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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... (read more) List Price $41.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover 
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Italian History and Culture by Gabrielle Euvino Publisher Comments Offers an introduction to Italy's history and culture, from ancient Rome and the power of the Vatican to Mussolini's rise to power, Milan's fashion designers, and Italian cuisine.... (read more) Your price: $15.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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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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Politics and Symbols: The Italian Communist Party and the Fall of Communism by David Kertzer Publisher Comments In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union and its Communist satellites, the Italian Communist Party began a heated two-year struggle over its identity and future. David I. Kertzer tells the riveting story of how Italy's second largest political... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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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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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) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Ancient Shore: Dispatches from Naples by Shirley Hazzard Publisher Comments Born in Australia, Shirley Hazzard first moved to Naples as a young woman in the 1950s to take up a job with the United Nations. It was the beginning of a long love affair with the city. The Ancient Shore collects the best of Hazzards writings on Naples,... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Anti-Voyages #1: Against Venice by Regis Debray Publisher Comments This is the first book in a new Anti-Voyages series which aims to subvert the clichés of travel and travel writing. In a world glutted with books extolling foreign lands and intrepid travelers, Against Venice stands alone. Noted intellectual Regis... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Italian Politics Today (Politics Today) by Hilary Partridge Publisher Comments This book is a clear and accessible guide to the labyrinth of Italian politics and the social forces that shape them. Following the "sweet revolution" that swept away the political class that had dominated politics in Italy since the last war, Hilary... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Prisoner of the Vatican: the Pope's Secret Plot To Capture Rome From the New Italian State by David I. Kertzer Publisher Comments Praise for David Kertzer and Prisoner of the Vatican: "Kertzer once again proves himself a truly compelling historian." -- André Aciman "Prisoner of the Vatican reads like exciting fiction. And it has astounding contemporary relevance... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Museum of Rome Tells the Story of the City: A Concise Guide Publisher Comments The Museum of Rome, on account of the richness of its collections, and also characterised by a remarkable variety of artistic techniques, can in fact be considered as the most significant institution for our knowledge of social history and artistic... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.06 New - Trade Paper
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Vroom with a View: In Search of Italy's Dolce Vita on a '61 Vespa by Peter Moore Publisher Comments It was love at first sight--the Vespa had everything he wanted--a few dents and scratches, saddle seats and temperamental electrics. When Moore sat on it for the first time, he felt like a sharp-suited, Ray Ban wearing young Marcello Mastroianni. Riding... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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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Midnight in Sicily by Peter Robb Publisher Comments From the author of M and A Death in Brazil comes Midnight in Sicily. South of mainland Italy lies the island of Sicily, home to an ancient culture that — with its stark landscapes, glorious coastlines, and extraordinary treasure troves of art... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Protest & Participation by John R Low Beer Synopsis This 1978 study examines the new working class of white collar professionals that has emerged in advanced in industrial societies and considers its role in the political process. It examines a sample group of Italian technicians and the significance of... (read more) List Price $30.75 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - 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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Piero Gobetti's New World: Antifascism, Liberalism, Writing by David Ward Publisher Comments Piero Gobetti (1901-1926) was one of twentieth-century Italy's most innovative political thinkers. A noted intellectual, radical liberal, and antifascist, in his short life he founded two cultural reviews that attracted the attention of many Italian... (read more) List Price $61.25 Your price: $36.85 New - Hardcover
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A Tuscan Childhood by Kinta Beevor Publisher Comments "Wonderful...I fell immediately into her world, and was sorry when I reached the end." --Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan Sun The sparkling memoir of an idyllic, bohemian childhood in an enchanted Tuscan castle between the wars. When Kinta... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Secrets of Rome: Love & Death in the Eternal City by Corrado Augias Publisher Comments From Italy's popular author Corrado Augias comes the most intriguing exploration of Rome ever to be published. In the mold of his earlier histories of Paris, New York, and London, Augias moves perceptively through twenty-seven centuries of Roman life... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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