"Growing Up Italian in the 50s" by Tom (Thomas) DePaoli speaks to the heart of the baby boomer generation. Whether you're Greek, Irish, Russian or Cuban, chances are your family has deep pride in your ancestry. Tom DePaoli shares not only his pride in being Italian, but also his childhood in a small Pennsylvanian town in his memoir, "Growing Up Italian in the 50s" (ISBN 1467992364). While children today are surrounded by video games, iPods and personal computers, DePaoli believes that his childhood in the 1950s was much better than those today. He demonstrates how he and his neighborhood...