Cultural Region/Italy
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Rome’s Italian Wars: Books 6-10
$14.95 Add to cart“People have it in their minds that he would have been a match for Alexander, had Alexander turned his arms on Europe.”
Here is a superb new translation of Books 6 to 10 of Livy’s monumental history o- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Livy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 14 2013
- ISBN10: 019956485X
- Language: English
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A Cabinet of Byzantine Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from History’s Most Orthodox Empire
$23.99 Add to cartWeird, decadent, degenerate, racially mixed, superstitious, theocratic, effeminate, and even hyper-literate, Byzantium has long been regarded by many as one big curiosity. According to Voltaire, it re… [more below]
- Author: Kaldellis, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 02 2017
- ISBN10: 0190625945
- Language: English
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The World of Venice: Revised Edition
$19.99 Add to cartA fascinating exploration of the history, sights, seasons, arts, food, and people of an incomparable city. “A highly intelligent portrait of an eccentric city, written in powerful prose and enlivened … [more below]
- Series: Harvest Book
- Author: Morris, Jan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0156983567
- Language: English
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The Wonders of Florence
$22.50 Read moreThe first pop-up book on Florence. Dario Cestaro’s spectacular drawings and paper architecture reveal Florence and its treasures in a pop-up book telling the city’s history with straightforward texts
- Author: Cestaro, Dario
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 12
- Publish Date: March 24 2015
- ISBN10: 8831719211
- Language: English
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Hannibal
$19.99 Add to cartHannibal is “an exciting biography of one of history’s greatest commanders…a thrilling page-turner” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about the brilliant general who successfully crossed the Alps wit… [more below]
- Author: Hunt, Patrick N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 03 2018
- ISBN10: 143910218X
- Language: English
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The Spartacus War
$17.99 Add to cartAn authoritative account from an expert author: The Spartacus War is the first popular history of the revolt in English.
The Spartacus War is the extraordinary story of the most famous slave rebellio- Author: Strauss, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 02 2010
- ISBN10: 1416532064
- Language: English
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Chronicles of a Liquid Society
$18.99 Add to cartA posthumous collection of essays by internationally renowned essayist, literary critic, philosopher, and author of The Name of the Rose–“one of the most influential thinkers of our time” (Los Angele
- Author: Eco, Umberto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 13 2018
- ISBN10: 1328505855
- Language: English
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The Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food
$23.99 Add to cartPerfect for fans of La Cucina and Stanley Tucci’s Taste, a vivid and passionate celebration of Italian food that explores its rich history and how it became the world’s favorite cuisine.
In this “reve- Author: Dickie, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0743278070
- Language: English
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Julius Caesar
$6.95 Add to cartThe Signet Classics edition of Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy of conspiracy and betrayal.
In the first of his Roman history plays, the Bard tells the story of the murder of emperor Julius Caesar and t- Series: Shakespeare, Signet Classic
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0451526899
- Language: English
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My Poems Won’t Change the World
$27.00 Add to cartAt last, an ample English-language selection of one of contemporary poetry’s most vibrant voices
Any hall she has ever read her poetry in is invariably filled to the gills. Women like her, girls like- Author: Cavalli, Patrizia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 09 2014
- ISBN10: 0374534799
- Language: English
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Giordano Bruno: Philosopher / Heretic
$22.00 Add to cartGiordano Bruno (1548-1600) is one of the great figures of early modern Europe, and one of the least understood. Ingrid D. Rowland’s biography establishes him once and for all as a peer of Erasmus, Sha
- Author: Rowland, Ingrid D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0226730247
- Language: English
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Byzantium: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAfter surviving the fifth century fall of the Western European Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire flourished as one of the most powerful economic, cultural, and military forces in Europe for a thousan… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Sarris, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0199236119
- Language: English
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The Divine Comedy: Volume 3: Paradiso
$24.99 Add to cartAn invaluable source of pleasure to those English readers who wish to read this great medieval classic with true understanding, Sinclair’s three-volume prose translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy provi… [more below]
- Series: Galaxy Books
- Author: Dante Alighieri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: December 31 1961
- ISBN10: 0195004140
- Language: English
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Italian
$9.99 Read moreFood and culture are essential and a way of life in Italy and is the heart of the family and what brings families together is eating good food with quality ingredients. Even a simple dish with only a … [more below]
- Series: Luxe
- Author: New Holland Publishers
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1760795801
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of Italy: 3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic – A Retelling for Our Times
$16.95 Add to cartThe calendar. The Senate. The university. The piano, the heliocentric model, and the pizzeria. It’s hard to imagine a world without Italian influence–and easy to assume that inventions like these cou
- Series: Shortest History
- Author: King, Ross
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1891011456
- Language: English
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Gennaro’s Verdure: Over 80 Vibrant Italian Vegetable Dishes
$35.00 Read moreTasty, colorful, and loaded with flavor, Gennaro’s Verdure highlights the versatility of vegetables in various, delicious recipes.
In Gennaro’s Verdure, beloved Italian chef, Gennaro Contaldo transfo- Series: Gennaro’s Italian Cooking
- Author: Contaldo, Gennaro
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1623711193
- Language: English
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A History of Ancient Egypt Volume 2: From the Great Pyramid to the Fall of the Middle Kingdom
$27.99 Add to cart“Another solid work of history from an author and historian who truly grasps the mysteries of ancient Egypt.” – Kirkus Reviews
Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of A- Series: History of Ancient Egypt
- Author: Romer, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: March 07 2017
- ISBN10: 1250833493
- Language: English
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A Week in the Life of a Greco-Roman Woman
$21.99 Add to cartIn first-century Ephesus, life is not easy for women.
A young wife meets her daily struggles with equanimity and courage. She holds poverty and hunger at bay, fights to keep her child healthy and stron
- Series: Week in the Life
- Author: Beers, Holly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 03 2019
- ISBN10: 0830824847
- Language: English
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A House in Sicily
$21.99 Add to cartThe captivating memoir of a resourceful woman who started life anew in the “most beautiful house in Sicily”
For fifty years, at Casa Cuseni in the small Sicilian town of Taormina, Daphne Phelps has ex… [more below]- Author: Phelps, Daphne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 20 2007
- ISBN10: 0786707941
- Language: English
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Beginner’s Sicilian
$11.95 Add to cartThe Beginner’s Series is designed to meet the bilingual needs of the traveling businessperson, tourist, and student. These language lessons cover such common situations as: passing through customs, ch… [more below]
- Series: Beginner’s (Foreign Language)
- Author: Privitera, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0781806402
- Language: English
