The first hundred years of the American Mafia s existence would come to be seen as a golden age From small town Sicily to glittering Las Vegas the mob had carefully expanded and consolidated their power until their influence touched almost every aspect of American society But in the 1960s everything changed In CLASH OF TITANS the second volume of former Mafia associate Louis Ferrante s groundbreaking Borgata trilogy we discover for the first time the true scale of the conflicts that rocked the organisation between 1960 and 1985 From Robert F Kennedy s personal crusade against the unexpecting mob to covert assassinations betrayal by government informants and full blown insurrections we follow the Mafia from the apex of their power to their descent into civil war This story takes place against the backdrop of a changing America where shadowy CIA conspiracies brutal Justice Department battles and J Edgar Hoover s FBI all leave their mark on the Mafia tale Ferrante s insider history sheds new light on men so powerful they have since become household names Jimmy Hoffa Crazy Joe Gallo Carlo Gambino and more And as ruthless infighting leads to rebellion we watch as a bitter power struggle between Paul Castellano and the young John Gotti begins
Every day in my consulting room with a dog at my feet I have seen the very best that humanity has to offer and often in the very worst of circumstances No matter where a family comes from whether prince or pauper when they come through the door every single person has three things in common One they love their dogs beyond anything that can be described in words Two they will do whatever it takes to help their friend And three they have all come to me for one thing and one thing only hope Dogs don t care where we come from and neither do I My room is the great leveller From the sublime to the ridiculous Professor Noel Fitzpatrick has seen it all in his veterinary practice Dogs and their humans stories of healing and hope from the Supervet s surgery is a funny uplifting and at times heartbreaking celebration of our connection with our loyal canine friends Dogs allow us to be the very best we can be
A NEW STATESMEN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 A lasting work of social history THE TIMES A genuinely new history of our nation DAN JONES This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history SPECTATOR Philippa Gregory uses all her bestseller skills to weave a narrative with pace ANTONIA FRASERFROM THE MULTI MILLION BESTSELLING HISTORICAL NOVELIST COMES THE CULMINATION OF HER LIFE S WORKDid you know that there are more penises than women in the Bayeux Tapestry That the Peasant s Revolt was started and propelled by women protesting a tax on women Or that celebrated naturalist Charles Darwin believed not just that women were naturally inferior to men but that they d evolve to become ever more inferior These are just a few of the startling findings you will learn from reading Philippa Gregory s Normal Women In this ambitious and ground breaking book she tells the story of our nation over 900 years but for the very first time women some fifty per cent of the population are no longer invisible in this history of England but are at its beating heart Using research skills honed in her work as one of our foremost historical novelists Gregory trawled through court records to find highway women beggars and shepherdesses through newspapers and diaries to find murder
A shelter cat teaches us that our damaged parts too are worthy of love a captive orca shows us that inconvenience and difficulties are the blessing of a full life a gorilla teaches the universal language of grief a group of oysters who prove that magic and science can and do coexist In HOW TO BE A LIVING THING Mari Andrew reflects on the ways animals mirror challenge and deepen our experiences as living creatures in the world Through her personal stories and explorations into the inner world of other creatures Mari illuminates the opportunities and wonders of being a living thing Highly sensitive horses overly cautious donkeys and silly social rats are just a few of the animal teachers who offer us glimpses of the glories and shortcomings of humanity Heart warming funny and insightful HOW TO BE A LIVING THING reminds us that we are perfectly imperfect beings capable of profound connection with each other and with all other species of the remarkable natural world that surrounds us
BY THE AUTHOR OF MULTI AWARD WINNING 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE FIVE THE WOMEN KILLED BY JACK THE RIPPERAn epic examination of the historical true crime story of infamous wife murderer Dr Crippen in Edwardian England brought to justice by an extraordinary group of strong women A unique combination of sleuthing storytelling and compassion Lucy Worsley Under her pen history comes alive Professor Dame Sue Black An exceptional achievement I was gripped from the very first page The Secret Barrister Reads like a great thriller I inhaled it Bella Mackie Fascinating It s about time Belle became the hero of her own story Val McDermid As compelling as any crime drama S J Parris I couldn t put it down Bonnie Garmus I had my hand over my wide open mouth Rachel Joyce Takes us beyond the world of Dr Crippen into the lives impacted by him and the society in which he moved Terrific Ian Rankin Compelling to the very last page Denise Mina No murderer should ever be the keeper of their victim s story On 1 February 1910 vivacious musichall performer Belle Elmore suddenly vanished from her north London home causing alarm among her circle of female friends the entertainers of the Music Hall Ladies Guild who demanded an immediate investigation They c
Books like this don t come along very often Told with Gareth Russell s characteristic verve and exquisite eye for detail it is a story so compelling and surprising that it feels as if it has been hiding in plain sight for 400 years TRACY BORMAN A warts and all story told with compassion PHILIPPA GREGORY Elizabeth was king Then James was queen English author 1603 James Stuart King of England Scotland and Ireland did not always love wisely but he never failed to do so boldly James Stuart King of England Scotland and Ireland did not always love wisely but he never failed to do so boldly He fell in love three times with a Scottish lord a knight and George Villiers the handsomest man in the whole world He was infatuated three more times with a Highland earl a Welsh lord and an English spy We know so much about the six wives of Henry VIII why not the six loves of James I This groundbreaking new book puts James genius liar spendthrift idealist witch hunter and the men he loved at the centre of one of the most dramatic stories in British royal history Beginning with the brutal and mysterious murder of his father in 1567 James s life encompassed kidnapping witchcraft trials torture his mother s beheading poison political radica
