books about: italy     books:     Italy      The Prince (Bantam Classics) Niccolo Machiavelli Bantam Classics, 1984 The Recipe of the American Corporate State Machiavelli's "The Prince" is a guide of morality-void techniques for acquiring and maintaining political power and ultimately, political fortune. Written nearly 500 years ago, this blueprint for tyranny is just as relevant today. As his compass, Machiavelli uses ...             The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (Liberation Trilogy) Rick Atkinson Holt Paperbacks, 2008 The Lady Be Good A lot of information about the end of World War II in Italy & the fight to get as many of the guys out of the dessert.If you know anything about the " Lady Be Good " you will enjoy this book.             The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel Salman Rushdie Random House, 2008 A Magnificent Adult Fairy Tale On occasion a novel receives harsh treatment from critics not based on the actual work, but rather because it is not what the critics want it to be; this then is the only explanation I can find to explain the harsh, often shrill, reviews received by Rushdie's equisite ...             The Monster of Florence Douglas Preston Grand Central Publishing, 2008 Entirely unique in true crime, from the story that inspired Silence of the Lambs I think the authors might overdo the mentions of Thomas Harris in the book, but it is an interesting footnote that Harris extensively researched the Monster of Florence killer for his "Hannibal" series. The Monster of Florence is unique in several ways I think. Many of ...             Lidia's Italy: 140 Simple and Delicious Recipes from the Ten Places in Italy Lidia Loves Most Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Tanya Bastianich Manuali Knopf, 2007 Ahhhhhh, BLISS Do you know how you can just about smell and taste Lidia's dishes as she prepares them on her show? Well, that's exactly what you'll get when you make her delicious and easy recipes in this divine book. She writes them out so well that it's almost like standing right ...             Cosmicomics Italo Calvino Harvest Books, 1976 A home in Cosmos Ever since our ancestors started looking into the night sky, the saw patterns and connections between the stars, moons and planets, and used stories and myths to imbue those patterns with meaning and structure. With the big hindsight of the scientific worldview, all ...             Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia Elizabeth Gilbert Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Best Book I've Ever Listened To I listened to this in traffic for about a week. I actually looked forward to sitting in traffic. Her voice is soothing, the content is inspiring, and I can't imagine why anyone would give it one star. I loved it and was sad when I got to the last cd. Wonderfully ...             A16: Food + Wine Nate Appleman, Shelley Lindgren, ... Ten Speed Press, 2008 An incredible, beautiful book I've been waiting for this book to come out and it's finally here! I write a food blog about Italian cooking and I absolutely love this beautiful book. A16 is an Italian restaurant in San Francisco which prides itself on cooking authentic food from the Campania ...             Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting ... Bill Buford Vintage, 2007 Apprentice of apprentices Anyone who has ever worked at a continental-style restaurant should read this book. I picked up "Heat" in the interests of reliving my experiences in two continental restaurants, run by two totally different-in-temperament chefs, one Austrian, one Swiss. Neither one ...             Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking Marcella Hazan Knopf, 1992 An essential book for a beginning chef... ...I've referred to this book over the years for technique and authenticity of Italian cooking...it is a wonderful book. I agree that it is on par with Julia Child's French cookbook. I've made many of the recipes and they are fabulous....the poached shrimp, easy and ...             Survival In Auschwitz Primo Levi Touchstone, 1996 primo levi Primo Michele Levi (July 31, 1919 - April 11, 1987) was a Jewish-Italian chemist, Holocaust survivor and author of memoirs, short stories, poems, essays and novels. He is best known for his work on the Holocaust, and in particular his account of the year he spent as ...             Rick Steves' Italy 2008 (Rick Steves) Rick Steves Avalon Travel Publishing, 2007 Highly useful. It takes a little use to get used to the basic order of the city-specific information (intro, sights, hotels, food + other info). After you do, though, the guide is AMAZING. The self-guided walks in Rome are not to be missed.             A Thread of Grace Mary Doria Russell Ballantine Books, 2005 An Inspiring Tale of Human Courage As I have indicated in my many reviews of books from this period, I am a fan of tales of the human courage that was displayed throughout Europe in WW2 by ordinary people doing extraordinary things in the face of incredible danger. In as expert a fashion as Alan Furst ...             Gomorrah Roberto Saviano Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007 What happens in Naples happens everywhere... I was stationed in Naples from '91-'94. I roamed all over as military police. I saw corners of Naples that many Americans living there never even dream of visiting. My knowledge was based in hear-say though and I have now many years later begun to study the city and ...             The Silver Spoon Phaidon Press Phaidon Press, 2005 Very well priced There are so many cookbooks out there!! It seems that every day a few new cookbooks are published. However, I suppose that this one will stay longer on everyone's shelve. With almost 1300 pages there is something for everyone's taste buds, and for everyone's cooking ...          products you might be interested in search for books cosmicomics, dante-quoting, enchantress, everything, liberation, pasta-maker      toavi.com    web we recommend Best Book I've Ever Listened To randomly chosen DVD: The Silence (Criterion Collection)