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Accidental Death of an Anarchist: A Farceby Gavin RichardsISBN 0861042174 (0-86104-217-4)
Hardcover, Pluto Press
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And No Birds Sangby Farley MowatISBN 0891908218 (0-89190-821-8)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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The Annalsby Cornelius Tacitus, A. J. WoodmanISBN 0872205584 (0-87220-558-4)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annals'Book summary:Woodman's translation masterfully conveys Tacitus' distinctive and powerful literary style and reflects the best of relevant current scholarship. His introduction provides a wealth of insight into the period about which Tacitus wrote, Tacitus himself, and the principles of translation that have shaped this rendering. Includes extensive notes; political, military, and geographical appendices; imperial family trees; suggested further readings; maps; and index. [via]
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The Annals of Imperial Romeby Cornelius Tacitus, Alfred J. Church, William Jackson BrodbribbISBN 1420926683 (1-4209-2668-3)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annals of Imperial Rome'Book summary:One of the most important historical records from classical antiquity, "The Annals of Imperial Rome" chronicles the history of the Roman Empire from the reign of Tiberius beginning in 14 A.D. to the reign of Nero ending in 66 A.D. Written by Cornelius Tacitus, Roman Senator during the second century A.D., "The Annals of Imperial Rome" is a detailed first-hand account of the early Roman Empire. Presented in this volume is the classic translation of Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb. [via]
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Annals of Imperial Romeby Michael GrantISBN 0880290242 (0-88029-024-2)
Hardcover, Hippocrene Books
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Anzio: Italy and the Battle for Rome -- 1944by Lloyd ClarkISBN 0871139464 (0-87113-946-4)
Hardcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr
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The Art of Florenceby Glenn M. Andres, Richard Turner, John HunisakISBN 0896601110 (0-89660-111-0)
Hardcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of Florence'Book summary:Matching an elegant and sophisticated text by three leading art historians with hundreds of glorious color photographs, The Art of immerses us in a city and a time of unparalleled cultural important and uncommonly beautiful publication the history of Florentine art in terms of the distinctly influences that shaped it -- an approach never before study of this breadth and complexity. The fascinating and lucid text lily links Florentine architecture, sculpture, and painting to the rich social fabric and dramatic political life of the city. Woven into this compelling history is the most luxurious and comprehensive visual documentation le of Florence's unrivaled treasures. [via]
The Aspern Papersby Henry JamesISBN 1419152769 (1-4191-5276-9)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Bad Popesby E.R. ChamberlainISBN 0880291168 (0-88029-116-8)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bad Popes'Book summary:Hardcover with dust jacket. Seven pre-Reformation popes who misused their office. [via]
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Boredomby Angus Davidson, Alberto MoraviaISBN 0940322285 (0-940322-28-5)
Softcover, Pub Group West
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Borgiasby Ivan CloulasISBN 0880298065 (0-88029-806-5)
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The Borgias : The Rise and Fall of the Most Infamous Family in Historyby Michael MallettISBN 0897332385 (0-89733-238-5)
Hardcover, Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited
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Buon Appetito, Your Holiness: The Secrets of the Papal Tableby Mariangela Rinaldi, Mariangela ViciniISBN 1559705574 (1-55970-557-4)
Hardcover, Arcade Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Buon Appetito, Your Holiness: The Secrets of the Papal Table'Book summary:Italy being Italy, food there forms a central part of the culture and of daily life, even in the otherworldly confines of the Vatican. Popes being human beings as well as ambassadors of the divine, the food of the Vatican has ranged, over 2,000 years, from the ascetic to the sumptuous, reflecting the tastes of the officeholder. Where, for instance, John Paul II favors clear soups and the occasional serving of white meat, his Renaissance predecessor Alexander VI was an accomplished and omnivorous glutton--to whose endless appetite, write Parma-based historians Rinaldi and Vicini, the Western world owes the custom of the Christmas Eve feast.
Rinaldi and Vicini offer a vivid, anecdotal, and thoroughly entertaining account of the popes and their varied palates, matching historical observations with recipes fit for a celestial table. For the first pope, Saint Peter, they suggest a wondrous risotto prepared with arborio rice and canteloupe, followed by sole stuffed with crayfish and truffles--a bit elaborate for that simple fisherman, perhaps, but delicious nonetheless. For Paul II, the great humanist and tactician, their menu calls for Venetian rice soup, baked grouse, and Roman-style tripe--not the stuff of an ordinary meal, but a sure hit among the daring. And to commemorate the latest year of Jubilee, Rinaldi and Vicini suggest a nice glass of Brunello di Montalcino, one of Italy's greatest wines, but also a slice of pane della carità, or "bread of charity," made of equal parts of wheat, oat, and barley flour.
