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Frommer’s 

Frommer’s Rome, Florence & Venice  

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Frances Mayes

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Applies a poet's sensibility, a traveler's eye, and a cook's palate to the pleasures of the Tuscan countryside, where the author began restoring an abandoned villa

Under the Tuscan Sun

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Rhys Bowen

A Novel

Inheriting her beloved great-aunt's sketchbook, a recently divorced woman uncovers mysteries about her great-aunt's star-crossed romance with a nobleman in World War II Venice.

The Venice Sketchbook

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John Grisham

The book appears brand new and unread, with no signs wear on the cover and pages. There are no creases, markings and no tears,missing pages, damage.  The binding is tight and pristine, and there no previous owner's names or bookplates. 

Playing for Pizza

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Ramie Targoff

Clean text and dust jack intact. Signed by the author. First edition. 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Massachusetts

The Life of Vittoria Colonna

A biography of Vittoria Colonna, a confidante of Michelangelo, the scion of one of the most powerful families of her era, and a pivotal figure in the Italian Renaissance Ramie Targoff’s Renaissance Woman tells of the most remarkable woman of the Italian Renaissance: Vittoria Colonna, Marchesa of Pescara. Vittoria has long been celebrated by scholars of Michelangelo as the artist’s best friend—the two of them exchanged beautiful letters, poems, and works of art that bear witness to their intimacy—but she also had close ties to Charles V, Pope Clement VII and Pope Paul III, Pietro Bembo, Baldassare Castiglione, Pietro Aretino, Queen Marguerite de Navarre, Reginald Pole, and Isabella d’Este, among others. Vittoria was the scion of an immensely powerful family in Rome during that city’s most explosively creative era. Art and literature flourished, but political and religious life were under terrific strain. Personally involved with nearly every major development of this period—through both her marriage and her own talents—Vittoria was not only a critical political actor and negotiator but also the first woman to publish a book of poems in Italy, an event that launched a revolution for Italian women’s writing. Vittoria was, in short, at the very heart of what we celebrate when we think about sixteenth-century Italy; through her story the Renaissance comes to life anew.

Renaissance Woman - signed by author

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Anthony Marra

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

California

The epic tale of a brilliant woman who must reinvent herself to survive, moving from Mussolini's Italy to 1940s Los Angeles--a timeless story of love, deceit, and sacrifice from the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

"A genuinely moving and life-affirming novel that's a true joy to read."--Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere

ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022--BookPage

Like many before her, Maria Lagana has come to Hollywood to outrun her past. Born in Rome, where every Sunday her father took her to the cinema instead of church, Maria immigrates with her mother to Los Angeles after a childhood transgression leads to her father's arrest.

Fifteen years later, on the eve of America's entry into World War II, Maria is an associate producer at Mercury Pictures, trying to keep her personal and professional lives from falling apart. Her mother won't speak to her. Her boss, a man of many toupees, has been summoned to Washington by congressional investigators. Her boyfriend, a virtuoso Chinese American actor, can't escape the studio's narrow typecasting. And the studio itself, Maria's only home in exile, teeters on the verge of bankruptcy.

Over the coming months, as the bright lights go dark across Los Angeles, Mercury Pictures becomes a nexus of European émigrés: modernist poets trying their luck as B-movie screenwriters, once-celebrated architects becoming scale-model miniaturists, and refugee actors finding work playing the very villains they fled. While the world descends into war, Maria rises through a maze of conflicting politics, divided loyalties, and jockeying ambitions. But when the arrival of a stranger from her father's past threatens Maria's carefully constructed facade, she must finally confront her father's fate--and her own.

Written with intelligence, wit, and an exhilarating sense of possibility, Mercury Pictures Presents spans many moods and tones, from the heartbreaking to the ecstatic. It is a love letter to life's bit players, a panorama of an era that casts a long shadow over our own, and a tour de force by a novelist whose work The Washington Post calls "a flash in the heavens that makes you look up and believe in miracles."

Mercury Pictures Presents

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#hardcover #simplefood #signedcopy #foodnetwork #mariobatali #italy #italiancooking #cookbook

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Michigan

Recipes from My Two Villages

Presents 250 recipes that offer an innovative culinary blend of classic northern Italian cookery with an American touch

Mario Batali Simple Italian Food

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John Berendt

Traces the aftermath of the 1996 Venice opera house fire, an event that devastated Venetian society and was investigated by the author, who through interviews with local figures learned about the region's rich cultural history.

