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Attanasio, Sandro, Parole Di Sicilia: Frasi, espressioni, detti, paragoni, proverbi e "vastasate", 424 pp., Mursia, Milano, 1989. ISBN 88-425-0318-5. This is another of those books of proverbs organized alphabetically by the first word of the proverb and arbitrarily put into categories chosen by the author.

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LaMattina, Lina, Chiddu Ca Nun Si Vidi, 86 pp., Edizioni Arci Sicilia, 1995.

LaMattina, Lina, 'Na vuci a la scurata, 95 pp., Edizioni Arci Sicilia, 1997.

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Martoglio, Nino, The Poetry of Nino Martoglio: Selections from Centona, edited, introduced and translated by Gaetano Cipolla, 304 pp., LEGAS, New York, 1993. Pueti D'Arba Sicula Series, Vol. II, Series Editor: Gaetano Cipolla.

Meli, Giovanni, Don Chisciotti and Sanciu Panza, Revized edition, Translation, Introduction and Notes by Gaetano Cipolla, 316 pp., LEGAS, New York, 2002. Pueti D'Arba Sicula Series, Vol. VI, Series Editor: Gaetano Cipolla.

Menighetti, Romolo & Nicastro, Franco, translated into English by Gaetano Cipolla, History Of Autonomous Sicily (1947-2001), LEGAS: Sicilian Studies, Vol. VII, Brooklyn, 2002.

Moceo, Pietro, Semu Ricchi E Nuddu U Sapi, 173 pp., Dario Flaccovio Editore, Palermo, 2009. Serious and facetious Sicilian sayings, with explanatory text in Italian.

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Norris, Rosalie N., editor and translator, Customs and Habits of the Sicilian Peasants, 256 pp., Associated University Presses, Inc., East Brunswick, New Jersey, 1981.

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Pitrè, Giuseppe, Canti Popolari Siciliani, Vol. I, Clio, Palermo, 1891, 438 pp., Gruppo Editoriale Brancato - Clio - Biesse - Nuova Bietti, S. G. La Punta (CT), 1993. Written in Sicilian and Italian. This is a reprint of the 1891 second edition. The first section of 173 pp. is a critical study of Sicilian Folk Music. The next section, from p 177 to 410 is a collection of the text of folksongs organized into 28 categories from The beauty of women to Farces. Each song is explained and copiously footnoted. The final two small sections are songs dealing with Flowers and songs used during Carneval.

Pitrè, Giuseppe, Il Vespro Siciliano: Nelle Tradizioni Popolari Della Sicilia, Luigi Pedone Lauriel, Editore, Palermo, 1882, 125 pp., Cultura Nuova Libri - Utopia Edizioni, 1987. Written in Sicilian and Italian. This delightful little volume recounts 24 variations of the incredible "Vespro" story as told in the various towns of Sicily. It's followed by a handful of proverbs, some popular "Canti" and some children's games, all of which are related to the Vespers. Each proverb, song, or game is annotated by Pitrè.

Pitrè, Giuseppe, Proverbi Siciliani Raccolti E Confrontati Con Quelli Degli Altri Dialetti D'Italia, Vol. II, A cura di Loredana Bellantonio, Documenta Edizioni S.D.C., Comiso (RG), 2002, 315 pp.

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Pitrè, Christian E. Wentrup., 1870, Grammatica Siciliana del dialetto e delle parlate, 92 pp., Flaccovio Editore, Palermo, 1995.

Privitera, Joseph F., Ph.D.,., Beginner's Sicilian, Hippocrene Books, New York, 159pp, 1998. This is an excellent little grammar that's packed with useful vocabulary for everyday occasions including ten lessons with topics such as: Arrival at the Airport, Introductions, By Taxi and Bus, The Hotel, etc. It also has brief discussions of Sicilian geography, history, politics, economics, and arts and letters.

Privitera, Joseph F., Ph.D.,., Sicilian: The Oldest Romance Language,LEGAS, Brooklyn, New York, 90pp, 2002.

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Provenzano, Antonino, Vinissi... I'd Love to Come...,LEGAS, Brooklyn, 175pp, 1995. Pueti D'Arba Sicula Series, Vol. IV, Series Editor: Gaetano Cipolla.

Provenzano, Antonino, Tornu/ The Return,LEGAS, Mineola, NY, 165pp, 1995. Pueti D'Arba Sicula Series, Vol. VIII, Series Editor: Gaetano Cipolla, Translated into English berse by Gaetano Cipolla.

Ragona, Antonino, Caltagirone: Itinerario Storico - Artistico,Edizione Greco, Catania, 159pp, 1992.

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Ragusa, Giovanni, Vocabolario italiano - siciliano ibleo, Volume Primo, 463pp., Editrice Pro-loco-modica, 1991. This is an unusual Italian - Sicilian dictionary. The author very carefully renders the Sicilian in the Ibleo dialect of the area around Modica.

