"Some sort of battle fatigue, fairly common with soldiers returning from Korea. It should take care of itself over time," the camp psychiatrist assured him. Jack Rossi wasn't so sure but wasn't overly concerned. He was finally back from his tour of duty and had plans to make, places to go. Places that didn't include the area in Massachusetts where he grew up, but fate had other plans. It is almost Christmas, but neither the holidays nor the familiar surroundings where he now finds himself, can protect him from the unexplained anxiety attacks that continue to intensify or the very real...

Can two guys enjoy a trip to Italy with their wives and still like each other at the end? That's not a rhetorical question; we'd really like to know because we couldn't pull it off. When one of your traveling companions is Dean "Dino" D'Adamo, and the rest are human beings, you get one part vacation and one part failed sociology experiment.

"The Italian Journals" is a unique and hilarious take on the classic vacation to Rome, Florence, and Venice. You'll actually read two separate accounts of the same trip, and at times ask yourself if it actually was the same trip. We ask ourselves the...