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1) About face
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
At the request of a carabiniere investigator, Commissario Guido Brunetti looks into illegal garbage hauling that has resulted in a murder, while Brunetti's father-in-law asks him to investigate a potential business partner with a mysterious wife.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 110 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Italiano
Description
In line with the recent wave of acclaimed mob dramas from Italy such as Gomorrah and the Oscar® Nominated Il Divo, The Sicilian Girl recounts the true crime story of mafia daughter Rita Atria, who took her life into her hands to break the code of silence and testify against "The Family" in 1991.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 500 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Italiano
Description
Fernando Di Leo was a prolific filmmaker who explored the political extremism and mafia corruption in Italy during the 1970's. Master of garish, intricately plotted, ultra-violent stories about pimps and petty gangsters, Di Leo has perfected the genre with an uncanny accuracy. Di Leo's films demonstrate the degradation of the working classes and how the mafia corrupted them. Though he slipped out of public consciousness after his death in 2003, his...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
x, 333 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An unprecedented look inside a ruthless and obscenely wealthy branch of the Italian Mafia and the electrifying story of the brave women who decided to fight back"--
Author
Series
Billy Boyle World War II mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Soho
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
313 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Billy Boyle awakens in a field hospital in Sicily with amnesia. In his pocket is a yellow silk handkerchief embroidered with the initial L. Gradually he remembers: he has been sent ashore in advance of the troops with this token from Lucky Luciano to contact the head of the Sicilian Mafia. But he must also thwart a murderous band of counterfeiters of Army scrip led by Vito Genovese.
8) Dublerzy
Publisher
Distributed by MGE
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Polish
Description
After two Polish tourists meet at a wedding in Italy, they inadvertently become involved with the Mafia, and their problems follow them back to Poland.
Author
Publisher
Oneworld
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xx, 213 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From sex slaves to drug mules, The Daily Beast's Rome Bureau Chief uncovers a terrifying and intricate web of criminal activity right on Europe's doorstep. Caught between Camorra gunrunners selling to ISIS and Nigerian drug gangs along Italy's picturesque coast, each year thousands of refugees and migrants are lured into their criminal underworld, forced to become sex slaves, drug mules or weapon smugglers. In this powerful expos?, investigative journalist...
10) Aquel día
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
441 pages ; 22 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Tras 365 días, el fenómeno mundial emitido por Netflix, llega por fin su esperadísima continuación. Una excitante historia de sexo de alto voltaje, lujo y poder que no olvidarás. Una pasión sin medida. Un mundo donde no existen los límites ni la clemencia. Y un solo día que podría cambiarlo todo. La relación entre Massimo y Laura es cada vez más ardiente y su amor se afianza mientras ella se adentra en los códigos del sórdido mundo de...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rocco is still reeling from the death of his best friend's girlfriend, who was murdered as she slept in his bed. There's no doubt that she was in the wrong place at the wrong time and paid the ultimate price. With the identity of the hitman still unknown, a cloud lingers over Rocco, dulling his judgment and leaving this anti-hero exposed to other threats. For Rocco has stepped on one too many people's toes over the years, namely the mafia that is...
Author
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the 1980s, a teenage girl terrorizes the Sicilian town of Gela. Tina's father was in Cosa Nostra and was brutally shot dead in front of her when she was just eight; after that, she made it her mission in life to join the mafia, although women are traditionally not allowed in. Nicknamed 'a masculidda, or "the tomboy," Tina is notorious through Gela for her recklessness, cruelty, and complete disregard for societal expectations. When a news article...
Publisher
Distributed by MHz Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (312 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
"Murder, betrayal, office politics, temptation ... it's all in a day's work for Detective Salvo Montalbano. With his always loyal and sometimes effective police squad, he solves crimes in the town of Vigata, crossing paths with Mafia dons, priests, housewives, liars and saints. All the while he confronts his personal demons, which war against his professional ideals, his commitment to his beautiful long-distance girlfriend and his constant flirtation...
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