John Dickie: 13 books
Omertà - Die ganze Geschichte der Mafia
Camorra, Cosa Nostra und ´Ndrangheta
Language: German
Release Date: September 27, 2013
+++Haarsträubendes True Crime: Erstmals die wahre Geschichte der gesamten Mafia mit all ihren Gesichtern – Camorra, Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta. Von Bestsellerautor John Dickie+++Sie stehen für Korruption, Subventionsbetrug, Menschenhandel, Erpressung und Mord. Jeder dieser Mafiaclans hat seine eigene...
Mafia Republic
Cosa Nostra, camorra e 'ndrangheta dal 1946 a oggi
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 31, 2016
La prima storia comparata di Cosa Nostra, camorra e 'ndrangheta dal 1946 a oggi: come le mafie sono entrate nella fase più ricca e sanguinaria della loro storia e come si sono trasformate in una rete criminale globale.
È un'immagine dell'Italia fosca, ma disegnata con esperienza e maestria....
by John Dickie
Language: Dutch
Release Date: July 22, 2011
Language: Dutch
Release Date: July 22, 2011
In Cosa Nostra vertelt John Dickie de geschiedenis van de Siciliaanse maffia, van zijn ontstaan tot aan de dag van vandaag, en van de citrusgaarden en zwavelmijnen op Sicilië tot de straten van Manhattan. Talloze verhalen en legenden doen de ronde over wat de maffia eigenlijk is. Sinds hij honderdvijftig...
Blood Brotherhoods
A History of Italy's Three Mafias
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
MAFIA. CAMORRA. 'NDRANGHETA.
The Sicilian mafia, known as Cosa Nostra, is far from being Italy's only dangerous criminal fraternity. The country hosts two other major mafias: the camorra from Naples; and, from the poor and isolated region of Calabria, the mysterious 'ndrangheta, which has now...
by John Dickie
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
The Italian-American mafia has its roots in a mysterious and powerful criminal network in Sicily. While the mythology of the mafia has been widely celebrated in American culture, the true origins of its rituals, laws, and methods have never actually been revealed. John Dickie uses startling new research...
Delizia!
The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2008
Buon appetito! Everyone loves Italian food. But how did the Italians come to eat so well?
The answer lies amid the vibrant beauty of Italy's historic cities. For a thousand years, they have been magnets for everything that makes for great eating: ingredients, talent, money, and power. Italian...
Cosa Nostra
Die Geschichte der Mafia
Language: German
Release Date: August 22, 2013
John Dickie erzählt in seinem internationalen Bestseller die spannende Geschichte der Mafia von ihren Anfängen in den Olivenhainen Siziliens, über ihre Erfolgsgeschichte in den USA bis hin zu ihrem Ausbau zur global operierenden Holding. Von den Regeln, die die Organisation der "Ehrenmänner" im...
Maffiarepubliek
De vloek van Italië
Language: Dutch
Release Date: August 8, 2013
In 1946 werd Italië een democratie. Het land beleefde een economisch wonder en de Italiaanse industrie, de eetcultuur en de mode werden in heel Europa een lichtend voorbeeld. Maar tegelijk met de economie groeide de macht van de maffia. Waar Italië na de Tweede Wereldoorlog rijk werd met de productie...
Cosa Nostra
Storia della mafia siciliana
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Quando ho finito di leggere questa storia di Cosa Nostra non ho saputo se privilegiare l'accuratezza, la precisione, l'intelligenza dello storico o la leggerezza, la scorrevolezza, la fluidità del narratore. Andrea Camilleri Nessun altro libro sulla mafia è insieme così persuasivo, comprensivo...
Una catastrofe patriottica
1908: il terremoto di Messina
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 1, 2014
28 dicembre 1908, un terremoto di immani proporzioni colpisce Reggio Calabria, Messina e i paesi del circondario. È la più grave catastrofe che il neonato Stato italiano si trovi ad affrontare e il suo impatto sulla pubblica opinione è straordinario quanto inatteso. «Non furono soltanto le brutali...
Onorate Società
L'ascesa della mafia, della camorra e della ‘ndrangheta
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 21, 2014
Una storia sinottica di mafia, camorra e 'ndrangheta dall'Unità alla metà del Novecento. Le origini, le fasi di crisi e di ripresa, gli intrecci tra malavita e vita istituzionale raccontati e documentati con dovizia di particolari. Una controstoria d'Italia, basata sulla presenza di una macroscopica...
A Winnipeg Album
Glimpses of the Way We Were
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1998
Winnipeg was Canada's first important city in the west and was the supply point for other prairie cities like Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, and even far-off Vancouver. It exploded from a village of 2,700 people in 1877 to a fully modern metropolis of 100,000 in just thirty years and by then...
by Captain John W Dickie
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2014
Ship management has constantly had to evolve to take into account the advancements in technology as well as the demands of the shipping industry. Having internet access and email on board ship has meant that the ship manager has to possess certain sets of skills to function effectively in the post,...