The Ultimate Biker Anthology: An Introduction To Books About Motorcycle Clubs & Outlaw Bikers

Author: Edward Winterhalder
Publisher: Blockhead City
ISBN: 0977174794
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296

Book Description
Outlaw bikers and 1%er motorcycle clubs have always carefully guarded their privacy, however in recent years more and more books have come to be written by and about outlaw bikers, the lifestyle, and the realities of life inside the patched motorcycle club world. This anthology brings together some of the best authors in the world, who have recently written about motorcycle clubs, outlaw bikers and the biker culture. It features excerpts from internationally well-known authors such as Peter Edwards, Tony Thompson, Edward Winterhalder and Iain Parke, but also contains literary work from those who are relatively unknown and those who have only achieved recognition on a local scale. Covering both factual accounts of life inside clubs such as the Hells Angels, Satan’s Choice, Bandidos, Rock Machine, and the Outlaws, as well as leading examples of biker based fiction that explore the images of bikers and crucial themes such as loyalty, respect and honor, this compilation is intended to introduce the reader to the secretive world of motorcycle clubs and outlaw bikers.

Biker Gangs and Transnational Organized Crime

Author: Thomas Barker
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131752411X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273

Book Description
Biker Gangs and Transnational Organized Crime, Second Edition, describes and analyzes a rapidly expanding global problem: criminal acts committed by motorcycle gangs. Thomas Barker, one of the world’s top experts on outlaw biker gangs, offers fascinating details about the Bandidos, the Vagos, the Mongols, and other "one percenters" (criminal biker gangs, as opposed to the vast majority of motorcycle enthusiasts). He combines this data with a strengthened conceptual framework that makes sense of this complicated picture. U.S.-based motorcycle gangs like the Hells Angels have proliferated, especially in Canada and Europe, to the point where these gangs have more members in other countries than in the United States. Increasingly more often in recent years their crimes are not limited to rumbles or drug use—these gangs challenge the dominance of organized crime, leading to violent conflicts between the rivals. Germany, Scandinavia, the UK, the Netherlands, and Canada are particularly hard-hit by this rising violence. One of Barker’s unique contributions is his Criminal Organization Continuum, building on the groundbreaking network approach to organized crime proposed by Klaus von Lampe. Introduced in the first edition, Barker elaborates his continuum tool and makes it more multi-dimensional to help refine the definition of adult criminal gangs. The product of years of research, this book lays the groundwork for further study by offering students, police, and researchers the most thorough account available of outlaw motorcycle gangs.

Outlaw Bikers as Organized Crime

Author: Arjan Blokland
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 135103409X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
The title of this volume Outlaw Bikers as Organized Crime reluctantly combines two highly contested concepts into a statement that is perhaps disputed even more. Who and what do we refer to when we talk about ‘outlaw bikers’ and ‘outlaw biker clubs’? What is meant by ‘organized crime’? And, how – if at all – are these two concepts related? All the chapters in this volume deal with these questions some way or the other, either explicitly or implicitly, each providing its own answers based on the data and methods at hand. This volume presents cutting-edge research on outlaw bikers and outlaw biker clubs from countries all over the globe and reflects the different ways that academic researchers have approached the outlaw biker phenomenon from the theoretical and methodological vantage point of organized crime research.

Bikers

Author: Suzanne McDonald-Walker
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
From The Wild Ones to Easy Rider, the motorcycle has inflamed the imaginations of the media and the general public alike. Marlon Brando, sporting leather jacket, jeans, and moody glare, became a cultural icon summing up 'the road' in all its maverick glory. But does the myth of the renegade cyclist, an outcast from mainstream society who takes to the road in pursuit of freedom, correlate with reality in any meaningful way? Who really rides motorcycles and why? What are the chief concerns of motorcyclists and how are these represented and contested in the political sphere? This book, based on extensive fieldwork amongst bikers and the bikers' rights movement, overturns the ingrained prejudice that equates bikers with deviancy and explodes the myths emphasizing the rebellious and dysfuntional aspects of biking. Instead, the author focuses on what biking means to those involved - the rewards, the risks, the addictiveness, but also the stigma and attacks on the biking lifestyle. In response to the negative imagery surrounding bikers and growing legislative threats from Europe, bikers' rights associations evolved between the 1960s and 1980s in the UK and Europe. The author discusses the aims and achievements of these lobbies, and the future of motorcycling more generally as it becomes fashionable as a middle-aged, middle-class pursuit.

