Henry Carter Hull

As she turns twelve during the summer of 1953, Penny gains new insights into herself and her family while also learning a secret about her father's death.

Angelo Vestieri runs from his past and his father, and seeks out a second family--a family of criminals who preside over early-twentieth-century New York. His rise from soldier to boss leads him into betrayals, and to an abandoned boy who needs a parent as well as protection.

Batholomeo di Crespi, a bachelor decorator in the New Jersey town of Our Lady of Fatima, must negotiate a host of eccentric characters and outlandish intrigues from New Jersey to Europe, to accomplish the renovation of the local church.

"A special deluxe hardcover edition of The Godfather-the unforgettable saga of an American crime family that became a #1 bestseller and global phenomenon"--

Beginning in 1955, when Puzo's novel ends, Mark Winegardner fills the gaps in the saga of the Corleone family.

An Italian Wife is the extraordinary story of Josephine Rimaldi{u2014}her joys, sorrows, and passions, spanning more than seven decades. The novel begins in turn-of-the-century Italy, when fourteen-year-old Josephine, sheltered and naive, is forced into an arranged marriage to a man she doesn't know or love who is about to depart for America, where she later joins him. Bound by tradition, Josephine gives birth to seven children. The last, Valentina,...

She'll stand up for her family, no matter the cost Former socialite Barbara Lavette is unconcerned about the gossip that surrounds her new marriage. However, her husband Bernie, a poor mechanic whom she met in the midst of World War II, is willing to do anything to prove his worth to her as well as the society that shuns him. Barbara will support her husband in any way she can, but when she becomes the victim of an attack by the Congressional Committee...

It's 1949 and South Philadelphia bursts with opportunity during the post-war boom. The Palazzini Cab Company & Western Union Telegraph Office, owned and operated by Dominic Palazzini and his three sons, is flourishing: business is good, they're surrounded by sympathetic wives and daughters-in-law, with grandchildren on the way. But a decades-long feud that split Dominic and his brother Mike and their once-close families sets the stage for a re-match....