Cultural Region/Italy
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Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
$21.95 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: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0691204225
- Language: English
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Mr. Palomar
$14.95 Add to cartMr. Palomar, whose name purposely evokes that of the famous telescope, is a seeker after knowledge, a visionary in a world sublime and ridiculous. Whether contemplating a cheese, a woman’s breasts, or… [more below]
- Series: Helen and Kurt Wolff Books
- Author: Calvino, Italo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 19 2011
- ISBN10: 0156627809
- Language: English
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Roman Ancient Origins: Stories of People & Civilization
$14.99 Add to cartBeautiful edition with a new introduction to the people and the leaders of perhaps humankind’s most enduring civilization, featuring the history behind the legends, the people behind the grand tales o… [more below]
- Series: Flame Tree Collector’s Editions
- Author: Powell, Lindsay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1804176168
- Language: English
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Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History
$0.00 Read moreIs the world better off without Christianity?
Combining narrative with keen critique of contemporary debates, author and historian John Dickson gives an honest account of 2,000 years of Christian histo
- Author: Dickson, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 11, 2021
- ISBN10: 0310118360
- Language: English
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The Rough Guide to Sicily (Travel Guide with Free Ebook)
$23.99 Read moreThis practical travel guide to Sicily 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 treasures. Our it
- Series: Rough Guides Main
- Author: Guides, Rough
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1839058323
- Language: English
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Lesser Islands
$17.00 Read moreWINNER: Capalbio International Prize・Carlo Marincovich Prize・2017 PEA Award
An absorbing family saga taking place over four decades and centered on the Tuscan island of Giglio–a seemingl
- Author: Pieri, Lorenza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1609458257
- Language: English
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Frances Mayes Always Italy
$35.00 Add to cartThe world’s favorite expert on la dolce vita (Under the Tuscan Sun author) guides readers through Italy’s iconic regions, replete with lavish National Geographic images.
This lush guide, featuring mor- Author: Mayes, Frances
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 31 2020
- ISBN10: 142622091X
- Language: English
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Under the Tuscan Sun: 20th-Anniversary Edition
$18.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The beloved memoir of self-discovery set against the spectacular Tuscan countryside that inspired the major motion picture starring Diane Lane–now in a twentieth-annive… [more below]
- Author: Mayes, Frances
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 02 1997
- ISBN10: 0767900383
- Language: English
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Casalvento: House of the Wind
$18.95 Read moreRomance and family secrets intertwine in Tuscany.
Erika Germoglio is a self-made woman who has it all–a successful career and a well-connected fiancé–then suddenly has even more. An Italian- Author: Cuillo, Gudrun
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 9798886450651
- Language: English
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The Jewish War
$15.95 Add to cartIn August of AD 70 the city of Jerusalem was destroyed by Roman forces after a six-month siege. This was the disastrous outcome of a Jewish revolt against Roman domination which began in AD 66 with so… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Josephus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 23 2017
- ISBN10: 0199646023
- Language: English
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Giada’s Italy: My Recipes for La Dolce Vita: A Cookbook
$35.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – Giada De Laurentiis lavishly explores her food roots and the lifestyle traditions that define la bella vita, with the contemporary California twist that has made her Americ… [more below]
- Author: de Laurentiis, Giada
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 27 2018
- ISBN10: 0307987221
- Language: English
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A Love Affair
$17.95 Read moreAccomplished in his career but unaccomplished in love, a middle-aged architect is torn apart by his obsession with an enigmatic young woman in this delicately told story of desire and abjection by a t… [more below]
- Author: Buzzati, Dino
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1681377128
- Language: English
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An Italian Feast: The Celebrated Provincial Cuisines of Italy from Como to Palermo, a Culinary Vade Mecum Illustrated with More Than 800
$74.95 Add to cartA sequel to Clifford A. Wright’s groundbreaking A Mediterranean Feast, which won the 2000 James Beard award for Cookbook of the Year and the James Beard award for the Best Writing on Food, An Italian
- Author: Wright, Clifford a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1200
- Publish Date: March 24 2023
- ISBN10: 9798218161330
- Language: English
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Margaret and the Pope Go to Assisi
$10.99 Add to cartIn this fourth installment of “The Pope’s Cat” series, Margaret and the Pope travel for the first time together away from the Vatican and out of Rome. They go by train to the Umbrian hill town of Assi… [more below]
- Series: Pope’s Cat
- Author: Sweeney, Jon M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1640601708
- Language: English
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The Divine Comedy
$11.99 Read moreTranslated by H. F. Cary With an introduction by Claire Honess.
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is one of the most important and innovative figures of the European Middle Ages. Writing his Comedy (the epi
- Series: Classics of World Literature
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: February 05 2009
- ISBN10: 1840221666
- Language: English
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Lonely Planet Eat Italy
$17.99 Read moreThe complete companion to Italian culinary culture
Whether it’s ordering a cappuccino after 11am, using a spoon to twirl your pasta or asking for parmesan on a fish dish, we’ll tell you exactly what no
- Series: Lonely Planet Food
- Author: Food, Lonely Planet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 1838690492
- Language: English
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The Silver Spoon Classic
$59.95 Add to cartA luxurious collection of the best recipes from the world’s leading Italian cookbook – with all new photography and design
First published in 1950, Il Cucchiaio d’Argento, or its English-language offsp
- Author: The Silver Spoon Kitchen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 25 2019
- ISBN10: 0714879347
- Language: English
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Quo Vadis?
$29.95 Read moreRome during the reign of Nero was a glorious place for the emperor and his court; there were grand feasts, tournaments for poets, and exciting games and circuses filling the days and nights. The pagea… [more below]
- Author: Sienkiewicz, Henryk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 589
- Publish Date: May 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0781805503
- Language: English
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Death and Judgment
$17.00 Add to cartIn Death and Judgment, the fourth novel in Donna Leon’s best selling Commissario Guido Brunetti series, a truck crashes and spills its dangerous cargo on a treacherous road in the Italian Dolomite Mo… [more below]
- Series: Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries (Paperback) #4
- Author: Leon, Donna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 15 2014
- ISBN10: 0802122183
- Language: English
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The Water Statues
$14.95 Add to cartEven among Fleur Jaeggy’s singular and intricate works, The Water Statues is a shiningly peculiar book. Concerned with loneliness and wealth’s odd emotional poverty, this early novel is in part struct… [more below]
- Author: Jaeggy, Fleur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0811229750
- Language: English
