Five Families
The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
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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. A 20-year assault against the five families in particular blossomed into the most successful law enforcement campaign of the last century.
Selwyn Raab's Five Families is the vivid story of the rise and fall of New York's premier dons, from Lucky Luciano to Paul Castellano to John Gotti and more. The book also brings the listener right up to the possible resurgence of the Mafia as the FBI and local law enforcement agencies turn their attention to homeland security and away from organized crime.
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Barbara was 12 when she was admitted to the psychiatric hospital Aston Hall in 1971. From a troubled home, she'd hoped she would find sanctuary there. But during her stay, Barbara was systematically drugged and abused by its head physician, Dr Kenneth Milner. Somehow, eventually, she started to campaign for answers. This is a shocking account of how vulnerable children were preyed upon by the doctor entrusted with their care.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Horrific childhood. Almost too bad to believe.
- De Suzy L. en 01-04-19
De: Barbara O'Hare
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The Club
- Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age
- De: Leo Damrosch
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 15 h y 1 m
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In 1763, the painter Joshua Reynolds proposed to his friend Samuel Johnson that they invite a few friends to join them every Friday at the Turk's Head Tavern in London to dine, drink, and talk until midnight. Eventually, the group came to include among its members Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon, and James Boswell. It was known simply as "the Club". In this captivating audiobook, Leo Damrosch brings alive a brilliant, competitive, and eccentric cast of characters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful survey
- De Tad Davis en 05-10-19
De: Leo Damrosch
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In the Garden of the Righteous
- The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust
- De: Richard Hurowitz
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 14 h y 29 m
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Less than a century ago, the Second World War took the lives of more than fifty million people; more than six million of them were systematically exterminated through crimes of such enormity that a new name to describe the horror was coined: the Holocaust. Yet amid such darkness, there were glimmers of light—courageous individuals who risked everything to save those hunted by the Nazis.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must read! Outstanding and compelling! Couldn’t stop until the end.
- De Integrity personified en 03-03-23
De: Richard Hurowitz
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The Last Season
- De: Eric Blehm
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 12 h y 34 m
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Destined to become a classic of adventure literature, The Last Season examines the extraordinary life of legendary backcountry ranger Randy Morgenson and his mysterious disappearance in California's unforgiving Sierra Nevada - mountains as perilous as they are beautiful. Eric Blehm's masterful work is a gripping detective story interwoven with the riveting biography of a complicated, original, and wholly fascinating man.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Well Written Character Study of an NPS Ranger
- De Kathy in CA en 06-23-16
De: Eric Blehm
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Island of the Lost
- Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- De: Joan Druett
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
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Auckland Island is a godforsaken place in the middle of the Southern Ocean, 285 miles south of New Zealand. With year-round freezing rain and howling winds, it is one of the most forbidding places in the world. To be shipwrecked there means almost certain death. In 1864, Captain Thomas Musgrave and his crew of four aboard the schooner Grafton wreck on the southern end of the island. Utterly alone in a dense coastal forest, plagued by stinging blowflies and relentless rain, Captain Musgrave inspires his men to take action.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the Best Stories Ever Told!
- De Tiffany en 04-10-16
De: Joan Druett
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Unvarnished
- A Gimlet-Eyed Look at Life Behind the Bar
- De: Eric Alperin, Deborah Stoll
- Narrado por: Eric Alperin
- Duración: 6 h y 29 m
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When it opened a decade ago, the acclaimed Los Angeles speakeasy The Varnish - owned, designed, and managed by award-winning cocktail aficionado Eric Alperin - quickly became the stylish standard bearer for modern bars. Unvarnished is a candid, voice-driven, no-holds-barred look at the workings of a bar, and the foundation of The Varnish’s success: attention to hospitality and an abiding belief in the nobility of service.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the most accurate accounts of being behind a bar
- De Brian T en 07-14-23
De: Eric Alperin, y otros
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The Hospital
- De: Barbara O'Hare
- Narrado por: Charlie Sanderson
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
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Barbara was 12 when she was admitted to the psychiatric hospital Aston Hall in 1971. From a troubled home, she'd hoped she would find sanctuary there. But during her stay, Barbara was systematically drugged and abused by its head physician, Dr Kenneth Milner. Somehow, eventually, she started to campaign for answers. This is a shocking account of how vulnerable children were preyed upon by the doctor entrusted with their care.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Horrific childhood. Almost too bad to believe.
