DescriptionThe men who administered the beating of Rodney King were under the charge of Daryl Gates, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Now Gates tells his story, with integrity and honesty, confronting the facts of the King videotape and the riots that ensued from King's trial. In his memoir, Gates shows himself to be an underprivileged child of a Depression-era family who raised him to question authority. Later, as a police officer rising in the ranks, he met with a good share of adversity, including the painful reality of his son's drug abuse. Such chapters in his life help to humanize Gate's otherwise supercop persona. Not a weak-willed apologia, Chief, offers a self-portrait that is critical and questioning, and essential for better understanding a case that has become synonymous with police brutality and racism in America.
DescriptionNo es fácil criar hijos, pero el sendero puede aligerarse cuando la relación entre padres y hijos se fortifica día a día. Mediante un diálogo estructurado entre una pareja y una experta en relaciones familiares, este programa le a…
DescriptionThis audio contains two best sellers that relate the extraordinary, courageous life of actress Jill Ireland. These revealing autobiographies cover the joys and tragedies of Ireland's life, from her marriage to movie star Charles Bronson, to their family of seven children, to her courageous battle with breast cancer, and the fight to save her 22-year-old son from the maze of drug addiction. These memoirs are candid, inspiring works from a truly remarkable woman.
DescriptionWhy is the United States losing its war on drugs? Celebrated Manson prosecutor Vincent T. Bugliosi offers not only a startling indictment of the federal government's current drug policy, but also a blueprint for ending the crisis. Bugliosi presents 2 separate plans for drug control that, if implemented, promise victory within a year. Offered in the tradition of Thomas Paine's Common Sense, which was a call to arms for the American Revolution, The Phoenix Solution serves to call all of us to arms for the war on drugs. This extraordinary work is a must-hear for America's leaders, antidrug agencies, and concerned citizens.
