Barricade Books: 72 books
Gangster City: The History of the New York Underworld 1900-1935
The History of the New York Underworld 1900-1935
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2004
Arguably the most complete book ever compiled on New York City's underworld from 1900-1935. It chronicles virtually every known mafioso, bootlegger, racketeer, and thug who terrorized the city in the early 20th century.
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The Dangerous Life of the FBI's #1 Art Sleuth
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2006
Legendary FBI undercover agent Thomas McShane is one of the world's foremost authorities on the billion-dollar art theft business, and here he presents a unique memoir that provides a thrilling ride through the underworld of stolen art and historical artifacts. His expertise and indefatigable determination...
Marley And Me: The Real Bob Marley Story
The Real Bob Marley Story
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1995
Since Bob Marley died in 1981, the myths and legends which surround his life have continued to grow. Only one man knows the truth. Marley's confidante and manager Don Taylor, tells the real story behind Marley.
A City Comes Out
How Celebrities Made Palm Springs a Gay and Lesbian Paradise
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2000
Today, Palm Springs' gay-owned businesses are flourishing, and even the Palm Springs Art Museum cashes in by hosting gay fundraising events. Quite a change from the 1960s, when a local pastor was run out of town when it was discovered that he was gay. But one thing is still missing from Palm Springs—a...
Shallow Grave
The Unsolved Crime That Shook The Midwest
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
An upright citizen kidnapped in public and dumped in a shallow grave. A police chief’s wife arrested for murder. A mobster kidnapped by FBI. An ongoing corruption probe looking at everyone from lowest bookie to judges and prosecutors. What is going on in small town America?
by Howard Johns
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2006
With Hollywood's Celebrity Playground, Howard Johns picks up where his Palm Springs Confidential left off-this time covering the other fabled desert resort towns that stretch from Hollywood to Las Vegas. This book includes the million dollar cities of Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, and historic...
A Cop's Tale--NYPD: The Violent Years: A Detectives Firsthand Account of Murder and Mayhem
A Detectives Firsthand Account of Murder and Mayhem
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2009
A Cop's Tale focuses on New York City's most violent and corrupt years, the 1960s to early 1980s. Jim O'Neil - a former NYPD cop - delivers a rare look at the brand of law enforcement that ended Frank Lucas's grip on the Harlem drug trade, his cracking open of the Black Liberation Army case, and his experience as the first cop on the scene at the Dog Day Afternoon bank robbery.
Il Dottore
The Double Life of a Mafia Doctor
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Il Dottore is the riveting true story of a Jewish kid from the Bronx who became a Mafia insider and physician to top NY Mafia dons such as John Gotti, Carlo Gambino, Paul Castellano and Joe Bonanno. The doctor led a double life: well respected surgeon and socialite by day, gambler and sex addict by...
Gangsters of Harlem
The Gritty Underworld of New York's Most Famous Neighborhood
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2007
For the first time in paperback, author Ron Chepesiuk chronicles the little known history of organized crime in Harlem. African American organized crime has had as significant an impact on its constituent community as Italian, Jewish, and Irish organized crime has had on theirs. Gangsters are every bit...
Election 2016: Democracy in Disarray
A Campaign Bloated with Bombastry, Bigotry, and Blatant Lies
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Nov. 9, 2016, Americans awoke like they’d spent a night of blackout drinking—Unbelievably, D. Trump had won the election. Expect insights like “Trump thinks he’s infallible”or how the Pantsuited Crusader Hillary Clinton closely paralleled Batman and why Bernie Sanders had millennials Feeling the Bern.
Mark It with a Stone: A Moving Account of a Young Boy's Struggle to Survive the Nazi Death Camps
A Moving Account of a Young Boy's Struggle to Survive the Nazi Death Camps
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1996
Sandy Rubenstein is the daughter of a survivor. On September 1, 1939, her father, Joseph Horn, began an odyssey through one of the worst atrocities in history. Horn stayed alive while his family perished, surviving stays in the Blizyn concentration camp, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen. In her new introduction,...
The Mafia and the Machine
The Story of the Kansas City Mob
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2008
The story of the American Mafia is not complete without a chapter on Kansas City. The City of Fountains has appeared in The Godfather, Casino, and The Sopranos, but many Midwesterners are not aware that Kansas City has affected the fortunes of the entire underworld. In The Mafia and the Machine, author...
by Ron Chepesiuk
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2007
Chicago's fabled underworld is famous for its high-profile gangsters such as Al Capone. Not as publicly known, but perhaps even more notorious, are the names of "Mushmouth" Johnson, Jeff Fort and Larry Hanover. These African-American gangsters were every bit as powerful, intriguing and colorful...
The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia
Corn Sugar and Blood
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 1995
Rick Porrello writes about the important connection with mega-mobsters Charles Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky, the Cleveland mob's move to Las Vegas, and the first top-level national meeting of the Sicilian-American Mafia.