About Italy

Instead of inquiring why the Roman empire was destroyed, we should rather be surprised that it had subsisted so long'Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire compresses thirteen turbulent centuries into an epic narrative shot through with insight, irony and incisive character analysis. Sceptical about Christianity, sympathetic to the b...

Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. During the restless summer weeks, unrelenting but buried currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion as they test the charged ground betwe...

This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller is ?a captivating story of love lost and found? (Kirkus Reviews) set in the lush Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hours.It was love at first sight when actress Tembi met professional chef, Saro, ...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, Fiction, About, Italy, Travel lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

Into the 'autobiography' of ClauClauClaudius, the pitiful stammerer who was destined to become Emperor in spite of himself, Graves packs the everlasting intrigues, the depravity, the bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, soon to culminate in the deified insanity of Caligula.I, Claudius and its sequel, Claudius...

Librarian's Note: alternate cover edition for this edition is in here.Italo Calvino imagines a novel capable of endless mutations in this intricately crafted story about writing and readers.If on a Winter's Night a Traveler turns out to be not one novel but ten, each with a different plot, style, ambience, and author, and each interrupted at a mome...

A modern masterpiece from one of Italy?s most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense, and generoushearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante?s inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on the nature of friendship...

?The great plague novel.? ?The New YorkerSet in Lombardy during the Spanish occupation of the late 1620s, The Betrothed tells the story of two young lovers, Renzo and Lucia, prevented from marrying by the petty tyrant Don Rodrigo, who desires Lucia for himself. Forced to flee, they are then cruelly separated, and must face many dangers including pl...

Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man?s incredible courage and resilience during one of history?s darkest hours. Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He?s a normal Italian teenager?obsessed with music, food, and girls?but his days of innocence are number...

?The rise and fall of Venice?s empire is an irresistible story and [Roger] Crowley, with his rousing descriptive gifts and scholarly attention to detail, is its perfect chronicler.??The Financial Times The New York Times bestselling author of Empires of the Sea charts Venice?s astounding fivehundredyear voyage to the pinnacle of power in an epic...

In SPQR, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome "with passion and without technical jargon" and demonstrates how "a slightly shabby Iron Age village" rose to become the "undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean" (Wall Street Journal). Hailed by critics as animating "the grand sweep and the intimate details that bring the distant...

They had met and married on perilously short acquaintance, she an American chef and food writer, he a Venetian banker. Now they were taking another audacious leap, unstitching their ties with exquisite Venice to live in a roughly renovated stable in Tuscany.Once again, it was love at first sight. Love for the timeless countryside and the ancient vi...

There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, history and decay. But the evil that does occasionally rear its head is the jurisdiction of Guido Brunetti, the suave, urbane vicecommissario of police and a genius at detection. Now all of his admirable abilities must come into play in the deadly aff...

?Extra Virgin is pure delight. Annie Hawes has written a memoir as lovely as the Italian Riviera.? ? Susan Isaacs, New York Times Bestselling AuthorIn 1983, a pale Annie Hawes and her equally pale sister leave England for the sundrenched olive groves of a small Italian town in Liguria. With fantasies of handsome tanned men and swimming in the sea ...

From the awardwinning author of The Shell Collector and About Grace comes an evocative memoir of the timeless beauty of Rome and the daytoday wonderment of living, writing, and raising twin boys in a foreign city....

Growing up in Brisbane in the 1970s and 80s, Zoë Boccabella knew if you wanted to fit in, you did not bottle tomatoes, have plastic on the hallway carpet or a glory box of Italian linens. Though she tried to be like "everyone else," refusing to learn Italian and even dyeing her dark hair blonde, Zoë couldn?t shake the unsettling sense of feeling "h...

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the YearA New York Public Library Best Book of the YearFrom the author of M and A Death in Brazil comes Midnight in Sicily.South of mainland Italy lies the island of Sicily, home to an ancient culture thatwith its stark landscapes, glorious coastlines, and extraordinary treasure troves of art and arche...