Rinaldi and Vicini's book mixes well-tested recipes with fascinating, sometimes bizarre episodes of ecclesiastical history. In every regard, it's a treat. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Cadogan Guides Romeby Dana Facaros, Michael PaulsISBN 1564401316 (1-56440-131-6)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Caravaggio: A Lifeby Helen LangdonISBN 0813337941 (0-8133-3794-1)
Softcover, Westview Press
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Carluccio's Complete Italian Foodby Antonio Carluccio, Priscilla Carluccio, Fabrice Moireau, Andre MartinISBN 1571458301 (1-57145-830-1)
Hardcover, Advantage Pub Group
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The Conformistby Alberto MoraviaISBN 083718391X (0-8371-8391-X)
Hardcover, Greenwood Press
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Cosa Nostra: A History Of The Sicilian Mafiaby John DickieISBN 1403970424 (1-4039-7042-4)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cosa Nostra: A History Of The Sicilian Mafia'Book summary:Hailed in Italy as the best book ever written about the mafia in any language, Cosa Nostra is a fascinating, violent, and darkly comic account that reads like fiction and takes us deep into the inner sanctum of this secret society where few have dared to tread.In this gripping history of the Sicilian mafia, John Dickie uses startling new research to reveal the inner workings of this secret society with a murderous record. He explains how the mafia began, how it responds to threats and challenges, and introduces us to the real-life characters that inspired the American imagination for generations, making the mafia an international, larger than life cultural phenomenon. Dickie's dazzling cast of characters includes Antonio Giammona, the first "boss of bosses''; New York cop Joe Petrosino, who underestimated the Sicilian mafia and paid for it with his life; and Bernard "the Tractor" Provenzano, the current boss of bosses who has been hiding in Sicily since 1963.
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De Rerum Naturaby LucretiusISBN 0856685003 (0-85668-500-3)
Softcover, Aris & Phillips
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› Find signed collectible books: 'De Rerum Natura'Book summary:The purpose of this edition is to demonstrate the quality and interest of book VI: the intellectual curiosity of the analyst of earthquakes, volcanoes and marvellous phenomena, the rhetorical and philosophical powers of a thinker who wants to make his interpretation of Epicureanism both cogent and vivid, the deep humane compassion of the chronicler of the Plague at Athens, the sheer brilliance of the poet whose verse inspired all later writers in the tradition. This edition of the book is designed to make the poem accessible to readers who have not picked up Lucretius before and so the background has been treated as fully as possible in. Latin text with facing-page translation. 200p (Aris and Phillips 1991) [via]
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Death in Autumnby Magdalen NabbISBN 1569472963 (1-56947-296-3)
Softcover, Soho Pr Inc
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Enchantmentsby Linda FerriISBN 1400033527 (1-4000-3352-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Europaby Tim Parks, Tim OarksISBN 155970506X (1-55970-506-X)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Family Sayingsby Natalia GinzburgISBN 1559700270 (1-55970-027-0)
Softcover, Arcade Pub
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Fine Art of Italian Cookingby Giuliano BugialliISBN 0812906403 (0-8129-0640-3)
Hardcover, Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co
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The Food of Italyby Sophie Braimbridge, Jo Glynn, Kay Halsey, Chris L. JonesISBN 1552851486 (1-55285-148-6)
Hardcover, Firefly Books Ltd
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Francisby Tomie De PaolaISBN 0823408124 (0-8234-0812-4)
Softcover, Holiday House
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A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Italian Ancestors: How to Find and Record Your Unique Heritageby Lynn NelsonISBN 1558704264 (1-55870-426-4)
Softcover, F & W Pubns
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A Ghost at Noonby Alberto MoraviaISBN 0855947969 (0-85594-796-9)
