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Musica e Libri/ Rivoluzione Allevi

Franco Borrelli

Giovanni Allevi, compositore ed esecutore di gran stile, raffinato, coraggioso e deciso a raggiungere il sogno di libertà e di umanità che solo la musica riesce a suggerire.
Con «La musica in testa» (Rizzoli) il giovane musicista "spiega" le ragioni profonde e sincere del suo essere uomo ed artista insieme, il confronto col reale e la lotta contro l’ottusità di chi dubita che il nuovo possa "vero"

May 27, 2008

Non Parlo Italiano: Part 4

Mary Saracino

Part 4 of a four part essay entitled, "Non Parlo Italiano."

May 27, 2008

Non Parlo Italiano: Part 3

Mary Saracino

Part 3 of a four part essay entitled, "Non Parlo Italiano."

"Gomorrah" & "Il Divo." Italy Conquers Cannes

Elsa Bazzini

At the 2008 Cannes Film Festival a new generation of Italan moviemakers show that Italian cinema is back with new ideas and interesting works. The grand prix this year went to Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah while the jury prize was presented to Paolo Sorrentino’s Il Divo

May 26, 2008

The Garden of Earthly Delights in Fresno

Joseph Sciorra
Joseph Sciorra
Baldassare Forestiere's "Underground Gardens," Fresno, 2008.

A Brief Visit to California’s Subterranean Marvel, Baldassare Forestiere’s “Underground Gardens.”

May 26, 2008

Non Parlo Italiano: Part 2

Mary Saracino

Part 2 of a four part essay entitled, "Non Parlo Italiano."

May 26, 2008

Non Parlo Italiano: Part 1

Mary Saracino

This is Part 1 of a four part essay entilted "Non Parlo Italiano" about the ways in which assimilation impacted my ability, as a second generation Italian American, to learn my Italian grandparents' mother tongue.

The Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia

Author/s: Guy Lawson, William Oldham
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
List price: $7.99

From inside the heart of the NYPD - The shattering police corruption scandal and the trial that stunned a city. Detective Stephen Caracappa achieved the distinguished rank of first grade detectve while under the hire of the Luchese crime family. Detective Louis Eppolito worked the heart of Brooklyn's mobland; he himself was the son of a Gambino crime family soldier.

La Storia: Five Centuries of the Italian American Experience

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author: Jerre Mangione
asin: 0060924411
binding: Paperback
list price: $18.99 USD
amazon price: $15.34 USD


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Raised Italian-American: Stories, Values and Traditions from the Italian Neighborhood

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author: Joseph J. Bonocore
asin: 0595357210
binding: Paperback
list price: $19.95 USD
amazon price: $19.95 USD


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Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe

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author: Jennie Shortridge
asin: 0451223888
binding: Paperback
list price: $14.00 USD
amazon price: $12.67 USD


“An accomplished and superior novelist” (Statesman Journal) delivers a bittersweet book about a woman’s midlife crisis that asks: How does a good girl know when to finally let herself be bad?

When she learns that her college sweetheart husband has been seeing another woman, Mira Serafino’s perfect world is shattered and she wants no one, least of all her big Italian family, to know. She heads north—with no destination and little money— stopping only when her car breaks down in Seattle.

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cover of sadaLove and Biology at the Center of the Universe

author: Jennie Shortridge
asin: 0451223888
binding: Paperback
list price: $14.00 USD
amazon price: $12.67 USD


“An accomplished and superior novelist” (Statesman Journal) delivers a bittersweet book about a woman’s midlife crisis that asks: How does a good girl know when to finally let herself be bad?

When she learns that her college sweetheart husband has been seeing another woman, Mira Serafino’s perfect world is shattered and she wants no one, least of all her big Italian family, to know. She heads north—with no destination and little money— stopping only when her car breaks down in Seattle.

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