Rao's is a hundred-year-old Italian restaurant in East Harlem, and one of the most popular eating spots in the city. Here is its colorful history, with recipes, including marinara sauce, lemon chicken, seafood salad, and many classic Neapolitan dishes.
The screenplay of a Martin Scorsese film dealing with the violent triangular relationship between gambler Ace Rothstein, his wife Ginger (a former prostitute), and his strong-arm associate, Nick Santoro. The story is set amid a glittering, festering Babylon in which appearance is everything.
A former chef for the Lucchese crime family reveals not only the recipes (Fat Larry's Pizza, Henry's Kickback Antipasti Hero, Striped Bass for Paulie) but also the legends of the Mob, and his own amazing life story, which includes several stints in the Witness Protection Program.
From the author of Wiseguy (made into the movie Goodfellas), comes this tale of love, marriage, adultery, murder, and revenge mafia-style. Both a love story and a bigger-than-life business story, Casino exposes the secrets of Las Vegas's multibillion-dollar casino gambling industry--and how the mob finally lost its stranglehold over it.
A screenplay of a film directed by Martin Scorsese. From the age of 11, Henry Hill had been part of the criminal life of New York and finally achieved the status of "wiseguy". But in 1980, he decided to exchange his knowledge for a new identity. Scorsese has also directed "Mean Streets".
This riveting new anthology series presents the best crime journalism--a year's worth of the most powerful, the most startling, the most astute, and the smartest contributions.
From the author of Wiseguy, the million-copy bestseller about the Mafia, comes a marvelous true story about the intrigues of a real-life sleuth. Irwin Blye works the back rooms of the nation's criminal justice system as a P.I. And he's seen it all, from Mafia bosses, crooked congressmen and corrupt cops to cheating spouses and 300-pound rapists.
The Bloomsbury Film Classics, The Original Novel series presents books from a number of films from the last 40 years that have been considered to have shown great cinematic merit.
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