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From the 1960s until the turn of the 21st century, New York City was the world's epicenter of organized and white-collar crime. During those four decades, the most feared Mafia chiefs, assassins, defrocked stockbrokers, Orthodox Jewish money-launderers, and Arab bankers sought the counsel of one man: my father, Jimmy La Rossa, a Kennedy-era prosecutor who became the defense lawyer of first resort in the big, important, highly publicized cases for four full action-packed decades. Last of the Gladiators is a memoir about some of the seminal legal events of a generation.

They have no witnesses. They have no case. With this blunt observation, Mariann Colby, an attractive, church-going mother and housewife in Shaker Heights, Ohio, bet a defense psychiatrist that she would not be convicted of murder. A lack of witnesses was not the only problem that would confront the State of Ohio in 1966, which would seek to prosecute her for shooting to death Cremer Young Jr., her son’s nine-year-old playmate.

A Family in Faith is a wonderful story of unconditional love. It reminds us to always have faith in ourselves and one another. Adam loses his way and abandons his faith. His family refuses to give up on him as they navigate the dynamics of a modern day family.

First Impressions is a moving and entertaining account of the interesting people that the author encounters while driving for a ride-sharing company. False assumptions based on his first impressions dissolve quickly as he gains insight into the passengers' personal stories. Often humorous and always moving, we learn what gives some of us direction and drives our ambitions. Moreover, we discover that everyone has a story.

Two historians discover 1,000 pounds of double eagle $20 gold pieces that were hidden in a San Francisco basement for 150 years. But to get the gold they have to outsmart a street gang and beat a fleet of bulldozers to the vault site.

Find a Remedy is a street level look at Henry Ford's $5 Day from 17 different viewpoints including anarchists, socialists, union organizers, dynamiters, workers, worker's wifes, fellow magnates, historians, and economists. It is designed to show how the $5 Day was revolutionary in 1914 and a failure in 1919. It is snapshot of industrial history and perfect as a supplemental audiobook in an American history II class.

Why Me? is filled with experiences from successful businessman Mike Mountz's life when he felt the presence of God. These Godly experiences, as Mike calls them, helped him to strengthen his faith, make changes in his life, and act when otherwise he might have been paralyzed by uncertainty. Mike describes how God guided him so that he gained the courage, strength, wisdom, and ability to make difficult decisions. The book also shares a critical lesson Mike learned - the importance of following your spiritual compass.

December 1943. The momentum of the Second World War has shifted in favor of the Allies, and American confidence in the security situation has soared in the past few months. City lights and radio stations are back on across the East Coast as normalcy has returned to America. While Germany may be down, though, it isn’t out, and the Luftwaffe has developed the technology to get Nazi Germany back in the war.

Do you want to learn how to get strong with body weight exercises? Then this extraordinary Calisthenics Bundle will help you develop a strong, athletic body! Calisthenics includes the following books: Body Weight Training and Mental Toughness. The first book, Body Weight Training will teach you how to develop superior strength with Calisthenics. The second book, Mental Toughness, will teach you how to use mental toughness in your everyday life.

In his first book, Butch takes you through the stories of his life. Stories of family, friendship, and fortitude. Against all odds, being a high school dropout from a broken family, Butch earned his College Degree and Navy Pilot Wings within a four and a half year period. He flew P-3 Orion airplanes during the Cold War, joined the US Customs Service as a Special Agent and Pilot fighting in the war on drugs in Central and South America, and later flew commercially for Northwest Airlines.

Short Story Twelve-Pack runs nearly four hours and consists of 12 short stories, including: "Now We're Even:" Payback to a former high school bully can be really satisfying if you do it right; "Paine in the Ass:" How to put the office know-it-all in his place once and for all; "Pieces of Eight:" Does the vacant neighbor's house really have gold doubloons hidden in its walls?; "Precious:" She's got all the money and he's envious. Now, how to get rid of her without going to prison.

Karmic Capitalism will train the reader to become psychically empowered, financially independent and attain spiritual growth if you follow the instructions presented. I discuss such concepts as limiting beliefs, affirmations, visual imagery and accessing our Higher Self to raise our consciousness and establish a foundation for karmic capitalism. The basic concepts of metaphysics and their relationship to spiritual growth are given. Many self-hypnosis exercises are presented to apply these techniques in your life.

In this Lambda Literary award-winning title, author Toby Johnson explores how the rise of gay identity has become an important part of contemporary religious development. This dramatic transformation has resulted due to the perspective of gay men; their ability to step outside the assumptions and conventions of culture and see things from a different point of view. This audiobook will reward readers seeking new insight into faith as well as culture, myth and traditions.

Walter's Perspective provides a unique glimpse into the rough-and-tumble Chicago news business as seen through the eyes of one of its legendary players. From his first news job working as a legman to his later role as a news anchor and political commentator, Jacobson battled along the front lines of an industry undergoing dramatic changes.

When the secret police came for his father in 1938, 10-year-old Anatole Konstantin saw his family plunged into a morass of fear. His memoir of growing up in Stalinist Russia re-creates in vivid detail the daily trials of people trapped in this regime before and during the repressive years of World War II - and the equally horrific struggles of refugees after that conflict.

Pat Tillman left his career with the Arizona Cardinals and enlisted in the United States Army in June 2002 in response to the September 11 attacks. His service in Iraq and Afghanistan, and subsequent death, were the subject of much controversy. Tillman joined the Army Rangers and served several tours in combat before he died in the mountains of Afghanistan. Initially, the Army reported that Tillman had gunned down by enemy forces. But the truth would be revealed later.

Returned from the Great War, living in 1920s Hollywood, Walter Steale is hired as muscle by his politician brother while a platinum blonde, renowned for playing empty-headed nymphets in the flickers, rekindles his faith in the world. But before long, lies stack up around his work, and Steale finds himself on the front lines of corruption. Once he confronts his brother, Steale's dirty work is used against him to protect powerful state leaders.