Douglas Century je autorom alebo spoluautorom niekoľkých bestsellerov, ktoré sa zameriavajú na drsnú realitu života na okraji spoločnosti a skúmajú témy lojality, prežitia a morálnej nejednoznačnosti. Jeho štýl sa vyznačuje prenikavým pozorovaním a schopnosťou vtiahnuť čitateľa do napínavých príbehov plných nečakaných zvratov. Centuryho diela často odhaľujú skryté svety a ponúkajú fascinujúci pohľad na zložitosť ľudskej povahy.
Two men. Two lives. One Split Decision. In this gripping memoir, award-winning actor, rapper, and producer Ice-T shares how, although both he and his crime partner Spike started off robbing jewelry stores together, he found fame and fortune while Spike went on to do 25 years in prison.
Bestselling author Douglas Century reveals the untold story of the epic rise and fall of Boris Nayfeld, also known as Biba, one of the most notorious Russian mob bosses of our era. Boris Nayfeld, a.k.a.
Do povedomia ľudí sa už zapísali mnohí slávni zločinci opradení legendami: Al Capone,Pablo Escobar,Jesse James. Každý z týchto zlopovestných kriminálnikov mal v pätách muža s nachystanými želiezkami. V prípade narkobaróna Joaquína Guzmána-Loeru,teda El Chapa,bol týmto mužom špeciálny agent amerického Národného úradu pre kontrolu obchodu s drogami (DEA) Andrew Hogan. V roku 2006 zamieril čerstvý absolvent akadémie DEA do Arizony. Vzápätí sa ocitol vo víre života agenta v utajení. Vtedy ešte netušil, že sa dostane na stopu Guzmána,hlavy sinalojského kartelu, miliardára na zozname boháčov časopisu Forbes a verejného nepriateľa číslo jeden v Spojených štátoch. Ak chcel El Chapa dostať,musel sa s manželkou a dvoma malými synmi presťahovať do Mexika. V tom čase prekvitalo na juh od amerických hraníc násilie a boje o kľúčové pašerácke body si vyžiadali tisíce mŕtvych. Hogan sa pokúšal o nemožné. Musel sa infiltrovať do El Chapovej sofistikovanej komunikačnej štruktúry, odhaliť rafinovane zamaskovanú sieť úkrytov a nahnať šéfa drogového kartelu do rúk spravodlivosti. Kniha Lov na El Chapa nám odkrýva pohľad do najsofistikovanejšej a najnebezpečnejšej protidrogovej operácie v dejinách, ktorá vyústila do zatknutia legendárneho narkobaróna,roky unikajúceho pred zákonom.
A highly decorated veteran agent recounts his incredible undercover career, and reveals the shocking links between narcotics trafficking and terrorism. What exactly is ‘undercover’? From a law-enforcement perspective, it’s the art of skillfully eliciting incriminating statements. Edward Follis mastered this dark art over the course of his distinguished 27 years with the US’s Drug Enforcement Administration, where he bought bags of coke in a red Corvette, negotiated multi-million-dollar deals on board private jets, and developed covert relationships with men who were not only international drug-traffickers, but — in some cases — operatives for Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, and the Mexican federation of cartels. Spanning five continents and filled with harrowing stories about the world’s most ruthless drug lords and terrorist networks, Follis’s memoir reads like a thriller. Yet every word is true, and every story is documented. The first and only insider’s account of the confluence between narco-trafficking and terrorist organisations, The Dark Art is an electrifying page-turner.
At the age of eighteen, Aaron Cohen left Beverly Hills to prove himself in the crucible of the armed forces. He was determined to be a part of Israel's most elite security cadre, akin to the American Green Berets and Navy SEALs. After fifteen months of grueling training designed to break down each individual man and to rebuild him as a warrior, Cohen was offered the only post a non-Israeli can hold in the special forces. In 1996 he joined a top-secret, highly controversial unit that dispatches operatives disguised as Arabs into the Palestinian-controlled West Bank to abduct terrorist leaders and bring them to Israel for interrogation and trial. Between 1996 and 1998, Aaron Cohen would learn Hebrew and Arabic; become an expert in urban counterterror warfare, the martial art of Krav Maga, and undercover operations; and participate in dozens of life-or-death missions. He would infiltrate a Hamas wedding to seize a wanted terrorist and pose as an American journalist to set a trap for one of the financiers behind the Dizengoff Massacre, taking him down in a brutal, hand-to-hand struggle. A propulsive, gripping read, Cohen's story is a rare, fly-on-the-wall view into the shadowy world of "black ops" that redefines invincible strength, true danger, and inviolable security.