My family emigrated from Nova Gorica four generations ago, and I would like to begin learning the slovene language. does anyone have any tips on where to begin, and what materials I should get for avoid? I have Talk Now! Slovene but it is pretty limited.

I wish Rosetta Stone or Pimsleur would release a Slovene language course. T.T

I think these 'teach yourself' kind of books usually suck. Pretty much all of the stuff in those books can be found in links such as this one: http://www.ff.uni-lj.si/publikacije/sft/

If you're looking for actual books, I suggest you take a look here:
https://knjigarna.ff.uni-lj.si/knjigeff_en.asp?katedra=130


And if you're really willing to dig deep, take a deep breath and good luck with:
http://www.theslovenian.com/articles/2008/greenberg.pdf

There's also an excellent grammar by William Derbyshire, the very best in my opinion. I can't find the link right now but if you have time to google it you'll find its complete pdf. It's called "Basic Reference Grammar of Slovene".

Grammars can be a bit overwhelming at first, but if you really want to master the language it's really worth having one nearby

Let us know how your learning process goes!
Too bad this forum is pretty much dead - but hey, I take a look in here from time to time!