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Poverty-stricken Cori and her mother must rent a room to a sergeant with little education from the south of Italy.…
At the first the calculating Cori with her social ambitions is critical of him, but soon her feelings for him change. Italian language
At ninety-six years of age, the author edited his diary reflecting his experiences as a writer, teacher, and observer during…
the first half of the century. The diary provides glimpses of national life in Italy and the United States and is populated with historical figures. Italian language
Returning from Peru after ten years, Simone discovers the history and the spirit of the people of his native Friuli.…
His casual meeting with Margherita on a snowy night takes on the magic of a fairy tale. Italian language
In this selection of articles from "Corriere della Sera," the author discusses deeds and misdeeds, provides portraits of modern figures,…
and presents stories, often imaginary, that paint a tolerant picture of Italian life. Italian language
Diary of a young medical student confronted by the daily reality of life in a Sicilian village. He describes, with…
compassion, the poverty and desolation of the inhabitants of his native village. Italian language
A novel of the life of Caleb the thief, a picaresque antihero, in Jesus' time. The Nazarene's message profoundly disturbs…
him, and Caleb's life ends on the cross next to Jesus. Italian language
Brief inspirational pieces by the Italian who was pope in 1978 for just thirty-three days. John Paul I addresses this…
series of imaginary monologues to authors, saints, historical figures, and fictional characters and discusses an idea suggested by their life or work. Italian language
An old Cuban fisherman hooks a giant marlin after eighty-five days without a single catch. He then fights a losing…
battle with sharks who try to deprive him of his triumph. Pulitzer Prize. Italian language
Four murders in Milan--a taxi driver, a businessman, a photographer, and an unemployed man--all have two things in common. All…
were killed with the same caliber pistol, and all were the same age. Commissioner Ambrosio is called in to investigate. Italian language
An Italian journalist presents the stories, experiences, and confessions of men and women who suffer from AIDS, at the same…
time pointing out the effects that the fear of AIDS has had on society as a whole. Italian language
The Italian journalist looks at the phenomenon of love and presents case histories of famous love stories, including those of…
Boris Pasternak, Marilyn Monroe, Svetlana Stalin, and Benito Mussolini. He also profiles "Latin lover" Marcello Mastroianni and diva Francesca Bertini, describes the love bouts of Woody Allen, and discusses the three loves of millionaire Armand Hammer. Italian language
Short stories about the animals of India and the life of Mowgli the jungle boy, who was adopted by a…
wolf pack and taught the laws of the jungle by a panther and a bear. Includes both Il Libro della Giungla and Il Secondo Libro della Giungla. For grades 5-8. Italian language
A British novel. Charles Wychwood, an aspiring poet, discovers an old manuscript that he believes was written by Thomas Chatterton,…
the eighteenth-century English poet who commmitted suicide at eighteen. Or did he? The story explores the themes of reality and illusion, mortality and immortality, and the ways in which past, present, and future are entwined. Italian language
Short profiles on ninety-nine contemporary men, mostly Italians. Includes writers such as Umberto Eco, actors such as Vittorio Gassman, and…
movie directors such as Federico Fellini. Woody Allen, Boy George, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, Bruce Springsteen, and Pope John Paul II are also profiled. Italian language
Historical novel chronicles the lives of an Italian farm family of Monferrato in birth, love, war, and death from the…
end of the Napoleonic Era to the inception of a united Italy. Italian language
Casaubon, a student of philology in the 1970s, is writing a thesis on the Templars, a monastic order of knights…
officially disbanded in the 1300s, though some say it only went underground and is still active. Casaubon discusses the order with his friends, Belbo and Diotallevi, and they decide to construct a bogus "Plan for the Templars." Before long the plan they invented has become real, and what started as a joke has become a nightmare. Bestseller. Italian language