Tranny Biker

Author: Red Jordan Arobateau
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411623142
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 191

Book Description
The story of a female to male transexual and his dike biker friends in the Outlaws Biker Gang. His transition, life and loves circa 1998. 8th book in the popular series THE OUTLAW CHRONICLES by Master Artist Red Jordan Arobateau.

Biker's Handbook

Author: Jay Barbieri
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 9780760332108
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 184

Book Description
Barbieri explains everything a new rider needs to know to become a real biker. By sharing the lessons he learned the hard way, Barbieri gives the new biker a head start to become more comfortable, credible, and knowledgeable about the motorcycle culture.

Biker Boinker

Author: Evan Davis
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257033433
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description

Auctioned To The Biker

Author: Mia Ford
Publisher: Mia Ford
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 174

Book Description
She’s mine, only mine. I will guard her, save her – even if it means, protecting her from members of my own gang. Yes, we bought her innocence at the auction together, But one taste of her, And I realize I’m not ready to share. I know this is against our rules, But who the f*ck cares when rules involve a woman as gorgeous as Jenny.

Wanted By The Biker: A Bad Boy Biker Romance

Author: Summer Cooper
Publisher: Hot Summer and Sexy Romance
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 75

Book Description
Enjoy this steamy contemporary story by USA Today Bestselling dark billionaire romance author Summer Cooper! I had always been attracted to bad boys. So it was no surprise that when Lee Keating walked through my door–tattoos adorning his beautiful body–that I couldn’t resist him. He looked like the type of man who could handle himself in a brawl, so he would have no problem handling me in the bedroom or otherwise, right? I was a kitchen table kind of girl myself, but he could have me anywhere. That’s how badly I wanted him. Could you blame me? Lee had a body like a god, which my hands and mouth were dying to explore. There was just one complication. He had enemies: Enemies that took ‘dangerous ‘to a new level. Enemies that belonged to a biker gang Lee claimed to no longer be a part of. And for that reason, he didn’t want any emotional ties, any emotional connections. Normally, that wouldn’t bother me. I was a “love them and leave them” kind of girl, but something about Lee made me want to stay. Danger and Lee Keating? Definitely a turn-on. I wanted... No... I needed more. Indulge in a thrilling ride of passion and desire with our sizzling romance novel, where a fearless woman falls for a captivating biker. Lose yourself in the pages as their fiery chemistry ignites, leaving you craving more. Experience the ultimate fantasy as love and lust intertwine in this steamy tale, crafted exclusively for fans of biker romance and strong-willed heroines. Author's Note: This ebook contains mature language and themes, intended for adults only.

Undoing Place?

Author: Linda Mcdowell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000161501
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description
Does geography affect our sense of 'self'? How are social characteristics mapped out on the ground? And is there any 'authentic' sense of place now, or are we increasingly 'placeless'? Concentrating on the period between the end of the Second World War and the end of the century, this Reader argues that there is a reciprocal relationship between the constitution of places and people. What it means to be a man or a woman , to have a nationality and a sense of place, has been transformed and reinvented as our view of the world has changed. The present is perceived as a time of fear, a period in which all that is solid seems to melt into air, while the 1950s are a site of nostalgia, a period of clarity and certainty, a time when people know their place. Bringing together an interdisciplinary collection of articles for social and cultural geographers, this Reader critically examines the argument that the close associations of the 1950s between place (the home, the community and the nation state) and the social divisions (gender, class and nationality) are breaking down in the 1990s. Drawing out the oppositional movements in each decade, it seeks to show how the supposed stability of one and the mobility of the other are exaggerated.