The City of Falling Angels

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#hardcover #art #photography #paintings #italy #renaissance #architecture #hugebook

Huge Hardcover (6 to 8 lbs)

Maryland

Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Drawing

The Art of the Italian Renaissance

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Biba Caggiano

Recipes from the Homes, Trattorie and Restaurants of Emilia-Romagna

"There has not been one single day since I have left Bologna in 1960 that I have not yearned for and lusted after the food of Emilia-Romagna. That food is part of my heritage and culture. After twenty-five years of cooking professionally, I can truly say that the food of my region has been a constant source of inspiration in all I have done." Join author, cooking show host, and restaurateur Biba Caggiano on her journey back to her beloved region in Biba's Taste of Italy.Located in one of Italy's most prosperous northern regions, Emilia-Romagna has given the world a cuisine that is a luscious as it is refined: succulent seafood dishes from the Adriatic waters; hearty, long-simmered ragÙs; and rich pasta shaped into tortellini, anolini, and lasagna. With Biba, dicover the place that's home to so much of what we've come to love in Italian food: prosciutto di Parma, Modena's aged balsamic vinegar, mortadella, and perhaps the world's greatest cheese, Parmigiano-Reggiano. Featuring more than 250 recipes, from antipasti to desserts, Biba introduces the vibrant food of her childhood: homestyle dishes and authentic recipes from humble trattorie and family-run restaurants. You'll learn how to make Tagliatelle with Bolognese RagÙ; Eggplant Parmigiano that combines the salty-sweet flavors of Parma ham and Bolognese sausage; earthy, bread-thickened soups; Potato and Ricotta Gnocchi; and irresistible seafood risotto. Of course, the symbol Emilia-Romagna cooking -- stuffed pasta -- is here in all its glory with recipes for Ricotta and Goat Cheese Tortellini, Butternut Squash Tortellini, and Anolini in Broth, and so many more. From the region's coastal towns and villages, Biba shares the simply prepared seafood dishes of the local trattoric -- Clams with Garlic and Cile Pepper and Baked Halibut with Potatoes, plus the simple tastes of grilling shellfish with olive oil, lemon juice, and herbs. In the same rustic spirit, you will also find Roasted Stuffed Breast of Veal, Braised Veal Shanks, and succulent Breaded Lamb Chops. Biba's frequent family visits to Bologna evoke childhood memories of growing up in this food-lover's paradise, and reaffirms that the kitchen remains the heart and soul of Italian homes. Bib's Taste of Italy is more than a collection of recipes. It is also a travel guide with all the names and addresses of her favorite trattorie and restaurants where her favorite dishes can be found. Join Biba as she returns to Emilia-Romagna in Biba's Taste of Italy. It's a trip you will take again and again in your own kitchen.

Biba's Taste of Italy

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Jenna Evans Welch

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

North Carolina

"After her mother dies, Lina travels to Italy where she discovers her mothers's journal and sets off on an adventure to unearth her mother's secrets"--

Love and Gelato

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Katie Parla

Kristina Gill

Pennsylvania

Fresh Flavors and Forgotten Recipes from an Ancient City: a Cookbook

A love letter from two Americans to their adopted city, Tasting Rome is a showcase of modern dishes influenced by tradition, as well as the rich culture of their surroundings. Even 150 years after unification, Italy is still a divided nation where individual regions are defined by their local cuisine. Each is a mirror of its city’s culture, history, and geography. But cucina romana is the country’s greatest standout. Tasting Rome provides a complete picture of a place that many love, but few know completely. In sharing Rome’s celebrated dishes, street food innovations, and forgotten recipes, journalist Katie Parla and photographer Kristina Gill capture its unique character and reveal its truly evolved food culture—a culmination of two thousand years of history. Their recipes acknowledge the foundations of Roman cuisine and demonstrate how it has transitioned to the variations found today. You’ll delight in the expected classics (cacio e pepe, pollo alla romana, fiore di zucca); the fascinating but largely undocumented Sephardic Jewish cuisine (hraimi con couscous, brodo di pesce, pizzarelle); the authentic and tasty offal (guanciale, simmenthal di coda, insalata di nervitti); and so much more. Studded with narrative features that capture the city’s history and gorgeous photography that highlights both the food and its hidden city, you’ll feel immediately inspired to start tasting Rome in your own kitchen.

