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The Stickup Kids

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Author : Randol Contreras
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2013

The Stickup Kids written by Randol Contreras and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Social Science categories.

Randol Contreras came of age in the South Bronx during the 1980s, a time when the community was devastated by cuts in social services, a rise in arson and abandonment, and the rise of crack-cocaine. For this riveting book, he returns to the South Bronx with a sociological eye and provides an unprecedented insider’s look at the workings of a group of Dominican drug robbers. Known on the streets as “Stickup Kids,” these men raided and brutally tortured drug dealers storing large amounts of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and cash. As a participant observer, Randol Contreras offers both a personal and theoretical account for the rise of the Stickup Kids and their violence. He mainly focuses on the lives of neighborhood friends, who went from being crack dealers to drug robbers once their lucrative crack market opportunities disappeared. The result is a stunning, vivid, on-the-ground ethnographic description of a drug robbery’s violence, the drug market high life, the criminal life course, and the eventual pain and suffering experienced by the casualties of the Crack Era. Provocative and eye-opening, The Stickup Kids urges us to explore the ravages of the drug trade through weaving history, biography, social structure, and drug market forces. It offers a revelatory explanation for drug market violence by masterfully uncovering the hidden social forces that produce violent and self-destructive individuals. Part memoir, part penetrating analysis, this book is engaging, personal, deeply informed, and entirely absorbing.

The Stickup Kids

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Author : Randol Contreras
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2013

Randol Contreras came of age in the South Bronx during the 1980s, a time when the community was devastated by cuts in social services, a rise in arson and abandonment, and the rise of crack-cocaine. For this riveting book, he returns to the South Bronx with a sociological eye and provides an unprecedented insiderÕs look at the workings of a group of Dominican drug robbers. Known on the streets as ÒStickup Kids,Ó these men raided and brutally tortured drug dealers storing large amounts of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and cash. As a participant observer, Randol Contreras offers both a personal and theoretical account for the rise of the Stickup Kids and their violence. He mainly focuses on the lives of neighborhood friends, who went from being crack dealers to drug robbers once their lucrative crack market opportunities disappeared. The result is a stunning, vivid, on-the-ground ethnographic description of a drug robberyÕs violence, the drug market high life, the criminal life course, and the eventual pain and suffering experienced by the casualties of the Crack Era. Provocative and eye-opening, The Stickup Kids urges us to explore the ravages of the drug trade through weaving history, biography, social structure, and drug market forces. It offers a revelatory explanation for drug market violence by masterfully uncovering the hidden social forces that produce violent and self-destructive individuals. Part memoir, part penetrating analysis, this book is engaging, personal, deeply informed, and entirely absorbing.

The Stickup Kids

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Author : Randol Contreras
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2012-12-10

Randol Contreras came of age in the South Bronx during the 1980s, a time when the community was devastated by cuts in social services, a rise in arson and abandonment, and the rise of crack-cocaine. For this riveting book, he returns to the South Bronx with a sociological eye and provides an unprecedented insider’s look at the workings of a group of Dominican drug robbers. Known on the streets as "Stickup Kids," these men raided and brutally tortured drug dealers storing large amounts of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and cash. As a participant observer, Randol Contreras offers both a personal and theoretical account for the rise of the Stickup Kids and their violence. He mainly focuses on the lives of neighborhood friends, who went from being crack dealers to drug robbers once their lucrative crack market opportunities disappeared. The result is a stunning, vivid, on-the-ground ethnographic description of a drug robbery’s violence, the drug market high life, the criminal life course, and the eventual pain and suffering experienced by the casualties of the Crack Era. Provocative and eye-opening, The Stickup Kids urges us to explore the ravages of the drug trade through weaving history, biography, social structure, and drug market forces. It offers a revelatory explanation for drug market violence by masterfully uncovering the hidden social forces that produce violent and self-destructive individuals. Part memoir, part penetrating analysis, this book is engaging, personal, deeply informed, and entirely absorbing.

Stick Up For Yourself Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition

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language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2008

Stick Up For Yourself Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition written by and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Assertiveness (Psychology) categories.

Have you ever been picked on at school, bossed around, blamed for things you didn't do, or treated unfairly? This book can help. It shows you how to stick up for yourself with other kids, big sisters and brothers, even parents and teachers. It tells you things you can say WITHOUT putting people down, and things you can do WITHOUT getting into trouble. Learn the power to be true to yourself, and feel secure and confident inside -- no matter what.

In Search Of Respect

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Author : Philippe I. Bourgois
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003

In Search Of Respect written by Philippe I. Bourgois and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Business & Economics categories.

This new edition brings this study of inner-city life up to date.

Stick Up

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Author : Kendall Eatmon
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2021-12-14

Stick Up written by Kendall Eatmon and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-14 with Fiction categories.

