Author: Randall Sullivan File Type: epub [An] engrossing, damning tale of widespread unchecked corruption in one of the nations largest police departments, one that deserves attention . . . Exhaustively researched . . . The most thorough examination of these much-publicized events. --Boston Globe In LAbyrinth, now updated with new material, acclaimed journalist Randall Sullivan follows Russell Poole, a highly decorated LAPD detective who in 1997 was called to investigate a controversial cop-on-cop shooting, eventually to discover that the officer killed was tied to Marion Suge Knights notorious gangsta rap label, Death Row Records. During his investigation, Poole came to realize that a growing cadre of black officers were allied not only with Death Row, but with the murderous Bloods street gang. And incredibly, Poole began to uncover evidence that at least some of these gangsta cops may have been involved in the murders of rap superstars Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur. Igniting a firestorm of controversy in the music industry and the Los Angeles media, the hardcover publication of LAbyrinth helped to prompt two lawsuits against the LAPD (one brought by the widow and mother of Notorious B.I.G., the other brought by Poole himself) that accelerated the move towards finally bringing this story completely out of the shadows. Sullivan does a masterly job of juggling the dense thicket of facts . . . But hes also busy revving the engine, encouraging Poole to connect any dots left untouched. --Salon.com LAbyrinth is a jeremiad, leveling everything in its path. --Los Angeles Magazine Compelling . . . No single source presents so complete or damning a record as LAbyrinth. --Entertainment Weekly

Author: Douglas Preston File Type: epub The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic acclaimed journalist Douglas Preston takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting narrative about the discovery of a lost civilization -- culminating in a stunning medical mystery. Since the days of conquistador Hernan Cortes, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and they warn that anyone who enters this sacred city will fall ill and die. In 1940, swashbuckling journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artifacts and an electrifying story of having found the Lost City of the Monkey God-but then committed suicide without revealing its location. Three quarters of a century later, bestselling author Doug Preston joined a team of scientists on a groundbreaking new quest. In 2012 he climbed aboard a rickety, single-engine plane carrying the machine that would change everything lidar, a highly advanced, classified technology that could map the terrain under the densest rainforest canopy. In an unexplored valley ringed by steep mountains, that flight revealed the unmistakable image of a sprawling metropolis, tantalizing evidence of not just an undiscovered city but an enigmatic, lost civilization. Venturing into this raw, treacherous, but breathtakingly beautiful wilderness to confirm the discovery, Preston and the team battled torrential rains, quickmud, disease-carrying insects, jaguars, and deadly snakes. But it wasnt until they returned that tragedy struck Preston and others found they had contracted in the ruins a horrifying, sometimes lethal-and incurable-disease. Suspenseful and shocking, filled with colorful history, hair-raising adventure, and dramatic twists of fortune, THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD is the absolutely true, eyewitness account of one of the great discoveries of the twenty-first century. Review Preston builds a compelling case for the scientific significance of what the expedition unearthed....The year may still be young, but I would wager a small fortune that Douglas Preston has already written the best snake-decapitation scene of 2017....The books most affecting moments [center] on the otherworldly nature of the jungle itself....Memoirs of jungle adventures too often devolve into lurid catalogs of hardships [but] Preston proves too thoughtful an observer and too skilled a storyteller to settle for churning out danger porn. He has instead created something nuanced and sublime a warm and geeky paean to the revelatory power of archaeology....Few other writers possess such heartfelt appreciation for the ways in which artifacts can yield the stories of who we are. * *The New York Times Book Review** A well-documented and engaging read...The authors narrative is rife with jungle derring-do and the myriad dangers of the chase. * *USA Today** Deadly snakes, flesh-eating parasites, and some of the most forbidding jungle terrain on earth were not enough to deter Douglas Preston from a great story. * *The Boston Globe** Breezy, colloquial and sometimes very funny...A very entertaining book. * *The Wall Street Journal** This modern-day archeological adventure and medical mystery reads as rapidly as a well-paced novel, but is a heart-pounding true story. * Shelf Awareness , Starred Review* A captivating real-life adventure tale... Preston deftly explains the science behind this work and makes it exciting. * *Science News** Be prepared to turn the pages furiously as the heart of every adventurer is opened wide by the thrilling journey outlined in THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD. *The Bookreporter* A swift and often hair-raising account... Preston pushes The Lost City of the Monkey God well beyond the standard adventure narrative. * *The Chicago Tribune** Packed with the power of realism and history unfolding. * *The Star Ledger** Admirers of David Granns The Lost City of Z will find their thirst for armchair jungle adventuring quenched here... Irresistibly gripping. * Publishers Weekly, starred review*