Download or read book The Family Corleone written by and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exhilarating and profound novel of tradition and violence and of loyalty and betrayal, The Family Corleone will appeal to the legions of fans who can never get enough of The Godfather. New York, 1933: The city and the nation are in the depths of the Great Depression. The crime families of New York have prospered in this time, but with the coming end of Prohibition, a battle is looming that will determine which organizations will rise and which will face a violent end. For Vito Corleone, nothing is more important that his family's future. While his youngest children, Michael, Fredo, and Connie, are in school, unaware of their father's true occupation, and his adopted son Tom Hagen is a college student, he worries most about Sonny, his eldest child. Vito pushes Sonny to be a businessman, but Sonny-17 years-old, impatient and reckless-wants something else: To follow in his father's footsteps and become a part of the real family business.

Download or read book Fictional American People of Sicilian Descent written by Source Wikipedia and published by Booksllc.Net. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Al Neri, Anthony Corleone, Antonio Nappa, Carlo Rizzi (The Godfather), Chucky Pancamo, Connie Corleone, Corleone family, Dino Ortolani, Don Zanghi, Dorothy Zbornak, Frank Urbano, Fredo Corleone, Joey D'Angelo, Mario Seggio, Mary Corleone, Michael Corleone, Nino Schibetta, Peter Schibetta, Salvatore DeSanto, Sonny Corleone, Sophia Petrillo, Tommy Neri, Turtle (Entourage), Vincenzo Coccotti. Excerpt: Michael Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novels, The Godfather and The Sicilian. He is also the main character of the Godfather film trilogy that was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, in which he was portrayed by Al Pacino, who was twice nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal (Best Supporting Actor for The Godfather, and Best Actor for The Godfather Part II). Michael Corleone, as portrayed by Pacino, was recognized as the 11th most iconic villain in film history by the American Film Institute, although some critics consider Michael Corleone to be a tragic hero. Michael is the youngest son of Don Vito Corleone (played by Marlon Brando in The Godfather and Robert De Niro in The Godfather Part II). He is the younger brother of Santino "Sonny" (James Caan) and Frederico "Fredo" (John Cazale), and the older brother of Constanzia "Connie" (Talia Shire). Michael Corleone is introduced in The Godfather as the youngest son of Mafia kingpin Vito Corleone. In contrast with his brothers, he wants nothing to do with the Corleone "family business," wanting instead to lead a normal, Americanized life. Vito does not want Michael to be involved in the Mafia, either, hoping instead that his favorite son will enter politics. When the United States enters World War II in 1941, Michael enlists in the Marine Corps, and fights in the Pacific War. Michael, promoted to the rank of Captain, is awarded the Navy Cross...

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Download or read book The Godfather Characters written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Michael Corleone, Sonny Corleone, Vito Corleone, Fredo Corleone, Tom Hagen, Aldo Trapani, Luca Brasi, Peter Clemenza, Carmine Rosato Family, Kay Adams-Corleone, Frank Pentangeli, Connie Corleone, Carlo Rizzi, Vincent Mancini-Corleone, Licio Lucchesi, Pat Geary, Al Neri, Moe Greene, Anthony Corleone, Antonio "Tony" Rosato, Mary Corleone, Lucy Mancini, Salvatore Tessio, Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone, Jack Woltz, Carmela Corleone, Johnny Fontane, Don Fanucci, Ottilio Cuneo, Hyman Roth, Virgil Sollozzo, Emilio Barzini, Don Tommasino, Nick Geraci, Rocco Lampone, Tattaglia crime family, Amerigo Bonasera, Vincenzo Pentangeli, Willi Cicci, Genco Abbandando, Sandra Corleone, Joey Zasa, Philip Tattaglia, Corleone family, Cardinal Lamberto, Billy Van Arsdale, Louie Russo, Archbishop Gilday, Mickey Shea, Bruno Tattaglia, Joe Zaluchi, Frederick Keinszig, Vincent Forlenza, Momo Barone, Joe Lucadello, Don Altobello, Carlo Tramonti, Eddie Paradise, Danny Shea, Five Families, Anthony Stracci, Stracci family, B. J. Harrison, Carmine Marino, Tommy Neri, Sal Narducci, Sam Drago, Paulie Fortunato, Ritchie Nobilio, Johnny Ola, Rico Tattaglia, Tony Molinari. Excerpt: Michael Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novels, The Godfather and The Sicilian. He is also the main character of the Godfather film trilogy that was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, in which he was portrayed by Al Pacino, who was twice nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal (Best Supporting Actor for The Godfather, and Best Actor for The Godfather Part II). Corleone, as portrayed by Pacino, was recognized as the 11th most iconic villain in film history by the American Film Institute, although some would consider Michael Corleone to be a tragic hero. Michael is the youngest son of Don Vito Corleone (played by Marlon Brando in The Godfather and...

