Staff Book and Media Recommendations

Denise Lozeau is a Library Specialist II at the University of Central Oklahoma.

Sprezzatura: 50 Ways Italian Genius Shaped the World

Peter and Mary Desmond Pinkowish D'Epiro

"Sprezzatura" will chronicle fifty great Italian cultural achievements in a series of fifty chronologically-ordered essays. New York Times Review

Why I chose this book:

This book came to my attention as a class assignment, but I found it all pleasure to read. I found it fascinating to learn the smaller details of these larger than life characters and events I had heard about all my life. The book can easily fit into a busy schedule one chapter at time, each chapter opening your eyes to discover new interests in humanities, history or science.

Reviewed December 2008