Author: Rosemary Montana Publisher: Balboa Press ISBN: 1504380622 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 243
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Carmine has put her whole life on hold for eighteen years to raise her daughter. Now, with her daughter off at school, she at last has the time to finish her degree and pursue the life of her dreams. One small problem—Carmine dies of an aneurysm the night before school is to begin. Her Guardian Angel, Laurence, escorts her to the next dimension. Once in the great beyond, they find that the date of her death was an error. Carmine negotiates herself back to Earth bringing Laurence with her in physical form so she can see, hear, and talk to him. This begins a unique relationship between the two as Laurence, invisible to all others, guides and assists Carmine to live a joyful, prosperous and loving life by sharing the spiritual secrets of the Divine with her as well as using his angelic powers to help her in her everyday activities. And, to find the love she has always desired. A fun, whimsical look at what would happen if we actually could see and hear everything that our Angels are trying to share, to lead us through life!
Author: Lee Gutkind Publisher: Other Press, LLC ISBN: 1590517741 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 311
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Thoughtful, poignant, and hilarious personal essays collected by the editors of Creative Nonfiction explore the meanings of Italian-American identity. In the twenty-one nonfiction narratives collected in Our Roots Are Deep with Passion, established and emerging writers with family ties to Italy reflect on the ways that their lives have been accented with uniquely Italian-American flavors. Several of the essays breathe new life into the time-honored theme of family—Louise DeSalvo honors her grandfather, nick-named “the drunk” because he spent his life of hard work drinking wine instead of water, and James Vescovi portrays the close of the stormy relationship between his father and grandmother. Other stories tackle the mystical side of Italian-American life, like Laura Valeri’s account of a summer vacation séance in Sardinia that goes eerily awry. And elsewhere, Stephanie Susnjara charts the history of garlic in society and her kitchen, and Gina Barreca offers an unabashed confession of congenital jealousy. Lee Gutkind, founding editor of Creative Nonfiction, the nation’s premier nonfiction prose literary journal, and Joanna Clapps Herman have brought together artful essays by novelists, scholars, critics, and memoirists from across the country. The pieces are as varied as their authors, but all explore the unique intersections of language, tradition, cuisine, and culture that characterize the diverse experience of Americans of Italian heritage.
Author: Jakob Holder Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc. ISBN: 9780822226659 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 76
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THE STORY: Enter Chad, obviously worn out from a night of drinking. Enter Carmine, obviously homeless. Chad's tired of his job, his shipwreck of a sister, his shut-in father, his whole thirty-five-year-old life. Carmine is tired of life on the stre
Author: Michael Ronis Publisher: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 1429993863 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 340
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Anyone who has visited Carmine's flagship Times Square restaurant knows that Carmine's food is the best of classic Italian cuisine—each dish prepared simply to bring out the most vibrant flavor and make anyone who tastes it smile and reach for seconds. Carmine's Family-Style Cookbook reveals the simple secret of Carmine's longtime success—hearty, rich Italian food, just right for sharing, and perfect for cooking at home! Carmine's Family-Style Cookbook's perfect Italian recipes include: --Appetizers, Soups and Salads: from Chicken Wings Scarpariello-Style to Carmine's Famous Caesar Salad --Carmine's Heroes: from classic Cold Italian Hero sandwiches to Italian Cheesesteak Heroes --Pasta: from Country-style Rigatoni to Pasta Marinara --Fish and Seafood Main Courses: from Salmon Puttanesca to Shrimp Fra Diavolo --Meat and Poultry Main Courses: from Porterhouse Steak Contadina to Veal Parmigiana --Side Dishes: from Spinach with Garlic and Oil to Creamy Polenta --Carmine's Desserts: from Chocolate Bread Pudding to the world-famous Titanic Ice Cream Sundae Carmine's restaurant packs them in every night in its four bustling locations, including its warm, festive Times Square flagship where over a million people from all across the country come every year to share meatballs, chicken parmigiana, linguini with clam sauce, and fried calamari. Carmine's flavors are the tastes Americans love to cook and eat at home—fresh garlic, bubbling tomato sauce, and pasta boiled just to the perfect al dente. Try any of the recipes in Carmine's Family-Style Cookbook and bring home that classic Italian flavor to your family.
