Tish, Ben
Summary: "Sicily is both at once a frugal peasant land with a simple robust cuisine, but also full of ornate glamour and extravagance. A most beautiful and complex contradiction in terms, Ben Tish unlocks the secrets of Sicily's culture and food within these pages, diving into its diverse tapestry of cultural influences. Sitting at the heart of the Mediterranean, between east and west, Europe and North...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Absolute 2021
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Vicenzino, Cettina
Summary: "Embark on the enchanting culinary journey and experience the culinary delights of the Sicilian diet. Join Sicilian cook, writer, and photographer Cettina Vicenzino as she shares more than 70 authentic and mouth-watering recipes from this unique Mediterranean island. While only a few miles from Italy, Sicily's heritage is proudly distinct from that of the mainland, favoring dishes packed with...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59458 VICCampbell, Bill
Summary: "The year is 1923. The Ku Klux Klan is at the height of its power in the US as membership swells into the millions and they expand beyond their original southern borders. As they grow, so do their targets. As they continue their campaigns of terror against African Americans, their list now includes Catholics and Jews, southern and eastern Europeans, all in the name of "white supremacy." But...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PM Press 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 CAMKeahey, John.
Summary: Explores the unique culture of Sicily, discussing it's history, archaeology, food, the Mafia, and politics.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945.8 KEALanza, Fabrizia
Summary: "From Chickpea Fritters (Panelle) to Pasta with Eggplant and Tomatoes (Pasta alla Norma) to Fennel-Orange Salad with Black Olives (Insalata Finocchio e d'Arancia con Olive), Sicily boasts a culinary identity marked by dishes as storied and diverse as the island's landscape. With its craggy mountain ranges, dense forests, foggy valleys, and turquoise coastlines all in one 9,927-square-mile...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Books 2023
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.De Blasi, Marlena.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.5804 DEBLo Monte, Mimmetta.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1990
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5945 LODe Blasi, Marlena.
Summary: Author Marlena de Blasi on a journalistic assignment to the mountains of Sicily tells of the Villa Donnafugata, a castle in Sicily, and of Tosca, the villa's patroness who recounts her lifelong love story with the last prince of Sicily.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Fort, Matthew.
Summary: A travelogue for the seasoned food traveler and weekend gourmet alike; includes some recipes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5945 FORSoni, Jimmy
Summary: "A definitive look at the origin of PayPal and its founding team--including Elon Musk, Amy Rowe Klement, Peter Thiel, Julie Anderson, Max Levchin, Reid Hoffman, and many others whose stories have never been shared. They have defined the modern world. This experience defined them."--Amazon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Berio, Luciano
Contents: Voci (Folks songs II) -- Sicilian folk music : recordings from the Ethnomusicological Archives of the Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome: Grido del venditore di pesce ; Canzuna ; Lamento per il Venerdi Santo ; Novena di Natale ; Ninna nanna ; Specchiu di l'occhi mei -- Naturale : su melodie siciliane : per viola sola e percussione.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: ECM 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL CL BERMorricone, Ennio.
Contents: The man with the harmonica (Apollo Four Forty) -- For a few dollars more (Terranova) -- Here's to you (Copasetic con Vivi e Selda) -- Belinda May (edit) (Fantastic Plastic Machine) -- Clan of the Sicilians - (Bigga Bush from Rockers Hifi) -- Chi mai (Nightmares on Wax) -- Il grande silencio (Thievery Corporation) -- La bambola;Come Maddalena (Sofa Surfers) -- La lucertola (De-Phazz) -- Clan of...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Reprise Records 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC MORGriffey, Harriet.
Summary: Discusses the Egyptian preservation of dead bodies, stories associated with mummies, and mummies from different cultures, including Incan and Sicilian.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Around GriffeyPuzo, Mario
Summary: The year is 1950. Michael Corleone is nearing the end of his exile in Sicily. The Godfather has commanded Michael to bring a young Sicilian bandit named Salvatore Guiliano back with him to America. But Guiliano is a man entwined in a bloody web of violence and vendettas. In Sicily, Guiliano is a modern day Robin Hood who has defied corruption--and defied the Cosa Nostra. Now, in the land of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Linden Press/Simon & Schuster 1984
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PUZContents: In a broken dream (3:40) -- Hot love (4:56) -- Child in time (10:18) -- Suzanne (3:49) -- Virginia plain (2:56) -- All the way to Memphis (4:55) -- He's gonna step on you again (4:19) -- Whiskey in the jar (5:43) -- Whiter shade of pale (4:05) -- Goodbye yellow brick road (3:13) -- Cross eyed Mary (4:09) -- Siciliana (4:30).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Pollyanna Productions 1996
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC BREBreslin, Jimmy.
Summary: A satire on the cult of the Mafia tells the story of an inept gang of Sicilian cretins and their criminally foolish plots.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Back Bay Books 1997
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BreslRobbins, Harold
Summary: Jed, a half-Jewish, half-Sicilian nephew of a Mafia Godfather, rises to great wealth but is never freed from his family ties and background.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1991
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBTomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe
Summary: Set in the 1860s, a story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1991