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Packed with jaw-dropping stories of public violence and personal vengeance, vivid insights into the Mafia's way of life, and shocking portraits of America's most wanted crime families, Red Hook is a must-listen for anyone fascinated by the history of organized crime in America.

The son of Sicilian immigrants, Camillo Carmine Galante was raised in Manhattan's Little Italy and by all accounts born bad. By fifteen he was terrorizing the streets of New York's Lower East Side, scoring high marks for the "errands" he was running for his La Cosa Nostra elders. When he turned twenty, Galante was already one of the mob's top enforcers­-a sadistic thrill killer and clinically diagnosed psychopath with big dreams.

In this blistering street-level account, "Mafia survivor" Frank DiMatteo teams up with true-crime master Michael Benson to take down one of the most notorious figures in the American La Cosa Nostra. This is the real inside story of Carmine "The Snake" Persico, from his crime-filled childhood on the streets of Brooklyn to the long-term jail sentences that didn't stop him from controlling his criminal empire, with the help of his brother - the equally kill-crazy Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The internet as we know it is broken. Here’s how we can seize back control of our lives from the corporate algorithms and create a better internet—before it’s too late. “In the spirit of Thomas Paine’s Revolution-era Common Sense, this manifesto challenges us to...

Irreverent, charming, and eminently quotable, this handbook - an eccentric etiquette guide for the human race - contains 69 aphorisms, anecdotes, whimsical suggestions, maxims, and cautionary tales from Mark Twain’s private and published writings. It dispenses advice and reflections on family life and public manners; opinions on topics such as dress, health, food, and childrearing and safety; and more specialized tips, such as those for dealing with annoying salesmen and burglars.

As you know, running a successful chiropractic practice is a juggling act. You need clinical expertise to provide impeccable care to your patients. You also need the know-how to run a small business. You've probably been well prepared by your education and experience for the technical ins and outs of chiropractic practice. Yet, what training has prepared you to run a business? The E-Myth Chiropractor fills this knowledge gap, giving you a complete toolkit for either starting a successful practice from scratch or maximizing an existing practice's performance.

This is the life and times of an underworld legend. Packed with shocking details and firsthand insights, Carlo Gambino: Boss of Bosses is the definitive account of this real-life Godfather, written by someone who grew up in that world and met Gambino personally.

Joey "Crazy Joe" Gallo and his President Street mob waged a deadly Mafia civil war with the Colombo crime family, and in particular, Carmine "the Snake" Persico. And on that fateful night of April 7, 1972, in a Little Italy restaurant, Gallo was assassinated...by Carmine "Sonny" DiBiasi. This is the true story of who really whacked "Crazy Joe" Gallo on that fateful night of April 7, 1972.

Umberto "Albert" Anastasia was born in Italy at the turn of the century. Five decades later, he would be gunned down in a barber shop in New York City. What happened in the years in between is one of the most brutal and fascinating stories in the history of American organized crime. This in-depth account of the man who became one of the most powerful and homicidal crime bosses of the 20th century from Mafia insider Frank Dimatteo is the first full-length book to chronicle Anastasia's bloody rise from immigrant to founder of the notorious killer's club Murder, Inc.

A 2022 Audible Editor's Selection One of The Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best Books of the Year * Winner of the National Jewish Book Awards for Holocaust Memoir and Sephardic Culture * Recipient of the Jewish Book Council’s Natan Notable Book Award * Winner of the Sophie Brody Medal The...

From the survivor of ten Nazi concentration camps who went on to create the New England Holocaust Memorial, a "devastating...inspirational" memoir (The Today Show) about finding strength in the face of despair. On August 14, 2017, two days after a white-supremacist activist rammed his car into a...

Jughead Jones has always had an insatiable appetite...but what if his hunger came from a sinister place? When a murderous menace is on the prowl, taking the lives of some of the most well-known and esteemed inhabitants of Riverdale, Jughead and his family's dark legacy comes to light. Join writer Frank Tieri (Wolverine) and artists Michael Walsh (Secret Avengers) and Pat & Tim Kennedy (Death of Archie) for this horrifying audiobook series.

