T J English: 11 books
The Savage City
Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
“T.J. English has the mastered the hybrid narrative art form of social history and underworld thriller. The Savage City is a truly gripping read filled with unexpected twists and turns.”
—Douglas Brinkley, author of The Great Deluge
In The Savage City, T.J. English, author of the New...
Nocturno de La Habana
Como la mafia se hizo con Cuba y la acabó perdiendo
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 26, 2012
El primer libro que analiza en profundidad el fenómeno de la mafia en Cuba.
En Nocturno de La Habana, T.J. English nos ofrece un relato fascinante sobre el crimen organizado, la corrupción política, la bulliciosa vida nocturna, la revolución y el conflicto internacional en que se entretejen...
Paddy Whacked
The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Here is the shocking true saga of the Irish American mob. In Paddy Whacked, bestselling author and organized crime expert T. J. English brings to life nearly two centuries of Irish American gangsterism, which spawned such unforgettable characters as Mike "King Mike" McDonald, Chicago's subterranean...
American Gangsters
A True Crime Collection
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Enter a world where money, muscle, and murder reign with three true crime books from the New York Times–bestselling author and Edgar Award finalist.
Whitey’s Payback: In this collection of sixteen stories culled from his journalism career, author T. J. English reveals the violent world of crime...
Where the Bodies Were Buried
Whitey Bulger and the World That Made Him
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
The New York Times bestselling author of The Westies and Paddy Whacked offers a front-row seat at the trial of Whitey Bulger, and an intimate view of the world of organized crime—and law enforcement—that made him the defining Irish American gangster.
For sixteen years, Whitey Bulger eluded...
The Corporation
An Epic Story of the Cuban American Underworld
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
“A mob saga that has it all—brotherhood and betrayal, swaggering power and glittering success, and a Godfather whose reach seems utterly unrivaled. What a relentless, irresistible read.”
— Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of The Force
A fascinating, cinematic, multigenerational...
Havana Nocturne
How the Mob Owned Cuba…and Then Lost It to the Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In modern-day Havana, the remnants of the glamorous past are everywhere—old hotel-casinos, vintage American cars & flickering neon signs speak of a bygone era that is widely familiar & often romanticized, but little understood. In Havana Nocturne, T.J. English offers a multifaceted true...
Whitey's Payback
And Other True Stories: Gangsterism, Murder, Corruption, and Revenge
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Sixteen stories of true crime from America’s foremost authority on the underworld
James “Whitey” Bulger is the last of the old-fashioned gangsters. As a polished, sophisticated psychopath—who also happened to be a secret FBI informant—his reign of power in Boston lasted for more than...
The Westies
Inside New York's Irish Mob
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
From a New York Times–bestselling author: A true story of Irish gangsters in Manhattan—“A harrowing account of big city crime” (Library Journal).
It’s men like Jimmy Coonan and Mickey Featherstone who gave Hell’s Kitchen its name. In the mid-1970s, these two longtime friends take...
Born to Kill
The Rise and Fall of America's Bloodiest Asian Gang
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
The “riveting” true story of the Vietnamese gang that terrorized Manhattan’s Chinatown, from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Westies (Newsday).
They are children of the Vietnam War. Born and raised in the wasteland left by American bombs and napalm, these young men know...
by Ronald Bailey, James C. Capretta, J. Daryl Charles
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
Science, Virtue, and the Future of Humanity addresses each of the key public policy issues of our techno-future from the perspective of deeply informed and philosophically inclined public intellectuals. Among the issues addressed are the detachment of our idea of justice from any credible foundation;...