East New York has a reputation for violence — with good reason. The 75th precinct has a violent crime rate that’s 84% higher than New York City as a whole and 279% higher than the rest of the country, ...

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African ...

Stacy Horn 's forthcoming book, " The Killing Fields of East New York ," reveals how a 1970s white-collar crime spree ...

Dante’s Divine Comedy, a ‘biography’ of the Italian poet’s masterpiece by Joseph Luzzi, brims with facts but lacks any starry-eyed wonder ...

Even in the 21st-century digital age, books haven’t lost their importance; they are still a reliable source for gathering information. Although we can now carry thousands of e-books on mobile devices ...

Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital platforms. Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Discover the best book scanners, which make it quick and easy to accurately capture the pages of a book in digital form The best book scanners make digitally capturing the pages of a book far easier ...

In fact, that’s why unnecessarily beeping the horn is considered a traffic offence in Queensland. While, typically, a fine of $96 applies, a maximum of 20 penalty units can also be levied ...