Tasting Rome

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Peter Burke

Connecticut

Culture and Society in Italy - Third Edition

In this brilliant and widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance. He discusses the social and political institutions that existed in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and he analyses the ways of thinking and seeing that characterized this period of extraordinary artistic creativity. Developing a distinctive sociological approach, Peter Burke is concerned not only with the finished works of Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, and others, but also with the social background, patterns of recruitment, and means of subsistence of this 'cultural elite.' He thus makes a major contribution to our understanding of the Italian Renaissance, and to our comprehension of the complex relations between culture and society. Burke has thoroughly revised and updated the text for this new edition, including a new introduction, and the book is richly illustrated throughout. It will have a wide appeal among historians, sociologists, and anyone interested in one of the most creative periods of European history.

The Italian Renaissance

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An American woman falls in love with an Italian man, his ebullient family, and a vibrant city. #hardcover #italy #naples #memoir #sale #culture


Lessons in Food and Famiglia from My Italian Mother-In-Law

"In the tradition of M.F.K. Fisher and Peter Mayle, this ... memoir follows American-born Katherine Wilson on her adventures abroad, where a three-month rite of passage in Naples turns into a permanent embrace of this boisterous city on the Mediterranean. It is all thanks to a surprising romance, a new passion for food, and a spirited woman who will become her mother-in-law--and teach her to laugh, to seize joy, and to love"--

Only in Naples

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Black marking on bottom, none/minimal bending

Very rare first edition in very fine, pristine, condition. Collectible. 

A Day in the Life of Italy

Georgia

Robert Clark

It is in great condition, might have some signs of age, shelf wear.

Flood and Redemption in the City of Masterpieces

Describes the November 1966 flood that inundated the city of Florence and its devastating impact on some of the Western world's finest collections of art, and details the vast global efforts to preserve and restore the city's treasures in the wake of the flood. 40,000 first printing.

Dark Water

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#hardcover #vintage #houseplants #italy #1970s
Large heavy book, 284 pages with color photos

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Vintage 1976

House Plants

#hardcover #history #timelife #Egypt #Italy #Mesopotamia #Persian #cents
Can split set if asked 

Mammoth Hardcover (8 to 10 lbs)

Tennessee

Time Life Lost Civilization set of 7 - The Celts, Persians, Mound Builders & Dwellers, Mesopotamia, Etruscans, Egypt, Aegean 

Touring Club of Italy Staff

Where to Go and What to See, Drink, and Eat

From Italy's foremost publisher of maps and guidebooks comes this complete guide to Italian wines, with 91 sidebars covering 305 wines, notes on 744 wineries offering guided tours and tastings, and descriptions of 324 winery towns and accommodations. 167 maps. Color illustrations.

First edition *The Italian Wine Guide

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Rare first edition in fine condition. Collectible. 

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Frommer’s Rome, Florence & Venice

Frances Mayes

Under the Tuscan Sun

Rhys Bowen

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John Grisham

Playing for Pizza

Ramie Targoff

Renaissance Woman - signed by author

Anthony Marra

Mercury Pictures Presents

Mario Batali; Mark Ferri (Photographer)

Mario Batali Simple Italian Food

John Berendt

The City of Falling Angels

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The Art of the Italian Renaissance

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Jenna Evans Welch

Love and Gelato

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Love and Gelato

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The Italian Renaissance

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Only in Naples

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Love and Gelato

Jenna Evans Welch

Love and Gelato

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Jenna Evans Welch

Love and Gelato

Robert Clark

Dark Water

Mariella Pizzetti

House Plants

Time Life

Time Life Lost Civilization set of 7 - The Celts, Persians, Mound Builders & Dwellers, Mesopotamia, Etruscans, Egypt, Aegean

Touring Club of Italy Staff

First edition *The Italian Wine Guide

Mina Gregori

Paintings in the Uffizi & Pitti Galleries