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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) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover 
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Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy by Robert D Putnam Publisher Comments Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? In a book that has received attention from policymakers and civic activists in America and around the world, Robert Putnam and his collaborators offer empirical evidence for the importance of... (read more) List Price $42.50 Your price: $11.95 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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Italians by Luigi Barzini Synopsis This is an examination of the Italian people, their character and history, by a foreign correspondent.... (read more) Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt Staff Pick Once again John Berendt proves he is a powerful magnet for eccentrics. With clever proficiency, Berendt depicts for readers a host of quirky characters, providing an exclusive glimpse into the Venice you won't see as a tourist. Gossipy yet wholly... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.50 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 powerful and violent... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Valley in Italy by L St Aubin De Teran Publisher Comments Of all the romantic obsessions in novelist Lisa St Aubin de Teran's life, the search for a castle occupied her the longest--until she saw the magnificent Villa Orsola deep in the Umbrian hills. Only after eagerly signing the ownership papers did she and... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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 Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, Its Regions, and Their Peoples by David Gilmour Publisher Comments One of The Economists 2011 Books of the Year Did Garibaldi do Italy a disservice when he helped its disparate parts achieve unity? Was the goal of political unification a mistake? These questions are asked and answered in a number of ways in this... (read more) Your price: $32.50 New - Hardcover
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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) Your price: $21.00 New - Trade Paper
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Books for Burning: Between Civil War and Democracy in 1970s Italy by Antonio Negri Publisher Comments Early political writings of Antonio Negri, published for the first time since the 1970s, along with his new, in-depth examination of how this early work is related to his widely acclaimed current scholarship, and to the current "war on terrorism."... (read more) List Price $23.25 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Mamma Mia!: Berlusconi Explained for Posterity and Friends Abroad by Beppe Severgnini Publisher Comments What is it in the operatic Italian psyche that allows-indeed, forgives, even applauds-Italy’s premier for conducting a lifestyle as decadent as a Fellini extravaganza, while organizing an ongoing string of questionable behaviors and politically... (read more) Your price: $22.50 New - Hardcover
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Paradise of Cities Venice in the 19TH C by Julius Norwich Publisher Comments The greatest living chronicler of Venetian history brings to life the city’s magical charm in a beautifully illustrated and captivating book. John Julius Norwich, the author of the acclaimed A History of Venice, traces the transformation of Venice... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $11.25 Sale - Hardcover
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Stolen Figs: And Other Adventures in Calabria by Mark Rotella Publisher Comments Calabria is the toe of the boot that is Italy -- a rugged peninsula where grapevines and fig and olive trees cling to the mountainsides during scorching summers. Calabria is also a seedbed of Italian-American culture; in North America, more people of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara by David I Kertzer Publisher Comments National Book Award Finalist Bologna: nightfall, June 1858. A knock sounds at the door of the Jewish merchant Momolo Mortara. Two officers of the Inquisition bust inside and seize Mortara's six-year-old son, Edgardo. As the boy is wrenched from his... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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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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... (read more) List Price $33.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Dark Heart of Italy by Tobias Jones Publisher Comments In 1999 Tobias Jones immigrated to Italy, expecting to discover the pastoral bliss described by centuries of foreign visitors. Instead, he found a very different country: one besieged by unfathomable terrorism and deep-seated paranoia. The Dark Heart of... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Midnight in Sicily by Peter Robb Publisher Comments In late 1995 Giulio Andreotti, seven-time prime minister of Italy and once called "the finest political mind in Europe," went on trial both for murder and for his association with the Sicilian Mafia. With hundreds of witnesses still to be called, there... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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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