Books for Italian American Heritage Month

Updated October 10, 2023
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My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food
Bastianich, Lidia Matticchio.
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
Paper Book
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...
Italy
McCulloch, Julie
Paper Book
This series introduces young readers to food from around the world, providing both cultural context and step-by-step instructions.
Big flavors from Italian America : family-style favorites from coast to coast
Paper Book
Celebrate the generous, comforting red sauce cooking that defines Italian America. Dig into the best of Italian American cooking with recipes that would make any nonna proud. Bubbling lasagna and drop meatballs are hard to resist, but save room for Braciole and Chicken...
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
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492--from "a remarkably engaging writer" (The New York Times Book Review).   Contrary to what...
Sinatra : behind the legend
Taraborrelli, J. Randy.
Paper Book
Sinatra: The Man Behind the Myth, by New York Times bestselling author J. Randy Taraborrelli, is the definitive and explosive biography of one of the world's most controversial, fascinating entertainers. Frank Sinatra's career has spanned more than a half century, with some 1,300 recordings, 60...
Madonna : a rebel life
Gabriel, Mary
Paper Book
*A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR | A GUARDIAN MEMOIR OF THE YEAR | A TELEGRAPH BEST MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR * 'Chronicles, in enthralling detail, Madonna Louise Ciccone's path from terrifyingly ambitious trainee dancer to pop colossus, all the while...
The drowning summer
Herman, Christine Lynn
Paper Book
Age range 14+ A gorgeously atmospheric contemporary fantasy of two Long Island teens and fledgling mediums investigating a murder in their small town by the New York Times bestselling author of The...
The Umbrella Academy. Volume 1, Apocalypse suite
Way, Gerard.
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling comics series that was the inspiration for The Umbrella 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 : a novel
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 her new memoir, No Walls and the Recurring Dream, Ani DiFranco recounts her early life from a place of hard-won wisdom, combining personal expression, the power of music, feminism, political activism, storytelling, philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and much more into an inspiring whole. In these...
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...
Don't go to sleep
Moore, Bryce
Paper Book
It's 1918, WW1 is in full swing, and a Spanish Influenza outbreak is on the horizon. In the midst of the chaos, families are being terrorized and people are being killed by a lone man with an axe. As Gianna and her friend Jake investigate the heinous crimes, she realizes she's connected to the...
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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