Books to help you think and explore: Gruppo 24 ORE's recommendations for the holidays
The 24 ORE Group takes readers on a journey through ideas, beauty, and flavors with books from its publishing houses: Il Sole 24 Ore offers tools for interpreting the present and imagining the future, while 24 ORE Cultura celebrates Italian art, style, and excellence.
From the new science of the mind to global challenges and the hidden value of words, Il Sole 24 Ore's books invite reflection and discovery. Paolo Legrenzi, with Meravigliosamente complessi (Wonderfully Complex), guides readers through neuroscience, psychology, and decision-making processes to understand how we think and act in increasingly complex contexts. Paolo Gualtieri, in Virus, guerre e tecnologie stanno cambiando il mondo (Viruses, Wars, and Technologies Are Changing the World), analyzes the forces that have transformed our times—pandemics, conflicts, and the digital revolution—and proposes scenarios for the future of Italy and Europe. Nunzio Galantino, in Nel crocevia delle culture (At the Crossroads of Cultures), collects reflections from the column “Abitare le parole” (“Living Words”), restoring meaning and depth to language in order to guide thoughts and relationships in a complex world.
Alongside these reflections, 24 ORE Cultura offers volumes that recount different worlds, united by a passion for style, art, and taste. I AM KEN. Storia e stile by Massimiliano Capella traces the evolution of Ken as a pop icon and mirror of men’s fashion from the 1960s to today, in a book that is much more than a tribute: it is a reflection on customs and identity. With Animali dipinti (Painted Animals), Stefano Zuffi guides us through more than eighty masterpieces that narrate the millennial bond between man and the animal world, in a dialogue between myth, symbolism, and art. Finally, two volumes dedicated to gastronomy celebrate Italian excellence: 40 pasticcerie storiche da provare una volta nella vita (40 historic pastry shops to try once in a lifetime) by Lorenzo Petrantoni, an itinerary through the temples of Italian haute patisserie, and 50 pizzerie da provare una volta nella vita (50 pizzerias to try once in a lifetime) by Massimiliano Tonelli, an atlas that recounts pizza as a constantly evolving cultural heritage. Books that transform the pleasure of reading into a sensory and cultural experience, perfect for the holidays.
For more information:
Il Sole 24 Ore e 24 ORE Cultura
