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Machiavelli's God
Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 24.95To many readers of The Prince , Machiavelli appears to be deeply un-Christian or even anti-Christian, a cynic who thinks rulers should use religion only to keep their subjects in check. But in Machiavelli's God , Maurizio Viroli, one of the world's leading authorities on Machiavelli, argues that Machiavelli, far from opposing Christianity, thought... more...
Bandit Love
Europa 2010; US$ 15.00There is currently no description available for this title at this time. more...
Un Amico Italiano
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 15.00"Luca Spaghetti is not only one of my favorite people in the world, but also a natural-born storyteller. . . . This [is a] marvelous book." -Elizabeth Gilbert When Luca Spaghetti (yes, that's really his name) was asked to show a writer named Elizabeth Gilbert around Rome, he had no idea how his life was about to change. She embraced his Roman... more...
Mohamed Fekini and the Fight to Free Libya
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 95.00This book provides a significant history of Italy's brutal occupation of Libya. Using the lens of the life of the iconic resistance fighter Mohamed Fekini, it tells the story of Libya under Ottoman and Italian rule from the point of view of the colonized. The story begins with the onset of Italian occupation in 1911-12, includes the crucial period... more...
Lamberto, Lamberto, Lamberto
Melville House 2011; US$ 22.95A fable for children and adults: a story of life, death, and terrorism?in the grand tradition of Exupe´ry?s The Little Prince When we first meet 93-year-old millionaire Baron Lamberto, he has been diagnosed with 24 life-threatening ailments?one for each of the 24 banks he owns. But when he takes the advice of an Egyptian mystic and hires servants... more...
The Liberty of Servants
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 27.95Italy is a country of free political institutions, yet it has become a nation of servile courtesans, with Silvio Berlusconi as their prince. This is the controversial argument that Italian political philosopher and noted Machiavelli biographer Maurizio Viroli puts forward in The Liberty of Servants . Drawing upon the classical republican conception... more...
Swimming to Elba
Penguin Group US 2012; US$ 9.99The provocative international bestseller about two young girls growing up fast in a failing industrial town on the coast of Italy They were always a pair: daring, intelligent Anna and breathtakingly gorgeous Francesca. Just shy of fourteen, their newly acquired curves and skimpy bathing suits have earned them celebrity status on the beaches... more...
Temporary Perfections
Bitter Lemon Press 2011; US$ 14.95The fourth Guerrieri in the series. An investigation into the disappearance of a poor little rich girl in Southern Italy. more...
A Pimp's Notes
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012; US$ 26.99From a bestselling Italian author comes a sharply observed new mystery set in the seedy underworld of 1970s Milan Giorgio Faletti?s first thriller, I Kill , took Europe by storm, selling over five million copies. The Corriere della Sera , Italy?s leading newspaper, crowned him ?the greatest Italian writer.? In 2010, with the explosive publication... more...
History of the Mafia
Columbia University Press 2010; US$ 27.99When we think of the Italian Mafia, we think of Marlon Brando, Tony Soprano, and the Corleones?iconic actors and characters who give shady dealings a mythical pop presence. Yet these sensational depictions take us only so far. The true story of the Mafia reveals both an organization and mindset dedicated to the preservation of tradition. It is no... more...









