Vincent Schiavelli

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Massachusetts

Remembrances of Sicilian-American Brooklyn, Told in Stories and Recipes

Reminiscences of life in the Italian neighborhoods of Brooklyn are accompanied by recipes for traditional dishes as prepared by the author's grandfather, a Sicilian master chef

Bruculinu, America

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This is the classic book on the accelerated Sicilian dragon. This variation lets black, avoid the dreaded Yugoslav attack with Bc4, 0-0-0, h4-h5 etc. 176 pages, 181 diagrams. English descriptive notation. This book will let players up to 2100 ELO play the first 15 moves with confidence;  chess masters will need a more current monograph and databases. This book is in pristine condition, rare for its age. The dust jacket has had its price clipped as shown in the photos. Listed at $32.49 by another seller on eBay as of June 2024. Buy mine and save!

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Wisconsin

Sicilian-Accelerated Dragons

Simephoto

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Washington

The cuisine of Sicily takes its flavours from the sea, land, and mountains. Its unique mixture of tastes is also the product of an overlapping of the different cultures that, over thousands of years, has made Sicily a crossroads between the culinary traditions of the Western and Arab worlds. And behind it all is local produce of exceptional quality: foods that give life to a cuisine that can be simple or complex, rustic or refined.

Sicily Favourite Recipes: Traditional Cooking

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Jerre Mangione

Tiny storage crunch bubble at bottom of spine is the only blemish. Pages and jacket in amazing shape. Virtually no wear at all. Pages immaculate. Crisp. No dog ears or scribbles. Please see photos for reference.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Ohio

Five Centuries of the Italian American Experience

From the early Italian adventurers who played an important role in the European expansion across the Atlantic to the political and business leaders of the 1990s, this book tells a dramatic story. The heart of the story is the mass migration that took place between 1880 and 1924, when a whole culture left its ancient roots to settle in the cities and towns of America.

La Storia

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California

A song for Bellafortuna

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#mafia #cosanostra #sicilian #arlacchi #calderone 

New York

Inside the Sicilian Mafia

"The publication in English of Men of Dishonor comes at the exact moment when Italy is questioning its institutions and leadership, and the role that the mafia has played within them. The confession of Antonino Calderone was one of the catalysts that brought about the recent changes. When this book was written over a year ago, one could not have guessed that half of the members of the Cosa Nostra mentioned would be behind bars: Toto Riina, il capo del capi, Nitto Santapaola, Bernardo Provenzano, and Angelo Pulvirenti, among others." "This volume has its origins in an encounter between two men separated by nearly everything: class, education, and values. On one side is Pino Arlacchi, one of the most distinguished international experts on the mafia, and on the other Antonino Calderone, "boss" of the Catania "family." In a hideaway provided by the Italian police, Calderone agreed to reveal his, and the Cosa Nostra's, story to Arlacchi during a series of meetings." "The result of these sessions (and of hundreds of pages of testimony given to Judge Falcone) is a unique portrayal of the Sicilian mafia told by a man who was for decades close to the top of the organization. For the first time, we learn not only the history and the structure of the Cosa Nostra, but also Calderone's own story, as well as the daily life of the men of honor: the friendships and the hatred, the bonds and the betrayals. These are men dominated by the business of death - by the necessity to kill in their drive for power, and for sheer survival." "There have been many mafia confessions, but no one before Calderone has been a repentant, a man who truly understands the deep immorality of his life and of the organization within which he operated. For this reason it was only with someone like Arlacchi, who is deeply interested not only in the judicial aspects of the story but especially in the personal, human elements, that Calderone could undertake this journey into the hell of his past." "Men of Dishonor shuns the sensationalism and mythologizing that often characterize books on the mafia. Rather, it is a powerful historical document, a book that depicts not only the history of the Cosa Nostra, but the history of Italy of the last twenty-five years, a history that we hope has now run its course. The power of this extraordinary narrative derives from the truth of its facts, a truth that lingers long after we close the book."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Men of Dishonor

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Andrea Camilleri

Stephen Sartarelli

A Novel

The New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Montalbano series brings us back to Vigàta in the nineteenth century for a rip-roaring comic novel.

1870s Sicily. Much to the displeasure of Vigàta's stubborn populace, the town has just been unified under the Kingdom of Italy. They're now in the hands of a new government they don't understand, and they definitely don't like. Eugenio Bortuzzi has been named Prefect for Vigàta, a regional representative from the Italian government to oversee the town. But the rowdy and unruly Sicilians don't care much for this rather pompous mainlander nor the mediocre opera he's hell-bent on producing in their new municipal theater. The Brewer of Preston, it's called, and the Vigàtese are revving up to wreak havoc on the performance's opening night.

The Brewer of Preston

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First edition hardcover. A fascinating true story of the twists and turns of life in the Mafia.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Pennsylvania

My story- Rosalie Bonanno

Mafia Marriage

Recipes from Gangivecchio's Sicilian Kitchen

Recipes from Gangivecchio, a Sicilian restaurant and inn, include soups, pastas and sauces, rice, main courses, vegetables, salads, and desserts.

La Cucina Siciliana di Gangivecchio/Gangivecchio's Sicilian Kitchen

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Almost New Vintage Talisman Cook Book with Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Pages are Excellent for age too. Later printing of the 1950 edition. Perfect for Collectors, or people who like Regional Italian Recipes from cities and Sicily. Medium size Cookbook 

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Bruculinu, America

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Sicily Favourite Recipes: Traditional Cooking

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La Storia

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A song for Bellafortuna

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Men of Dishonor

Andrea Camilleri; Stephen Sartarelli

The Brewer of Preston

Beverly Donofrio

Mafia Marriage

Giovanne Tornabene; Wanda Tornabene

La Cucina Siciliana di Gangivecchio/Gangivecchio's Sicilian Kitchen

Ada Boni

The Talisman Italian Cookbook

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Vincent Schiavelli

Bruculinu, America

D. N. L. Levy

Sicilian-Accelerated Dragons

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Sicily Favourite Recipes: Traditional Cooking

Jerre Mangione

La Storia

Vincent B. LoCoco

A song for Bellafortuna

Pino Arlacchi (As told to); Marc Romano (Translator)

Men of Dishonor

Andrea Camilleri; Stephen Sartarelli

The Brewer of Preston

Beverly Donofrio

Mafia Marriage

Giovanne Tornabene; Wanda Tornabene

La Cucina Siciliana di Gangivecchio/Gangivecchio's Sicilian Kitchen

Ada Boni

The Talisman Italian Cookbook