Cultural Region/Italy
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Ciao Italia: My Lifelong Food Adventures in Italy
$39.95 Read moreLegions of loyal fans of Mary Ann Esposito’s groundbreaking PBS cooking show CIAO ITALIA have enjoyed cooking with and learning from this beloved television personality, a trailblazer who helped spark… [more below]
- Author: Esposito, Mary Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1942155174
- Language: English
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Cannae: Hannibal’s Greatest Victory
$18.99 Add to cartFrom an award-winning historian of ancient Rome, the definitive history of Rome’s most devastating defeat August 2, 216 BC was one of history’s bloodiest single days of fighting. On a narrow plain nea
- Author: Goldsworthy, Adrian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 21 2019
- ISBN10: 1541699254
- Language: English
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Rome’s Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar
$20.00 Add to cart“Cato, history’s most famous foe of authoritarian power, was the pivotal political man of Rome; an inspiration to our Founding Fathers; and a cautionary figure for our times. He loved Roman republican
- Author: Goodman, Rob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 18 2014
- ISBN10: 1250042623
- Language: English
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1177 B.C.: A Graphic History of the Year Civilization Collapsed
$24.95 Add to cartA beautiful, full-color graphic version of Eric Cline’s bestselling 1177 B.C., adapted by award-winning author-illustrator Glynnis Fawkes
Eric Cline’s 1177 B.C. tells the story of one of history’s gre- Series: Turning Points in Ancient History #4
- Author: Cline, Eric H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 069121302X
- Language: English
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Josephus: The Essential Writings
$24.99 Add to cartAn award-winning translation and condensation of The Jewish Antiquities and The Jewish War of Josephus. The historical events take on a brilliant new dimension in this revised edition now with photogr… [more below]
- Author: Josephus, Flavius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: July 12 1990
- ISBN10: 0825429641
- Language: English
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Caesar’s Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar’s Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome
$17.95 Add to cartStephen Dando-Collins paints a vivid and definitive portrait of daily life in the Tenth Legion as he follows Caesar and his men along the blood-soaked fringes of the Empire. This unprecedented regimen… [more below]
- Author: Dando-Collins, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0471686131
- Language: English
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The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, Its Regions, and Their Peoples
$22.00 Add to cartOne of The Economist‘s Books of the Year
A provocative, entertaining account of Italy’s diverse riches, its hopes and dreams, its past and present Did Garibaldi do Italy a disservice when he helped it- Author: Gilmour, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 13 2012
- ISBN10: 0374533601
- Language: English
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Mussolini’s Daughter: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe
$32.50 Add to cartA thrilling biography of Edda Mussolini–Benito Mussolini’s favorite daughter, one of the most influential women in 1930s Europe–and a heart-stopping account of the unraveling of the Fascist dream in
- Author: Moorehead, Caroline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0062967258
- Language: English
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Hannibal: The Military Biography of Rome’s Greatest Enemy
$39.95 Read moreThe Romans’ destruction of Carthage after the Third Punic War erased any Carthaginian historical record of Hannibal’s life. What we know of him comes exclusively from Roman historians who had every in… [more below]
- Author: Gabriel, Richard A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1597976865
- Language: English
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Living in Tuscany. 40th Ed.
$30.00 Add to cartUnder the burning Tuscan sun roll marvelous hills, vineyards, and olive groves–all postcard-perfect landscapes nestling centuries-old towns, rural villas, and contadino farmhouses. We’ve tracked dow
- Series: 40th Edition
- Author: René Stoeltie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 26 2023
- ISBN10: 3836594420
- Language: English
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Italian Grammar for Beginners Textbook + Workbook Included: Supercharge Your Italian with Essential Lessons and Exercises
$22.90 Add to cartLearn beginner Italian grammar painlessly with step-by-step lessons that focus on the essentials and help you build a learning habit.
Inside “Italian Grammar for Beginners” you’ll find:
- 25 beginner-l
- Author: Talk in Italian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: November 30 2021
- ISBN10: 1684893208
- Language: English
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Mediterranean Diet for Beginners: Your Essential Guide to Living the Mediterranean Lifestyle
$13.94 Add to cartRevitalize Your Life, Take Control of Your Weight, and Enjoy Delicious Mediterranean Food
Are you completely fed up and frustrated with feeling unhealthy and unmotivated? Do you want to lose weight or
- Author: Baker, Adele
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 78
- Publish Date: October 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1087812607
- Language: English
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A Thousand Days in Venice: An Unexpected Romance
$21.99 Add to cartFernando first sees Marlena across the Piazza San Marco and falls in love from afar. When he sees her again in a Venice café a year later, he knows it is fate. He knows little English; she, a divorce
- Author: de Blasi, Marlena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 11 2013
- ISBN10: 1616202815
- Language: English
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The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto (Travel Guide with Free Ebook)
$24.99 Add to cartThis practical travel guide to Venice & the Veneto features detailed factual travel tips and points-of-interest structured lists of all iconic must-see sights as well as some off-the-beaten-track trea
- Series: Rough Guides
- Author: Guides, Rough
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 183905848X
- Language: English
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The Life of St. Leonard of Port Maurice
$20.00 Add to cartSt. Leonard was born in 1676 at Port Maurice, near Genoa. He went to Rome to study, and there took on the Franciscan habit at the friary of St. Bonaventure. St. Leonard was zealous for souls, and want
- Author: Masserano, Giuseppe Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: August 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1957066377
- Language: English
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The Twelve Caesars
$16.00 Add to cart‘Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tempted creatures, whose great moral task is to hold in balance the angel and the mo
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Suetonius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: December 18 2007
- ISBN10: 0140455167
- Language: English
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Rome Is Burning: Nero and the Fire That Ended a Dynasty
$18.95 Add to cartDrawing on new archaeological evidence, an authoritative history of Rome’s Great Fire–and how it inflicted lasting harm on the Roman Empire
According to legend, the Roman emperor Nero set fire to his- Series: Turning Points in Ancient History #9
- Author: Barrett, Anthony a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0691233942
- Language: English
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Historia de Italia: Una guÃa fascinante de la historia de Italia, desde los primeros asentamientos, pasando por la Edad Media, hasta la ép
$17.97 Add to cartSi desea descubrir la fascinante historia de Italia siga leyendo…
No es fácil trazar la frontera entre la historia de Italia y la de Roma. En muchos lugares, las dos entidades polÃticas y geográfi
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 126
- Publish Date: March 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1637162170
- Language: Spanish
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The Greek and Roman Myths: A Guide to the Classical Stories
$25.95 Add to cartWho was Pandora and what was in her famous box? How did Achilles get his Achilles heel? What exactly is a Titan? And why is one computer virus known as a Trojan horse?
The myths of ancient Greece and … [more below]
- Series: Myths
- Author: Matyszak, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 15 2010
- ISBN10: 0500251738
- Language: English
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Encyclopedia of Pasta: Volume 26
$56.25 Add to cartSpaghetti, gnocchi, tagliatellea, ravioli, vincisgrassi, strascinati–pasta in its myriad forms has been a staple of the Mediterranean diet longer than bread. This beautiful volume is the first book t… [more below]
- Series: California Studies in Food and Culture #26
- Author: Zanini De Vita, Oretta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0520255224
- Language: English
