Cultural Region/Italy
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Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
$20.99 Add to cartCivilization was born eight thousand years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, when migrants from the surrounding mountains and deserts began to create increasingly sophis
- Author: Kriwaczek, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 338
- Publish Date: March 27 2012
- ISBN10: 1250054168
- Language: English
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The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance
$30.00 Add to cartThe Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings–the dazzling handiwork of the city’s skilled artists and architects. But equally important for the centuries to
- Author: King, Ross
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 13 2021
- ISBN10: 0802158528
- Language: English
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Voices in the Evening
$14.95 Add to cartAfter WWII, a small Italian town struggles to emerge from under the thumb of Fascism. With wit, tenderness, and irony, Elsa, the novel’s narrator, weaves a rich tapestry of provincial Italian life: tw… [more below]
- Author: Ginzburg, Natalia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 811231003
- Language: English
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Ancient Rome: Infographics
$34.95 Add to cartAncient Rome: Infographics tells the story of a great empire through graphic design. This book offers readers a new way to conceptualize ancient Rome from the birth of the empire to the Punic Wars, a
- Author: Guillerat, Nicolas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 0500252629
- Language: English
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Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor
$26.00 Add to cartExperience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy
This novel biography brings Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE) to- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Robertson, Donald J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0300256663
- Language: English
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Playing for Pizza
$18.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – After providing what is arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL, third-string quarterback Rick Dockery becomes a national laughingstock. Cut by t… [more below]
- Author: Grisham, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 23 2011
- ISBN10: 0385344007
- Language: English
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Cathedral of the Sea
$18.00 Read moreAn unforgettable fresco of a golden age in fourteenth-century Barcelona, Cathedral of the Sea is a thrilling historical novel of friendship and revenge, plague and hope, love and war.
Arnau Estanyol- Author: Falcones, Ildefonso
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: April 07 2009
- ISBN10: 0451225996
- Language: English
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Botticelli’s Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance
$19.95 Read moreSome five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created works of unearthly beauty. A star of Florence’s art world, he was commissioned by a member of the city’s powerful Me
- Author: Luzzi, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1324066016
- Language: English
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Slim Aarons: La Dolce Vita
$95.00 Add to cart“Nostalgia-soaked images.” —Harper’s Bazaar
This lavish volume of Slim Aarons photography revels
“Sumptuous images.” —Publishers Weekly
“It’s the next best thing to time travel.” —DuJour magazine- Series: Getty Images
- Author: Sweet, Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 01 2012
- ISBN10: 141970060X
- Language: English
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Foucault’s Pendulum
$35.00 Add to cartInternational bestselling and award-winning author Umberto Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum is “an intellectual adventure story, as sensational, thrilling, and packed with arcana as Raiders of the Lost Ark o
- Author: Eco, Umberto
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: November 01 1989
- ISBN10: 0151327653
- Language: English
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A Is For Ambrose: The A to Z of an Amazing Saint
$12.99 Add to cartThe only children’s book dedicated to the life of Saint Ambrose of Milan, this engaging book tells his story from A to Z. Ambrose’s life was filled with twists, turns and adventure, brimming with lege
- Author: Valvassori, Maureen M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 34
- Publish Date: July 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0578498472
- Language: English
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Bianco: Pizza, Pasta, and Other Food I Like
$39.99 Add to cartFinalist for the Gourmand Awards (Italian category)
The road to pizza Nirvana goes through Phoenix…it just might be the best pizza in America. -Ed Levine, New York Times
When Chris Bianco started Pizz
- Author: Bianco, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 25 2017
- ISBN10: 0062224379
- Language: English
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The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Inferno
$23.99 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: 432
- Publish Date: December 31 1961
- ISBN10: 0195004124
- Language: English
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The Serpent and the Pearl
$16.00 Add to cartA gripping novel about history’s most infamous family–The Borgias–and an innocent girl pulled into their treacherous rise to power, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network an… [more below]
- Series: Novel of the Borgias #1
- Author: Quinn, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 06 2013
- ISBN10: 0425259463
- Language: English
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Julius Zebra: Rumble with the Romans!
$8.99 Add to cart“Readers will applaud the Monty Python-esque exploits of this hoofed hero.” — Kirkus Reviews
Captured by Romans, Julius Zebra — along with Milus the scarred lion and Cornelius the clueless warthog –- Series: Julius Zebra #1
- Author: Northfield, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0763698466
- Language: English
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The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times
$19.95 Add to cartThe fascinating story of how the fossils of dinosaurs, mammoths, and other extinct animals influenced some of the most spectacular creatures of classical mythology
Griffins, Centaurs, Cyclopes, and Gi- Author: Mayor, Adrienne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0691245606
- Language: English
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Leonardo’s Brain: Understanding Da Vinci’s Creative Genius
$18.95 Add to cartBest-selling author Leonard Shlain explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military st… [more below]
- Author: Shlain, Leonard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1493009397
- Language: English
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Da Vinci’s Cat
$17.99 Read more“Thoroughly charming.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Original.”—Booklist (starred review)
“A story about selflessness, friendship and the importance of seeking unity through difference.”—Shelf Awa
- Author: Murdock, Catherine Gilbert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 0063015250
- Language: English
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Pizza Czar: Recipes and Know-How from a World-Traveling Pizza Chef
$37.50 Add to cartIn his comprehensive first book, legendary Pizza Czar Anthony Falco teaches you everything you need to know to make pizza wherever you are, drawing from his singular experience opening pizzerias aroun… [more below]
- Author: Falco, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 1419747843
- Language: English
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How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians
$18.95 Add to cartA primer on campaigning in ancient Rome that reads like a strategy memo from a modern political consultant
How to Win an Election is an ancient Roman guide for campaigning that is as up-to-date as tom- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Cicero, Quintus Tullius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 13 2012
- ISBN10: 0691154082
- Language: English
