Handsome Johnny

Author : Lee Server
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250038258

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Handsome Johnny by Lee Server Pdf

A rich biography of the legendary figure at the center of the century’s darkest secrets: an untold story of golden age Hollywood, modern Las Vegas, JFK-era scandal and international intrigue from Lee Server, the New York Times bestselling author of Ava Gardner: Love is Nothing... A singular figure in the annals of the American underworld, Johnny Rosselli’s career flourished for an extraordinary fifty years, from the bloody years of bootlegging in the Roaring Twenties--the last protégé of Al Capone—to the modern era of organized crime as a dominant corporate power. The Mob’s “Man in Hollywood,” Johnny Rosselli introduced big-time crime to the movie industry, corrupting unions and robbing moguls in the biggest extortion plot in history. A man of great allure and glamour, Rosselli befriended many of the biggest names in the movie capital—including studio boss Harry Cohn, helping him to fund Columbia Pictures--and seduced some of its greatest female stars, including Jean Harlow and Marilyn Monroe. In a remarkable turn of events, Johnny himself would become a Hollywood filmmaker—producing two of the best film noirs of the 1940s. Following years in federal prison, Rosselli began a new venture, overseeing the birth and heyday of Las Vegas. Working for new Chicago boss Sam Giancana, he became the gambling mecca’s behind-the-scenes boss, running the town from his suites and poolside tables at the Tropicana and Desert Inn, enjoying the Rat Pack nightlife with pals Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. In the 1960s, in the most unexpected chapter in an extraordinary life, Rosselli became the central figure in a bizarre plot involving the Kennedy White House, the CIA, and an attempt to assassinate Fidel Castro. Based upon years of research, written with compelling style and vivid detail, Handsome Johnny is the great telling of an amazing tale.

Author : Lee Server
Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0753522306

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Handsome Johnny by Lee Server Pdf

'A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.' - Al Capone Featured in Vice A man of singular influence in the American underworld, Johnny Rosselli's career flourished for half a century, from the bloody years of bootlegging in the Twenties - the last protege of Al Capone - to the modern era of organised crime as a dominant corporate power. The Mob's 'Man in Hollywood', Johnny introduced big-time crime to the movie industry, corrupting unions and robbing moguls in the boldest extortion plot in history. Meanwhile, he consolidated his empire by smoothly befriending studio bosses and seducing their biggest stars, including Marilyn Monroe. In the 50s, Rosselli saw a new opportunity overseeing the birth and heyday of Las Vegas, and became the gambling mecca's behind-the-scenes boss, enjoying the Rat Pack night life with pals Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. Then, in the 60s, incredibly, he became the central figure in a bizarre plot involving the Kennedy Whitehouse, the CIA and an attempt to assassinate Castro. Based on years of research, this utterly compelling, richly detailed page-turner takes you inside American organised crime at the highest level. A story of extreme violence and superstar glamour - with Handsome Johnny in both roles.

Author : Richard Carman
Publisher : Bonnier Zaffre
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781784188542

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Johnny Marr by Richard Carman Pdf

Includes an interview with Martin Roach, originally published in Roach's 1994 book, 'The right to imagination and madness.'

Author : Michael Blitz,Louise Krasniewicz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313343018

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Johnny Depp by Michael Blitz,Louise Krasniewicz Pdf

From the sweet but asocial adolescent in Edward Scissorhands to Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Johnny Depp has brought to life some of the most challenging, quirky and compelling characters in Hollywood history. Often considered the quintessential outsider, Depp has fascinated his fans for more than two decades. This biographical study invites fans and critics alike to take a close look at the person behind the movie star, his body of work as an actor, and the unique set of heroes and anti-heroes he has personified throughout his career.

Author : Beverly Cleary
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003-07-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 061396182X

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Jean and Johnny by Beverly Cleary Pdf

Fifteen-year-old Jean Jarrett is dismayed when she learns that the object of her first crush is not interested in her

Author : Hart Seely
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06-05
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781416559504

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Mrs. Goose Goes to Washington by Hart Seely Pdf

Can anything be poetic in the politicking of Washington, D.C.? Is there poetry in the morning's headlines and in tonight's news tickers? Or, as Seely paraphrases Dr. Seuss, Do W's troubles trouble you, too? America's pundit poet laureate, the man who channeled the poetry of Donald Rumsfeld and Phil Rizzuto, now offers the perfect metaphor for the inside-the-beltway bubble: it's a nursery. Using the beneficent spirit of Mother Goose, he has fashioned hilarious nursery rhymes hidden amid the photo ops and filibustering. "John Kerry backed Iraq, John Kerry took it back," making him "a very airy, wary hara-kiri." Bill Bennett, "independent, Kept a hidden secret muse. He would clutch his lucky pendant, Praying, 'Papa needs new shoes!'" As for Iraq, "When you lose, you lose, and when you win, you win, and when you can't tell win from lose, best stop the war you're in." No one is safe from Seely's wicked muse: Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, virtually every news anchor, and a good portion of the Hollywood elite are skewered unforgettably by Seely's Mother Goosequills in this irreverent and hilarious collection.