Hardcover, Cedric Chivers
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The Godfatherby Mario PuzoISBN 0816138753 (0-8161-3875-3)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Great Masters: Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titianby Giorgio Vasari, Michael Sonino, Gaston Du C. De VereISBN 0883636867 (0-88363-686-7)
Hardcover, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates
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Herculaneum: Italy's Buried Treasureby Joseph J. DeissISBN 0892361646 (0-89236-164-6)
Softcover, J Paul Getty Museum Pubns
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The History of Rome: Books 1-5by Livy, Valerie M. WarriorISBN 0872207242 (0-87220-724-2)
Hardcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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Images & Shadows: Part of a Lifeby Iris OrigoISBN 1567921035 (1-56792-103-5)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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Innocentby Magdalen NabbISBN 1569474362 (1-56947-436-2)
Softcover, Soho Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Innocent'Book summary:Artfully understated. . . . [An] elegant series. The New York Times Book Review
The richest mystery here, however, is Florence itself, whose intricate politics and class structure Nabb parses with precision and wit. . . . Nabb is sweetly droll. The Washington Post Book World
[Nabb] writes in graceful, calm prose. The Associated Press
Lovely measured language. . . . Offers such pleasures as great local atmosphere and rich characterizations. Publishers Weekly
Lean, elegant prose that surpasses the best of Simenon. Kirkus Reviews
[A] superb series. Booklist
Guarnaccias Florence is a delightful place to visit. Mystery Scene
The body of a woman has been found half-submerged in an ornamental fish pond high up in Florences Boboli Gardens. At first, the woman cannot be identified; only her skull remains. The marshal must use her clothing and a shoe to trace her.
She turns out to be a young Japanese woman apprenticed to one of Florences legendary custom shoemakers, crotchety old Peruzzi. Could he have killed his protégé? Or did jealousy drive his other apprentice to murder? The neighbors have seen Akiko with a lovera brilliant young Carabinieriwho has disappeared. Has he fled to avoid arrest?
The marshal must go to Rome to complete his investigation. When he returns to Florence he can identify the killer, but can he bring him to justice?
From the Trade Paperback edition. [via]
Iris Origo: Marchesa Of Val D'orcia.by Caroline MooreheadISBN 1567922716 (1-56792-271-6)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iris Origo: Marchesa Of Val D'orcia.'Book summary:Iris Origo was one of those rare characters who, despite being born with a platinum spoon in her mouth, went on to accomplish great things. In Origo's case, she managed to add light and color to everything she touched and left for posterity a legacy of work, biography, autobiography, and literary criticism, that have become recognized as classics of their kind.
She was born into a wealthy and long-established Long Island family, the Cuttings, but her talented and beloved father (who resembled, more than a little, a character right out of Henry James) died of consumption when she was only nine. She spent the following years traveling the world with her mother and an extensive entourage, settling finally at the Villa Medici at Fiesole and entering into the privileged world of wealthy Anglo-Florentine expatriates whose likes included the Berensons, Harold Acton, Janet Ross, and Edith Wharton, and whose petty bickering, and pettier politics, had a profound influence on how she spent her life.
Her marriage to Antonio Origo, a wealthy landowner and sportsman, was as much a reaction to this insular world as it was a surprise to her family and friends. Together they purchased, and single-handedly revived, an extensive, arid valley in Tuscany called Val d'Orcia, rebuilding the farmsteads and the manor house. Although clearly sympathetic to Mussolini's land use policies, they sided firmly with the Allies during World War II, taking considerable risks in protecting children, sheltering partisans, and repatriating Allied prisoners-of-war to their units.
