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Other Books of Interest

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War History

Lost in the Victory - Reflections of American War Orphans of World War II - Calvin L. Christman

The Boys from New Jersey - Tom Kindre

Ernie Pyle's War - America's Eyewitness to World War II - by James Tobin

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BRAVE MEN by Ernie Pyle

HERE IS YOUR WAR by Ernie Pyle

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Bill Mauldin's Army by Bill Mauldin's Greatest World War II Cartoons

The Wild Blue by Stephen E. Ambrose

MARINE COMBAT CORRESPONDENT World War II in the Pacific by Samuel E. Stavinsky

The Souvenir - Louise Steinman

There'll Come a Day - Jane Hagedorn

Letters Home 1944-1945, Women Airforce Service Pilots - Bernice 'Bee' Falk Haydu

To Hell And Back - Audie Murphy

The Bedford Boys - One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice by Alex Kershaw

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D-DAY June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II  by Stephen E. Ambrose

CITIZEN SOLDIERS by Stephen E. Ambrose

AMERICANS At WAR by Stephen E. Ambrose

BAND OF BROTHERS by Stephen E. Ambrose

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Italian Americans in World War II  - Peter L. Belmonte

Pegasus Bridge - June 6, 1944 - Stephen E. Ambrose

What They Didn't Teach You About World War II - Mike Wright

Nightmare on Iwo - Patrick F. Caruso

Another River, Another Town - John P. Irwin

Before Their Time by Robert Kotlowitz

My War - Andy Rooney

Duty - by Bob Greene

Reporting World War II - American Journalism 1938 - 1946

World War II on the Air - Mark Bernstein & Alex Lubertozzi

Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides

Snoopers by Stephen M. Perrone

Marching Home by Kevin Coyne

March To Glory - Robert Leckie

The Good War: An Oral History of World War II - Studs Terkel

Guadalcanal Diary - Richard Tregaskis

CHOSIN Heroic Ordeal of the Korean War by Eric Hammel

BREAKOUT The Chosin Reservoir Campaign, Korea 1950 by Martin Russ

The Coldest War, A Memoir of Korea by James Brady

Memoirs of Lt. Camillo Viglino, Italian Air Force 1915-1916

Shrapnel in the Heart : Letters and Remembrances from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Laura Palmer

The VIETNAM READER - Edited by Stewart O'Nan

Steel My Soldiers's Hearts - Col. David H. Hackworth

We Were Soldiers Once .... And Young - Lt. Gen.Harold G. Moore

A Redcatcher's Letters from Nam - Patricia Farawell Enyedy

To America by Stephen E. Ambrose

Women in Aviation

From the Balloon to the Moon

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War Fiction

The Marines of Autumn, a novel of the Korean War by James Brady

THE LAST PARALLEL A Marine's War Journal by Martin Russ

The Things They Carried - by Tim O'Brien

Saving Private Ryan - by Max Allan Collins

Windtalkers - Max Allan Collins

The Thin Red Line by James Jones

"I'm Staying with My Boys..." The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC - Jim Proser


Italian American Authors, etc.

Italian American Writers On New Jersey

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Tom Perrotta

Little Children

Election

The Wishbones

Joe College

Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies

Buccino: On Perrotta

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Bloomfield Avenue: A Jewish-Catholic Jersey Girl's Spiritual Journey by Linda Mercadante

ITALIAN WOMEN IN BLACK DRESSES - Maria Mazziotti Gillan

ALL THAT LIES BETWEEN US - Maria Mazziotti Gillan
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Una Storia Segreta - Lawrence DiStasi

La Storia, Five Centuries of the Italian-American Experience
by Jerre Mangione & Ben Morreale

Don't Tell Mama - Regina Barreca

Moustache Pete Is Dead! - Fred L.Gardaphe

Dances with Luigi - Paul Paolicelli

Beyond The Godfather - Italian American Writers on the Real Italian American Experience /Ciongoli/Parini

Memoirs of Lt. Camillo Viglino, Italian Air Force 1915-1916

Italian Americans in World War II  - Peter L. Belmonte

The Humble and the Heroic Wartime Italian Americans by Salvatore LaGumina

Blood of My Blood - Richard Gambino

Mount Allegro - Jerry Mangione

Unto The Sons - Gay Talese

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Finding Italian Roots by John Philip Colletta

