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The Boys in Chicago Heights
- The Forgotten Crew of the Chicago Outfit
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
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Resumen del Editor
Chicago Heights was long the seat of one of the major street crews of the Chicago Outfit, but its importance has often been overlooked and misunderstood.
The crew's origins predate Prohibition, when Chicago Heights was a developing manufacturing center with a large Italian immigrant population. Its earliest bosses struggled for control until a violent gang war left the crew solidified under the auspices of Al Capone. For the remainder of the 20th century, the boys from Chicago Heights generated large streams of revenue for the Outfit through its vast gambling enterprises, union infiltration, and stolen auto rackets. For the first time, the history of the Chicago Heights street crew is traced from its inception through its last known boss.
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American Mafia
- A History of Its Rise to Power
- De: Thomas Reppetto
- Narrado por: Paul Costanzo
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Organized crime - the Italian American kind - has long been a source of popular entertainment and legend. Now Thomas Reppetto provides a balanced history of the Mafia's rise - from the 1880s to the post-World War II era - that is as exciting as it is authoritative. Structuring his narrative around a series of case histories featuring such infamous characters as Lucky Luciano and Al Capone, Reppetto draws on a lifetime of field experience and access to unseen documents to show us a locally grown Mafia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mob at its best
- De Thomas en 02-14-23
De: Thomas Reppetto
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The Mob and the City
- The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York
- De: C. Alexander Hortis
- Narrado por: LJ Ganser
- Duración: 9 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 519
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 456
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 453
Forget what you think you know about the Mafia. After reading this book, even life-long mob aficionados will have a new perspective on organized crime. Informative, authoritative, and eye-opening, this is the first full-length book devoted exclusively to uncovering the hidden history of how the Mafia came to dominate organized crime in New York City during the 1930s through 1950s.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Hard one to rate....
- De Jeffery D. Giuliani en 09-24-20
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The Quiet Don
- The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino
- De: Matt Birkbeck
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 7 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 188
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 168
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 168
Secretive - even reclusive - Russell Bufalino quietly built his organized crime empire in the decades between Prohibition and the Carter presidency. His reach extended far beyond the coal country of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and quaint Amish farms near Lancaster. Bufalino had a hand in global, national, and local politics of the largest American cities, many of its major industries, and controlled the powerful Teamsters Union. His influence also reached the highest levels of Pennsylvania government and halls of Congress, and his legacy left a culture of corruption that continues to this day.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Important But Edited By Lawyers?
- De Ted en 04-03-14
De: Matt Birkbeck
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L.A. Noir
- The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City
- De: John Buntin
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 17 h
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 188
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 168
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 167
Midcentury Los Angeles: A city sold to the world as "the white spot of America", a land of sunshine and orange groves, Midwestern values, and Hollywood stars, protected by the world's most famous police force, the Dragnet-era LAPD. Behind this public image lies a hidden world of "pleasure girls" and crooked cops, ruthless newspaper tycoons, corrupt politicians, and East Coast gangsters on the make. Into this underworld came two men - one L.A.'s most notorious gangster, the other its most famous police chief - each prepared to battle the other for the soul of the city.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A good (but a little corny) history of LA
- De Jimmy en 10-23-12
De: John Buntin
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Tong Wars
- The Untold Story of Vice, Money, and Murder in New York's Chinatown
- De: Scott D. Seligman
- Narrado por: David Shih
- Duración: 11 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Nothing had worked. Not threats or negotiations, not shutting down the betting parlors or opium dens, not throwing Chinese offenders into prison. Not even executing them. The New York DA was running out of ideas, and more people were dying every day as the weapons of choice evolved from hatchets to automatic weapons and even bombs. Welcome to New York City's Chinatown in 1925.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Valuable Imformation! Fascinating History.
