9 square miles. 10,000 criminals. 130 cops. A riveting memoir by Baker, California’s most-decorated police officer Compton: the most violent and crime-ridden city in America. What had been a semi-rural suburb of Los Angeles in the 1950s became a battleground for the Black Panthers and Malcolm X Foundation, the home of the Crips and Bloods and the first Hispanic gangs, and the cradle of gangster rap. At the center of it, trying to maintain order was the Compton Police Department, never more than 130-strong, and facing an army of criminals that numbered over 10,000. At any given time, fully one-tenth of Compton’s population was in prison, yet this tidal wave of crime was held back by the thinnest line of the law—the Compton Police. John R. Baker was raised in Compton, eventually becoming the city’s most decorated officer involved in some of its most notorious, horrifying and scandalous criminal cases. Baker’s account of Compton from 1950 to 2001 is one of the most powerful and compelling cop memoirs ever written—an intensely human account of sacrifice and public service, and the price the men and women of the Compton Police Department paid to preserve their city.

Vice: One Cop's Story of Patrolling America's Most Dangerous City

Biographies & Memoirs

Rivele, Stephen J.

Baker, John R.

Professionals & Academics

St.Martin's Press

The journal of a French nobleman caught up in the greatest adventure of his day. Roger, Duke of Lunel, seeks atonement for past sins by embarking on a holy crusade which soon degenerates into a violent scuffle fought in heat and dust, and dogged by betrayal, deceit and greed.

A Booke of Days: A Journal of the Crusade

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

MACMILLAN PUB. LTD.

An account of the shooting death of a San Fernando, California, police officer describes how two men--a drifter and a model student at New Mexico Institute of Technology, neither of whom knew each other--confessed to the crime

The Mothershed Case

Bantam]

A Booke of Days: A Novel of the Crusades

A young French nobleman, Roger, Duke of Lunel, leaves his home to join the forces to recapture Jerusalem, yet the holy crusade turns horribly wrong as he witnesses savagery, betrayal, and deceit all around him, and he begins to believe that he will neverreturn home

United States

Carroll & Graf Pub.

9 square miles. 10,000 criminals. 130 cops.
Compton: the most violent and crime-ridden city in America. What had been a semirural suburb of Los Angeles in the 1950s became a battleground for the Black Panthers, home of the Crips and Bloods and the first Hispanic gangs, and the cradle of gangsta rap. 
At the center of it, trying to maintain order, was the Compton Police Department. Never more than 130 strong, it faced an army of criminals that numbered over 10,000. At any given time, fully one-tenth of Compton's population was in the justice system, yet this tidal wave of crime was held back by the thinnest line of the law--the Compton Police.
John R. Baker was raised in Compton and became the city's most decorated police officer. He was involved in some of its most notorious, horrifying, and scandalous criminal cases. Baker's account of Compton from 1951 to 2001 is one of the most powerful and compelling cop memoirs ever written--an intensely human story of sacrifice the price the men and women of the Compton Police Department paid to preserve their city.

Baker, Sgt. John R.

St. Martin's: Griffin

Generously illustrated with movie stills, historical photos, and posters in a stunning four-color book design—the only official tie-in to the new film, starring Will Smith and directed by Michael Mann (The Insider). Includes over 200 images, the screenplay, behind-the-scenes stories, and writings by Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Wilfred Sheed, David Remnick, Thomas Hauser, and Pete Hamill, among others. Filmed in five months in six cities throughout America and Africa, Ali focuses on 1964-1974, from the night in Miami when 23-year-old Cassius Clay beat Sonny Liston for the heavyweight title, to the stunning upset in Africa ten years later when the fighter regained his crown from a hugely favored George Foreman. With the real Muhammad Ali involved in the filmmaking, as well as his close friend photographer Howard Bingham (who is also a character in the film), Ali takes us into the ring, the strategy sessions, the bedrooms, and straight into the mind and heart of the man who, as biographer Thomas Hauser wrote, "has become a legend in his own lifetime." Superstar Will Smith trained for nearly a full year before the cameras rolled, transforming himself from a 185-pound actor to a 220-pound athlete.

Ali: The Movie and the Man

Humor & Entertainment

Landau, Diana

Mann, Michael

Howard, Gregory Allen

Movies

NEWMARKET PRESS

The Plumber: The True Story of How One Good Man Helped Destroy the Entire Philadelphia Mafia

The true story of one man who sacrificed his identity and his freedom so that the scourge of the Mafia might be removed from his city. 2 cassettes.

Salerno, Joseph

True Crime

Knightsbridge Pub Co Mass

After the fall of the Philippines in 1942 - and after leading the last horse cavalry charge in U.S. history - Lieutenant Ed Ramsey refused to surrender. Instead, he joined the Filipino resistance and rose to command more than 40,000 guerrillas. The Japanese put the elusive American leader at first place on their death list. Rejecting the opportunity to escape, Ramsey withstood unimaginable fear, pain, and loss for three long years. Lieutenant Ramsey's War chronicles a remarkable true story of courage and perseverance.

Lieutenant Ramsey's War: From Horse Soldier to Guerrilla Commander

Ramsey, Edwin Price

Leaders & Notable People

Potomac Books Inc.

After the fall of the Philippines in 1942 - and after leading the last horse cavalry charge in U.S. history - Ed Ramsey refused to surrender. Instead, he joined the Filipino resistance and rose to command more than 40,000 guerrillas. The Japanese put the elusive American leader at the top of their death list. Rejecting the opportunity to escape, Ramsey withstood unimaginable fear, pain, and loss for three long years. Lieutenant Ramsey's War chronicles a remarkable true story of courage and perseverance.

Lieutenant Ramsey's War: From Horse Soldier to Guerrilla Commander (Memories of War)

POTOMAC BOOKS

The author recounts his testimony against the mafia and his experiences in the government witness protection program

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Knightsbridge Pub Co Trade

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Vice: One Cop's Story of Patrolling America's Most Dangerous City

A Booke of Days: A Journal of the Crusade

The Mothershed Case

A Booke of Days: A Novel of the Crusades

Vice: One Cop's Story of Patrolling America's Most Dangerous City

Ali: The Movie and the Man

The Plumber: The True Story of How One Good Man Helped Destroy the Entire Philadelphia Mafia

Lieutenant Ramsey's War: From Horse Soldier to Guerrilla Commander

Lieutenant Ramsey's War: From Horse Soldier to Guerrilla Commander (Memories of War)

The Plumber: The True Story of How One Good Man Helped Destroy the Entire Philadelphia Mafia