The first hundred years of the American Mafia s existence would come to be seen as a golden age From small town Sicily to glittering Las Vegas the mob had carefully expanded and consolidated their power until their influence touched almost every aspect of American society But in the 1960s everything changed In CLASH OF TITANS the second volume of former Mafia associate Louis Ferrante s groundbreaking Borgata trilogy we discover for the first time the true scale of the conflicts that rocked the organisation between 1960 and 1985 From Robert F Kennedy s personal crusade against the unexpecting mob to covert assassinations betrayal by government informants and full blown insurrections we follow the Mafia from the apex of their power to their descent into civil war This story takes place against the backdrop of a changing America where shadowy CIA conspiracies brutal Justice Department battles and J Edgar Hoover s FBI all leave their mark on the Mafia tale Ferrante s insider history sheds new light on men so powerful they have since become household names Jimmy Hoffa Crazy Joe Gallo Carlo Gambino and more And as ruthless infighting leads to rebellion we watch as a bitter power struggle between Paul Castellano and the young John Gotti begins
Every day in my consulting room with a dog at my feet I have seen the very best that humanity has to offer and often in the very worst of circumstances No matter where a family comes from whether prince or pauper when they come through the door every single person has three things in common One they love their dogs beyond anything that can be described in words Two they will do whatever it takes to help their friend And three they have all come to me for one thing and one thing only hope Dogs don t care where we come from and neither do I My room is the great leveller From the sublime to the ridiculous Professor Noel Fitzpatrick has seen it all in his veterinary practice Dogs and their humans stories of healing and hope from the Supervet s surgery is a funny uplifting and at times heartbreaking celebration of our connection with our loyal canine friends Dogs allow us to be the very best we can be
A NEW STATESMEN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 A lasting work of social history THE TIMES A genuinely new history of our nation DAN JONES This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history SPECTATOR Philippa Gregory uses all her bestseller skills to weave a narrative with pace ANTONIA FRASERFROM THE MULTI MILLION BESTSELLING HISTORICAL NOVELIST COMES THE CULMINATION OF HER LIFE S WORKDid you know that there are more penises than women in the Bayeux Tapestry That the Peasant s Revolt was started and propelled by women protesting a tax on women Or that celebrated naturalist Charles Darwin believed not just that women were naturally inferior to men but that they d evolve to become ever more inferior These are just a few of the startling findings you will learn from reading Philippa Gregory s Normal Women In this ambitious and ground breaking book she tells the story of our nation over 900 years but for the very first time women some fifty per cent of the population are no longer invisible in this history of England but are at its beating heart Using research skills honed in her work as one of our foremost historical novelists Gregory trawled through court records to find highway women beggars and shepherdesses through newspapers and diaries to find murder
A shelter cat teaches us that our damaged parts too are worthy of love a captive orca shows us that inconvenience and difficulties are the blessing of a full life a gorilla teaches the universal language of grief a group of oysters who prove that magic and science can and do coexist In HOW TO BE A LIVING THING Mari Andrew reflects on the ways animals mirror challenge and deepen our experiences as living creatures in the world Through her personal stories and explorations into the inner world of other creatures Mari illuminates the opportunities and wonders of being a living thing Highly sensitive horses overly cautious donkeys and silly social rats are just a few of the animal teachers who offer us glimpses of the glories and shortcomings of humanity Heart warming funny and insightful HOW TO BE A LIVING THING reminds us that we are perfectly imperfect beings capable of profound connection with each other and with all other species of the remarkable natural world that surrounds us
BY THE AUTHOR OF MULTI AWARD WINNING 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE FIVE THE WOMEN KILLED BY JACK THE RIPPERAn epic examination of the historical true crime story of infamous wife murderer Dr Crippen in Edwardian England brought to justice by an extraordinary group of strong women A unique combination of sleuthing storytelling and compassion Lucy Worsley Under her pen history comes alive Professor Dame Sue Black An exceptional achievement I was gripped from the very first page The Secret Barrister Reads like a great thriller I inhaled it Bella Mackie Fascinating It s about time Belle became the hero of her own story Val McDermid As compelling as any crime drama S J Parris I couldn t put it down Bonnie Garmus I had my hand over my wide open mouth Rachel Joyce Takes us beyond the world of Dr Crippen into the lives impacted by him and the society in which he moved Terrific Ian Rankin Compelling to the very last page Denise Mina No murderer should ever be the keeper of their victim s story On 1 February 1910 vivacious musichall performer Belle Elmore suddenly vanished from her north London home causing alarm among her circle of female friends the entertainers of the Music Hall Ladies Guild who demanded an immediate investigation They c
Books like this don t come along very often Told with Gareth Russell s characteristic verve and exquisite eye for detail it is a story so compelling and surprising that it feels as if it has been hiding in plain sight for 400 years TRACY BORMAN A warts and all story told with compassion PHILIPPA GREGORY Elizabeth was king Then James was queen English author 1603 James Stuart King of England Scotland and Ireland did not always love wisely but he never failed to do so boldly James Stuart King of England Scotland and Ireland did not always love wisely but he never failed to do so boldly He fell in love three times with a Scottish lord a knight and George Villiers the handsomest man in the whole world He was infatuated three more times with a Highland earl a Welsh lord and an English spy We know so much about the six wives of Henry VIII why not the six loves of James I This groundbreaking new book puts James genius liar spendthrift idealist witch hunter and the men he loved at the centre of one of the most dramatic stories in British royal history Beginning with the brutal and mysterious murder of his father in 1567 James s life encompassed kidnapping witchcraft trials torture his mother s beheading poison political radica
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