Caroline Moorehead has made extensive use of unpublished letters, diaries, and papers to write what will surely be considered the definitive biography of this remarkable woman. She has limned a figure who was brave, industrious, and fiercely independent, but hardly saintly. What emerges is a portrait of one of the more intriguing, attractive, and intelligent women of the last century. [via]More editions of Iris Origo: Marchesa Of Val D'orcia.:
Italian Cinema: From Neorealism to the Presentby Peter BondanellaISBN 0826412475 (0-8264-1247-5)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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Italian Countryby Robert FitzgeraldISBN 1567993648 (1-56799-364-8)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbriaby Marlena De BlasiISBN 1565124731 (1-56512-473-1)
Hardcover, Algonquin Books
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The Late Mattia Pascalby Luigi Pirandello, William WeaverISBN 0941419444 (0-941419-44-4)
Softcover, Marsilio Pub
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The Lives of Caravaggioby Giovanni Baglione, Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Giorgio Mancini, Helen LangdonISBN 0952998688 (0-9529986-8-8)
Softcover, Pallas Athene Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lives of Caravaggio'Book summary:In the course of a short and violent life, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio revolutionized painting, producing a style of shockingly immediate realism that swept through Europe and still resonates today. Almost everything we know about his life comes from these three early biographies, and they reflect the often horrified fascination that Caravaggio exerted on his contemporaries. Giorgio Mancini, his physician, underscored the value of Caravaggios revival of painting. Giovanni Baglione, a mediocre rival, is far less generous, but unable to hide his awe. The leading art historian of the following generation, Giovanni Pietro Bellori, produced a more balanced assessment, with detailed analyses of many of his major paintings. The Lives of Caravaggio is introduced by Helen Langdon, the leading expert on the painter, who elucidates the historical and artistic context of these biographies.[via]More editions of The Lives of Caravaggio:
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Lost Hearts in Italy: A Novelby Andrea LeeISBN 1400061695 (1-4000-6169-5)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost Hearts in Italy: A Novel'Book summary:The Italian phrase Mai due senza tre never two without three forms the basis of Andrea Lees spellbinding novel of betrayal. Sophisticated and richly told, Lost Hearts in Italy reveals a trio caught in the grip of desire, deception, and remorse.
When Mira Ward, an American, relocates to Rome with her husband, Nick, she looks forward to a time of exploration and awakening. Young, beautiful, and in love, Mira is on the verge of a writing career, and giddy with the prospect of living abroad.
On the trip over, Mira meets Zenin, an older Italian billionaire, who intrigues Mira with his coolness and worldly mystique. A few weeks later, feeling idle and adrift in her new life, Mira agrees to a seemingly innocent lunch with Zenin and is soon catapulted into an intense affair, which moves beyond her control more quickly than she intends. Her job as a travel writer allows clandestine trysts and opulent getaways with Zenin to Paris, Monte Carlo, London, and Venice, and over the next few years, now the mother of a baby daughter, she struggles between resisting and relenting to this man who has such a hold on her. As her marriage erodes, so too does Miras sense of self, until she no longer resembles the free spirit she was on her arrival in the
on her arrival in the Eternal City.
Years later, Mira and Nick, now divorced and remarried to others, look back in an attempt to understand their history, while a detached Zenin assesses his own life and his role in the unlikely love triangle. Each recounts the past, aided by those witness to their failure and fallout.
An elegant, raw, and emotionally charged read, Lost Hearts in Italy is a classic coming-of-age story in which cultures collide, innocence dissolves, and those we know most intimately remain foreign to us. [via]More editions of Lost Hearts in Italy: A Novel:
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Lucretius on the Nature of Thingsby Lucretius, Cyril BaileyISBN 1417913983 (1-4179-1398-3)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lucretius on the Nature of Things'Book summary:1926. Lucretius was a Roman poet and the author of the philosophical epic De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of the Universe), a comprehensive exposition of the Epicurean world-view. His poetry is knit into a whole and vivified through all its parts by the fearless desire for truth, the consciousness of a great purpose, and a deep reverence for nature-felt almost as a personal presence-which has caused this bitter opponent of religion to be universally recognized as one of the most truly religious of the world's poets. [via]
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The Marling Menu-Master for Italy: A Comprehensive Manual for Translating the Italian Menu into American-Englishby William E. Marling, Clare F. MarlingISBN 0912818026 (0-912818-02-6)
Softcover, Altarinda Books
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The Mediciby Colonel G. F. YoungISBN 0898754186 (0-89875-418-6)
Softcover, Univ Pr of the Pacific
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The history of the Medici is a deeply interesting story; besides its intrinsic interest, it helps us to acquire much knowledge about the re-birth of learning and art, about the history of Europe in perhaps its most important period, about the birth of Science, and about the great collections of art possessed by Florence. For without referring largely to all these subjects no true picture of the Medici can be given.
The authors aim has been to write of them as a family their rise, their course upon the mountaintops of power, and their decline and end and to keep the parts always in subordination to the whole.