Author: Carl P. Marchi Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1434336883 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 309
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The Always Faithful part of the title has arisen from the Marine Corps motto Semper Fidelis. Always Faithful: A Marine's Tale gives a realistic view of the anguish a young person endures in becoming a United States Marine, as well as the trauma of war. The story also helps the reader understand a certain Italian faction, as well as the Italian-American culture as it pertains to the Goomba perspective. It is not a story about the Marine Corps, nor a story about the Mob. It is simply about an eighteen year old young man of Italian descent from Trenton, New Jersey whose life is touched by both. For this teen, there is more to life than the customary demands placed on people his age. These demands put him on a rollercoaster ride destined to resolve uncertainty. Peer pressure sets the main character, Joseph Mommalione on a journey, which tests, his honor in the Marines, loyalty to strong Italian family traditions, and ability to bear confinement. Joe Momma's year long venture before, during, and after the 1991 Gulf War shows the way to heroism, imprisonment, vengeance, and love. He goes from the typical teen back on the block to the traumatic experience of Marine boot camp, to the theatre of war where his few days of combat lead to heroism and everlasting friendship with two Marines. After the war, he and his comrades are recuperating from their wounds back in New Jersey while Joe Momma is being groomed into his uncle's crime family. Circumstances land Joe Momma in the county jail where he is threatened by the FBI to reveal information about his mob connections. Rather than face three to five years in the Trenton State Penitentiary, he plans and successfully completes a daring escape from jail with the help of the two former Marines and his mentor Carmine Scalia, who is also a former Marine. Before he blends into the criminal underworld, he seeks revenge on the cop who put him behind bars. In doing so, he discovers a plot by a Tucci Crime Family crew boss to destroy him. Although the story portrays an adolescent from Trenton, New Jersey, it is targeted toward a mature audience and will touch the hearts of men and women alike. While the book is Marine hardcore, as well as street savvy, it is sensitive to family values and portrays heroic deeds. The book is easy reading, full of wit, sorrow, happiness, conflict, compassion, romance, crime, and adventure including a twist which will capture one's interest from beginning to end.
Author: Olivia Fortune Publisher: Olivia Fortune ISBN: 1480083127 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 306
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"I am going to kill Signor Guiciardi. Evviva il coltello! Let me explain. Such mocking worship. Long live the knife, they scream it wildly from the crowd when a castrato raises his unnatural voice to the heavens. The knife that defines the man with every cut of flesh." From the doorstep of the maestro's musical conservatorio in Verona, Italy where he was orphaned, to the glittering opera houses of Paris and Venice in triumph, to the burning deserts of Egypt in despair, so runs the course of the life of the castrato Carmine Cirocco. In the eighteenth century world, glorified as one of the castrati singers, males who were castrated in childhood to preserve their angelic singing voices, voices unparalleled by man or woman, Carmine finds himself adored as an idol, yet rejected as a man by the woman he loves. Caught between the screws of humiliation and adulation meted out by the masses, he questions whether he is a man or a monster. When at last he captures the love of a woman, he finds her torn from his grasp by his original nemesis, the man who was his vile castrator. Obsessed with vengeance and rage, Carmine vows to murder the man who destroyed his life and stole his love.
