10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STANDOVER MAN»
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standover man in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Real George Freeman: Thief, Race-Fixer,
Standover Man ...
The winners of races are known before the horses have run. Heroin floods the streets, and the fight for the control of the trade sees men being gunned down left and right. This is the world of George Freeman.
In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. From the Hardcover edition.
3
The Golden Malaita Eagle
Stopping outside a single glowing light in front of a small shop with half a window
open away from the main entrance, the standover man walked to the half-open
window. 'Three cartons of SolBrew,' he said through the small opening. He then ...
4
Last
Man Standing: Chopper 11
Only Chopper would live to tell the tale, with Last Man Standing the final instalment of his series of morbidly funny and often brutal memoirs.
Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read, Mark Brandon Read, 2012
... helping to turn out sloops during the war. From there he drifted into crime,
beginning his long career as a standover man working for Paddles Anderson. By
the 1960s he was a man to be feared and was regarded as having that little bit
extra, ...
James Morton, Susanna Lobez, 2011
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A Life on the Left: A Biography of Clyde Cameron
He was a gangster ...a murderer, a thief, a thug, a blackmailer, a ballot-rigger, a
wife starver, a [union membership] ticket dodger, a forger, a traitor to his union
and to his class, a character assassin, a standover man, a giver of bribes and a ...
... and docker bludger Charles 'Chicka' Reeves, grandson of standover man
Augustus, and son of boxer and standover man Charles Augustus 'Nigger'
Reeves. Reeves, a longstanding figure in the New South Wales underworld, was,
in 1957, ...
James Morton, Susanna Lobez, 2012
8
Big Shots: Carl Williams & the Gangland Murders - The Inside ...
'I see the film and there's this [character] bloody Tony the standover man and
drug dealer. I can't believe it. Now twice police have pulled me up in the city and
they tell me, “Hey, aren't you Tony the bloody drug dealer and standover man?
Now he spent the next five years of his life either in hiding, in prison, or locked in
battle with another top standover man, Guido Calletti, for the favours of the
delectable Nellie Cameron. After Norman Bruhn's death, Ernest Connelly, also
known ...
James Morton, Susanna Lobez, 2010
10
Mr Big: Lennie McPherson and His Life of Crime
The true and never-before-told story of Lennie McPherson - the Mr Big of Sydney crime - reveals a world of violence, police corruption, drugs, prostitution, murder and greed.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STANDOVER MAN»
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George Alex's bankruptcy trustees claim millions linked to slain …
The cash targeted includes a $6 million defamation payout to Mr Alex and his murdered standover man Joseph Antoun, which was an alleged sham created for ... «The Age, May 15»
Accused drug syndicate standover man denied bail
A plasterer accused of being a standover man and dealer for two women allegedly running a major drug syndicate in Victoria's north-east has been refused bail. «The Age, Jan 15»
The gold bar, the standover man and the lender of last resort
Controversial lender-of-last-resort Ian Lazar is set to spend Christmas behind bars after he was charged with conspiring with a well-known standover man to ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 14»
Alleged building industry standover man George Alex needs …
He suffers from depression, anxiety, high blood pressure and a leg injury from a recent car crash that is so severe it may require amputation. But the health ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Sep 14»
NSW standover man's killer given 17 years
"The term standover man would not be an inapposite description of the deceased," Justice Bellew said. Abouhait was in a hurry and left empty handed but ... «The Australian, Sep 14»
Standover man Joe Antoun beat a man so badly his eardrums were …
STANDOVER man Joe Antoun beat a business partner and perforated both of the man's eardrums because he tried to stop Antoun from drawing cash out of the ... «The Daily Telegraph, Aug 14»
Construction feud believed to have led to standover man Joe …
Sydney standover man Joe Antoun was involved in a bitter, ongoing feud within the construction industry at the time he was shot dead in front of his young family ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 14»
Two Brothers 4 Life members charged with murdering standover …
TWO men charged over the murder of standover man Joe Antoun were allegedly "guns for hire" contracted to carry out the attack. Building scam's deadly . «The Daily Telegraph, Jan 14»
Former NRL player Ryan Tandy granted bail over 'standover man …
Former NRL player Ryan Tandy has been granted bail after being accused of being a standover man to recover a drug debt on the New South Wales central ... «ABC Online, Jan 14»
Former Bronco was a standover man: police
A former Brisbane Bronco NRL player was the standover man in an outlaw motorcycle gang's ice ring worth $2.5 million, police allege. Michael Spence, 25, was ... «Brisbane Times, Oct 13»
