This is the untold story of the American federal agent who captured the world’s most-wanted drug-lord. Every generation has its larger-than-life criminal legend living beyond the reach of the law: Billy the Kid, Al Capone, Ronnie Biggs, Pablo Escobar. But for every one of these criminals, there’s a Wyatt Earp, Pat Garrett or Slipper of the Yard. For Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán-Loera a.k.a. ‘El Chapo’ – the 21st century’s most notorious criminal – that man is D.E.A. Special Agent Andrew Hogan. This is the incredible story of Hogan’s seven-year-long chase to capture El Chapo, a multibillionaire drug-lord and escape-artist posing as a Mexican Robin Hood, who in reality was a brutal sociopath responsible for the murders of thousands. His greedy campaign to take over his rivals’ territories resulted in an unprecedented war with a body count of over 100,000. We follow Hogan on his quest to achieve the seemingly impossible: to cross the border into Mexico and arrest El Chapo, the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, a billionaire and Public Enemy No. 1, who had been evading capture for more than a decade and had earned a reputation for being utterly untouchable. This intimate thriller tells how Hogan single-mindedly and methodically climbed the ladder within the hierarchy of the Sinaloa Cartel – the world’s wealthiest and most powerful drug-trafficking organization – by creating one of the most sophisticated undercover operations in the history of the D.E.A. From infiltrating Chapo’s inner circle to leading a white-knuckle manhunt with an elite brigade of Mexican Marines, Hogan left no stone unturned in his hunt for the world’s most powerful drug kingpin.

Hunting El Chapo

Part contemporary detective story, part World War II historical narrative, No Surrender is the inspiring true story of Roddie Edmonds, a Knoxville-born enlistee who risked his life during the final days of World War II to save others from murderous Nazis, and the lasting effects his actions had on thousands of lives—then and now. Captured in the Battle of the Bulge, Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds was the highest-ranking American soldier at Stalag IXA, a prisoner of war camp near Ziegenhain, Germany. A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Roddie was a simple, soft-spoken man of deep inner strength and unwavering Christian faith. Though he was driven to the limits of endurance, Roddie refused to succumb to Nazi brutality toward the Jewish-American GIs with whom he was serving. Through his inspiring leadership and bravery Roddie saved the lives of hundreds of U.S. infantrymen in those perilous final days of the Second World War. His fearless actions continue to reverberate today. Growing up, Pastor Chris Edmonds knew little of his father’s actions in the war. To learn the truth, he followed a trail of clues, a journey that spanned seven decades and linked a sprawling cast of heroes, both known and unknown, from every corner of the country. In No Surrender, Pastor Chris, joined by New York Times bestselling co-author Douglas Century, chronicles his odyssey to tell the unforgettable story of his father and his remarkable valor. He also provides startling details (and vantage points) of some of the major events of World War II and United States Army initiatives that helped the Allies win the war, including the Battle of the Bulge, the massacre at Malmedy, and the now-little-known Army Specialized Training Program which prepared brilliant young “soldier-scholars”—or “Quiz Kids”—from across the nation to battle the Nazis. As compelling as the number-one New York Times bestsellers Unbroken, Boys on the Boat, Band of Brothers, and Schindler’s List, No Surrender is an epic story of bravery, compassion, and faith, and an inspiring testament to man’s goodness. It is also a clarion call for our narcissistic age—a shining example of the transformative and redemptive power of moral courage.