- De A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. en 05-21-18
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The Tangled Web
- The Life and Death of Richard Cain—Chicago Cop and Mafia Hitman
- De: Michael Cain
- Narrado por: Clinton Wade
- Duración: 7 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 195
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 178
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 178
The Tangled Web tells the dramatic story of detective Richard Cain's criminal career as revealed by his half-brother, Michael. Cain led a double-life—one as a well-known cop who led raids that landed on the front pages, and the other as a "made man" in one of Chicago's most notorious mob families.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Reviews
- De G. D. Hoppe en 11-19-20
De: Michael Cain
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Paddy Whacked
- The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster
- De: T. J. English
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 21 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 577
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 510
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 509
In Paddy Whacked, best-selling author and organized crime expert T. J. English brings to life nearly two centuries of Irish American gangsterism, which spawned such unforgettable characters as Mike "King Mike" McDonald, Chicago's subterranean godfather; Big Bill Dwyer, New York's most notorious rumrunner during Prohibition; Mickey Featherstone, troubled Vietnam vet turned Westies gang leader; and James "Whitey" Bulger, the ruthless and seemingly untouchable Southie legend.
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4 out of 5 stars
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First Half - 4 Stars - Second Half - 2 Stars
- De Lulu en 08-29-16
De: T. J. English
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Gangsters of Harlem
- The Gritty Underworld of New York City's Most Famous Neighborhood
- De: Ron Chepesiuk
- Narrado por: J. D. Jackson
- Duración: 9 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 64
Author Ron Chepesiuk chronicles the little known history of organized crime in Harlem.
African American organized crime has had as significant an impact on its constituent community as Italian, Jewish, and Irish organized crime has had on theirs. Gangsters are every bit as colorful, intriguing, and powerful as Al Capone and Lucky Luciano, and have a fascinating history in gambling, prostitution, and drug dealing. In the late 1800s, Harlem became a highly fashionable neighborhood.
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3 out of 5 stars
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weak --reader is terrible!
- De Meyer Rosenbloom en 10-18-13
De: Ron Chepesiuk
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The Corporation
- An Epic Story of the Cuban American Underworld
- De: T. J. English
- Narrado por: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Duración: 19 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 484
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 429
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 431
By the mid 1980s, the criminal underworld in the United States had become an ethnic polyglot; one of the most powerful illicit organizations was none other than the Cuban mob. Known on both sides of the law as "the Corporation", the Cuban mob's power stemmed from a criminal culture embedded in south Florida's exile community - those who had been chased from the island by Castro's revolution and planned to overthrow the Marxist dictator and reclaim their nation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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uncle joey approved
- De Anonymous User en 04-14-18
De: T. J. English
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Mafia Summit
- J. Edgar Hoover, the Kennedy Brothers, and the Meeting That Unmasked the Mob
- De: Gil Reavill
- Narrado por: Keith Szarabajka
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 290
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 246
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 245
In a small village in New York, mob bosses from all over the country - Vito Genovese, Carlo Gambino, Joe Bonanno, Joe Profaci, Cuba boss Santo Trafficante, Jr., and Paul Castellano - were nabbed by Sergeant Edgar D. Croswell as they gathered to sort out a bloody war of succession. For years FBI director J. Edgar Hoover had adamantly denied the existence of the Mafia, but Robert Kennedy immediately recognized the shattering importance of the Apalachin summit....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Something I Didn't Know
- De Kevin en 03-29-13
De: Gil Reavill
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Get Capone
- The Secret Plot That Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster
- De: Jonathan Eig
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 17 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 176
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 84
Acclaimed journalist and bestselling author Jonathan Eig blows the lid off the Al Capone story. Based on never-before-seen government documents and newly discovered letters written by Al Capone himself, Get Capone presents America's greatest gangster as you’ve never seen him before.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Get this book
- De Jonathan en 05-13-10
De: Jonathan Eig
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Crime Beat
- A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers
- De: Michael Connelly
- Narrado por: Len Cariou, Nancy McKeon, Carl Franklin
- Duración: 6 h y 12 m
- Versión resumida
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 173
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 129
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 130
Before he became a novelist, Michael Connelly was a crime reporter, covering the detectives who worked the homicide beat in Florida and Los Angeles. In vivid, hard-hitting articles, Connelly leads the reader past the yellow police tape as he follows the investigators, the victims, their families and friends, and, of course, the killers, to tell the real stories of murder and its aftermath.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointment
- De Traci en 11-07-11
De: Michael Connelly
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The Brothers Bulger
- How They Terrorized and Corrupted Boston for a Quarter Century
- De: Howie Carr
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 12 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 136
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 92
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 91
This fresh account of Massachusetts' infamous Bulger brothers unveils a stunning criminal alliance, and with its dual biography format, goes deeper than the New York Times best-selling Black Mass. For the first time, journalist Howie Carr reveals the real story behind the infamous Bulgers, two brothers from South Boston who grew up to control a state.
