Books for Italian American Heritage Month

Updated October 10, 2023
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My America dream : a life of love, family, and food
Bastianich, Lidia
Paper Book
For millions of Americans, Lidia Bastianich feels like family. For decades, she's shown us how to celebrate Italian food through her cookbooks, TV shows, and restaurants. Now, in My American Dream, she tells her own story for the very first time. Born in Pula in what is now Croatia, Lidia...
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 America dream : a life of love, family, and food
Bastianich, Lidia
Paper Book
For millions of Americans, Lidia Bastianich feels like family. For decades, she's shown us how to celebrate Italian food through her cookbooks, TV shows, and restaurants. Now, in My American Dream, she tells her own story for the very first time. Born in Pula in what is now Croatia, Lidia...
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...
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
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 (...
Lady Gaga : making a difference as a musician
Kawa, Katie
Paper Book
From the earliest days of her career, Lady Gaga has used her music to inspire people to love themselves for who they are. Your readers will discover the years of bullying that pushed Lady Gaga to become a force for positivity and inclusivity in show business. They'll see how musicians can create...
The Umbrella Academy. Volume 1, Apocalypse suite
Way, Gerard.
Paper Book
The New York Timesbestselling comics series that was the inspiration for TheUmbrella Academy on Netflix,now on Season 3! In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-three extraordinary children were spontaneously born to women who'd previously shown no signs of...
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 famous summer...

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