Tony Thompson: 10 books
Gangs
A Journey into the Heart of the British Underworld
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2009
From the bestselling author of GANGLAND BRITAIN and REEFER MEN.
Organised crime is one of Britain's biggest industries. The number of gangland murders, shootings and kidnappings, along with the levels of drug trafficking, people smuggling and money laundering, have all experienced phenomenal...
by Tony Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2011
This is the story of an international group of drug smugglers, their criminal success and the hunt to bring them to justice. There were sixteen of them, from America, Britain, Australia and Thailand, and together they were called 'The Ring'. They first began exporting marijuana in the aftermath of...
Outlaws
One Man's Rise Through the Savage World of Renegade Bikers, Hell's Angels and Gl obal Crime
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
The shocking inside story of life in a biker gang, from one of Britain’s top true-crime writers
As a member of the international motorcycle club known as the Pagans, Daniel “Snake Dog” Boone had a ringside seat to some of the most violent biker battles ever fought. When he joined his...
The Kombi Trail
Across Three Continents in a VW Van
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2012
Cambridge, 1961. A group of students set off on the trip of a lifetime. Against the backdrop of the Cold War they travel through the Soviet Union to the Middle East, South Asia and on to Africa. Their mode of transport? The iconic VW Kombi.
This book tells the story of that trip, not just the...
by Mike Silverman, Tony Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2014
As one of the UK’s leading forensic scientists, Mike Silverman has helped to identify and convict dozens of murderers, rapists, armed robbers, burglars and muggers, thanks to the evidence they – or their victims – unwittingly left behind at the scenes of their crimes.
Mike Silverman started...
Theatre Symposium, Vol. 22
Broadway and Beyond: Commercial Theatre Considered
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
That theatre is a business remains a truth often ignored by theatre insiders and consumers of the performing arts alike. The essays in Theatre Symposium, Volume 22 explore theatre as a commercial enterprise both historically and as a continuing part of the creation, production, and presentation of...
Race, Education, and Reintegrating Formerly Incarcerated Citizens
Counterstories and Counterspaces
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
This timely, readable text offers an authoritative and balanced analysis of how racially driven policies in America impact post release education as a leading pathway to social reintegration. Compelling research findings from an assemblage of college faculty, seasoned administrators, and criminal...
Changing Europe
Identities, Nations and Citizens
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003
Europe has changed significantly and is now facing even more dramatic transformations with the enlargement of the European Union, the introduction of the euro and its increased role as a global actor in world affairs. This clear and accessible textbook provides an introduction to the key issues now...
Intellectual Disability and Dementia
Research into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
Presenting the most up-to-date information available about dementia and intellectual disabilities, this book brings together the latest international research and evidence-based practice, and describes clearly the relevance and implications for support and services
Internationally renowned...
Hold That Knowledge
Stories about Love from the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
Love, in some of the infinite ways we may know it, is the shared concern of these stories, which have been chosen from among the hundreds that have appeared in the prestigious Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction series.
More than seventy volumes, which include approximately eight hundred...