Regione Siciliana, Sicily: A year's events and festivals, 112pp., Touring Club Italiano, 2004.

Rinaudo, Claudio, U lampiuni, 101pp., THULE, Palermo, 1998. This is a book of Sicilian poetry that reflects the author's profound sense of humor.

Rinaudo, Claudio, 2000 Risate, with a preface by Maxmiliano Bancheri, 126pp., Edizioni EraNova, Delia (CL), 2000.

Ruggeri, Peppino, Prigheri e canzuneddi divoti dâ Sicilia, Prayers and Devotional Songs of Sicily,180pp., LEGAS, Mineola, NY, 2009.

Runciman, Steven, The Sicilian Vespers: A history of the Mediterranean World in the Later Thirteenth Century, Cambridge University Press, 1958. This is an interesting, much quoted, but disquieting book to read. Interesting and much quoted because it is in English and deals with the very intriguing history of the Sicilian Vespers. Disquieting because the author picks and chooses his way through the facts to put forth his own point of view and discounting the differing views of Michele Amari, whose three volume work he professes to admire.

Salomone-Marino, Salvatore., (1846-1916), Costume e usancze dei contadini di Sicilia, edited and translated into english by Rosalie N. Norris, see above.

Scianò, Giuseppe, Sicilia, Sicilia, Sicilia!; Diario Politico Di Un Indipendentista Nel Primo Anno Dell Terzo Millennio, 236pp., Edizione Anteprima, Palermo, 2004.

Sciascia, Leonardo, Sicily as Metaphor, 143pp., Translated into English by James Marcus, The Marlboro Press, Marlboro VT, 1994.

Shakespeare, William, A Sicilian Shakespeare: A Bilingual Edition of All His Sonnets, Trans. Renzo Porcelli, 102pp., LEGAS, Brooklyn, NY, 2001.

Spampinato, Alfio, L'Economia Senza Etica E' Diseconomia, 136pp., Centro Internazionale Studi Luigi Sturzo, Il Sole 24 Ore Pirola S.p.A. Milano, 1996.

Spoto, Salvatore, Sicilia Antica, Usi, costumi e personaggi dalla Preistoria alla società greca, nell'isola culla della civiltà europea, 352pp., Newton & Compton editori, Roma, 2002.

Sucato, Ignazio, La Lingua Siciliana, Origine E Storia, 2a ed., 125pp., Edizioni La Via, Palermo, 1975. Written in Italian. This is a collection of very brief essays arranged chronlogically from the time of the Phoenicians to the present. He attempts to show, with vocabulary lists, how the various occupiers of Sicily contributed words to the Sicilian vocabulary.

Traina, Antonino, Vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano, 1159 pp., Palermo, 1868, Reprint, s. a. s., undated.

Tribalto, Carmela Caruso, Ciuri...Ciuri: Folklore Gioia E Dolore Nelle Canzoni Siciliane, 104 pp., Editrice Giannotta, Catania, 1989.

Varano, Pasquale, Wisdom Through The Ages: Italian And English Proverbs And Quotations, 176 pp., LEGAS, Mineola, New York, 2004.

Veneziano, Antonio, Ninety Love Octaves, 123 pp., LEGAS, Mineola, New York, 2006. Edited, Introduced, and Translated into English Verse by Gaetano Cipolla. Pueti D'Arba Sicula Series, Vol. VII, Series Editor: Gaetano Cipolla.

Verga, Giovanni, Little Novels of Sicily: Stories, Translated and with an Introduction by D.H. Lawrence, 149 pp., Stteerforth Italia an imprint of Steerforth Press, Hanover, New Hampshire, 2000.

Virgilio, Eneide, 581 pp., Giulio Einaudi editore s.p.a., Torino, 1967 e 1989.

Vitiello, Justine, Labhyrinths and Volcanoes" Windings through Sicily, 119 pp., LEGAS, Brooklyn, New York, 1999. A wide ranging, thought provoking book with some beautiful poetry translations interspersed.

Viviano, Frank, Blood Washes Blood: A True Story of Love, Murder, and Redemption Under The Sicilian Sun, 270 pp., Pocket Books, New York, 2001.

Wentrup, Christian F., translated and annotated by Giuseppe Pitrè, Grammatica Siciliana del dialetto e delle parlate, 1875, with an introduction by Giovanni Ruffino, 94 pp., Flaccovio Editore, Palermo, 1995.

Wright, Clifford A., Cucina Paradiso: the heavenly food of Sicily, 274 pp., Simon & Schuster, New York, 1992.

Zinna, Lucio, Proverbi Siciliani, 128 pp., Reprint, s. a. s., Palermo, 1995. Sicilian proverbs translated into Italian. A collection of 546 proverbs organized by subject.