Author : Ruby Langford Ginibi
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 32,29 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780702235962
A compelling collection of reminiscences on family life, Indigenous social issues, and being Aboriginal in today's Australia.
Author : Venetia Tyson
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 26,9 MB
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Emus
ISBN : 9781922142917
Age range 3 - 8 Young children will be captivated by the bright colours and Australian animals which bring to lifethis entertaining tale of a young emu who has lost his mob and sets out to find it. He asks the animals he encounters along the way if they 'have seen his mob?' The kangaroo,lizard, owl, cassowary and others provide directions in their own, often confusing, way, until finallythe youngster catches up with his mob. In iconic Australian style, My Lost Mob combines highly textured and bold illustrations of Australiananimals and varied landscapes in a simple, classical format that will appeal to younger readersand all that are young at heart. A gem of a book that will charm its way onto bookshelves.
Author : Tommy James
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 21,9 MB
Release : 2010-02-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1439142645
Now in paperback, after five hardcover printings, Tommy James’s wild and entertaining true story of his career—part rock & roll fairytale, part valentine to a bygone era, and part mob epic—that “reads like a music-industry version of Goodfellas” (The Denver Post). Everyone knows the hits: “Hanky Panky,” “Mony Mony,” “I Think We’re Alone Now,” “Crimson and Clover,” “Crystal Blue Persuasion.” All of these songs, which epitomize great pop music of the late 1960s, are now widely used in television and film and have been covered by a diverse group of artists from Billy Idol to Tiffany to R.E.M. Just as compelling as the music itself is the life Tommy James lived while making it. James tells the incredible story, revealing his complex and sometimes terrifying relationship with Roulette Records and Morris Levy, the legendary Godfather of the music business. Me, the Mob, and the Music is a fascinating portrait of this swaggering, wildly creative era of rock ’n’ roll, when the hits kept coming and payola and the strong-arm tactics of the Mob were the norm, and what it was like, for better or worse, to be in the middle of it.
Author : David W. Maurer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 47,87 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0742533514
Whiz Mob is David W. Maurer's classic study of the world of pickpockets. Similar to his best-known work, The Big Con, in Whiz Mob Maurer explains the colorful expressions and vivid words used by pickpockets and uses them to provide a window into the life and experiences of the professional criminal. Although he is quick to point out that he never had any actual experience on the racket, Maurer spent many years interviewing pickpockets and learning about their way of life. The result is a fascinating look at the work, lives, morals, and dangers of this element of the criminal subculture. Whiz Mob is essential reading for sociologists, linguists, and everyone interested in the mystery and intrigue of the criminal underworld.
Author : Gordon Korman
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 43,89 MB
Release : 2012-12-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1423141253
Vince Luca is just like any other high school guy. His best friend, Alex, is trying to score vicariously through him; his brother is a giant pain; and his father keeps bugging him to get motivated. There is just one thing that really sets him apart for other kids-his father happens to be the head of a powerful crime organization. Needless to say, while Vince's family's connections can be handy for certain things (like when teachers are afraid to give him a bad grade), they can put a serious crimp in his dating life. How is he supposed to explain to a girl what his father does for a living? But when Vince meets a girl who finally seems to be worth the trouble, her family turns out to be the biggest problem of all. Because her father is an FBI agent-the one who wants to put his father away for good.
Author : Kristen Luciani
Publisher : Kristen Luciani LLC
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 16,80 MB
Release : 2024-04-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
This Life No Longer Owns Me. Only She Does. This life. It's a game, a very dangerous one where the losers always pay with their lives. To win big, you have to take risks. And I always played to win because I never had anything worthwhile to lose. But when the rules changed, the stakes became too high. I could have it all...or lose everything, including a future with the woman I love. So I took a chance, broke the code, and violated trust. Then I lost the hand and the one I vowed to always cherish and protect. SLAYING THE MOB is the fourth book in the dark Italian mafia series, RUTHLESS HEARTS, by USA Today Bestselling author Kristen Luciani. This steamy second chance romance features dark themes and scorching hot bedroom scenes that are intended for mature readers only. This story has a guaranteed HEA and no cheating.
Author : William F. Roemer
Publisher : SP Books
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 23,29 MB
Release : 1994
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781561711680
Real life mob buster, FBI Agent Bill Roemer, continues his extraordinary saga of Mafia power wars, political corruption, and bloody betrayals begun in his bestselling The War of the Godfathers. A novel of heart-pounding suspense, all the more intriguing for its true-life characters and inside knowledge of the secret workings of organized crime.
Author : Alice Burgenshore
Publisher : Alice Burgenshore
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 23,61 MB
Release : 2021-03-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book 1 of The Five Kings series. (Can be read standalone) After witnessing the brutal murder of both her parents Nadia gets sent to live with a bodyguard after it becomes clear that Nadia could be next. This handsome bodyguard, sexy in every which way- Nadia can't help but develop feelings for him after living in such close quarters with him for her own safety. She can't help the thoughts that fill her mind, about those hands of his wrapped around her, those lips of his against hers, and that body of his... against hers. But what happens when Nadia learns her bodyguard is protecting her for the wrong reasons? What happens when she finds out her bodyguard is the leader of New York's Russian Mob? Should she have more fear in who she's sharing a house with?
Author : Karen Gravano
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 43,13 MB
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 1250015200
From Karen Gravano, a star of the hit VH1 reality show Mob Wives, comes a revealing memoir of a mafia childhood, where love and family come hand-in-hand with murder and betrayal. Karen Gravano is the daughter of Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, once one of the mafia's most feared hit men. With nineteen confessed murders, the former Gambino Crime Family underboss—and John Gotti's right-hand man—is the highest ranking gangster ever to turn State's evidence and testify against members of his high-profile crime family. But to Karen, Sammy Gravano was a sometimes elusive but always loving father figure. He was ever-present at the head of the dinner table. He made a living running a construction firm and several nightclubs. He stayed out late, and sometimes he didn't come home at all. He hosted "secret" meetings at their house, and had countless whispered conversations with "business associates." By the age of twelve, Karen knew he was a gangster. And as she grew up, while her peers worried about clothes and schoolwork, she was coming face-to-face with crime and murder. Gravano was nineteen years old when her father turned his back on the mob and cooperated with the Feds. The fabric of her family was ripped apart, and they were instantly rejected by the communities they grew up in. This is the story of a daughter's struggle to reconcile the image of her loving father with that of a murdering Mafioso, and how, in healing the rift between the two, she was able to forge a new life.
Author : Ron Quartararo
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 43,46 MB
Release : 2012-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1479731277
The Media & the Mob: Exploring the Mafia Mystique is a fascinating look at the world of media stereotyping. Its a complex issue, shaped in large part my misperceptions, the need, at times, to hype stories for promotional purposes, and by some insensitivities incurred by writers in their haste to get stories completed. This book examines one of the most pervasive ethnic stereotypes that of Italians and Italian Americans and organized crime. While ethnic stereotyping is certainly not the sole province of Italians, it has certainly been one of the most prevalent in both entertainment and news media alike. In this book Quartararo has given the reader an inside look into the mindset of a large news media organization and the process it used for vetting news stories, along with insights into the perceptions and misperceptions that can be created in how news stories are packaged and presented. While this meeting between Italian American representatives from academia, politics and the community at large and high level television broadcast news executives at took place 30 years ago, the discussion is as relevant today as it was then! Both sides came away with a better understanding and appreciation of the other. We hope the reader will do the same.
