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Two children catch fireflies on a summer night, putting them one by one into a jar until all ten are caught, and then they let them out to watch all ten fly away.
In the Godfather Garden is the true story of the life of Richie “the Boot” Boiardo, one of the most powerful and feared men in the New Jersey underworld. The Boot cut his teeth battling the Jewish gang lord Abner Longy Zwillman on the streets of Newark during Prohibition and endured to become one of the East Coast’s top mobsters, his reign lasting six decades. To the press and the police, this secretive Don insisted he was nothing more than a simple man who enjoyed puttering about in his beloved vegetable garden on his Livingston, New Jersey, estate. In reality, the Boot was a confidante and kingmaker of politicians, a friend of such celebrities as Joe DiMaggio and George Raft, an acqu...
Biographic Memoirs: Volume 47 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works. Each biographical essay was written by a member of the Academy familiar with the professional career of the deceased. For historical and bibliographical purposes, these volumes are worth returning to time and again.
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The NCAA tournament has always been an enormous spotlight for the underdog. Bracket-clenching fans root for long shots to upset the elite squads and score an unexpected win on their tournament sheetOif they picked them, that is. And normally thatis all the fans expectoone or two incredible upsets. But these days, the underdogs are breaking throughO Cinderella is an inside look at the NCAAis mid-major basketball programs, which fight for their shot to battle the elite teams for the national championship. The rise of mid-majors has been one of the most thrilling sports stories in recent years, and itis only getting bigger. Michael Litos spent the 2005n06 season on the frontlines of the Colonia...