What happens if you decide to make a dream come true Newly retired and looking for more than a vacation, John and Nancy Petralia intrepidly pack a few suitcases and head to the "perfect" Italian city. Within days their dream becomes a nightmare. After residing in two Italian cities, negotiating the roads and healthcare, discovering art, friends, f...

Elizabeth von Arnim's novel tells the story of four dissimilar women in 1920s England who leave their damp and rainy environments to go on a holiday to a secluded coastal castle in Italy. Mrs Arbuthnot and Mrs Wilkins, who belong to the same ladies' club, but have never spoken, become acquainted after reading a newspaper advertisement for a small m...

At its height, Renaissance Florence was a center of enormous wealth, power, and influence. A republican citystate funded by trade and banking, its often bloody political scene was dominated by rich mercantile families, the most famous of which were the Medici. This enthralling book charts the family's huge influence on the political, economic and ...

In 1967 Eric and Wanda Newby fulfilled a longcherished dream when they bought a rundown farmhouse in northern Tuscany, in the foothills of the Italian Alps. They were the first foreigners to live in the region. A Small Place in Italy describes how the house was restored with the help of their neighbors, a colorful cast of characters who quickly b...

Frances Mayes invites us back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity, and food there and throughout Italy.Frances Mayes, whose enchanting #1 New York Times bestseller Under the Tuscan Sun made the world fall in love with Tuscany, invites us back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity, and food there and throughout Italy....

From the author of the bestselling A Venetian Affair, here is the charming chronicle of his search for the identity of a mysterious old rose. Andrea di Robilant?s tale takes us back to the time of Josephine Bonaparte, as well as into some of the most delightful rose gardens in Italy today, brought to colorful life on the page in the watercolors of...

In this deliciously seductive account of an Italian neighborhood with a statue of the Virgin at one end of the street, a derelict bottle factory at the other, and a wealth of exotic flora and fauna in between, acclaimed novelist Tim Parks celebrates ten years of living with his wife, Rita, in Verona, Italy. Via Colombre, the main street in a villag...

"To see the country by train is to consider the crux of the essential Italian dilemma: Is Italy part of the modern world, or not"from the introduction Travel writer Tim Parks's bestselling books on Italy have been hailed as "so vivid, so packed with delectable details, [they] serve as a more than decent substitute for the real thing" (Los Angel...

In this classic 1888 novella, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest to acquire some letters and other private documents that once belonged to the deceased Romantic poet Jeffrey Aspern. Attempting to gain access to the papers, the property of Aspern's former mistress, he rents a room in a decaying Venetian villa where the woman lives wit...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, About, Italy, Travel, Hobbies lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for big-picture nonfiction and accessible learning. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

"She walks down the street with a swing in her step and a lift to her head. She radiates allure as if followed by a personal spotlight. She may be tall or short, slim or pneumatically curvaceous, dressed discreetly or ostentatiouslyit matters not. Her gait, her composure, the very tilt of her head is an ode to grace and selfpossession that makes...

Venice, 1681. Glassblowing is the lifeblood of the Republic, and Venetian mirrors are more precious than gold. Jealously guarded by the murderous Council of Ten, the glassblowers of Murano are virtually imprisoned on their island in the lagoon. But the greatest of the artists, Corradino Manin, sells his methods and his soul to the Sun King, Louis X...

The bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun discovers the hidden pleasures of Italy in a sumptuous travel narrative that crisscrosses the country, with inventive new recipes celebrating Italian cuisine. Don't miss Frances Mayes in PBS's Dream of Italy: Tuscan Sun Special!"Reading this book is a vacation in itself."The New York Times Book Revie...

The author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil returns after more than a decade to give us an intimate look at the "magic, mystery, and decadence" of the city of Venice and its inhabitants.Venice, a city steeped in a thousand years of history, art and Architecture,, teeters in precarious balance between endurance and decay. Its architectural ...

From the Mediterranean to the Alps, from fine art to fine pasta, experience Italy with Rick Steves! Inside Rick Steves Italy 2020 you'll find:Comprehensive coverage for planning a multiweek trip to ItalyRick's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with rankings of his mustsee favoritesTop sights and hidden gems, from...

