Gangland L.A. in the 1950s, via pulp nonfiction

Gangland L.A. in the 1950s, via pulp nonfiction

In the 1940s and '50s, L.A. was home to a remarkably high-profile mob presence. Gangster Mickey Cohen was a target, not only for teens...

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The master storyteller gives readers a tale of being trapped beneath an impenetrable and invisible barrier.

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Toddlers who refuse to eat furry animals; teenagers who suddenly hate everything their parents cook; children of vegetarian parents. Whether...

A new Berlin emerges in Germany

Once it was a city split by a wall. Now, a return visitor discovers, it's a splendid capital busy restoring its past and building its...

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