Books for Italian American Heritage Month

Updated October 10, 2023
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The Milk of Almonds: Italian American Women Writers on Food and Culture
DeSalvo, Louise A.
Ebook
"A vast, thoroughly wonderful assortment of poetry, memoirs and stories . . . that defines today's female Italian-American experience" (Publishers Weekly).   Often stereotyped as nurturing others through food, Italian-American women have often struggled...
My American dream : a life of love, family, and food
Bastianich, Lidia
Paper Book
For decades, beloved chef Lidia Bastianich has introduced Americans to Italian food through her cookbooks, TV shows, and restaurants. Nowshe tells her own story for the first time in this"memoir as rich and complex as her mushroom rago" (O, the Oprah Magazine). Born in...
Italy
Tieck, Sarah
Ebook
Informative, easy-to-read text and oversized scenic photos draw in readers as they journey through Italy - home of the majestic Italian Alps and Apennines, the iconic Colosseum, and the ruins of Pompeii. Readers will learn about Italy's history, government, major cities, land features, natural...
One dish at a time : delicious recipes and stories from my Italian-American childhood and beyond
Bertinelli, Valerie
Paper Book
More than 100 recipes for the Italian dishes of the much-beloved celeb's childhood, presented with tips and hints for enjoying them without overindulging. As a member of a large, food-loving Italian family, Valerie Bertinelli has always equated food with good times and togetherness. But...
My American dream : a life of love, family, and food
Bastianich, Lidia
Paper Book
For decades, beloved chef Lidia Bastianich has introduced Americans to Italian food through her cookbooks, TV shows, and restaurants. Nowshe tells her own story for the first time in this"memoir as rich and complex as her mushroom rago" (O, the Oprah Magazine). Born in...
Columbus : the four voyages
Bergreen, Laurence.
Paper Book
From the author of the Magellan biography, Over the Edge of the World, a mesmerizing new account of the great explorer. Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in the Americas, is a watershed...
1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus
Mann, Charles C.
Paper Book
A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. Traditionally, Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the people who inhabited the Western Hemisphere at the time of Columbus's landing had crossed the...
Madonna : A Rebel Life
Gabriel, Mary.
Paper Book
New York Times Editors' Choice, One of NPR's Best Books of the Year In this "infinitely readable" biography, award-winning author Mary Gabriel chronicles the meteoric rise and enduring influence of the greatest female pop icon of the modern era: Madonna (...
The Umbrella Academy. Volume 1, Apocalypse suite
Way, Gerard.
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling comics series that was the inspiration for TheUmbrella Academy on Netflix! In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-three extraordinary children were spontaneously born to women who'd previously shown no signs of pregnancy....
Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story
DeFino, Terri-Lynne
Paper Book
"Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story is fun and funny, wonderfully exuberant, and incredibly wise. These endearing characters--their voices and stories-- will be with me for a long time to come. I didn't want to say good-bye." -Jill McCorkle, New York Times bestselling author...
No walls and the recurring dream : a memoir
DiFranco, Ani
Paper Book
In a new memoir, singer/songwriter and activist Ani DiFranco connects herself to people in a new way and re-experiences her life from a place of hard-won wisdom and maturity that combines personal expression, music, feminism, political activism, storytelling, philanthropy, entrepreneurship,...
The lost summers of Newport : a novel
Williams, Beatriz
Paper Book
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An engrossing and sumptuous tale, this novel is a fantastic spring read." -- Good Morning America From the New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White--a novel of money and secrets set among the famous summer...
Bianca Torre is afraid of everything
Winans, Justine Pucella
Paper Book
Murder most fowl In this sardonic and campy YA thriller, an anxious, introverted nonbinary teen birder somehow finds themself investigating a murder with their neighbor/fellow anime lover, all while falling for a cute girl from their birding group...and trying not to get killed next...

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