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Way Of The Wiseguy

By: Joe Pistone

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Now in paperback, here's 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 than Pistone does, having spent six years infiltrating the Mafia as an undercover FBI agent. Now, years later, Pistone reassesses the underworld. Often poignant, and in startling detail, THE WAY OF THE WISEGUY gives readers a first-hand look at the psychology and customs of the wiseguy.The book features 34 chapters that reveal key principles of wiseguy life, including “How Wiseguys Carry Out a Hit,” “How Wiseguys Get Straightened Out,” and “A Typical Day in the Life of a Wiseguy.” Pistone's spellbinding stories provide a first-hand look at this lawless realm of badguys, which is often uncannily relevant to the workings of legitimate big business and everyday social discourse.

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Running Press Adult

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0762423846

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9780762423842

Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business

Shocking Declassified Details from the FBI's Greatest Undercover Operation and a Bloody Timeline of the Fall of the Mafia (paperback)

By: Joe Pistone

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Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business

Shocking Declassified Details from the FBI's Greatest Undercover Operation and a Bloody Timeline of the Fall of the Mafia (paperback)

By: Joe Pistone

The FBI agent who posed as jewel thief "Donnie Brasco" revisits his six-year assignment undercover within the American Mafia, this time revealing details about the crimes he witnessed, the trials of those he helped bring to justice, and the history of civil war within the Mafia itself.

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0762432284

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9780762432288

Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business

By: Joe Pistone

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Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business

By: Joe Pistone

When FBI Special Agent Joe Pistone began what was supposed to be a six-month operation infiltrating New York's Bonanno crime family in 1975, he had no idea what was about to happen. Posing as jewel thief “Donnie Brasco,” Pistone would spend the next six years undercover in the Family, witnessing-and sometimes participating in-the Mafia's gruesome activities while gathering enough evidence to send over 200 gangsters to jail. Pistone told his story in the 1988 book Donnie Brasco-a New York Times bestseller and later a feature film starring Johnny Depp and Al Pacino. But because of pending trials at the time of publication, many details of the alleged crimes were omitted. Now, in Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business, Pistone for the first time reveals with great detail the horrific deeds of wiseguys Tony Mirra, Lefty Ruggiero, Sonny Black, and the rest of the cold-blooded Bonanno crew. He puts the operation into historical perspective, detailing the timeline of Mafia trials from 1981 through 2005 that crippled the New York City crime family. He also recounts his experiences after the operation, his time on the Hollywood set with Pacino and Depp, and other undercover operations through present day. A tense, thrilling account of the greatest infiltration ever by a federal agent into the most brutal gang of killers in the world, Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business is the final chapter in the story of a real American hero.

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0762427078

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9780762427079

Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business

Shocking Declassified Details from the FBI's Greatest Undercover Operation and a Bloody Timeline of the Fall of the Mafia (paperback)

By: Joe Pistone

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Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business

Shocking Declassified Details from the FBI's Greatest Undercover Operation and a Bloody Timeline of the Fall of the Mafia (paperback)

By: Joe Pistone

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The Good Guys

By: Bill Bonanno,Joe Pistone,David Fisher

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The Good Guys

By: Bill Bonanno,Joe Pistone,David Fisher

Chain-smoking Mickey Fists isn't sure if he's an "addict" or an "attic." The Freemont Avenue Social Club is on Elizabeth Street in Little Italy. So are the best wiretaps FBI money can buy. Skinny Al weighed 320 pounds and lived life to the fullest...until someone burned out his eardrums and shot his body full of holes. Hundreds of writers have tried to capture life inside the mob, but no one has ever had the inside access to write a book like this one. Drawing on the firsthand experience of former undercover FBI agent Joe Pistone-aka Donnie Brasco-as well as former Mafia prince Bill Bonanno, The Good Guys straddles both sides of the law, races relentlessly through the New York City underworld, and crackles with characters and moments so vivid they will never let you go. At Columbia University, a professor of Russian literature has gone missing. A few miles and light-years away, Little Eddie LaRocca and Bobby San Filippo are on the move-dealing in everything from hot-sheet hotels to bootleg Fuji film. When the hoods are sent to find the professor, they find out that someone else is looking, too. Beautiful FBI agent Laura Russo is making her preppy partner's head spin. She knows the missing man is important-and somehow connected to a recent mob hit. While Eddie and Bobby are fighting their way through ugly deeds and pretty coeds, these feds will cook up some business of their own, turning a little disagreement among criminals into an all-out war... Capturing the organized crime world of the go-go '80s, Pistone and Bonanno's one-of-a-kind collaboration is bad to the bone-and as marvelously authentic as it gets.

