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  • Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia

    by John Dickie ...
    The Italian-American mafia has its roots in a mysterious and powerful criminal network in Sicily. While the mythology of the mafia has been widely celebrated in American culture, the true origins of its rituals, laws, and methods have never actually been revealed. John Dickie uses startling new research to expose the secrets of the Sicilian mafia, providing a fascinating account that is more ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Craft

    How the Freemasons Made the Modern World

    by John Dickie ...
    Discover the “convincingly researched and thoroughly entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) history of the world’s oldest and most influential fraternityFounded in London in 1717 as a way of binding men in fellowship, Freemasonry proved so addictive that within two decades it had spread across the globe. Under George Washington, the Craft became a creed for the new American nation. Under Napoleon ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Delizia!

    The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food

    by John Dickie ...
    Buon appetito! Everyone loves Italian food. But how did the Italians come to eat so well?The answer lies amid the vibrant beauty of Italy's historic cities. For a thousand years, they have been magnets for everything that makes for great eating: ingredients, talent, money, and power. Italian food is city food.From the bustle of medieval Milan's marketplace to the banqueting halls of Renaissance ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Blood Brotherhoods

    A History of Italy's Three Mafias

    by John Dickie ...
    MAFIA. CAMORRA. 'NDRANGHETA.The Sicilian mafia, known as Cosa Nostra, is far from being Italy's only dangerous criminal fraternity. The country hosts two other major mafias: the camorra from Naples; and, from the poor and isolated region of Calabria, the mysterious 'ndrangheta, which has now risen to become the most powerful mob group active today.Since they emerged, the mafias have all corrupted ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Mafia and Antimafia

    A Brief History

    by Umberto Santino ...
    The mafia is the impenetrable and seemingly infallible embodiment of notoriety and criminality. Umberto Santino, one of Italy's leading mafia experts, here provides a new perspective on the mafia: as a polymorphic organization which encompasses crime, the accumulation of corruptly acquired wealth and power, the cultural code of omerta and consensus. Exploring the movements which strive to fight ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

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    The Craft

    How the Freemasons Made the Modern World

    by John Dickie ...
    Narrated by Simon Slater ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 35 min

    Discover the “convincingly researched and thoroughly entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) history of the world’s oldest and most influential fraternityFounded in London in 1717 as a way of binding men in fellowship, Freemasonry proved so addictive that within two decades it had spread across the globe. Under George Washington, the Craft became a creed for the new American nation. Under Napoleon ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Delizia!

    The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food

    by John Dickie ...
    Narrated by Simon Vance ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 3 min

    Buon appetito! Everyone loves Italian food. But how did the Italians come to eat so well?The answer lies amid the vibrant beauty of Italy's historic cities. For a thousand years, they have been magnets for everything that makes for great eating: ingredients, talent, money, and power. Italian food is city food.Delizia! is much more than a history of Italian food. It is a history of Italy told ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Cosa Nostra

    A History of the Sicilian Mafia

    by John Dickie ...
    Narrated by Tom Lawrence ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 22 min

    Hailed in Italy as the best book ever written about the mafia in any language, Cosa Nostra is a fascinating, violent, and darkly comic account that reads like fiction and takes us deep into the inner sanctum of this secret society where few have dared to tread. In this gripping history of the Sicilian mafia, John Dickie uses startling new research to reveal the inner workings of this secret ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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    Blood Brotherhoods

    A History of Italy¿s Three Mafias

    by John Dickie ...
    Narrated by Tom Lawrence ...

    Unabridged

    31 hours 18 min

    MAFIA. CAMORRA. 'NDRANGHETA.The Sicilian mafia, known as Cosa Nostra, is far from being Italy's only dangerous criminal fraternity. The country hosts two other major mafias: the camorra from Naples; and, from the poor and isolated region of Calabria, the mysterious 'ndrangheta, which has now risen to become the most powerful mob group active today.Since they emerged, the mafias have all corrupted ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Know-It-All Society

    Truth and Arrogance in Political Culture

    by Michael P. Lynch ...
    Narrated by William Sarris ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 42 min

    Taking stock of our fragmented political landscape, Michael Patrick Lynch delivers a trenchant philosophical take on digital culture and its tendency to make us into dogmatic know-it-alls. The internet—where most shared news stories are not even read by the person posting them—has contributed to the rampant spread of "intellectual arrogance." In this culture, we have come to think that we have ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Red Summer

    The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America

    by Cameron McWhirter ...
    Narrated by L.J. Ganser ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 6 min

    A narrative history of America's deadliest episode of race riots and lynchings.After World War I, black Americans fervently hoped for a new epoch of peace, prosperity, and equality. Black soldiers believed their participation in the fight to make the world safe for democracy finally earned them rights they had been promised since the close of the Civil War.Instead, an unprecedented wave of anti ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Archaeology from Space

    How the Future Shapes Our Past

    by Sarah Parcak ...
    Narrated by Sarah Parcak ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 39 min

    **This program is read by the author.National Geographic Explorer and TED Prize-winner Dr. Sarah Parcak welcomes you to the exciting new world of space archaeology, a growing field that is sparking extraordinary discoveries from ancient civilizations across the globe.**In Archaeology from Space, Sarah Parcak shows the evolution, major discoveries, and future potential of the young field of ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook