********* Yo Capeesh ******** *          

Jim Caridi M.D. is currently an Associate Professor of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at the University of Florida. As a third generation Italian American raised in New York he credits much of his personal and professional success to multiple injections of heritage along with a strong dose of humor.  

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Hi Jim,  

I am a retired NY Police Officer and a life member of the NYPD Columbia  Assn. and check their guest book regularly. I saw your entry and sent for your book and I had a great time reading it laughing at the memories it brought back. Thank you for writing this book. I will buy a few copies to give as xmas presents. I also will leave a message to my fellow Columbian members
how I enjoyed the book.

ciao  

Johnny bee

Reviewers choice review of  "Yo Capeesh"  

I just finished Yo Capeesh and can't stop smiling! In one hundred and seven pages Jim Caridi, a Radiology Associate Professor at the University of Florida gives his readers a hilarious crash course on Italian-Americans.  This very funny, informative book covers it all! There's a chapter on
basic phrases accompanied by pictures that will crack you up! There's also information on Italian-Americans ranging from famous artists, authors, educators, entertainers to sports figures. There are also lists of children's names, even a section on foods and festivals by states and cities. And web sites.
       Caridi has done the virtually impossible, in a relatively short space he's provided a sampling of an American sub-culture and made it fun reading.
       Don't forget to check out this fascinating book. It's a bargain at $9.95 US and available at yocapeesh.com, iuniverse.com, booksamillion.com and barnesandnoble.com. Or order at any Barnes & Noble, Borders or Books A
Million store. 

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Review by Nancy Madison, author of Romantic Suspense and Romantic
Comedy at Ebooksonthe.net, BookSurge,Amazon,BN.com.  

Barnes and Noble (average rating )

A reviewer, May 31, 2002,

Great gift book. I received this book as a gift and enjoyed it front to back. There's a little something for everyone; History, humor, nostalgia, etc. The Italian-American to American translation section is not only entertaining but actually useful as a quick reference during those Soprano reruns! Highly recommend.

A reviewer, May 29, 2002,

Great!
For anyone who ever wanted to be DeNiro, this is the secret formula. Great humor, great insights. You will be changed by this book!  

Amazon.com (average rating ) 

 

This book is a hilarious guide to the funny and interesting culture of Italian Americans. After I let my little Italian mother read my copy she bought 5 copies to distribute as presents. It's a book that doesn't take itself too seriously and I laughed the whole way through. Caridi's expression on the cover says it all, "Yo Capeesh." Grazie paisan.

  Reviewer: Italian Stallion from USA, April 13, 2003

  Yo Capeesh a/k/a Understanding "The Sopranos", January 6, 2003  

Reviewer: Dorothy M. Angello from Hammonton, NJ United States  

Anyone who watches The Sopranos and is not Italian-American, needs this book as a reference. Growing up in an Italian-American family in South Jersey and being quite familiar with most sayings, there are quite a few I do not immediately recognize. This book certainly helps. It also is a fun book to have around when the entire family comes over for the traditional Sunday afternoon macaroni dinner. My neices and nephews are able to understand their heritage since the relatives who came through Ellis Island are all deceased. This is the first book I have ever read that gets down to the "real" slang and dialect regular Italians use rather than the formal conversational Italian. Nonna Bettina and Nonno Giuseppe would have been proud of the way this book speaks their language!

  Va bene, January 4, 2003

Funny? Forgedaboudit! If you're an Italian-American (like me), definitely get this. You'll see a lot of yourself, your family & friends in these pages. If you're NOT Italian-American, buy it anyway... OR ELSE! No seriously, great stuff... especially the chapter entitled "How The Boys Say It".

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