The Five Families of New York
5 Books in 1: The Complete History of America's Notorious Mafia Organizations
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For decades, the names Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo, and Lucchese cast a shadow over the streets of New York, shaping the city's underworld into an empire known as the American Mafia, or Cosa Nostra. But today, the once-mighty Mafia stands as an endangered species, battered by relentless investigators, plagued by incompetent leadership, and torn apart by betrayals and generational shifts that have produced volatile and unreliable leaders and recruits.
In "The Five Families of New York," Mafia Library presents a gripping account of the ascension and decline of New York's foremost crime syndicates, from the legendary Lucky Luciano to the notorious Paul Castellano and John Gotti, and beyond. Through vivid storytelling, the book chronicles the relentless assault waged against these five families over two decades, a campaign that stands as the most successful law enforcement effort of the last century.
However, as the FBI and local law enforcement agencies pivot their focus toward homeland security, the question looms: Could the Mafia be poised for a resurgence? Delving into the latest developments and shifting dynamics of organized crime, this book offers insight into once-dominant underworld powers. From the gritty streets of New York to the corridors of power, "The Five Families of New York" is a riveting exploration of the rise, fall, and potential resurgence of one of America's most infamous criminal enterprises.
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This collection of William L. Shirer’s radio broadcasts tells the vivid story of WWII and brings the suspense of the times to life for today’s audience. As the first journalist hired by CBS to cover the war in Europe, Shirer compiled two and a half years’ worth of wartime broadcasts including Hitler’s invasion of Austria, the armistice between France and Nazi forces in June of 1940, daily roundups of news from Paris, Vienna, Berlin, London and Rome, documenting the conditions of these countries under invasion.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Another banger from Willy and Grover
- De Garrett Webster en 04-08-24
De: William Shirer
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Mafia Prince
- Inside America's Most Violent Crime Family and the Bloody Fall of La Cosa Nostra
- De: Phillip Leonetti, Scott Burnstein, Christopher Graziano
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 11 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,559
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Mafia Prince is the first-person account of one of the most violent eras in Mafia history - "Little" Nicky Scarfo’s reign as boss of the Philly family in the 1980s - written by Scarfo’s underboss and nephew, "Crazy" Phil Leonetti. The youngest-ever underboss at the age of 31, Leonetti was at the crux of the violent downfall of the traditional American Mafia in the 1980s when he infiltrated Atlantic City after gambling was legalized, and later turned state’s evidence against his own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Guilty pleasure.
- De A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. en 03-28-14
De: Phillip Leonetti, y otros
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Drink
- A Cultural History of Alcohol
- De: Iain Gately
- Narrado por: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Duración: 21 h y 36 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Drink investigates the history of this Jekyll and Hyde of fluids, tracing mankind's love/hate relationship with alcohol from ancient Egypt to present day. Drink further documents the contribution of alcohol to the birth and growth of the United States, taking in the War of Independence, Pennsylvania Whiskey revolt, slave trade, and failed experiment of national Prohibition. Finally, it provides a history of the world's most famous drinks - and drinkers. Packed with trivia and colorful characters, Drink amounts to an intoxicating history of the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing!
- De Ben en 02-23-22
De: Iain Gately
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The Palace
- From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court
- De: Mr. Gareth Russell
- Narrado por: John Telfer
- Duración: 14 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Architecturally breathtaking and rich in splendid art and décor, Hampton Court Palace has been the stage of some of the most important events in British history, such as the commissioning of King James’s version of the Bible, the staging of many of Shakespeare’s plays, and Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation ball. The Palace takes us on “an entertaining journey into the past” (Kirkus Reviews) as it reveals the ups and downs of royal history and illustrates what was at play politically, socially, and economically at the time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gareth Russell is a true talent
- De clandstu en 12-13-23
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Wiseguy
- De: Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese - introduction
- Narrado por: Ari Fliakos, Corey Brill, Hillary Huber, y otros
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,826
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This is the true crime best seller that was the basis for Martin Scorsese’s film masterpiece GoodFellas, which brought to life the violence, the excess, the families, the wives and girlfriends, the drugs, the payoffs, the paybacks, the jail time, and the Feds...with Henry Hill’s crackling narration drawn straight out of Wiseguy and overseeing all the unforgettable action.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally unabridged
- De Rodney en 12-16-19
De: Nicholas Pileggi, y otros
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The Berlin Wall
- August 13, 1961 - November 9, 1989
- De: Frederick Taylor
- Narrado por: Peter Noble
- Duración: 21 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 16
On the morning of August 13, 1961, the residents of East Berlin found themselves cut off from family, friends, and jobs in the West by a tangle of barbed wire that ruthlessly split a city of four million in two. Within days the barbed-wire entanglement would undergo an extraordinary metamorphosis: It became an imposing 103-mile-long wall guarded by 300 watchtowers. A physical manifestation of the struggle between Soviet Communism and American capitalism that stood for nearly 30 years, the Berlin Wall was the high-risk fault line between East and West.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thorough and lively
- De Faycal Ikhouane en 07-31-23
De: Frederick Taylor
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Butch Cassidy
- The True Story of an American Outlaw
- De: Charles Leerhsen
- Narrado por: Pete Simonelli
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 74
For more than a century the life and death of Butch Cassidy have been the subject of legend, spawning a small industry of mythmakers and a major Hollywood film. But who was Butch Cassidy, really? Charles Leerhsen, best-selling author of Ty Cobb, sorts out the facts from folklore and paints a “compelling portrait of the charming, debonair, ranch hand-turned-outlaw” (Ron Hansen, author of The Kid) of the American West.