No Surrender

A blend of Manhunt, Killing Pablo, and Zero Dark Thirty, Andrew Hogan and Douglas Century’s sensational investigative high-tech thriller—soon to be a major motion picture from Sony—chronicles a riveting chapter in the twentieth-century drug wars: the exclusive inside story of the American lawman and his dangerous eight-year hunt that captured El Chapo—the world’s most wanted drug kingpin who evaded the law for more than a decade. Every generation has a larger-than-life criminal: Jesse James, Billy the Kid, John Dillinger, Al Capone, John Gotti, Pablo Escobar. But each of these notorious lawbreakers had a ""white hat"" in pursuit: Wyatt Earp, Pat Garrett, Eliot Ness, Steve Murphy. For notorious drug lord Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán-Loera—El Chapo—that lawman is former Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Andrew Hogan. In 2006, fresh out of the D.E.A. Academy, Hogan heads west to Arizona where he immediately plunges into a series of gripping undercover adventures, all unknowingly placing him on the trail of Guzmán, the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, a Forbes billionaire and Public Enemy No. 1 in the United States. Six years later, as head of the D.E.A.’s Sinaloa Cartel desk in Mexico City, Hogan finds his life and Chapo’s are ironically, on parallel paths: they’re both obsessed with the details. In a recasting of the classic American Western on the global stage, Hunting El Chapo takes us on Hogan’s quest to achieve the seemingly impossible, from infiltrating El Chapo’s inner circle to leading a white-knuckle manhunt with an elite brigade of trusted Mexican Marines—racing door-to-door through the cartel’s stronghold and ultimately bringing the elusive and murderous king-pin to justice. This cinematic crime story following the relentless investigative work of Hogan and his team unfolds at breakneck speed, taking the reader behind the scenes of one of the most sophisticated and dangerous counter-narcotics operations in the history of the United States and Mexico.

Bestselling author Douglas Century reveals the untold story of the epic rise and fall of Boris Nayfeld, also known as Biba, one of the most notorious Russian mob bosses of our era. Boris Nayfeld, a.k.a. “Biba,” is the last living boss of the old-school Russian mob in America, and he’s survived to tell it all. Filled with sex, drugs, and murder, Biba’s story is a mind-boggling journey that took him from petty street crime in the USSR to billion-dollar embezzlement in America. Born in Soviet-era Belarus, abandoned by his parents in infancy, Biba’s brutal upbringing left him hungry for more—more power, control, and money. Taking advantage of the rampant corruption in the Soviet Union, Biba’s teenage hooliganism quickly turned into bolder “black cash” rackets, making him, by Soviet standards, a very rich young man. When authorities took notice and threatened him with “the supreme measure”— execution by firing squad—he managed to get out of the USSR just in time. Within months of landing in America, his intimidating presence and street smarts quickly made him legendary in the Soviet émigré community of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, and launched him to the top of New York’s Russian Jewish mob, one of the world’s most inventive, powerful and violent criminal organizations. After decades as a globe-trotting boss, and three stints in U.S. federal prisons he remains unbroken and unrepentant, even as his entire life has unraveled around him. Now seventy-four years old, Biba is a lion in winter. Douglas Century vividly brings the notorious gangster to life in these pages, telling not only his epic journey but also the history of the Russian mob in America. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

The Last Boss of Brighton

Award-winning actor, rapper, and producer Ice-T unveils a compelling memoir of his early life robbing jewelry stores until he found fame and fortune—while a handful of bad choices sent his former crime partner down an incredibly different path. Ice-T rose to fame in the late 1980s, earning acclaim for his music before going on to enthrall television audiences as Odafin “Fin” Tutuola in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. But it could have gone much differently. In this “poignant and powerful” (Library Journal, starred review) memoir, Ice-T and Spike, his former crime partner—collaborating with New York Times bestselling author Douglas Century—relate the shocking stories of their shared pasts, and how just a handful of decisions led to their incredibly different lives. Both grew up in violent, gang-controlled Los Angeles neighborhoods and worked together to orchestrate a series of jewelry heists. But while Ice-T was discovered rapping in a club and got his first record deal, Spike was caught for a jewelry robbery and did three years in prison. As his music career began to take off, Ice made the decision to abandon the criminal life; Spike continued to plan increasingly ingenious and risky jewel heists. And in 1992, after one of Spike’s robberies ended tragically, he was sentenced to thirty-five years to life. While he sat behind bars, he watched his former partner rise to fame in music, movies, and television. “Propulsive” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), timely, and thoughtful, two men with two very different lives reveal how their paths might have very well been reversed if they made different choices. All it took was a split decision. Featuring an exclusive conversation with Ice-T, Spike, and Douglas Century!

