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Ambrosini, Luisa; Willis, Mary Secret Archives of the Vatican Little, Brown and Company 1969 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1138398. (filed under: Italy ) *
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Arno E. Tevere Roman Forum and the Palatine Arno E. Tevere 1982 Soft Cover. Clean text. Color photos.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or540546. (keywords: TRAVELS DESCRIPTION) (filed under: Italy ) *
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Bacchion, Eugenio Basilica of St. Mark Ardo 1972 soft cover. light edge wear. creases on front cover. minor soiling on title pag.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or534523. (keywords: Castles St. Mark) (filed under: Italy ) *
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Baker, John A. Italian Communism: The Road To Legitimacy And Autonomy hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or988622. (filed under: Italy ) *
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Barzini, Luigi Italians Penguin Books 1996 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Previous owners name inking. Book #or938041. ISBN #0140145958 / 9780140145953. (filed under: Italy ) *
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Barzini, Luigi Italians Penguin Books 1996 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Previous owners name inking. Book #or938041. ISBN #0140145958 / 9780140145953. (filed under: Italy ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The 'fatal charm of Italy' has held Lord Byron - and millions of tourists ever since - in its spell. Yet, beneath 'the brilliant and vivacious surface', what are the realities of Italian life? Few writers have ever painted a portrait of their compatriots as crisp, frank and fearless as Luigi Barzini's. Cutting through the familiar cliches, he instructs us with a cascade of anecdotes and provides a marvelous guided tour through centuries of history. He examines Machiavelli and Mussolini, popes, pilgrims and prostitutes, cliques and conspiracies, Casanova and the crippling power of the Church. Yet alongside the Baroque exuberance and spectacular display, the love of life and the life of love, he also shows us a divided nation, injustice, ignorance, poverty and fear. All this is Italy, a country of dazzling achievement and an uncanny aptitude for getting round problems; both its virtues and its vices are celebrated in this sparkling book.
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Barzini, Luigi Italians: A Full-length Portrait Featuring Their Manners and Morals Touchstone Simon & Schuster 1996 Trade Paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or403884. ISBN #0684825007 / 9780684825007. (keywords: NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS ITALIAN SOCIOLOGY ITALY) (filed under: Italy ) *
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Bell, Rudolph M. How To Do It: Guides To Good Living For Renaissance Italians 1999 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1076154. ISBN #0226042103 / 9780226042107. (filed under: Italy ) *
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Bell, Rudolph M. How To Do It: Guides To Good Living For Renaissance Italians 1999 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1076154. ISBN #0226042103 / 9780226042107. (filed under: Italy ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary How to Do It shows us sixteenth-century Italy from an entirely new perspective: through manuals which were staples in the households of middlebrow Italians merely trying to lead better lives. Addressing challenges such as how to conceive a boy, the manuals offered suggestions such as tying a tourniquet around your husband's left testicle. Or should you want to goad female desires, throw 90 grubs in a liter of olive oil, let steep in the sun for a week and apply liberally on the male anatomy. Bell's journey through booklets long dismissed by scholars as being of little literary value gives us a refreshing and surprisingly fun social history. "Lively and curious reading, particularly in its cascade of anecdote, offered in a breezy, cozy, journalistic style." Lauro Martines, Times Literary Supplement " Bell's fascinating book is a window on a lost world far nearer to our own than we might imagine. . . . How pleasant to read his delightful, informative and often hilarious book." Kate Saunders, The Independent "An extraordinary work which blends the learned with the frankly bizarre." The Economist "Professor Bell has a sly sense of humor and an enviably strong stomach. . . . He wants to know how people actually behaved, not how the Church or philosophers or earnest humanists thought they should behave. I loved this book." Christopher Stace, Daily Telegraph
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Berendt, John The City of Falling Angels Penguin Books 2006 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1057838. ISBN #0143036939 / 9780143036937. (filed under: Italy ) *
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Berendt, John The City of Falling Angels Penguin Books 2006 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1057838. ISBN #0143036939 / 9780143036937. (filed under: Italy ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The author of the record-breaking bestseller Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil unveils the enigmatic Venice as only he can Twelve years ago, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil exploded into a monumental success, residing a record-breaking four years on the New York Times bestseller list longer than any work of fiction or nonfiction had before and turning John Berendt into a household name. The City of Falling Angels is Berendt s first book since Midnight , and it immediately reminds one what all the fuss was about. Turning to the magic, mystery, and decadence of Venice, Berendt gradually reveals the truth behind a sensational fire that in 1996 destroyed the historic Fenice opera house. Encountering a rich cast of characters, Berendt tells a tale full of atmosphere and surprise as the stories build, one after the other, ultimately coming together to portray a world as finely drawn as a still-life paintin
