A New York Times Bestselling Author -- From the bestselling authors of Black Mass comes the definitive biography of the most brutal and sadistic crime boss since Al Capone. James J. "Whitey" Bulger is an American original-- a psychopath who fostered a following with a mix of terror,  deadly intimidation and the deft touch of a politician who often helped a family in need meet their rent. In this deeply rendered portrait of evil,  Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill build on years of reporting and draw on a trove of sealed files and previously classified material to examine the factors and forces that created the monster.

Whitey

Biographies & Memoirs

Lehr, Dick

O'Neill, Gerard

Historical

Ebury Press

From the bestselling coauthor of Black Mass, a behind-the-scenes portrait of the Irish power brokers who forged and fractured twentieth-century Boston. Rogues and Redeemers tells the hidden story of Boston politics--the cold-blooded ward bosses, the smoke-filled rooms, the larger-than-life pols who became national figures: Honey Fitz, the crafty stage Irishman and grandfather to a president; the pugilistic Rascal King, Michael Curley; the hectored Kevin White who tried to hold the city together during the busing crisis; and Ray Flynn, the Southie charmer who was truly the last hurrah for Irish-American politics in the city. For almost a century, the Irish dominated Boston politics with their own unique, clannish brand of coercion and shaped its future for good and ill. Former Boston Globe investigative reporter Gerard O'Neill takes the reader through the entire journey from the famine ships arriving in Massachusetts Bay to the wresting of power away from the Brahmins of Beacon Hill to the Title I wars of attrition over housing to the rending of the city over busing to the Boston of today--which somehow through it all became a modern, revitalized city, albeit with a growing divide between the haves and have-nots. Sweeping in its history and intimate in its details, Rogues and Redeemers echoes all the great themes of The Power Broker and Common Ground and should take its place on that esteemed shelf as a classic, definitive epic of a city.

Rogues and Redeemers: When Politics Was King in Irish Boston

History

Americas

Crown

Whitey: The Life of America's Most Notorious Mob Boss

From the bestselling authors of Black Mass comes the definitive biography of Whitey Bulger, the most brutal and sadistic crime boss since Al Capone. Drawing on a trove of sealed files and previously classified material, Whitey digs deep into the mind of James J. “Whitey” Bulger, the crime boss and killer who brought the FBI to its knees. He is an American original --a psychopath who fostered a following with a frightening mix of terror, deadly intimidation and the deft touch of a politician who often helped a family in need meet their monthly rent. But the history shows that despite the early false myths portraying him as a Robin Hood figure, Whitey was a supreme narcissist, and everything--every interaction with family and his politician brother Bill Bulger, with underworld cohorts, with law enforcement, with his South Boston neighbors, and with his victims--was always about him. In an Irish-American neighborhood where loyalty has always been rule one, the Bulger brand was loyalty to oneself. Whitey deconstructs Bulger's insatiable hunger for power and control. Building on their years of reporting and uncovering new Bulger family records, letters and prison files, Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill examine and reveal the factors and forces that created the monster. It's a deeply rendered portrait of evil that spans nearly a century, taking Whitey from the streets of his boyhood Southie in the 1940s to his cell in Alcatraz in the 1950s to his cunning, corrupt pact with the FBI in the 1970s and, finally, to Santa Monica, California where for fifteen years he was hiding in plain sight as one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted. In a lifetime of crime and murder that ended with his arrest in June 2011, Whitey Bulger became one of the most powerful and deadly crime bosses of the twentieth century. This is his story.

