Rizzoli Ex Libris imprint: 25 books
The Reach of Rome
A Journey Through the Lands of the Ancient Empire, Following a Coin
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
In this unconventional and accessible history, Italian best-seller Alberto Angela literally follows the money to map the reach and power of the Roman Empire. To see a map of the Roman Empire at the height of its territorial expansion is to be struck by its size, stretching from Scotland to Kuwait,...
The Consolations of the Forest
Alone in a Cabin on the Siberian Taiga
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
A meditation on escaping the chaos of modern life and rediscovering the luxury of solitude. Winner of the Prix Médicis for nonfiction, The Consolations of the Forest is a Thoreau-esque quest to find solace, taken to the extreme. No stranger to inhospitable places, Sylvain Tesson exiles himself to...
B is for Bauhaus, Y is for YouTube
Designing the Modern World from A to Z
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
A tool kit, done in A–Z form, for understanding the world around us through the way we design and use things. Covering subjects that range from authenticity to Grand Theft Auto to Dieter Rams, Deyan Sudjic’s latest book has been called "a master class in musing on modern design." Though...
You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams
My Life in Stories and Pictures
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
A magical concoction of the mischievous, tender, whimsical, and debauched real-life adventures of Alan Cumming, told in his own words and pictures. Described by the New York Times as “a bawdy countercultural sprite” and named one of the most fun people in show business by Time magazine, Alan Cumming...
The Glass of Fashion
A Personal History of Fifty Years of Changing Tastes and the People Who Have Inspired Them
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Gorgeously repackaged, this reissue of the classic book presents the iconic photographer’s expert and witty reminiscences of the personalities who inspired fashion’s golden eras, and left an indelible mark on his own sense of taste and style. "The camera will never be invented that could...
by Gary Indiana
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
The long-awaited memoir from one of the most acclaimed radical writers in American literature. Described by the London Review of Books as one of “the most brilliant critics writing in America today,” Gary Indiana is a true radical whose caustic voice has by turns haunted and influenced the...
Couture Confessions ebook
Twentieth-Century Fashion Icons in Their Own Words
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
Late legendary couturiers of modern fashion speaking eloquently about life, design, and inspiration. Vionnet, Chanel, Dior, Saint Laurent, McQueen—these names define haute couture, and long after the designers have passed away, their influence on fashion continues to be profound. In an exceptional...
The Many Lives of Miss K
Toto Koopman - Model, Muse, Spy
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
A life of glamour and tragedy, set against the watershed cultural and political movements of twentieth-century Europe. "Toto" Koopman (1908–1991) is a new addition to the set of iconoclastic women whose biographies intrigue and inspire modern-day readers. Like her contemporaries Lee Miller...
The Secrets of Rome
Love and Death in the Eternal City
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
From Italy's popular author Corrado Augias comes the most intriguing exploration of Rome ever to be published. In the mold of his earlier histories of Paris, New York, and London, Augias moves perceptively through twenty-seven centuries of Roman life, shedding new light on a cast of famous, and infamous,...
A Soldier on the Southern Front
The Classic Italian Memoir of World War 1
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
A rediscovered Italian masterpiece chronicling the author's experience as an infantryman, newly translated and reissued to commemorate the centennial of World War I. Taking its place alongside works by Ernst JŸnger, Robert Graves, and Erich Maria Remarque, Emilio Lussu's memoir is one of the most...
The Photographer and the President
Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Gardner, and the Images That Made a Presidency
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
A new angle on Lincoln and his legacy, exploring the rich and suggestive dialogue between art, image, and politics at the time of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was one of the most photographed figures of his century. Richard Lowry explores Lincoln’s association with Alexander Gardner, the man who...
The Secrets of Italy
People, Places, and Hidden Histories
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
One of Italy's best-known writers takes a Grand Tour through her cities, history, and literature in search of the true character of this contradictory nation. There is Michelangelo, but also the mafia. Pavarotti, but also Berlusconi. The debonair Milanese, but also the infamous captain of the Costa...
by Giulio Tremonti
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
From Italy’s former minister of economy and finance, a provocative and galvanizing jeremiad on the Euro crisis and the global economic status quo. As Europe’s debt crisis persists and the aftershocks of the 2008 collapse hinder recovery across the globe, Giulio Tremonti underscores the dangers...
The Diary of a Nose
A Year in the Life of a Parfumeur
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
An intimate exploration of inspiration and creativity, from the "parfumeur exclusif" of the house of Hermès. A scent has incantatory powers, capable of transporting you to your past, of kindling fantasies, of creating a vivid mise en scène—literally out of thin air. In the hands of the truly great,...
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