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An Absurd Vice: A Biography of Cesare Paveseby Davide LajoloISBN 0811208516 (0-8112-0851-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Acquainted With Griefby Carlo Emilio Gadda, William WeaverISBN 0807611158 (0-8076-1115-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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After the Divorceby Grazia DeleddaISBN 0810112493 (0-8101-1249-3)
Softcover, Northwestern Univ Pr
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Antipasti: The Little Dishes of Italyby Julia Della Croce, Joyce Oudkerk PoolISBN 0811802183 (0-8118-0218-3)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Art in Renaissance Italyby John T. Paoletti, Gary M. RadkeISBN 0810913909 (0-8109-1390-9)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Art in Renaissance Italy'Book summary:Spanning more than three centuries, this beautiful and authoritative work brings to life the rich tapestry of Italian Renaissance society and the art works that are its enduring legacy. Fresh and broad in approach, this is the only serious book on the subject to integrate both social and art history for the whole of Italy -- not just Florence, Siena, and Rome.
Art lovers and history students alike will welcome this new edition of a highly regarded work previously issued for the academic market. The art is gorgeous and the contextual discussions -- of Renaissance artists in their world and of Renaissance art in Western art history -- are unmatched. [via]
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Art in Veniceby Stefano ZuffiISBN 0810942046 (0-8109-4204-6)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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Astrology : A Historyby Peter WhitfieldISBN 0810942356 (0-8109-4235-6)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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Barron's Italian at a Glance: Phrase Book & Dictionary for Travelersby Heywood Wald, Mario Constantino, Mario CostantinoISBN 0812013964 (0-8120-1396-4)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Betty and Rita : La Dolce Vitaby Judith E. Hughes, Michael MalyszkoISBN 0811831981 (0-8118-3198-1)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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Bulfinch's Mythologyby BulfinchISBN 0808501747 (0-8085-0174-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable/the Legend of Charlemagne/the Age of Chivalryby Thomas Bulfinch, Edmund FullerISBN 0808501186 (0-8085-0118-6)
Hardcover, Dell Yearling
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This editon contains all three volumes.
It is a classic work of mythology. Includes an extensive glossary and detailed table of contents. The original book contains hundreds of pages full of essential information for anyone interested in the study of mythology. [via]More editions of Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable/the Legend of Charlemagne/the Age of Chivalry:
Canalettoby J. G. Links, Katharine BaetjerISBN 0810931559 (0-8109-3155-9)
Hardcover, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Cantos of Ezra Poundby Ezra PoundISBN 0811213269 (0-8112-1326-9)
Softcover, New Directions
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Delmore Schwartz said about The Cantos: "They are one of the touchstones of modern poetry." William Carlos WIlliams said "[Pound] discloses history by its odor, by the feel of itin the words; fuses it with the words, present and past, to MAKE his Cantos. Make them."
Since the 1969 revised edition, the Italian Cantos LXXII and LXXIII (as well as a 1966 fragment concluding the work) have been added. Now appearing for the first time is Pound's recently found Eglish translation of Italian Canto LXXII. [via]More editions of The Cantos of Ezra Pound:
Carnival in Veniceby David Rowen, Shirley RowenISBN 0810924196 (0-8109-2419-6)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Catherine of Siena: The Dialogueby Suzanne NoffkeISBN 0809122332 (0-8091-2233-2)
Softcover, Paulist Pr
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The Chain of Chanceby Stanislaw Lem, Louis IribarneISBN 0810117304 (0-8101-1730-4)
Softcover, Northwestern Univ Pr
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Cheap Sleeps in Italy: A Guide to More Than 100 Charming, Comfortable, and Inexpensive Hotels and Pensions in Florence, Rome, and Veniceby Sandra A. GustafsonISBN 0811802345 (0-8118-0234-5)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Cityby David MacaulayISBN 0808507729 (0-8085-0772-9)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Cucina Ebraica : Flavors of the Italian Jewish Kitchenby Joyce E. GoldsteinISBN 0811819698 (0-8118-1969-8)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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Take Livornese Couscous with Meatballs, White Beans, and Greens. Couscous came to Livorno with North African Jews in the 1270s. It was a Friday-night meal, and the leftovers were served cold the next day on the Sabbath. Goldstein gives the first honest recipe for Carciofi alla Giudia (crispy fried artichokes in the Roman Jewish style) yet printed. Not all artichokes are alike, she demonstrates, and then shows you a way around the problems no one else ever manages to address to successfully cook this classic.
