From Junk Food to Joy Food: All the Foods You Love to Eat...Only Better

FROM JUNK FOOD TO JOY FOOD             JOY BAUER

We all want to look and feel better, but where’s the fun in nibbling on boring salads and choking down steamed broccoli? It’s tough sticking to a diet when you’re craving barbecue ribs, fettucine Alfredo, vegetable lo mein, and chocolate milkshakes. But best-selling author and TODAY show nutrition expert Joy Bauer is fresh from her kitchen with news for you: You can have your cheesecake and eat it, too!

In these bright, colorful pages, Joy shares how you can drop the calories in your most fattening favorites—withoutcompromising flavor. With a few simple tricks, she transforms a bacon cheeseburger from a whopping 1,100 calories to a mere 425 . . . and General Tso’s Chicken from an alarming 1,000 to a slimming 260. 

From Boston cream pie to spaghetti and meatballs, mint chocolate chip ice cream to Buffalo wings with creamy bleu cheese dip, Joy takes the most decadent treats from fat to fit. Want to give a BLT some TLC? Joy’s take on this classic comfort food could save you 35,000 calories annually—with the potential to drop 10 pounds!

Featuring more than 120 recipes and oodles of gorgeous photos, From Junk Food to Joy Food has you covered from sun up to late night: breakfasts, dips, soups, sides, suppers, pizzas, pastas, desserts, mocktails, and more. Don’t deny yourself the flavors you love—learn to make them with joy!
 
PAT'S REVIEW

I did not find out anything new that my family and I are already using. I am sure it can be useful for some people but if you have already changed your food choices from red meat to turkey or chicken, or flour to gluten free you are already doing what most of the ideas are in this book. Sorry, it was not for me. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 3 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients into Foods and Remedies That Heal

ALCHEMY OF HERBS                                   ROSALEE DE LA FORET

Imagine being prepared for that next cold, scrape, headache, digestive issue, stressful day, or sleepless night with simple ingredients from your cupboard. Instead of pills, reach for:

Cinnamon Tea to soothe your throat . . . Garlic Hummus to support your immune system . . . Ginger Lemon Tea for cold and flu symptoms . . . Cayenne Salve to relieve sore muscles . . . Cardamom Chocolate Mousse Cake for heart health . . . A glass of Spiced Cold Brew Coffee as a powerful antioxidant . . .

Alchemy of Herbs will show you how to transform common ingredients into foods and remedies that heal. What were once everyday flavorings will become your personal kitchen apothecary. While using herbs can often seem complicated or costly, this book offers a way to learn that’s as simple and inexpensive as cooking dinner.

With the guidance of herbalist Rosalee de la Forêt, you’ll understand how to match the properties of each plant to your own unique needs, for a truly personalized approach to health for you and your family. In addition to offering dozens of inspiring recipes, Rosalee examines the history and modern-day use of 29 popular herbs, supporting their healing properties with both scientific studies and in-depth research into herbal energetics.

Grow your knowledge of healing herbs and spices and start using nature’s pharmacy to feed, heal, and nurture your whole family! 

PAT'S REVIEW

The author of this book takes you through the history of herbs and shows you recipes for health and for adding to your regular diet to improve your pain or stomach ailments, tea for a sore throat and many others. You also are given recipes for regular food to just add to your everyday life instead of always using salt and pepper. You also have to remember that though the author makes it out that it is easy to find some are not and you may need to go to a specialty store which is going to cost more, so this book might not be for everyone. Overall a good book. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 3 three stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Holiday Cookies: Showstopping Recipes to Sweeten the Season

HOLIDAY COOKIES                                      ELISABET DER NEDERLANDEN

This instant holiday classic is packed with 50 recipes, each gorgeously photographed and meticulously tested, along with dozens of decorating and packaging ideas. Filled with reimagined favorites like Giant Molasses Spice Cookies and Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies; confections like Peppermint Bark, Smoked Almond, and Cacao Nib Brittle, and Dark Chocolate-Hazelnut Fudge; and detailed instructions for gorgeous gingerbread houses, cookie place cards, and edible ornaments, this is a cookie book like no other. Because the recipes are easy to scale up or down, Holiday Cookies is perfect for cookie exchanges, gift-giving, and just enjoying throughout the season. From a veteran baker and recipe developer, each cookie in this collection is guaranteed to be a stand-out and destined to become your new Christmas classic.