The family is uncommonly close: Michael's childless Auntie Hankie and Uncle Irving, glamorous Hollywood screenwriters, are doubly related— Hankie is his father's sister, and Irving is his mother's brother. The two families live near each other in Laurel Canyon. In this strangely intertwined world, even the author's grandmothers—who dislike each other—share a nearby apartment.

In the wake of World War II, how were the Allies to respond to the enormous crime of the Holocaust? Even in an ideal world, it would have been impossible to bring all the perpetrators to trial. Nevertheless, an attempt was made to prosecute some. This audiobook uncovers 10 forgotten trials of the Holocaust, selected from the many Nazi trials that have taken place over the course of the last seven decades. It showcases how perpetrators of the Holocaust were dealt with in courtrooms around the world.

Costanza Ansaldo, a half-Italian and half-American translator, is convinced that she has made peace with her childlessness. A year after the death of her husband, an eminent writer, she returns to the pensione in Florence where she spent many happy times in her youth, and there she meets, first, Andrew Weissman, an acutely sensitive 17-year-old, and, soon afterward, his father, Henry Weissman, a charismatic New York physician who specializes in - as it happens - reproductive medicine.

Das Jahr 2036: Die Menschheit steckt in der Krise. Überbevölkerung, Klimawandel und Terrorismus lassen die Kriegsgefahr weltweit steigen. In dieser Lage wird der amerikanische Astronaut Perry Rhodan mit drei Kameraden zum Mond geschickt - dort scheint etwas Unheimliches vorzugehen. Mit einer uralten Rakete starten die vier Astronauten, auf dem Mond treffen sie auf Außerirdische. Diese bezeichnen sich selbst als Arkoniden und halten die Menschen für primitive Wesen, die voller Hass und Kriegslust stecken. Doch Rhodan findet ihre Schwäche heraus - er schlägt den Aliens einen gewagten Handel vor.

Most Americans are aware that their 16th president was mortally wounded by a man named Booth at a Washington theater in April 1865. These are facts that nobody can dispute. However, a closer look at this history-changing catastrophe raises questions that have still not been fully answered. The passing of the 150th anniversary of the United States' first presidential assassination is an ideal time for students and scholars to consider these questions.

Sommer 2036: Mitten in der Wüste Gobi, fern von den Zentren der Zivilisation, entsteht Terrania - Perry Rhodans Zukunftstraum, der Millionen von Menschen fasziniert. Roboter der außerirdischen Arkoniden erbauen eine Stadt, die einmal das Zentrum einer geeinten Menschheit werden soll. Doch alles verändert sich, als ein Notruf die Erde erreicht: Im System der blauen Sonne Wega tobt ein Krieg, quasi in direkter kosmischer Nachbarschaft. Perry Rhodan und eine Gruppe von Begleitern starten zum ersten interstellaren Flug der Menschheit.

Matt sieht ein, dass die ziellose Suche nach den verschollenen Kameraden nichts bringt. Also beschließt er, sich auf den Weg nach Berlin zu machen, seinem ehemaligen Militärstützpunkt. Er hofft, dass er seine Freunde dort wiederfindet. Doch als Maddrax mit Aruula die Alpen überquert, stoßen sie auf ein Monster, gegen das sie keine Chance zu haben scheinen.

Eine alte Sage erzählt von Paradies Ethera. Einer Stadt, in der noch alles so sein soll, wie vor dem Einschlag des Kometen? Christopher Floyd? Als Matt und Aruula auf Pilger treffen, die zu wissen scheinen, wo Ethera liegt, schließen sie sich ihnen an. Und tatsächlich. Sie kommen in eine unversehrte Stadt, die Matt schnell als München erkennt. Dort wird ihnen ein Leben wie im Paradies geboten. Doch dank ihrer telepathischen Fähigkeiten merkt Aruula schnell, dass etwas nicht stimmt.