Ready to experience Rome The experts at Fodor?s are here to help. Fodor?s Rome travel guide is packed with customizable itineraries with top recommendations, detailed maps of Rome, and exclusive tips from locals. Whether you want to tour the Roman Forum, explore the Vatican, or marvel at the Colosseum, this userfriendly guidebook will help you pl...

Italy, 1943 ? Germany occupies much of the country, placing the Jewish population in grave danger during World War II. As children, Eva Rosselli and Angelo Bianco were raised like family but divided by circumstance and religion. As the years go by, the two find themselves falling in love. But the church calls to Angelo and, despite his deep feeling...

Named one of ?10 Fascinating Books about Living in a Foreign Country? by Huffington Post. When Michelle Damiani dreamed of living in Italy, she imagined her family as it was in Virginia?her husband filling every moment with work, her teenage son experimenting with sarcasm, her daughter smiling at the scent of lilacs, her babycheeked son methodical...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, About, Italy, Travel, Hobbies lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for big-picture nonfiction and accessible learning. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

Walk in the footsteps of the Medici, sip aperitivi, and discover the cultural heart of Italy: with Rick Steves, Tuscany is yours to discover. Inside Rick Steves Florence & Tuscany you'll find:Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more exploring Florence and TuscanyRick's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, wi...

Discover the Italian knack for la dolce vita.Whether you want to explore the evocative ruins of an ancient empire, traverse Tuscany's vineyardcloaked hills, or simply sip espresso and watch the world go by, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Italy has to offer.From erupting volcanoes to magnificent coastal scenery, ...

One of the New York Times?s Ten Best Books of the Year: These traditional stories of Italy, retold by a literary master, are ?a treasure? (Los Angeles Times). Filled with kings and peasants, saints and ogres?as well as some quite extraordinary plants and animals?these two hundred tales bring to life Italy?s folklore, sometimes with earthy humor, ...

It was to Lucania, a desolate land in southern Italy, that Carlo Levi?a doctor, painter, philosopher, and man of letters?was confined as a political prisoner because of his opposition to Italy's Fascist government at the start of the Ethiopian war in 1935. While there, Levi reflected on the harsh landscape and its inhabitants, peasants who lived th...

A summer in Italy turns into a road trip across Tuscany in this sweeping debut novel filled with romance, mystery, and adventure.Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn?t in the mood for Italy?s famous sunshine and fairytale landscape. She?s only there because it was her mother?s dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kin...

Celebrating the 500th anniversary of Michelangelo?s David, New American Library releases a special edition of Irving Stone?s classic biographical novel?in which both the artist and the man are brought to life in full. A masterpiece in its own right, this novel offers a compelling portrait of Michelangelo?s dangerous, impassioned loves, and the God...

In Leon's fifth Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery, the beating of renowned art historian Dotoressa Brett Lynch draws the contemporary Venetian police detective out of his warm and loving home and into the yearly onslaught of acqua alta, the torrential winter rains.Brett, an American who spearheaded a recent exhibition of Chinese pottery in Venice,...

Escorted tours are highly regimented and expensive averaging $300$500 per person per day excluding airfare. Bob Kaufman knows. For over 30 years he ran National Travel Vacations, Inc. a tour operator who offered escorted tours on contract to travel agents. If you don?t want to be told that you must be on the bus at 8 AM, and that you have only one...

?Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other?. New York TimesThis eBook is Lonely Planet?s latest Italy guide book and includes: ? 15 authors, 13 volcanoes, 7600km of coastline and hundreds of Renaissance masterpieces ? Inspirational photos, pullout city map, 3D plans of iconic sights, comprehensive planning tools, special Eat & Drink Li...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Sicily is your passport to the most relevant, uptodate advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Soak up history in charming Syracuse, hike Stromboli's lavastrewn crater, or visit crumbling castles in gorgeous hill towns all with your trusted tr...

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It was a wedding invitation that changed everything for Floriana...If she hadn't been so distracted at the thought of having to witness the one true love of her life get married, she would have seen the car coming. If she'd seen the car coming, there would have been no need for elderly spinster Esme Silcox and local property developer Adam Strong t...