Download or read book The Godfather written by Mario Puzo and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of a Mafia family focuses on the life and times of patriarch Don Vito Corleone, a Sicilian-American godfather, and his sons.

Download or read book Speaking for Animals written by Margo DeMello and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text contributes to the growing field of human-animal studies by examining the human impulse evidenced inblogs, social networking sites, video games, comic books, and animal welfare literature to ventriloquize the animal voice.

Download or read book The Godfather and American Culture written by Chris Messenger and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mario Puzo's The Godfather is an American pop phenomenon whose driving force is reflected not only in book sales and cable television movie marathons but also in such related works as the hit television series The Sopranos. In The Godfather and American Culture, Chris Messenger offers an important and comprehensive study of this classic work of popular fiction and its hold on the American imagination. As Messenger shows, the Corleones have indeed become "our gang," and we see our family business in America reflected in them. Examining The Godfather and its many incarnations within a variety of texts and contexts, Messenger also addresses Puzo's inconsistent affiliation with his Italian heritage, his denial of the multiethnic literary subject, and his decades-long struggle for respect as a writer in contemporary America. The study ultimately offers a way of looking at the much-maligned genre of popular or bestselling fiction itself. By placing both the novel and films within a number of revealing critical situations, Messenger addresses the continuing problem of how we talk about elite and popular fiction in America—and what we mean when we take sides.

Download or read book The Godfather written by Mario Puzo and published by Penguin Longman. This book was released on 1998 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Corleone is the Godfather, head of one of the richest families in New York and a gangster. His favourite son Michael is a lawyer who wants to lead a quiet life, but when Don Corleone is nearly killed by a rival Mafia family, Michael is soon drawn into the family business.

Download or read book The Black Corleone Family written by Jesse Williams Miller, Jr and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-21 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The streets of Philadelphia are about to awken to a mew war... The Dons of the black mafia families are feuding and neither is backing down. As the blood begin to spill the Dons of Vegas Italian famlies are becoming upset and warns of a severe punishment. Don Justice of The Black Corleone family decides to use the advantage and turns the table... Sit back and venture. into his world, his war and in the his results of the street antics he learned.

Download or read book The Godfather Returns written by Mark Winegardner and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2005-08-30 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE MISSING YEARS FROM THE GREATEST CRIME SAGA OF ALL TIME Thirty-five years ago, Mario Puzo’s great American tale, The Godfather, was published, and popular culture was indelibly changed. Now, in The Godfather Returns, acclaimed novelist Mark Winegardner continues the story–the years not covered in Puzo’s bestselling book or in Francis Ford Coppola’s classic films. It is 1955. Michael Corleone has won a bloody victory in the war among New York’s crime families. Now he wants to consolidate his power, save his marriage, and take his family into legitimate businesses. To do so, he must confront his most dangerous adversary yet, Nick Geraci, a former boxer who worked his way through law school as a Corleone street enforcer, and who is every bit as deadly and cunning as Michael. Their personal cold war will run from 1955 to 1962, exerting immense influence on the lives of America’s most powerful criminals and their loved ones, including Tom Hagen, the Corleone Family’s lawyer and consigliere, who embarks on a political career in Nevada while trying to protect his brother; Francesca Corleone, daughter of Michael’s late brother Sonny, who is suddenly learning her family’s true history and faces a difficult choice; Don Louie Russo, head of the Chicago mob, who plays dumb but has wily ambitions for muscling in on the Corleones’ territory; Peter Clemenza, the stalwart Corleone underboss, who knows more Family secrets than almost anyone; Ambassador M. Corbett Shea, a former Prohibition-era bootlegger and business ally of the Corleones’, who wants to get his son elected to the presidency–and needs some help from his old friends; Johnny Fontane, the world’s greatest saloon singer, who ascends to new heights as a recording artist, cozying up to Washington’s power elite and maintaining a precarious relationship with notorious underworld figures; Kay Adams Corleone, who finally discovers the truth about her husband, Michael–and must decide what it means for their marriage and their children and Fredo Corleone, whose death has never been fully explained until now, and whose betrayal of the Family was part of a larger and more sinister chain of events. Sweeping from New York and Washington to Las Vegas and Cuba, The Godfather Returns is the spellbinding story of America’s criminal underworld at mid-century and its intersection with the political, legal, and entertainment empires. Mark Winegardner brings an original voice and vision to Mario Puzo’s mythic characters while creating several equally unforgettable characters of his own. The Godfather Returns stands on its own as a triumph–in a tale about what we love, yearn for, and sometimes have reason to fear . . . family.