- De Suzy L. en 01-04-19
De: Barbara O'Hare
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The Escape Artist
- The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
- De: Jonathan Freedland
- Narrado por: Jonathan Freedland
- Duración: 11 h y 47 m
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In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba became one of the very first Jews to escape from Auschwitz and make his way to freedom—among only a tiny handful who ever pulled off that near-impossible feat. He did it to reveal the truth of the death camp to the world—and to warn the last Jews of Europe what fate awaited them. Against all odds, Vrba and his fellow escapee, Fred Wetzler, climbed mountains, crossed rivers, and narrowly missed German bullets until they had smuggled out the first full account of Auschwitz the world had ever seen.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good
- De Matt en 11-10-22
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The Sisters
- De: Dervla McTiernan
- Narrado por: Aoife McMahon
- Duración: 3 h y 8 m
- Grabación Original
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In this prequel to the international best seller The Ruin, set 10 years prior, bright-eyed Carrie Ryan is at the very start of her career. When she has a hunch about an ongoing murder investigation, she knows it could be her only chance to prove herself and truly break into the “boys' club” of Dublin’s police force.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Look forward to hearing more from this author
- De C. E. Pitchford en 09-09-19
De: Dervla McTiernan
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Spearhead
- An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II
- De: Adam Makos
- Narrado por: Johnathan McClain
- Duración: 13 h y 33 m
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From the author of the international best seller A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story of an American tank gunner’s journey into the heart of the Third Reich, where he will meet destiny in an iconic armor duel - and forge an enduring bond with his enemy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- De Msgr. John R. McGrath en 03-11-19
De: Adam Makos
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The Oxford Inklings
- Lewis, Tolkien and Their Circle
- De: Colin Duriez
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 6 h y 36 m
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The Oxford Inklings tells the story of the friendships, mutual influence, and common purpose of the Inklings - the literary circle which congregated around C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Meeting in pubs or Lewis' college rooms, they included an influential array of literary figures. They were, claimed poet and novelist John Wain, bent on 'the task of redirecting the whole current of contemporary art and life'. Tolkien and Lewis expert Colin Duriez unpacks the Inklings' origins, relationships, and the nature of their collaboration.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great insights into the Inklings
- De Michael W Plunket en 08-12-24
De: Colin Duriez
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Gideon's Promise
- A Public Defender Movement to Transform Criminal Justice
- De: Jonathan Rapping
- Narrado por: Frank Gerard
- Duración: 8 h y 49 m
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Combining wisdom drawn from over a dozen years as a public defender and cutting-edge research in the fields of organizational and cultural psychology, Jonathan Rapping proposes a radical cultural shift to a “fiercely client-based ethos” driven by values-based recruitment training, awakening defenders to their role in upholding an unjust status quo, and a renewed pride in the essential role of moral lawyering in a democratic society.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A professional ethic for public defenders
- De Amazon Customer en 03-23-24
De: Jonathan Rapping
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And There Was Light
- Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
- De: Jon Meacham
- Narrado por: Jon Meacham
- Duración: 17 h y 49 m
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Hated and hailed, excoriated and revered, Abraham Lincoln was at the pinnacle of American power when secessionists gave no quarter in a clash of visions bound up with money, race, identity, and faith. In him we can see the possibilities of the presidency as well as its limitations. This book tells the story of Lincoln from his birth on the Kentucky frontier to his leadership during the Civil War to his tragic assassination: his rise, his self-education, his loves, his bouts of depression, his political failures, his deepening faith, and his persistent conviction that slavery must end.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Winner
- De Diane Moore en 10-31-22
De: Jon Meacham
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Victim F
- From Crime Victims to Suspects to Survivors
- De: Denise Huskins, Aaron Quinn, Nicole Weisensee Egan
- Narrado por: Brittany Pressley, James Fouhey, Samantha Desz
- Duración: 14 h y 15 m
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In March 2015, Denise Huskins and her boyfriend Aaron Quinn awoke from a sound sleep into a nightmare. Armed men bound and drugged them, then abducted Denise. Warned not to call the police or Denise would be killed, Aaron agonized about what to do. Finally he put his trust in law enforcement and dialed 911. But instead of searching for Denise, the police accused Aaron of her murder. His story, they told him, was just unbelievable. When Denise was released alive, the police turned their fire on her, dubbing her the “real-life ‘Gone Girl’” who had faked her own kidnapping.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I am so saddened for you both!!