Split Decision

Den sande historie om manden, som fangede verdens mest eftersøgte narkobaron Andrew Hogan var helt ny i jobbet som specialagent for DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration), da han gennem en serie nervepirrende undercover-operationer intetanende kom på sporet af verdens mest berygtede narkobaron, Sinaloa-kartellets leder Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, bedre kendt som El Chapo. Seks år senere blev Hogan indsatsleder mod Sinaloa-kartellet i Mexico City, og startskuddet lød til en af historiens farligste, og mest sofistikerede, internationale efterforskninger. Med hjælp fra amerikanske efterretningsagenter afkoder han gradvist kartellets kommunikationsnetværk, før han mobiliserer det mexicanske militær til en storstilet menneskejagt på El Chapo. Mens jagten fører dem fra hemmelige tunneller under Culiacáns slumkvarterer til de mest eksklusive hoteller ved kysten, må Hogan og hans hold kæmpe mod både politisk pres fra højeste sted, samt korruption og lækager i det mexicanske politi. For i en verden, hvor penge trumfer retfærdighed, hvem kan man så i virkeligheden stole på? Jagten på El Chapo er en højteknologisk og nervepirrende true crime-thriller fortalt af manden, der egenhændigt pågreb verdens mest eftersøgte narkobaron.

Jagten på El Chapo

De wereld van de Amerikaanse DEA, de Drug Enforcement Administration door een insider. 'Ed Follis is the real deal. '- Oliver Stone. Hij kocht cocaine van drugsbaronnen, onderhandelde over miljoenen dollars en onderhield geheime relaties met mannen die niet alleen drugshandelaren waren, maar in sommige gevallen ook spionnen voor Al Qaida, Hezbollah, [Hamas] of een Mexicaans drugkartel. De wereld van de Amerikaanse dea, de Drug Enforcement Administration, is voor velen volstrekt onbekend. Edward Follis, voormalig dea-agent, geeft een kijkje achter de schermen van die geheime wereld. In DEA blikt Follis terug op zijn carrière. Hij vertelt spannende verhalen over werelds meest meedogenloze drugsbaronnen en over internationale terroristische netwerken. Het resultaat is niet alleen een inkijkje in de keuken van een geheim agent, maar ook een verhaal dat leest als een thriller.

The awe-inspiring and largely untold story of Hannah Senesh, a female paratrooper in World War II whose courage and sacrifice during a daring mission to rescue Europe’s Jews left an indelible mark on history. In the years before World War II, thousands of young Jewish men and women escaped Europe, seeking safety in the British Mandate for Palestine. By 1942, horrifying reports began to spread about ghettos being liquidated, industrialized killing centers in Poland, and a chilling campaign to exterminate Europe’s entire Jewish population. When it became clear that the Allies were unwilling to spare any forces from the war effort to save civilians, the Jewish community in Palestine came up with a daring plan. Working with British Military Intelligence, an elite unit of young Jewish paratroopers volunteered to return to Eastern Europe. Once behind enemy lines, they would use their expertise in the local languages and terrain to rescue thousands of downed Allied pilots and escaped POWs who were trapped with no way to communicate—highly trained airmen desperately needed by the British and American air forces to fly more bombing missions. At the same time, these volunteer commandos would help Jewish civilians escape deportation to Auschwitz and other death camps or take up arms in resistance against the Nazis. Hannah Senesh was one of only three female paratroopers who risked everything to infiltrate occupied Europe. In 1939, at just eighteen years old, Hannah emigrated from Hungary to the British Mandate for Palestine, where she dreamed of being a poet and a schoolteacher. Instead, she became a poet and a paratrooper. Five years after fleeing Europe, Hannah parachuted back into occupied territory as a freedom fighter with the most crucial role in her team: the wireless operator tasked with sending and deciphering top-secret British radio codes. Though captured almost immediately after crossing the border into Hungary, she refused to give up her radio codes or any information about her mission, despite enduring months of horrific torture. Her final act of defiance—choosing to die before a firing squad rather than beg for clemency—cemented her legendary status as the “Jewish Joan of Arc.” Hannah’s legacy lives on today in the widely published diary she’d kept since age thirteen and in her poetry which has inspired generations. Each year on Holocaust Remembrance Day, a short poem Hannah composed on the shores of the Mediterranean in 1942 is sung at ceremonies around the world. Titled “Eli, Eli,” or “My God, My God,” it has become a modern hymn, taught in schools, sung in synagogues, and printed in thousands of prayerbooks. More than just a gripping historical account of Hannah’s life and afterlife, Crash of the Heavens offers a powerful reminder of the human spirit’s ability to shine, even in the darkest of times.

