[close] PERFECT CHEMISTRY has received high praise from Booklist saying: ““Elkeles gives [the story] heart by constantly switching point of view from Alex to Brittany to provide dual running commentaries on their minute-by-minute insecurities and urges…[a] vivid…completely genuine…novel [to] be embraced by male and female readers in equal measure.” [close]

[close] The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world's attention when it was first described in Freakonomics. Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how Sudhir Venkatesh managed to gain entrance into the gang, what he learned, and how his method revolutionized the academic establishment. When Venkatesh walked into an abandoned building in one of Chicago's most notorious housing projects, he was looking for people to take a multiple-choice survey on urban poverty. A first-year grad student hoping to impress his professors with his boldness, he never imagined that as a result of the assignment he would befriend a gang leader named JT and spend the better part of a decade inside the projects under JT's protection, documenting what he saw there. Over the next seven years, Venkatesh got to know the neighborhood dealers, crackheads, squatters, prostitutes, pimps, activists, cops, organizers, and officials. From his privileg [close]

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[close] Watch this on-the-street witness encounter and watch the use of God's Law (Ten Commandments) get put into practice as Kirk witnesses to gang members at Santa Monica, Southern California. [close]

[close] Trained in Western and traditional chinese medicine, Dr. Zhi Gang Sha believes in the power of the soul. Get more on Zhi Gang Sha at SimonandSchuster.com [close]

[close] ATF Special Agent Dobyns' "No Angel" is about his harrowing undercover journey to the inner circle of The Hells Angels. It's the inside story of the unprecedented 21-month operation that almost cost Dobyns his family, his sanity, and his life. http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307405852 [close]