Books by George Anastasia

An illustrated guide to the best gangster movies. It ranks and reviews the Top 100 gangster movies, including informative facts and trivia, special features, and original contributions from actors and gangsters. Featuring two colour design and black and white photos throughout, it is suitable for gangster movies fans.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Honor and The Last Gangsterone of the most respected crime reporters in the country (60 Minutes)comes the sure to be headline-making inside story of the Gotti and Gambino families, told from the unique viewpoint of notorious mob hit-man John Alite, a close associate of Junior Gotti who later testified against him.In Gottis Rules, George Anastasia, a prize-winning reporter who spent over thirty years covering crime, offers a shocking and very rare glimpse into the Gotti family, witnessed up-close from former family insider John Alite, John Gotti Jr.s longtime friend and protector. Until now, no one has given up the kind of personal details about the Gottisincluding the legendary Gotti Rules of leadershipthat Anastasia exposes here. Drawing on extensive FBI files and other documentation, his own knowledge, and exclusive interviews with insiders and experts, including mob-enforcer-turned-government-witness Alite, Anastasia pokes holes in the Gotti legend, demystifying this notorious family and its lucrative and often deadly machinations.Anastasia offers never-before-heard information about the murders, drug dealing, and extortion that propelled John J. Gotti to the top of the Gambino crime family and the treachery and deceit that allowed John A. Junior Gotti to follow in his fathers footsteps. Told from street level and through the eyes of a wiseguy who saw it all firsthand, the result is a riveting look at a family whose hubris, violence, passion, and greed fueled a bloody rise and devastating fall that is still reverberating through the American underworld today.Gottis Rules includes 8 pages of black-and-white photographs.

Dr. James Kauffman and his wife, April, were the perfect couple: a respected endocrinologist and a beautiful radio host. But under the surface lurked a world of drugs, sex, and biker gangs—and Dr. Kauffman would kill to keep it secret.In May 2012, April Kauffman, a well-known local radio personality and staunch advocate of military veterans rights, was found shot to death in the bedroom of the home she shared with her husband, Dr. James Kauffman. Six years later, in the fall of 2018, Freddy Augello, a leader of the notorious motorcycle gang the Pagans, went to trial facing murder, conspiracy, and drug dealing charges. And there were ties between Augello and the husband: Dr. James Kauffman, a prominent New Jersey endocrinologist, and also one of the area''s most prolific drug traffickers.Told by two accomplished reporters and authors with exclusive insights and details provided by two principle players, this is the story about one man''s descent into evil and the people he took with him. It''s a story about a doctor who helped flood the streets with opioids, about a husband who hid dark secrets from his wives, and about a man so consumed with greed and arrogance that he thought he could get away with murder.