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  • Memos from the Chairman

    by Alan C. Greenberg ...
    “Ace Greenberg did almost everything better than I do—bridge, magic tricks, dog training, and arbitrage—all the important things in life.” —WARREN BUFFETTAlan C. Greenberg, the former chairman of Bear, Stearns, and a celebrated philanthropist, was known throughout the financial world for his biting, quirky but invaluable and wise memos. Read by everyone from Warren Buffett to Jeff Bezos to Tom ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $2.99 CAD

  • Love in Vain

    A Vision of Robert Johnson

    by Alan Greenberg ...
    Robert Johnson was undoubtedly the most outstanding of the Mississippi Delta blues musicians and also one of the first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but his short life remains steeped in mystery and wrapped in some of the most enduring legends of modern music. Love in Vain is Alan Greenberg’s remarkable, highly acclaimed, and genre-defying screenplay and is widely considered to be ... Read more

    $19.79 CAD

  • The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns

    by Alan C. (Ace) Greenberg ...
    Former CEO of Bear Stearns, Alan Greenberg, sheds light on his life as one of Wall Street’s most respected figures in this candid and fascinating account of a storied career and its stunning conclusion.On March 16, 2008, Alan Greenberg, former CEO and current chairman of the executive committee of Bear Stearns, found himself in the company’s offices on a Sunday. More remarkable by far than the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Engaging Underprivileged Youth in the Nation's Capital

    The Officer Oliver Cowan Story

    by Martin Alan Greenberg ...
    In 1942, with urban youth violence on the rise, District of Columbia Metropolitan Police rookie Oliver A. Cowan proposed a novel solution: a youth engagement program called the “Junior Police Corps.”At the time, Washington, D.C., was governed by a Congress dominated by segregationists, and most Black residents of the nation's capital lived under the constraints of Jim Crow–era discrimination. ... Read more

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  • Every Night the Trees Disappear

    Werner Herzog and the Making of Heart of Glass

    by Alan Greenberg ...
    "You know from seeing it that Herzog was up to something strange in filming Heart of Glass. Now the mystery is clarified. Alan Greenberg peers into the heart of darkness of the great artist." —Roger Ebert "Mesmerizing . . . as poetic and mysterious as the film itself."—Jim Jarmusch This intimate chronicle of the visionary filmmaker Werner Herzog directing a masterwork is interwoven with Herzog's ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Of Walking in Ice

    Munich-Paris: November 23-December 14, 1974

    by Werner Herzog ...
    Translated by Martje Herzog, Alan Greenberg, Jeffrey Schneider ...
    A classic meditation on life, death, and a remarkable journey on foot from Munich to Paris by the legendary filmmaker and author Werner HerzogIn late November 1974, Herzog received terrible news: his mentor Lotte Eisner, the film historian and critic, was severely ill and close to death. She was in Paris and he was in Munich, but he decided then that he would begin walking toward her—an act of ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • Elie Wiesel

    Teacher, Mentor, and Friend

    by Carol Rittner ...
    Elie Wiesel, plucked from the ashes of the Holocaust, became a Nobel Peace laureate, an activist on behalf of the oppressed, a teacher, an award-winning novelist, and a renowned humanist. He moved easily among world leaders but was equally at home among the disenfranchised. Following his Nobel Prize, Wiesel established the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity; one of their early initiatives was the ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Renaissance Lawman

    The Education and Deeds of Eliot H. Lumbard

    by Martin Alan Greenberg ...
    Renaissance Lawman: The Education and Deeds of Eliot H. Lumbard details the life, education, and public service career of Eliot Howland Lumbard. A lawyer, who most of his life, lived and worked in Manhattan and whose legal career spanned more than fifty years beginning in the early 1950s.Lumbard is easily identified as a renaissance lawman for having gained considerable expertise in the operations ... Read more

    $54.69 CAD

  • Everyone a Sheriff

    The Democratization of Crime Prevention in America

    by Martin Alan Greenberg ...
    Series series Policing Perspectives and Challenges in the Twenty-First Century
    In Everyone a Sheriff, the word "sheriff" serves as a metaphor for programs involving citizens in social control initiatives. Partnership between community members and their local police force is at the heart of any effective strategy aimed at reducing urban crime and insecurity. Ordinary community residents represent a vast, untapped resource in the fight against crime, disorder, and fear. The ... Read more

    $47.49 CAD

  • Reframing Police Education and Freedom in America

    by Martin Alan Greenberg, Beth Allen Easterling ...
    Series series Routledge Series on Practical and Evidence-Based Policing
    This book untangles the components of police education and advocates a robust community-based training model with significant civilian oversight. The recommended approach recognizes that the citizenry needs to be included in the provision of basic police education, for it is they who must both support and be served by their police. The police must be role models for society, demonstrating that ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • Youth Involvement in Public Safety in the United States

    Mitigating Youth Violence through Community Programming

    by Martin Alan Greenberg ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores youth involvement in public safety, measuring the success of historic programs in school districts, fire departments, and police departments, and evaluating their potential to mitigate youth violence in the U.S. In its examination of structured community youth programs, such as the Police Athletic League and EMS Exploring, this volume examines the pros and cons of harm reduction ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • American Volunteer Police: Mobilizing for Security

    by Martin Alan Greenberg ...
    Today, it is estimated there are over 200,000 volunteers in police work throughout the United States. Although the need for such volunteers has never been greater, there is a lack of published materials regarding the nature of volunteer police work and how qualified citizens may augment police services. American Volunteer Police: Mobilizing for Sec ... Read more

    $90.68 CAD