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Hachette+ORM

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0759513074

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9780759513075

Solving Cold Cases

Investigation Techniques and Protocol

By: Joe D. Kennedy,Hogan Hilling

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Solving Cold Cases

Investigation Techniques and Protocol

By: Joe D. Kennedy,Hogan Hilling

Solving a cold case is extremely difficult and many are left unresolved. In this book, retired NCIS Special Agent Joe Kennedy details the methodology he created to solve cold case murders. He offers an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look into why cases go cold, how they are investigated and what is needed to successfully resolve them. Author Kennedy shares his motivations and the lessons he has learned while solving these challenging cases. Also examined are cold cases where other detectives have successfully implemented Kennedy's methodology. Many books delve into the perspectives of criminals who commit murder, but this text takes a fascinating gumshoe journey into the mind of a cold case detective and his passionate search for the truth. Helping law enforcement solve cold cases brings justice and resolution for the victims and their families, and this book provides detectives and true crime enthusiasts the tools to investigate cold cases in their own communities.

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McFarland

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1476645310

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9781476645315

The Octopus

The Rise and Rise of the Sicilian Mafia

By: Joe Pieri

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The Octopus

The Rise and Rise of the Sicilian Mafia

By: Joe Pieri

This book reveals a shocking and sensational story: the mafia and the huge syndicates it controls have infiltrated the government in Italy, the US, the highest levels of the Catholic Church, and in modern times, are even implicated in the murder of an American president and the pope. At lower levels of criminality the mafia is omnipresent - from prostitution, gambling and boot-legging during the Prohibition era in the 1920's, to the present day control of drug trafficking in Europe and America. The annals of the mafia are bloodstained and littered with corpses, both of the mobsters themselves and the law-abiding citizens and legislators who have tried to resist their intimidation. Peopled with compelling characters, Pieri rattles through the tangle of rackets, fueds, business affairs and political chicanery that satisfies our fascination with the criminal underworld.

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Birlinn

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085790244X

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9780857902443

Ever the Optimist

By: Joe Jennings

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Ever the Optimist

By: Joe Jennings

Ever the Optimist" is a heart warming tale of Joe Jennings' love affair with his football club, which shows no sign of wilting despite the heartaches they have presented him over the years.The book is an epic adventure, a plethora of events that have been cherry picked to signify the resurrection of one of English football's great bastions; which after years of decline is finally emerging from the depths to cement itself back among the elite. They are by no means there, but the author has seen enough to suggest that the tide is turning, and as he steers you through the waters of hope, with the enthusiasm and optimism that underlines his every sentence, it starts to rub off on you and you are willing them to succeed as much as he. It is feeling that you rarely get from a football book and it is arguably the first that has been able to capture the spirit and emotion that has been missing from books of this genre since Nick Hornby's 'Fever Pitch'.

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Lulu.com

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140926940X

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9781409269403

The Ceremony

The Mafia Initiation Tapes

By: Joseph Pistone

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The Ceremony

The Mafia Initiation Tapes

By: Joseph Pistone

A look at the Mafia's initiation ritual presents the official transcripts from the bugging of a house in Massachusetts and detailing the prerequisites for membership, the codes of dress, etiquette, and language. Original.

