Cultural Region/Italy
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The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
$23.99 Add to cartThe death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the … [more below]
- Author: Heather, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: June 11 2007
- ISBN10: 0195325419
- Language: English
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Chi Spacca: A New Approach to American Cooking
$35.00 Read moreFrom the James Beard Award-winning star of Netflix’s Chef’s Table A whole new approach to American cooking, one that blends the cutting edge culinary ethos of Los Angeles, the timeless flavors of Ital… [more below]
- Author: Silverton, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 0525654658
- Language: English
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Rick Steves Snapshot Hill Towns of Central Italy: With Siena & Assisi
$14.99 Read moreWith Rick Steves, central Italy is yours to discover! This slim guide excerpted from Rick Steves Italy includes:
- Rick’s firsthand, up-to-date advice on the best sights, restaurants, hotels, and more i
- Author: Steves, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1641715251
- Language: English
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Venetian Gardens
$49.99 Read moreBritain’s pre-eminent gardener and most revered photographer take readers on a journey across Venice to show how the city’s complex history and fragile ecosystem create the perfect conditions for sple… [more below]
- Author: Don, Monty
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 3791380095
- Language: English
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The Periodic Table: A Memoir
$20.00 Add to cartThe Periodic Table is largely a memoir of the years before and after Primo Levi’s transportation from his native Italy to Auschwitz as an anti-Facist partisan and a Jew.
It recounts, in clear, precise
- Series: Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics
- Author: Levi, Primo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 04 1995
- ISBN10: 0805210415
- Language: English
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Coming Home to Sicily: Seasonal Harvests and Cooking from Case Vecchie
$35.00 Read moreSet on one of the oldest and largest estates in Sicily, is Case Vecchie, where all the food is either sustainably grown or wild. Here you’ll find the Anna Tasca Lanza Center for Sicilian Food and Cult… [more below]
- Author: Lanza, Fabrizia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1454952970
- Language: English
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Adventurer: The Life and Times of Giacomo Casanova
$23.00 Read moreA fast-paced narrative about the world-famous libertine Giacomo Casanova, from celebrated biographer Leo Damrosch
“Fully succeeds in communicating that ‘vivid presentness, ‘ that ‘joyful eagerness’ fo- Author: Damrosch, Leo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 0300271026
- Language: English
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The Story of Greece and Rome
$16.00 Read moreThe extraordinary story of the intermingled civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, spanning more than six millennia, from the late Bronze Age to the seventh century
The magnificent civilization cr- Author: Spawforth, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: March 17 2020
- ISBN10: 0300251645
- Language: English
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Crassus: The First Tycoon
$18.00 Add to cartThe story of Rome’s richest man, who died a humiliating desert death in search of military glory
- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Stothard, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 300274173
- Language: English
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Modern Italy: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe history of modern Italy is characterized by recurrent cultural and political projects of modernity, rejuvenation, and regeneration; projects which often had their roots in a widespread dissatisfac… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Bull, Anna Cento
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0198726511
- Language: English
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Inside Milan: Colorfully Creative Italian Interiors
$85.00 Read moreInterior designer Nicol? Castellini Baldissera and fashion and interiors photographer Guido Taroni offer a privileged glimpse into the homes of Milan’s foremost creative residents.
Inside Milan ventur- Author: Castellini Baldissera, Nicol?
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0865654093
- Language: English
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Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of the Marchesa Casatithe Ultimate Edition
$29.95 Add to cartFor the first three decades of the twentieth century, the Marchesa Luisa Casati astounded Europe. She was infamous for her evening strolls–naked beneath her furs, parading cheetahs on diamond-studded
- Author: Ryersson, Scot D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 24 2017
- ISBN10: 1517903718
- Language: English
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Pinocchio: The Adventures of a Puppet, Doubly Commented Upon and Triply Illustrated
$27.50 Read moreA richly illustrated analysis from one of Europe’s greatest living philosophers.
In Pinocchio, Giorgio Agamben turns his keen philosopher’s eye to the famous nineteenth-century novel by Carlo Collodi- Series: Italian List
- Author: Agamben, Giorgio
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: June 21 2023
- ISBN10: 180309138X
- Language: English
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Italians in the Pacific Northwest
$24.99 Read moreFrom hardscrabble days as homesteaders and farmers in the 1880s to becoming successful entrepreneurs of the postwar boom generation, Italians settled and later thrived in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Floreano, Tessa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160466
- Language: English
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Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #13: Vacation Under the Volcano
$7.99 Read moreThe #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better. Track the
- Series: Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #14
- Author: Osborne, Mary Pope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 25 2006
- ISBN10: 0375832203
- Language: English
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How to Be Italian: Eat, Drink, Dress, Travel and Love La Dolce Vita
$19.95 Add to cartWhat does it mean to be Italian?
Is it pausing to enjoy an aperitivo or gelato? A passeggiata down a laneway steeped in history? An August spent tanning at the beach? This book is a celebration of the- Author: Pasquale, Maria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1922417319
- Language: English
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Italian Cooking in Your Instant Pot: 60 Flavorful Homestyle Favorites Made Faster Than Ever
$23.99 Read moreMake Dinnertime a Breeze with Speedy Pastas, Mains, Soups and More
From tasty pasta dishes to staple sauces, hearty soups and more, blogger and dietitian Tawnie Graham shares all of her favorite Ital- Author: Graham, Tawnie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 164567987X
- Language: English
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Lost Bread
$18.95 Read moreBruck’s “spare prose captures the raw terror and bitter sorrow of the camps. She also finds lyrical beauty and unexpected joy in moments of calm. Reading her work is like breaking bread with her, seek… [more below]
- Author: Bruck, Edith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 142
- Publish Date: July 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1589881788
- Language: English
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Meditaciones
$15.95 Add to cartEl emperador y fil?sofo romano Marco Aurelio destac? por su serenidad, su modestia y su b?squeda de la verdad, a la vez que fue un c?sar brillante en el campo de batalla. Solo escribi? una obra: Medit… [more below]
- Series: Pensamiento Ilustrado
- Author: Aurelio, Marco
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 01 2022
- ISBN10: 8418395206
- Language: Spanish
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In Tuscany
$35.00 Add to cartA lavishly illustrated ode to the joys of Tuscany’s people, food, landscapes, and art, from the bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun and See You in the Piazza
“A love letter to Italy written in- Author: Mayes, Frances
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 31 2000
- ISBN10: 0767905350
- Language: English