Young has endeavored, eschewing all legends, to detail simply the facts for which we have evidence. No crimes attributed to them have been omitted or slurred over. If the result is to show the Medici in a better light than has been the case, that is not due to any desire to whitewash them, but is simply the consequence of a want of any evidence for a large proportion of those crimes which have furnished the darker shades in the traditional picture of this family. [via]
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Memoirs of Casanovaby Jacques CasanovaISBN 140432061X (1-4043-2061-X)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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Michelangeloby Jesse McDonaldISBN 0831757892 (0-8317-5789-2)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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Mimi's Ghostby Tim ParksISBN 1559706023 (1-55970-602-3)
Softcover, Arcade Pub
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Mother Tongue: An American Life in Italyby Wallis Wilde-MenozziISBN 0865476705 (0-86547-670-5)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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On the Nature of Thingsby Titus Lucretius Carus, John Selby WastonISBN 1573921793 (1-57392-179-3)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On the Nature of Things'Book summary:Martin Ferguson Smith's work on Lucretius is both well known and highly regarded. However, his 1969 translation of De Rerum Natura--long out of print--is virtually unknown. Readers will share our excitement in the discovery of this accurate and fluent prose rendering. For this edition, Professor Smith provides a revised translation, new Introduction, headnotes and bibliography. [via]
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One Hundred And One Beautiful Small Towns Of Italyby Paolo LazzarinISBN 0847826376 (0-8478-2637-6)
Hardcover, Rizzoli Intl Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Hundred And One Beautiful Small Towns Of Italy'Book summary:Who hasn't dreamt of being whisked away to a sweet little Italian town buried deep in the countryside-towns with names that roll off the tongue like Vercelli, Portofino, and Tuscania? The small towns sprinkled throughout this expansive book are not only rich with beauty, but are also saturated with as much historical and cultural importance as their sister cities. The fact that they are "off the beaten path"-though sometimes extraordinarily famous for their art, food, and wine, or simply their setting-makes them rare gems even more desirable to see. This book is the perfect guide for those who can't resist succumbing to Italy's charms again and again.
Originally written by and for Italians, this is a fantastic source of inside information. The 101 towns featured represent the 20 diverse regions of Italy and their varied landscapes, architecture, and local specialties. Practical sidebars introduce the reader to traditional artisans-Tuscan saddlers, custom cobblers, tapestry weavers, ceramicists, and crafters of papier-mâché-as well as to the best place to buy Parmigiano Reggiano or the greatest terrace to have tea while taking in a Tuscan sunset. And if that weren't enough to keep you busy-or you have a hard time deciding where to go first-art and architecture are also amply covered, from the history of L'Aquila's 99 fountains to the most elaborate of Baroque churches and the most charming of piazzas.
You will be amazed to see how much Italy has to offer beyond the well-trod paths of Venice, Florence, and Rome. From Asolo to Vicenza, flea markets to fish markets, horse races to open air concerts, this book promises 101 great reasons to go back to Italy over and over.
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The Portrait of a Ladyby Henry JamesISBN 1404325794 (1-4043-2579-4)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Portrait of a Lady'Book summary:"The Portrait of a Lady" is the most stunning achievement of Henry James's early period--in the 1860s and '70s when he was transforming himself from a talented young American into a resident of Europe, a citizen of the world, and one of the greatest novelists of modern times. A kind of delight at the success of this transformation informs every page of this masterpiece. Isabel Archer, a beautiful, intelligent, and headstrong American girl newly endowed with wealth and embarked in Europe on a treacherous journey to self-knowledge, is delineated with a magnificence that is at once casual and tense with force and insight. The characters with whom she is entangled--the good man and the evil one, between whom she wavers, and the mysterious witchlike woman with whom she must do battle--are each rendered with a virtuosity that suggests dazzling imaginative powers. And the scene painting--in England and Italy--provides a continuous visual pleasure while always remaining crucial to the larger drama. [via]
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Property of Bloodby Magdalen NaabISBN 1569473102 (1-56947-310-2)
Softcover, Soho Pr Inc
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The Rage and the Prideby Oriana FallaciISBN 0847825043 (0-8478-2504-3)
Hardcover, Rizzoli Intl Pubns
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The Roman Wayby Edith HamiltonISBN 156849503X (1-56849-503-X)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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The Secret of Santa Vittoriaby Robert CrichtonISBN 0881842672 (0-88184-267-2)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Sicilian Unclesby Leonardo SciasciaISBN 0856357820 (0-85635-782-0)