Jed is known throughout of the streets of Oakland to be one of the biggest drug suppliers in the city. While riding in his city, he and his connect, Rueben, is caught slipping. Meeka and Mickey are known in the city for hooking up with drug dealers and having them set up. Bo Bo and Nick are up-and-coming stick-up kids. They get their jobs from Meeka and Mickey, who are known for their good looks and street smarts. Throughout of the book Stick Up, it will take you through the streets of Oakland where anything goes, from robbery to murder and shootouts. This book will take you on a ride through the streets of Oakland that you haven’t been on before.

It S A Stick Up

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Author : Ollystudio Limited
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-04-29

It S A Stick Up written by Ollystudio Limited and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-29 with Art categories.

This is the first book to look at an increasingly popular form of street art: the paste-up or 'wheatie'. Many street artists don’t graffiti or stencil any more but use pre-prepared paper images that can be taken down, thereby avoiding a vandalism charge. The book shows the work of 20 artists, with photographs of their art in situ, a brief profile, and a fold-out paste-up. The fold-out pages are perforated so they can easily be removed. Some of the paste-ups are laser cut with attaching tags so they can be popped out. There's also an introductory interview with cult street artists Sten & Lex.

Stick Up Kids Is Out To Play 2

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Author : Richard McCarthy
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-12-01

Stick Up Kids Is Out To Play 2 written by Richard McCarthy and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-01 with categories.

With Wise serving a life sentence and his crew dead Crook Ville housing projects are up for grabs and everybody wants to be the next king. Asha fresh home from prison has plans of her own and forms the Grimy Chick clique, a crew of go hard project chicks who make a living from setting hustlers up. In a hood where money, murder, and mayhem is the norm will the Grimy Chick clique last.

Bang Bang

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Author : Theo Gangi
language : en
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Release Date : 2012-04-24

Bang Bang written by Theo Gangi and has been published by Kensington Publishing Corp. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-24 with Fiction categories.

Stickup kid (n.): an urban gunslinger who preys on other criminals, often stealing already stolen property, using violence and intimidation. Izzy picks a bad time to have a conscience crisis. As a stick up kid in New York's underworld, he has a good thing going--robbing the worst drug lords in the city and leaving no witnesses behind. It is a game of high risk and high reward. There is just one problem: Izzy is in his thirties now, and for good reason, there is no such thing as a stickup man. When a job gets botched, leaving Izzy's psychotic partner guilty of yet another homicide, Izzy knows what he is supposed to do--kill the remaining witness or be killed himself. But a bystander named Eva seems different from others he has done before. Is she the exception to Izzy's number one rule? Izzy has never jacked himself into a problem he could not jack himself out of. But that was before. Now, on the unforgiving streets of New York City--where the skyline stretches out like a graveyard--there is a war on and there is no room for mistakes. His ex-partner is hellbent on revenge and is no longer acting alone. And as bodies start to fall around Izzy, he is left to take on both his enemies and his inner demons face first in a battle that has no questions, no conversation. Just bang bang. In this explosive debut, Theo Gangi redefines the crime thriller, delivering a pulse-pounding, white-knuckle ride through gritty back rooms, where justice is sealed with gunfire, no one can be trusted, and being innocent can get you killed. "Theo Gangi is a superb craftsman. His work displays diverse characters and wonderful dialogue that would make Elmore Leonard stand up and applaud. He is new talent that has finally arrived." --Eric Jerome Dickey, New York Times bestseller author "Theo Gangi portrays the people of the criminal world not only in a way that brings them to vivid life, but life felt at the extreme, out where suffering, pity, even tenderness and love have their own stark reality." --David Plante, author of Age of Terror "Theo Gangi's first novel Bang Bang is a classic extreme thriller, with some surprising literary subtleties, and a level of Escherian interlocking that would make Tarantino's head spin." --Madison Smartt Bell, of All Soul's Rising, a National Book Award finalist "Gritty and gripping, full of tense moments and sharp prose, Bang Bang is a debut worthy of attention. With the ear of a poet, the insight of a psychologist, and the attitude of a true New Yorker, Theo Gangi brings empathy and pathos to every gangsterfied page." --Adam Mansbach, author of Angry Black White Boy Theo Gangi attended Goucher College, and is a recent graduate of Columbia's MFA writing program. His writing has appeared in The Greensboro Review and The Columbia Spectator. A New York native, he now lives in Harlem.

The Survival Guide For Parents Of Gifted Kids

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Author : Sally Yahnke Walker
language : en
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Release Date : 2002

The Survival Guide For Parents Of Gifted Kids written by Sally Yahnke Walker and has been published by Free Spirit Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Gifted children categories.

Defines giftedness and discusses special quirks and problems that arise living with a gifted child, from a lack of neatness to the "too-smart mouth," and explains how parents can find the right programs and make school as rewarding as possible for gifted children.

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