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This digital document, covering the life and work of Mario Puzo, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 6090 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mario Puzo, Donald Thomas, Isaak Babel, James Ellroy, Leonardo Sciascia, Andrea Camilleri, Timothy Williams, Edwin Torres, Mark Winegardner, Michael Dibdin, Nicholas Pileggi, Don Winslow, Lorenzo Carcaterra. Excerpt:Andrea Camilleri at the Turin International Book Fair , in 2008 Andrea Camilleri (born September 6, 1925 in Porto Empedocle ) is an Italian writer . Biography Originally from Porto Empedocle , Sicily , Camilleri, began studies at the Faculty of Literature in 1944, without concluding them, meanwhile publishing poems and short stories. Around this time he joined the Italian Communist Party . From 1948 to 1950 Camilleri studied stage and film direction at the Silvio D'Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, and began to take on work as a director and screenwriter , directing especially plays by Pirandello and Beckett . As a matter of fact, his parents knew Pirandello and were even distant friends, as he tells in his essay on Pirandello "Biography of the changed son". His most famous works, the Montalbano series show many pirandellian elements: for example, the wild olive tree that helps Montalbano think, is on stage in his late work "The giants of the mountain" With RAI , Camilleri worked on several TV productions, such as Inspector Maigret with Gino Cervi . In 1977 he returned to the Academy of Dramatic Arts, holding the chair of Movie Direction, and occupying it for 20 years. In 1978 Camilleri wrote his first novel Il Corso Delle Cose ("The Way Things Go"). This was followed by Un Filo di Fumo ("A Thread of Smoke") in 1980. Neither of these works enjoyed any significant amount of popularity. In 1992, after a long pause of 12 years, Camilleri once more took up novel-writing. A new book, La Stagione della Caccia ("The Hunting Season") turned out to be a best-seller. In 1994 C... ... Read more

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Title: El padrino: Mario Puzo.
Author: Vicente Francisco Torres
Publication: Siempre! (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 18, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 52Issue: 2727Page: 72(2)

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Chapters: Ira Levin, Raymond Chandler, Carl Hiaasen, Dave Barry, Fredric Brown, Patricia Highsmith, Mario Puzo, Dashiell Hammett, Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane, Patricia Cornwell, John Dickson Carr, Quinn Fawcett, David Simon, Charles Willeford, Meg Gardiner, James Ellroy, Michael Connelly, Jim Thompson, Donald E. Westlake, George Pelecanos, Stuart Woods, Dennis Lehane, Robert B. Parker, Russell H. Greenan, James Crumley, H. Irving Hancock, Charles Williams, Andrew Vachss, Lawrence Block, John D. Macdonald, Sue Grafton, Ann Maxwell, Edward Bunker, Max Hardberger, Elmore Leonard, Charlaine Harris, Chester Himes, Ormond Robbins, David Goodis, Joseph Wambaugh, Kathy Reichs, William Kent Krueger, Walter Mosley, John Shannon, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Evan Hunter, Stephen Graham Jones, Eric Dezenhall, Elaine Viets, Stephen Hunter, James Grippando, Cornell Woolrich, Joe Gores, J. A. Konrath, Bob Weltlich, David F. Dodge, Ross Macdonald, David Alexander, Casey, Crime Photographer, Kris Saknussemm, Robert Ward, Jack Lewis, James M. Cain, Neal Pollack, George V. Higgins, Jim Michael Hansen, Robert Crais, Iris Johansen, Sarah Andrews, Keith Ablow, Ira Berkowitz, Randy Wayne White, Linda Fairstein, Leslie Esdaile Banks, Kelli Stanley, Douglas Anne Munson, Charlie Huston, Iceberg Slim, Lee Goldberg, Twist Phelan, Carl Richard Jacobi, John Ridley, Jason Starr, Richard Price, Thomas Harris, Jeff Lindsay, Daniel Woodrell, James Lee Burke, Edward Stratemeyer, Jan Burke, Leslie Glass, Elizabeth Linington, Susan Wittig Albert, Dorothy B. Hughes, Stanley Ellin, Sara Paretsky, Joe L. Hensley, Donna Leon, W. R. Burnett, Steven Saylor, Martha Grimes, David L. Lindsey, John Straley, Lisa Lutz, Mark Coggins, Cleo Coyle, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Robert K. Tanenbaum, Carolyn Haines, William Link, Ross H. Spencer, Jonathan Latimer, Sharyn Mccrumb, Faye Kellerman, Tim Dorsey, Hillary Waugh, Eleanor Taylor Bland, Olen Steinhauer, Elizabeth Sanxay Holding...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1613271 ... Read more

