"A captivating and different kind of story" about the life of Bugsy Siegel's godson, from the author "who captured his voice" (Nick Pileggi, author/screenwriter of Goodfellas and Casino).In 1944 Brooklyn, newborn Michael J. Hardy is rejected by his mother so she can run with gangster Bugsy Siegel, Hardy's godfather. Shirley Rook rose to the top of the criminal ranks. As the Queen of New York City crime, she laundered Mob money, ran the city's large...

The second installment of this saga of gangland lore follows gregarious gangster, Michael Hardy, further down his twisted criminal path. The Last Jewish Gangster, The Middle Years, starts in 1968 with Hardy sentenced to twelve years in the world's most dangerous prison in Mexico after taking the rap for his mother's counterfeiting scheme, hoping to have finally earned her love and respect.Once he's released from prison, Hardy returns to Brooklyn and tries to go straight, but drifts ...

Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees won the 1932 World Series. Afterwards, Ruth and three others, went to Springfield Illinois to do some fishing. As they were returning, Ruth and friends, gave out souvenirs up and down the road know as, 'The Mother Road', Route 66. After 90 years, autographed baseballs from that trip start becoming targets with arson, theft, and murder. State Police detectives, Beth and Joe Clayton are tasked with finding out who is behind the crimes. The pair were put tog...

'Rough' is the story of Samantha Alexander, an accomplished LPGA golfer trying to break away from her domineering father with the help of a new found love.

Planning the seemingly perfect heist during one of his regular spells in jail, Al and his newly assembled gang can't wait to get paroled so they can try out their masterplan—making bank employees and customers beneficiaries and therefore accomplices to their crimes. After all, if everyone is getting a cut, nobody wants to rat anybody out, right?After leaving their South Florida jail, the so-called Four Deuces begin assembling the other ingredients needed for their criminal enterpri...

How do you like your weirdness? A subtle nudge towards the untoward? A quick zap of zany? Or a full-on assault of aberration? Whatever your taste, you'll find it here, and many more strains of strange that you didn't suspect existed. From magic rain to a talking (severed) head, extraordinary eggs to belligerent birds, the stories in this collection enter the rabbit hole to explore its hidden corners and winding ways. Through all the variety, what they have in common is originality, creativ...

Luther is a darkly humorous mafia book that tells the story of Luther LaMotta, an accidental low-level hitman in the Manchini family mob. Luther wants nothing more from life than to savor music in the solitude of his plant-filled apartment, or to romp in borrowed luxury cars with his girlfriend/stripper Candy Barr, an Amish runaway. Instead, he is forced to clean up after mob hits, feeding victims' body parts to a crocodile named Bianca who is kept in a pit in a New York City basement....

Do you wish you had more space in your home? Don't move! Don't expand your home! Try these fabulous furniture solutions to storage problems. With the help of the experts at Woodworking Journal, you can add space to every room of your house with these creative and beautiful solutions: *Heirloom Collector's Cabinet *Blanket Chest *Your Own Steamer Trunk *Angler's Cabinet *Early American Dresser *Scandinavian-Style Sideboard *Weekend Joy Box *Flat-Screen TV Cabinet *And more! Practical, versa...

This compelling novel follows serial mass shooter Tyler Stone as he sows division and calamity across the United States. The narrative is interspersed with incisive and trenchant political commentary about a country that is on the precipice of a modern civil war. The book's protagonist is a fascinating enigma, as he exhibits the behavior of a deranged sociopath while taking on the mantle of galvanizing his fellow Americans to unite against a common enemy. By Targeting specific demographics...

"The Pariahs" is an undercover thriller that sees two detectives forced into witness protection after breaking the blue code. Living now as husband and wife, the Pariahs assume their new identities and are set loose in central Illinois. Their investigation takes them to strip clubs, college campuses, diners, a casino, and a river boat. Will two protagonists, with different styles, learn to work and live together? The case has stumped local police for over a year. A young woman, strangled, ...

If you're a woodworker who loves to create home furnishings that are both beautiful and sensible, then you'll truly value this collection of functional furniture projects. Discover 18 projects that deliver both beauty and practicality. From a classic ladder-back chair to a space saving trundle bed, these projects blend form and function while providing comfort and storage.

Air Traffic Control is one of the most misunderstood occupations in the world, and yet it effects anyone that has ever...or will ever fly in an aircraft. This book tells it all. you will never look to the sky in the same way again.