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Nicholas Delbanco - Warner Books
Format: Hardcover

A novel of flight set at the end of World War II follows a German-Jewish family on their painful exodus to America from a shattered European continent. By the author of In the Name of Mercy. 25,000 first printing.
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Polish Roots

Rosemary A Chorzempa - Genealogical Publishing Company
Format: Paperback

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Polish Roots

Rosemary A Chorzempa - Genealogical Publishing Company
Format: Paperback

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Casimir Pulaski: Cavalry Commander of the American Revolution

Francis C Kajencki - Southwest Polonia Pr
Format: Hardcover

General Casimir Pulaski, an experienced and accomplished cavalry commander, came to America in 1777 to fight for American independence. He had passionately embraced liberty as his lifelong goal. In his native Poland he fought but failed to evict the superior Russian-occupying forces and restore...
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Di Palo's Guide to the Essential Foods of Italy: 100 Years of Wisdom and Stories from Behind the Counter

Lou Di Palo - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

The ultimate guide to the finest foods of Italy from the oldest, most celebrated Italian market in New York City   In the heart of New York City’s Little Italy sits Di Palo’s, a family-owned food shop that has been the treasure of the neighborhood for more than a century....
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The Germans in Colonial Times

Lucy Forney Bittinger - Heritage Books
Format: Paperback

This excellent book gives a fine presentation of German history in America down through the American Revolution. Chapter headings include: Conditions in Germany which led to Emigration; Germantown; The Labadists in Maryland; The Woman in the Wilderness; G
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Finding Italian Roots: The Complete Guide for Americans

John Philip Colletta - Genealogical Pub Co
Format: Paperback

Offers advice on researching Italian lineage, discussing the sources available in the United States and Italy
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Invisible Southerners: Ethnicity in the Civil War

Anne J Bailey - University of Georgia Press
Format: Hardcover

Most Southerners who fought in the Civil War were native born, white, and Confederate. However, thousands with other ethnic backgrounds also took a stand -- and not always for the South. Invisible Southerners recounts the wartime experiences of the region's German Americans, Native...
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A History of the Polish Americans

John J Bukowczyk - Routledge
Format: Paperback

In the last, rootless decade families, neighborhoods, and communities have disintegrated in the face of gripping social, economic, and technological changes. Th is process has had mixed results. On the positive side, it has produced a mobile, volatile, and dynamic society in the United...
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Polish Roots

Rosemary A Chorzempa - Genealogical Publishing Company
Format: Paperback

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The Italians

John Hooper - Viking
Format: Hardcover

A vivid and surprising portrait of the Italian people from an admired foreign correspondent How did a nation that spawned the Renaissance also produce the Mafia? And why does Italian have twelve words for coat hanger but none for hangover? John Hooper's entertaining and perceptive...
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The Italian Americans: A History

Maria Laurino - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

This gorgeous companion book to the PBS series illuminates an important, overlooked part of American history. In this richly researched, beautifully designed and illustrated volume, Maria Laurino strips away stereotypes and nostalgia to tell the complicated, centuries-long story of the true...
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The Italian Americans: A History

Maria Laurino - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

This gorgeous companion book to the PBS series illuminates an important, overlooked part of American history. In this richly researched, beautifully designed and illustrated volume, Maria Laurino strips away stereotypes and nostalgia to tell the complicated, centuries-long story of the true...
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My Two Italies

Joseph Luzzi - Farrar, Straus and Giroux; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A poignant personal account from a child of Calabrian peasants whose lifelong study of Italy unveils the mysteries of this Bel Paese, Beautiful Land, where artistic genius and political corruption have gone hand in hand from the time of Michelangelo to The SopranosThe child of Italian immigrants...
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The Italian Americans: A History

Maria Laurino - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

This gorgeous companion book to the PBS series illuminates an important, overlooked part of American history. In this richly researched, beautifully designed and illustrated volume, Maria Laurino strips away stereotypes and nostalgia to tell the complicated, centuries-long story of the true...
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The Italian Americans: A History

Maria Laurino - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

This gorgeous companion book to the PBS series illuminates an important, overlooked part of American history. In this richly researched, beautifully designed and illustrated volume, Maria Laurino strips away stereotypes and nostalgia to tell the complicated, centuries-long story of the true...
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New German Cooking: Recipes for Classics Revisited

Jeremy Nolen - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Bright flavors. Fresh and healthful. These are not words we typically associate with German cuisine. But this beautifully packaged cookbook is not quite traditional. Featuring 100 recipes for familiar food re-envisioned to reflect the way we eat now, German Cooking Now celebrates fresh...
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The Old German Baptist Brethren: Faith, Farming, and Change in the Virginia Blue Ridge