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Dell Publishing Company

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0440213215

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9780440213215

The Wildest Ride

A History of NASCAR (or, How a Bunch of Good Ol' Boys Built a Billion-Dollar Industry out of Wrecking Cars)

By: Joe Menzer

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The Wildest Ride

A History of NASCAR (or, How a Bunch of Good Ol' Boys Built a Billion-Dollar Industry out of Wrecking Cars)

By: Joe Menzer

In The Wildest Ride, Joe Menzer gives us a timely, comprehensive look at the dramatic, rollicking history of stock-car racing in America, exploring both its inauspicious bootlegging beginnings and the billion-dollar industry that it has become. Menzer straps the reader into the driver's seat for a run through NASCAR's history, revealing the sport's remarkable rise from rogue outfit to corporate darling. Menzer also profiles the many superstar drivers who have dominated the sport, men as unpredictable as they are fearless, including "The Intimidator," Dale Earnhardt, whose ferocious driving made him NASCAR's signature personality -- and whose tragic death at the 2001 Daytona 500 was mourned by millions. Menzer expertly maneuvers through the tight corners and wide-open straightaways of NASCAR's history, examining the circuit's attempt to distance itself from its "redneck racin'" past without compromising its country roots. Simultaneously rowdy and insightful, The Wildest Ride is a thorough and unfailingly honest account of NASCAR's amazing rise to prominence and a sweeping account of a uniquely American phenomenon.

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Simon & Schuster

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0743226259

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9780743226257

They Call Him Cale

The Life and Career of NASCAR Legend Cale Yarborough

By: Joe McGinnis

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They Call Him Cale

The Life and Career of NASCAR Legend Cale Yarborough

By: Joe McGinnis

The story of Cale's life, told for the first time ever in this authorized biography, is a tale of adventure, perseverance, and, above all, desire. After 43 years as a NASCAR driver and owner, Cale amassed a career record that remains staggering to this day: 560 races, 319 top-10 finishes, 83 victories, three NASCAR championships, and four Daytona 500 victories. Along the way, Cale would find himself rubbing fenders – and sometimes trading punches—with some of the biggest names in racing, including Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty, Darrell Waltrip, and the Allison Brothers. They Call Him Cale is the incredible true story behind one of the racing world’s biggest stars and fiercest competitors, as well as the tale of a quintessential American.

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Triumph Books

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1600780512

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9781600780516

Undercover

By: Joe Carter

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Undercover

By: Joe Carter

A compelling true story of the reality of undercover police work For over 20 years, Joe Carter has worked for the police as an undercover cop. Travelling the globe on different passports, fraternising with thieves and international drugs and arms dealers, working alongside dangerous criminals, Carter always knew his life would come crashing down around him at any point. His story is a gripping account of the secret, solitary work of an undercover officer and the many ‘sticky’ situations he found himself in, as well as the moving confession of the difficulty in reconciling his two identities with his family life. This book explores the resilience needed to lead a double life, the thrilling challenge of working with the biggest criminals in Britain, and maintaining a sense of justice through the many adventures he encounters.

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Random House

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1473536081

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9781473536081

On the March

By: Joe Jennings

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On the March

By: Joe Jennings

As Everton's 2009 FA Cup campaign kicked off with an unspectacular 1-0 victory at Macclesfield Town's Moss Rose ground, few Evertonians dared to dream that David Moyes' Royal Blue Army would have marched all the way to Wembley come the merry month of May.In a remarkable season in which this uniquely determined group of players managed to overcome the loss of not one or two, but THREE key players to long term injury....that is exactly what they went on to do though.If Everton's 2009 FA Cup run has rekindled a Royal Blue Love Affair with the greatest club cup competition in world football then On The March will have you positively salivating with anticipation of the next!Not only covering the entire 2009 journey from Moss Rose to Wembley, a sequence of games some neutral observers labelled "the toughest ever route to a Wembley final", author Joe Jennings gives his inimitable take on a collection of Everton's greatest ever FA Cup moments.

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1409287327

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9781409287322

Mob Nemesis

How the FBI Crippled Organized Crime

By: Joe Griffin

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Mob Nemesis

How the FBI Crippled Organized Crime

By: Joe Griffin

While J. Edgar Hoover was denying that there was such a thing as organized crime, in the forties, fifties, and sixties the mob was busy forming powerful syndicates in many northeastern cities. This book tells the fascinating, first-hand story of how FBI Special Agent Joe Griffin, with the help of a team of courageous professionals, succeeded through dogged determination and uncanny street smarts to convict major La Cosa Nostra leaders in Buffalo, Cleveland, Rochester, and Youngstown. Forget Hollywood''s version of the mafia; this is the real inside story from a man who observed the day-by-day behavior of these "instinctual killers" and for whom "it was a matter of principle to destroy them." FBI Medal of Valor recipient Joe Griffin, with the help of writer/researcher Don DeNevi, provides intimate details of mob intrigue, drug deals, gambling rings, hits, bloody gangland wars, and even a plot to plant a "mole" in the Cleveland FBI office. All the more fascinating because it''s true, Mob Nemesis is an engrossing story of the underworld from a man who took them on and won.

