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For better...;or for bedding?
Laurel Ferrara wouldn't know a happy ending if she fell over it-;of course her whirlwind wedding was always going to end in disaster. But it wasn't as simple as just walking away. From the moment she is summoned back to Sicily, the shivers of unease set in...;.
The command comes from legendary tycoon Cristiano Ferrara, the husband she can't forget-;but it might as well have come from the devil himself. The outrageously...
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In Northern Italy, WWI has turned into a bloody stalemate. Bogged down in their trenches on a barren highland, the men of an Italian infantry division have been given one objective: retake a commanding height from the enemy. Unfortunately, the tactical ingenuity of general Leone, the unpopular division commander, consists of supplementing frontal attacks against machine-guns with medieval fighting schemes. His dispirited troops must be prodded with...
3) The Italians
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John Hooper's marvelously entertaining and perceptive new book is ideal for anyone seeking to understand contemporary Italy and the unique character of the Italians. Looking at the facts that lie behind - and often belie - the stereotypes, his revealing book sheds new light on many aspects of Italian life: football and Freemasonry, sex, symbolism and the reason why Italian has twelve words for a coat hanger, yet none for a hangover.
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One sinful night...
Dante D'Arezzo is the last person famous songwriter Justina Perry wants to see at her best friend's wedding. The wickedly sexy Italian is ruthless to the core. He broke her heart once; she won't surrender to his insatiable desire again. But what Dante wants...
One very big scandal!
Justina's pregnancy hits the front page and Dante knows he's the father. He'll make her pay for trying to keep his child from him. His Miss Independent...
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A richly imagined portrait of an immigrant woman in the heady and unpredictable first half of the twentieth century.
Sweeping and panoramic, You Were There Before My Eyes is the epic and intimate story of a young woman who chafes at the stifling routine and tradition of her small, turn-of-the-century Italian village.
When an opportunity presents itself for her to emigrate to America, her hunger for escape compels her to leave everything behind for...
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This “gripping account” of the early 20th century organized crime ring chronicles “a lurid and little-known episode in American history” (The Washington Post).
Beginning in the summer of 1903, an insidious crime wave stirred New York City, then the entire country, into panic. The children of Italian immigrants were being kidnapped and dozens of innocent victims gunned down. Bombs tore apart
13) Io sto bene
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Antonio has spent nearly his entire life in Luxembourg, far removed from his Italian homeland. Now an aging widower, he lives a solitary existence until crossing paths with Leo, a fellow ex-pat and aspiring nightclub VJ. Past and present collide as the old man and young woman discover the similar destinies they both share abroad. Exploring "loyalties and betrayals, marriages and deaths, relationships and regrets with all the skill of a novelist" (Screen...
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