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2 out of 5 stars
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ZZZZZZzzzzzzzz
- De Tory en 11-18-06
De: Howie Carr
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Undisclosed Files of the Police
- Cases from the Archives of the NYPD from 1831 to the Present
- De: Bernard Whalen, Philip Messing, Robert Mladinich
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
- Duración: 10 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 110
More than 175 years of true crimes culled from the city's police blotter, told through an insightful text by two NYPD officers and a NYC crime reporter. From atrocities that occurred before the establishment of New York's police force in 1845 through the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 to the present day, this audio is an insider's look at more than 80 real-life crimes that shocked the nation, from arson to gangland murders, robberies, serial killers, bombings, and kidnappings.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good History of Crime in NYC
- De Bob Shinders en 03-10-17
De: Bernard Whalen, y otros
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Queen of Thieves
- The True Story of "Marm" Mandelbaum and Her Gangs of New York
- De: J. North Conway
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 7 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 98
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 91
Queen of Thieves is the gritty, fast-paced story of Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum, a poor Jewish woman who rose to the top of her profession in organized crime during the Gilded Age in New York City. During her more than twenty-five-year reign as the country’s top receiver of stolen goods, she accumulated great wealth and power inconceivable for women engaged in business, legitimate or otherwise.
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3 out of 5 stars
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a bit repetitive
- De Andy en 09-19-14
De: J. North Conway
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The First Family
- Terror, Extortion, Revenge, Murder, and the Birth of the American Mafia
- De: Mike Dash
- Narrado por: Lloyd James
- Duración: 13 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 137
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 93
Before the Five Families who so notoriously dominated U.S. organized crime for a bloody half-century, there was the one-fingered, surpassingly cunning Giuseppe Morello and his murderous coterie of brothers. Born into a life of poverty in rural Sicily, Morello became an American nightmare, pioneering the bizarre initiation rituals, imaginative protection rackets, influential underworld reigns, and Mafia wars later popularized by countless books, television shows, and movies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The truth about the origins of the American mafia
- De J. Sovar en 01-09-13
De: Mike Dash
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Animal
- The Bloody Rise and Fall of the Mob's Most Feared Assassin
- De: Casey Sherman
- Narrado por: Jim Goad
- Duración: 8 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 133
Joe Barboza knew that there were two requirements for getting inducted into the Mafia. You had to be Sicilian. And you had to commit a contract killing. The New Bedford-born mobster was a proud Portuguese, not Sicilian, but his dream to be part of La Cosa Nostra proved so strong that he thought he could create a loophole. Barboza’s legacy, buried for years thanks to the murders or deaths of its participants, is finally coming to light and being told in its unvarnished brutality by one of America’s most respected true crime writers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well done. 5 stars.