PAT'S REVIEW

I am so late with this review and I know that I should have done this around the holidays but I got caught up with life. Now that is not to say that I did not enjoy this book, because I did! What a fantastic book with not only a great selection of cookies to add to anyone’s recipe box. The author gives you a step by step on each cookie, the dough and then a picture of how the finished product should look. Now for most people I hear that the dough is the most trouble and hear the author gives you help and tells you why it could be wrong. I must say for those you can’t call their grandmother or mother for help anymore this is a go-to book. Her molasses spice cookies remind me of my grandmothers’ which I was never able to get her recipe, she does have a little twist on the way I remember but hay close is close. There is also a recipe for gingerbread if you are into that during the holidays. Anyway you get her icing for different types and one for royal icing. You also are given a look at the different tips for a pastry bag and also how to use one. She also gives you packing ideas as well. You can see that this is a totally through book and should be on anyone’s shelf for cookies. An excellent book. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 star. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

How to Instant Pot: Mastering All the Functions of the One Pot That Will Change the Way You Cook

HOW TO INSTANT POT                                 DANIEL SHUMSKI

The only Instant Pot cookbook that is organized by function,How to Instant Pot is both a guide to understanding the Instant Pot basics and a foodie’s creative collection of over 100 recipes specially crafted to take advantage of the Instant Pot’s many virtues, from cooking perfect risotto in six minutes, no stirring required, to five kinds of yogurt, to creating one-hour killer chili and soups from scratch, using dried beans.

Here’s how to make incredible hands-off meals like Ziti and Italian Sausage, Maple-Mustard Pork Shoulder, and Korean-Style Short Ribs, plus plenty of sides, breakfasts, and desserts. In addition to a set of recipes for each function and master recipes with three variations each, there are surprising shortcuts—basics like quick pickles, perfect hard-boiled eggs, and a 30-minute “baked” potato. It’s the essential purchase for every instant pot owner.

PAT'S REVIEW

This is a cookbook about pressure cooking or the use of a pressure cooker. I must say that they have come a long way from when my father would use ours when I was growing up in the 60’s and 70’s. He usually only cooked meats and made sauerkraut in ours and that is what I learned. Now in this book, the author takes you through how to make yogurt, risotto, chili, and ziti to name just a few dishes that are mentioned and the recipes for these and many other dishes are inside this wonderful book along with easy follow to steps. A very good book. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us atwww.1rad-readerreviews.com

Smashed, Mashed, Boiled, and Baked--and Fried, Too!: A Celebration of Potatoes in 75 Irresistible Recipes

SMASHED, MASHED, BOILED AND BAKED            RAGHAVAN IYER

Who knew a potato could ever taste so good? Raghavan Iyer, that’s who! A master teacher and beloved, award-winning cookbook author, Raghavan pays tribute to his favorite ingredient in a continent-by-continent celebration of the amazing potato. Its recipes, inspired by a diversity of cuisines and accompanied by enticing full-color photographs, feature scrumptious starters, like Ecuadorean Llapingachos and Sweet Potato Samosas. Hearty mains: Canadian Lamb-Potato Tortiѐre, Moroccan Potato Stew with Saffron Biscuits, Potato Lasagna. Plus rich gratins, a boundary-defying Mojito Potato-Pomegranate Salad, luscious sauces and condiments, and even desserts, including a decadent Chocolate Sweet Potato Pound Cake. Includes a guide to potato varieties, uses, and storage, plus fascinating stories in potato history for the truly obsessed.

PAT'S REVIEW

I at first got this book just to see how someone could come up with so many recipes, but he did. Some I actually remembered from when I was a kid, but most were either new ways or with different potatoes. The recipes with the sweet potatoes were good and different. Overall a good book. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Never Let Go (Haven, Montana #2)

NEVER LET GO                                              JILL SANDERS

Trent McGowan has never been the guy who doesn’t get what he wants. He and his brothers are making a go of the oil business, and he’s always had a bit of a reputation with the ladies. Only lately, something’s been missing—something Trent never realized he needed…until he sees his childhood crush standing on the picket line, trying to destroy his company. And what happened to turn sweet Addy Collins into a sexy activist?

