Books with author Charles Bray

"I heard you paint houses" are the first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran. To paint a house is to kill a man. The paint is the blood that splatters on the walls and floors. In the course of nearly five years of recorded interviews Frank Sheeran confessed to Charles Brandt that he handled more than twenty-five hits for the mob, and for his friend Hoffa. Sheeran learned to kill in the U.S. Army, where he saw an astonishing 411 days of active combat duty in Italy during World War II. After returning home he became a hustler and hit man, working for legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino. Eventually he would rise to a position of such prominence that in a RICO suit then-U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani would name him as one of only two non-Italians on a list of 26 top mob figures. When Bufalino ordered Sheeran to kill Hoffa, he did the deed, knowing that if he had refused he would have been killed himself. Sheeran's important and fascinating story includes new information on other famous murders, and provides rare insight to a chapter in American history. Charles Brandt has written a page-turner that is destined to become a true crime classic.

Experience the violence and intrigue of prohibition-era gangsters in a fun, interactive way. Meet Al Capone, Dutch Schultz, Lucky Luciano, The Purple Gang and Murder, Inc. in a format that helps you learn the history of that period. Be there at the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, the killing of Bugsy Siegal and the trial of Al Capone.This is a quiz book that helps you interact with history in a way that is a fun and exciting way to learn.

35% off - Christmas and New Year Promotion... We take food for granted. Should we?Enrique and Lili, she a Canadian ex-banker in a foreign land, produce premium Extra Virgin Olive Oil in southern Spain´s resplendent olive region of Úbeda; they barely able to continue in a ferocious, competitive and corrupt olive oil marketMaría has wanted Enrique since childhoodOleg and Andrei muddle along living off illegally earnings in Estonia; they hatch a plot to make a killing, to ruin one-third of the global olive harvest - that grown in southern SpainTheir unwitting ally - Bactrocera oleae - the olive fruit flyAna and Inma, cousins and business partners, find themselves embroiled in Enrique and Lili´s struggles to continue while wrestling with their own dilemmasShould Ana accept an inheritance horribly tainted by the Spanish Civil War? Will Inma help Lili resolve an uncertain sexuality? Can María displace Lili in Enrique's affections?Once the flies strike, a deeper question emerges - who can survive?[This is the third novel in Charles Brett's The Corruption Series of novels.]

'I heard you paint houses' ar ethe first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank 'the Irishman' Sheeran. To paint a house is to kill a man. The paint is the blood that splatters on the wall and floors. In the course of nearly five years of recorded interviews Frank Sheeran confessed to Charles Brandt that he handled more than twenty-five hits for the Mob, and for his friend Hoffa. Sheeran learned to kill in the US Army, where he saw an astonishing 411 days of active combat during World War 2. After returning home he became a hustler and a hit man, working for legenday crime boss Russell Bufalino. Eventually Sheeran would rise to a position of such prominence that he was named as one of only two non-Italians on a list of the twenty-six most wanted Mob figures. When Bufalino ordered Sheeran to kill Hoffa, the Irishman did the deed, knowing that if he refused, he would have been killed himself. Sheeran's important and fascinating story includes brand new information on other famous murders,

As the townsfolk sleep, something creeps into the neighborhood. Hidden in the shadows, its presence is as old as time itself, its intent not born of goodness. Nick, a teenager who fancies himself a detective, wakes to find his carved masterpiece missing. Now a mystery is afoot and Nick has his first assignment, to find out who or what is snatching up the town's pumpkins and why. Unfortunately, as with all great detectives, obstacles stand in Nick's way—the neighborhood bully and his cronies and the strange old lady and her dog who share the run-down house at the end of Nick's block. As Nick investigates, an urban legend unravels . . . the legend of the Pumpkin Thief. Nick fears the legend as he embarks on the most dangerous adventure of his young life. Collecting clues, getting ever closer to the true nature of evil, he learns that curiosity comes with a high price.

The legend of Robin Hood has been told many times. Now you can hear it from one who was there and can tell you the truth of it! Shamus O'Douilhe, a little man of Ireland, has been most everywhere and every when in the last five thousand years, and he likes to tell the truth of it in his own way! The drawings resemble the folks who play the parts in Sherwood Forest Faire, but never mind, for that is the fault of the author and illustrator C. R. Bryan. Shamus allows a few liberties from his amanuensis on occasion.