Henry Carter Hull

The power of Nature is the only certainty that the human can have in his short life. The animals and the plants live without any distance from this paradise. The human tries to enter the mystery of Nature with science and art, but he must respect the eternal green book. Some terrorist goes around the planet, setting fire to the most beautiful places for destroy them. Others for money go around, pretending to save all the world. "A poison love" and...

Giacomo Leopardi is Italy's greatest modern poet, the first European writer to portray and examine the self in a way that feels familiar to us today. A great classical scholar and patriot, he explored metaphysical loneliness in entirely original ways. Though he died young, his influence was enormous, and it is no exaggeration to say that all modern poetry, not only in Italian, derives in some way from his work. Leopardi's poetry is notoriously difficult...

The Divine Comedy is a narrative poem by Dante Alighieri that describes the author’s travels through Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio), and Paradise (Paradiso). This trio of books, or canticas, is one example of the number three as a theme throughout the work. Each book consists of 33 cantos, which added to an introductory canto, totals 100. Each cantica follows a pattern of 9 phases plus 1 for a total of ten—9 circles of hell plus Lucifer,...

From Naples in 1914 a luxury liner sets out to bury the ashes of an operatic soprano, as a journalist comments on the exploits of the interesting people on this "voyage of life."

In his acclaimed novels of Italian-American life, Peter Pezzelli explores themes of friendship, hope, and second chances. With Villa Mirabella, he invites readers into the lives of an unforgettable family-and into the warmth of one very special bed and breakfast . . . When Jason Mirabella returns to his childhood home on a blustery winter's day, the only thing he's sure of is that he'll be staying in Providence just long enough to get back on his...

Home-style Italian-American cuisine from the Everyday Food cohost, Mad Hungry author, and Martha Stewart Living executive editorial director. Even the writing has an irresistibly Italian flavor in this cookbook by Lucinda Scala Quinn. She presents fifty-two delicious, easy-to-prepare Italian recipes from her childhood and her extensive travels throughout Italy. Included are drinks such as the Aranciata Cocktail and Handmade Cappuccino; Bruschetta...

A wonderful cookbook with the very best authentic Italian recipes ... Flick through it and you can feel immediately transported to a table under an olive tree ( The Sunday Tribune ). Named One of the Top 100 Cookbooks of the Last 25 Years by Cooking Light ! Verdura has become a classic that readers turn to as their vegetable cooking biblewith irresistible recipes representing the best of the Italian approach to vegetable preparation, an earthy yet...

During the American Civil War, three men search for a buried fortune.