Italy category: 3604 books

Map your own adventure. Rome Day by Day is the perfect guide for travelers determined to know the top places to visit and the best way to see “Roma”. It’s written by noted travel journalist and long-time Italy resident Elizabeth Heath. She knows the city as only a local can. Packed with...

Malta is a popular, tourist-friendly island in the Mediterranean that is located close to the Italian island of Sicily. Malta is actually an island archipelago with three populated islands (Malta, Gozo and Comino).  Sicily is located in the Mediterranean Sea and is Italy’s largest island. The...

Visitors have been drawn to Florence's architectural and artistic treasures for centuries - and for good reason. But, with an historical center of only half a square-mile, it can be hard to see the sights through the crowds. The throng on the Duomo steps, the lines for the Uffizi and the jostling for...

More than your average phrasebook, this portable title shows you how to be a well-mannered visitor and speak the local language in the correct context Any phrasebook can give you a line listing of essential phrases. But if you use a phrase or term without knowing the correct way to use it,...

Comprised of twenty short stories from the heart, Marty’s Dear All letters recount his experiences, and relate his impressions of life along the Ionian shore of Calabria, Italy. He writes for friends, relatives and anyone who has not yet had the privilege of getting to know this lovely...

These seven delightful islands lie off the north coast of Milazzo between Italy and Sicily. Each is different, featuring steaming volcanoes, luxurious mud baths to wallow in, crystal-clear waters full of fish and caves to explore, beaches to relax on, pleasant island walks and some serious trekking to...

“A chilling account of the slow agony of Venice as illustrative of a global consumerist epidemic. Richly documented and imbued with deep angst about this supreme urban creation."-Philippe de Montebello, former director of the Metropolitan Museum of ArtWhat is Venice worth? To whom does this...

This volume studies the architecture and urbanism of modern-era Italian colonialism (1869-1943) as it sought to build colonies in North and East Africa and the eastern Mediterranean. Mia Fuller follows, not only the design of the physical architecture, but also the development of colonial design theory,...

New Perspectives in Italian Cultural Studies. Volume 1: Definitions, Theory, and Accented Practices is a collection of essays that identifies a number of different approaches in cultural studies and in Italian cultural studies in particular. It highlights that history of cultural studies and new developments...

In the tradition of Galileo's Daughter and Brunelleschi's Dome, this exciting story illuminates the captivating world of the late Renaissance—in this case its plagues, remedies, and alchemy—through the life of Leonardo Fioravanti, a brilliant, remarkably forward-thinking, and utterly unconventional...

Certosa di Pavia is the name of a famous monastery complex in Lombardy, Italy, situated near a small town (in Province of Pavia) with the same name. Certosa is the Italian name for Charterhouse, which relates to the cloistered monastic order. The late medieval (northern Italian gothic) Certosa...

2019 edition This guide covers a short two-day visit to Rome, Italy. There are extensive descriptions and color photos of the attractions for you to use during your stay. The guide is ideal for use on your smartphone or your tablet, it contains active links to the websites of...

It is no mistake that Bellagio is called the "pearl" of Lake Como. It is undoubtedly the most famous resort on the lake. For centuries, Bellagio's scenic location has enchanted artists and writers, not only from Italy but also from abroad. It is situated on the tip of a headland that divides...

Italian Literature before 1900 in English Translation provides the most complete record possible of texts from the early periods that have been translated into English, and published between 1929 and 2008. It lists works from all genres and subjects, and includes translations wherever they have appeared...