Italy Books

Published in 1881, this is chronicles the author's love for Italy and the rest he enjoyed there in a lifetime of holidays. Chapters concentrate on a specific town, castle or church with drawings and asides that provide context for his recollections. Reminds me of the difference between traveling and tourism.

My father ( who passed last year at 92) told many stories of his childhood in Altavilla .. this book is right on the money! I have been there several times and things are as he says.. This beautiful, simple and wonderful little village is so special.. I am so proud to say .. both my parents where from there. This book is so true and specific to this great little town. He covers dialect, food, customs, and other details that I only ever heard from my Father .. a native as is this author..
If you have any ancestors from this part of the world.. get this book.. it is amazing!! If not, get the book anyway.. it is a delight!

As a customer from US, I often think of London and the wonderful food we always get at la famiglia, I was delighted when I was there last week and found Alvaro had written a book containing many of our favorite recipes. can't wait to start trying them at home.. The book is as dlightful as Alvaro himself, no wonder he has been so sucessful for the last 30 years.

14 month sojourn of the author's in-depth profiles of the very diverse regions and people throughout Italy. Beautifully descriptive, with a full open-hearted portrayal entertaining from the first to the last page.

This is one of the most innovative books I have read on the subject of comparative history. It brings a breath of fresh air to the field. Both professionals and amateurs who are interested in American and Italian history will find it intellectually stimulating.
The authors provide well-crafted essays which touch on some of the most controversial topics related to both Souths. Slavery and labour relations, the ideology of the landed elites, modernisation and backwardness are all topics treated at length in the contributions. Particularly impressive is the attempt by a few authors, such as Enrico Dal Lago and Donna Gabaccia, to write explicitely comparative essays.
The introduction to the book not only sets the guidelines for the entire comparative project, but it will also be an inspiration for any future scholar who will have in mind to study a specific aspect of this fascinating comparison between the American South and the Italian Mezzogiorno.
This is a MUST read for both comparative historians and American and Italian historians alike. At the same time students and non academics will find it an extremely interesting book.

The American Express Travel Guide of Amsterdam (1992), written by Derek Blythe, has been re-written by Carol Winkelman and re-published as Travel&Leisure: Amsterdam (1997). Travel&Leisure magazine, in conjunction with Macmillan Travel, designed this new version of the book for a larger audience that includes young travelers, budget travelers, babyboomer travelers, discriminating travelers, and business travelers. The new book is a combination of traditional and offbeat travel guide, helping the reader find his/her way to hotels, restaurants, museums, and historical sites while also taking him/her "inside" Amsterdam to experience its cafe culture, lively arts scene, and famous nightlife. The new book, like The American Express Guide, includes an excursion to Rotterdam that leads the reader from the historic to the ultramodern.

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Anatomy of Perjury: Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, Via Rasella, and the GINNY Mission is a scholarly treatise piecing together the answer to a World War II mystery - and the lies that enabled German Field Marshal Albert Kesselring to escape execution for his war crime. In the failed GINNY II mission, an Office of Strategic Services operational group landed on the Ligurian coast north of La Spezia with orders to destroy party of the coastal railroad; when the mission failed, the Allied soldiers surrendered to enemy forces. Two days later, they were executed. Author Richard Raiber engaged in meticulous research of microfilmed German operational records to reveal that Albert Kesselring was present at La Spezia, and undoubtedly confirmed the order to execute captured American soldiers in regulation uniforms. His efforts to cover his tracks, including the perjury of his subordinates, saved him from the death sentence swiftly meted out to General Anton Dostler, who was also complicit in the war crime. A detailed, in-depth study, especially recommended for college library and World War II military history shelves.

This book gives a fascinating guide to the churches of the city of Rome up to the 7th century. Not only does it show how the architecture developed and how existing buildings were adapted to liturgical use, but also how (not for the last time) the Christian Church became an arm of the state. It is a pity that the publishers did not have the text of the English translation proof-read by a native speaker but, in spite of the fact that it often clunks and is unidiomatic, the meaning is usually perfectly clear. The superb illustrations and copious plans more than make up, however, for the faults of the text and I recommend it very highly.

This book is invaluable when visiting ancient monuments in Sicily because so many are in pieces with very little signage, and most of that is in Italian. The flip over pages show how wonderful these sites would have been and the visitor really can appreciate all the steps in designing and building them. In many cases, stones from the sites were used to build nearby towns, so the original sites are a jumble of leftover stones for the most part which mean nothing to the average visitor - this is why this book is vital.