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5 out of 5 stars
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a beautiful story beautifully told
- De Marc Marschark en 10-15-20
De: Charles Leerhsen
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April 1945
- The Hinge of History
- De: Craig Shirley
- Narrado por: Tom Parks
- Duración: 17 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 37
Acclaimed historian and New York Times best-selling author Craig Shirley delivers a compelling account of 1945, particularly the watershed events in the month of April, that details how America emerged from World War II as a leading superpower.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing.
- De Anonymous User en 04-12-22
De: Craig Shirley
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The Cigar
- Carmine Galante, Mafia Terror
- De: Frank Dimatteo, Michael Benson
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 9 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
The son of Sicilian immigrants, Camillo Carmine Galante was raised in Manhattan's Little Italy and by all accounts born bad. By fifteen he was terrorizing the streets of New York's Lower East Side, scoring high marks for the "errands" he was running for his La Cosa Nostra elders. When he turned twenty, Galante was already one of the mob's top enforcers-a sadistic thrill killer and clinically diagnosed psychopath with big dreams.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Lazy Attempt; Awful Narrator
- De Rich en 05-05-23
De: Frank Dimatteo, y otros
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Five Families
- The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
- De: Selwyn Raab
- Narrado por: Paul Costanzo
- Duración: 33 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,958
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,589
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,576
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.
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4 out of 5 stars
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- De Mark en 10-13-16
De: Selwyn Raab
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The Gotti Wars
- Taking Down America's Most Notorious Mobster
- De: John Gleeson
- Narrado por: Adam Grupper
- Duración: 13 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 340
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 305
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 303
John Gotti was without a doubt the flashiest and most feared Mafioso in American history. He became the boss of the Gambino Crime Family in spectacular fashion—with the brazen and very public murder of Paul Castellano in front of Sparks Steakhouse in midtown Manhattan in 1985. Not one to stay below law enforcement’s radar, Gotti instead became the first celebrity crime boss. His penchant for eye-catching apparel earned him the nickname “The Dapper Don;” his ability to beat criminal charges led to another: “The Teflon Don.”
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4 out of 5 stars
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I spoke to soon.
- De Ductman en 04-20-24
De: John Gleeson
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The Life We Chose
- William “Big Billy” D’Elia and the Last Secrets of America’s Most Powerful Mafia Family
- De: Matt Birkbeck
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 138
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 138
The “adopted” son of legendary organized crime boss Russell Bufalino, for decades D’Elia had unequaled access to the man the FBI and US Justice Department considered one of the leading organized crime figures in the United States. But the government had no real idea as to the breadth of Bufalino’s power and influence—or that it was Bufalino, from his bucolic home base in Pittston, Pennsylvania, who reigned over the five families in New York and other organized crime families throughout the country.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting read about mafia
- De J. Frantz en 03-12-24
De: Matt Birkbeck
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Palestine 1936
- The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict
- De: Oren Kessler
- Narrado por: Shawn K. Jain
- Duración: 9 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 59
In spring 1936, the Holy Land erupted in a rebellion that targeted both the local Jewish community and the British Mandate authorities. The Great Arab Revolt would last three years, cost thousands of lives, and cast the trajectory for the Middle East conflict. The revolt was the crucible in which Palestinian identity coalesced, uniting all in a single struggle for independence. Yet the rebellion would ultimately turn on itself. British forces' aggressive counterinsurgency took care of the rest, finally quashing the uprising on the eve of World War II.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Who is this narrator?