Environmentalist Adrianna Collins has returned to her hometown of Haven, Montana, on a mission to stop destructive oil mining. She never imagined that the corporate face on the other side of the protest line would be her lifelong crush. The Trent she remembers is better known for flirting than, uh, fracking, and she can’t believe he’d risk his city to make a quick buck.

Now Trent’s determined to prove that he’s not the person she thinks he is. If he can earn Addy’s trust, he might be able to save his company—and bring Addy home for good.

PAT'S REVIEW

The second book in this series and in this one Adrianna an environmentalist who was also in the first book comes home to protest and find out what Trent and his family are going to do with some land that they bought. The rumor is oil and that is why the protest, but growing up in the area her group thinks she might be able to find out more. The problem with that whole thought is Trent has always liked her and finds ways to spend time with her. This makes her feel good but also adds her to the lists of attacks that keep happening to the family, she also is worried about her job with the protest group. In the middle of all of that, she is dealing with a family problem that becomes much more than it starts out as and adding that with Trent and his family you have a good book. The characters are good, you find out a lot about Adrianna and her family, but you still do not find out who has been causing all of the destruction that has been going on since the first book. That is my only negative in the whole thing. Overall a good story. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Maybe This Time (Whiskey and Weddings #2)

MAYBE THIS TIME                                        NICOLE McLAUGHLIN

Jen Mackenzie has been knocked down more than a few times, but she always gets up and makes sure she has the last word. It’s the reason she now considers herself equal parts self-sufficient and free-spirit. But since losing her job and trying to help her mother beat cancer, real life―and her occasional careless choices―have begun to catch up with her. Her one saving grace: The Stag, a boutique distillery that has become Kansas City’s go-to wedding venue. The only catch: One of the owners, TJ Laughlin, happens to be the one man who somehow manages to make Jen feel inadequate.

TJ has secretly had a thing for Jen since high school. Now, as her new boss, it’s a daily struggle between revealing his feelings and wringing her beautiful neck. Only one thing is for certain: he can’t stand idly by and watch the woman he cares for struggle. She may be convinced that accepting TJ’s help is a weakness. But all he sees in Jen is beauty and strength, inside and out. As things finally heat up between them, can TJ find a way to convince Jen that love is about give and take―and having it all, together? 

PAT'S REVIEW

This is one of those stories where the boy T.J. had a crush on Jen in high school but because they both ran with different people neither the too should go on a date. Now years later and Jen is now working for T.J. because her mother is sick and her community theater job was closed down. She happens to be knocking out the wedding planning at the Kanas City venue where now they are actually thinking of turning customers away because they are so booked. Also, she has been doing a better job than the person before her who she just took over for maternity leave. T.J. must come up with some plane to take her out and share his feelings with her before she runs out of town like she did after high school. Not wanting or thinking that she is good enough for him she is doing everything to avoid him for she liked him also in high school, but was used to people looking down at her and she thinks that he was one of those. Now he must show her his true feelings and when he does hopefully she will stop running. A good story with good characters. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Success with Succulents: Choosing, Growing, and Caring for Cactuses and Other Succulents

SUCCESS WITH SUCCULENTS                   JOHN BAGNNASCO

Cactuses and other succulents are wildly popular in homes the world over, regardless of climate. They're resilient, beautiful, and easy to care for as long as you know what you're doing. Whether you live in a warm, dry climate and want to grow a whole cactus garden outdoors or you'd like to add one of these alluring species to your indoor windowsill, this book has what you need to pick the perfect plants for you and make them thrive.

Success with Succulents is filled with both well-known and unusual species of cactuses and succulents, as well as tips and techniques for caring for these water-sipping species indoors and out. From color combinations, sizes and shapes, and placement to ideal soil selection, container growing, watering, fertilizing, grooming, and propagation, learn everything you need to know about growing succulents. The book also includes more than 100 plant profiles, with details that will help you succeed in gardening prickly and waxy varieties of all kinds.

