Italy Memoirs

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) was recognized in his lifetime as the greatest living artist, creator of a succession of masterpieces in sculpture, fresco painting, and architecture. In all his work, Michelangelo impressed his contemporaries as a forceful personality, a divine genius endowed with terribilita, or intense emotional power.

From one of the foremost medievalists of our time, a groundbreaking work on history and memory that goes well beyond the life of this influential saint.

Letters from Italy is a story of true love that spans an ocean. Against all odds, an orphaned girl and a young dreamer find solace in a romance sparked by a single photo and years of transatlantic letters. From a tiny Italian town in pre-WWII to New York City in her golden age, hopeful immigrants take a chance at living the American dream.

The Italian Job: A Memoir of an American Reporter in Rome by Jason Horowitz is a forthcoming title from Celadon Books...

Discover the hidden enigmas that lie beneath the surface of Italy’s rich and storied past. Unsolved Mysteries of Italy: Murders, Mysteries, and the Paranormal by Theodore F. Johnboro takes you on a captivating journey through the eerie and unexplained events that have mystified investigators, stirred local legends, and gripped the imagination of generations.

In 1944 and 1945, Tom Faulkner was a B-24 pilot flying out of San Giovanni airfield in Italy as a member of the 15th Air Force of the US Army Air Forces. Only 19 years old when he completed his 28th and last mission, Tom was one of the youngest bomber pilots to serve in the US Army Air Forces during World War II. Between September 1944 and the end of February 1945, he flew against targets in Hungary, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Yugoslavia.

A beautiful and compelling family memoir retracing the love story between Sabrin Hasbun's Palestinian father and Italian mother, and the life of her half-Italian, half-Palestinian family from the 1960s to 2020. After the loss of her mother, Sabrin tries to renegotiate her mixed identity and understand her mother's choices which led her from an oppressive childhood in a village in Tuscany to finding love and community activism in Palestine.

A personal story promising laughs, surprises, tears, and joy, and guaranteed to warm your heart! When a grandmother embarked on a two-week travel adventure to Italy with her eighteen-year-old twin granddaughters, Margie Miklas’s long-awaited dream became a reality. Excited to share her beloved Italia, she hoped to create a special experience they’d treasure for the rest of their lives.

"Arrestato alle ore 22,30 dell'8 novembre 1926, davanti all'ingresso di via Morgagni 25, dimora dei Passarge, l'onorevole Gramsci venne tradotto al carcere di Regina Coeli. In quella manciata di minuti fu decretata la fine, o quasi, dell'attività politica di un militante appassionato e coraggioso, anche se si aprì la strada all'opera di un gigante del pensiero, politico, ma non solo." Angelo d'Orsi racconta questa storia dall'infanzia in Sardegna agli studi a Torino, da Mosca a Vienna, da Roma al carcere di Turi, fino alla clinica romana dove spirerà il 27 aprile 1937.

In this witty and entertaining collection of travel tales, an acclaimed journalist explores his obsession with trains--and what his rail journeys have taught him about culture and identity. "I've gone around the world in installments. Every trip has been a revelation. I've watched regions...

On Christmas Day, 800, Charlemagne was crowned "Emperor of the Romans" by Pope Leo III. Under his guidance the Carolingian Renaissance flourished, with his capital of Aachen becoming a center of learning and artistic genius. The legacy of Charlemagne on European history and culture is monumental. Yet, within 30 years of his death, his empire had fragmented. Who was this legendary ruler? How had he managed to rule these vast domains? And why has his legacy continued to influence Europeans to this day?

David Gross is working as a corporate lawyer in New York when he gets a call from a friend inviting him to move to Bologna to help turn around a legendary Italian motorcycle company, known for its dominance on the track and its inability to turn a profit. Off he heads to the fabled home of marbled meats, radical leftist politics, and bespoke shoes, diving into his new life as the "corporate image consultant" to gearheads while learning to navigate the giddy mores of Bolognese society.

Marcella Hazan is known as America's godmother of Italian cooking. The owner of her own cooking schools, and author of bestselling and award-winning cookbooks, she has collected invitations to cook at top restaurants around the world. Her story begins in Alexandria, Egypt, where an early...

Katie is overdue for a vacation. She is ready to peel out of her work parking lot and joyfully lose all the tread on her tires while doing so. Experience language barriers, confusing moments with bidets and losing the Doug of your Wolfpack. Join her for an unforgettable trip to Italy with some equally spirited women. Explore the art of consuming gelato and wine while laughing your way through Italy.

Fin da giovane, addirittura dal 1911, Benito Mussolini aveva cominciato a scrivere pagine in cui raccontava la propria vita. Aveva proseguito durante la prima guerra mondiale con un diario in cui raccontava le sue avventure di cronista militare dal retrofronte. Nel 1932 aveva a lungo dialogato con il giornalista tedesco Emil Ludwig per descrivere la vita di un dittatore sotto le luci della ribalta e dietro le quinte.

"Brutta, povera e comunista" disse di Teresa Noce la madre del suo futuro marito – nonché segretario del Partito comunista italiano – Luigi Longo. Quella di Teresa Noce, nata poverissima alle "Cà neire", il quartiere più difficile di Torino, all’inizio del ventesimo secolo, è la storia di una femminista ante litteram che attraversa controcorrente quasi tutto il Novecento. Proletaria, figlia di una lavandaia abbandonata dal marito, fin da giovanissima organizza i primi scioperi delle operaie tessili e da iscritta al Pci è protagonista dell’antifascismo dopo la presa del potere di Mussolini.

Los Medici o Médicis fueron una poderosa e influyente familia del Renacimiento en Florencia entre cuyos miembros se destacaron tres papas - León X, Clemente VII y León XI - , numerosos dirigentes florentinos, miembros de las casas reales de Francia e Inglaterra y que sobresalieron por ser mecenas, patrocinando desinteresadamente a los artistas y científicos de su época.

Alla fine degli anni Sessanta, nel triangolo fra Padova, Treviso e Venezia abitano alcuni degli uomini più feroci del terrorismo italiano. Hanno un disegno: spargere terrore per instaurare un regime militare autoritario, proprio come era accaduto in Grecia con il golpe dei colonnelli. Alle 16.37 del 12 dicembre 1969, a Milano, sotto il grande tavolo al centro della sala aperta al pubblico della Banca nazionale dell'Agricoltura esplode una bomba. Diciassette persone muoiono. Centinaia rimangono ferite. Da allora sono passati anni di inchieste e decine di sentenze.

Negli ultimi cinquant'anni mafia, camorra e criminalità comune hanno compiuto una mattanza che non ha eguali in nessuna parte del mondo: l'Italia è il Paese con il maggior numero di vittime che appartengono alla società civile, al mondo delle professioni, alla Chiesa, alle forze dell'ordine e alle istituzioni. Il lungo elenco dei delitti "eccellenti" comprende politici, magistrati, giornalisti, docenti universitari, avvocati, poliziotti, carabinieri, parroci. Uomini che hanno scelto di mettere l'amore per la giustizia e la verità al primo posto: una scelta che è costata loro la vita.

On November 11, 1943, the Nazis invaded Cansano, forcing its two thousand inhabitants to make a tough decision—fight and be killed or sent to a POW camp, stay behind as servants to the Nazis, or move into the unforgiving mountains of Abruzzo while the Nazis used their village as a home base. Giovanni Ruscitti's family chose the latter and spent the next few months living in horrendous winter conditions in the rugged mountains. When the war ended, they returned to a village so ravaged by the Nazis that, today, the town has less than 200 citizens and remains in a dilapidated state.