Author: J.M. Darhower Publisher: J.M. Darhower ISBN: 1942206097 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 78
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Friends: One moment. One wrong choice. That was all it took to destroy a friendship. *takes place before Sempre* Forever: Halloween. With a three year old. 'Nuff said. *takes place after Sempre: Redemption*
Author: Colleen McCullough Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1476767629 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 384
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The second book in the Carmine Delmonico mystery series, Too Many Murders sees the resolute detective caught up in a seemingly insoluble, high-stakes case. It’s a beautiful spring day in the little city of Holloman, Connecticut; the year is 1967, and the world teeters on the brink of nuclear holocaust as the Cold War goes relentlessly on. But Holloman has other things to worry about on April 3rd, 1967; twelve murders have taken place on one day. Suddenly Captain Carmine Delmonico, chief of detectives, has other, more important matters to occupy is mind than finding a satisfactory name for his infant son. With his cohorts Abe Goldberg and Corey Marshall giving him unfailing support, Carmine embarks on what looks like an insoluble case. All the murders are different, and no victim is connected to any of the others. One group centers around the great university, Chubb, while another is inextricably tied to the armaments giant, Cornucopia. And as if twelve murders were not enough, Carmine soon finds himself pitted against the mysterious Ulysses, a spy giving Cornucopia’s armaments secrets to the Russians. Are the murders and espionage different cases, or are they somehow linked? Too Many Murders sees Carmine contending with a very different kind of problem than the one he faced in On, Off. It takes the addition of a new member to his team, the meticulous Delia Carstairs, to give Carmine the right bunch of people to solve the new case: a group that also includes the cantankerous Judge Douglas Thwaites, the smooth operator Commissioner John Silvestri, and his wife, Desdemona.
Author: Rachel Hore Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1471187195 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 338
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From the million-copy Sunday Times bestseller comes a thrilling novel about a woman with an extraordinary life, based on a true story. 'Fantastic… Exciting, impeccably researched and full of powerful period atmosphere' Daily Mail Minnie Gray is an ordinary young woman. She is also a spy for the British government. It all began in the summer of 1928... Minnie is supposed to find a nice man, get married and have children. The problem is it doesn’t appeal to her at all. She is working as a secretary, but longs to make a difference. Then, one day, she gets her chance. She is recruited by the British government as a spy. Under strict instructions not to tell anyone, not even her family, she moves to London and begins her mission – to infiltrate the Communist movement. She soon gains the trust of important leaders. But as she grows more and more entangled in the workings of the movement, her job becomes increasingly dangerous. Leading a double life is starting to take its toll on her relationships and, feeling more isolated than ever, she starts to wonder how this is all going to end. The Russians are notorious for ruthlessly disposing of people given the slightest suspicion. What if they find out? Full of suspense, courage and love, A Beautiful Spy is a stunningly written story about resisting the norm and following your dreams, even if they come with sacrifices. 'Rachel Hore has written a masterful novel, rich in period detail, and her heroine is an unforgettable character' Sunday Express 'As far as her friends and family think, Minnie is an ordinary girl but she is a government spy – recruited to infiltrate the communist government. But how long can anyone lead a double life?' Best ‘Stunning. A masterclass in storytelling. Flawless writing and a great plot that builds suspense… I loved every moment’ Dinah Jefferies, author of The Tuscan Contessa ‘Rachel Hore brilliantly contrasts the thrilling world of high-stakes politics with the inner life of a passionate woman leading a dangerous double existence’ Wendy Holden, author of The Governess 'Phenomenal! Absolutely loved it. I was rooting for Minnie from page one right to the very end... What a treat of a read' Tracy Rees, author of The House at Silvermoor 'A compulsive and enjoyable read' Historical Novel Society ‘Based on the life of Olga Gray, this atmospheric thriller is a delight to read’ Sun 'Minnie Gray – on the outside an ordinary woman, inside a spy for the British Government who is asked to infiltrate the Russians' My Weekly
Author: Robin Hardy Publisher: Westford Press ISBN: 9780974582986 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 244
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Following the murder of the brutal Surchatain Cedric of Lystra, long-hidden pages of Roman's Law come to light that seal his seven-year-old son's fate, making inevitable the course of Commander AresU--the boy's only champion.
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