Crash of the Heavens

Yhdysvaltalaisen agentin huikea muistelmateos maailman etsityimmän huumerikollisen takaa-ajosta ja pidätyksestä Meksikolaisen huumeparoni Joaquín Guzmán Loeran, alias El Chapon luoma huumeorganisaatio hakee rikoshistoriassa vertaistaan. Murhilla, kiristyksellä ja lahjonnalla El Chapo raivasi tiensä huumekaupan kuninkaaksi. Yhdessä vaiheessa hänen arvioitiin olleen yksi Meksikon vaikutusvaltaisimmista henkilöistä, jonka henkilökohtaisen omaisuuden arvo oli satoja miljoonia dollareita. Yhdysvaltain huumepoliisin erikoisyksikön agentti Andrew Hogan otti tehtäväkseen El Chapon pidättämisen ja saattamisen oikeuden eteen. Hogan pääsi huumeparonin jäljille puhelinten kautta. Kuukausia toisensa perään Hogan ja muut huumepoliisit salakuuntelivat Chapon sisäpiirin jäseniä ja kerros kerrokselta purkivat huumeparonin taidokkaasti rakennetun viestintäjärjestelmän osiin. Wanted: El Chapo. Tositarina ajojahdista on trillerin muotoon kirjoitettu tietokirja maailman tunnetuimpiin rikollisiin kuuluvan miehen metsästyksestä. Peräänantamattoman työn tuloksena silmukka huumeparonin kaulan ympärillä kiristyy. Lopullinen, uhkarohkea isku tehdään suoraan huumekartellin sydämeen.

Wanted: El Chapo. Tositarina ajojahdista

L’impero di “el Patrón” non è finito Il legame fatale tra narcotraffico e terrorismo internazionale nel racconto di un insider Nel corso della sua carriera trentennale come agente antidroga in forza alla DEA, Ed Follis ha comprato coca nei vicoli di Los Angeles, concluso affari per milioni di dollari su jet privati, intrattenuto relazioni strettissime con uomini che non solo controllavano il narcotraffico, ma erano anche membri di spicco di Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas o del Cartello messicano. Follis non è stato solo uno degli infiltrati più abili dell’agenzia americana per la lotta alla droga, ma anche colui che ha portato la guerra agli stupefacenti a un nuovo livello. Se, infatti, negli anni Novanta le operazioni sotto copertura si svolgevano quasi esclusivamente per le strade delle metropoli USA – nel regno dei piccoli trafficanti e degli spacciatori di quartiere – ora si tratta di vere e proprie missioni globali di alto spionaggio, che spaziano tra cinque continenti e sono finalizzate a spezzare l’intreccio mortale tra i grandi signori della droga e altri settori della criminalità organizzata, primo fra tutti il terrorismo internazionale. La storia dell’infiltrato numero 1 nel narcotraffico «È Edward Follis il vero affare!» Oliver Stone «Ho spremuto Eddie per giorni. Volevo capire com’è entrare tanto in confidenza con qualcuno che poi di lì a qualche mese o anno dovrai tradire. Quanto devi spingerti oltre per riuscire a fregare tutti? Perché lì è la tua vita che è in ballo. È il governo che è in ballo. Tutto è in ballo.» John Travolta N.B. Questo libro è stato pubblicato in precedenza dalla Newton Compton con il titolo I signori della droga Edward Follis Agente pluridecorato della DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration, l’agenzia federale americana per la lotta alla droga), da anni conduce operazioni sotto copertura per sventare il narcotraffico internazionale. Negli anni Novanta è stato anche protagonista di un documentario sulle sue missioni da infiltrato tra la malavita di Los Angeles. Douglas Century giornalista canadese, ha studiato a Princeton. È autore e co-autore di diversi libri. Collabora con varie testate, tra cui il «New York Times»

