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Sicily: Three Thousand Years of Human History by Sandra Benjamin Publisher Comments 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... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy by Frances Mayes Publisher Comments Frances Mayes—widely published poet, gourmet cook, and travel writer—opens the door to a wondrous new world when she buys and restores an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. In evocative language, she brings the reader... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Daily Life in Eighteenth-century Malta. by Robert And Romina Azzopardi Attard Publisher Comments This book seeks to transport the reader back to eighteenth century Malta. Daily life in eighteenth century Malta has been reconstructed from a number of primary sources. Judicial records contain important data relating to the food which was eaten in... (read more) List Price $64.00 Your price: $42.88 New - Hardcover
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Dances with Luigi: A Grandson's Search for His Italian Roots by Paul Paolicelli Publisher Comments In this spirited memoir, veteran TV journalist Paul Paolicelli does what many of us can only dream of--he picks up and moves to a foreign country in an attempt to trace his ancestral roots. With the help of Luigi, his guide and companion, he travels... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Nostalgias of Malta: Images by Horatio Agius from the 1860s to the 1900s by Giovanni Bonello Publisher Comments This is the fourth in the series of Nostalgias volumes by Giovanni Bonello in which he lays before the reader handsome sets of photographs taken by artists, mainly Maltese, who recorded the appearance of the landscapes and seascapes of the Maltese... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price: $50.25 New - Trade Paper
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Rome: A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History by Robert Hughes Publisher Comments From Robert Hughes, one of the greatest art and cultural critics of our time, comes a sprawling, comprehensive, and deeply personal history of Rome—as city, as empire, and, crucially, as an origin of Western art and civilization, two subjects about... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover
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Lonely Planet a Small Place in Italy (Lonely Planet Journeys) by Eric Newby Publisher Comments In 1967 Eric and Wanda Newby fulfilled a long-cherished dream when they bought a run-down farmhouse in northern Tuscany, in the foothills of the Italian Alps. They were the first foreigners to live in the region. A Small Place in Italy describes how the... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Last Italian: Portrait of a People (Destination Book) by William Murray Publisher Comments Since his childhood in Italy, William Murray has had a love affair with the country and its people. Here is his tribute to the Italy he so loves--a provocative, candid portrait that takes us off the beaten path and reveals an Italy not covered in any... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Nature and History in Modern Italy (Ecology & History) by Marco Armiero Publisher Comments Is Italy il bel paese—the beautiful country—where tourists spend their vacations looking for art, history, and scenery? Or is it a land whose beauty has been cursed by humanity’s greed and nature’s cruelty? The answer is largely a... (read more) List Price $64.95 Your price: $44.00 Used - Hardcover
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Whispering City: Modern Rome and Its Histories by R. J. B. Bosworth Publisher Comments In Civilization and Its Discontents, Sigmund Freud claimed that Rome must be comprehended as "not a human dwelling place but a mental entity," in which the palaces of the Caesars still stand alongside modern apartment buildings in layers of brick, mortar,... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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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 $22.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Book Club Paperback
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Venice: Pure City by Peter Ackroyd Publisher Comments Peter Ackroyd at his most magical and magisterial—a glittering, evocative, fascinating, story-filled portrait of Venice, the ultimate city. The Venetians’ language and way of thinking set them aside from the rest of Italy. They are an island... (read more) List Price $37.50 Your price: $26.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Sack of Rome: How a Beautiful European Country with a Fabled History and a Storied Culture Was Taken Over by a Man Named Silvio Berl by Alexander Stille Synopsis 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.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Masterplan: La Valorizzazione del Paesaggio Minerario / The Development of the Mining Landscape by Massimo Preite And Riccardo Francovich Publisher Comments The strategic objective of the Masterplan of the National Technological and Archeological Park of the Colline Metallifere has very few precedents, insofar as the conceptual project is geared not so much towards the conservation of a few isolated remains,... (read more) List Price $55.75 Your price: $31.49 New - Trade Paper
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Gomorrah: Italy's Other Mafia (UK Edition) by Roberto Saviano Publisher Comments A dangerous, politically explosive international literary sensation. Roberto Saviano's groundbreaking and utterly compelling book is a major international bestseller, and has to date sold over 1 million copies in Italy alone, where it continues to... (read more) Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Italy: From Revolution to Republic, 1700 to the Present by Spencer M Di Scala About the Author Spencer M. Di Scala is research professor of history and History Graduate Program Director at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is the author of numerous scholarly books and articles on Italian and European politics and culture, serves on the... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt Publisher Comments Taking the fire that destroyed the Fenice theatre in 1996 as his starting point, John Berendt creates a unique and unforgettable portrait of Venice and its extraordinary inhabitants. Beneath the exquisite facade of the world's most beautiful historic... (read more) Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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In the Shadow of Vesuvius (05 Edition) by Lancaster Publisher Comments From its origins in Homer's Odyssey and its founding nearly 3,000 years ago, Naples has long attracted travellers, artists and foreign rulers--from the visitors of the Grand Tour to Goethe, Nelson, Dickens and Neruda. The stunning beauty of its... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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No Pictures in My Grave: A Spiritual Journey in Sicily by Susan Caperna Lloyd Publisher Comments "A hauntingly beautiful story. Susan Lloyd's search for the remaining vestiges of the Dark Goddess in modern Sicily held me spellbound".--Demetra George, author of "Mysteries of a Dark Moon". (Prayers/Devotions/Spirituality)... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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