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The Fourth K by Mario Puzo

2012-01-04T00:30:00-05:00

The Fourth K
Written by Mario Puzo

eBook | Ballantine Books | Biography & Autobiography - Literary; Biography & Autobiography - Rich & Famous; Biography & Autobiography - Reference | $7.99 | 978-0-345-48079-8 (0-345-48079-1)

A PRESIDENTIAL DYNASTY. AN ARAB TERRORIST ATTACK. DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE. Mario Puzo envisioned it all in his eerily prescient 1991 novel, The Fourth K.

President Francis Xavier Kennedy is elected to office, in large part, thanks to the legacy of his forebears–good looks, privilege, wealth–and is the very embodiment of youthful optimism. Too soon, however, he is beaten down by the political process and, disabused of his ideals, he becomes a leader totally unlike what he has been before.

When his daughter becomes a pawn in a brutal terrorist plot, Kennedy, who has obsessively kept alive the memory of his uncles’ assassinations, activates all his power to retaliate in a series of violent measures. As the explosive events unfold, the world and those closest to him look on with both awe and horror.

The Fortunate Pilgrim by Mario Puzo

2004-09-28T00:30:00-05:00

The Fortunate Pilgrim
Written by Mario Puzo

eBook | Ballantine Books | Biography & Autobiography - Literary; Biography & Autobiography - Rich & Famous; Biography & Autobiography - Reference | $7.99 | 978-0-345-48070-5 (0-345-48070-8)

efore The Godfather and The Last Don, there was Puzo's classic story about the loves, crimes and struggles confronted by one family of New York City immigrants living in Hell's Kitchen. Fresh from the farms in Italy, Lucia Santa struggles to hold her family together in a strange land. At turns poignant, comic and violent, and with a new preface by the author, The Fortunate Pilgrim is Italian-American fiction at its very best.

From the Hardcover edition.

Accardo: The Genuine Godfather by William F. Roemer, Jr.

1996-09-01T00:30:00-05:00

Accardo: The Genuine Godfather
Written by William F. Roemer, Jr.

Paperback, 448 pages | Ivy Books | Biography & Autobiography - Reference; Social Science - Sociology - Urban; Social Science - Criminology | $7.99 | 978-0-8041-1464-6 (0-8041-1464-1)

"A STORY THAT NO OTHER AUTHOR COULD HAVE PUT
TOGETHER . . . Roemer [is] America's most decorated FBI agent."
--Chicago Tribune
For forty years Tony Accardo was America's most dangerous criminal. He cut his teeth on the Chicago mob wars of Capone and Elliot Ness. He got his nickname "Joe Batters" for killing two men with a baseball bat. As the bodies piled up, Capone's youngest capo murdered and schemed his way to the top.
William Roemer was the first FBI agent to face Tony "The Big Tuna" Accardo. Now, Roemer tells the story that only he could tell: the deals, the hits, the double-crosses, and the power plays that reached from the Windy City to Hollywood and to New York. Drawing on secret wiretaps and inside information, ACCARDO chronicles bloodshed and mayhem for more than six decades--as Roemer duels against the most powerful don of them all. . . .
"Roemer brings the reality of organized crime home to us."
--Boston Herald
"A big, sprawled out account that serves as anecdotal history of organized crime."
--Kirkus Reviews

Enforcer by William F. Roemer, Jr.

1995-04-01T00:30:00-05:00

Enforcer
Written by William F. Roemer, Jr.

Paperback, 320 pages | Ivy Books | Biography & Autobiography - Reference; Social Science - Sociology - Urban; Social Science - Criminology | $7.99 | 978-0-8041-1310-6 (0-8041-1310-6)

Bugsy Siegel built Las Vegas, but it was Tony "The Ant" Spilotro who ran the show. Now William F. Roemer, Jr., veteran FBI agent and scourge of the Cosa Nostra, tells the shocking story of how a teenage wiseguy grew up to become "the man" in Vegas. From the gritty streets of Chicago to the neon-lit Nevada wonderland, Roemer assembles a rogue's gallery of the highest-ranking capos and the lowest creeps of organized crime. As incredible as any work of fiction -- but it's all fact!

Latin American Heroes by Jerome Adams

1993-04-13T00:30:00-05:00

Latin American Heroes
Written by Jerome Adams

Trade Paperback, 304 pages | Ballantine Books | Biography & Autobiography - Historical; Biography & Autobiography - Reference; Biography & Autobiography - People of Color | $14.95 | 978-0-345-38384-6 (0-345-38384-2)

Many North Americans are unaware of the history and politics of Latin America, and Latin American Heroes goes a long way to redress this lack of knowledge. These profiles of twenty-three history makers offer a unique view of Latin America through the eyes of men and women who devoted their lives to their countries, and to the freedom of their people.

Here are fascinating mini-biographies of such influential and important subjects as Dona Marina (La Malinche), a former slave, born in 1505, who became an invaluable translator for Cortes; Toussaint L'Ouverture, who led Haitians to rebel against their French masters in the first major slave revolt in the new world, Jose Marti, the journalist, revolutionary, poet, orator, and charismatic leader of the fight to free Cuba from Spanish domination, and the modern martyr Bishop Romero, who, as an outspoken Catholic clergyman opposed to the abuses of the rightist regime in El Salvador, was murdered for his beliefs. You'll also learn about Brazil's Emperors Pedro I and Pedro II, the Women of the Mexican Revolution, Argentina's Juan and Eva Peron, Mexico's Emiliano Zapata, Venezuela's Simon Bolivar, and Cuba's Che Guevara.

A straightforward and thoroughly researched biographical reference that amplifies some of the most significant voices in Latin America, past and present, Latin American Heroes is a long-overdue tribute to the people whose fearless struggle for self-determination changed history.

Honor Thy Father by Gay Talese

1992-04-26T00:30:00-05:00

Honor Thy Father
Written by Gay Talese

Paperback, 480 pages | Ivy Books | Biography & Autobiography - Literary; Biography & Autobiography - Reference; Social Science - Ethnic Studies | $7.99 | 978-0-8041-1058-7 (0-8041-1058-1)

"Brilliant . . . Indispensable." Los Angeles Times

Here is the story of the rise and fall of the notorious Bonanno crime family of New York as only best-selling author Gay Talese could tell it.

Random House New Releases - Biography & Autobiography - Reference

The Fourth K by Mario Puzo

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The Fortunate Pilgrim by Mario Puzo

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