Author : S. E Hinton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Fugitives from justice
ISBN : 0137012608

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The Outsiders by S. E Hinton Pdf

Author : James E. Perone
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1318 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780313379079

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The Album by James E. Perone Pdf

This four-volume work provides provocative critical analyses of 160 of the best popular music albums of the past 50 years, from the well-known and mainstream to the quirky and offbeat. The Album: A Guide to Pop Music's Most Provocative, Influential, and Important Creations contains critical analysis essays on 160 significant pop music albums from 1960 to 2010. The selected albums represent the pop, rock, soul, R&B, hip hop, country, and alternative genres, including artists such as 2Pac, Carole King, James Brown, The Beatles, and Willie Nelson. Each volume contains brief sidebars with biographical information about key performers and producers, as well as descriptions of particular music industry topics pertaining to the development of the album over this 50-year period. Due to its examination of a broad time frame and wide range of musical styles, and its depth of analysis that goes beyond that in other books about essential albums of the past and present, this collection will appeal strongly to music fans of all tastes and interests.

Author : Paul Hoffman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101543405

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The Last Four Things by Paul Hoffman Pdf

The epic story of Thomas Cale—introduced so memorably in The Left Hand of God—continues as the Redeemers use his prodigious gifts to further their sacred goal: the extinction of humankind and the end of the world... To the warrior-monks known as the Redeemers, “the last four things” represent the culmination of a faithful life. Death. Judgment. Heaven. Hell. The last four things represent eternal bliss—or endless destruction, permanent chaos, and infinite pain. Perhaps nowhere are the competing ideas of heaven and hell exhibited more clearly than in the dark and tormented soul of Thomas Cale. Betrayed by the girl he loves but still marked by a child’s innocence, possessed of a remarkable aptitude for violence but capable of extreme tenderness, Cale will lead the Redeemers into a battle for nothing less than the fate of the human race. And though his broken heart foretells the bloody trail he will leave in pursuit of a personal peace he can never achieve, a glimmer of hope remains—the question even Cale can’t answer: When it comes time to decide the fate of the world, to ensure the extermination of humankind or spare it, what will he choose? To express God’s will on the edge of his sword, or to forgive his fellow man—and himself?

Author : Ronald D Cohen,Will Kaufman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317252085

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Singing for Peace by Ronald D Cohen,Will Kaufman Pdf

Wars have dominated the history of the United States since its founding, but there has also been a long history of antiwar activity. Peace songs have emerged out of every military conflict involving the United States. "Singing for Peace" vividly portrays this rich antiwar history, beginning in the eighteenth century and continuing into the twenty-first.Most of the twentieth-century output was dominated by folk groups and acoustic singer-songwriters. The Vietnam War saw the increased dovetailing of folk and rock music, so that rock and folk-rock took on an ever-larger share of protest activity, then punk, metal, hip-hop, and rap. The authors draw upon a wide range of primary and secondary sources, while quoting many popular and lesser-known song lyrics, and including a range of photos and illustrations. These songs have long served to both shape and reveal the feelings of citizens opposed to America s wars."

Author : Larry J. Hausner,Ron Haggett
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-10
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781476652665

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Mafia Informants by Larry J. Hausner,Ron Haggett Pdf

For many years, the FBI, led by J. Edgar Hoover, ignored organized crime, as the Bureau regarded local law enforcement as best equipped to handle it. That changed when Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (in the 1960s) and New York City's Rudy Giuliani (in the 1980s) pursued eradication of the Mafia.. In this book, readers are introduced to several characters in the American Mafia, known as "rats" in the criminal world, whose cooperation with law enforcement resulted in the arrest of Mafia members across the country. Short biographies of each informant detail their crimes and deals made to stay alive or reduce lengthy prison sentences. FBI and CIA records released in 2017, and books written by the criminals themselves, reveal why previously loyal Mafia members and associates became informants. Most of the criminals written about are dead; a few are presumed to be alive and in the witness protection program.

