The Mafia and the Machine: The Story of the Kansas City Mob, Paperback

Arlyne Brickman dated the wiseguys but she was wiser than them all...

Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino set out to destroy the Mafia. In 1992, aware that the magistrates didn't have the support of the Italian gove...

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Is there a future for the doctrine of Christian Holiness in the churches of the 21st century or will it become a dated concept that is associated o...

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GEORGE meets MS. BIXBY'S LAST DAY in this funny, meaningful novel-in-verse, the second in a new series from bestselling author K.A. Holt.Publisher:...

DescriptionThe Ku Klux Klan kicked off a nationwide revival in 1921 and took Kansas City, Kansas, by storm. The majority white population--alarmed ...

The author of the bestselling COSA NOSTRA explores the previously underexposed mafias of Southern Italy.Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): Joh...

Reducere. Flamboyant mobster Arnold Rothstein was gambling and money. He was the inspiration for Meyer Wolfsheim in The Great Gatsby and Nathan Detroit in Gu...

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Reducere. Emmy Award-winning actor, Ed Asner, recounts tales from his amazing life in this charming and hilarious memoir. From his colorful childhood as the ...

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