Cultural Region/Italy
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Feast of the Seven Fishes: A Christmas Eve Tradition
$29.99 Add to cartEach year on Christmas Eve, Italian American families gather to celebrate the Feast of the Seven Fishes – a grand marathon of a meal comprised of multiple courses of seafood served over several hours…. [more below]
- Author: Moreau, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 94
- Publish Date: October 21 2023
- ISBN10: 9798989105205
- Language: English
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Everyday Delicious: 30 Minute(ish) Home-Cooked Meals Made Simple: A Cookbook
$32.50 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestselling author and celebrity chef offers fast and flavorful recipes to help anyone cook like a chef in 30 minutes(ish) or less–every day of the week.
Finding himself at home- Author: DiSpirito, Rocco
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1984825232
- Language: English
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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
$28.99 Add to cartAncient Rome is the story of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Focusing on six turning points in Roman history, Simon Baker’s absorbing narrative charts the rise and fall of a political ma… [more below]
- Author: Baker, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1846072840
- Language: English
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A History of Ancient Rome in 100 Lives
$16.95 Read moreA vibrant portrait of a lost world, A History of Ancient Rome in 100 Lives reveals the mightiest civilization of antiquity through the eyes of one hundred of its citizens. The book gives a voice not j… [more below]
- Author: Matyszak, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0500297053
- Language: English
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Metamorphoses
$38.00 Read moreWinner of the 2023 HAROLD MORTON LANDON TRANSLATION AWARD
The first female translator of the epic into English in over sixty years, Stephanie McCarter addresses accuracy in translation and its represe- Series: Penguin Classics Hardcover
- Author: Ovid
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 525505997
- Language: English
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Meditations
$14.99 Add to cartThe Meditations are a set of personal reflections by Marcus Aurelius. He writes about the vicissitudes of his own life and explores how to live wisely and virtuously in an unpredictable world.
Part of- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1529015022
- Language: English
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You, Bleeding Childhood
$17.95 Read moreNew Yorker, “The Best Books of 2023”
Italy’s great chronicler of the macabre and of growing up geeky.
Long before the latest vogue for autofiction, Michele Mari, one of Italy’s most beloved a
- Author: Mari, Michele
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1913505685
- Language: English
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The Purgatorio
$8.95 Add to cartIn The Purgatorio, Dante describes his journey to the renunciation of sin, accepting his suffering in preparation for his coming into the presence of God. This brilliant translation of Dante’s canticl… [more below]
- Series: Signet Classics
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 06 2009
- ISBN10: 0451531426
- Language: English
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The Merchant of Venice
$16.99 Read moreWith elegant, contemporary artwork and a faithful but succinct adaptation, this graphic novel casts a classic drama in a provocative new light.
Here is the tale of young Bassanio, who, to win the love- Author: Hinds, Gareth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: May 22 2008
- ISBN10: 076363025X
- Language: English
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Cheese, Wine, and Bread: Discovering the Magic of Fermentation in England, Italy, and France
$29.99 Add to cart“Open-hearted and buoyant, the book weaves together her hands-on experiences in Europe and introduces us to a rich cast of people who make, sell and care about these traditions.” –Jenny Linford, auth
- Author: Quinn, Katie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 27 2021
- ISBN10: 0062984535
- Language: English
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Romola
$19.00 Read more- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Eliot, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: January 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0140434704
- Language: English
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Lives of the Caesars
$13.95 Add to cartThe Lives of the Caesars include the biographies of Julius Caesar and the eleven subsequent emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitelius, Vespasian, Titus, Domit… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Suetonius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 15 2009
- ISBN10: 199537569
- Language: English
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An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Uniforms of the Roman World: A Detailed Study of the Armies of Rome and Their Enemies, Including the Etruscans, Sam
$35.00 Add to cartAn unprecedented visual reference of the fighting men of the period from 8th century BC to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, with over 670 expert images of military dress, weaponry, artillery, ships… [more below]
- Author: Kiley, Kevin F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 16 2013
- ISBN10: 0754823873
- Language: English
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The Nature of the Gods
$13.95 Add to cartCicero’s philosophical works are now exciting renewed interest and more generous appreciation, in part because they provide vital evidence of the views of the (largely lost) Greek philosophers of the … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Cicero
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0199540063
- Language: English
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The Haunted Hotel: Annotated Edition
$11.00 Read moreThe Haunted Hotel is a disturbing novella set in Venice which cleverly combines detective and ghost story genre. This edition is based on the most authoritative text and contains notes and extra mater
- Author: Collins, Wilkie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1847498396
- Language: English
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Notebooks
$12.95 Add to cartMost of what we know about Leonardo da Vinci, we know because of his notebooks. Some 6,000 sheets of notes and drawings survive, perhaps one-fifth of what he actually produced. With an artist’s eye an… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Leonardo Da Vinci
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 11 2008
- ISBN10: 0199299021
- Language: English
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Day Walks in the Dolomites: 50 Short Walks and All-Day Hikes in the Italian Dolomites
$27.95 Add to cartGuidebook to 50 day walks in the Dolomites, showcasing the best mountain routes in the UNESCO World Heritage Site in northeastern Italy. The Dolomites offer fantastic walking from June to September a
- Author: Price, Gillian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1786311216
- Language: English
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Cooking Alla Giudia: A Celebration of the Jewish Food of Italy
$40.00 Read moreCooking alla Giudia is the ultimate tribute to the wonderfully rich, yet still largely unknown, culinary heritage of the Jews of Italy. From Roman deep-fried artichokes (carciofi alla giudia) to Venet… [more below]
- Author: Guetta, Benedetta Jasmine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1579659802
- Language: English
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The Rise of Rome: Books One to Five
$14.95 Add to cart“The fates ordained the founding of this great city and the beginning of the world’s mightiest empire, second only to the power of the gods”
Romulus and Remus, the rape of Lucretia, Horatius at the br- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Livy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: July 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0199540047
- Language: English
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Inferno
$17.00 Add to cartTranslated by Anthony Esolen
A groundbreaking bilingual edition of Dante’s masterpiece that includes a substantive Introduction, extensive notes, and appendixes that repro
Illustrations by Gustave Dor- Series: Divine Comedy #1
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: December 09 2003
- ISBN10: 0812970063
- Language: English
