italy

Introduces the people, places, and history of Italy.

Skylar's mother has been relocated to Venice, Italy. While there, Skylar will be part of a mentorship program and will be blogging about the city. One of her fellow mentees, Logan, is cool, cute and Australian. But the other mentee, Zara, seems determined to sabotage Skyler's chances. And with a big assignment coming up, Skyler is already stumped. Wishing she had someone to talk to, Skylar realizes the first person who comes to mind isn't even on the same continent. She knows that her BFF, Ella, would have all the answers, especially how to solve the writer's block. But after a summer bucket list went awry, they didn't leave off on the best of terms. Thanks to technology, Skyler and Ella get a long-distance shot at mending things. When Skyler's writing mistakes start to pile up, she isn't sure if she's up to the task. With the help of some Italian magic and her oldest friend, can Skyler learn to love her new city and stay connected to what matters most?.

Sam and Annabel are on vacation in Italy when they learn of gold hidden during World War II in the city's underground tunnels and caves. They race to get to the gold before their nemesis, Humphrey Battleford, or the grandson of a Nazi get to it first.

Thirteen-year-old Christa's plans for her favorite holiday are derailed when her parents announce their divorce and Christa spends Christmas in Europe with her mom, but even though her dad remains in Chicago, he sends Christa on a scavenger hunt made up of dares that send her all over Florence, Paris, and London.

In Renaissance Italy, Artemisia Gentileschi endures the subjugation of women that allows her father to take credit for her extraordinary paintings, rape and the ensuing trial, and torture, buoyed by her deceased mother's stories of strong women of the Bible.

Matteo has returned home to the provincial country town where he was born and from which he had fled. After three years in Milan where he had been able to live out and proud as a young gay man, he fears the reception he will receive. To make things worse, he has no money, no job, and an uncertain future. Despite trepidations about encountering his estranged father, he finds a place to crash with his extended family for a while. Settling into a house shared by his grandmother, three aunts, and his very pregnant cousin, he starts to rebuild his life and relationships and confronts a few truths about the other generations of his family, and about himself.

Having lost everything in a tidal wave in 1169 Sicily, nineteen-year-old Don Giovanni makes a simple-sounding wager with a stranger he recognizes as the devil but, while desperate enough to surrender his pride and good looks for three years, he is not willing to give up his soul.

Grandma Concetta heals everyone with her remedies and advice, and when she retires, she leaves Nona her magic pasta pot with its secret ingredient.

Meet Felix, captured in Gaul in 180 CE and taken to Rome to train as a gladiator. He'll show you what it takes to survive these harsh, epic times as he introduces you to gladiator school; the Coliseum, largest-ever amphitheater; battles against lions; hand-to-hand combat in the arena; and more. Do you have the skills and guts to be a Roman gladiator?.

"In 1940s Italy, teenager Pino Lella joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps and falls for a beautiful widow, he also becomes the personal driver of one of the Third Reich's most powerful commanders."--Provided by publisher.