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From the St. Valentine's Day Massacre to the JFK Assassination, he ruled the mob… and terrorized a nation.

He began as a hitman for Al Capone in the Roaring Twenties. He rose to undisputed Godfather of the entire Mafia west of the Mississippi. Now, for the first time, the two men who knew him best - his brother and his godson - tell the astonishing story of Sam Giancana, the all-powerful don who opened up Las Vegas and bankrolled many of Hollywood's brightest stars… who befriended celebrities and enjoyed a personal harem of starlets… who forged an unholy alliance with the CIA and had links to seven U.S. presidents… and most shocking of all, who ordered the deaths of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe… deaths that have remained unsolved… until now.

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Ladybird
by Jan Jarboe Russell

Long obscured by her husband's shadow, Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson emerges in this first comprehensive biography as a figure of surprising influence and the centering force of LBJ, a man who suffered from extreme mood swings and desperately needed someone to help control his darker impulses.

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Selena!: The Phenomenal Life and Tragic Death of the Tejano Music Queen
by Clint Richmond

Instant #1 New York Times bestseller

For millions of adoring fans, the shocking murder of 23-year-old Selena Quintanilla Perez cut short a brilliant music career. Selena was a Mexican-American Madonna without the scandals and the beloved Grammy Award-winning star of a family-run band. As sweet, sexy and upbeat as her songs, Selena quickly became the queen of Tejano, a modern, urban version of Tex-Mex accordion-based music called conjunto.

Selena's records and videos sold out nationwide within an hour of the bulletin announcing her death. But her fabulous music lives on, and with it, the promise of her loving spirit that was already uniting fans from every walk of life all over the nation.

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Rebel Chief : The Motley Life of Colonel William Holland Thomas C.S.A.
by Paul Thomsen

After the phenomenal success of his first novel, Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier described his next novel as one based on the life of a white man who was made an Indian chief, fighting on the Southern side in the Civil War, and eventually wound up dying in a mental institution. His name was William Holland Thomas.

Thomas, a Southerner, has a story that embodies much of the dark side of the American dream in the 19th century. At an early age, he was adopted by a local Cherokee tribe. As the “frontier” moved farther west, he acted on behalf of the tribe in their negotiations with the U.S. government. Part Indian agent, part politician, he negotiated their treaties and was named a chief. During the Civil War, he organized them into a fierce counterinsurgent guerrilla band responsible for protecting the mountain passes of North Carolina from Union infiltration. As the government continued to debilitate the Indian nations, leaving the tribe no choice but to hold Thomas legally responsible, his own business holdings “went south”. Pressed by debts and personal hardships, he was committed to an asylum until his death years later.

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