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Congratulations to NIAF Member Russell Shorto for his new book Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob. This family memoir is about Shorto’s mobster grandfather’s rise to power in postwar Johnstown, Pa. Smalltime draws an intimate portrait of a mobster and his wife, sudden riches, and the toll a lawless life takes on one family. Through researc...

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If you were to ask those of us behind the Italian American Podcast what it is that drives us or what keeps us coming back to create a new show week in and week out, it’s a safe bet that you’d get a unanimous answer… Passione! That borderline-obsessive passion that we share for what we do is a familiar feeling to Italians of all stripes, and best-se...

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In his book, the New Wines of Mount Etna journalist and professional winemaker Benjamin Spencer explores the Mount Etna wine-producing area in a mixture of culinary history and guide book. Spencer’s takes us from the plant through to the bottle in a series of fascinating observations on the nature of viticulture. He suggests how archaeological evid...

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The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco is pleased to present the audiobook From the dark forest to Paradise. A journey through Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy in thirty-three languages, published by Emons Audiolibri. The audiobook, produced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the occasion of the celebrations...

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At a three-thousand-strong conference in Livorno in January 1921, an assertive twenty-year-old named Secondino Tranquilli gave a provocative speech to fellow members of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI). Tranquilli recalled the recently murdered communists Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg — and insisted that all reformists should be immediately e...

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Award-winning actor Stanley Tucci lifted the cloche on the cover of his new memoir, "Taste: My Life Through Food." Tucci joined "Good Morning America" on Monday to give an exclusive glimpse at the front of his upcoming memoir, full of stories behind his lifelong love of food from Italian-American family dinners to five-star meals and food-focused f...

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Tuesday, Jan 26th 7:00-9:00pm EDT. Commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Book Presentation: “It Happened in Italy, Untold Stories of How the People of Italy Defied the Horrors of the Holocaust". With Elizabeth Bettina. REGISTER HERE!! Imagine Elizabeth Bettina's surprise when she discovered that her grandmother’s village had a secr...

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Have you been contemplating a move to Italy? Perhaps you have Italian ancestry and would like to apply for dual citizenship based on your bloodline, or through marriage. What if you could meet your long-lost relatives in the old country and purchase property there? All these things are possible, and you can learn how from an American couple who rec...

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Lisa Scottoline is joyful and light, seated in her bright home office outside Philadelphia on a chilly December afternoon. Blond hair pools on her shoulders to frame her often-smiling face. The spitfire’s lip gloss shines through the Zoom screen. Her youthful energy belies her 65 years, but it has fueled her prolific and accomplished writing career...

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Francesco Saverio Fava (1832-1913) è ricordato negli annali della Storia d’Italia soprattutto come il diplomatico che fu accreditato come primo Ambasciatore del Regno d’Italia presso gli Stati Uniti d’America nel 1894. Prima di questo significativo incarico, la sua traiettoria diplomatica quarantennale, presenta non pochi aspetti singolari. Esordis...

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