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Berry, Helen The Castrato and His Wife Oxford University Press 2012 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or974647. ISBN #0199569819 / 9780199569816. (filed under: Italy ) *
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Berry, Helen The Castrato and His Wife Oxford University Press 2012 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or974647. ISBN #0199569819 / 9780199569816. (filed under: Italy ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The opera singer Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci was one of the most famous celebrities of the eighteenth century. Mozart and Bach both composed for him. He was nothing less than a rock star of his day, with a massive female following. He was also a castrato. Ranging from the salons of princes and the grand opera houses of Europe to the remote hill towns of Tuscany, Helen Berry's compelling account of the unconventional love story of the castrato and his wife offers fascinating insight into the world of opera and the history of sex and marriage in Georgian Britain. Berry vividly describes how women flocked to Tenducci's concerts and found him irresistible. Indeed, his young singing pupil, Dorothea Maunsell, found him so irresistible that she eloped with him. A huge scandal erupted and her father persecuted them mercilessly. Dorothea joined her husband at his concerts, achieving a status she could never have dreamed of as a respectable girl. She also wrote a sensational account of their love affair, an early example of a teenage novel. Embroiled in debt, the Tenduccis fled to Italy, and the marriage collapsed when she fell in love with another man. There followed a highly publicized and unique marriage annulment case in the London courts. Everything hinged on the status of the marriage, whether the husband was capable of consummation, and what exactly had happened to him as a small boy in a remote Italian hill village decades before. Telling the remarkable story of Tenducci for the first time, The Castrato and His Wife is both an exhilarating read and a perceptive commentary on the meaning of marriage, one that still resonates today.
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Bondanella, Peter Eternal City: Roman Images in the Modern World University of North Carolina Press 1987 Hard Cover. First Edition. Out of print.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or226298. ISBN #0807817406 / 9780807817407. (category: countries) (keywords: Occidental Civilization Rome Roman Influences Renaissance Intellectual Life) (filed under: Italy ) *
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Bottinelli, Livilla Carthusian Monastery Of Pavia paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1109408. (filed under: Italy ) *
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Brucker, Gene Giovanni And Lusanna : Love And Marriage in Renaissance Florence University of California Press 1986 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. Some underlining. Slight moisture damage. Book #or823024. ISBN #0520063287 / 9780520063280. (keywords: Adultry Marriage Love Italy Italian Renaissance Social History Social Classes Medieval Social Conditions Relationship Social Order) (filed under: Italy ) *
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Brucker, Gene (Editor) Society Of Renaissance Florence: A Documentary Study 1971 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1103325. ISBN #0061316075 / 9780061316074. (filed under: Italy ) *
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Brucker, Gene (Editor) Society Of Renaissance Florence: A Documentary Study 1971 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1103325. ISBN #0061316075 / 9780061316074. (filed under: Italy ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary First published in 1971 by Harper Row, The Society of Renaissance Florence is an invaluable collection of 132 original Florentine documents dating from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and covering a wide range of subjects from taxes to social mobility, to family, death, and civic life, to violence, crime, and morality. Also included are seldom seen documents addressing the state of the poor and such groups as Jews, heretics, sorcerers, and homosexuals. 'I have made a conscious effort to select material which reveals something about the emotions, passions, and temperaments of Renaissance Florentines. 'These documents are examples of the raw material with which the historian works, as he attempts to describe social structures, patterns of behavior, and value systems. They should convey some sense of the complexity of this society, and of the formidable task which confronts the student who seeks to generalize about its character... They can serve as models for the student interested in the problems of urban history in pre-industrial Europe.' - From the Preface
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Brucker, Gene (Editor) The Society Of Renaissance Florence: A Documentary Study (Harper Torchbooks, Tb 1607) Harpercollins College Div 1971 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Remainder Mark. Book #or823022. ISBN #0061316075 / 9780061316074. (filed under: Italy ) *
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Brucker, Gene (Editor) The Society Of Renaissance Florence: A Documentary Study (Harper Torchbooks, Tb 1607) Harpercollins College Div 1971 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Remainder Mark. Book #or823022. ISBN #0061316075 / 9780061316074. (filed under: Italy ) *
