Cultural Region/Italy
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Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo
$17.99 Add to cartTim Parks’s books on Italy have been hailed as “so vivid, so packed with delectable details, [they] serve as a more than decent substitute for the real thing” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Now, in … [more below]
- Author: Parks, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 05 2014
- ISBN10: 0393348822
- Language: English
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Catiline’s Conspiracy, the Jugurthine War, Histories
$15.95 Add to cartSallust was one of the first classical historians to move beyond a dry recitation of fact to paint sharp-edged portraits of the moral and political degeneration of the Roman Republic. Sallust’s abrupt… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Sallust
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 06 2010
- ISBN10: 0192823450
- Language: English
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Machiavelli: Philosopher of Power
$17.99 Add to cartPart of the acclaimed Eminent Lives series, Machiavelli is a superb portrait of the brilliant and revolutionary political philosopher–history’s most famous theorist of “warfare, terror, murder, and b… [more below]
- Author: King, Ross
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 03 2009
- ISBN10: 0061768928
- Language: English
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Italian Without Words
$7.99 Add to cartYou don’t need words to speak Italian. All you really need is this unique “phrase book” of the most common Italian expressions, complete with authentic Italian gestures and body language. There’s no f… [more below]
- Author: Cangelosi, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: April 15 1989
- ISBN10: 0671677438
- Language: English
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Walking in the Dolomites: 25 Multi-Day Routes in Italy’s Dolomites
$27.95 Add to cartA guidebook to 25 multi-day treks in the Dolomites of north-east Italy. The routes range from moderate to challenging in difficulty, with varying degrees of mountain traverses, scrambles and exposure
- Author: Price, Gillian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 31 2017
- ISBN10: 1852848448
- Language: English
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Rome: A Pilgrimage with Mary
$29.95 Read moreRome: A Pilgrimage with Mary is a lavishly illustrated coffee table book by Fr. Joseph Roesch, MIC.
Exquisitely captured in sumptuous photography, this book takes the reader on a pictorial “pilgrimag
- Author: Roesch, Fr Joseph, MIC
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1596144815
- Language: English
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Heretical Aesthetics: Pasolini on Painting
$24.95 Read moreFirst collection on filmmaker and poet Pasolini’s passion for painting
One of Europe’s most mythologized Marxist intellectuals of the 20th century, Pier Paolo Pasolini was not only a poet, filmmaker,- Author: Giammei, Alessandro
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1804291285
- Language: English
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The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome
$18.95 Read moreWhat happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy? The life and times of the worst Roman emperor of all.
What happens when you put the Roman Empire in the hands of a teenage boy- Author: Sidebottom, Harry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0861546857
- Language: English
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Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth Century Tuscany
$17.99 Add to cartBy the late fall of 1630, the Black Plague had descended upon northern Italy. The prentice Magistry of Public Health, centered in Florence, took steps to contain and combat the scourge. In this essay,… [more below]
- Author: Cipolla, Carlo M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 134
- Publish Date: August 29 2012
- ISBN10: 0393000451
- Language: English
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Road to Valor: A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
$20.00 Add to cartThe inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian resistance during World War II
Gino Bartali i- Author: McConnon, Aili
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 11 2013
- ISBN10: 0307590658
- Language: English
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In Other Words: A Memoir
$18.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Namesake delivers a powerful meditation on the process of learning to express herself in Italian–and the stunning journey o… [more below]
- Author: Lahiri, Jhumpa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 07 2017
- ISBN10: 1101911468
- Language: English
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The Roman Republic: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe rise and fall of the Roman Republic occupies a special place in the history of Western civilization. From humble beginnings on the seven hills beside the Tiber, the city of Rome grew to dominate t… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gwynn, David M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 25 2012
- ISBN10: 0199595119
- Language: English
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The Pasta Codex: 1001 Recipes
$19.98 Add to cartFeaturing 1,001 recipes compiled over thirty years of research and travel, The Pasta Codex relates the history and traditions behind the world’s most famous food, with recipes for every shape and type… [more below]
- Author: Buonassisi, Vincenzo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0789341603
- Language: English
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The Deliciously Cheesy Cookbook: Over 100 Cheesy Comfort Foods for Every Craving
$27.95 Add to cartBring your favorite ingredient front and center with the savory recipes in The Deliciously Cheesy Cookbook.
These cheese-packed recipes are sure to satisfy every craving. With Mozzarella, Swiss, Chedda
- Author: The Coastal Kitchen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 164643188X
- Language: English
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The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
$32.00 Read moreThe creator of the award-winning podcast series The History of Rome and Revolutions brings to life the bloody battles, political machinations, and human drama that set the stage for the fall of the Ro… [more below]
- Author: Duncan, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 24 2017
- ISBN10: 1610397215
- Language: English
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The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition
$39.95 Add to cartOriginally published in 1975, The Machiavellian Moment remains a landmark of historical and political thought. Celebrated historian J.G.A. Pocock looks at the consequences for modern historical and so
- Series: Princeton Classics #25
- Author: Pocock, John Greville Agard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 664
- Publish Date: October 04 2016
- ISBN10: 0691172234
- Language: English
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Preserving Italy: Canning, Curing, Infusing, and Bottling Italian Flavors and Traditions
$23.00 Add to cartCapture the flavors of Italy with more than 150 recipes for conserves, pickles, sauces, liqueurs, infusions, and other preserves
The notion of preserving shouldn’t be limited to American jams and jel- Author: Marchetti, Domenica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 14 2016
- ISBN10: 0544611624
- Language: English
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Rome: Strategy of Empire
$40.99 Add to cartThe first work to lay out Roman strategic thinking from its start under Augustus until its final demise in 476 CE
From Octavian’s victory at Actium (31 bc) to its traditional endpoint in the West (476- Author: Lacey, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 019093770X
- Language: English
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Unsinkable: Five Men and the Indomitable Run of the USS Plunkett
$18.99 Add to cartIn the bestselling tradition of Indianapolis and In Harm’s Way comes a “captivating…gripping” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) account of the USS Plunkett–a US Navy destroyer that sustained the mos… [more below]
- Author: Sullivan, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1982147849
- Language: English
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Miami Cooks: Recipes from the City’s Favorite Restaurants
$32.99 Add to cartWhen it comes to food cities, Miami is one to take seriously. It is a colorful culinary tapestry of local and international food traditions with emerging new talents and James Beard-recognized chefs s… [more below]
- Author: Liss, Sara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: September 29 2020
- ISBN10: 1773271210
- Language: English
