Attention Italy lovers! We present beautiful books to fall in love with.
To read yourself or to give as a gift!
E-Type on shafts
Let’s celebrate a double birthday: in 1842 the Riva shipyard was founded in Sarnico on Lake Iseo, and in 1962 the Aquarama model developed by Carlo Riva came onto the market.
Gianni Agnelli was partly to blame for the success: When Riva tested the prototype in Monaco, the Fiat boss asked if he could drive the boat, made his rounds – and thus the slim mahogany speedster became the epitome of the Dolce Vita.
Credit: Oliver Pilcher
Sean Connery owned a boat, Gunter Sachs anyway. Today, about 650 of the 760 boats built still exist. You can imagine the prices.
The tribute in paper form is an idea cheaper, nevertheless you have to make an effort for it because it is very, very much in demand. Michael Verdon: Riva Aquarama. Assouline. 920 Euro
What a Way to Go!
“In the end, you know a man by what he does. Not what he says or how blue his eyes are.”
The phrase comes from director Martin Ritt, who made several films with Paul Newman. A few facts you may not know: Newman was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, in 1925, he returned during World War II as the only survivor of his squadron and dutifully continued to run his father’s sports business until his father’s death in 1950.
He became a superstar at the age of 38, he was nominated ten times for an Oscar, but only got it – apart from the one for his life’s work – for »The Color of Money«.
Credit: Terry O’Neill / Iconic Images
Well, and then there was his salad dressing, which he turned into the Newman’s Own food empire. Most people know that he was a successful racer. “Racing is the best way I know to get rid of all the junk in Hollywood,” he once said.
Now, not only has an illustrated book with as yet unknown photos of him been published, but a six-part documentary about Newman and Joanne Woodward, to whom he was married for fifty years, has just been shown on HBOMax, directed by Ethan Hawke. In other words, there are plenty of opportunities to rediscover this extraordinary man.
James Clarke: Paul Newman: Blue-Eyed Cool. ACC Art Books.
52,25 Euro
News from the legend
You think there’s nothing more to say about the Ford GT40, the car has been put through the wolves umpteen times in pop culture and every secret has been revealed.
If it weren’t for this new book, in which 32 stories are devoted to every detail: the design and development of the car, the racing stories and opponents, the Scuderia Filipinetti team that entered the car at Le Mans in 1965, the name controversy of 2005 or the unrecorded engine swap. You never stop learning. Good job.
John Allen & Colin Endeacott: Ford GT40 Anthology: A Unique Compilation of Stories About these Most Iconic Cars. Veloce.
57 Euro
Beyond Eden
“So one day I discovered that I didn’t know my own country anymore”
wrote John Steinbeck in “The Journey with Charley: In Search of America.”
In the autumn of 1960, the then 58-year-old writer set off on a tour of America in a custom-built camper called Rocinante, named after Don Quixote’s horse. Our advice: Grab the still brand-new book, which is more of a social critique than a travel novel, plus the illustrated book »The Great American Road Trip«, and off you go.
The Great American Road Trip: Roam the Roads From Coast to Coast.
45 Euro
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