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Chapters: Jenna Jameson, Don Delillo, Mario Puzo, Camille Paglia, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Alan Alda, Marilyn Vos Savant, Lee Iacocca, Paul Gallico, Gregory Corso, John Ciardi, Roland Merullo, Raymond Lotta, Karen Tintori, Charlie Gasparino, John Fante, Evan Hunter, John Giorno, Victor Di Suvero, Neil Cavuto, Anna Quindlen, Kate Dicamillo, Arthur F. Carmazzi, Alan Pizzarelli, Albert Innaurato, Mary Doria Russell, Vito Russo, Tiziano Thomas Dossena, Frank Judge, Leo Buscaglia, Richard Russo, Joseph Petracca, Frank Messina, Helen Barolini, Pietro Di Donato, Frank Bruni, Nicholas Pileggi, Gerald Di Pego, Jerre Mangione, Lisa Scottoline, Michele Pane, Charlie Viracola, Anthony Piccione, Steve Martini, Joseph Rocchietti, Anna Monardo, Mike "The Godfather" Clemente. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 265. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jenna Jameson (born Jenna Marie Massoli on April 9, 1974) is an American entrepreneur and former pornographic actress, who has been called the world's most famous porn performer and "The Queen of Porn." She started acting in erotic films in 1993 after having worked as a stripper and glamor model. By 1996, she had won the "top newcomer" award from each of the three major pornographic film-industry organizations. She has since won more than 20 adult film awards, and has been inducted into both the X-Rated Critics Organization (XRCO) and Adult Video News (AVN) Halls of Fame. Jameson founded the pornographic entertainment company ClubJenna in 2000 with Jay Grdina, whom she later married and divorced. Initially a single website, this business expanded into managing similar websites of other stars and began producing pornographic videos in 2001. The first such movie, Briana Loves Jenna (with Briana Banks), was named at the 2003 AVN Awards as the best-selling and be...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=74573 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Siempre!, published by Editorial Cruzada, S.A. DE C.V. on August 23, 2009. The length of the article is 938 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Seis tumbas en Mûnich: Mario Puzo.(Reseòa de libro)
Author: Rafael G. Vargas Pasaye
Publication: Siempre! (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 23, 2009
Publisher: Editorial Cruzada, S.A. DE C.V.
Volume: 56Issue: 2932Page: 74(2)

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! MarioGianluigi Puzo was a two time Academy Award- winning Italian American author and screenwriter,known for his novels about the Mafia, especially TheGodfather (1969), which he later co-adapted into afilm with Francis Ford Coppola.Puzo was born in apoor family of Neapolitan immigrants living in theHell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City. Manyof his books draw heavily on this heritage. Aftergraduating from the City College of New York, hejoined the United States Army Air Forces in WorldWar II. Due to his poor eyesight, the military didnot let him undertake combat duties but made him apublic relations officer stationed in Germany. In1950, his first short story "The Last Christmas" waspublished in American Vanguard. After the war, hewrote his first book, The Dark Arena, which waspublished in 1955 ... Read more

