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Re: Mafia Books
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01/24/05 02:51 AM
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Originally posted by Don Cardi: Has anyone read the Arnold Rothstein Bio titled : "The Big Bankroll"? Have it, read it, recommend it. Let me know if you'd like to borrow it.
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Re: Mafia Books
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01/24/05 07:27 AM
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Don Cardi
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Originally posted by SC: [quote]Originally posted by Don Cardi: [b] Has anyone read the Arnold Rothstein Bio titled : "The Big Bankroll"? Have it, read it, recommend it. Let me know if you'd like to borrow it. [/b][/quote]Thanks SC, but I am currently awaiting the results of an auction in which I placed a bid for the book. Several weeks agao I purchased one online for $2.00 but I never received it. The seller claimed that he mailed it out and then refunded me without ANY question. When I went back to the book site where I purchased it, I found it re-listed by the same seller for $10!!! So I am hoping to win one from the auction that I have bid in. I'll let you know. Don Cardi
Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: Mafia Books
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01/25/05 07:22 AM
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Don Cardi
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Originally posted by SC: [quote]Originally posted by Don Cardi: [b] Has anyone read the Arnold Rothstein Bio titled : "The Big Bankroll"? Have it, read it, recommend it. Let me know if you'd like to borrow it. [/b][/quote]Thanks again SC, but I won the book in the auction. Your offer is greatly appreciated though! Don Cardi
Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: Mafia Books
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03/03/05 09:03 PM
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Originally posted by Don Smitty: Any book there that has to do with Bugsy Siegel? I did not see it posted. "The Gangster Chronicles" By Michael Lasker and Richard Alan Simmons "We Only Kill Each Other: The True Story of Mobster Bugsy Siegel" By Dean Jennings Don Cardi
Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: Mafia Books
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03/06/05 09:02 PM
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in the movie once apone a time in america, the Bugsy in there. is that the same one?
If you had any fucking heart at all you'd be out stealin'! Joe Pecsi Turn that thing off! You should be out stealing! Lefty You put up and shut up, you hear nothing you say nothing! Just like you did for Bugsy! -Noodles
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Re: Mafia Books
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03/11/05 10:23 PM
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That should really be in the " Mario Puzo" section, but I'll go ahead and answer it, becuase I rock :p It is a pretty good book, but in commparisons to The Godfather, it doesnt even come close. There are a lot of similarities thought, both good and bad.
If winners never lose, well, then a loser sure can sing the blues.
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Re: Mafia Books
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03/18/05 05:54 AM
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Does anyone knows if the book 'Addio cosa nostra. I segreti della mafia nella confessione di Tommaso Buscetta' is translated to English, or to Dutch maybe?
'This was just another Bronx tale.'
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Re: Mafia Books
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03/18/05 02:40 PM
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These aren't Italian Mafia books, but I thought they were germane nonetheless.
Comrade Criminal by Stephen Handelman details life in modern (published in 1993, so modern minus about twelve years) Russia after to collapse of the Soviet Union. It tells how the different gangs came from, how they've evolved, and what kind of scams they run. It also deals a lot with political corruption but, because it's in Russia and it's twelve years old, those parts aren't really all that interesting.
Overall Comrade Criminal is a pretty good bood, I'd give it a B-.
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Red Mafiya by Robert I. Friedman deals with Russian organized crime in the Non-Russian world, mostly in the United States. I liked this one a lot better than Comrade Criminal because it focused more on the United States. The book profiles several different Russian gangsters and goes into detail on their different crimes. It's a pretty scary subject considering the nuclear situation.
I'd give this on a B+.
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Re: Mafia Books
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03/27/05 09:52 AM
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Bloedsporen: een Reis naar de Mafia (Bloodtracks: a Journey to the Mafia) by Danny Ilegems and Raf Sauviller
This book was written by two Belgian writers, it's in Dutch, I tried to find English translations but couldn't find them.
It deals with Silvio Berlusconi and his Forza Italia (the book was published in '95 so not exactly up to date), the very beginning of the mafia, the 60s and 70s in which Milan would to become Italy's biggest Northern-Italian mafianest, the late 70s and the 80s of Toto Riina and heroin, uptil 1995. Also, the immigration of the Sicilians in the 50s and 60s in the BENELUX who came to rocognise that Holland and Belgium are walhalla for criminals.
Very interesting for Dutch and Belgian people who are fairly new to the subject of organised crime (This is only my second book), but not particurly interesting for those who have read more about it.
"I won't be a man like you." - Michael to Vito, orginal Part II ending
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Re: Mafia Books
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04/04/05 10:37 PM
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Mob: Stories of Death and Betrayal from Organized Crime Edited by Clint Willis
This is a great compiliation of stories taken from the Mafia's greatest books, both fiction and non fiction. This book is great for beginners because it gives you pretty much a manual to the Mafia in novel form and written by some of the Mafia's greatest writers. It is also just genuinesly enjoyable considering that, among books like Underboss, by Peter Maas and The Godfather, by Mario Puzo, there were also stories from other books that I had never even heard of like Defending the Mafia, by Frederic Dannen and The Don is Done, by Jeffery Goldberg. Together this a genuinely good book great for beginners and experts.
"The toe you stepped on yesterday may be attached to the ass you have to kiss today." -Former Mayor of Providence, RI, Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
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Re: Mafia Books
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08/10/05 06:58 AM
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I'm curious about the book by Selwyn Raab:Five families,i pre-ordered it,but will have to wait til september,800 pages on all five families!
Chi dorme,non piglia pesce...
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Re: Mafia Books
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08/10/05 01:42 PM
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Originally posted by Mr.Gribbs: I'm curious about the book by Selwyn Raab:Five families,i pre-ordered it,but will have to wait til september,800 pages on all five families! Great! Where did you bought it? What's the price? Is it also availeble in Dutch?
'This was just another Bronx tale.'
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Re: Mafia Books
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08/10/05 05:40 PM
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Pre-ordered it at amazon.com,they'll send it to me next month.
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Re: Mafia Books
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09/06/05 06:42 PM
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Amazon is great,i ordered a lot of mafia books over there,in fact i added my own favorite list over there,as finch94,check it out,my 25 favorite books!
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Re: Mafia Books
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09/14/05 08:48 AM
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I am reading Five Families,by Selwyn Raab,right now,anybody read it?
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