Softcover, Carcanet Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sicilian Uncles'Book summary:The expression 'Sicilian uncle' has the same sense in Italian as 'Dutch uncle' does in English, but with sinister overtones of betrayal and inconstancy. The four novellas in Sicilian Uncles (1958) political thrillers of a kind - are the first fruits of Sciascia's maturity. In these stories, illusions about ideology and history are lost in mirth, in suffering, and innocence is abandoned. Each novella has its historical moment: the Allied invasion of Sicily, the Spanish Civil War, the death of Stalin, the 'events' of 1948. These occasions and their consequences are registered in the lives of Sciascia's wonderfully drawn characters. Each has voice, wit, and a private history which open out onto the wider circumstances of his time, and hint towards the later work of Sciascia. [via]
Silent Duchessby Darcia MariainiISBN 155861222X (1-55861-222-X)
Softcover, Feminist Pr
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Silent Duchessby Dick Kitto, Elspeth Spottiswood, Darcia MariainiISBN 1558611940 (1-55861-194-0)
Hardcover, Feminist Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Silent Duchess'Book summary:Dacia Maraini is something of a national treasure in Italy. The author of more than 50 books, a director of stage and screen, and an outspoken feminist, Maraini has never been afraid of controversy. The Silent Duchess won prestigious awards in Italy upon its publication there in 1990, and has since been translated into 14 languages. It tells the story of Marianna Ucria, an 18th-century noblewoman who is both deaf and mute following a mysterious childhood trauma. Though outwardly Marianna's life follows the same trajectory as most women's of her class and time--an arranged marriage and endless childbearing--her inner life is quite unique. Within the silent world she occupies, Marianna pursues a vigorous life of the mind; in fact, silence becomes a weapon she wields to defend her deepest, truest self against society's suppression of women's creativity and will. From the first, horrifying images of a child's hanging, through Marianna's forced marriage to her elderly uncle, and finally to her recollection of the trauma that scarred her, The Silent Duchess takes the reader on a remarkable journey through the mores and manners of 18th-century Sicily and into the mind of its enigmatic, courageous heroine. [via]
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Spider Magicby Dorothy Hinshaw PatentISBN 0823404382 (0-8234-0438-2)
Hardcover, Holiday House
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Summer in Italyby S. O'FaolainISBN 0815968310 (0-8159-6831-0)
Hardcover, Devin-Adair Pub
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T. Lucreti Cari De Rerum Natura Libri Sexby Titus Lucretius Carus, Carlo GiussaniISBN 0824095960 (0-8240-9596-0)
Hardcover, Garland Pub
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Table in Tuscany: Classic Recipes from the Heart of Italyby Leslie ForbesISBN 0877018324 (0-87701-832-4)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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The Tartar Steppeby Dino Buzzati, Stuart Clink HoodISBN 1567923046 (1-56792-304-6)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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The Things We Used to Sayby Judith Woolf, Natalia GinzburgISBN 1559704675 (1-55970-467-5)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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The Town of Herculesby Joseph Jay DeissISBN 0892362227 (0-89236-222-7)
Hardcover, J Paul Getty Museum Pubns
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Twilight in Italyby D. H. LawrenceISBN 1426435711 (1-4264-3571-1)
Softcover, Bibliobazaar
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Two Memoirs of Renaissance Florence: The Diaries of Buonaccorso Pitti and Gregorio Datiby Gene Brucker, Julia MartinesISBN 088133622X (0-88133-622-X)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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Umbria : Regional Recipes from the Heartland of Italyby Julia Della Croce, John A. RizzoISBN 0811823512 (0-8118-2351-2)
Softcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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Unto the Sonsby Gay TaleseISBN 0812976061 (0-8129-7606-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Veniceby John Hagy DavisISBN 0882250280 (0-88225-028-0)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Vittorio, the Vampire: New Tales of the Vampiresby A. RiceISBN 1417671416 (1-4176-7141-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Italian Genealogical Records: How to Use Italian Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Other Records in Family History Researchby Trafford R. ColeISBN 0916489582 (0-916489-58-2)
Hardcover, MyFamily.com, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Italian Genealogical Records: How to Use Italian Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Other Records in Family History Research'Book summary:[via]Filled with practical advice that will help anyone obtain the information they seek through Italian records, Italian Genealogical Records is a comprehensive guide to the complexities and nuances of what could otherwise be a daunting task. In this book, the author discusses the history and development of Italian record keeping, providing reproductions of typical records and a complete translation and thorough explanation of each. Among the many other topics covered in this book are the significance of Italian surnames and the relevance of Italian noble families in the search for Italian ancestors.More editions of Italian Genealogical Records: How to Use Italian Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Other Records in Family History Research:
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