PAT'S REVIEW

This is the perfect book for that person who does not have a green thumb but still tries to grow plants. You now have the perfect guide on which plants are better for indoors and which are better for outdoors. The author also explains watering, and which plants can be in full sun and which need to be in partial. Just because most are part of the cactus family, not all are good in full sun, why spend the money and watch your plant die. Now you are given a helpful guide in choosing the right cactus for you and once it takes off the author has also given an area in the book for showing the reader on how to separate the plants once they take off without killing them. This book, of course, is not for everyone some people will think they don’t need it, but just how the Aloe Vera cactus has many different varieties there is one that is for healing and you can see the picture of that so when you go to the store to buy one you know you are getting the right one. That is just one example. Overall a very good book with excellent photos and descriptions of every plant. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave this book 5 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Don't Hold Back (To Have and To Hold #2)

DON'T HOLD BACK                                       RENEE DOMINICK

There’s only one man for wild child Jenna McCaffrey — her best friend’s sexy grouch of a brother. For years, she’s wanted to get her hungry hands on the straight-laced professor and break his careful control. She’d come so close once... But now, her friend’s wedding party ranch getaway is the perfect opportunity for a do-over. And poor Rob won’t know what hit him.

Professor Rob Lindgren is close to attaining his final dream — tenure. Unfortunately, the university’s morality clause is making his life hell. He’s dying to let loose, and a weekend away from home is just what he needs... until he sees Jenna. She’s exactly as he remembers — still brash, still bold, still damn near irresistible. And Rob is tired of fighting...

Too bad they can only have one wicked weekend together. No way will Jenna’s wild ways ever fit in Rob’s perfectly planned life…

PAT'S REVIEW

This book is a fast read nothing compared to the action that goes on between the two main characters in Professor Rob Lindgren who is up for tenor and Jenna McCaffrey a wild child and his sister’s best friend. They are now spending a weekend together with others at a ranch for his sister’s wedding celebration. Rob is doing everything to stay away from Jenna but there is something about her that drives his internal need for her when she is near. Jenna wanting him as well has finally decided to walk away from pursuing him when he decides he can’t stay away from her. Jenna must decide whether she finally wants the man she has been going after for years or let him walk away. Let’s just say after a night of hot and some surprising times in the bedroom on Rob’s part it is going to make her choice a little bit easier. A good story with some very good hot scenes. Also has good characters for a fast story, overall a very good book. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Burning Up (Flirting with Fire #1)

BURNING UP                                                   JENNIFER BLACKWOOD

Unemployed schoolteacher Erin Jenkins is back in Portland, the town she hasn’t called home for more than a decade. It’s not the way she wants to spend her last days of summer: in between jobs and avoiding her mother’s snooping by escaping to the ice-cream aisle. But when the opportunity arises for her to accompany her brother’s best friend—her lifetime crush—to a wedding, summer gets a whole lot more interesting.

Firefighter and single dad Jake Bennett has built a nice, safe wall around his heart—no romance, no getting burned. That doesn’t mean he’s ruling out a fling. Considering Erin’s visit is temporary, they’re the perfect fit for a scorching no-strings one-night stand. Or two. Or five. Until the worst thing happens: Erin and Jake are feeling more. Damn that four-letter word.

Now their hearts are on the line, and when their smoldering summer comes to a close, it’s going to be harder than ever to put out the fire. 

PAT'S REVIEW

Erin Jenkins returns home to Portland for the summer after being laid off for the upcoming year of her teaching job in San Francisco. Now home helping her sister take care of their mother who is recovering from surgery, she is still working out all of the family dynamics and why she has this need to leave. She also runs into firefighter and her brother’s friend, Jake Bennett. When they meet at the bakery over her taking his bagel, Jake cannot get over that this is the same person who chased him and her brother around years ago. Now she is a beautiful woman and he is working on still trying to figure out his twelve-year-old daughter. Not wanting to start anything he ends up asking her to a wedding to stop his mother and sisters’ from setting him up. This begins an on again off again meeting and stopping while either one tries to figure out the other one. He finally gets over his idea of her being his best friend’s sister and she decides to tell him that she always had a crush on him in high school and so for a while, things are good until she gets a job offer at her old school. Now wanting to leave, but also think she may have found the right person Erin must decide what to do and who to do it with. This story has funny moments that make up for a few times that it drags, and the characters are all very good. Overall a very good book. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Screwed

SCREWED                                                        KELLY JAMIESON

Cash Hale has been in love with his best friend’s wife forever. Now Callie and Beau are divorced, but she’s still way off-limits. Dating her would betray his friendship with Beau. And Cash is nothing if not loyal.

