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Dreaming of Italy - best places, people, dining and experience
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items Fuel your vacation dreams of Italy's verdant landscapes, glistening seaside ports, renowned cuisine, wondrous art and inimitable spirit. “Italian craftsmanship is totally unmatchable. And in Italy it is something that is extremely connected to society. People don’t just do it for the money, they do it because they love it.”—Fausto Puglisi, designer
Italy is a country synonymous with style and beauty in all aspects of life: the rich history of Rome, the Renaissance art of Florence, the graceful canals of Venice, the high fashion of Milan, the signature pasta alla bolognese of Bologna, the colorf...
Italian Chic Coffee Table Book
Experience the Dolce Vita lifestyle – a blend of beauty, style, and charm, inspired by Federico Fellini's iconic 1960 film. This Italian way of life transcends time and still graces Italy today. Immerse yourself in its irresistible allure, captured b...
Dolce Vita Coffee Table Book
The magnificence of Milan is a reflection of its inhabitants: the designers, architects, artists, and restaurateurs who lend their own brand of style to the city. In Milan Chic, readers are taken on an intimate tour, making stops at the homes of sought-after designers, the studios of gifted artists, and the headquarters of prominent architects. This book illustrates the allure of this elegant industrial and cultu...
Milan Chic by Massimo Nava - Coffee Table Book
Delve into Italy at the turn of the last century in this fascinating collection of photochromes and vintage-colored prints. Through Venice, Rome, Pisa, Florence, Naples, Vesuvius, Lake Como, and beyond, explore gorgeous landscapes and popular street scenes of this young country with an extraordinary history.
Italy 1900. A Portrait in Color by Giovanni Fanelli, Hardcover
Rome is the city where past and present, spectacle and the everyday collide around every corner; where Baroque drama flourishes alongside ancient classical wonders; where necks crane to admire Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel; and where Fellini immortalized la dolce vita. This photographic portrait of Rome brings you all the history and all the wonders of an incomparable cultural capital.
Rome. Portrait of a City by Giovanni Fanelli, Hardcover
Step into some of the most beautiful havens of Tuscany. Grand patrician homes and rural hermitages alike open their doors to reveal Medici pottery, sun-kissed drawing rooms, and colorful tiled floors. With detailed captions and crisp photography, this portfolio presents each home and its interior to paint a gorgeous picture of Tuscan living.
Living in Tuscany. 45th Ed. by Barbara & René Stoeltie, Taschen, Hardcover
First impressions count, especially in Milano. In this unprecedented photographic journey, editor Karl Kolbitz curates 144 of the finest Milanese entrance halls from 1920 to 1970. Sumptuous in diversity and splendor, the volume features some of Milan’s most famous architects, from Gio Ponti to Piero Portaluppi, and showcases the city’s design DNA across high to low architecture.
Entryways of Milan. Ingressi di Milano - Brian Kish
The entire output of the Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti (1891-1979) is characterised by a strong eclecticism. After his beginnings with ceramics and majolica at the First International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Monza, he devoted him...
Gio Ponti - The godfather of Italian design
Think Valentino: think luxury. Think elegance. This book traces the illustrious career of fashion’s most exciting couturier through copious images from his archives, including drawings, magazine editorial shoots, advertisements, portraits, and documentary photographs to provide an in-depth look at the man, his lifestyle, and his genius.
Valentino. A Grand Italian Epic by Matt Tyrnauer, Suzy Menkes, Hardcover
Assouline’s acclaimed The Light of... series, this latest volume sees lensman Jean-Michel Berts not only turn his masterful eye to the captivating city of Venice, this time he also gives voice to the images he makes and the emotions they evoke. La Se...
The Light of Venice - Assouline Book
Venetian art connoisseur, interior designer, and hotelier Francesca Bortolotto Possati knows the intricacies of Venice. To have her as a guide is to experience firsthand her passion for the private side of the mythic city whose daily visitors outnumb...
Venetian Chic book by Francesca Bortolotto Possati
This beautiful cookbook, created in collaboration with Eataly, one of the greatest Italian food brands, features 300 landmark recipes highlighting the best of contemporary Italian home cooking. Excellent, fail-safe recipes and new ideas are presented...
Eataly: Contemporary Italian Cooking by Oscar Farinetti, Hardcover
There is some truth to the old adage, “Most of the world eats to live, but Italians live to eat.”
What is it about a good Italian supper that feels like home, no matter where you’re from? Heaping plates of steaming pasta . . . crisp fresh vegetables...simple hearty soups...sumptuous stuffed meats...all punctuated with luscious, warm confections.
For acclaimed actor Stanley Tucci, teasing our taste buds in classic foodie films such as Big Night and Julie & Julia was a logical progression from a childhood filled with innovative homemade Italian meals: decadent Venetian Seafood Salad; rich and gratifying Lasagna Made with Polenta and Gorgonzola Cheese; spicy Spaghetti with Tomato and Tuna; delicate Pork Tender...
What is it about a good Italian supper that feels like home, no matter where you’re from? Heaping plates of steaming pasta . . . crisp fresh vegetables...simple hearty soups...sumptuous stuffed meats...all punctuated with luscious, warm confections.
For acclaimed actor Stanley Tucci, teasing our taste buds in classic foodie films such as Big Night and Julie & Julia was a logical progression from a childhood filled with innovative homemade Italian meals: decadent Venetian Seafood Salad; rich and gratifying Lasagna Made with Polenta and Gorgonzola Cheese; spicy Spaghetti with Tomato and Tuna; delicate Pork Tender...