Author : Herbert Lehnert,Eva Wessell
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781571132192

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A Companion to the Works of Thomas Mann by Herbert Lehnert,Eva Wessell Pdf

Thomas Mann is among the greatest of German prose writers, and was the first German novelist to reach a wide English-speaking readership since Goethe. Novels such as Buddenbrooks, The Magic Mountain, and Doktor Faustus attest to his mastery of subtle, distanced irony, while novellas such as Death in Venice reveal him at the height of his mastery of language. In addition to fresh insights about these best-known works of Mann, this volume treats less-often-discussed works such as Joseph and His Brothers, Lotte in Weimar, and Felix Krull, as well as his political writings and essays. Mann himself was a paradox: his role as family-father was both refuge and façade; his love of Germany was matched by his contempt for its having embraced Hitler. While in exile during the Nazi period, he functioned as the prime representative of the "good" Germany in the fight against fascism, and he has often been remembered this way in English-speaking lands. But a new view of Mann is emerging half a century after his death: a view of him as one of the great writers of a modernity understood as extending into our 21st century. This volume provides sixteen essays by American and European specialists. They demonstrate the relevance of his writings for our time, making particular use of the biographical material that is now available.Contributors: Ehrhard Bahr, Manfred Dierks, Werner Frizen, Clayton Koelb, Helmut Koopmann, Wolfgang Lederer, Hannelore Mundt, Peter Pütz, Jens Rieckmann, Hans Joachim Sandberg, Egon Schwarz, and Hans Vaget.Herbert Lehnert is Research Professor, and Eva Wessell is lecturer in Humanities, both at the University of California, Irvine.

Author : Donald R. McGovern
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781483484709

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Murder Orthodoxies: A Non-ConspiracistÕs View of Marilyn MonroeÕs Death by Donald R. McGovern Pdf

Perhaps no one's death has stirred more interest, controversy, and theories than Marilyn Monroe's August 4 of 1962. In Murder Orthodoxies, author Donald R. McGovern analyzes and examines the many theories that Monroe was murdered by a host of curious characters-from the middle Kennedy brothers to brutal gangsters to aliens. McGovern separates fact from fiction and theory from outlandish rumor. He addresses and debunks the usual allegations related to Monroe's death, the secrets recorded in her little red diary, her scheduled whistle-blowing press conference, the murder plots by organized crime and the brothers Kennedy, and the fatal injection of drugs, along with many others. In Murder Orthodoxies, McGovern restores logic and sanity to the investigation of Monroe's death. His thesis is based upon the premise that the engines of conspiracies are started and fueled by opinion, not by facts. His credible conclusions are based on logic, science, toxicology, and forensic evidence.

Author : Marvin Ackerman
Publisher : Gom Publishing, LLC
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781932966077

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Relax! It's Only Your Doctor's Waiting Room, Not The E.r. by Marvin Ackerman Pdf

Dr. Ackerman provides helpful insights and answers to the important medical issues that affect you, including: - How Well Informed Is Your Healthcare Provider? - Misguided Media Coverage - When the Final Decision Can Only Be Made By You - Doing Your Own Research When Your Doctor Can't or Won't - How to Detect Fakery and Deal with Unusual Approaches - When Making a Decision Seems Impossible - You, Big Business and the Profit Motive - Everyone Knows of Some Alternative Approach, But is it for You - When Is It Probably Okay to Use a Generic Medication? - What About All Those Medicines I'm Taking? - Is It Better to Change Medication That Isn't Helping Much, Or Change Your Lifestyle? - How Should You Approach Medical Problems If You're A Worrier? - What Should You Do If You're Afraid to Find Out The Truth About Your Health? - Be Wary of Bargain Medicines or Medical Devices - When It Comes to Your Medicine's Side Effects, Usually, You Can Never Be Too Well Informed - The Best Medicine for You Today May Not Be the Best Tomorrow - Medical Ethics and You - and Much More!

Author : Phillip D. Farrara
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781480925403

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Beyond the Glass by Phillip D. Farrara Pdf

Beyond the Glass by Phillip D. Farrara Beyond the Glass is collection of fictional stories inspired by real events in the author’s own life experiences or those of his family. The ups and downs of life are universal, and Beyond the Glass illustrates this with a witty variety of hilarious coincidences, heartwarming tales, and hardcore realities about some of life’s disappointments.