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I signori della droga

La storia mai raccontata dell'ex agente speciale che ha catturato il narcotrafficante più pericoloso del mondo. Quando lasciò l'incarico di vice-sceriffo di una piccola città del Kansas per entrare nella DEA, Andrew Hogan non immaginava che il caso lo avrebbe messo sulle tracce di Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán-Loera, detto El Chapo, boss del cartello messicano di Sinaloa e Nemico Pubblico Numero Uno degli Stati Uniti. Hogan viene mandato in Arizona, dove si ritrova subito impegnato in una serie di audaci missioni sotto copertura che lo portano sempre più vicino al più potente signore della droga dai tempi di Pablo Escobar. Sei anni dopo, diventato capo della task force incaricata di smantellare il cartello di Sinaloa, Hogan si allea con un team di esperti della Homeland Security Investigation e, grazie a un lavoro capillare su entrambi i lati del confine, riesce a infiltrarsi nel complesso sistema di comunicazione di El Chapo e a indagare sulla sua organizzazione fino a portare alla luce una rete di covi comunicanti nascosta con incredibile astuzia. Ma può davvero fidarsi di tutti gli uomini che collaborano alla missione? O c'è il rischio che i dettagli della loro operazione segreta arrivino a El Chapo prima ancora che la caccia cominci?Come in un classico western su scala globale, Caccia a El Chapo segue l'agente speciale Hogan, alla testa di un manipolo di Marines messicani stipati di volta in volta in elicotteri militari, furgoni blindati e SUV, in un folle inseguimento attraverso la roccaforte del cartello. In un resoconto adrenalinico che si legge come un thriller, Andrew Hogan e Douglas Century raccontano l'inarrestabile lavoro investigativo che ha portato alla cattura del signore della droga più ricercato al mondo e svelano i retroscena di una delle operazioni più sofisticate e pericolose di Stati Uniti e Messico contro il narcotraffico.

Caccia a El Chapo

Den åtta år långa jakten på knarkkungen El Chapo DEA-agenten Andrew Hogan var helt nyutbildad när han fick i uppdrag att infiltrera den ökända drogkartellen Sinaloa. Intet ont anande kom han snart världens mest jagade man på spåren – knarkkungen Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán-Loera, ledare för Sinaloakartellen och mer känd som El Chapo. Sex år senare fick Hogan jobbet att leda insatsen mot Sinaloa i Mexiko City, och en av historiens farligaste och mest komplicerade utredningar tog sin början. I nära samarbete med Homeland Security Investigations arbetade Hogan dag och natt för att knäcka koder och samla information om El Chapos nätverk – och allt måste ske istörsta hemlighet för att förhindra att något läckte ut och El Chapo skulle förstå att man kom honom allt närmare för varje minut. Jakten på El Chapo är en nervpirrande true crime där läsaren får följa jakten på knarkkungen steg för steg. Från infiltrationen av kartellens innersta kretsar, via den högteknologiska utredningen, till den desperata kampen mot klockan då El Chapo äntligen kunde gripas.

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