As she has proved in The Mediterranean Kitchen and Kitchen Conversations, Joyce Goldstein knows how to bring great food to the home kitchen. Her research is impeccable, her technique straightforward. Cucina Ebraica, this wonderful way of looking at an Italian cuisine that must answer to so many other influences, is an obvious project of love and devotion. Not to be missed. --Schuyler Ingle [via]
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Dante's Paradisoby Sandow Birk, Mary Campbell, Michael F. Meister, Peter S. HawkinsISBN 0811847209 (0-8118-4720-9)
Softcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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Deruta : A Tradition of Italian Ceramicsby Elizabeth H. Minchilli, Susie Cushner, David HamiltonISBN 0811817946 (0-8118-1794-6)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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Early Travellers in the Alpsby Gavin DebeerISBN 0807900427 (0-8079-0042-7)
Softcover, October House
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Florence and Its Storyby E. G. GardnerISBN 081150879X (0-8115-0879-X)
Hardcover, Periodicals Service Co
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Focacciaby Carol FieldISBN 0811840654 (0-8118-4065-4)
Softcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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Focaccia: Simple Breads from the Italian Ovenby Carol Field, Joyce Oudkerk PoolISBN 0811806049 (0-8118-0604-9)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Foods of Italy : Rome and Latiumby Julia Della Croce, Paolo DestafanisISBN 0811823520 (0-8118-2352-0)
Softcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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Fra Angelico: San Marco, Florenceby William HoodISBN 0807613932 (0-8076-1393-2)
Hardcover, Braziller Incorporated, George
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FrankensteinISBN 0811468224 (0-8114-6822-4)
Softcover, Steck-Vaughn Co
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyISBN 0809595168 (0-8095-9516-8)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein'Book summary:Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]
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Golden Century of Venetian Paintingby Terisio PignattiISBN 0807609358 (0-8076-0935-8)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Hidden Romeby Frank J. KornISBN 0809141094 (0-8091-4109-4)
Softcover, Paulist Pr
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History of Italian Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architectureby David G. Wilkins, Frederick HarttISBN 0810934175 (0-8109-3417-5)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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I Modi: The Sixteen Pleasures An Erotic Album of the Italian Renaissanceby Lynne LawnerISBN 0810108046 (0-8101-0804-6)
Softcover, Northwestern Univ Pr
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Italian Art Deco: Graphic Design Between the Warsby Steven Heller, Louise FiliISBN 0811802876 (0-8118-0287-6)
Softcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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Italian Art, 1400-1500: Sources and Documentsby Creighton E. GilbertISBN 0810110342 (0-8101-1034-2)
Softcover, Northwestern Univ Pr
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Italian Campaignby Robert WallaceISBN 0809425025 (0-8094-2502-5)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Italian Food Artisans : Recipes and Traditionsby Pamela Sheldon Johns, John RizzoISBN 0811821293 (0-8118-2129-3)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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Italian Pleasuresby Mark Mitchell, David LeavittISBN 0811812278 (0-8118-1227-8)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Italian Renaissance Illuminationsby Jonathan James Graham AlexanderISBN 0807608645 (0-8076-0864-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Italian Renaissance Interior, 1400-1600by Peter ThorntonISBN 0810934590 (0-8109-3459-0)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Italian Slow and Savory : A Cookbookby Joyce Esersky Goldstein, Paolo NobileISBN 081184238X (0-8118-4238-X)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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James McNair's Vegetarian Pizzaby James McNairISBN 0811801004 (0-8118-0100-4)
Softcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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Journey Toward the Cradle of Mankindby Guido Gozzano, David MarinelliISBN 0810160080 (0-8101-6008-0)
Softcover, Marlboro Pr
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The extent of Gozzano's travels--to Ceylon, Goa, Agra, Jaipur--makes one wonder how the writer could visit all or even most of the places he so vividly describes. "I did not honestly think I would find so much of it intact," the spellbound Gozzano repeats to himself, before what he must shortly recognize as prodigious evidence of decay.More editions of Journey Toward the Cradle of Mankind:
Kaputtby Curzio Malaparte, Cesare FolignoISBN 0810113414 (0-8101-1341-4)
Softcover, Northwestern Univ Pr
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Last Vanitiesby Tim Parks, Fleur JaeggyISBN 0811213749 (0-8112-1374-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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A Little Italian Cookbookby Anna Del Conte, Carl MelagariISBN 0811812871 (0-8118-1287-1)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Little Known Museums in and Around Romeby Rachel KaplanISBN 0810929147 (0-8109-2914-7)
Softcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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Lorenzo the Magnificentby Maurice RowdonISBN 0809211467 (0-8092-1146-7)
Hardcover, H. Regnery Co