Callie Sutherland is starting over. The end of her marriage was just one more way she failed to live up to her wealthy family’s expectations, so from now on she’s not even going to try. It’s time to live her life the way she wants. And she wants Cash.

Cash and Beau aren’t just friends, they’re business partners, and the drop in the price of oil has hurt their business. They need to win the bid for Sutherland Industries’ next big project—but it may get messy since Callie’s family owns the business. Not only would Cash risk his friendship with Beau to be with her, he’d be risking the company they worked so hard to create.

But this new Callie isn’t taking no for an answer.

He’s so screwed...

PAT'S REVIEW

A very nice story that really caught by surprise. Cash Hall has really been in love with his best friend wife since they were in college. He has since watched them get married, became business partner with her husband and has now seen them divorced. He cannot believe that his friend would treat a woman like Callie Sutherland the way he did. Now he and Beau just deal with business and since Callie has returned from Europe he finds time to spend with her. She is finding herself looking forward to the time she and Cash can be together and talk, for he is the only person other than a few friends that give her encouragement about her wanting to start a new business. The more time they spend together the more they realize that they are falling for each other, but Cash is confused with the whole friend, business partner and how it will look. He then decides do I want to walk away from her or the business. A very good story and the author takes you back to college and the day when Cash falls for Callie. This is a very good book with many good characters, and like I said much better than I was expecting from the title. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Hooked On You (Chicago Rebels #4)

HOOKED ON YOU                                          KATE MEADER

Violet Vasquez never met her biological father, so learning he left his beloved hockey franchise—the Chicago Rebels—to her is, well, unexpected. Flat broke and close to homeless, Violet is determined to make the most of this sudden opportunity. Except dear old dad set conditions that require she takes part in actually running the team with the half-sisters she barely knows. Working with these two strangers and overseeing a band of hockey-playing lugs is not on her agenda…until she lays eyes on the Rebels captain and knows she has to have him.

Bren St. James has been labeled a lot of things: the Puck Prince, Lord of the Ice, Hell’s Highlander...but it’s the latest tag that’s making headlines: washed-up alcoholic has-been. This season, getting his life back on track and winning the Cup are his only goals. With no time for relationships—except the fractured ones he needs to rebuild with his beautiful daughters—he’s finding it increasingly hard to ignore sexy, all-up-in-his-beard Violet Vasquez. And when he finds himself in need of a nanny just as the playoffs are starting, he’s faced with a temptation he could so easily get hooked on.

For two lost souls, there’s more on the line than just making the best of a bad situation… there might also be a shot at the biggest prize of all: love. 

PAT'S REVIEW

The last book in the series about the three sisters taking ownership of the hockey team for the season. If you have been reading the other books you know it is a little more than that. Now you are given the third sister and daughter of the former owner, Violet Vasquez who throughout the other two books has been working on discovering herself or at least trying too. She is now tasked with watching Bren St. James two daughters while the team goes and plays the away games for the hockey playoffs. Bren and Violet are both working on improving themselves each for different reasons. One thing that Bren is finding out is the reason why she is such a free spirit or comes across that way. He is also finding out that his daughters are connecting with her and he is also and both of those scare him. Violet becomes so confused about her feelings and just about everything that is going with him and her sisters that she takes off for Puerto Rico with the promise to return but this scares her and the people around her. Now she must decide what she wants and go for it. A very good book to go with the other books in the series. I am sorry to see this end. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Macbeth (Hogarth Shakespeare)

MACBETH                                                      JO NESBO

He’s the best cop they’ve got. 

When a drug bust turns into a bloodbath it’s up to Inspector Macbeth and his team to clean up the mess. 

He’s also an ex-drug addict with a troubled past. 

He’s rewarded for his success. Power. Money. Respect. They’re all within reach.

But a man like him won’t get to the top.

Plagued by hallucinations and paranoia, Macbeth starts to unravel. He’s convinced he won’t get what is rightfully his. 

Unless he kills for it.