- De robert price en 03-03-19
De: Casey Sherman
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Kings of Cocaine
- Inside the Medellin Cartel - An Astonishing True Story of Murder Money and International Corruption
- De: Guy Gugliotta, Jeff Leen
- Narrado por: Paul Woodson
- Duración: 14 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 207
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 182
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 182
This is the story of the most successful cocaine dealers in the world: Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Jorge Luis Ochoa Vasquez, Carlos Lehder Rivas, and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha. In the 1980s, they controlled more than 50 percent of the cocaine flowing into the United States. The cocaine trade is capitalism on overdrive - supply meeting demand on exponential levels. Here you'll find the story of how the modern cocaine business started and how it turned a ragtag group of hippies and sociopaths into regal kings.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Almost Perfect.
- De Nick en 10-31-18
De: Guy Gugliotta, y otros
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Family Secrets
- The Case That Crippled the Chicago Mob
- De: Jeff Coen
- Narrado por: Matthew Boston
- Duración: 14 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 97
Even in Chicago, a city steeped in mob history and legend, the Family Secrets case was a true spectacle when it made it to court in 2007. A top mob boss, a reputed consigliere, and other high-profile members of the Chicago Outfit were accused in a total of 18 gangland killings, revealing organized crime's ruthless grip on the city throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Painting a vivid picture of murder, courtroom drama, family loyalties and disloyalties, journalist Jeff Coen accurately portrays the Chicago Outfit's cold-blooded killers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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“You Do It”
- De Esha en 07-08-19
De: Jeff Coen
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Dock Boss
- Eddie McGrath and the West Side Waterfront
- De: Neil G. Clark
- Narrado por: Chris Andrew Ciulla
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9
Dock Boss: Eddie McGrath and the West Side Waterfront is the fascinating account of one gangster's ascension from altar boy to the leader of New York City's violent Irish Mob. Eddie McGrath's life and crimes are traced through the tail-end of Prohibition, the gang warfare of the 1930s that propelled him into the position of an organized crime boss, the sordid years of underworld control over the bustling waterfront, McGrath's involvement in dozens of gangland murders, and finally the decline of the dock mobsters following a period of longshoremen rebellion in the 1950s.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You can't beat the detail
- De Andy Johnson en 05-05-20
De: Neil G. Clark
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Deadly Associates
- A True Story of Murder, Survival, and Bringing Down the Chicago Mob
- De: Matthias McCarn, Joe Seifert, Emma Seifert, y otros
- Narrado por: Zac Aleman
- Duración: 4 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 8
Step into Chicago during the 1960s and ’70s, when mobsters influence everyone from strip-club owners to Teamsters, aldermen, judges, and local police. It is a world where good men are corrupted by the irresistible lure of money and power and families are shattered by lies, violence, and tragedy.
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1 out of 5 stars
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book sucked
- De Anonymous User en 09-23-22
De: Matthias McCarn, y otros
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Lord High Executioner
- The Legendary Mafia Boss Albert Anastasia
- De: Frank Dimatteo, Michael Benson
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 8 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- De Christina Fox en 06-03-20
De: Frank Dimatteo, y otros
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Chicago Heights
- Little Joe College, the Outfit, and the Fall of Sam Giancana
- De: Charles Hager, David T. Miller
- Narrado por: Andy Cowell
- Duración: 5 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 47
In this riveting true story of coming of age in the Chicago Mob, Charles “Charley” Hager is plucked from his rural West Virginia home by an uncle in the 1960s and thrown into an underworld of money, cars, crime, and murder on the streets of Chicago Heights. Street-smart and good with his hands, Hager is accepted into the working life of a chauffeur and “street tax” collector, earning the moniker “Little Joe College” by notorious mob boss Albert Tocco.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome Narrator
- De Paul Miller en 11-26-19
De: Charles Hager, y otros
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Mob Boss
- The Life of Little Al D'arco, the Man Who Brought Down the Mafia
- De: Jerry Capeci, Tom Robbins
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 16 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 476
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 417
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 414
