"Lots of books are written with passion about Italian food, precious few backed up with the deep historical background here presented in allegro con brio style by a clear-headed historian who rubbishes some too-persistent myths and replaces them with factual narratives no less fascinating. Dickie shows how Italian regional cuisines developed and some dishes became global icons. If we are what we eat, who wouldn't want to be Italian?"

"Filled with information for frequent and fearful flyers, aviation enthusiasts, pilots in training and the general public."

Chronicles the year following the death of her husband, fellow writer John Gregory Dunne, from a massive heart attack on December 30, 2003, while the couple's only daughter, Quintana, lay unconscious in a nearby hospital suffering from pneumonia and septic shock.

This real-life story paints a bright picture of the Irish family.

Less than five years to live.

McCourt follows up his Audie Award-winning performance in Angela's Ashes with another brilliant reading as he chronicles his return to post-World War II New York.

Paul Keating. From an Australian perspective, you either love him or hate him.

For six months she left her work, family and friends and went to live on her own in the south of France.

John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil has been heralded as a "lyrical work of non-fiction."