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Lawyer Judy Carrier takes the case of an elderly pigeon racer, Tony Lucia, who has been arrested for the murder of his lifelong enemy Angelo Coluzzi. "Pigeon Tony," as he's known, confesses to Judy that he killed Coluzzi because of a vendetta begun more than fifty years ago. Her client's guilt, however, is only the beginning of Judy's problems. The Coluzzi family wants revenge, and they are determined to finish off Pigeon Tony and Judy before the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 46
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English
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Dominick Birdsey, a forty-year-old housepainter living in Three Rivers, Connecticut, finds his subdued life greatly disturbed when his identical twin brother Thomas, a paranoid schizophrenic, commits a shocking act of self-mutilation
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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When a telegram with urgent news for the Italian-American village of Roseto arrives, Nicky drives to the village to deliver the news and he has an epiphany that will change the Palazzini family's and the townspeople's lives.
7) Every Sunday
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Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Johnny Cantini, Nick's oldest son, is left holding the needle and thread that stitches the family together. Johnny must continue with the small business his father built while trying to fill his father's shoes as the family's head.
9) Gangster
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Publisher
Fawcett Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
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Fleeing his father and a shadowy past, Angelo Vestieri finds a second family in early twentieth-century New York's mob, where he encounters dangerous betrayals and an abandoned boy in need of a father figure.
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Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
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A prequel to "The Godfather" continues the saga of the Corleone family during the Great Depression, when Vito hides the truth of his occupation from his children and engages in violent measures to secure his family's fortunes at the end of the Prohibition Era.
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Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Born to enormous wealth and social standing, Barbara Lavette leaves her sumptuous home on San Francisco's Nob Hill to lead a life of adventure that takes her from the depression to the darkest days of World War II.
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Series
Godfather series (Mark Winegardner) volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
New Orleans underboss Carlo Tramonti, one of Michael Corleone's underlings, is deported to Colombia by order of the attorney general, brother of the President. He sneaks back to retaliate and ends up changing the course of U.S. politics.
13) The godfather
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Godfather series (Mario Puzo) volume 1
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1969-]
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English
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A searing novel of the Mafia underworld, The Godfather introduced readers to the first family of American crime fiction, the Corleones, and the powerful legacy of tradition, blood, and honor that was passed on from father to son. With its themes of the seduction of power, the pitfalls of greed, and family allegiance, it resonated with millions of readers across the world-and became the definitive novel of the virile, violent subculture that remains...
14) An Italian wife
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W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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In turn-of-the-century Italy, fourteen-year-old Josephine, sheltered and naive, is forced into an arranged marriage to a man she doesn't know or love who is about to depart for America, where she later joins him. Bound by tradition, Josephine gives birth to seven children. The last, Valentina, is conceived in passion, born in secret, and given up for adoption. Josephine spends the rest of her life searching for her lost child, keeping her secret even...
15) Hindsight
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Publisher
SparkPress
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Born this time around into a South Philadelphia Italian-American family so traditional, she and her siblings are expected to marry in birth order, Eugenia lives a simple lifeno love connection, no controversy, no complications. Her hope is that the Blessed Virgin Mary (who oversees her soul's progress) will grant her heart's desire, the option to choose the circumstances of her next life. But when a student reveals he shares her ability, Eugenia...
16) Rococo: a novel
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Batholomeo di Crespi, a bachelor decorator in the upscale New Jersey town of Our Lady of Fatima, circa 1970. His exquisite taste in fabrics and decor have made B well respected in OLOF; he's decorated all the important houses, from his divorced older sister's Georgian manor to Aurelia Mandelbaum's mansion. Aurelia's myopic daughter Capri, still living at home at age 40, has been B's unofficial fiancee for 20 years, but this was their mothers' idea,...
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Godfather series (Mark Winegardner) volume 1
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English
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"THE MISSING YEARS FROM THE GREATEST CRIME SAGA OF ALL TIME Thirty-five years ago, Mario Puzo’s great American tale, The Godfather, was published, and popular culture was indelibly changed. Now, in The Godfather Returns, acclaimed novelist Mark Winegardner continues the story–the years not covered in Puzo’s bestselling book or in Francis Ford Coppola’s classic films. It is 1955. Michael Corleone has won a bloody victory...
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