Cultural Region/Italy
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Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
$24.00 Read moreThe dramatic story of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, who plunged into Rome’s violent power struggles at the age of nineteen, proceeded to destroy all rivals, and more than anyone else created the Rom… [more below]
- Author: Goldsworthy, Adrian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: September 29 2015
- ISBN10: 0300216661
- Language: English
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Inferno
$14.99 Read more“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here” read the now-famous words above the gate through which Dante, the protagonist of Inferno, crosses the threshold. But that forbidding inscription applies only to t… [more below]
- Series: Signature Classics
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1435171896
- Language: English
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Little Virtues
$13.95 Add to cart“As far as the education of children is concerned,” states Natalia Ginzburg in this collection of her finest and best-known short essays, “I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the … [more below]
- Author: Ginzburg, Natalia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: August 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1611457971
- Language: English
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As Sure as the Dawn
$18.99 Add to cartBook 3 in the 3-book historical Christian fiction series by the New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love and A Voice in the Wind.
The thrilling conclusion to the Mark of the Lion series.
With… [more below]
- Series: Mark of the Lion #3
- Author: Rivers, Francine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0842339760
- Language: English
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Everything Calls for Salvation
$17.95 Read moreWINNER OF THE 2020 YOUTH STREGA PRIZE
From one of the most exciting voices in a new generation of Italian writers, a powerful and moving novel that explores both the darkest recesses and the most lumin
- Author: Mencarelli, Daniele
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 9.79889E+12
- Language: English
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Florence
$24.95 Add to cartNo city but Florence contains such an intense concentration of art produced in such a short span of time. The sheer number and proximity of works of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Florence c
- Author: Testa, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 306
- Publish Date: September 15 2012
- ISBN10: 0875806805
- Language: English
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Anything But Yes: A Novel of Anna del Monte, Jewish Citizen of Rome, 1749
$16.99 Read more“An intricately detailed novel of resistance and community.” —Kirkus Reviews
This beautiful new work of historical fiction was inspired by the diary of an 18th-century Roman Jewish girl who was impris
- Author: Davidow, Joie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 1958972088
- Language: English
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Mediterranean by Cruise Ship: The Complete Guide to Mediterranean Cruising
$21.95 Add to cartThe complete cruise tour guide of the Mediterranean ports. Includes port maps and descriptions with detailed information on getting around and port attractions.
The Mediterranean is the dream destina
- Author: Vipond, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1927747201
- Language: English
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Da Vinci’s Cat
$7.99 Add to cart“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: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 0063015269
- Language: English
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The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso
$27.00 Add to cartA stunning 3-in-1 edition of one of the great works of Western literature
An epic masterpiece and a foundational work of the Western canon, The Divine Comedy describes Dante’s descent into Hell with Vi… [more below]- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: March 25 2014
- ISBN10: 0141197498
- Language: English
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Between Sahara and Sea: Africa in the Roman Empire
$70.00 Add to cartBetween Sahara and Sea: Africa in the Roman Empire challenges orthodox views of the story of Africa under Roman domination. It presents a new framework for understanding this and other territories inc
- Series: Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures
- Author: Mattingly, David J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 744
- Publish Date: August 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0472133454
- Language: English
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The Complete Pompeii
$40.00 Add to cartThe dramatic story of Pompeii’s destruction has been handed down to us by Roman writers, its paintings and mosaics have astonished visitors since their discovery in the eighteenth century, and its hou… [more below]
- Series: Complete #0
- Author: Berry, Joanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 01 2007
- ISBN10: 050005150X
- Language: English
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Leonardo. the Complete Drawings
$25.00 Add to cartOne of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci remains the quintessential Renaissance genius. Creator of the world’s most famous paintings, this scientist, artist, philoso
- Series: Bibliotheca Universalis
- Author: Zöllner, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: September 15 2014
- ISBN10: 3836554410
- Language: English
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The Mysteries of Udolpho
$39.99 Add to cart“The first poetess of romantic fiction.”-Sir Walter Scott
“”Mrs. Radcliffe is a mistress of hints, suggestions, minute details, breathless pauses, and the hush of suspense.” -The New York Times
“Compa
- Series: Mint Editions (Horrific, Paranormal, Supernatural and Gothic Tales)
- Author: Radcliffe, Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 726
- Publish Date: November 22 2020
- ISBN10: 1513220764
- Language: English
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Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome
$18.99 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of Fatherland and Pompeii, comes the first novel of a trilogy about the struggle for power in ancient Rome.In his “most accomplished work to date” (Los Angeles Times), mast
- Author: Harris, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 07, 2007
- ISBN10: 0743498666
- Language: English
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The Other Profile
$27.00 Read moreA brilliant and darkly funny story of a friendship and its unraveling, and a powerful examination on the disruptive impact of social media on our lives
Once an ambitious and promising student at an eli
- Author: Graziosi, Irene
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 9798889660026
- Language: English
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Rome as a Guide to the Good Life: A Philosophical Grand Tour
$20.00 Read moreA unique, portable guidebook that sketches Rome’s great philosophical tradition while also providing an engaging travel companion to the city.
This is a guidebook to Rome for those interested in both- Author: Samuelson, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 24 2023
- ISBN10: 022678004X
- Language: English
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Botticelli’s Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance
$28.95 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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1324004010
- Language: English
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The First Man in Rome
$19.99 Add to cartWith extraordinary narrative power, New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough sweeps the reader into a whirlpool of pageantry and passion, bringing to vivid life the most glorious epoch in
- Series: Masters of Rome #1
- Author: McCullough, Colleen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1152
- Publish Date: March 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0061582417
- Language: English
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The Great Siege, Malta 1565: Clash of Cultures: Christian Knights Defend Western Civilization Against the Moslem Tide
$13.99 Add to cartThe indispensable account of the Ottoman Empire’s Siege of Malta from the author of Hannibal and Gibraltar.
In the first half of the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire was thought to be invincible- Author: Bradford, Ernle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: August 19 2014
- ISBN10: 1497637864
- Language: English