They Came In Ships by John P. Colletta

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Were You Always an Italian? by Maria Laurino

Heritage Italian-American Style - Leon J. Radomile

The Garlic in the Melting Pot - Lewis M. Elia

ROSA The Life of an Italian Immigrant by Marie Hall Ets

Sometimes I Dream In Italian - Rita Ciresi

Ciao, America - Beppe Severgnini

Andiamo, Weasel! - Rose Marie Grant

Italian Stories - stories by Joseph Papaleo

The Last Cannoli - Camille Cusumano

Growing Up Italian by Linda Brandi Cateura

Under The Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes

NEWARK'S Little Italy - The Vanished First Ward - Michael Immerso

The Big Hunger by John Fante

The Fortunate Pilgrim by Mario Puzo

The Altar Boy Chronicles by Tony Pasquarello

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In The Garden of Papa Santuzzu by Tony Ardizzone

Taking It Home - Stories from the Neighborhood by Tony Ardizzone

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A Family of Sicilians - Stories & Poems by Salvatore Buttaci

Promising the Moon - poems by Salvatore Amico M. Buttaci

Poems by Salvatore Buttaci

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With Heart and Soul - Calgary's Italian Community by Antonella Fanella

Growing Up Italian In God's Country - Patricia Costa Viglucci

Recipes My Nonna Taught Me - by Francena

Say That To My Face - David Prete

The Joint Venture - Gilbert Visconti

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Other Books of Interest

Growing Up - by Russell Baker

Everyday People - by Al Sullivan

Marley & Me life and love with the world's worst dog - John Grogan

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Running to the Mountain, A Midlife Adventure - Jon Katz

A Dog Year - Twelve Months, Four Dogs and Me - Jon Katz

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Pack of Two - Carolyn Knapp

Take the Cannoli - Sarah Vowell

Raised Catholic (Can You Tell?) by Ed Stivender

Naked Truths - Marion Rubin

Then & Now - Nutley - Marilyn Peters & Richard O'Connor

Images of America: Belleville - Nicole T. Canfora

At Home in the World - Daniel Pearl

The Day I Turned Uncool - Dan Zevin

Ex Libris - Anne Fadiman

Sincerely - Andy Rooney

Love in the Lead - Peter Brock Putnam

All Over but the Shoutin' - Rick Bragg

Neither East Nor West - Christiane Bird

ONE MORE TIME The Best of Mike Royko

 THE STRAWBERRY STATEMENT

Images of America JERSEY CITY 1940 - 1960, The Dan McNulty Collection, Kenneth French

Images of America JERSEY CITY, Patrick B. Shalhoub

Images of America JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER, Leonard F. Vernon

Jersey City in Vintage Postcards, Randall Gabrielan

Railroads of Hoboken and Jersey City

The Meadowlands: Wilderness Adventures on the Edge of a City

Five-Finger Discount: A Crooked Family History

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POETRY

IN THE BLOOD - Andrew Motion

NATIVE GUARD: POEMS - Natasha Trethewey

AMERICAN SUBLIME - Elizabeth Alexander

THE TROUBLE WITH POETRY - Billy Collins

THE BEST AMERICAN POETRY OF 2006 - Guest Editor: Billy Collins

POETRY 180 - Selected and with an Introduction by Billy Collins

180 MORE EXTRAORDINARY POEMS FOR EVERY DAY - Selected and with an Introduction by Billy Collins

THE PAINTED BED - Donald Hall

ITALIAN WOMEN IN BLACK DRESSES - Maria Mazziotti Gillan

LATE FOR WORK - David Tucker

SWEET RUIN - Tony Hoagland

POETRY AS PERSUASION The Life of Poetry - Carl Dennis

POETRY AND THE WORLD - Robert Pinsky

20th CENTURY PLEASURES - Robert Haas

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The Bridge on the Drina - Ivo Andric

The Last Soldier - Brendan Scher

Fresh Jersey - Mike Kelly

Bella Tuscany - Frances Mayes

BEFORE THE ECHO Essays on Nature - Pete Dunne

Black Elk Speaks - John G. Neihardt

Crackpots - Sara Pritchard

Man and Boy - Tony Parsons

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A Few Of My Favorite Things

Robert Klein

The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue
A Child of the Fifties Looks Back - Robert Klein