stock image, actual book may vary First published in 1971 by Harper Row, The Society of Renaissance Florence is an invaluable collection of 132 original Florentine documents dating from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and covering a wide range of subjects from taxes to social mobility, to family, death, and civic life, to violence, crime, and morality. Also included are seldom seen documents addressing the state of the poor and such groups as Jews, heretics, sorcerers, and homosexuals. 'I have made a conscious effort to select material which reveals something about the emotions, passions, and temperaments of Renaissance Florentines. 'These documents are examples of the raw material with which the historian works, as he attempts to describe social structures, patterns of behavior, and value systems. They should convey some sense of the complexity of this society, and of the formidable task which confronts the student who seeks to generalize about its character... They can serve as models for the student interested in the problems of urban history in pre-industrial Europe.' - From the Preface
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Burckhardt, Jacob Civilization Of The Renaissance in Italy HarperCollins 1974 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Some underlining. Previous owners name inking. Book #or754228. ISBN #0060904593 / 9780060904593. (keywords: ITALY) (filed under: Italy ) *
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Bustacchini, Gianfranco Ravena: Mosaics, Monuments And Environment 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1109177. (filed under: Italy ) *
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Bustacchini, Gianfranco Ravena: Mosaics, Monuments And Environment 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1109177. (filed under: Italy ) *
A Detailed Guide to the Mosaics and Major Historical Buildings of Ravenna, Italy with numerous beautiful color photographs
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Butturini, Paula Keeping the Feast: One Couple's Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy Riverhead Hardcover 2010 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or941063. ISBN #1594488975 / 9781594488979. (filed under: Italy ) *
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Butturini, Paula Keeping the Feast: One Couple's Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy Riverhead Hardcover 2010 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or941063. ISBN #1594488975 / 9781594488979. (filed under: Italy ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A story of food and love, injury and healing, Keeping the Feast is the triumphant memoir of one couple's nourishment and restoration in Italy after a period of tragedy, and the extraordinary sustaining powers of food, family, and friendship. Paula and John met in Italy, fell in love, and four years later, married in Rome. But less than a month after the wedding, tragedy struck. They had transferred from their Italian paradise to Warsaw and while reporting on an uprising in Romania, John was shot and nearly killed by sniper fire. Although he recovered from his physical wounds in less than a year, the process of healing had just begun. Unable to regain his equilibrium, he sank into a deep sadness that reverberated throughout their relationship. It was the abrupt end of what they'd known together, and the beginning of a new phase of life neither had planned for. All of a sudden, Paula was forced to reexamine her marriage, her husband, and herself. Paula began to reconsider all of her previous assumptions about healing. She discovered that sometimes patience can be a vice, anger a virtue. That sometimes it is vital to make demands of the sick, that they show signs of getting better. And she rediscovered the importance of the most fundamental of human rituals: the daily sharing of food around the family table. A universal story of hope and healing, Keeping the Feast is an account of one couple's triumph over tragedy and illness, and a celebration of the simple rituals of life, even during the worst life crises. Beautifully written and tremendously moving, Paula's story is a testament to the extraordinary sustaining powers of food and love, and to the stubborn belief that there is always an afterward, there is always hope.
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Cianchetta, Romeo Assisi: Art And History in The Centuries paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1109410. (filed under: Italy ) *
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Culbertson, Judi; Randall, Tom Permanent Italians: An Illustrated, Biographical Guide to the Cemeteries of Italy Walker & Company 1996 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or925699. ISBN #0802774318 / 9780802774316. (filed under: Italy ) *
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Culbertson, Judi; Randall, Tom Permanent Italians: An Illustrated, Biographical Guide to the Cemeteries of Italy Walker & Company 1996 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or925699. ISBN #0802774318 / 9780802774316. (filed under: Italy ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Italy is the final resting place of many great historical figures, including Dante, Galileo, Toscanini, and Enrico Caruso, as well as many famous ex-patriates such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, John Keats, and Ezra Pound. This book provides a fascinating guide to the burial sites of hundreds of luminaries and a collecion of carefully researched biographical sketches that bring them back to life. 70 photos.
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