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At age 12, Brenda Paz was affiliated with a powerful Los Angeles clique of the Mara Salvatrucha, a violent street gang. By 17, she was dead. Journalist Logan offers a gripping exploration of Paz's life within the group and sheds light on a criminal network that affects countless American cities.
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Luis J. Rodríguez's stunning memoir, a brave, unflinching account of life in a Los Angeles street gang. Luis J. Rodríguez joined his first gang at age eleven. As a teenager, he witnessed the rise of some of the most notorious cliques and sets in Southern California and knew only a life of violence, one that revolved around drugs, gang wars, and police brutality. But unlike most of those around him, Rodríguez found a way out when art, writing,...
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"1925. London. When Alice Diamond, AKA "Diamond Annie," is elected the Queen of the Forty Elephants, she's determined to take the all-girl gang to new heights. She's ambitious, tough as nails, and a brilliant mastermind, with a plan to create a dynasty the likes of which no one has ever seen. Alice demands absolute loyalty from her "family"--it's how she's always kept the cops in line. Too bad she's now the target for one of Britain's first female...
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Lone Star Sheriff Cullen McCabe has always been a risk-taker. But sometimes, taking a risk means taking a bullet-unless you kill first . . . EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TEXAS. EVEN DEATH. Sheriff McCabe knew he'd make a lot of enemies when he agreed to be a special agent for the Texas governor. But now that he's managed to keep the peace in the hopeless town of New Hope, he's hoping he can go home to Two Forks and get back to business as usual. No such...
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