Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2021-08-13 05:01:07 Boxid IA40217211 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Humes is a contributing writer for Sierra Magazine, California Lawyer and Los Angeles Magazine, among other publications. He is married to journalist and author Donna Wares and lives in Southern California. Humes is the author of 13 nonfiction books, including the bestselling Mississippi Mud; No Matter How Loud I Shout; Baby E.R.; A Man and His Mountain; and Garbology, a popular selection for the First Year Experience program on college campuses. [ citation needed] Humes explores the intersections of the drug trade and politics in a way that still resonates today, also touching upon the religious elements that play into the iconic status of drug kingpins. After the ritual murder of Mark Kilroy, a student from America, Constanzo died in a shoot-out and many of his followers went to prison. This unflinching, unforgettable story is brought to vivid, terrifying life in “One of the best true-crime tales in recent time.”

A fascinating trip.... Humes has crafted a book that reaches beyond Constanzo's demented circle to explore the dimensions of modern superstition, its importance in the changing demographics of the Sun Belt and its appeal to criminals.” —LOS ANGELES TIMES Murderer With a Badge: The Secret Life of a Rogue Cop, E P Dutton, ISBN 0-525-93498-7, November 1, 1992 Humes, Edward (2006). Over Here: How the G.I. Bill Transformed the American Dream. Harcourt. ISBN 0-15-100710-1. Dares to reveal the bungling and ego-driven machination of U.S. officials and their Mexican counterparts.” —MIAMI HERALDIn 1989 he received the Pulitzer Prize for specialized reporting for investigative stories he wrote about the United States military for the Orange County Register. [1] In Buried Secrets, Edward Humes explores the intersections of the drug trade and politics in a way that still resonates today, touching upon the religious elements that play into the iconic status of drug kingpins. This unflinching, unforgettable story is brought to vivid, terrifying life in “one of the best true-crime tales in recent time” ( Publishers Weekly). In 2001, Humes spent a year teaching a writing workshop at Whitney High School in Cerritos, California, a middle-class Los Angeles suburb. His observations while at the school led to his narrative non-fiction book School of Dreams, published in 2004. A moving meditation on mortality by a gifted writer whose dual perspectives of physician and patient provide a singular clarity.

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist comes what PUBLISHERS WEEKLY called the “definitive study” of the grizzly mass killings in Matamoros, Mexico. In the 1980’s, Adolfo Constanzo, devotee of Santeria and powerful cult leader opened shop in Mexico City as a fortune teller. He soon realized that there were greater profits in drug money than the occult, and as his status grew in the drug trade, so too did his legendary brutality. Kidnappings, torture, and murder were three weapons in his arsenal that he used to keep a vice grip on the drug trade.

A chilling story of murder and religious mania… this book will be in demand. Recommended.” —LIBRARY JOURNAL Humes, Edward (1997). No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-81195-2.

Seventy-five years later, the same paintings suddenly resurface in a rundown apartment in Munich. In this fast-paced thriller, everyone from career criminals to those in powerful government positions, want a piece of the treasure. Humes, Edward (2016). Door to Door: The Magnificent, Maddening, Mysterious World of Transportation. New York: Harper. ISBN 978-0062372079. Occasionally wonky but overall a good case for how the dismal science can make the world less—well, dismal.It is extremely well written, and I found the book very dark, but I still could not put this book down until the very end. I still wonder how these people walk among us today and how they can still manipulate people by obedience, subservience, or readiness to accept instruction or direction. Quality of life means more than just consumption”: Two MIT economists urge that a smarter, more politically aware economics be brought to bear on social issues. urn:lcp:buriedsecretstru0000hume:epub:c2d5e70a-cc11-4f3f-9514-a12e19da03ff Foldoutcount 0 Identifier buriedsecretstru0000hume Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t1kj2rz3q Invoice 1652 Isbn 052524946X Lccn 90046461 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-alpha-20201231-10-g1236 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9655 Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA19643 Openlibrary_edition