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Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy
by Frances Mayes  Publisher Comments Frances Mayes entered a wondrous new world when she began restoring an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. There were unexpected treasures at every turn: faded frescos beneath the whitewash in her dining room, a vineyard under wildly...
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Gomorrah: A Personal Journey Into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System
by Roberto Saviano Publisher Comments A groundbreaking major bestseller in Italy, Gomorrah is Roberto Saviano’s gripping nonfiction account of the decline of Naples under the rule of the Camorra, an organized crime network with a large international reach and stakes in construction...
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Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy
by Frances Mayes Publisher Comments Frances Mayes entered a wondrous new world when she began restoring an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. There were unexpected treasures at every turn: faded frescos beneath the whitewash in her dining room, a vineyard under wildly...
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The Italians: A Full-Length Portrait Featuring Their Manners and Morals
by Luigi Barzini Publisher Comments In this consummate portrait of the Italian people, bestselling author, publisher, journalist, and politician Luigi Barzini delves deeply into the Italian national character, discovering both its great qualities and its imperfections. Barzini is...
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Italy: A Short History
by Harry Hearder Publisher Comments Intended for the student of Italian history and culture as well as the general reader, this new edition presents a clear and concise account of the principal developments in Italian history from the Ice Age to the present day. Dr. Jonathan Morris has...
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A Tuscan Childhood
by Kinta Beevor Publisher Comments The sparkling memoir of an idyllic, bohemian childhood in an enchanted Tuscan castle between the wars. When Kinta Beeevor was five, her father, the painter Aubrey Waterfield, bought the sixteenth-century Fortezza della Brunella in the Tuscan village...
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The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy Since 1796
by Christopher Duggan Publisher Comments A sweeping, first-of-its-kind history of the creation of modern Italy The birth of modern Italy was a messy affair. Inspired by a small group of writers, intellectuals, and politicians, Italy struggled in the first half of the nineteenth century to unite...
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In Tuscany
by Frances Mayes Publisher Comments From the bestselling author whose memoirs Under the Sun and Bella Tuscany have captured the voluptuousness of Italian life comes a lavishly illustrated ode to the joys of Tuscany's people, food, landscapes, and art. In Tuscany celebrates the abundant...
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The Oxford History of Italy
by George Holmes Publisher Comments The name Italy evokes history and splendor. Toga-clad Romans, sweeping vistas of vineyards and olive groves, the majesty of a Papal mass, Dante's Comedia, and Leonardo's haunting Mona Lisa. Few nations can boast as rich an artistic and cultural legacy...
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Italy: A Difficult Democracy: A Survey of Italian Politics
by Frederic Spotts Publisher Comments This book provides the best up-to-date survey of the Italian political scene during the forty years since World War II. It describes the inner dynamics of the political parties, the day-to-day functioning of the governing institutions, and the...
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Memoirs of an Italian Terrorist
by Giorgio Publisher Comments When government consultant Professor Marco Biagi was assassinated in Italy by the New Red Brigades in the aftermath of September 11, the country was transported back 30 years to the violent "Years of Lead." In the 1970s Neo-Fascists planted bombs...
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Travellers History of Italy 7TH Edition
by Valerio Lintner Publisher Comments Linter presents a compact portrait of Italy from prehistory to the present. Illustrations. Maps....
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Garibaldi's Defence of the Roman Republic: 1848-9
by George M Trevelyan Publisher Comments Part one of a classic trilogy, written by one of England's greatest historians, that traces the life of Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi--a man once described as "the only wholly admirable figure in history." Follow Garibaldi's life from his early...
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The Sack of Rome: Media + Money + Celebrity = Power = Silvio Berlusconi
by Alexander Stille Publisher Comments Stille uses the incredible and appallingly entertaining story of Silvio Berlusconi's rise to power to paint a portrait of Italy today that's invaluable for anyone who wants to understand that country or put the United State's problems in perspective....
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The Montesi Scandal: The Death of Wilma Montesi and the Birth of the Paparazzi in Fellini's Rome
by Karen Pinkus Publisher Comments Early on a windy morning in April 1953, the body of a young woman washed up on a beach outside of Rome. Her name was Wilma Montesi, and, as the papers reported, she had left her home in the city center a day earlier, alone. The police called her death an...
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Old Calabria (Marlboro Travel)
by Norman Douglas Publisher Comments First published in 1915, Old Calabria is one of the most comprehensive and exciting accounts of adventure travel in this century. Captivated by the cheerfully pagan quality of the mezzogiorno, as he understood it, Douglas plunged into Calabria, the...
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Giovanni Agnelli Foundation Series in Italian History: Ideological Profile of Twentieth-Century Italy
by Norberto Bobbio Publisher Comments Anyone interested in the entire sweep of political thought over the last hundred years will find in Norberto Bobbio's Ideological Profile of Twentieth-Century Italy a masterful, thought-provoking guide. Home to the largest communist party in a democratic...
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Dreaming of Tuscany: Where to Find the Best There Is: Perfect Hilltowns, Splendid Palazzos, Rustic Farmhouses, Glorious Gardens, Authentic
by Barbara Milo. Photographs By Simon Upton Ohrbach Publisher Comments A tribute to the lifestyle and unique qualities of Tuscany is a photographic celebration of its art, architecture, fashion, and foods, in an insider's tour that makes visitor recommendations for some of the region's most culturally rich markets, museums,...
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Sicily: Three Thousand Years of Human History
by Sandra Benjamin Synopsis Tourists, armchair travelers, and historians will all delight in this fluid narrative that can be read straight through, dipped into over time, or used as a reference guide to each period in Sicily's fascinating tale. Emigration of people from Sicily...
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The Jews in Sicily; V.9: Corte Pretoriana and Notaries of Palermo.
by Shlomo Simonsohn Synopsis This volume documents the history of the Jews in Sicily based on notarial and court records. It illustrate the economic, social, and religious history of the Jewish minority and the relations with the Christian majority. The volume is provided with...
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