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The City of Falling Angels
by John Berendt  
Powells.com 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...
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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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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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Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy
by Frances Mayes Synopsis Buying a villa in the spectacular Italian countryside is a wonderful fantasy -- even if 17 rooms and a garden in need of immediate loving care are included in the asking price. Frances Mayes -- gourmet cook, widely published travel writer, and poet...
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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...
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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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Venice, the Tourist Maze: A Cultural Critique of the World's Most Touristed City
by Robert C Davis Publisher Comments A cultural critique of the world's most touristed city....
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The Secrets of Rome: Love & Death in the Eternal City
by Corrado Augias Synopsis 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...
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History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity #275: The Governor and His Subjects in the Later Roman Empire
by Dani<:e>lle Slootjes Synopsis This book presents new insights into the relationship between governors and provincial subjects in the Later Roman Empire. Discussion of provincial expectations and perception, the continuous dialogue, interdependence and reciprocity leads to a better...
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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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Traveller's History of Italy -revised and Updated (7TH 04 Edition)
by Valerio Lintner Publisher Comments A Traveller's History of Italy analyzes the development of the Italian people from pre-historic times right through to the imaginative, resourceful and fiercely independent Italians we know today. All the major periods of Italian history are dealt with...
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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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Italian Days
by Barbara Gr Harrison Synopsis "Italian Days" is one of the richest and most absorbing travel books written--a journey that traverses the Italian peninsula and immerses readers in a culture which provides the reader with a definition of the good life. "Harrison's wonderful journal...
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No Vulgar Hotel: The Desire and Pursuit of Venice
by Judith Martin and Eric Denker Publisher Comments The definitive manual for the hopeless Venetophile. Love of Venice can strike anyone, not just romantic wusses. Among the toughies with serious cases were Lord Byron, Richard Wagner, Ezra Pound, and Ernest Hemingway. Symptoms include: Wishing that...
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Adrianopole Ad 378: The Goths Crush Rome's Legions (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
by Simon Macdowall Publisher Comments Never, except in the battle of Cannae, had there been so destructive a slaughter recorded in our annals." Thus the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus recorded the battle of Adrianople. It was such a crushing Roman defeat by Gothic cavalry that the...
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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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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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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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