Charles D Thompson, Jr. - University of Illinois Press
Format: eBook

Since arriving nearly 250 years ago in Franklin County, Virginia, German Baptists have maintained their faith and farms by relying on their tightly knit community for spiritual and economic support. Today, with their land and livelihoods threatened by the encroachment of neighboring communities,...
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The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution

Alex Storozynski - Thomas Dunne Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish-Lithuanian born in 1746, was one of the most important figures of the modern world. Fleeing his homeland after a death sentence was placed on his head when he dared court a woman above his station, he came to America one month after the signing of the Declaration...
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Polish Classic Desserts

Peter Zeranski - Pelican Publishing
Format: Print book

Serving up Poland's sweetest traditions. Traditional home cooks and fashionable foodies alike should be sure to save room for Poland's sweet addition to our Classic Recipes Series! Taste your way through mazurkas, babas, pastries, and puddings-treats that all call upon a rich culinary...
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Polish Classic Recipes

Peter Zeranski - Pelican Publishing
Format: Print book

Hospitality and hearty food are the hallmarks of the Polish dining experience. This classic and concise cookbook features dozens of favorite Polish dishes showcasing a variety of flavors, preparation techniques, and ingredient selections. With titles given in both Polish and English, recipes...
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Schlegels American Families of German Ancestry

Carl Wilhelm Schlegel - Genealogical Pub Co
Format: Paperback

Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.
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Italian-American Family History: A Guide to Researching and Writing about Your Heritage

Sharon DeBartolo Carmack - Genealogical Publishing Company
Format: Paperback

Italian Americans have customs, folkways, beliefs, and behaviors that are unique to their culture. According to Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, who in this work puts a whole new spin on family history research, familiarizing yourself with this culture is the best way to research the American...
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Using civilian records for genealogical research in the National Archives Washington, DC, area

United States. National Archives and Records Administration. - National Archives and Records Administration

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Sunray : the history of Sunray Colony, Bowers Hill, Chesapeake, Virginia

Gary Szymanski - G. Szymanski

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The End: A novel

Salvatore Scibona - Graywolf Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A brilliant debut novel about a single day in 1953 as lived by six people at an Ohio carnivalA small, incongruous man receives an excruciating piece of news. His son has died in a POW camp in Korea. It is August 15, 1953, the day of a tumultuous street carnival in Elephant Park, an Italian...
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A Good American

Alex George - Putnam Adult; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

An uplifting novel about the families we create and the places we call home. It is 1904. When Frederick and Jette must flee her disapproving mother, where better to go than America, the land of the new? Originally set to board a boat to New York, at the last minute, they take one destined...
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Half-Blood Blues

Esi Edugyan - Center Point; Lrg edition
Format: Hardcover

From Berlin to Paris. Two friends. One Betrayal. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2011. The aftermath of the fall of Paris, 1940. Hieronymous Falk, a rising star on the cabaret scene, was arrested in a cafe and never heard from again. He was twenty years old. He was a German citizen....
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Hope at Dawn

Stacy Henrie - Forever
Format: Paperback

IN A TIME OF WAR, LOVE IS THE INSPIRATION.With her brothers away fighting the Great War overseas, Livy Campbell desperately wants to help her family. Her chance comes when she meets a handsome stranger who lands her a job as a teacher in a place far from her parents' farm. But the war casts...
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An Italian Wife

Ann Hood - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

From the best-selling author of The Obituary Writer, the stirring multigenerational story of an Italian-American family.An Italian Wife is the extraordinary story of Josephine Rimaldi -- her joys, sorrows, and passions, spanning more than seven decades. The novel begins in turn-of-the-century...
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Lovelier than Daylight

Rosslyn Elliott - Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback

Susanna is a lady of principles who values family above all. Johann seems to represent all she despises . . . but appearances can be deceiving. In 1875, Susanna Hanby is headed off to college in Westerville, Ohio, when she discovers her sister Rachel and Rachel's children have disappeared....
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The Lullaby of Polish Girls: A Novel

Dagmara Dominczyk - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover

A vibrant, engaging debut novel that follows the friendship of three women from their youthful days in Poland to their complicated, not-quite-successful adult lives   Because of her father’s role in the Solidarity movement, Anna and her parents immigrate to the United States...
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The Meaning of Names

Karen Shoemaker - Red Hen Press
Format: Print book

Stuart, Nebraska is a long way from the battlefields of Western Europe, but it is not immune to the horrors of the first Great War for Peace. Like all communities, it has lost sons and daughters to the fighting, with many more giving themselves over to the hatred only war can engender....
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North of the Port: Stories

Anthony Bukoski - Southern Methodist University Press
Format: Hardcover

"These stories belong in the pantheon of American letters not just because they are models for the American short story, but also because they deal with the pressure of ordinary history on the lives of `DPs' (displaced persons) --Polish immigrants in the mid-twentieth century."--Cynthia...
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The Shoemaker's Wife: A Novel

