mafia

Michael Corleone, youngest son of crime boss Vito Corleone and reigning Don of the Corleone Family, returns from exile in Sicily intending to take over the family organization; however, he must first face his main adversary, Nick Geraci, who worked as a Corleone street enforcer and is every bit as deadly as Michael.

Examines the life of Paul Castellano, for ten years the head of New York's powerful Gambino crime family.

During one difficult week in her junior year, Val's world falls apart as she learns some truths about her origins, her father's business, and her relationship with her best friend.

Chronicles the life of Lucky Luciano, detailing mobster's involvement in the New York underworld from his early days as a hit man, discussing how his reputation was a facade maintained by government agents, and revealing what Luciano did and did not do to help the Allies during World War II.

Details the lives and crimes of individuals involved in the Mafia in the United States, discusses how law enforcement has tried to stop organized crime, and includes primary source documents, such as interview excerpts and photographs.

Provides an account of the life and activities of late Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran, based on taped interviews with Sheeran, one of only two non-Italians to appear on the FBI's La Cosa Nostra list, discussing his childhood, World War II service, and work as a hustler, hitman, and head of the Teamsters local in Wilmington, Delaware.

After Doctor Allan Parker discovers a cure for cancer within the blood of fifteen-year-old Taylor Peterson, Parker must risk everything to keep Taylor alive and save him from a mobster, Frankie Vico, who has terminal, inoperable cancer.

Gemologist Gina Gallo leaves her jewelry store in the hands of her cousin Carmine, who is in the mob, and returns to find he has been replacing customers' jewelry with imitations.

Chronicles the life and criminal actions of Santo Trafficante Jr., discussing his role in the American mafia of the twentieth century, and describing his involvement with drug trafficking, plots to kill Fidel Castro, and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Describes the life of Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, a once powerful underboss for the Lucchese crime family in New York City since the 1970s until his arrest in 1994, and also covers his time as a government informant.