Child of the 50's

Arlo Guthrie

The Best of Arlo Guthrie

Alice's Restaurant [SOUNDTRACK]

Alice's Restaurant: The Massacree Revisited (30th Anniversary)

Alice's Restaurant - DVD

Hobo's Lullaby

Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys

BOB DYLAN

Planet Waves

Slow Train Coming

Infidels

Street Legal

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Books of Local Interest

Growing Up - by Russell Baker A Pulitzer prize winner

Images of America - Nutley John Demmer

Then & Now - Nutley Peters & O'Connor

The Real Nick and Nora Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett,
Writers of Stage and Screen Classics
by David L. Goodrich

Images of America: Belleville Nicole T. Canfora

Images of America - Newark Turner & Koles

Images of America - Bloomfield Branch, Kuras & Sceurman

Paging New Jersey - Broderick

New Jersey Curiosities - Peter Genovese

From the Balloon to the Moon  H.V. Pat Reilly

It Happened In New Jersey - Fran Capo

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Knight on Horseback Ann Rabinowitz

Bethie Ann Rabinowitz

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Bad News on the Doorstep Joseph Cervasio

The Lady or the Tiger and Other Stories

Made in France: French Tales Retold With a United States Twist

Justify the Means Robert J. Giordano

A Natural History of Shells Geerat J. Vermeij


Stephen Crane

The Red Badge of Courage

The Red Badge of Courage And Four Stories

Great Short Works of Stephen Crane

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

The Open Boat and Other Stories

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On the End Table:

The Best of American Poetry - 2005

Going After Cacciato - Tim O'Brien

Remind Me Again Why I Married You - Rita Ciresi

Into The Rising Sun - Patrick K. O'Donnell

Years of Minutes - Andy Rooney

The Lost Blogs : From Jesus to Jim Morrison--The Historically Inaccurate
and Totally Fictitious Cyber Diaries of Everyone Worth Knowing (Paperback) - by Paul Davidson


What Your Lawyer May Not Tell You About Your Family's Will : A Guide to Preventing the Common Pitfalls That Can Lead to Family Fights (Paperback) - by Kaja Whitehouse

Boulder Field by George Petty

Excelsior, You Fathead!: The Art and Enigma of Jean Shepherd - by Eugene B. Bergmann

AFTER THE GOLD RUSH - Lewis Buzbee

BOOK OF LONGING - Leonard Cohen

A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS - Dave Eggers

SHRAPNEL IN THE HEART - Laura Palmer

IT HAPPENED IN NEW JERSEY - Fran Capo

ASSASSINATION VACATION - Sarah Vowell

A SALTY PIECE OF LAND - Jimmy Buffett

EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES - Lynne Truss

MAGGIE AND OTHER TALES OF NEW YORK - Stephen Crane

BLOOMFIELD REVISITED - Frederich Branch and Jean Kuras

SHANE - Jack Schaefe

THE COLLECTED STORIES OF RICHARD YATES - Richard Yates

OUR TIME IS NOW - John Birmingham

THE AMOROUS BUSBOY OF DECATUR AVENUE - Robert Klein

Lincoln and the Sioux Uprising of 1862 - Hank H. Cox

Off the Beaten Path - New Jersey - William G & Kay Scheller

Haunted New Jersey - Patricia A. Martinelli & Charles A. Stansffield Jr.


KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR:

Our Roots Are Deep with Passion: Creative Nonfiction Collects New Essays by Italian-American Writers. Edited by Joanna Clapps Herman and Lee Gutkind

The Stonecutter's Aria by Carol Faenzi

An Ordinary Life by Charles J. Alaimo

Buried Caesars and Other Secrets of Italian American Writing by Robert Viscusi

The Italian-American Immigrant Theatre of New York City: 1746-1899 by Dr. Emelise Aleandri

At The Copa by Marisa Labozzetta

Low Italian by George Guida

Not Just A Personal Ad by Vittoria repetto


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Buccino's books

Belleville Sons Honor Roll

Nutley Sons Honor Roll

RAMBLING ROUND - Inside and Outside At the Same Time

Sister Dressed Me Funny

A Father's Place - An eclectic collection

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