A gritty and authentic Mafia expose by the award-winning journalist called" the expert on organized crime" by Geraldo Rivera. Based on hundreds of hours of taped interviews with an ex-Scarfo mob killer-turned government informant, this is an insider's look at how the mob really works.
This riveting chronicle of the biggest takedown in mob history is told through the story of Ron Previte, the FBI informant who brought it down. Includes a 16-page photo insert.
Philadelphia Inquirer reporter and two-time Pulitzer nominee George Anastasia recounts how dirty cop/mob capo Ron Previte became a wiretap-toting informant for the FBI. Anastasia argues that the comprehensive information Previte gathered was key to bringing down the Philadelphia mob, and, by extension, the American Mafia as a whole.
As mob families go, the Philadelphia Mafia is the most dysfunctional family of all--with brother turning against brother, sons turning on their fathers. In 1993 an embittered legacy of rivalry and hatred exploded in a brutal, bloody battle between Old-World mobster John Stanfa and the young, flamboyant Joey Merlino. However, this would be warfare ...
From the highly acclaimed author of Blood and Honor comes the terrifyingly true story of a wife and son caught in the dangerous web of the Mafia--a compelling tale about two people who dared to do the impossible and break all ties to the mob. Photos.
New in paperback with a 60-minute audio CD featuring dramatic FBI surveillance from the Donnie Brasco operation which was used in court to put 120 Mafia members in jail, heres the first nonfiction work from Joe Pistone since his New York Times #1 bestseller and hit movie, Donnie Brasco. Perhaps no man alive knows the lifestyle of wiseguys better ...
Lawyer Thomas J. Capano carried on a two-and-a-half year extra-marital affair with Anne Marie Fahey, a troubled to the governor of Delaware - that is until she disappeared. While no body or murder weapon was ever found, a jury found Capano guilty of first-degree murder, based on compelling circumstancial evidence uncovered by a Federal prosecutor. ...
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second IFIP TC 10 International Conference on Biologically-Inspired Computing, held at the 20th World Computer Congress in Milan, Italy on September 8-9, 2008. "The IFIP" series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. The scope of ...
This explosive profile of Tommy Delgiorno, Philadelphia hitman, is the first mob story to really tell what it's like to be "married to the mob". The author is the award-winning author of Blood and Honor.
This oversized coffee table art book features more than 280 paintings of Long Beach Island by sixty contemporary artists. Each painting has been exquisitely reproduced and is accompanied with text by the artist. The stunning works of art contained in this gorgeous folio not only show the Long Beach Island of today but also preserve many of the ...
For more than 25 years as a reporter with the Philadelphia Inquirer George Anastasia has made tracking the demise of the American Mafia his regular beat, writing investigative pieces, profiles and slices of underworld life. Mobfiles is a compilation of some of his best stories told from street level and often based on insights and access provided ...
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