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Pub. Date
2024.
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"Though it took some time to settle into his new life in Gravigna, Italy, following the death of his wife, Nico Doyle has figured a thing or two out. The locals have not only welcomed him, but are giving him rave reviews on his contributions to the menu at Sotto il Fico, and his budding relationship with Nelli is healing old wounds. When Nico receives a phone call late at night, he tries to ignore it. A phone call at that time could only mean trouble....
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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Joe Gatto, star of the hit television show "Impractical Jokers" , gives a personal look into the life of being the alpha male of his pack of rescue dogs. This retelling of Joe's memories growing up Italian and adopting his dogs will leave your heart warm and your belly ready to dig into some desserts.
88) Salone italiano: the true story of an Italian immigrant family's struggles in southwestern Colorado
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Pub. Date
c2005
Description
A hundred years ago, in the legendary mining towns of Silverton and Durango, racial tensions among American immigrants had reached a fever pitch. Salone Italiano is a lavish account of one Italian family's struggles, passions, and adventures as outsiders in a strange new land. Old world customs and traditions collide with the family's newfound American lifestyle when romances begin to flourish between immigrants of different regions and classes.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Godfather: "The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son."--IMDb.com, 02/03/17.
Godfather Part II: "The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate."--IMDb.com, 02/03/17.
Godfather Part III: "In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in New York and Italy...
92) A Bronx tale
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
A hard-working bus driver must stand up to the local mob boss if he is to keep his son from falling into a life of crime.
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
The Corleone crime family has touched millions of lives for more than four decades. From their origins in a pulp fiction novel by author Mario Puzo, the Corleones inspired one of the most important and enduring films in history. Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather not only broke box office records--it actually infiltrated the American conscience. Narrated by Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos,) this special looks at how this groundbreaking 1972 film...
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Pub. Date
2016
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The Southern Colorado Chapter of the Sons Of Italy, Lodge No. 2738, is proud to announce the publication of the new book, "A Story Worth Telling, Italian Americans of Pueblo, Colorado." This is the second such book produced by the Lodge, and is filled with great information and stories about the history Pueblos Italian community. There are articles on the preservation and restoration of the Columbus Monument, Sicilian Carts, the St. Charles Mesa,...
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D'Angelos volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"With two protective older brothers and a traditional Catholic Italian mother, it's surprising that Chloe D'Angelo can manage a date without someone in the family naysaying her romantic choice. And Dante Mancuso...oh, no. Her brother's best friend is not a dating-app right swipe. But when they are left unsupervised on a late night in Vegas, all of that changes. Add in a Vegas wedding chapel and a couple of "I dos" and Chloe wakes up with a ring on...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
On December 1, 1958, a devastating blaze at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago took the lives of ninety-two children, shattering a close-knit Italian neighborhood. In this eloquent novel, set nearly a decade later, twenty-year-old Anthony Lazzeri struggles with survivor's guilt, which is manifested through conflicted feelings about his own body. Complicating his life is a retired detective's dogged belief that Anthony was involved in the setting...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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Maine, 1969. After losing her parents in a car accident, aspiring artist Annalisa Mancuso lives with her grandmother and their large Italian family in the stifling factory town of Payton Mills. Inspired by her mother, whose own artistic dreams disappeared in a damaged marriage, Annalisa is dedicated only to painting. Closed off to love, and driven as much by her innate talent as she is the disillusionment of her past, Annalisa just wants to come into...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Tony Soprano is a middle-aged, Italian-American businessman in New Jersey with a wife, a daughter, a son, and an elderly mother. He's got a psychiatrist to tell all his secrets to, except the one she already knows. He's also a mob boss facing several crises. Rival boss Johnny Sack is in prison and the always tense relations between the New Jersey and New York families are strained through the unpredictable behavior of Sack's surrogates.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Tony Soprano is a middle-aged, Italian-American businessman in New Jersey with a wife, a daughter, a son, and an elderly mother. He's got a psychiatrist to tell all his secrets to, except the one she already knows. He's also a mob boss facing several crises. Rival boss Johnny Sack is in prison and the always tense relations between the New Jersey and New York families are strained through the unpredictable behavior of Sack's surrogates.