BOOK Review – Vespa: Style and Passion
In 1946, airplane manufacturer Enrico Piaggio took one look at the elegantly minimalist prototype scooter with a rounded and tapered rear end that his aeronautic engineer– Corradino d’Ascanio—had designed and...
BOOK REVIEW: THE CUBANS – ORDINARY LIVES IN EXTRAORDINARY TIMES
As a former foreign correspondent (1986-2008) for The New York Times, Anthony DePalma reported widely on Cuba (he also authored The Man Who Invented Fidel). He’s no stranger to its enigmatic...