Cultural Region/Italy
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A Death in Vienna
$19.00 Add to cart“An engrossing portrait of a legendary period as well as a brain teaser of startling perplexity” —Chicago TribuneIn Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century, Max Liebermann is at the forefront of … [more below]
- Author: Tallis, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 10 2015
- ISBN10: 0802123384
- Language: English
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Prague Cemetery
$15.95 Add to cartThe Prague Cemetery is the #1 international bestselling historical novel from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco.
Nineteenth-century Europe–
- Author: Eco, Umberto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 04 2012
- ISBN10: 0547844204
- Language: English
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Under the Eagle: A Tale of Military Adventure and Reckless Heroism with the Roman Legions
$20.00 Add to cartIn this first book of a new historical fiction series, a crack Roman legion invades Britain in this brazen tale of military adventure, political intrigue and heroism
It is the year 42 AD, and Centurio- Series: Eagle #1
- Author: Scarrow, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 06 2002
- ISBN10: 0312304242
- Language: English
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Baudolino
$28.99 Add to cart“Baudolino, with its richly variegated haul of medieval treasures, remains compulsively readable.” –The New York Times Book Review
The author of the international sensation The Name of the Rose return
- Author: Eco, Umberto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 06 2003
- ISBN10: 0156029065
- Language: English
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The Giant: A Novel of Michelangelo’s David
$19.99 Add to cartAs a colossal statue takes shape in Renaissance Florence, the lives of a master sculptor and a struggling painter become stunningly intertwined.
Florence, 1500. Fresco painter Jacopo Torni longs to mak
- Author: Morelli, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 362
- Publish Date: May 31 2020
- ISBN10: 1942467362
- Language: English
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Last Voyage of the Valentina
$16.99 Add to cartSet in London during the swinging sixties and Italy’s Amalfi coast after Word War II, The Last Voyage of the Valentina is an epic romance with a dark uncercurrent of suspense from an author the Daily … [more below]
- Author: Montefiore, Santa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 06 2006
- ISBN10: 0743276868
- Language: English
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The Medici Murders
$18.00 Read moreMaster storyteller David Hewson launches a major new series featuring retired archivist Arnold Clover
Venice is a city full of secrets. For hundreds of years it has been the scene of scandal, intrigue
- Series: Venetian Mystery #1
- Author: Hewson, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 183885858X
- Language: English
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The Road to Middle-Earth
$24.99 Add to cartThe Road to Middle-earth, Tom Shippey’s classic work, now revised in paperback, explores J.R.R. Tolkien’s creativity and the sources of his inspiration. Shippey shows in detail how Tolkien’s professio
- Author: Shippey, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 24 2003
- ISBN10: 0618257608
- Language: English
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The Stones of Florence
$12.95 Add to cartEloquent and assured, Mary McCarthy’s The Stones of Florence beckons the reader on a brisk but sweeping tour of the birthplace of the Renaissance and the legendary home of the Medici, Dante, Machiavel
- Author: McCarthy, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: September 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1735778915
- Language: English
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Blue Hunger
$27.00 Read moreFrom one of Italy’s most electrifying voices, a fearless story of queer love and obsession set against the glassy surfaces of Shanghai.
“Blue Hunger is irresistible, evocative, dripping with desire, a- Author: Grado, Viola Di
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 163557949X
- Language: English
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The Jewels of Paradise
$16.00 Add to cartInternationally praised for her Commissario Guido Brunetti series, Donna Leon’s first standalone novel features a widely different but equally compelling sleuth, Caterina Pellegrini. Caterina is a nat… [more below]
- Author: Leon, Donna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 08 2013
- ISBN10: 0802120652
- Language: English
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Great Italian Short Stories of the Twentieth Century/I Grandi Racconti Italiani del Novecento
$19.95 Read moreThis anthology highlights the rich range of modern Italian fiction, presenting the first English translations of works by many famous authors. Contents include fables and stories by Italo Calvino, Els… [more below]
- Series: Dover Language Learning Books: Italian
- Author: Blakesley, Jacob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 19 2013
- ISBN10: 0486476316
- Language: English
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As It Is in Heaven
$21.99 Add to cartIn the new novel by the author of “Four Letters of Love”, a “New York Times” Notable Book of the Year, Stephen Griffin is a shy young man who lives in the town of Ennis in County Clare, Ireland. He fi… [more below]
- Author: Williams, Niall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 06 2008
- ISBN10: 0446676012
- Language: English
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Aspects of the Novel
$14.99 Add to cartE. M. Forster’s guide sparkles with wit and insight for contemporary writers and readers. With lively language and excerpts from well-known classics, Forster (author of A Passage to India, Howards En… [more below]
- Author: Forster, E. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 14 1956
- ISBN10: 0156091801
- Language: English
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The Silver Spoon Pasta: Authentic Italian Recipes
$39.95 Add to cartThe definitive collection of pasta recipes featuring this most iconic and popular Italian ingredient from the experts at the prestigious Silver Spoon Kitchen
Pasta is the perfect food. Low cost, health
- Author: The Silver Spoon Kitchen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 31 2024
- ISBN10: 0714865982
- Language: English
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Caravaggio
$20.00 Read moreMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of the Italian Baroque, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial, violent in temper, p
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Lambert, Gilles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 31 2015
- ISBN10: 3836559935
- Language: English
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Meditations
$18.00 Read moreDiscover Meditations with this striking collector’s edition from Union Square & Co.’s Signature Editions series! The classic texts that shaped our culture feature exclusive cover art by distinguished
- Series: Signature Classics
- Author: Aurelius, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1435172493
- Language: English
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How to Stop a Conspiracy: An Ancient Guide to Saving a Republic
$16.95 Read moreAn energetic new translation of an ancient Roman masterpiece about a failed coup led by a corrupt and charismatic politician
In 63 BC, frustrated by his failure to be elected leader of the Roman Repub- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Sallust
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0691212368
- Language: English
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Here
$17.99 Add to cartA “delectable and profound” collection of poems from Nobel Prize-winner Szymborska (Booklist).
When Here was published in Poland, reviewers marveled, “How is it that she keeps getting better?”
These tw… [more below]
- Author: Szymborska, Wislawa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 07 2012
- ISBN10: 0547592094
- Language: English
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Where Is the Colosseum?
$7.99 Add to cartA marvel of engineering that proclaimed the might of the Emperor of Ancient Rome.
The Emperor Titus opened the enormous Colosseum in AD 80 to host 100 days of games, and it will astound readers to lea- Series: Where Is?
- Author: O’Connor, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 24 2017
- ISBN10: 039954190X
- Language: English