Download or read book Crafty Characters written by Mike Neville and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2023-09-17 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Freemasons have made the world a better place, while some have been villainous criminals. Members of the Craft have developed forensic science, solved famous crimes and invented all manner of things. Several members of the Royal Family have also been members. Masons have been very active in the criminal justice system, both as 'goodies' and 'baddies': it was a mason who formed the Special Branch to fight terrorism and another who brought the Moors Murders to an end. In some cases, such as the Cleveland Street Scandal, masons found themselves on both sides of the law. The medical profession is also well represented in lodges. Happily, it was a member of the Craft who rescued the Elephant Man, while another masonic doctor was the first to identify an occupational cancer. On the other side of the coin, there have been several evil masonic doctors who committed murder, and one masonic surgeon may have committed regicide, although his motives were merciful. This tells the stories of weird and wonderful masons too - celebrities, film makers, soldiers, explorers, world-famous businessmen, politicians, forgers and scoundrels. There are masons of every character, and all are covered in this book.

Download or read book Write Great Fiction Characters Emotion Viewpoint written by Nancy Kress and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-03-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create Complex Characters How do you create a main character readers won't forget? How do you write a book in multiple-third-person point of view without confusing your readers (or yourself)? How do you plant essential information about a character's past into a story? Write Great Fiction: Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint by award-winning author Nancy Kress answers all of these questions and more! This accessible book is filled with interactive exercises and valuable advice that teaches you how to: • Choose and execute the best point of view for your story • Create three-dimensional and believable characters • Develop your characters' emotions • Create realistic love, fight, and death scenes • Use frustration to motivate your characters and drive your story With dozens of excerpts from some of today's most popular writers, Write Great Fiction: Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint provides you with the techniques you need to create characters and stories sure to linger in the hearts and minds of agents, editors, and readers long after they've finished your book.

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Download or read book Organized Crime written by Antonio Nicaso and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to describe and demystify what makes criminal gangs so culturally powerful. It examines their codes of conduct, initiation rites, secret communications methods, origin myths, symbols, and the like that imbue the gangsters with the pride and nonchalance that goes hand in hand with their criminal activities. Mobsters are everywhere in the movies, on television, and on websites. Contemporary societies are clearly fascinated by them. Why is this so? What feature and constituents of organized criminal gangs make them so emotionally powerful—to themselves and others? These are the questions that have guided the writing of this textbook, which is intended as an introduction to organized crime from the angle of cultural analysis. Key topics include: • An historic overview of organized crime, including the social, economic, and cultural conditions that favour its development; • A review of the type of people who make up organized gangs and the activities in which they engage; • The symbols, rituals, codes and languages that characterize criminal institutions; • The relationship between organized crime and cybercrime; • The role of women in organized crime; • Drugs and narco-terrorism; • Media portrayals of organized crime. Organized Crime includes case studies and offers an accessible, interdisciplinary approach to the subject of organized crime. It is essential reading for students engaged with organized crime across criminology, sociology, anthropology and psychology.

Download or read book The Godfather written by Mario Puzo and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: _________________________________ The classic novel that inspired 'the greatest crime film of all time' Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer - his influence reaches every level of American society. Meet Don Corleone, a friendly man, a just man, a reasonable man. The deadliest lord of the Cosa Nostra. The Godfather. But no man can stay on top forever, not when he has enemies on both sides of the law. As the ageing Vito Corleone nears the end of a long life of crime, his sons must step up to manage the family business. Sonny Corleone is an old hand, while World War II veteran Michael Corleone is unused to the world of crime and reluctant to plunge into the business. Both the police and ruthless rival crime lords scent blood in the water. If the Corleone family is to survive, it needs a ruthless new don. But the price of success in a violent life may be too high to bear... _________________________________ A modern masterpiece, The Godfather is a searing portrayal of the 1940s criminal underworld. Still shocking long after its initial publication, this compelling tale of blackmail, murder and family values is a true classic.