloku Holmsu

Arthur Conan Doyle - 1972

Stāstu izlase par Šerloku Holmsu.

Saturs: Par Šerloku Holmsu ; Rudo apvienība ("The Adventure of the Red-Headed League"I); Raibā lenta ("The Adventure of the Speckled Band"I); Dzeltenā seja ("The Adventure of the Yellow Face"II) ; Mesgreivu dzimtas rituāls ("The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual"II); Piecas apelsīnu sēkliņas ("The Five Orange Pips"I); Notikums internātā ("The Adventure of the Priory School"III) ; Sudraba Pakavs (?"Silver Blaze"II); Seši Napoleoni ("The Adventure of the Six Napoleons"III); Dižciltīgais vecpuisis ("The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor"I); Boskomas ielejas noslēpums ("The Boscombe Valley Mystery"I); Cilvēks ar pāršķelto lūpu ("The Man with the Twisted Lip"I); Skandāls Bohēmijā ("A Scandal in Bohemia"I); Zilais karbunkuls ("The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle"I); Pēdējā problēma ("The Final Problem"II); Tukšais nams ("The Adventure of the Empty House"III); Norvudas būvuzņēmējs ("The Adventure of the Norwood Builder"III) ; Melnais Pīters ("The Adventure of Black Peter"III); Sarkanie Skābarži ("The Adventure of the Copper Beeches"I); Otrais plankums ("The Adventure of the Second Stain"III).(Romiešu cipars pie stāsta norāda uz stāstu krājumu,no kura tas ņemts, attiecīgi I-The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, II-The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, III-The Return of Sherlock Holmes). Grāmata izdota sērijā "Piedzīvojumi. Fantastika. Ceļojumi".

Here There Be Dragons

Robert Bentley - 1972

Dexter Hill is catapulted into the world of espionage and counter-intelligence, blackmail and hair-raising intrigue, all involving Project Dragon, the anti-missile system on which the freedom of the western nations depends.

One of the most chilling cold war adventure stories ever written.