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Prometheus Books

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1615924027

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9781615924028

The EC Archives: Vault of Horror Volume 4

By: Joe Orlando

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The EC Archives: Vault of Horror Volume 4

By: Joe Orlando

Twenty-four tales of horror, presented by The Vault Keeper, the Crypt Keeper and The Old Witch.

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Dark Horse Books

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161655519X

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9781616555191

Multivariate Models and Multivariate Dependence Concepts

By: Harry Joe

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Multivariate Models and Multivariate Dependence Concepts

By: Harry Joe

This book on multivariate models, statistical inference, and data analysis contains deep coverage of multivariate non-normal distributions for modeling of binary, count, ordinal, and extreme value response data. It is virtually self-contained, and includes many exercises and unsolved problems.

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CRC Press

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0412073315

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9780412073311

Dependence Modeling with Copulas

By: Harry Joe

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Dependence Modeling with Copulas

By: Harry Joe

Dependence Modeling with Copulas covers the substantial advances that have taken place in the field during the last 15 years, including vine copula modeling of high-dimensional data. Vine copula models are constructed from a sequence of bivariate copulas. The book develops generalizations of vine copula models, including common and structured facto

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1466583231

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9781466583238

The Good Guys

By: Bill Bonanno,Joe Pistone,David Fisher

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The Good Guys

By: Bill Bonanno,Joe Pistone,David Fisher

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Hachette+ORM

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0759513074

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9780759513075

Planet Joe

By: Joe Cole

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Planet Joe

By: Joe Cole

Life on the road as seen through the eyes of Black Flag/Rollins Band roadie and Rollins confidante, Joe Cole. Tour journal documenting the final Black Flag tour and first Rollins Band tour.

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2 13 61

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1880985098

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9781880985090

Joe Louis

50 Years an American Hero

By: Joe Louis Barrow,Barbara Munder

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Joe Louis

50 Years an American Hero

By: Joe Louis Barrow,Barbara Munder

The son of the legendary "Brown Bomber" presents the private side of the fighter, weaving into the account reminiscences from siblings, former wives, trainers, opponents, and sportswriters

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Macmillan Reference USA

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0816148511

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9780816148516

Last Chance Texaco

By: Joe Lee

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Last Chance Texaco

By: Joe Lee

After running a 10K race in his hometown of Oakdale, Mississippi, Chris Brantley decides to stop at a convenience store for a soft drink before heading home to Rankin County. Doing so turns his life upside down.Loyal to his wife, Angie, but trapped in a loveless marriage, Chris is smitten when he runs into old flame Lisa Crosby. And Lisa has feelings for Chris, too. They begin corresponding almost daily, and he thinks every day about making her part of his life. But Lisa has a rich, possessive, hulking ex-husband named Ed Youngblood who can't let go. Lisa is so frightened of his wrath that when her biological daughter, Dorothy King, contacts her out of the blue and wants to get to know her birth mom, she's willing…as long as Ed never finds out Dorothy isn't his child.Dorothy does learn, however, that Chris Brantley is her father, and reaches out to him after Lisa is killed in a car accident. And when Chris and Dorothy—who bond immediately—compare notes on Lisa's death, it's clear this was more than just a tragic crash. It doesn't take them long to learn that Ed Youngblood, though not directly responsible, did have a role.And Youngblood, once he learns of Chris and his attempts to get both the Oakdale PD and the local TV station to look closely at him, orders an employee to take Chris off the board. Taken at breakneck speed, Last Chance Texaco is a classic Southern thriller loaded with twists, turns, and unforgettable characters—both good and evil—which populate the tiny town of seemingly-serene Oakdale. Both bittersweet and heartwarming, it's a story that will get under your skin and stay there.

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0983538638

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