Sonny

“Couldn’t put it down.” —Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy (Goodfellas) and Casino The extraordinary life and times of a legendary crime boss who refused to squeal—but who finally agreed to talk to an award-winning New York Newsday reporter shortly before his death at age 103 . . . John “Sonny” Franzese reportedly committed his first murder at the age of fourteen. As a “made man” for the Colombo crime family, he operated out of his Long Island home specializing in racketeering, fraud, loansharking, and other illicit deeds he would deny to his dying day. His career in organized crime spanned over eight decades—and he was sentenced to fifty years in prison for robbery charges. But even behind bars, Sonny Franzese never stopped doing business . . . This is the true story of an old-school mafioso as it’s never been told before. Newsday reporter S. J. Peddie interviewed Franzese in prison—and uncovered a lifetime of shocking secrets from the legend himself: * Why FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had a very personal interest in Sonny. * How Sonny managed to juggle numerous affairs with women, including a famous model. * How Sonny spent a third of his life in prison—and still managed to earn untold millions for the mob. * How Sonny accidentally revealed some of his worst crimes—to a “friend” wearing a wire. Through it all, Franzese refused to break the Mafia’s code of silence. Authorities believe he may have murdered, or ordered the murders of, forty to fifty people. Yet he earned a grudging respect from law enforcement and an absolute reverence from his fellow gangsters. Eventually he managed to outlive them all—until his death in 2020 of natural causes, a rare event in the Mafia. Thanks to a series of exclusive firsthand interviews, the astonishing life story of John “Sonny” Franzese can be told in all its bold, brutal, and blood-spattered glory. This is a must-read for anyone fascinated with Mafia history—and a rare look inside a criminal mind that has become the stuff of legend.

"Sonny's World" is an epic tale of romance, passion, violence, revenge, betrayal, and, ultimately, healing. Each scene is an intense (but never gratuitous) glimpse into the human psyche. Its characters are believable and likable (if not always ethical). It is a wild ride on the rollercoaster of Fate, where what is "right" and what is "meant to be" are not always the same. Paradoxically the Mafia underworld and the world of high society mix perfectly. Danny Falcone has created a commercially appealing and always enthralling masterpiece.

First in a series of children's stories to leave you spell bound! An ancient run down house, an old settee and an eccentric uncle... These elements lead Marissa, and her family in a series of roller-coaster adventures into the past to learn about the future and what is to come...Hold onto you seats for the ride of your life...!

Welcome to Mystery Park where magical things can happen, and do, all the time... On his very first visit to Mystery Park, Sonny makes a wonderful new friend; one of a kind! To Sonny's delight, his new friend takes him for a ride in the sky. While they play, a fierce wind comes and blows them apart. Sonny is alone but his courage, strength and insight lead him out of the storm. He's not home yet, as another magical realm awaits him and more adventures. Sonny is on top of the world! Adventure such as this has to be magic; what else can it be? But when Sonny is spontaneously blown out of the magical world, he can't help but wonder if it was all just a dream... This book can help introduce the concept of positive thinking to young children. Read more about it in the preface. Lilach Tzingoker was raised in Jerusalem and now lives on the north shore of Sydney, Australia. She has been writing all her life. Tzingoker is currently completing the next in the series of the Sonny's Adventures books, titled Sonny and the Skateboard-like Slide. Publisher's website: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/SonnysAdventuresInMysteryPark .htm

Sonny Good loved his life as an FBI agent, but when his father died and he was needed back home he quit the agency and became a rancher. Now several years later, Summerville, Nebraska is starting to seem a little isolated. An openly gay rancher in the middle of Nebraska just doesn't have many prospective dates. That is until Garron Greeley moves to town. Garron is the town's newest resident and bad boy bartender with shoulder-length dark brown hair and tribal tattoos. Sonny is struck by lust at first sight. Things between the two of them take off like a rocket until Sonny learns Garron is also the brother of the man who owns the neighbouring ranch. The man Sonny considers his enemy, which leaves Sonny to decide what's more important—the feud with his neighbour or a potentially blazing passion with Garron?

Sonny is only one of the spies at the Bradshaw house in Mozier, Alabama. But as a child he saw a tray full of dinner come flying across the front hall at his father. His mother's aim was dead on. And Daddy's departure promptly followed. Loretta, Sonny's older sister, spies by eavesdropping. As she tells him, "How else am I going to survive in a family tight-lipped as tombs?" But the kids' spying only scratches the surface of what's really going on in this 1950s family in the deep South. While Deaton, the youngest, worries about pirates and vampires, and Uncle Marty, family protector, serves up scripture with every bite at the Circle of Life donut shop, somebody is watching. Somebody unsuspected by Sonny. But at thirteen he knows something's fishy, and he intends to find out what. That's why one Friday after Uncle Marty pays him for dishwashing at the Circle of Life, he sneaks out of town, first by bike and then by bus. Selma, his mama; Mamby; Nissa; Uncle Sink; Aunt Roo; his sister and brother -- nobody from that all-too-serious but often hilarious crew has a clue where he's gone. And even Sonny can't say exactly what he's after, until those tight-lipped tombs start talking, and life in the house on Rhubarb changes for good.

A touching story of an eager Cocker Spaniel puppy seeing the world for the first time, finding adventure and wonder along the way.

A baffling message scrawled in lipstick on a mutitated prostitute frustrates Detective Pete Swisher. Complicating matters Chief of Detectives, Tom Hardesty, keeps a roll of bills found in the victim's clothes. Both have been skimming drug money, but Swisher balks at robbing stiffs. Matters come to a head when the same message is found on another mutilated prostitute and CIA officer, Bill Williams gets concerned when his daughter, Judith, is innocently involved with her brilliant math professor. Treading forbidden civilian territory Bill unravels the truth about her teacher but is turned aside as just another kook. An angry father plans his own revenge and refuses to help. Swisher turns to Williams despite Hardesty's warning to stay away from the CIA rat. Then they discover Judith is in imminent danger.