Alfonso "Little Al" D'Arco, the former acting boss of the Luchese crime family, was the highest-ranking mobster to ever turn government witness when he flipped in 1991. His decision to flip prompted many others to make the same choice, including John Gotti's top aide, Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, and his testimony sent more than fifty mobsters to prison. In Mob Boss, award-winning news reporters Jerry Capeci and Tom Robbins team up for this unparalleled account of D'Arco's life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well written, accurate information, great narrator
- De Lisa en 12-01-13
De: Jerry Capeci, y otros
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Family Secrets
- The Case That Crippled the Chicago Mob
- De: Jeff Coen
- Narrado por: Matthew Boston
- Duración: 14 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 97
Even in Chicago, a city steeped in mob history and legend, the Family Secrets case was a true spectacle when it made it to court in 2007. A top mob boss, a reputed consigliere, and other high-profile members of the Chicago Outfit were accused in a total of 18 gangland killings, revealing organized crime's ruthless grip on the city throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Painting a vivid picture of murder, courtroom drama, family loyalties and disloyalties, journalist Jeff Coen accurately portrays the Chicago Outfit's cold-blooded killers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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“You Do It”
- De Esha en 07-08-19
De: Jeff Coen
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Dock Boss
- Eddie McGrath and the West Side Waterfront
- De: Neil G. Clark
- Narrado por: Chris Andrew Ciulla
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9
Dock Boss: Eddie McGrath and the West Side Waterfront is the fascinating account of one gangster's ascension from altar boy to the leader of New York City's violent Irish Mob. Eddie McGrath's life and crimes are traced through the tail-end of Prohibition, the gang warfare of the 1930s that propelled him into the position of an organized crime boss, the sordid years of underworld control over the bustling waterfront, McGrath's involvement in dozens of gangland murders, and finally the decline of the dock mobsters following a period of longshoremen rebellion in the 1950s.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You can't beat the detail
- De Andy Johnson en 05-05-20
De: Neil G. Clark
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Deadly Associates
- A True Story of Murder, Survival, and Bringing Down the Chicago Mob
- De: Matthias McCarn, Joe Seifert, Emma Seifert, y otros
- Narrado por: Zac Aleman
- Duración: 4 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 8
Step into Chicago during the 1960s and ’70s, when mobsters influence everyone from strip-club owners to Teamsters, aldermen, judges, and local police. It is a world where good men are corrupted by the irresistible lure of money and power and families are shattered by lies, violence, and tragedy.
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1 out of 5 stars
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book sucked
- De Anonymous User en 09-23-22
De: Matthias McCarn, y otros
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Lord High Executioner
- The Legendary Mafia Boss Albert Anastasia
- De: Frank Dimatteo, Michael Benson
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 8 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- De Christina Fox en 06-03-20
De: Frank Dimatteo, y otros
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Chicago Heights
- Little Joe College, the Outfit, and the Fall of Sam Giancana
- De: Charles Hager, David T. Miller
- Narrado por: Andy Cowell
- Duración: 5 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 47
In this riveting true story of coming of age in the Chicago Mob, Charles “Charley” Hager is plucked from his rural West Virginia home by an uncle in the 1960s and thrown into an underworld of money, cars, crime, and murder on the streets of Chicago Heights. Street-smart and good with his hands, Hager is accepted into the working life of a chauffeur and “street tax” collector, earning the moniker “Little Joe College” by notorious mob boss Albert Tocco.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome Narrator
- De Paul Miller en 11-26-19
De: Charles Hager, y otros
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Mob Boss
- The Life of Little Al D'arco, the Man Who Brought Down the Mafia
- De: Jerry Capeci, Tom Robbins
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 16 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 476
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 417
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 414
Alfonso "Little Al" D'Arco, the former acting boss of the Luchese crime family, was the highest-ranking mobster to ever turn government witness when he flipped in 1991. His decision to flip prompted many others to make the same choice, including John Gotti's top aide, Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, and his testimony sent more than fifty mobsters to prison. In Mob Boss, award-winning news reporters Jerry Capeci and Tom Robbins team up for this unparalleled account of D'Arco's life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well written, accurate information, great narrator
- De Lisa en 12-01-13
De: Jerry Capeci, y otros
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Murder, Inc.
- The Mafia's Hit Men in New York City
- De: Graham K. Bell
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 3 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 13
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 12
Beginning in the 1920s, an all-star team of goons, gunmen, and garrotters transformed America's criminal landscape. Its membership was diverse; the mob recruited men from all ethnicities and religious backgrounds. Most were natives of the Big Apple, handpicked from the city's toughest neighborhoods: Brownsville, Ocean Hill, Flushing. So prolific were their exploits that the media soon dubbed this bevy of hired hands Murder, Incorporated.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Short and to the point.
- De Maximilian en 08-15-23
De: Graham K. Bell
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The Last Good Heist
- The Inside Story of the Biggest Single Payday in the Criminal History of the Northeast
- De: Wayne Worcester, Randall Richard, Tim White
- Narrado por: Eric Martin
- Duración: 6 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 105
On August 14, 1975, eight daring thieves ransacked 148 massive safe-deposit boxes at a secret bank used by organized crime, La Cosa Nostra, and its associates in Providence, Rhode Island. The crooks fled with duffel bags crammed full of cash, gold, silver, stamps, coins, jewels, and high-end jewelry. The true value of the loot has always been kept secret, partly because it was ill-gotten to begin with, and partly because there was plenty of incentive to keep its true worth out of the limelight.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting but not the greatest story.
- De Russell en 07-21-17
De: Wayne Worcester, y otros
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Mickey Cohen
- The Life and Crimes of L.A.'s Notorious Mobster
- De: Tere Tereba
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 19
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 16
When Bugsy Siegel was executed, ruthless Mickey Cohen, a former pro boxer and cunning provocateur, took over criminal activity in L.A., a move sanctioned by Meyer Lansky and Frank Costello. Attaining immense power and dominance, from the late 1940s until 1976 the semi-literate Angeleno became an above-the-fold newspaper name, accumulating a remarkable count of more than 1,000 front pages in Los Angeles papers alone, and hundreds of articles in national and international periodicals.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun, colorful, with perfect pitch
- De Philo en 10-08-12
De: Tere Tereba
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The Chicago Outfit
- The History and Legacy of the Organized Crime Syndicate Led by Al Capone
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Scott Clem
- Duración: 2 h y 17 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2
Sprightly swing music spills across the dimly lit club. The grayish curtains of cigarette smoke part every once in a while to reveal a sparkling stage and tables upon tables of patrons, some incurably inebriated, and others high on the fast-paced nightlife. Fabulous flappers in shimmery cocktail dresses and stylish feather headbands throw their hands up and stomp their feet to the addictive beat on the dance floor. Smartly dressed men, their hair neatly parted and slicked back, toss fistfuls of dice onto the plush green baize of the craps tables.
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Gotti's Boys
- The Mafia Crew That Killed for John Gotti
- De: Anthony M. DeStefano
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 7 h y 39 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 199
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 168
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 168
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anthony M. DeStefano takes you inside John Gotti's inner circle to reveal the dark hearts and violent deeds of the most remorseless and cold-blooded characters in organized crime. Men so vicious even the other mafia families were terrified of them. Meet Gotti's Boys....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book
- De Arthur F. en 09-20-19
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Wiseguy
- De: Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese - introduction
- Narrado por: Ari Fliakos, Corey Brill, Hillary Huber, y otros
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,642
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,356
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,342
This is the true crime best seller that was the basis for Martin Scorsese’s film masterpiece GoodFellas, which brought to life the violence, the excess, the families, the wives and girlfriends, the drugs, the payoffs, the paybacks, the jail time, and the Feds...with Henry Hill’s crackling narration drawn straight out of Wiseguy and overseeing all the unforgettable action.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally unabridged
- De Rodney en 12-16-19
De: Nicholas Pileggi, y otros
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Five Families
- The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
- De: Selwyn Raab
- Narrado por: Paul Costanzo
- Duración: 33 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,826
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,475
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,462
Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo, and Lucchese. For decades these Five Families ruled New York and built the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra) into an underworld empire. Today, the Mafia is an endangered species, battered and beleaguered by aggressive investigators, incompetent leadership, betrayals, and generational changes that produced violent, unreliable leaders and recruits.
