Author: Khalfani B Yabuku Mpa
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692406052
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
In light of the increase in tensions between our nations' police departments and the urban communities they serve, this book offers a timely remedy for citizens and officers alike. The author skillfully takes us on a journey of his struggles to start the healing process from within the walls of the Atlanta Police Department. Chapter after chapter, he takes us on patrol to expose the myriad issues which have become systemic practices of law enforcement agencies across the country. Page after page, through his experiences, he wittingly, and Sometimes, humorously offers solutions and answers to long standing issues contributing to the mistrust and lost respect between our nations' domestic heroes and the citizens they're sworn to serve and protect. Ride along as the author takes us on a 28 years tour of duty which singlehandedly seeks to resolve some of the most prevalent age old problems facing officers and their chain of command; and how agencies execute their oath of office in some of our nations' larger urban communities. This book also offers helpful instructions for all occupations and every type of profession. This book is more than just "one man's story." It's a book of remedies and solutions for officers, agency heads, corporate CEOs and citizens alike.
When the Thin Blue Line Begins to Blur
Author: Khalfani B Yabuku Mpa
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692406052
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
In light of the increase in tensions between our nations' police departments and the urban communities they serve, this book offers a timely remedy for citizens and officers alike. The author skillfully takes us on a journey of his struggles to start the healing process from within the walls of the Atlanta Police Department. Chapter after chapter, he takes us on patrol to expose the myriad issues which have become systemic practices of law enforcement agencies across the country. Page after page, through his experiences, he wittingly, and Sometimes, humorously offers solutions and answers to long standing issues contributing to the mistrust and lost respect between our nations' domestic heroes and the citizens they're sworn to serve and protect. Ride along as the author takes us on a 28 years tour of duty which singlehandedly seeks to resolve some of the most prevalent age old problems facing officers and their chain of command; and how agencies execute their oath of office in some of our nations' larger urban communities. This book also offers helpful instructions for all occupations and every type of profession. This book is more than just "one man's story." It's a book of remedies and solutions for officers, agency heads, corporate CEOs and citizens alike.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692406052
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
In light of the increase in tensions between our nations' police departments and the urban communities they serve, this book offers a timely remedy for citizens and officers alike. The author skillfully takes us on a journey of his struggles to start the healing process from within the walls of the Atlanta Police Department. Chapter after chapter, he takes us on patrol to expose the myriad issues which have become systemic practices of law enforcement agencies across the country. Page after page, through his experiences, he wittingly, and Sometimes, humorously offers solutions and answers to long standing issues contributing to the mistrust and lost respect between our nations' domestic heroes and the citizens they're sworn to serve and protect. Ride along as the author takes us on a 28 years tour of duty which singlehandedly seeks to resolve some of the most prevalent age old problems facing officers and their chain of command; and how agencies execute their oath of office in some of our nations' larger urban communities. This book also offers helpful instructions for all occupations and every type of profession. This book is more than just "one man's story." It's a book of remedies and solutions for officers, agency heads, corporate CEOs and citizens alike.
Progress
Fine Arts
The Delphian Quarterly
The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics
Author: Freddie E Williams II
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
ISBN: 0823008320
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
At last–the first guide to drawing comics digitally! Artists! Gain incredible superpowers...with the help of your computer! The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics shows how to give up pencil, pen, and paper and start drawing dynamic, exciting comics art entirely with computer tools. Author Freddie E Williams is one of DC Comics' hottest artists and a leader in digital penciling and inking–and here, in clear, step-by-step directions, he guides readers through every part of the digital process, from turning on the computer to finishing a digital file of fully inked comic art, ready for print. Creating a template, sketching on the computer, penciling, and finally inking digitally are all covered in depth, along with bold, timesaving shortcuts created by Williams, tested by years of trial and error. Step into the digital age, streamline the drawing process, and leap over the limitations of mere physical drawing materials with The DC Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics.
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
ISBN: 0823008320
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
At last–the first guide to drawing comics digitally! Artists! Gain incredible superpowers...with the help of your computer! The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics shows how to give up pencil, pen, and paper and start drawing dynamic, exciting comics art entirely with computer tools. Author Freddie E Williams is one of DC Comics' hottest artists and a leader in digital penciling and inking–and here, in clear, step-by-step directions, he guides readers through every part of the digital process, from turning on the computer to finishing a digital file of fully inked comic art, ready for print. Creating a template, sketching on the computer, penciling, and finally inking digitally are all covered in depth, along with bold, timesaving shortcuts created by Williams, tested by years of trial and error. Step into the digital age, streamline the drawing process, and leap over the limitations of mere physical drawing materials with The DC Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics.