Crown, Publishers

From the bestselling authors of Black Mass comes the definitive biography of Whitey Bulger, the most brutal and sadistic crime boss since Al Capone. Drawing on a trove of sealed files and previously classified material, Whitey digs deep into the mind of James J. “Whitey” Bulger, the crime boss and killer who brought the FBI to its knees. He was an American original --a psychopath who fostered a following with a frightening mix of terror, deadly intimidation and the deft touch of a politician who often helped a family in need meet their monthly rent. But the history shows that despite the early false myths portraying him as a Robin Hood figure, Whitey was a supreme narcissist, and everything--every interaction with family and his politician brother Bill Bulger, with underworld cohorts, with law enforcement, with his South Boston neighbors, and with his victims--was always about him. In an Irish-American neighborhood where loyalty has always been rule one, the Bulger brand was loyalty to oneself. Whitey deconstructs Bulger's insatiable hunger for power and control. Building on their years of reporting and uncovering new Bulger family records, letters and prison files, Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill examine and reveal the factors and forces that created the monster. It's a deeply rendered portrait of evil that spans nearly a century, taking Whitey from the streets of his boyhood Southie in the 1940s to his cell in Alcatraz in the 1950s to his cunning, corrupt pact with the FBI in the 1970s and, finally, to Santa Monica, California where for fifteen years he was hiding in plain sight as one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted. In a lifetime of crime and murder that ended with his arrest in June 2011, Whitey Bulger became one of the most powerful and deadly crime bosses of the twentieth century. This is his story.

The Underboss: A Dramatic Inside Look at the Rise and Fall of a Mafia Family

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

St Martins Pr

2081: A Hopeful View of the Human Future (Touchstone Books (Paperback))

Holiday House

Explores the relationship between FBI agent John Connolly and Irish mob boss James "Whitey" Bulgar, chronicling a corrupt arrangement of information, racketeering, and murder.

Black Mass: The Irish Mob, the Fbi, and a Devil's Deal

True Crime

G.K.Hall & Co.

This expanded third edition features a new preface, introduction, and collection of essays by space researchers.

High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

Space Studies Inst Pr

 What if the world were about to end, but they weren't going to tell you?Eighteen-year-old Storm lives in a small country town in Australia, next to one of the most famous telescopes in the world. When he falls for Penny, the daughter of the chief scientist at the observatory, he discovers a global conspiracy of silence.  He learns a mini-star system approaches Earth, and the penalty for any scientist who talks about it is death.  If Storm and his companions are to survive they must stay out of the way of the government's security forces, assassination squads working for powerful hidden entities, and the internment camps for dissenters.  Even his special ability is not going to be enough. He must accept help when it's offered. But others are not who they seem to be and neither is the reality of a world Storm thought he knew.

Jubilee Year: A Novel (The Erelong Trilogy)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Australia in the year 2020. We may well ask... What is to become of the world? Storm is an 18-year-old who can remember everything. When a local astronomer finds out about the boy's ability, he asks him to deliver a coded message that can't be written down. A powerful few know all hell is about to break loose across the planet, and they are doing all they can to keep it a secret. Storm is about to step into a world of hurt when he discovers what has been hidden from humanity for more than two millennia. Reviewers say: "the writing style is often brilliant" - Mike Dixon, official review for Readers' Favorite Preview... "plenty of gritty action throughout" - Andy Lloyd, author of Ezekiel One... "character-driven story that is a roller coaster from beginning to end" - Brian's Book Blog... "I read it in one day" - Ronovan Writes, official review for Lit World Interviews. Read the exciting action packed and suspense filled sequel May Day (Book II). Author's Notes When I commissioned the orange cover for Jubilee Year, Erelong Trilogy Book I, and supplied the artist with a concept way back in 2015, I had no idea how prescient the cover, and indeed the book's contents would turn out to be. It isn't easy to forget the widespread bushfires in Australia. That time we now call the Black Summer of 2019-2020. It isn't easy to forget that orange sky! The second book in the series, May Day, Erelong Trilogy Book II also hit the mark with what really is a tried and true trope in SF, 'the fortress city'. In the book, the fortress was Sydney. Only three years after publishing May Day newspapers and the mass media began referring to Melbourne in 2020 as a 'fortress city'. One reason I love science fiction as a genre is that so often, it seems the unconscious mind rewards the conscious writer-mind with imaginings that tap into real events before they happen. If you enjoy intrigue, a grand conspiracy, and a wild ride, then these books are for you. Book III in the trilogy is under development and is scheduled for publication in late 2021-early 2022. Warning! Perhaps due to the title Jubilee Year and particularly the sequel May Day appear to have triggered a few readers. It helps if you are an adult and broad-minded in the sense you like your SF spiced with political intrigue. It also helps if you read the books as allegories, which is the way I intended the stories to be taken. Available wherever my books are sold.

Jubilee Year: Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (The Erelong Trilogy)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

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