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In a remarkably personal and intimate story, Jerry Tillinghast talks about his life and the choices he made. A story of how our path in life is often beyond our control. Silent no More...a story of lost opportunity, wrongful convictions in pursuit of justice, and redemption. How accepting the consequences of our decisions, leads to redemption
In It's Just the Way It Was: Inside the War on the New England Mob and other stories, Joe Broadmeadow and Brendan Doherty take you inside the investigations, covert surveillances, and murky world of informants in the war against Organized Crime. Make no mistake about it, it was a war targeting the insidious nature of the mob and their detrimental effect on Rhode Island and throughout New England. Indeed, the book reveals the extensive nature of Organized Crime throughout the United States. From the opening moments detailing a mob enforcer's near death in a hail of gunfire to the potentially deadly confrontation between then Detective Brendan Doherty and a notorious mob associate, Gerard Ouimette, this book puts you right there in the middle. Most books on the mob tell a sanitized story of guys who relished their time as mobsters. As Nicholas Pileggi, author of "Wiseguys," put it, "most mob books are the egomaniacal ravings of an illiterate hood masquerading as a benevolent godfather." This is not that kind of book. This is the story of the good guys. It's just the way it was.
Ambition, Murder, Politics. Elements in the tragic collision of two lives. Anthony ‘JoJo’ Machado decorated Marine combat veteran and Detective Sergeant Josh Williams, East Providence, Rhode Island Police Department Two men inextricably linked by circumstances beyond their control. One will die. One will face the loss of everything he holds dear. Collision Course is the riveting story of blind political ambition trampling truth. US Attorney Robert Collucci, candidate for the US Senate, will stop at nothing to succeed, using the rage of racial inequality to fuel his quest for power. Williams and Machado are pawns in this game of politics. There is only one person standing between the truth and the power of the government. A sarcastic, misogynistic, former Green Beret, defense lawyer named Harrison “Hawk” Bennett, who risks his career to set things right.
This is the story of a Mayor who would be King, The Mob that would demand its share of the spoils, and a man caught in the middle. A story so unique, so endemic to the Providence, so uniquely Rhode Island, that it casts a spell even to this day.DIVINE PROVIDENCE: THE MAYOR, THE MOB, AND THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE. BY JOE BROADMEADOWIn Rhode Island during the 1970s and 80s, and in particular in certain cities like Providence and a few others, the cost of business faced certain taxes. There was the ST (state tax), the CT (city tax), and the FIM (Figure me in tax.)Of all the taxes, the only one that mattered was the Figure Me in Tax, everything else was negotiable.
A dog who suffered unimaginable torture escapes to survive, alone in the woods of upstate New York. The dog is terrified of humans and wasting away in the harsh environment. Then, through the intervention of two incredible individuals, the dog named Dexter is captured and placed in their care.With patience and understanding, the Pollingers transform the dog from a malnourished terrified creature into a loving, healthy, and happy member of the family.
There are three ways most people leave the life of a mobster. Dying, Disappeared into Witness Protection, or just Disappeared. Bobby Walason defied the odds and walked away from the life...and lived to tell the story
Billy "V" Vigeant, born an ordinary kid in the Silver Lake section of Providence, Rhode Island, created an extraordinary career in radio, television, sports marketing, and acting. He produced exclusive one-on-one interviews with more than 300 Hall of Fame Athletes and Entertainers in his thirty-year career. And he did it his own way. He created an award-winning radio and television show named Billy "V's" Sports Legends. He received the communicator award for his exclusive interview with Hall of Fame Basketball legend Bill Russell in 1999. You will read the trials and tribulations encountered along his journey and first-hand accounts of interviewing some of the greatest legends in the World o...
Explaining Crohn's Disease to a child living with the condition. Claudia Merandi, who has lived with Crohn's her whole life, puts her experience into words a child can relate to. Using humor, illustrations, and simple language, Merandi explains the disease in a way only someone who has lived with it can.
Watson, a reindeer living at the North Pole, has a dream; to fly with Santa on Christmas Eve. When Santa announces he will add to the Elite Eight, his well-known team of reindeer, Watson has his chance. Troy, the head Elf flight instructor, assigns Watson's elf friends, Georgia and Sasha, to train him. They have no idea what they have gotten themselves into, but they are determined to help Watson succeed. Excited by the prospect of a real chance to fly with Santa, Watson starts his training. It is soon apparent that flying is not his problem, landing is. In the air, Watson is light-years ahead of all the others trying to win the coveted spot on the team, but trying to land back on the ground he is a disaster. Time after time, Watson ends up in a pile of snow after tumbling down the runway on landing. It seems hopeless until they discover a secret about Watson that changes everything. Can one determined reindeer, with the help of his good friends, find a way to overcome the problem? if he can't, he will never fly. But if he can, then maybe, just maybe, his dream may come true.
In her new book, A Miracle at Dachau, Laurin Haupt tells the riveting story of her grandfather (her Opa) and his time in the Dachau prison camp. A French gentile, Simon Johann Haupt lived a happy life in Germany with his wife and daughters, the loves of his life. But in 1933, he and some friends dared to resist the terrorism of the Third Reich that was destroying the fabric of their peaceful community. His subsequent arrest and imprisonment and the miracle that saved his life make one of the most compelling stories of that awful period in history. Most of us were taught of the atrocities of Hitler and his force against the Jews of Germany but little is talked about regarding the way members ...