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A beautiful, poetic rhyming picture book celebrating the four seasons and how they interact with the seasons of our lives, from the award-winning, bestselling author of The Donkey That No One Could Ride We first meet Greenlee as a young girl of three, in the flowering springtime of life. Greenlee Is Growing follows her through the spring of her youth and the summer of her adulthood. By the end of the book, she is a lovely old woman knitting by the fire in the cold days of winter. Springtime is here! Springtime is here! Snowstorms are gone and flowers appear. Summer is here! Summer is here! The days are much warmer and rainbows appear. Autumn is here! Autumn is here! Red, gold, and brown leaves and pumpkins appear. Winter is here! Winter is here! The days are much shorter and snowflakes appear. Brave the harsh weather, don’t be afraid, the end of the year God also has made. For beautiful Springtime will be back, and then new joys and new life will rise up again! Anthony DeStefano has woven a timeless story of faith and fortitude with gentle joy that people of all ages will love reading.

From bestselling author Anthony DeStefano comes an exploration of what we know --and what we cannot know--about the most misunderstood and most controversial subject in Christianity.

Meet the men who murdered for the mob and made John Gotti the most powerful crime boss in America. Known as the "Teflon Don," Gotti's reign over the Gambino crime family was marked by a staggering array of charges, including gambling, extortion, racketeering, and five murder convictions. He surrounded himself with a notorious group of contract killers and enforcers, creating one of the wealthiest crime empires in history. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anthony M. DeStefano delves into Gotti's inner circle, revealing the chilling actions of these remorseless figures, feared even by other Mafia families. Among them are Charles Carneglia, the brutal enforcer known for disposing of bodies in acid; Gene Gotti, who ran a multimillion-dollar drug smuggling operation; Angelo "Quack-Quack" Ruggiero, the loose-lipped killer caught on FBI wiretaps; and Tony "Roach" Rampino, whose unsettling appearance struck fear into enemies. Notably, "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, the underboss who helped orchestrate the assassination of Gambino boss Paul Castellano, ultimately turned against Gotti. Other notorious figures include Frank DeCicco, Vincent Artuso, and Joe "The German" Watts, who wielded significant power within Gotti's crew. This gripping account brings to life the violent world of Gotti's Boys, the ruthless soldiers who executed their leader's deadly commands.

"A comprehensive account of the legendary 1978 heist . . . impressive." --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <b> </b> <b>The crime that inspired the movie <i>Goodfellas</i>.</b> <b>The rest of story that couldn't be told--until now.</b> One of the biggest scores in Mafia history, the Lufthansa Airlines heist of 1978 has become the stuff of Mafia legend--and a decades-long investigation that continues to this day. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Anthony DeStefano sheds new light on this legendary unsolved case using recent evidence from the 2015 trial of eighty-year-old mafioso Vincent Asaro, who for the first time speaks out on his role in the fateful Lufthansa heist. This blistering you-are-there account takes you behind the headlines and inside the ranks of America's infamous Mafia families--with never-before-told stories, late-breaking news, and bombshell revelations: <b>Praise for ANTHONY M. DESTEFANO and His Acclaimed Books</b> <b>"Thrilling American crime writing."</b> <b>--Jimmy Breslin, author of <i>The Good Rat</i> and winner of the Pulitzer Prize</b> <b> </b> <b>"DeStefano is a master at cutting through the secrecy of the Mafia hierarchy."</b> <b>--<i>Publishers Weekly</i></b> <b> </b> <b>"The best and last word on the subject . . . DeStefano brings the story to life."</b> <b>--Jerry Capeci, creator of GangLandNews.com</b>