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City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas by Roger Crowley Publisher Comments The rise and fall of the Venetian empire stands unrivaled for drama, intrigue, and sheer opulent majesty. In City of Fortune, Roger Crowley, acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author of Empires of the Sea, applies his narrative skill to... (read more) Your price: $32.00 New - Hardcover 
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Gomorrah: A Personal Journey Into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System by Roberto Saviano Publisher Comments A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A groundbreaking, unprecedented bestseller in Italy, Roberto Saviano's insider account traces the decline of the city of Naples under the rule of the Camorra, an organized crime network more powerful and violent... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Mussolini : a Biography (82 Edition) by Denis Mack Smith Publisher Comments This work measures the true impact of Mussolini on his follower, Hitler and its consequences for both fascism and communism in 20th century history. 21 photos. Smith charts the career of the man who altered his choice of violence to a talent of deceit.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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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... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style (Oxford Paperbacks) by Michael Baxandall Publisher Comments Serving as both an introduction to fifteenth-century Italian painting and as a text on how to interpret social history from the style of pictures in a given historical period, this new edition to Baxandall's pre-eminent scholarly volume examines early... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Head Over Heel by Chris Harrison Publisher Comments A whitewashed fishing village, a shapely signorina and an infatuated young man - head over heels on the heel of the boot. This is Chris Harrison's hilarious and captivating story of leaving his previous life for La Dolce Vita - or rather the Southern... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $15.93 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Knopf Guide: Italy by Knopf Guides Publisher Comments "Stunning, fresh, and very visual." -- "Bride's Magazine <BR>From the stately charm of "palazzos standing guard on the Grand Canale to intimate details of private homes lining the twisting sidewalks and waterways, Venice is a dream of timeless... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Trade Paper
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What Life Was Like at the Rebirth of Genius: Renaissance Italy, Ad 1400-1550 by Time Life Publisher Comments Drawing on art, artifacts, and literature that was left behind, these richly illustrated volumes recount captivating tales of everyday life in long-ago vanished worlds.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Their Other Side: Six American Women and the Lure of Italy by Helen Barolini Publisher Comments Our lives are Swiss,Emily Dickinson wrote in 1859, So still-so cool.But over the Alps, Italy stands the other side.For Dickinson, as for many other writers and artists, Italy has been the land of light, a seductive source of invention, enchantment, and... (read more) List Price $74.25 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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