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Past
Book Club Selections
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WINTER
2005 SELECTIONS:
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Il
Gigante: Michelangelo, Florence and the David by
Anton Gill.
Il Gigante ("The
Giant") tells the story of Michelangelo's David.
Set at the turn of the 16th century,
it focuses on Michelangelo at 17 and
the unveiling of the David in
Florence's Piazza della Signoria in 1504.
Drawing upon broad historical sources,
the author paints a vivid picture of
a troubled, eccentric Michelangelo during
one of the most artistically creative
periods in history. [$14.95; soft
cover; 388 pages; St. Martins/Thomas
Dunne Books]
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Desperate
Inscriptions: Graffiti from the Nazi Prison
in Rome by Stanislao G. Pugliese and
Liana Miuccio.
In 1943, in Nazi-occupied
Rome, hundreds of Italian partisans
and anti-fascists, along with Jews
were imprisoned and executed. While
the prisoners awaited their fate, they
scratched their thoughts, poems and
last messages on the walls of their
cells. Pugliese, an historian, and
Miuccio, a photographer, have collected
and photographed these graffiti in
a bi-lingual Italian-English volume. [$12.00;
soft cover; 102 pages; Bordighera Press]
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Italians
in America by
Alison Behnke is full of historical
facts dating back to the late 1800s when
Italians began immigrating to the United
States. It also profiles earlier Italians
such as Amerigo Vespucci, Filippo Mazzei
and Giuseppe Garibaldi as well as contemporary
Italian Americans and organizations like
the Order Sons of Italy in America. It
includes recipes, timelines and sources
and abundant color photos to make it
an excellent tool for teaching children
about their ancestors in America. [$27.93;
hardcover; 80 pages; Lerner Publications
Company]
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