Boxing and the Mob: The Notorious History of the Sweet Science, Hardcover - Jeffrey Sussman

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Publisher: Trine DayAuthor(s): Geno MunariNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 155 x 228 x 32Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedes...

The sweeping story of one of the most notorious crusader knights, Reynald de Chatillon - a great Christian hero of the Second Crusade and one of th...

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In the tenth book in the multimillion-selling Killing series, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard take on their most controversial subject yet: The Mob...

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Publisher: Skyhorse PublishingAuthor(s): Kelly FlorenceIllustration(s): 30 b&w photographsNumber of pages: 264Collection: The Science ofPublication...

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"This is the book that boxing has always needed...It is shattering yet moving, informative yet tender...An essential read for anyone who cares abou...

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This lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China during a period of dramatic shifts and surprising transformations, from the founding...

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This new edition of the most influential book about pirates ever written presents twenty action-packed biographies of the likes of Blackbeard and C...

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Reducere. The 1930s and 1940s saw unprecedented prosperity for the African Americans of Jackson's Church Street. From the first black millionaire in the Unit...

Originally published in folio size complete with fine engravings, this new collection of Captain Charles Johnson's tales of rogues includes the ver...

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the massacre by survivors and soldiers *Summarizes the official investigations and their findings *Include...

Reducere. Frankie Saggio reminisces about the era of true wise guys like his Uncle Philly --a contemporary of Al Capone. After all, it was Frankie's uncle wh...

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