3899 records matched your query
04262aim a2200433Ka 4500 001 90575E2A223B11EF96E545AA58ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240604012727 006 m h 007 cr una--- 007 sz usn nn ed 008 240319s2024 nyu s 000 0 eng d 020 $a 0593868498 020 $a 9780593868492 (sound recording) 040 $a TEFOD $c TEFOD $d SILO 084 $a POL037000 $a POL012000 $a POL037000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Johnson, Steven. 245 14 $a The infernal machine $h [electronic resource] : $b A true story of dynamite, terror, and the rise of the modern detective. $c Steven Johnson. 250 $a Unabridged. 260 $a New York : $b Books on Tape, $c 2024. 300 $a 1 online resource (10 audio files) : $b digital 306 $a 10:07:20 500 $a Unabridged. 511 0 $a Narrator: Steven Johnson. 520 $a “A fast-burning fuse of a book, every page bursting with revelatory detail.”—ERIK LARSON A sweeping account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York and the detective duo who transformed policing to meet the threat—a tale of fanaticism, forensic science, and dynamite from the bestselling author of The Ghost Map Steven Johnson’s engrossing account of the epic struggle between the anarchist movement and the emerging surveillance state stretches around the world and between two centuries—from Alfred Nobel’s invention of dynamite and the assassination of Czar Alexander II to New York City in the shadow of World War I.   April 1914. The NYPD is still largely the corrupt, low-tech organization of the Tammany Hall era. To the extent the police are stopping crime—as opposed to committing it—their role has been almost entirely defined by physical force: the brawn of the cop on the beat keeping criminals at bay with nightsticks and fists. The solving of crimes is largely outside their purview.   The new commissioner, Arthur Woods, is determined to change that, but he cannot anticipate the maelstrom of violence that will soon test his science-based approach to policing. Within weeks of his tenure, New York City is engulfed in the most concentrated terrorism campaign in the nation’s history: a five-year period of relentless bombings, many of them perpetrated by the anarchist movement led by legendary radicals Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman. Coming to Woods’s aide are Inspector Joseph Faurot, a science-first detective who works closely with him in reforming the police force, and Amadeo Polignani, the young Italian undercover detective who infiltrates the notorious Bresci Circle.   Johnson reveals a mostly forgotten period of political conviction, scientific discovery, assassination plots, bombings, undercover operations, and innovative sleuthing. The Infernal Machine is the complex pre-history of our current moment, when decentralized anarchist networks have once again taken to the streets to protest law enforcement abuses, right-wing militia groups have attacked government buildings, and surveillance is almost ubiquitous. 538 $a Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser. 650 17 $a Nonfiction. $2 OverDrive 650 7 $a History. $2 OverDrive 650 7 $a Politics. $2 OverDrive 655 7 $a Electronic books. $2 local 700 1 $a Johnson, Steven. 856 40 $u http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=251&titleID=10215213 $z Click to download here. 856 4 $3 Excerpt $u https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=ed90c091-061f-4b8b-965d-672e85311f56&.epub-sample.overdrive.com $z Sample 856 4 $3 Image $u https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/1191-1/%7BED90C091-061F-4B8B-965D-672E85311F56%7DIMG100.JPG $z Large cover image 856 4 $3 Thumbnail $u https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/1191-1/%7BED90C091-061F-4B8B-965D-672E85311F56%7DIMG200.JPG $z Thumbnail cover image 856 40 $3 Click for more information $u https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1B0wAAAA2Z/products/ed90c091-061f-4b8b-965d-672e85311f56 $x 1370 941 $a 1 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20240604014243.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=90575E2A223B11EF96E545AA58ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search