Adriana Trigiani - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Beloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani returns with the most epic and ambitious novel of her career - a breathtaking multigenerational love story that spans two continents, two World Wars, and the quest of two star-crossed lovers to find each other again. The Shoemaker's...
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Very Valentine

Adriana Trigiani - Harper; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

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 Italia. Very Valentine is the first novel in a trilogy and is sure to be the new favorite of Trigiani's...
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What Remains

Nicholas Delbanco - Warner Books
Format: Hardcover

A novel of flight set at the end of World War II follows a German-Jewish family on their painful exodus to America from a shattered European continent. By the author of In the Name of Mercy. 25,000 first printing.
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The Daughters: A Novel

Adrienne Celt - Liveright Publishing Corporation
Format: Hardcover

In this virtuosic debut, a world-class soprano seeks to reclaim her voice from the curse that winds through her family tree.Lulu can't sing. Since the traumatic birth of her daughter, the internationally renowned soprano hasn't dared utter a note. She's afraid that her body...
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Flirting in Italian

Lauren Henderson - Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Four girls. One magical, and possibly dangerous Italian summer. Family mysteries, ancient castles, long hot nights of dancing under the stars . . . and, of course, plenty of gorgeous Italian boys!
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Jersey Angel

Beth Ann Bauman - Wendy Lamb Books
Format: Hardcover

It's the summer before senior year and the alluring Angel is ready to have fun. She's not like her best friend, Inggy, who has a steady boyfriend, good grades, and college plans. Angel isn't sure what she wants to do yet, but she has confidence and experience beyond her years....
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Cooking the Italian Way

Alphonse Bisignano - Lerner Publications
Format: Hardcover

Introduces the land, people, and regional cooking of Italy and includes recipes for such dishes as Minestrone soup, spaghetti with meat sauce, and chicken cacciatore. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Cooking the German Way

Helga Parnell - Lerner Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

Introduces the history, land, and food of Germany and includes recipes for such dishes as potato dumplings, noodle salad, and Black Forest torte. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Following Grandfather

Rosemary Wells - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Invisible to humans exists a parallel world of mice, where young Jenny misses her cherished grandfather so much that she begins to see him everywhere.Jenny is as close to her grandfather as a small mouse can be. Grandfather shows Jenny how to button her buttons and how to write her name....
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Foods of Italy

Christine VeLure Roholt - Bellwether Media
Format:  Book : Juvenile audience : English

"Information accompanies step-by-step instructions on how to cook Italian food. The text level and subject matter are intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
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How I Became an American

Karin Gundisch - Cricket Books
Format: Hardcover

In 1902 in a small German town a traveler turns up spouting catchy songs about adventures in America. To the townspeople, the land sounds like paradise, and ten-year-old Johann Bonfert is excited when his own family begins planning a life overseas. His father and brother leave early to find...
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The Hundred Dresses

Eleanor Estes - Harcourt
Format: Print book

Never out of print since its 1944 publication, this tender story offers readers of all ages a timeless message of compassion and understanding. At its heart is Wanda Petronski, an immigrant girl in an American school, who is ridiculed for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. When...
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In the New World: A Family in Two Centuries

Christa Holtei - Charlesbridge Publishing
Format: Hardcover

The story of Robert and Margarete and their children Johannes and Dorothea, who emigrate from Germany to the United States in 1850. After landing in New Orleans and joining a wagon train headed west to Nebraska, the family establishes a farm outside Omaha. The book ends with a switch to modern...
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Italian Picture Dictionary

Chris L Demarest - Berlitz Publishing
Format: Paperback

More than 1000 colourfully illustrated words introduce children to a foreign language in a bright and lively fashion that they should love. Each word is shown in context in a phrase or sentence in both English and Italian.
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My First Book of German Words

Katy R. Kudela - Capstone Press; Bilingual edition
Format: Hardcover

How do you say hello in German? Explore the pages of this GermanEnglish picture dictionary to learn new words and phrases. Colorful photographs and simple labels make learning German fun.,
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Polish Americans

Sean Dolan - Chelsea House Publications
Format: Paperback

-- A celebration of the ethnic groups that provide the United States and Canada with their rich and varied cultural heritage -- Narrates the history and culture of specific immigrant or native populations -- Generously illustrated with photographs, maps, and graphics --This text refers...
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Rodzina

Karen Cushman - Clarion Books
Format: Print book

Rodzina Clara Jadwiga Anastazya Brodski is the new face in Karen Cushman's gallery of unforgettable heroines. One of a group of orphans, 12-year-old Rodzina boards a train on a cold day in March 1881. She's reluctant to leave Chicago, the only home she can remember, and she knows...
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Twice a Hero: Polish American Heroes of the American Revolutuion

Dirk Wales - Great Plains
Format: Hardcover

Presents the life and accomplishments of two great heroes of the American Revolution.
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