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The Immigrants
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Howard Fast |
In this sweeping journey of love and fortune, master storyteller Howard Fast recounts the family saga of roughneck immigrants determined to make their way in America at the turn of the century.
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Hope In My Heart
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Kathryn Lasky |
After her family immigrates to America from Italy in 1903, ten-year-old Sofia is quarantined at the Ellis Island Immigration Station, where she makes a good friend but endures nightmarish conditions.… |
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Alligator bayou
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Donna Jo Napoli |
Talullah, Louisiana. 1899.Calogero, his uncles, and cousins are six Sicilian men living in the small town of Tallulah, Louisiana. They work hard, growing vegetables and selling them at their stand an… |
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The shoemaker's wife
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Adriana Trigiani |
Two star-crossed lovers--Enza and Ciro--meet and separate, until, finally, the power of their love changes both of their lives forever. Set during the years preceding and during World War I. |
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The Godfather
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Mario Puzo |
The Godfather is a crime novel by American author Mario Puzo. Originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, the novel details the story of a fictional Mafia family in New York City (and Long B… |
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The Godfather / The Last Don
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Mario Puzo |
Contains:
- [Godfather](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1673263W/Godfather)
- Last Don |
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The family Corleone
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Edward Falco |
New York, 1933. The crime families have prospered in the Depression, but with the coming end of Prohibition a battle is looming ... one which will determine which organizations will rise, and which w… |
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The patch boys
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Jay Parini |
Fifteen-year-old Sammy di Cantini, resident of a mining region of Pennsylvania, is determined to rise above his class, falls disastrously in love with a Protestant, and visits his Mafia brother in Ne… |
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I Know This Much Is True
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Wally Lamb |
E-book extra: "Who Is Wally Lamb?" The author recalls events surrounding the acclaimed publication of I Know This Much Is True. ( Not available in print editions of this work.)Wally Lamb's masterful … |
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Where my body ends and the world begins
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Tony Romano |
On December 1, 1958, a devastating blaze at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago took the lives of ninety-two children, shattering a close-knit Italian neighborhood. In this eloquent novel, set n… |
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The 1970s
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Dorothy Hoobler |
America's involvement in Vietnam adds to the seemingly constant arguing in the Vivanti family, whose cousins are among a group of people who have dropped out to live in a commune in Arizona. |
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Penny from heaven
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Jennifer L. Holm |
It's1953 and 11-year-old Penny dreams of a summer of butter pecan ice cream, swimming, and baseball. But nothing's that easy in Penny's family. For starters, she can't go swimming because her mother'… |
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The Supreme Macaroni Company
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Adriana Trigiani |
When a secret about her business partner and lover is revealed during her family's celebration of The Feast of the Seven Fishes, Valentine Roncalli must make life-altering choices as she fights for e… |
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The Shoemaker's Wife
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Adriana Trigiani |
Nestled high in the Italian Alps lies Vilminore, home to Ciro, a strapping mountain boy. Close by lives Enza, a practical girl who longs only for a happy life for her family. When the two meet as tee… |
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The supreme macaroni company
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Adriana Trigiani |
Food, family, and a sweeping love story, set against the backdrop of Italy and New york, this is Adriana Trigiani at her very best. Taking stories handed down through her family for generations, Adri… |
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The godfather returns
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Mark Winegardner |
THE MISSING YEARS FROM THE GREATEST CRIME SAGA OF ALL TIMEThirty-five years ago, Mario Puzo's great American tale, The Godfather, was published, and popular culture was indelibly changed. Now, in The… |
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Very Valentine
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Adriana Trigiani |
Meet the Roncalli and Angelini families, a vibrant cast of colorful characters who navigate tricky family dynamics with hilarity and brio, from magical Manhattan to the picturesque hills of bella Ita… |
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Novels (Fortunate Pilgrim / Godfather)
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Mario Puzo |
Contains:
- Fortunate Pilgrim
- [Godfather](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1673263W/Godfather) |
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The possibilities of sainthood
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Donna Freitas |
While regularly petitioning the Vatican to make her the first living saint, fifteen-year-old Antonia Labella prays to assorted patron saints for everything from help with preparing the family's fig t… |
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A Picnic in October
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Eve Bunting |
A boy finally comes to understand why his grandmother insists that the family come to Ellis Island each year to celebrate Lady Liberty's birthday. |
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