Ostensibly a romp through all things Italian, Guido’s Credos offers a seriocomic subtext about stereotypes and the societal emphasis on political correctness. In his 39 credos  one for each year he’s lived  author Vinnie Penn rants about everything from growing up in Italian neighborhoods to the church, school, and home décor, weaving in historical facts that supply rich background material. Each of the book’s chapters, from Getting the Boot” to In the Name of the Father, Son, and the Stromboli Spirit,” correlates to a chapter in any proper Italian-American upbringing, as well as the litany of stereotypes that must be endured. Other sections ponder topics such as the unairable episode of COPS: Brooklyn, going inside a pitch meeting for an Olive Garden commercial, how to overact at a wake or funeral, and how the original script for Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding was toned down so as not to frighten the audience.

Guido's Credos: The Paisan Point of View on Everything from Marriage to Macaroni

Humor & Entertainment

Penn, Vinnie

Humor

Sterling & Ross Pub Inc

<p>No one who pursues anything in the arts ever is, especially when the age of 30 comes and people begin to suggest that it might be time to "give it up." To make matters worse, he's pursuing a career in music while playing around town in a popular cover band, and all at the expense of his patient girlfriend Francine. They passed the 10-year-mark as a couple and she's given a deadline of her own: He has 30 days to decide if they will either break up for good or go for it and get married. Now a guy who refuses to grow up, who has a tough time resisting the groupies that follow his cover band around town, and an equally tough time turning down the free drugs, has the most dreaded deadline of all in his lap: A Wedline.</p>

Wedline

Romance

Romano, Mia

Paranormal

Cacoethes Pub House Llc

The world has turned upside down, and has-been radio disc jockey Luke Zombulli - known to what's left of his fans as DJ Zom-B - fights for survival in a civilization gone mad. The dead have come back to life and present an unstoppable, flesh-eating force. His only allies are a flash-in-the-pan pop icon and a burned-out radio sound engineer who may be turning into a zombie himself... what's a deejay to do? Go back on the air, of course. When the government isolates the outbreak to a few states, Zom-B's broadcasts attract more than he hoped. From the feds that want to sterilize the infected areas and everyone in them, to renegade cops dealing with the problem in their own special way, the true terror of his situation is soon revealed...

DJ Zom-B & the Ungrateful Dead

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

23 House

<p>A rollicking, fast-paced tour of the best quick, indulgent, greasy, messy, delectable, and can’t miss eats along (or not far from) Route One from Connecticut to Maine (along the 1-95 corridor). Written with acerbic wit, comedian and talk show host Vinnie Penn takes you to his favorite road trip eateries and even works his magic to persuade these places to bring some of his favorite recipes home to you. Vinnie visits over 100 places, gathers nearly 100 recipes, and packs it all alongside amusing sidebars, can’t miss local roadside attractions and oddities, and hundreds of photos. </p>

Route One Food Run: A Rollicking Road Trip to the Best Eateries from Connecticut to Maine

Business & Money

Industries

Globe Pequot

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