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Loveby Lowell A. Siff, Gian Berto VanniISBN 0807614262 (0-8076-1426-2)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Lure of Italy: American Artists and the Italian Experience, 1760-1914by Theodore E. StebbinsISBN 0810935619 (0-8109-3561-9)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Machiavelliby Quentin SkinnerISBN 0809014203 (0-8090-1420-3)
Hardcover, Hill and Wang
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Mangia, Little Italy!: Secrets from a Sicilian Family Kitchenby Francesca RominaISBN 0811815331 (0-8118-1533-1)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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The Medieval Health Handbook : Tacuinum Sanitatisby Luisa Cogliati Arano, Oscar Ratti, Adele WestbrookISBN 0807612774 (0-8076-1277-4)
Softcover, Braziller Incorporated, George
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Michelangeloby Frederick N. HarttISBN 0810913356 (0-8109-1335-6)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Michelangelo'Book summary:This volume includes all of Michelangelo's paintings, as well as a selection of his work in sculpture and architecture. Numerous full-color details capture the works' staggering depth of meaning and magnificent beauty. Frederick Hartt, the great scholar of Italian Renaissance art, provides a fascinating account of Michelangelo's titanic genius. [via]
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Michelangelo: Gedichte Und Briefeby Michelangelo BuonarrotiISBN 0810902990 (0-8109-0299-0)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Michelangelo : The Frescoes of Sistine Chapelby Marcia B. Hall, Takashi OkamuraISBN 0810935309 (0-8109-3530-9)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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Modigliani and the Artists of Montparnasseby Kenneth WayneISBN 0810932474 (0-8109-3247-4)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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The Most Beautiful Libraries in the Worldby Guillaume De Laubier, Jacques Bosser, James H. Billington, Laurel HirschISBN 0810946343 (0-8109-4634-3)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World'Book summary:All of the libraries in the world-whether small or large, public or private-serve the same purpose: to preserve, cherish, or show off the riches of human knowledge. Now, for the first time, an internationally renowned photographer takes the reader on a journey to more than 20 of the most historic of these magical places, all architectural treasures. From the dramatic, baroque Library of the Institut de France in Paris, to the splendid Vatican Library in Rome; from the majestic Royal Library in El Escorial, Spain, to the famed New York Public Library, a Beaux-Arts masterpiece-here are some of the most exquisite libraries of the Western world.
Included are national, scholarly, and religious libraries from 12 countries, which have in common a distinguished heritage and an architectural setting that emphasizes art and culture. The accompanying text traces the history of libraries to the present day, and describes how they came to serve famous personalities and men of letters. Libraries must be counted among civilization's crowning achievements; this elegant book is a fitting tribute to that accomplishment. [via]
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The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Historyby William L. LangerISBN 081090117X (0-8109-0117-X)
Hardcover, H. N. Abrams
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Once Upon A Time In Italy: the Westerns of Sergio Leoneby Christopher FraylingISBN 0810958848 (0-8109-5884-8)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Written by the preeminent Leone scholar, this is the first illustrated book to focus on his Westerns, illuminating his visual style, offbeat sense of humor, and sophisticated, elliptical way of telling stories. Augmenting the text are a wealth of visual materials, as well as interviews with Leone, Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Bernardo Bertolucci, composer Ennio Morricone, designer Carlo Simi, and others. The book accompanies an exhibition with the same title opening in July 2005 at the Autry National Center's Museum of the American West in Los Angeles. [via]
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Painting and Illumination in Early Renaissance Florence, 1300-1450by Laurence B. Kanter, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)ISBN 0810964880 (0-8109-6488-0)
Hardcover, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Pasta Classica: The Art of Italian Pasta Cookingby Julia Della CroceISBN 0811802485 (0-8118-0248-5)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Piero Della Francescaby Marilyn Aronberg Lavin, PieroISBN 0810932105 (0-8109-3210-5)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Piero Della Francesca: San Francesco, Arezzoby Marilyn Aronberg Lavin, PieroISBN 0807613177 (0-8076-1317-7)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Pleasures of Slow Food: Celebrating Authentic Traditions, Flavors, and Recipesby Corby Kummer, Susie Cushner, Eric SchlosserISBN 0811833798 (0-8118-3379-8)
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Pontoromo: Drawingsby Jacopo Carucci Pontoromo, Salvatore S. NigroISBN 0810937174 (0-8109-3717-4)
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Prelude to Warby Robert T. ElsonISBN 0809424509 (0-8094-2450-9)
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Roman Art: Romulus to Constantineby Nancy H. Ramage, Andrew RamageISBN 0810937557 (0-8109-3755-7)
