The Last Boss Of Brighton

Author : Douglas Century
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063014971
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Boss of Brighton written by Douglas Century and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Douglas Century reveals the untold story of the epic rise and fall of Boris Nayfeld, also known as Biba, one of the most notorious Russian mob bosses of our era. Boris Nayfeld, a.k.a. “Biba,” is the last living boss of the old-school Russian mob in America, and he’s survived to tell it all. Filled with sex, drugs, and murder, Biba’s story is a mind-boggling journey that took him from petty street crime in the USSR to billion-dollar embezzlement in America. Born in Soviet-era Belarus, abandoned by his parents in infancy, Biba’s brutal upbringing left him hungry for more—more power, control, and money. Taking advantage of the rampant corruption in the Soviet Union, Biba’s teenage hooliganism quickly turned into bolder “black cash” rackets, making him, by Soviet standards, a very rich young man. When authorities took notice and threatened him with “the supreme measure”— execution by firing squad—he managed to get out of the USSR just in time. Within months of landing in America, his intimidating presence and street smarts quickly made him legendary in the Soviet émigré community of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, and launched him to the top of New York’s Russian Jewish mob, one of the world’s most inventive, powerful and violent criminal organizations. After decades as a globe-trotting boss, and three stints in U.S. federal prisons he remains unbroken and unrepentant, even as his entire life has unraveled around him. Now seventy-four years old, Biba is a lion in winter. Douglas Century vividly brings the notorious gangster to life in these pages, telling not only his epic journey but also the history of the Russian mob in America.

Author : Mark Galeotti
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300186827
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vory written by Mark Galeotti and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first English-language book to document the men who emerged from the gulags to become Russia's much-feared crime class: the vory v zakone Mark Galeotti is the go-to expert on organized crime in Russia, consulted by governments and police around the world. Now, Western readers can explore the fascinating history of the vory v zakone, a group that has survived and thrived amid the changes brought on by Stalinism, the Cold War, the Afghan War, and the end of the Soviet experiment. The vory--as the Russian mafia is also known--was born early in the twentieth century, largely in the Gulags and criminal camps, where they developed their unique culture. Identified by their signature tattoos, members abided by the thieves' code, a strict system that forbade all paid employment and cooperation with law enforcement and the state. Based on two decades of on-the-ground research, Galeotti's captivating study details the vory's journey to power from their early days to their adaptation to modern-day Russia's free-wheeling oligarchy and global opportunities beyond.

Author : Mike Mueller
Publisher : Complete Book Series
ISBN 13 : 0760372888
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Book of Ford Mustang written by Mike Mueller and published by Complete Book Series. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Book of Ford Mustang, 4th Edition details the development, technical specifications, and history of America’s original pony car, now updated to cover cars through the 2021 model year.

Author : Robert I. Friedman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Red Mafiya written by Robert I. Friedman and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : AUSTIN AGUOCHA
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 171613868X
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Close Finish written by AUSTIN AGUOCHA and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant attempt at exposing the thrills, expectations and perils of football prediction.A fun read.

Author : Peter Guttridge
Publisher : Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1448305276
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Butcher's Wood written by Peter Guttridge and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bloody death of an actress during a theatre show has DI Gilchrist and DS Heap investigate . . . but was it a bizarre accident or a deliberate attack? During a theatre performance Detective Inspector Sarah Gilchrist is reluctantly attending, blood begins soaking through a curtain startling one actor into falling to his death from the stage. The source of the blood: Elvira Wright, the lead actress, has been bludgeoned by a lead weight used for opening the curtain. Meanwhile former Hollywood actress Nimue Grace is attracting attention from a notorious gangster. When she stumbles across something horrific in the aptly named Butcher's Wood, she interprets it as a vicious message left for her. As Gilchrist and Detective Sergeant Bellamy Heap investigate, they find themselves running in circles. All the actors were disgruntled with the director of the play, Cat Pinter, and the way it was produced, but why would any of them target Elvira? And what is the meaning of the horrible discovery in Butcher's Wood?

Author : James O. Finckenauer
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781555533748
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russian Mafia in America written by James O. Finckenauer and published by UPNE. This book was released on 1998 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of Russian organized crime at home and in the U.S.

Author : Neil Simon
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0452275288
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brighton Beach Memoirs written by Neil Simon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1995-11-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young boy from Brooklyn comes of age in the first play in Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical “Eugene Trilogy”—followed by Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound. Meet Eugene Jerome and his family, fighting the hard times and sometimes each other—with laughter, tears, and love. It is 1937 in Brooklyn during the heart of the Depression. Fifteen-year-old Eugene Jerome lives in Brighton Beach with his family. He is witty, perceptive, obsessed with sex, and forever fantasizing his baseball-diamond triumphs as star pitcher for the New York Yankees. As our guide through his “memoirs,” Eugene takes us through a series of trenchant observations and insights that show his family meeting life's challenges with pride, spirit, and a marvelous sense of humor. But as World War II looms ever closer, Eugene sees his own innocence slipping away as the first important era of his life ends—and a new one begins. Winner of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play

Author : Douglas Century
Publisher : Grand Central Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780446675635
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Street Kingdom written by Douglas Century and published by Grand Central Pub. This book was released on 2000 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a portrait of life on the street as seen through the eyes of a streetwise rapper and leader of an eighty-member Brooklyn crack gang.

Author : Mike Mueller
Publisher : Motorbooks
ISBN 13 : 0760307342
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mustang 1964-1/2-1973 written by Mike Mueller and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2000 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern color photography and period sales literature recalls Mustang's most collectible model years. Examines Lee Iaccoca's role, the phenomenal sales figures, model changes, and associations with race legends like Carroll Shelby.