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The story of the American Mafia is not complete without a chapter on Kansas City--even Hollywood gives a nod to the "City of Fountains" in mafia films. Events unfolding in Kansas City have affected the fortunes of all the Mafia "families," shaping the entire underworld along the way. Author Frank Hayde chronicles the connection between organized crime and politics that originated with the alliance between political boss Tom Pendergast and mob boss...
2) The firm
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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#1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER • The iconic legal thriller that launched the career of America’s favorite storyteller, hailed as “an absolute master” (The Washington Post)
“[An] ingenious man-in-the-middle thriller.”—Entertainment Weekly
Mitch McDeere has worked hard to get where he is: third in his class at Harvard Law. Aggressively recruited by all the...
“[An] ingenious man-in-the-middle thriller.”—Entertainment Weekly
Mitch McDeere has worked hard to get where he is: third in his class at Harvard Law. Aggressively recruited by all the...
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Finlay Donovan novels volume 3
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"From USA Today bestseller and Edgar Award nominee Elle Cosimano, comes Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun--the hilarious and heart-pounding next installment in the beloved Finlay Donovan series. Dating. Diapers. And dodging bullets. Who said single moms can't have fun? Finlay Donovan has been in messes before--after all, she's an author and single mom who's a pro at getting out bloodstains for rather unexpected reasons--but none quite like this. After...
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In his inimitable New York voice, Breslin, "the city's steadiest and most accurate chronicler" (Tom Robbins, Village Voice), gives us a look through the keyhole at the people and places that define the mafia--characters like Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, Gaspipe Casso (named for his weapon of choice), Thomas "Three-Finger Brown" Lucchese, and Jimmy "The Clam" Eppolito, interwoven with the good rat himself, Burt Kaplan of Bensonhurst, the star witness...
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"The White Lady introduces yet another extraordinary heroine from Jacqueline Winspear, creator of the best-selling Maisie Dobbs series. This heart-stopping novel, set in Post WWII Britain in 1947, follows the coming of age and maturity of former wartime operative Elinor White--veteran of two wars, trained killer, protective of her anonymity--when she is drawn back into the world of menace she has been desperate to leave behind. A reluctant ex-spy...
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Coughlin novels volume 2
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English
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In 1926, during the Prohibition, Joe Coughlin defies his strict law-and-order upbringing by climbing a ladder of organized crime that takes him from Boston to Cuba where he encounters a dangerous cast of characters who are all fighting for their piece of the American dream. By 1926, Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of underground distilleries, speakeasies, gangsters, and corrupt cops. Joe Coughlin, the youngest son of a prominent Boston...
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"Goodfellas meets Savages meets Catch Me If You Can in this true tale of high-stakes smuggling from pot's outlaw years. Richard Stratton was the unlikeliest of kingpins. A clean-cut Wellesley boy who entered outlaw culture on a trip to Mexico, he saw his search for a joint morph into a thrill-filled dope run smuggling two kilos across the border in his car door. He became a member of the Hippie Mafia, traveling the world to keep America high, living...
9) Shadow rider
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Shadow riders novels volume 1
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English
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"Whether it's fast cars or fast women, Stefano Ferraro gets what he wants. When he's not fodder for the paparazzi, he commands Ferraro family businesses -- both legitimate and illegitimate. While their criminal activity is simply a rumor yet to be proven, no one knows the real truth. The Ferraros are a family of shadow riders capable of manipulating light and dark, an ability Stefano thought ran in his family alone -- until now. . . With little left...
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New York detective John Stefanovich, left in a wheelchair after a shootout with elite crime lord Alexander St. Germain, teams up with a beautiful journalist and a Harlem cop in an effort to bring down St. Germain and his international crime syndicate, the Midnight Club.
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Distributed in the U.S. by New Video
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c2008
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2 videodiscs (ca. 6 hr., 16 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Presents episodes 1 to 8 of the second season of the television series which examines why gangs exist, how they operate, their increasingly destructive methods, and the rate at which they are spreading to suburban and rural areas. Delves into the history of gangs in America, from the long-stretching tradition of the Asian Triads, to the motorcycle gang war between the Outlaws and the Hells Angels, to the growing occurrence of girl gangsters. Other...
12) Ida Red
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Paramount Pictures
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[2022]
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1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The blood runs deep for an American crime family in this blistering, action-packed thriller. Incarcerated crime boss Ida "Red" Walker lives on borrowed time. Calling the shots from her prison cell, Ida brings in her son, Wyatt, and brother, Dallas, to pull off one huge heist that promises to buy her freedom. But there's one problem: Wyatt's brother-in-law, a local cop, is partnered with an FBI agent to investigate the family. Putting their own lives...
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MVD Visual
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[2014]
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1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When a new kid named Cory moves to town, he's picked on by the school bullies. To protect himself, he doesn't use his fists--he uses his brain instead. He scares the bullies off by fibbing that his father is a hit man for the mob. Word quickly spreads around and he gets the attention of the real mobsters in town, too.
14) Shadow reaper
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Shadow riders novels volume 2
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English
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Billionaire playboy Ricco Ferraro knows no other life. Being a shadow rider is in his blood--but so is a haunting desperation stemming from the secrets of his dark past. His recklessness puts not only his life at risk, but also the future of his entire family. To save them all, he must find a woman who can meet his every desire with a heat all her own. Just when Ricco has given up hope, he meets her--a mysterious woman whose shadow connects with his....
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When it comes to creating unforgettable criminal characters, nobody does it better than Emmy Award winner Stephen J. Cannell, the force behind such acclaimed TV hits as "The Rockford Files," "The Commish," "Wiseguy," and "The A-Team." Now come Cannell's most engaging characters yet-a spirited assortment of clever con artists.King Con vs. The Don
Raised in a world of flimflams, come-ons and con-jobs, Beano Bates has done so well he's earned a spot...
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G. P. Putnam's Sons
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c2012
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372 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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When a joke about making illicit money escalates to a kidnapping scheme, four friends enjoy the proceeds of a low-risk operation until they abduct the wrong target and capture the attentions of the law and a vengeful organized-crime ring.
17) The whistler
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
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Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption. But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business with a new identity. He now goes by the name Greg Myers, and he claims...
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Distributed in the U.S. by New Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
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4 videodiscs (ca. 10 hr., 11 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Presents the first thirteen episode season of the television series which examines why gangs exist, how they operate, their increasingly destructive methods, and the rate at which they are spreading to suburban and rural areas. Follows the evolution of gangs from Harlem's heroin kingpins of the 1970s to today's most dangerous gang, MS-13, and details how groups such as Black Hand, Hells Angels, Bloods, skinheads, Almighty Black P. Stone, and others...
19) A good man
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[Publisher not identified]
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[2014]
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1 videodisc (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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After an illustrious special ops career ends in disaster, Alexander goes off the grid and attempts to lead a quiet life as a handyman at an apartment complex. But when one of his tenants and her family fall under the thumb of a Russian gangster, Alexander is dragged into an all-out war between rival Chinese and Russian gangs; forcing him to not only defend the family, but bringing him face to face with and old foe.
20) World gone by
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Coughlin novels volume 3
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English
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Working as a consigliere to the Bartolo crime family, traveling between Tampa and Cuba, former crime kingpin Joe Coughlin, who has everything -- money, power, anonymity and a beautiful mistress -- is forced to pay for his lifetime of sin when the dark truth of his past emerges.
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