PAT'S REVIEW

Let me first say that I read this book twice and I really did try to give it a go, but for me, this was not it. Maybe I was looking for what his other character was because this just was not it. I will say I liked the opening and got the 70’s thing and the references. I understood the dark theme and was okay with that as well. But just like Shakespeare, yea I did not get the whole thing even in school. I even went back and looked at Macbeth to try to help with this book a second time and like the 70’s when I was in high school I wanted to read the Godfather start forward crime I could understand, “leave the gun take the cannoli’s”. I am not trying to make light because I know this author has put a lot of effort into writing this book and coming up with all of the characters and so once again I am blaming me and not the author for not enjoying this book, I know others will. It has plenty of action, death, murder mayhem, paranoia, sex all the makings for a great story and one I usually like but there is so much. Anyway I know others will enjoy it. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 3 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Whine with Cheese: (Vineyard Pleasures Series #1)

WHINE WITH CHEESE                                 BROOKE E. WAYNE

Maxine "Max" Novaline just had her heart ripped out by her ex-boyfriend, Bart Moore. Determined to bounce back, she's ready to do some serious damage control on her shattered self-esteem thanks to that narcissistic meathead.

Max heads to Napa Valley's Angel of the Vine Winery, maker of her favorite Moscato, to scout out tours for work and--let's be honest--catch a glimpse of the owner's drool-worthy son, Chase L'Angevin, as seen on YouTube.

Nothing says movin' on like some sweet wine and eye candy. Right?

Chase, who likes the pin-up girl type, starts to pour on the charm the moment he meets this demure beauty. She even blushes over every compliment he gives her like she's been deprived of them.

Lavish the bubbly blonde with all the attention she deserves? Of course.

When their first date rolls into a long, romantic weekend, their chemistry ignites faster than a matchstick in hell.

But, when Max's fears of rushing into another relationship start to haunt her, and Chase becomes all too eager to keep trying to sweep her off her feet, they both find themselves tumbling down a rabbit hole of an adventure in pursuit of what true love is all about.

PAT'S REVIEW

A book that starts off with Maxine trying to decide to stay in her relationship or not when it becomes not. She then takes off for a winery in Napa, meeting Chase the owner's son. When going back for a second date starts off great by the second day Chase must leave with his father for a quick business trip and low and behold Maxine is injured while on a tour and gets short-term memory loss and becomes locked up with her ex again who does some shady things legally. When she finally starts making sense of everything she gets out of dodge in a hurry but Chase is not acting like the Chase before. Now when she goes to France to be with her best friend all she is looking for is friendship. Will Chase come around or will Chase’s cousin fill the void? A good story fast read, I did have a few issues with the ending but that could just be me. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

The Family Tree Italian Genealogy Guide: How to Trace Your Family Tree in Italy

THE FAMILY TREE ITALIAN GENEALOGy GUIDE      MELANIE D. HOLTZ

Say "ciao" to your Italian ancestors! This in-depth guide will walk you through the exciting journey of researching your Italian famiglia both here and in Italy. Inside, you'll find tips for every phase of Italian genealogy research, from identifying your immigrant ancestor and pinpointing his hometown to uncovering records of him in Italian archives.

In this book, you'll find:
--Basic information on starting your family history research, including how to trace your immigrant ancestor back to Italy.
--Strategies for uncovering genealogy records (including passenger lists, draft cards, and birth, marriage, and death records) from both the United States and Italy, with annotated sample records.
--Crash-course guides to Italian history, geography, and names.
--Helpful Italian genealogical word lists.
--Sample letters for requesting records from Italian archives.

Whether your ancestors hail from the island of Sicily or the hills of Piedmont, The Family Tree Italian Genealogy Guide will give you the tools you need to track your family in Italy.

PAT'S REVIEW

This book will give the information and guides to begin the search of your Italian Heritage. The author gives you useful tips but then also provides you with information from Italy on who to go about searching for your relatives. Weather through church records or some legal records. She also gives you address as well. You must remember that in Europe and especially Italy that a lot of the time the local church kept all birth, death and marriage records, so it is easier to start their first then move on to the local office. Also some regions because of the lack of funds especially in the southern towns were not able to keep very good records, so the church is where everyone turned to. This is all explained by the author. She does a great job of giving you the information and then at the end of the book giving you all of the addresses that she explained in the book. A very good book. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com