From: Put It On The Windowsill: An Italian-American Family Memoir by Marcia Brennan. See – She Knows! My grandmother’s full name was Maria Concetta Nesta Gagliardi, but everyone always called her Nannie. Nannie’s mother was three years old when her family came to the United States from the Avellino Provence,…
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I: THREE WAYS OF APPROACHING A WINDOWSILL: THE MULTIPLE LIVES OF THE STORIES
From: Put It On The Windowsill: An Italian-American Family Memoir by Marcia Brennan. If You Want Good Weather… Even though this book is about my extended Italian-American family, I will begin with a story from the Irish side of the family. I am the oldest of two daughters. On the…
The Six Day War – Day 1
An excerpt from: On Monday, the 5th of June 1967, Israel called the bluff of the posturing Arab states at its borders when it launched its air force in the direction of Egypt. In a coordinated attack of exemplary precision, 16 enemy airfields were struck at 8.45 am local time.…
Aphantasia Audiobook
We are delighted to announce that Aphantasia: Experiences, Perceptions and Insights, by Alan Kendle, is now available as an audiobook. Peter Baker has done a wonderful job with the narration, and we really hope listeners enjoy his work. The runtime is 5hrs and 18 minutes, and the chapter listing is…
Bob Dylan and President John F. Kennedy
An excerpt from Friends and Other Strangers: Bob Dylan Examined by Harold Lepidus John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States, in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 1961, during a snowstorm. Bob Dylan arrived in a snowbound New York four days later. Kennedy appeared in…
Italian-American Life – No Sporcaccione!
An excerpt from: Click on the cover for more information III: YOU COULD EAT OFF THE FLOOR: HOW MY GRANDPARENTS CREATED A WORLD, AND HOW THEY TOOK THAT WORLD WITH THEM, WHEREVER THEY WENT Unless you somehow had inside access to this culture, you could never fully know what it…
Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
Director: Lucio Fulci Writers: Elisa Briganti, Dardano Sacchetti, Chuck Smith Stars: Tisa Farrow (Anne), Ian McCulloch (Peter), Al Cliver (Brian), Richard Johnson (Dr. Menard) VIPCO Release: 1980 Also Known As: See below VIPCO Plot Synopsis: In Hudson Bay a sailing boat that has a neglected appearance is drifting slowly out…
Italian-American History | Little Italy
An excerpt from: Italianita. Click on the cover to learn more Life in Little Italy The stereotype of Little Italy is based on what these neighborhoods were during the diaspora. The idealized images of this time are of happy immigrants, children playing stickball, and laundry hanging on lines stretched between…
Israel Palestine Book
Taken from the book Israel and Palestine: The Complete History * 39: Black September The (Palestinian Liberation Organisation) PLO was founded in May 1964 and advocated legitimate resistance to Israel in the Occupied Territories. Exiled into neighbouring lands, the Palestinians launched cross-border raids from Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. In 1967,…
Yasser Arafat – Mr Palestine
From the acclaimed book: [caption id="attachment_1133" align="aligncenter" width="200"] Click On The Cover For More Details[/caption] * Yasser Arafat was born in Cairo to Palestinian parents on the 24th of August 1929, the fifth son of a businessman. Arafat is the place of a holy shrine near Mecca and was the…