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NON-FICTIONVanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa
Vanished Smile reopens the case of the most audacious and perplexing art theft in history—the disappearance of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre Museum in 1911. "R. A. Scotti's pen is as deft as Leonardo da Vinci's brush"—Washington Times For more about Vanished Smile please click on the title link above. Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal—Building St. Peter's
An absorbing story of the construction of the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome, from blueprint to colonnade. STARRED REVIEW: "Fascinating history reveals how the world's most glorious house of worship emerged from decades of trial and scandal....The author deftly navigates the facts, dates and personalities involved, giving an immediacy and accessibility to this dense, complex saga. Not surprisingly, delicious ironies abound. ...In Scotti's capable hands, the story of St. Peter's becomes a riveting portrait of the papacy, complete with its triumphs, intrigue and excesses. " —Kirkus Reviews For more about Basilica, please click on the title link above. Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938
Drawing on newspaper accounts, the personal testimony of witnesses, and archival footage, Scotti recovers for posterity the lost stories of a world that was swept away by the worst natural disaster in the history of the Northeast. "One of the rare titles chronicling an historic event that successfully presents both the scientific and personal aspects of the disaster. It is highly readable and truly difficult to put down."–Academia "Riveting, carefully researched and superbly written."—Houston Chronicle For more about Sudden Sea, please click on the title link above. Cradle Song
A journal of my son, Ciro, December 16, 1985, to April 2, 1987. Ciro was a beautiful baby, apparently perfect in every detail. Fifteen months later, he was dead, having spent nine months in a pediatric hospital fighting a mysterious disease that attacked his immune system and never let go. "A medical mystery that will touch the heart of everyone who has ever known the love of a child." To order Cradle Song, please e-mail me at |
