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Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino Crime Family

Biographies & Memoirs

Davis, John H.

True Crime

Harpercollins

Suggests that the assassination of President Kennedy was the result of a conspiracy, and that the Mafia had the motive, means, and opportunity to commit the crime

Kennedy Contract: The Mafia Plot to Assassinate the President

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

The Gambinos--they arrived in America from Sicily when the `20's roared with bootleg liquor. For thirty years they fought a bloody battle for control of New York's underworld to emerge as the nation's richest and most powerful crime family. Now Mafia expert John H. Davis tells their compelling inside story. 
Here are the chilling details and deceptions that created a vast criminal empire. Here are six decades of the uncontrolled greed and lust for power of such men as Lucky Luciano, Frank Costello, Meyer Lansky, Vito Genovese, Albert Anastasia, Carlo Gambino, Paul Castellano, and John Gotti--men for whom murder and betrayal were business as usual. From the Gambinos' powerful stranglehold on New York's construction, garment, and waterfront industries to the government's onslaught against them in the `80s and `90s, Mafia Dynasty takes you into the mysterious world of blood oaths, shifting alliances, and deadly feuds that will hold you riveted from the first page to the last.

Historical

HarperTorch

MAFIA KINGFISH: Carlos Marcello and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy

Spans Carlos Marcello's criminal career from his Sicilian youth to his involvement in the New Orleans Mafia and reign over a criminal empire, and points to his culpability in President Kennedy's assassination

Mafia Kingfish: Carlos Marcello and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy

History

Americas

McGraw=Hill

Traces the history of the Kennedy family from immigration to the United States to the political career of Ted Kennedy

The Kennedys Dynasty and Disaster, 1848-1983

John H. Davis's illuminating and informative history of America's most provocative family stretches from the bludgeoning business tactics of Joseph P. Kennedy to Senator Ted Kennedy's involvement in the Palm Beach scandal and the latest developments in the JFK and RFK assassination cases.  As first cousin to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, Davis has enjoyed a close relationship with the Kennedy family. This familiarity has allowed him access to a number of previously unpublished personal letters, papers and recently released transcripts, which, combined with months of interviews, have produced one of the most comprehensive and revealing biographies ever written on an American family clan.

Kennedys: Dynasty and Disaster

Reference & Collections

McGraw-Hill Companies

Kennedy Clan

Sidgwick Jackson Ltd

Social Sciences

Signet Books

An insightful, hands-on focus on the statistical methods used by compensation and human resources professionals in their everyday work Across various industries, compensation professionals work to organize and analyze aspects of employment that deal with elements of pay, such as deciding base salary, bonus, and commission provided by an employer to its employees for work performed. Acknowledging the numerous quantitative analyses of data that are a part of this everyday work, Statistics for Compensation provides a comprehensive guide to the key statistical tools and techniques needed to perform those analyses and to help organizations make fully informed compensation decisions. This self-contained book is the first of its kind to explore the use of various quantitative methods―from basic notions about percents to multiple linear regression―that are used in the management, design, and implementation of powerful compensation strategies. Drawing upon his extensive experience as a consultant, practitioner, and teacher of both statistics and compensation, the author focuses on the usefulness of the techniques and their immediate application to everyday compensation work, thoroughly explaining major areas such as: <ul>
<li> Frequency distributions and histograms </li> <li> Measures of location and variability </li> <li> Model building </li> <li> Linear models </li> <li> Exponential curve models </li> <li> Maturity curve models </li> <li> Power models </li> <li> Market models and salary survey analysis </li> <li> Linear and exponential integrated market models </li> <li> Job pricing market models </li> </ul>
Throughout the book, rigorous definitions and step-by-step procedures clearly explain and demonstrate how to apply the presented statistical techniques. Each chapter concludes with a set of exercises, and various case studies showcase the topic's real-world relevance. The book also features an extensive glossary of key statistical terms and an appendix with technical details. Data for the examples and practice problems are available in the book and on a related FTP site. Statistics for Compensation is an excellent reference for compensation professionals, human resources professionals, and other practitioners responsible for any aspect of base pay, incentive pay, sales compensation, and executive compensation in their organizations. It can also serve as a supplement for compensation courses at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels.

Statistics for Compensation: A Practical Guide to Compensation Analysis

Business & Money

Education & Reference

wiley

Critical Acclaim for Jacqueline Bouvier John Davis's intimate memoir of his beloved first cousin "Readers longing for a dignified and elegant approach to Jackie's early years will enjoy this biographical gem by John H. Davis." --Boston Herald "Goes a long way to highlight the formative influence of her privileged back-ground and her warm relationship with her father, the philandering Jack (Black Jack) Bouvier." --Los Angeles Times "Re-creates a colorful, fast-fading slice of American life as it flourished in the shadows of toll hedges and long lineages." --The Miami Herald "The most charming and reliable in the batch [of Jackie books] is Davis's memoir." --The Atlanta Journal and Constitution "Entertaining, a guilty pleasure." --The Associated Press "This tender memoir of Jackie's early years sheds much light on the future woman we all wanted to know but never could." --The Star-Ledger (Newark)

Jacqueline Bouvier: An Intimate Memoir

Community & Culture

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Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino Crime Family

Kennedy Contract: The Mafia Plot to Assassinate the President

Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino Crime Family

Mafia Kingfish: Carlos Marcello and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy

The Kennedys Dynasty and Disaster, 1848-1983

Kennedys: Dynasty and Disaster

Kennedy Clan

MAFIA KINGFISH: Carlos Marcello and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy

Statistics for Compensation: A Practical Guide to Compensation Analysis

Jacqueline Bouvier: An Intimate Memoir