The Tucci Cookbook by Stanley Tucci, Hardcover
The series follows American actor Stanley Tucci, who travels around Italy visiting each region and exploring their cultures, cuisine, and history.
Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy S1
Culinary virtuoso and New York Times bestselling author Nadia Caterina Munno expands beyond pasta and into the art of traditional Italian cooking with this vibrant and accessible cookbook—featuring seasonal dishes, healthy entrees, and so much more.
Go beyond the first course of pasta with this brand-new cookbook from The Pasta Queen herself. From aperitivi to awaken your appetite to desserts that end meals on a sweet note—and all the courses in between—Nadia will help you create an Italian dinn...
Go beyond the first course of pasta with this brand-new cookbook from The Pasta Queen herself. From aperitivi to awaken your appetite to desserts that end meals on a sweet note—and all the courses in between—Nadia will help you create an Italian dinn...
The Pasta Queen: The Art of Italian Cooking by Nadia Caterina Munno ...
It was a dynasty with more wealth, passion, and power than the houses of Windsor, Kennedy, and Rockefeller combined. It shaped all of Europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists, and even popes, for three hundred years. It was the house of Me...
The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall by Christopher Hibbert, Paperback
Having founded the bank that became the most powerful in Europe in the fifteenth century, the Medici gained political power in Florence, raising the city to a peak of cultural achievement and becoming its hereditary dukes. Among their number were no ...
The Family Medici by Mary Hollingsworth | eBook
The classic novel that inspired 'the greatest crime film of all time'
Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer - his influence reaches every level of American society. Meet Don Corleone, a friendly man, a just man, a reasonable man. The deadliest lord of the Cosa Nostra. The Godfather.
Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer - his influence reaches every level of American society. Meet Don Corleone, a friendly man, a just man, a reasonable man. The deadliest lord of the Cosa Nostra. The Godfather.
The Godfather - B&N Collectible Leatherbound
Italianissimo (literally, very very Italian) profiles 50 enticing Italian contributions to culture high and low, from the lofty realm of great ideas to the delicious realities of cuisine, fashion, cinema, and much more—an eclectic mix of the customs, culture, and concepts that embody the essence of Italy. ...
Italianissimo: The Quintessential Guide to What Italians Do Best
A memoir chronicling the early personal and political life of the current Prime Minster of Italy.
"I have heard too many people talk about me and my ideas not to realize how different my life and I actually are from the way we are portrayed. So, I decided to open up, to show who I am, what I believe in, and how I got here."
In her memoir, Giorgia Meloni speaks about herself in depth for the first time. She talks about her roots, her childhood, and her relationship with her mother Anna, her sister Arianna, her grandparents Maria and Gianni, and the pain of her father’s a... Fratelli d’Italia and the European Conservatives.
"I have heard too many people talk about me and my ideas not to realize how different my life and I actually are from the way we are portrayed. So, I decided to open up, to show who I am, what I believe in, and how I got here."
In her memoir, Giorgia Meloni speaks about herself in depth for the first time. She talks about her roots, her childhood, and her relationship with her mother Anna, her sister Arianna, her grandparents Maria and Gianni, and the pain of her father’s a... Fratelli d’Italia and the European Conservatives.
I Am Giorgia: My Roots, My Principles|Hardcover
Italian edition
Francesco Totti: Der ewige Kapitän by Paolo Condó | eBook
“At dawn, I lifted a corner of the curtain in the stuffy couchette and realized we had already crossed the border. We were somewhere near Ventimiglia on the Italian Riviera, and there were lemons growing beside the station platform, their dark leaves...
The Land Where Lemons Grow: The Story of Italy and Its Citrus Fruit
Nominated for an Audie Award and Goodreads Choice Award, From Scratch is for anyone who has dared to reach for big love, fought for what mattered most, and those who needed a powerful reminder that life is delicious.
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke ...
In Other Words, an autobiographical work written in Italian, investigates the process of learning to express oneself in another language, and describes the journey of a writer seeking a new voice.
Presented in a dual-language format, this is a wholly original book about exile, linguistic and otherwise, written with an intensity and clarity not seen since Vladimir Nabokov: a startling act of self-reflection and a provocative exploration of belo...
Presented in a dual-language format, this is a wholly original book about exile, linguistic and otherwise, written with an intensity and clarity not seen since Vladimir Nabokov: a startling act of self-reflection and a provocative exploration of belo...
In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri, Paperback
Inspired by the produce, history and tradition of Southern Italy and the Isle of Sicily in particular, browse the exclusive small appliances designed by Dolce and Gabbana in collaboration with Smeg.
Sicily is my love SMEG & Dolce&Gabbana
An ode to nature’s precious treasures that take centre stage in Bvlgari jewellery, the creative theme features a profusion of gemstones and floral heritage pieces springing out of a cornucopia, a symbol of prosperity in Roman mythology. Offering endl...
Bvlgari Heritage Scarf
Magical place
Taormina - Travel and Holidays - the Curiosities of Taormina
Rich with history, featuring monuments and ruins dating back to the earliest civilizations, the Mediterranean moves at a slower pace than its northern neighbors. Time-honored traditions dating back centuries intersect with the present day in the most... majestic peak of Mount Etna, Sicily’s markets, vineyards and much more.
The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection