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 Closet Italians: A Dazzling Collection of Illustrious Italians with Non-Italian Names, written by Nick J. Mileti, traces the last 2,000 years of history through the lives of 175 individuals whose names tend to hide their Italian ethnicity. The book highlights the contributions and accomplishments of Italians and Italian Americans, while bringing the stories behind their names to light.
The 358-page book was researched for four years, and the table of contents organizes each section of the book chronologically, according to the year each person was born. The wide array of biographical entries ranges from philosophers to movies stars and athletes to politicians. For example, Vitruvius, the Roman architect and engineer, born circa 90 B.C., is the first entry, and the final entry is Alicia Keys, Grammy Award-winning singer and musician born in 1981.
Mileti has been named one of Cleveland's 30 most influential people in the last 30 years by Cleveland Magazine . In addition to being an attorney, he was a consultant to non-profit groups for the elderly, and owned many national sports teams and arenas in Ohio. Currently, Mileti resides in Florida where he continues his education of all things Italian and focuses on his writing career.
Dr. W. Tom Wiseman
Dr. W. Tom Wiseman, the second of four children, entered the U.S. Marine Corps in 1969, earning the Combat Action Ribbon while serving as a radio operator in the 1st Bn. 5th Marines in Vietnam. Tom later became mayor of his hometown, Defiance, Ohio. After retiring from local government, the father of two now teaches at Bowling Green State University, Defiance College, and Northwest State Community College.
 Reclaiming the Soul by Dr. W. Tom Wiseman & Dr. Theresa Bowen
Although it had been nearly 33 years since Tom Wiseman, political science, served in the Marine Corps in Vietnam, the demons that took up residence within him during that war continued to haunt him.
Neither the passage of time nor the many accomplishments over three decades of service to his community and fellow veterans had healed the wounds inflicted upon his psyche, he said. Perhaps out of an unexpressed need to regain inner peace, he continually thought about going back to the war-torn country he had left behind upon his return from the service.
As it turned out, Wiseman was not alone in his urge to revisit Vietnam. In 2002, he and two veteran friends made the journey back in an effort to reclaim their souls. Wiseman wrote about the experience in a book by the same name: Reclaiming the Soul, co-authored with Theresa Bowen, was published last summer by PublishAmerica.
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