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Roman Sex: 100 Bc-Ad 250by John R. Clarke, Michael LarveyISBN 0810942631 (0-8109-4263-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Roman Sex: 100 Bc-Ad 250'Book summary:Picture a world where good sex is a blessing of the gods, not a cause for guilt, and where acts often considered immoral, even illegal by our standards are instead celebrated. Such a world is no futurist's fantasy but rather the reality of ancient Rome, 100 BC to 250 AD. In "Roman Sex", an illustrated, contextual study of the erotic art of that era, historian John R. Clarke exposes paintings, sculptures and ceramics featuring such controversial subject matter as group sex, lesbianism and the phallus as talisman. He then uses these works to explain ancient Roman attitudes towards a range of societal issues. [via]
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Rome in America: Transnational Catholic Ideology from the Risorgimento to Fascismby Peter R. D'AgostinoISBN 0807855154 (0-8078-5515-4)
Softcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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Romeo and Julietby Margaret Early, William ShakespeareISBN 0810937999 (0-8109-3799-9)
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Salse Di Pomodoro: Making the Great Tomato Sauces of Italyby Julia Della Croce, Ellen SilvermanISBN 0811809307 (0-8118-0930-7)
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Sandra Gustafson's Great Sleeps Italy: Florence, Rome, Veniceby Sandra GustafsonISBN 0811831132 (0-8118-3113-2)
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Saveur Cooks Authentic Italian : Savoring the Recipes and Traditions of the World's Favorite Cuisineby Saveur Magazine Editors, Dorothy Kalins, C. AndrewsISBN 0811832678 (0-8118-3267-8)
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The Sergeant in the Snowby Mario Rigoni Stern, Archibald ColquhounISBN 0810160552 (0-8101-6055-2)
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Sicilyby Russell KingISBN 0811715310 (0-8117-1531-0)
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Sistine Chapel : A Glorious Restorationby Michael Hirst, Carlo Pietrangeli, Gianluigi ColalucciISBN 0810938405 (0-8109-3840-5)
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The Skinby David Moore, Curzio MalaparteISBN 0810115727 (0-8101-1572-7)
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Snyder's Medieval Artby James SnyderISBN 0810915324 (0-8109-1532-4)
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Speak Italian: The Fine Art Of The Gesture A Supplement to the Italian Dictionaryby Bruno MunariISBN 0811847748 (0-8118-4774-8)
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Sweet Days of Disciplineby Fleur Jaeggy, Tim ParksISBN 0811212351 (0-8112-1235-1)
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The Syndicalist Tradition and Italian Fascismby David D. RobertsISBN 0807813516 (0-8078-1351-6)
Hardcover, University of North Carolina Press
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Tender Is The Night, 1934by F. Scott FitzgeraldISBN 0808514601 (0-8085-1460-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tender Is The Night, 1934'Book summary:In the wake of World War I, a community of expatriate American writers established itself in the salons and cafes of 1920s Paris. They congregated at Gertrude Stein's select soirees, drank too much, married none too wisely, and wrote volumes--about the war, about the Jazz Age, and often about each other. F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, were part of this gang of literary Young Turks, and it was while living in France that Fitzgerald began writing Tender Is the Night. Begun in 1925, the novel was not actually published until 1934. By then, Fitzgerald was back in the States and his marriage was on the rocks, destroyed by Zelda's mental illness and alcoholism. Despite the modernist mandate to keep authors and their creations strictly segregated, it's difficult not to look for parallels between Fitzgerald's private life and the lives of his characters, psychiatrist Dick Diver and his former patient turned wife, Nicole. Certainly the hospital in Switzerland where Zelda was committed in 1929 provided the inspiration for the clinic where Diver meets, treats, and then marries the wealthy Nicole Warren. And Fitzgerald drew both the European locale and many of the characters from places and people he knew from abroad.
In the novel, Dick is eventually ruined--professionally, emotionally, and spiritually--by his union with Nicole. Fitzgerald's fate was not quite so novelistically neat: after Zelda was diagnosed as a schizophrenic and committed, Fitzgerald went to work as a Hollywood screenwriter in 1937 to pay her hospital bills. He died three years later--not melodramatically, like poor Jay Gatsby in his swimming pool, but prosaically, while eating a chocolate bar and reading a newspaper. Of all his novels, Tender Is the Night is arguably the one closest to his heart. As he himself wrote, "Gatsby was a tour de force, but this is a confession of faith." [via]
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Tuscany and Its Winesby Hugh Johnson, Andy KatzISBN 0811827224 (0-8118-2722-4)
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Vasari on Theatreby Giorgio Vasari, Thomas A. PallenISBN 0809321610 (0-8093-2161-0)
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The Venetiansby Colin Thubron, Time-Life BooksISBN 0809426838 (0-8094-2683-8)
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Venice Sketchbookby Huck ScarryISBN 0810939215 (0-8109-3921-5)
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Villas of the Venetoby Peter Lauritzen, Reinhart WolfISBN 0810917440 (0-8109-1744-0)
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The Visconti-Sforza Tarot Cardsby Michael DummettISBN 0807611417 (0-8076-1141-7)
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Waiting for Filippo: The Life of Renaissance Architect Filippo Burnelleschiby Michael BenderISBN 0811801810 (0-8118-0181-0)
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