Cultural Region/Italy
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See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy
$20.00 Add to cartThe bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun discovers the hidden pleasures of Italy in a sumptuous travel narrative that crisscrosses the country, with inventive new recipes celebrating Italian cui… [more below]
- Author: Mayes, Frances
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 10 2020
- ISBN10: 0451497708
- Language: English
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The Italian Baker, Revised: The Classic Tastes of the Italian Countryside–Its Breads, Pizza, Focaccia, Cakes, Pastries, and Cookies [A Baking Boo
$40.00 Add to cartThe only comprehensive book, in English or Italian, to cover the entire range of Italian baking, from breadsticks and cornetti to focaccia, tarts, cakes, and pastries. This latest edition, updated for… [more below]
- Author: Field, Carol
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1607741067
- Language: English
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The Mafia Cookbook: Revised and Expanded
$17.99 Add to cartIn The Mafia Cookbook, Joe Dogs took the quintessential Mob formula–murder, betrayal, food–and turned it into a bestseller, not surprisingly, since Joe Dogs’s mixture of authentic Italian recipes a… [more below]
- Author: Iannuzzi, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 16 2013
- ISBN10: 1476743487
- Language: English
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The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization
$22.99 Add to cartWas the fall of Rome a great catastrophe that cast the West into darkness for centuries to come? Or, as scholars argue today, was there no crisis at all, but simply a peaceful blending of barbarians i… [more below]
- Author: Ward-Perkins, Bryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 07 2006
- ISBN10: 0192807285
- Language: English
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How to Think about God: An Ancient Guide for Believers and Nonbelievers
$18.95 Add to cartA vivid and accessible new translation of Cicero’s influential writings on the Stoic idea of the divine
Most ancient Romans were deeply religious and their world was overflowing with gods–from Jupite- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0691183651
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Italy
$32.00 Add to cartSince its formation in 1861, Italy has struggled to develop an effective political system and a secure sense of national identity. This new edition of Christopher Duggan’s acclaimed introduction chart… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Duggan, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: December 05 2013
- ISBN10: 0521747430
- Language: English
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Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
$22.00 Add to cartThe first full-scale history of Hannibal’s Carthage in decades and “a convincing and enthralling narrative.” (The Economist )
Drawing on a wealth of new research, archaeologist, historian, and master- Author: Miles, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: June 26 2012
- ISBN10: 0143121294
- Language: English
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The Age of Alexander
$18.00 Add to cartPlutarch’s influential writings on the ancient world
Plutarch’s parallel biographies of the great men in Greek and Roman history are cornerstones of European literature, drawn on by countless writers s… [more below]- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Plutarch
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 29 2012
- ISBN10: 0140449353
- Language: English
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Vita Nuova: A Dual-Language Edition with Parallel Text
$14.00 Read moreA totally unique poetic treatise, La Vita Nuova is an elaborately and symbolically patterned selection of Dante’s early poems, interspersed with his own incisive prose commentary.
The poems themselves- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0143106201
- Language: English
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For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories
$23.99 Add to cartAfter 40+ years of writing about Europe, Rick Steves has gathered 100 of his favorite memories together into one inspiring, award-winning collection: For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People… [more below]
- Author: Steves, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: July 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1641711310
- Language: English
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The Little Virtues: Essays
$14.99 Add to cartIn this collection of her finest and best-known short essays, Natalia Ginzburg explores both the mundane details and inescapable catastrophes of personal life with the grace and wit that have assured … [more below]
- Author: Ginzburg, Natalia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: September 12 2017
- ISBN10: 1628728256
- Language: English
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Making Artisan Pasta: How to Make a World of Handmade Noodles, Stuffed Pasta, Dumplings, and More
$30.32 Read moreJames Beard Award-winning author Aliza Green shows you how to use the best ingredients and simple, classic techniques to make fresh, homemade pasta in your own kitchen.
*Named one of the Top 100 Cookb- Author: Green, Aliza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1592537324
- Language: English
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La Vita E Dolce: Italian-Inspired Desserts
$42.00 Add to cartLa Vita e Dolce is an exciting take on Italian baking by food writer and trained pastry chef, Letitia Clark. Featuring over 80 Italian desserts, Dolce showcases Letitia’s favorite recipes inspired by … [more below]
- Author: Clark, Letitia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 1784884227
- Language: English
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Great Escapes Mediterranean. the Hotel Book
$60.00 Read moreThe Mediterranean is surrounded by three continents – Europe, Africa and Asia – and even though the cultures around this sea are highly diverse, they harmoniously share a pleasant climate, distinctive
- Author: Taschen, Angelika
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: October 01 2020
- ISBN10: 3836578093
- Language: English
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Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes, 1250-1743
$80.00 Add to cartA magnificent, never-before-published collection of every painting and fresco on display in the Uffizi, the Galleria Palatina of the Pitti Palace, the Accademia, and the Duomo, and more — nearly 2,00… [more below]
- Author: King, Ross
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 696
- Publish Date: October 20 2015
- ISBN10: 1631910019
- Language: English
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The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths
$22.95 Add to cartThe first anthology to present the entire range of ancient Greek and Roman stories–from myths and fairy tales to jokes
Captured centaurs and satyrs, incompetent seers, people who suddenly change sex,- Author: Hansen, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: October 29 2019
- ISBN10: 0691195927
- Language: English
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End of Empire: Attila the Hun and the Fall of Rome
$26.99 Add to cartHistory remembers Attila, the leader of the Huns, as the Romans perceived him: a savage barbarian brutally inflicting terror on whoever crossed his path. Following Attila and the Huns from the steppes
- Author: Kelly, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 370
- Publish Date: June 14 2010
- ISBN10: 0393338495
- Language: English
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Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
$49.92 Add to cartA riveting history of the city that led the West out of the ruins of the Roman Empire
At the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new c- Author: Herrin, Judith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 27 2020
- ISBN10: 0691153434
- Language: English
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The Little Book of Pasta
$9.99 Read moreAn accessible and informative introduction to pasta, this pocket guide offers an engaging overview of a beloved food, exploring its history and many varieties as well as giving a taste of its countles… [more below]
- Series: Little Book of
- Author: Cavendish, Rufus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1800078412
- Language: English
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Midnight in Sicily: On Art, Feed, History, Travel and La Cosa Nostra
$23.00 Add to cartA New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year
A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year From the author of M and A Death in Brazil comes Midnight in Sicily. South of mainland Italy lies- Author: Robb, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 27 2007
- ISBN10: 0312426844
- Language: English