- De Anonymous. en 06-09-21
De: Denise Huskins, y otros
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Call Sign Chaos
- Learning to Lead
- De: Jim Mattis, Bing West
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 5,754
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Call Sign Chaos is the account of Jim Mattis’ storied career, from wide-ranging leadership roles in three wars to ultimately commanding a quarter of a million troops across the Middle East. Along the way, Mattis recounts his foundational experiences as a leader, extracting the lessons he has learned about the nature of warfighting and peacemaking, the importance of allies, and the strategic dilemmas - and short-sighted thinking - now facing our nation.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A pleasant surprise
- De Fountain of Chris en 09-06-19
De: Jim Mattis, y otros
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Hidden Valley Road
- Inside the Mind of an American Family
- De: Robert Kolker
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
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Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their 12 children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965. In those years, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins—aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony. But behind the scenes was a different story: psychological breakdown, sudden shocking violence, hidden abuse. By the mid-1970s, six of the 10 Galvin boys, one after another, were diagnosed as schizophrenic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A story you've never heard before
- De Kelley Cox en 04-19-20
De: Robert Kolker
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Indianapolis
- De: Lynn Vincent, Sara Vladic
- Narrado por: John Bedford Lloyd
- Duración: 18 h y 39 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,644
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Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis is sailing alone in the Philippine Sea when she is sunk by two Japanese torpedoes. For the next five nights and four days, almost 300 miles from the nearest land, nearly 900 men battle injuries, sharks, dehydration, insanity, and eventually each other. Only 316 will survive. Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic tell the complete story of the ship, her crew, and their final mission to save one of their own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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As good as In Harm's Way but different
- De tru britty en 07-13-18
De: Lynn Vincent, y otros
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His Truth Is Marching On
- John Lewis and the Power of Hope
- De: Jon Meacham, John Lewis - afterword
- Narrado por: JD Jackson, Jon Meacham
- Duración: 10 h
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 898
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An intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime US congressman John Lewis, linking his life to the painful quest for justice in America from the 1950s to the present - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Soul of America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely remarkable!
- De Janie en 08-30-20
De: Jon Meacham, y otros
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Nephew
- A Memoir in 4-Part Harmony
- De: M.K. Asante
- Narrado por: M.K. Asante, Dion Graham, Adenrele Ojo, y otros
- Duración: 5 h y 16 m
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Waiting in the emergency room at Temple University Hospital in North Philadelphia where his eighteen-year-old nephew, Nasir, lay unconscious after being shot nine times, MK Asante began pouring his heart and soul into a series of letters to a beautiful, dying Black boy so full of life. As Nasir fought for survival, MK realized there was so much—too much—that he had kept from his nephew, starting with the truth about his father, MK’s brother, Uzi, whom Nasir had never met. MK could no longer remain silent because in many ways, his nephew was repeating the mistakes of the past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thank You Mr. Asante
- De Anonymous User en 04-23-25
De: M.K. Asante
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- Anonymous User
- 07-01-21
Great book
If you love the mob is this a great book for you covers a lot
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-18-20
Very informative
I loved this book. Incredibly informative. I thought this was going to be a book that painted Cosa Nostra in a better light, much like the GodFather movies or really any other Mobster movie, but it definitely did not. There arent a ton of books out there that straight up tell you that mobsters are bad guys. Dont fall for the Hollywood tricks. Once I started it, I couldn't stop.
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- Joseph
- 03-30-17
great read
great book about the ever-changing nature of the American underworld. excellent look at organization and govt attempts to bring it down.
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- Bob The Builder
- 10-29-21
very good
long but very well written starts from before castalamaresse war and ends with commission case
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- John c
- 08-14-21
one of the BEST mafia books out there
gives good insight into the history of the mob past to almost present day.
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- Tyler M.
- 01-08-23
The Best book
This is the best audiobook I’ve ever listened to. There isn’t a boring part of it.
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- vogdswagon26
- 11-09-22
Good material narration is annoying at times
why do some narrators way over pronounce certain words? I will be hearing this narrator say "Boar-got-ah" in my nightmares
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- Alex Noble
- 10-23-23
A big long bloody history
Selwyn Raab has written a huge book here. Long and bloody, Five Families is a great history of the Mafia families in the USA. Well written, Raab paints an extensive picture of how the Mafia has shaped the 20th century in NY and the USA. I have removed a star because of a few errors (repeated words and sentences) in the recording. Apart from that, a good book for anybody looking for an overall picture of organised crime in America.
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- Robert
- 01-29-24
mob rules
interesting storyline. I'm left with the impression that inept leaders are allowing these gang types to flourish in our society by stripping budgets and bickering interagency. meanwhile domestic and foreign gangs prey on more people.... same as it ever was.
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- Kyle
- 03-07-24
great stories
very informative and well told. enjoyed it didn't end with the ghotti trial like alot of mob books
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