- De Rachel S. en 09-23-24
De: Oren Kessler
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Borgata: Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia
- Borgata Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Louis Ferrante
- Narrado por: Louis Ferrante
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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In this first volume, Ferrante traces the mafia's phenomenal "rise of empire" through larger-than-life characters and legendary mobsters as they provide alcohol to the American public during Prohibition, penetrate industrial labor unions, practically take over the island of Cuba and, with extraordinary vision, create the gambling mecca of Las Vegas.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ferrante hits the trifecta
- De Richard P Paczynski en 04-12-25
De: Louis Ferrante
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The Bruno-Scarfo Mafia Crime Family
- A Complete History of a Philadelphia Criminal Organization
- De: Mafia Library
- Narrado por: Christopher J. Orlando
- Duración: 3 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12
For over a century, the Bruno-Scarfo crime family reigned over Philadelphia before a series of internal and external events led to their downfall. Such was the power that the family possessed that they had close connections with the Five Families of the New York Mafia.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Mispronunciations
- De Joanna M Inverso en 03-01-25
De: Mafia Library
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The Ship of Dreams
- The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era
- De: Mr. Gareth Russell
- Narrado por: Jenny Funnell
- Duración: 12 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 272
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In this original and meticulously researched narrative history, the author of the “stunning” (The Sunday Times) Young and Damned and Fair uses the sinking of the Titanic as a prism through which to examine the end of the Edwardian era and the seismic shift modernity brought to the Anglo-American world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of my favorites
- De M. M. Jones en 04-13-20
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The Fighters
- De: C. J. Chivers
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 13 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 334
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 292
Almost 2.5 million Americans have served in Afghanistan or Iraq since September 11, 2001. C.J. Chivers has reported from both fronts from the beginning, walking side by side with combatants for more than a dozen years. He describes the experience of war today as it is endured by those most at risk - the camaraderie and profound sense of purpose, alongside courage, frustration, and moral confusion mixed with technical precision. In these remote places where the reason for their presence is sometimes not clear, these young men kill or are killed, facing palpable and often constant threat of ambush or hidden bombs....
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5 out of 5 stars
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a very human perspective...
- De dustin en 08-22-18
De: C. J. Chivers
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The Six Families of East Coast: 6 Books in 1
- The Untold and Complete History of America’s Northeastern Mafia
- De: Mafia Library
- Narrado por: Christopher J. Orlando, John Raynar, Lee Sterry
- Duración: 20 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2
Packed with shocking revelations, untold stories, and behind-the-scenes details, this six-book collection is a must-listen for anyone captivated by the dark and dangerous world of organized crime. For decades, the Mafia ruled the East Coast, shaping cities, corrupting politicians, and controlling vast criminal enterprises. The Six Families of East Coast pulls back the curtain on these powerful crime syndicates, revealing their history, key figures, and the bloody battles that defined them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great audiobook!
- De Cesar J. Young en 04-15-25
De: Mafia Library
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Five Families of New York
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
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- Corey
- 02-21-25
Informative
Really enjoyed this box set. Tons of information about each family. Highly recommend this set to anyone who loves anything mafia.
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- Jason P.
- 08-14-24
Excellent book
The narrator does a perfect job, no annoying habits or repetitive quirks.
Great breakdown of what the mafia is and how it was created. Great layout of each family.
Very detailed, long, book. Will keep you occupied for a month.
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- Michael Wood
- 06-03-24
FANTASTIC
Great story and great narrator. Very easy to follow. Excellent value for money. This book is long enough to keep you occupied for a month. I love the separation of every family in the book. Fantastic work
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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- Jamie Abbott
- 10-02-24
What stood out was some of the narrators were better than others
The narrator of the Colombo family book was boring the others were better. I like how they all update with what the Mafia is like today. It was really insightful.
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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- Sarah P. McKnight
- 06-16-24
GUIDE TO NEW YORK UNDERWORLD
If you are looking for a deep dive into the end-to-end history of the mafia in the USA, especially the birthplace of the mafia, New York, this is the book for you. I'm a bit of a mafia buff, but I sometimes find it challenging to keep track of who all the players are, what families they are from, etc. This book helps solidify and give you a view that helps break it down in a more organized fashion. If you want to learn how the 5 families came to be and what happened to them, this is your mafia guide.
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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- cacooper
- 08-17-24
Must have
This is the best collection of audiobooks about the Mob out there. The collection is well-researched and full of facts, not fiction. Each of the narrator's performances is A+ I Highly recommend it.
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- Brian C. Schexnayder
- 01-24-25
The history
The genre in itself but also the history and how it impacted life both in the US as well as overseas.
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- Don
- 08-31-24
Nothing new here. There are better histories available.
If you are going to narrate, then please pronounce surnames correctly. It just takes some research.
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- ayubal
- 04-01-25
Most useless book I’ve ever listened to,
No details, just gibberish from the beginning to the end, better listen to selwyn raabs book 100 times
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