A girl who has just graduated, with the dream of becoming a prominent journalist; a newspaper, The Voice of the Shadows, put together as best as possible by new journalism graduates to try to make ends meet, with the ambitious goal of entering the information elite; Omar Xantios, a famous and mature South American orchestra conductor, which is in his Venetian tour, and whose past is surrounded by a mystery regarding his controversial role in South America, during the political upheavals in...

In Rome, the past never stays buried for long. When a dangerous man is released from psychiatric detention and quietly returns to the city, Inspector Rosco and his team are drawn into a shadowy investigation where old crimes, hidden grudges, and new threats begin to intertwine. Beneath the surface of ordinary lives, secrets fester in hospital wards, along the Tiber, and in the darkest corners of the capital. As tensions rise, Rosco must protect the fragile happiness he has finally found wh...

"An ode to the imagination."—NRC HandelsbladA joy to read, La Superba, winner of the most prestigious Dutch literary prize, is a Rabelaisian, stylistic tour-de-force. Migration, legal and illegal, is at the center of this novel about a writer who becomes trapped in his walk on the wild side in mysterious and exotic Genoa, the labyrinthine port city nicknamed "La Superba."Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (b. 1968), poet, dramatist, novelist, renowned...

A charming epistolary novel that chronicles the love story between Emma and Frederico, former high school sweethearts who meet again thirty years later.At Dreams & Desires, 50-year-old Emma's quaint bookshop in Milan dedicated to romantic fiction, the passionate bookseller serves coffee and tea to her customers and completes order slips in pen rather than using a computer. One day, she finds a mysterious handwritten note stuck between the pages of a novel. The message is from her hi...

Here's a book about Rome that's seriously streetwise. Lonely Planet Kids' City Trails: Rome features colourful themed trails, from history and culture to food and nature, that reveal amazing facts and intriguing tales that kids won't find on the tourist routes or inside the average guidebook. We'll show them where to find Rome's belly button, read a poem to chocolate, snack on witch sweets, and lots more!Join Lonely Planet explorers Marco and Amelia as the...

Luxury real estate agent Adeline Peluso came to Italy in search of adventure. Inheriting an apartment with a view of the coast in Sicily sounded like something out of a movie, but after two years watching a resort she’d always loved fall to pieces she’s ready to throw in the proverbial towel...that is until one of the owners finally walked into her office. Tall, dark, and devastatingly handsome, the man would drive her crazy with his arguments if he didn’t set her aflame with his kisses.

Lorena doesn't believe in supernatural things, but one night in December, she feels the sudden presence of her ex-lover Guido in her apartment . . . even though he should be miles away. When she learns that Guido died the night he came to „see“ her, she's perturbed. Did Guido try to tell her something? To find out more, she decides to spend Christmas at the place where they fell in love ten years ago: Venice in Italy.With no clear plan in her mind and a very hazy idea how to deal w...

Two women. Two different centuries. One attic roomAmerican Isabelle Field has been shipped off to Rome to live with her aunt, Princess Elizabeth Brancaccio. Isabelle's aunt and mother share a common goal - replicating Elizabeth's success by marrying Isabelle off to a European nobleman.But Rome in 1896 is on the cusp of a new century and Isabelle longs for more than a titled husband. She secretly designs costumes for Rome's burgeoning theatre environment and...

The author of Call Me by Your Name returns with a deeply romantic memoir of his time in Rome while on the cusp of adulthood.In Roman Year, André Aciman captures the period of his adolescence that began when he and his family first set foot in Rome, after being expelled from Egypt. Though Aciman’s family had been well-off in Alexandria, all vestiges of their status vanished when they fled, and the author, his younger brother, and his deaf mother mo...

Gianpierre Romano is being dragged back to Italy by the one thing he can’t escape: family. The Romano fortune and name has followed him wherever he goes—but that only made the headstrong Italian more determined to strike out on his own. Now, he’s on the cusp of achieving international fame for an architectural project in the middle east when he’s roped into reconstructing the foundation of his family’s resort. It’s a project that Gianpierre has the passion for, but not the time—not if he w...

Dario Costanzo's wife…in name only…He married her, bedded her and she gave him an heir—and that was all he wanted. Until Maeve suffered a devastating accident that meant she had no recollection of her husband or her little son.Maeve's mind might not remember Dario, but her body certainly does—every time they touch it's electric! Is this fiercely handsome man really her husband?To reawaken his lost wife Dario will start a slow seduction, to remind he...

At last, a refreshing guide to Venice brought to you by the chalk and cheese of travel writing, Robert Shepherd and Geoff Motley. Written from the heart and fuelled by local food, wine and a mischievous sense of humour, this book is by two guys who are generations apart and come at Venice from different directions. It does not lead you by the hand, but it certainly whets your appetite, encouraging you to be adventurous and find your own way with a hint or two from the guys. Absorb what the...