Gangland Boston: A Tour Through the Deadly Streets of Organized Crime
By: Emily Sweeney
3.23
Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition
A GUIDED TOUR OF BOSTON’S UNDERWORLD, REVEALING THE PLACES WHERE DEALS WERE MADE, PEOPLE WERE KILLE…
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1. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
By: Malcolm Gladwell
3.97
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
In his #1 bestselling books The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell has explored t… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
"It's challenging, it's not hopeless. You have to come up with something. You have to figure out a way to help them, because people must have hope to live."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
"Much of what we consider valuable in our world arises out of (these) one-sided conflicts. Because the act of facing overwhelming odds, produces greatness and beauty."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
"A woman who walks away from the promise of power finds the strength to forgive – and saves her friendship, her marriage, and her sanity. The world is turned upside down."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
2. A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
By: Dennis Lehane
3.94
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
Kenzie and Gennaro are private investigators in the blue-collar neighborhoods and ghettos of South … read more
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"Twelve dead?"-Dennis Lehane, A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
"I'm a detective, but nuns could stonewall Sam Spade into an asylum"-Dennis Lehane, A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
"Maybe that's what love is-counting the bandages until someone says, 'Enough'."-Dennis Lehane, A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
"It's hard to close the door on optimistic expectations when you love someone."-Dennis Lehane, A Drink Before the War (Kenzie & Gennaro, #1)
3. Darkness, Take My Hand (Kenzie & Gennaro, #2)
By: Dennis Lehane
4.17
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
Master of new noir Dennis Lehane magnificently evokes the dignity and savagery of working-class Bos… read more
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"But I often think we talk way too much in this society, that we consider verbalization a panacea that it very often is not, and that we turn a blind eye to the sort of morbid self-absorption that bec…"-Dennis Lehane, Darkness, Take My Hand (Kenzie & Gennaro, #2)
4. Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World s Greatest Art Heist
By: Stephen Kurkjian
3.26
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The definitive story of the greatest art theft in history. In a secret meeting in 1981, a low-leve… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- true crime
5. Mystic River
By: Dennis Lehane
4.17
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange… read more
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"We all die alone...... I could have helped her with the dying."-Dennis Lehane, Mystic River
"She was his wife, mother, best friend, sister, lover, and priest."-Dennis Lehane, Mystic River
"Men. If you give them half a chance, they'll fuck you over just to prove they can."-Dennis Lehane, Mystic River
"I’m just saying there are threads, okay? Threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected."-Dennis Lehane, Mystic River
6. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
By: Stephen King
4.20
Format: 42 pages, Paperback
Nine-year-old Trisha McFarland strays from the path while she and her recently divorced mother and … read more
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7. Whitey: The Life of America's Most Notorious Mob Boss
By: Dick Lehr , Gerard O'Neill
4.73
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling authors of Black Masscomes the definitive biography of Whitey Bulger, the most… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- true crime
8. Moonlight Mile (Kenzie & Gennaro,#6)
By: Dennis Lehane
3.71
Format: None pages,
Amanda McCready was four years old when she vanished from a Boston neighborhood twelve years ago. D… read more
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9. Mercenary
By: Mike Hoare
3.09
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Col. Mike Hoare's personal story of his astonishing and horrifying experiences in the Congo in 1965… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
10. Notes from a Small Island
By: Bill Bryson
3.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain-which is to … read more
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- nonfiction
11. The Woods
By: Harlan Coben
4.48
Format: None pages,
Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were found murd… read more
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12. Sacred (Kenzie & Gennaro, #3)
By: Dennis Lehane
4.40
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Dennis Lehane won a Shamus Award for A Drink Before the War, his first book about working-class Bos… read more
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13. Gone, Baby, Gone (Kenzie & Gennaro, #4)
By: Dennis Lehane
4.40
Format: 184 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Boston private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are hired to find four-year-old Amanda … read more
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14. Murder & Mayhem in Central Massachusetts
By: None
3.99
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
The bucolic image of central Massachusetts belies a dark and sometimes deadly past. Grisly crimes a… read more
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15. I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank the Irishman Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa
By: Charles Brandt
4.12
Format: 309 pages, Paperback
The first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran were, "I heard you paint hou… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- true crime
16. The Dead Zone
By: Stephen King
4.17
Format: 267 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE] - Johnny, the small boy who skated at br… read more
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17. The Cigar: Carmine Galante, Mafia Terror
By: Frank DiMatteo
3.91
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
From the godfathers of American Mafia history, the brutal and blood-stained biography of Carmine Ga… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- true crime
18. The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty
By: Neal Thompson
3.87
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Based on genealogical breakthroughs and previously unreleased records, this is the first book to ex… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
19. All Hallows
By: Christopher Golden
3.55
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
With the 80's nostalgia of Stranger Things, this horror drama from NYT bestselling author Christoph… read more
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20. Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis
By: Annie Proulx
3.65
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A lifelong acolyte of the natural world, Annie Proulx brings her witness and research to the subjec… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
21. Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
By: Bill O'Reilly
4.25
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
O’Reilly and co-author Martin Dugard trace the brutal history of 20th Century organized crime in th… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- true crime
22. Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard
By: Douglas W. Tallamy
4.37
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, sparked a national conversation about the li… read more
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23. Murder, Interrupted
By: James Patterson
3.79
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Two true-crime thrillers as seen on Discovery's Murder is Forever TV series - premiering January 20… read more
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24. The House of Last Resort
By: Christopher Golden
3.20
Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition
The next high concept horror novel from NYT bestselling author Christopher Golden. Across Italy,… read more
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25. The Boston Mob Guide: Hit Men, Hoodlums & Hideouts (True Crime)
By: Beverly Ford
3.73
Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition
The capture of notorious mobster James "Whitey"? Bulger closed an infamous chapter in Boston histor… read more
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26. Mafia Hit Man: Carmine DiBiase, The Wiseguy Who Really Killed Joey Gallo
By: Frank DiMatteo
3.85
Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition
WHO REALLY KILLED “CRAZY JOE” GALLO? AT LAST, THE TRUTH CAN BE TOLD. AND IT WASN’T FRANK “THE IRISH… read more
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27. Gangland Boston: A Tour Through the Deadly Streets of Organized Crime
By: Emily Sweeney
3.23
Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition
A GUIDED TOUR OF BOSTON’S UNDERWORLD, REVEALING THE PLACES WHERE DEALS WERE MADE, PEOPLE WERE KILLE… read more
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28. Burn Boston Burn: The Largest Arson Case in the History of the Country
By: Wayne M. Miller
3.61
Format: 492 pages, ebook
Burn Boston Burn-The Largest Arson Case in the History of the Country is an astounding true crime n… read more
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