SUGGESTED READING

Culture Shock, A Guide to Customs and Etiquette, Italy ,  By Raymond Flower & Alessandro Falassi,

Do's And Taboos Around The World, Compiled by the Parker Pen Company

Ethnic America, A History, By Thomas Sowell

A Quick Guide To Customs & Etiquette, Culture Smart, Italy, By Charles Abbott

A Venetian Affair, A True Tale of Forbidden Love in the Eighteenth Century, By Andrea di Robilant

Michelangelo & The Pope's Ceiling, By Ross King

The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, By Edward Gibbon

IL Gigante, Michelangelo, Florence and the David, By Anton Gill

April Blood, Florence and the plot against the Medici, By Lauro Martines

Galileo's Daughter, by Dava Sobel

Sprezzatura, 50 ways Italian Genius shaped the World, By Peter D'Epiro & Mary Desmond Pinkowish

Sacred Time, By Ursula Hegi

Italians First! An A-Z of everything achieved first by Italians,By Arturo Barone

Italy, A Short History, By Harry Hearder

The World Of Rome, By Michael Grant

The Incredible Book of Vatican Facts and Papal Curiosities, A Treasure of Trivia, By Nino Lo Bello

The Dark Heart Of Italy, By Tobias Jones

Chronicle Of The Roman Emperors, By Chris Scarre

Vroom With A View, In search of Italy's Dolce Vita on a '61 Vespa, By Peter Moore

Gomorrah, Roberto Saviano

War In Val D'Orcia, Iris Origo

Love and War In The Appenines, Eric Newby

Italy's Sorrow, James Holland

War In Italy 1943-1945 A Brutal Story, Richard Lamb

The Battle For Rome, Robert Katz

Ciao Bambino! A Childs Tour Of Italy By Danna Troncatty Leahy

One Hundred and One Beautiful Small Towns Of Italy By Paolo Lazzarin

Italy For Dummies By Bruce Murphy and Alessandra de Rosa

Italy With Kids By Barbara Pape & Michael Calabrese

When In Rome By Robert J Hutchinson

Rome Little Black Book By Erica Firpo

The Companion Guide To Rome By Georgina Masson

A Traveller In Rome By H.V. Morton

La Bella Figura: A field guide to the Italian Mind By Beppe Severgnini

Miracle at St. Anna, James McBride

That Fine Italian Hand  By Paul Hoffman

City of the Soul: A walk in Rome,  By William Murray

Vic Damone: Singing Was the Easy Part  by Vic damone with David Chanoff