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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Superman Ii: the Richard Donner Cut. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut is a 2006 re-edit of the 1980 superhero film, Superman II, by Richard Donner, who shot a large part of the original movie before being replaced as director by Richard Lester. It stars Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Terence Stamp, Margot Kidder and Marlon Brando. The cut was supervised by Donner, creative consultant Tom Mankiewicz (who penned the 1977 shooting script for Superman II, on which the Donner cut is based), and Michael Thau, an editor who worked with Donner on the 2001 DVD director's cut and restoration of the 1978 film Superman. Unlike many "special edition" and "director's cuts" released over the years, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut is a very different film, despite both versions following roughly the same storyline. As much as half of the film contains never-before seen material filmed by Donner, including 15 minutes of Marlon Brando scenes as Superman's father Jor-El as well as numerous new Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder scenes. Some of this "new" material has appeared in earlier extended television cuts. Some of the existing scenes were also replaced with alternate takes or footage from different camera angles. There are also several newly-filmed shots and many new visual effects. Richard Donner is credited as director of the film instead of Richard Lester. More than half of Lester's footage filmed for Superman II has been removed from the film and replaced with Donner footage shot during the original principal photography from 1977. Certain footage filmed by Richard Lester remains in sequences that were not shot by Donner (due to the halt in production for this film) for purposes of ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5700623 ... Read more

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El exilio de dos anos en Sicilia de Michael Corleone, hijo de Don Vito, esta a punto de acabar, pero su padre le ha encomendado una mision: no debe volver a Estados Unidos si no es con Salvatore Giuliano. Giuliano es una autentica leyenda, un mito popular. En 1943, el joven Giuliano y su primo Gaspare Pisciotta se rebelaron contra una patrulla de carabinieri que los encontro traficando con alimentos. A raiz de aquello se refugiaron en las montanas y empezaron a luchar por los menesterosos sicilianos que se encontraban bajo el yugo de la Mafia y la corrupcion del Gobierno de Roma. Formaron una banda de forajidos y pronto se convirtieron en leyenda. En torno a 1948, la creciente popularidad de Giuliano empieza a preocupar al Capo di Capi, Don Croce Malo. ""Benevolente"", le hace creer que va a indultarlo y le tiende una trampa. Salvatore planea entonces una vendetta contra Don Croce, y asesinan a seis jefes de la Mafia local. Esa decision marca el comienzo del fin de la banda de Giuliano. Los crimenes de la banda de Giuliano resultaron un verdadero problema para el Gobierno de Roma. Salvatore aseguraba tener un documento que desvelaba los contactos del primer ministro con la Mafia local, de forma que el Gobierno creo las Fuerzas Especiales para la Represion del Bandidaje bajo las ordenes del Coronel Luca, que contaba con cinco mil hombres especializados. En 1950, Michael Corleone envia el documento incriminatorio a Estados Unidos, de forma que si Giuiliano es asesinado, pueda desenmascarar al ministro. Pero las traiciones estan tomando forma dentro de la banda, y Pisciotta, en el afan de garantizarse el futuro, acaba traicionando a su primo, que resulta muerto. Michael no podra hacer efectiva su amenaza de publicar el documento, ya que Don Vito ha pactado con Don Croce para que dejen salir a su hijo de la isla. Pisciotta murio envenenado en la prision donde cumplia condena, y en su bolsillo aparecio una nota que decia ""Asi mueren todos los que traicionan a Giuliano""./Michael Corleone is returning to the U.S. after the two-year exile to Sicily in which reader left him in The Godfather. But he is ordered to bring with him the young Sicilian bandit, Salvatore Guiliano, who is the unofficial ruler of northwestern Sicily. In his fight ""to make Sicilians free people,"" the young folk hero, based on the real-life Giuliano of the 1940's, has made both the police and the Mafia his enemies. So when Don Croce Malo, chief of the Sicilian Mafia, and the policemen who has been tracking Guiliano each offer to help Corleone find the elusive Robin Hood, betrayal seems inevitable. ... Read more