Cultural Region/Italy
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The Hunger of Women
$19.95 Read moreRosa, midway
through life, is alone. Her husband passed away long ago, and her cosmopolitan
daughter is already out the door, keen to marry and move to the city. At loose
ends, Rosa decides to trans- Author: Castaldi, Marosia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 1913505863
- Language: English
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The Prince: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
$17.00 Add to cartA new translation of the infamous Renaissance classic, in a striking deluxe edition
The original blueprint for realpolitik, The Prince shocked sixteenth-century Europe with its advocacy of ruthless t- Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions
- Author: Machiavel, Nicolas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 24 2009
- ISBN10: 0143105868
- Language: English
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The Fisherman’s Tomb: The True Story of the Vatican’s Secret Search
$25.95 Add to cartA Texas oilman. A brilliant female archaeologist. An unknown world underneath the Vatican.
In 1939, a team of workers beneath the Vatican unearthed an early Christian grave. This surprising discovery l
- Author: O’Neill, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 26 2018
- ISBN10: 1681921405
- Language: English
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Listen to Your Vegetables: Italian-Inspired Recipes for Every Season
$45.00 Read moreFood & Wine’s 28 Cookbooks and Food Books to Add to Your Shelf This Fall
Robb Report‘s The 9 Best New Cookbooks to Buy This Fall
From Michelin star- and James Beard Foundation Award-winning chef/owner o
- Author: Grueneberg, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 25, 2022
- ISBN10: 0358647118
- Language: English
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Beach Music
$20.00 Add to cartAn American expatriate in Rome unearths his family legacy in this sweeping novel by the acclaimed author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini
A Southerner living abroad, Jack McCall is scarre- Author: Conroy, Pat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: March 26, 2002
- ISBN10: 0553381539
- Language: English
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Maria Montessori
$15.99 Add to cart*Celebrate Italian Heritage Read (New York Public Library)*
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life o- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #23
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1786037556
- Language: English
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
$27.99 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Si- Series: Liberation Trilogy #2
- Author: Atkinson, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: September 16, 2008
- ISBN10: 080508861X
- Language: English
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The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
$22.00 Add to cartIrving Stone’s classic biographical novel of Michelangelo–the #1 New York Times bestseller in which both the artist and the man are brought to vivid, captivating life.
His time–the turbulent Renais- Author: Stone, Irving
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: September 07 2004
- ISBN10: 0451213238
- Language: English
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Vergil: The Poet’s Life
$26.00 Read moreA biography of Vergil, Rome’s greatest poet, by the acclaimed translator of the Aeneid
“Ms. Ruden has converted the writer of the Aeneid from a noble and stodgy ‘ancient’ into our contemporary . . . p- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Ruden, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: August 22, 2023
- ISBN10: 0300256612
- Language: English
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The Eagle of the Ninth
$12.99 Add to cartRosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninth is the classic story of a young Roman centurion sent out to recover the infamous Ninth Legion’s missing symbol of honor. Over a million copies sold worldwid
- Series: Roman Britain Trilogy #1
- Author: Sutcliff, Rosemary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 09 2010
- ISBN10: 0312644299
- Language: English
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Leonardo’s Notebooks: Writing and Art of the Great Master
$23.99 Add to cartLeonardo’s Notebooks is a biography of the genius in his own words, connecting moments of his life to artistic accomplishments through his writings, drawings, and intimate thoughts.
Leonardo da Vinci- Series: Notebook
- Author: Da Vinci, Leonardo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 24 2013
- ISBN10: 1579129463
- Language: English
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Polpo: A Venetian Cookbook (of Sorts)
$50.00 Add to cartA luscious cookbook of little known Venetian specialties from one of London’s hottest restaurants, accompanied by luminous photographs.
Tucked away in London’s edgy Soho district, Polpo is one of the- Author: Norman, Russell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 30 2012
- ISBN10: 1608199096
- Language: English
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Romeo and Juliet
$5.95 Add to cartThe Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare’s timeless story of star-crossed lovers.
One of the Bard’s most popular plays, this is both the quintessential story of young love and a cautionary t- Series: Signet Classic Shakespeare
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 1, 1998
- ISBN10: 0451526864
- Language: English
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Eyewitness Ancient Rome: Discover One of History’s Greatest Civilizations
$16.99 Add to cartStep into the world of Ancient Rome and explore the rise and fall of a fascinating ancient civilization like never before!
Become an eyewitness to the wonders of one of history’s greatest civilization- Series: DK Eyewitness
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0744056373
- Language: English
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Mamma Milano: Lessons from the Motherland
$60.00 Read moreEmbrace female empowerment with J.J. Martin, founder of world-renowned Milanese lifestyle brand La DoubleJ, in the ultimate insider’s guide to Italy and her magic, Mamma Milano.
Each copy is bound in- Author: Martin, J. J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0865654247
- Language: English
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The City of the Living
$28.00 Read moreA CRIMEREADS AND WORLD LITERATURE TODAY NOTABLE BOOK OF 2023
From Nicola Lagioia, winner of the Strega Prize for Fiction, a spellbinding literary thriller based on the true story of one of the most vic
- Author: Lagioia, Nicola
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1609458311
- Language: English
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The Emperor’s Handbook: A New Translation of the Meditations
$25.00 Add to cartA powerful and accessible translation of Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations, an essential book on character, leadership, and how to live a fulfilling life.
Marcus Aurelius ruled the Roman Empire at its hei- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 26 2002
- ISBN10: 0743233832
- Language: English
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Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling
$19.99 Add to cart“A fresh and rigorously researched take on Christianity’s founding.”–Publishers Weekly
The first Christians were weird. Just how weird is often lost on today’s believers.Within Roman society, the earl… [more below]
- Author: Gupta, Nijay K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 1587435179
- Language: English
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The Pocket Stoic
$15.00 Add to cartTo counter the daily anxieties, stress, and emotional swings caused by the barrage of stimuli that plagues modern life, many people have been finding unexpected solace in a philosophy from a very diff… [more below]
- Author: Sellars, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 022668296X
- Language: English
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Queens of a Fallen World: The Lost Women of Augustine’s Confessions
$30.00 Read moreFINALIST: THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2023
The vibrant and surprising lives of the women in Augustine’s Confessions
While many know of Saint Augustine and his Confessions, few are aware of how his life- Author: Cooper, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 18, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541646010
- Language: English