Hour of the Bees
Author: Lindsay Eagar
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763687359
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
What does it mean to be fully alive? Magic blends with reality in a stunning coming-of-age novel about a girl, a grandfather, wanderlust, and reclaiming your roots. Things are only impossible if you stop to think about them. . . . While her friends are spending their summers having pool parties and sleepovers, twelve-year-old Carolina — Carol — is spending hers in the middle of the New Mexico desert, helping her parents move the grandfather she’s never met into a home for people with dementia. At first, Carol avoids prickly Grandpa Serge. But as the summer wears on and the heat bears down, Carol finds herself drawn to him, fascinated by the crazy stories he tells her about a healing tree, a green-glass lake, and the bees that will bring back the rain and end a hundred years of drought. As the thin line between magic and reality starts to blur, Carol must decide for herself what is possible — and what it means to be true to her roots. Readers who dream that there’s something more out there will be enchanted by this captivating novel of family, renewal, and discovering the wonder of the world.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763687359
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
What does it mean to be fully alive? Magic blends with reality in a stunning coming-of-age novel about a girl, a grandfather, wanderlust, and reclaiming your roots. Things are only impossible if you stop to think about them. . . . While her friends are spending their summers having pool parties and sleepovers, twelve-year-old Carolina — Carol — is spending hers in the middle of the New Mexico desert, helping her parents move the grandfather she’s never met into a home for people with dementia. At first, Carol avoids prickly Grandpa Serge. But as the summer wears on and the heat bears down, Carol finds herself drawn to him, fascinated by the crazy stories he tells her about a healing tree, a green-glass lake, and the bees that will bring back the rain and end a hundred years of drought. As the thin line between magic and reality starts to blur, Carol must decide for herself what is possible — and what it means to be true to her roots. Readers who dream that there’s something more out there will be enchanted by this captivating novel of family, renewal, and discovering the wonder of the world.
Progress, for the Promotion of the Fine Arts
The Spirit Within
Author: Drew Derek Iverson
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781547255658
Category : Dystopias
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
A story about a young man name Chael struggling to find his place in the dystopian world in which he lives. Through supernatural events, Chael gets thrown into a war between two realms of light and darkness. In order for him to survive and protect the ones that he cares about he must embrace the light within him or be overcome by darkness forever.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781547255658
Category : Dystopias
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
A story about a young man name Chael struggling to find his place in the dystopian world in which he lives. Through supernatural events, Chael gets thrown into a war between two realms of light and darkness. In order for him to survive and protect the ones that he cares about he must embrace the light within him or be overcome by darkness forever.
Realistic Still Life in Colored Pencil
Author: Cynthia Knox
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing
ISBN: 163322869X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Realistic Still Life in Colored Pencil provides beginning-to-intermediate artists with a comprehensive, easy-to-follow, and engaging guide to creating lifelike still lifes in colored pencil, utilizing a wide range of techniques.
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing
ISBN: 163322869X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Realistic Still Life in Colored Pencil provides beginning-to-intermediate artists with a comprehensive, easy-to-follow, and engaging guide to creating lifelike still lifes in colored pencil, utilizing a wide range of techniques.
Gravity's Rainbow
Author: Thomas Pynchon
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101594659
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 885
Book Description
Winner of the 1974 National Book Award "The most profound and accomplished American novel since the end of World War II." - The New Republic “A screaming comes across the sky. . .” A few months after the Germans’ secret V-2 rocket bombs begin falling on London, British Intelligence discovers that a map of the city pinpointing the sexual conquests of one Lieutenant Tyrone Slothrop, U.S. Army, corresponds identically to a map showing the V-2 impact sites. The implications of this discovery will launch Slothrop on an amazing journey across war-torn Europe, fleeing an international cabal of military-industrial superpowers, in search of the mysterious Rocket 00000.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101594659
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 885
Book Description
Winner of the 1974 National Book Award "The most profound and accomplished American novel since the end of World War II." - The New Republic “A screaming comes across the sky. . .” A few months after the Germans’ secret V-2 rocket bombs begin falling on London, British Intelligence discovers that a map of the city pinpointing the sexual conquests of one Lieutenant Tyrone Slothrop, U.S. Army, corresponds identically to a map showing the V-2 impact sites. The implications of this discovery will launch Slothrop on an amazing journey across war-torn Europe, fleeing an international cabal of military-industrial superpowers, in search of the mysterious Rocket 00000.