The Hope Mafia

The Hope Mafia
Author: Saint Maverick
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2022-05-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1684946069

Those of us blessed with a comfortable life are definitely a minority compared to those who are not. Not by the number maybe, but by the sheer scale of misery the unfortunate lot go through for absolutely no fault of theirs. Children suffering physical and sexual abuse at the hands of adults who are supposed to protect them, young adolescents succumbing to bullying by their peers, the poor and less privileged being exploited by the conscienceless affluent, young women getting trafficked into the flesh trade by the mindless pimpgangs... and the list goes on. DREAD stalks these hapless souls and drives them through extremely frightening dark alleys... forcing them fight it out all by themselves with no help in sight, till they sight the end of their very lives. The Hope Mafia turns the table on this rather stark, dreary scenario by unleashing a positive energy that eclipses the depressive reality with a far more violent offensive. And the plot bolsters itself on this creative premise: Because the agents of The Hope Mafia are up for a formidable task, they are coded with an altruistic DNA and endowed with some special powers to accomplish their mission.

The Family

The Family
Author: Naomi Krupitsky
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2022-10-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0525542000

The Instant New York Times bestseller A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick A captivating debut novel about the tangled fates of two best friends and daughters of the Italian mafia, and a coming-of-age story of twentieth-century Brooklyn itself. Two daughters. Two families. One inescapable fate. Sofia Colicchio is a free spirit, loud and untamed. Antonia Russo is thoughtful, ever observing the world around her. Best friends since birth, they live in the shadow of their fathers’ unspoken community: the Family. Sunday dinners gather them each week to feast, discuss business, and renew the intoxicating bond borne of blood and love. But the disappearance of Antonia’s father drives a whisper-thin wedge between the girls as they grow into women, wives, mothers, and leaders. Their hearts expand in tandem with Red Hook and Brooklyn around them, as they push against the boundaries of society’s expectations and fight to preserve their complex but life-sustaining friendship. One fateful night their loyalty to each other and the Family will be tested. Only one of them can pull the trigger before it’s too late.

Broken Hope

Broken Hope
Author: Carrie Rubin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-05-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781958160077

A grieving doctor fights back against the world's growing inhumanity through targeted revenge acts until a mysterious email threatens to expose her. "a true page-turner"-Kirkus Reviews

Mafia Prince

Mafia Prince
Author: Phil Leonetti
Publisher: Running Press Adult
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2014-04-29
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 0762456000

MONEY, MURDER, AND MACHIAVELLIAN MAYHEM . . . CONTAINS A NEW EPILOGUE Mafia Prince is the first person account of one of the most brutal eras in Mafia history -- "Little Nicky" Scarfo's reign as boss of the Philadelphia family in the 1980s -- written by Scarfo's underboss and nephew, "Crazy Phil" Leonetti. The youngest-ever underboss at the age of 33, Leonetti was at the crux of the violent breakup 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. His testimony led directly to the convictions of dozens of high-ranking men including John Gotti, Vincent Gigante, and the downfall of his own uncle, Nick Scarfo -- sparking the beginning of the end of La Cosa Nostra (the insiders' term for the Mafia, translated as "This Thing of Ours").

The Psychic Mafia

The Psychic Mafia
Author: M. Lamar Keene
Publisher:
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1997
Genre: Spiritualism
ISBN:

"In this powerful and brutally honest book, Keene exposes the secrets of the séance room, including ghostly apparitions, floating trumpets, 'spirit sex, ' and other tricks used by mediums to exploit believers."--Cover.

The Money Mafia

The Money Mafia
Author: Paul T. Hellyer
Publisher: Trine Day
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2014-10-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1634240073

Exposing perceived fault lines in our banking and financial systems and explaining how unemployment could be cut in half in two years and worldwide prosperity restored, this book argues the existence of exotic energy sources to replace fossil fuels and consequently recommends an immediate end to fracking and offshore drilling for oil. It further urges an immediate worldwide mobilization to replace the energy source in every car, truck, tractor, ship, airplane, and house on Earth in seven years in a desperate effort to save the planet from further overheating. The book blasts government secrecy, and more than 65 years of supposed lies and disinformation, and demands full disclosure of what they know about visitors from other realms and their technology and the extent of their collaboration, including any treaties that may have been signed by them. With more than 65 years of participation in and observation of political and economic systems—beginning with the Great Depression, extending through World War II, the postwar era of hope for a better life, the Cold War, the subjugation of democracy by oligarchy, and the subtle but continuous militarization of America—Paul T. Hellyer analyzes what he believes has gone wrong with the world and its economy and suggests radical measures to introduce a universal culture of peace and cooperation.

Broken Vows

Broken Vows
Author: Nicole Fox
Publisher:
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2020-05-25
Genre:
ISBN:

She's my fake wife, my property... and my last chance at redemption.She's beautiful. An angel. I'm dangerous. A killer.She's my fake bride for a single reason - so I can crush her father's resistance.But marrying Eve brings me far more than I bargained for.She's fiery. Feisty. Won't take no for an answer.She makes me believe that I might be worth redemption.Until I discover a past she's been hiding from me.One that threatens everything.Now, I know that our wedding vows are not enough.I need to make sure she's mine for good.A baby in her belly is the only way to seal the deal.And in the end, the Bratva always gets what it wants.A don's daughter is sold to a ruthless Bratva kingpin in this full-length mafia romance from author Nicole Fox. Eve wants desperately to escape a marriage she never asked for... but Luka isn't about to let his newest prize go free. Taming the girl might cost him everything. The question is: Is she worth it?Find out in BROKEN VOWS, Book One of the Volkov Bratva duet.

Mountain Mafia

Mountain Mafia
Author: Betty L. Alt
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1984585207

MOUNTAIN MAFIA IS A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BLACK HAND AND MAFIA in the Rocky Mountain region. It brings to life some of the more colorful leaders in the West's organized crime operations throughout the 20th century, including Roma, Colletti, and the Smaldones. Especially examined is the famous court case of "Scotty" Spinuzzi, who was acquitted of murder "because no one saw the bullet leave the gun." Also mentioned is the connection these western mobsters had with notorious crime members in New York, Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

Mafia State

Mafia State
Author: Luke Harding
Publisher: Guardian Books
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2011-09-29
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 085265250X

In 2007 Luke Harding arrived in Moscow to take up a new job as a correspondent for the British newspaper the Guardian. Within months, mysterious agents from Russia's Federal Security Service - the successor to the KGB - had broken into his flat. He found himself tailed by men in cheap leather jackets, bugged, and even summoned to Lefortovo, the KGB's notorious prison. The break-in was the beginning of an extraordinary psychological war against the journalist and his family. Vladimir Putin's spies used tactics developed by the KGB and perfected in the 1970s by the Stasi, East Germany's sinister secret police. This clandestine campaign burst into the open in 2011 when the Kremlin expelled Harding from Moscow - the first western reporter to be deported from Russia since the days of the Cold War. Mafia State: How one reporter became an enemy of the brutal new Russia is a brilliant and haunting account of the insidious methods used by a resurgent Kremlin against its so-called "enemies" - human rights workers, western diplomats, journalists and opposition activists. It includes unpublished material from confidential US diplomatic cables, released last year by WikiLeaks, which describe Russia as a "virtual mafia state". Harding gives a unique, personal and compelling portrait of today's Russia, two decades after the end of communism, that reads like a spy thriller.

Wolf

Wolf
Author: Penelope Black
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-09-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781958684238