A former member of the Colombo crime family describes life in the Mafia and his deal with the government that allowed him openly to leave the Mafia

Quitting the Mob: How the "Yuppie Don" Left the Mafia and Lived to Tell His Story

Politics & Social Sciences

Matera, Dary

Franzese, Michael

Politics & Government

Harpercollins

Describes how a small-time gangster posed as a mafia capo to ensure that a bill legalizing gambling in Arizona would be passed

What's in It for Me?

Stedino, Joseph

Discusses such cases as the destruction of a Mafia empire, corporate looting at Frito-Lay, and his war against IRS corruption

The Pena Files: One Man's War Against Federal Corruption and the Abuse of Power

Biographies & Memoirs

Pena, Octavio G.

McKenna, Bruce

Leaders & Notable People

The FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted List has been responsible for the arrest of some of the world's most notorious criminals.   In its over 50–year history, the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted List has led to the location and apprehension of 429 criminals and has contained some of the most ruthless fugitives the world has ever seen. It has further reflected the changing times – in the 1950s mostly gangsters made up the list, while in the 1960s it was populated with liberal radicals.  Here is the first–ever book–length account of this famous list – from its beginnings to its most fascinating and shocking moments. It contains full profiles of each of the list's 10 current members, updates on recent captures, and information on the suspected whereabouts of fugitives.  A fascinating look inside the history of crime, a shocking narrative of the country's most famous law–breakers and con artists, and a window into the inner workings of the FBI, FBI's Ten Most Wanted is thrilling reading for anyone interested in crime and criminals.

FBI's Ten Most Wanted

True Crime

HarperTorch

Told in dramatic and compelling detail, America's paramedics and EMTs share horrifying, heartbreaking, and sometimes humorous stories, ranging from the scenes of gruesome car accidents to children on the brink of death and other dangerous rescues. Original.

Angels of Emergency: Rescue Stories from America's Paramedics and Emt's

Medical Books

Theisen, Donna

Medicine

A former Mafia boss, who once had earned millions of dollars each week, tells of his life in the Colombo crime family and describes how he managed to escape the Mafia and live to write about it. Reprint.

Quitting the Mob

Sociology

An account of the corruption of Arizona government describes how Phoenix District Attorney Joseph Stedino posed as a mobster out to legalize gambling in Arizona by buying votes and snared twenty corrupt legislators and lobbyists. Reprint.

A controversial lawyer shares the details of some of his most famous landmark cases, which have emerged from Miami's hotbed of political passion, fast money, and glitzy lifestyles

Get Me Ellis Rubin: The Life, Times, and Cases of a Maverick Lawyer

Rubin, Ellis

Professionals & Academics

St Martins Pr

Manson's prison counselor describes his interaction with the cult leader

Taming the Beast: Charles Manson's Life Behind Bars

George, Edward

Edward George understand Charles Manson as few others ever will. Former prison counselor to the messianic killer, George enraged Manson as an agent of the state's criminal justice system, listened to him as a trusted confessor, spoke for him as an erstwhile press agent-and-almost-connected with him as a friend. George saw Manson in a way the public never would, witnessing the method to his madness, the charisma that underlies his sickness, the pathetic abandoned boy within the homicidal man. If you read Helter Skelter and think you know the whole story about Charlie Manson, think again. You don't know it all until you've read Taming the Beast: Charles Manson's Life Behind Bars.

St. Martin's: Griffin

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Quitting the Mob: How the "Yuppie Don" Left the Mafia and Lived to Tell His Story

What's in It for Me?

The Pena Files: One Man's War Against Federal Corruption and the Abuse of Power

FBI's Ten Most Wanted

Angels of Emergency: Rescue Stories from America's Paramedics and Emt's

Quitting the Mob

What's in It for Me?

Get Me Ellis Rubin: The Life, Times, and Cases of a Maverick Lawyer

Taming the Beast: Charles Manson's Life Behind Bars

Taming the Beast: Charles Manson's Life Behind Bars