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  The Policing Machine -...

  Tony Cheng

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  A revelatory look at how the NYPD has resisted change through strategic and selective community engagement. 
    
  The past few years have seen Americans express passionate demands for police transformation. But even as discussion of no-knock warrants, chokeholds, and body cameras has exploded, any changes to police procedures have only led to the same outcomes. Despite calls for increased accountability, police departments have successfully stonewalled change.  
    
  In The Policing Machine, Tony Cheng reveals the stages of that resistance, offering a close look at the deep engagement strategies that NYPD precincts have developed with only subsets of the community in order to counter any truly meaningful, democratic oversight. Cheng spent nearly two years in an unprecedented effort to understand the who and how of police-community relationship building in New York City, documenting the many ways the police strategically distributed power and privilege within the community to increase their own public legitimacy without sacrificing their organizational independence. By setting up community councils that are conveniently run by police allies, handing out favors to local churches that will promote the police to their parishioners, and offering additional support to institutions friendly to the police, the NYPD, like police departments all over the country, cultivates political capital through a strategic politics that involves distributing public resources, offering regulatory leniency, and deploying coercive force. The fundamental challenge with police-community relationships, Cheng shows, is not to build them. It is that they already exist and are motivated by a machinery designed to stymie reform.

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  Little Vic and the Great Mafia War

  Larry McShane

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  June 20, 1991. A five-man hit team waited in a car outside the Long Island home of Victor Orena, the acting crime boss of the Colombo crime family. Orena recognized the vehicle—and managed to escape with his life. Over the next year, more shots would be fired in what would become the last major mob war in New York's crime-soaked history—and one of the bloodiest. The war ended with Orena's 1992 arrest and conviction for racketeering. 
   
   
   
  With shocking new revelations from Orena's son Andrew, this eye-opening account takes listeners inside the criminal underworld of New York's infamous "Five Families" from the point of view of one of its rising stars. The grandson of Sicilian immigrants, Victor Orena ingratiated himself with the local Mafiosi during his teens. Ascending the ranks, he eventually became acting boss of the family when its don Carmine "The Snake" Persico was sentenced to prison. But as Persico struggled to maintain control from behind bars, Orena decided to seize that power for himself—launching a ruthless mob war the city would never forget. 
   
   
   
  Featuring a rogues gallery of legendary mobsters—from the Gallo brothers to the Gambinos and John Gotti—this riveting account sheds new light on one of the most fascinating chapters in American crime.

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  Technology's Child - Digital...

  Katie Davis

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  How children engage with technology at each stage of development, from toddler to twentysomething, and how they can best be supported. 
   
   
   
  What happens to the little ones, the tweens, and the teenagers, when technology—ubiquitous in the world they inhabit—becomes a critical part of their lives? This timely book brings much-needed clarity to what we know about technology's role in child development. Better yet, it provides guidance on how to use what we know to help children of all ages make the most of their digital experiences. 
   
   
    
  From toddlers who are exploring their immediate environment to twentysomethings who are exploring their place in society, technology inevitably and profoundly affects their development. Drawing on her expertise in developmental science and design research, Katie Davis describes what happens when child development and technology design interact, and how this interaction is complicated by children's individual characteristics and social and cultural contexts. Critically, she explains how a self-directed experience of technology—one initiated, sustained, and ended voluntarily—supports healthy child development, especially when it takes place within the context of community support.

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  Thus Spake Zarathustra

  Friedrich Nietzsche

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  Could it be possible? This old saint in the forest hath not yet heard of it, that God is dead!
   
  The ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from a life of solitude on the mountain to announce to the world that God has been supplanted by the "Superman", the divine in human form. In one of the most radical and influential works of modern philosophy, Friedrich Nietzsche lays out the new standards of morality after the "death of God".
   
  Frequently misrepresented (and hijacked to dangerous purpose by Nazi intellectuals), Thus Spake Zarathustra is a work of profound brilliance and poetic mastery which still provides meaning in today's complex and changing world.

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  Diligence - The Spirit of Hard...

  Esther Jameson

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  Diligence is the steady commitment to putting in consistent effort, and it forms the foundation of every successful endeavor. It is not merely about working hard but about investing heart and mind into every task, regardless of its scale or significance. This chapter explores the essence of diligence, emphasizing that it goes beyond the pursuit of perfection and is more about the persistent, day-to-day practice of excellence. 
  At its core, diligence is an attitude that encourages individuals to remain engaged and proactive. It involves setting clear intentions, planning, and executing tasks with a mindful focus. The diligent person recognizes that challenges and obstacles are inevitable, yet they view each setback as an opportunity for growth rather than a barrier to progress. This mindset transforms mundane tasks into building blocks for personal and professional development. 
  Understanding diligence means recognizing its impact on the overall quality of work. It requires the discipline to resist shortcuts and the temptation to settle for mediocrity. A diligent approach is characterized by thoroughness, reliability, and a willingness to take on responsibility. It means being accountable for one’s actions and continuously striving to improve. With diligence, the process of learning and mastery becomes a journey rather than a destination.

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  Broken by the Pizza Delivery Boy...

  Archer Vale

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  “Eat it! Eat it all!” 
  I ordered the meat lover’s special with extra sausage—just the way I like it. 
  What I didn’t realize is that the college jock delivering it would change my life forever. He entered my home and showed me the truth about myself. He branded his authority into my brain. 
  Now he regularly feeds me his “special” pizza recipe. It’s making me morbidly obese. It’s making me obedient and docile. I love it. I want more. 
  My wife and sons have found out about this perverse arrangement. They found out I’m funneling him ungodly amounts of money. My entire life is unraveling before my eyes. 
  But I can’t stop. 
  I need to obey the pizza delivery boy. 
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