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4 out of 5 stars
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- De Mark en 10-13-16
De: Selwyn Raab
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Blood Aces
- The Wild Ride of Benny Binion, the Texas Gangster Who Created Vegas Poker
- De: Doug J. Swanson
- Narrado por: John McLain
- Duración: 11 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 373
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 330
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 331
The astonishing story of Benny Binion - a rip-roaring saga of murder, money, and the making of Las Vegas. Benny Binion was many things: a cowboy, a pioneering casino owner, a gangster, a killer, and founder of the hugely successful World Series of Poker. Blood Aces tells the story of Binion's crucial role in shaping modern Las Vegas. From a Texas backwater, Binion rose to prominence on a combination of vision, determination, and brutal expediency.
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3 out of 5 stars
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FOLK ANTI-HERO
- De Ray en 08-21-14
De: Doug J. Swanson
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Top Hoodlum
- Frank Costello, Prime Minister of the Mafia
- De: Anthony M. DeStefano
- Narrado por: L.J. Ganser
- Duración: 10 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 133
Using newly released FBI files, eyewitness accounts, and family mementos, Top Hoodlum takes you inside the Mafia that Frank Costello helped build from the ground up, from small-time bootlegging and gambling to a nationwide racketeering empire. Sometimes shocking, sometimes amusing, and always riveting, these are the stories that have inspired American crime classics like The Godfather, Casino, Goodfellas, and The Sopranos. This is the man who made the Mafia such a powerful force in our nation's history. This is Top Hoodlum.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book!
- De Arthur F. en 07-13-18
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The Cigar
- Carmine Galante, Mafia Terror
- De: Frank Dimatteo, Michael Benson
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 9 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Lazy Attempt; Awful Narrator
- De Rich en 05-05-23
De: Frank Dimatteo, y otros
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Closing Time
- A True Story of Robbery and Double Murder
- De: Anita Paddock
- Narrado por: Perry Daniels
- Duración: 5 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Kenneth Staton was the well-respected owner of a jewelry store in Van Buren, Arkansas. Unknown to him, two men plotted to rob the jewelry store at closing time on September 10, 1980. This senseless, bloody crime rocked the town of Van Buren and set its lawmen, sworn to find the killers, on a fiercely determined hunt that led from Rogers, Arkansas, to Jacksonville, Florida, and all the way to Vancouver, Canada.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Was the author allowed to give approval first?
- De GH en 10-29-21
De: Anita Paddock
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Sonny
- The Last of the Old Time Mafia Bosses, John "Sonny" Franzese
- De: S.J. Peddie
- Narrado por: Tanya Eby
- Duración: 8 h y 22 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 56
John "Sonny" Franzese reportedly committed his first murder at the age of fourteen. As a "made man" for the Colombo crime family, he operated out of his Long Island home specializing in racketeering, fraud, and other illicit deeds he would deny to his dying day. His career in organized crime spanned over eight decades - and he was sentenced to fifty years in prison for robbery. This is the true story of an old-school Mafioso as it's never been told. Newsday reporter S. J. Peddie interviewed Franzese in prison and uncovered a lifetime of shocking secrets from the legend himself.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Absolute BS
- De Brianicole en 04-20-22
De: S.J. Peddie
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Boys in Chicago Heights
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-19-22
Excellent
Loved this book. Now I want to check out the physical book for dateline events
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
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- Doug Ruswick
- 01-09-23
Highly Recommended
Sounds 100%. Highly recommended. Best to you, Matt!
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