Cultural Region/Italy
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A Brief History of the Human Race
$27.99 Add to cartWhy has human history been crowded into the last few thousand years? Why has it happened at all? Could it have happened in a radically different way? What should we make of the disproportionate role o… [more below]
- Author: Cook, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 410
- Publish Date: February 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0393326454
- Language: English
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The Stones of Florence
$18.99 Add to cartA journey through the glorious Italian city’s scenery, history, and culture, from the New York Times best-selling author of Venice Observed and The Group.
Renowned for her sharp literary style, essayis… [more below]
- Author: McCarthy, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 04 2002
- ISBN10: 0156027631
- Language: English
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The Wisdom of the Myths: How Greek Mythology Can Change Your Life
$18.99 Add to cart“A marvelously wise and expansive book. . . . Ferry writes with warmth, wit, and energy; one could call his prose conversational, but it’s rare to have a conversation quite this wonderful.” — Boston
- Series: Learning to Live
- Author: Ferry, Luc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 07 2014
- ISBN10: 0062215450
- Language: English
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Women of Trakhis: A New Translation
$8.99 Add to cartAmong the most celebrated plays of ancient Athens, Women of Trakhis is one of seven surviving dramas by the great Greek playwright, Sophocles, now available from Harper Perennial in a vivid and dynami
- Author: Sophocles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 07 2012
- ISBN10: 0062132040
- Language: English
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Ancient Rome: An Enthralling Overview of Roman History, Starting From the Romulus and Remus Myth through the Republic to the Fall of
$29.99 Add to cartAre you intrigued by ancient Rome’s myths, culture, and unimaginable rise to power? If so, this powerful history of ancient Rome will draw you in and keep you turning pages!
Rome’s astonishing history
- Author: History, Enthralling
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 246
- Publish Date: September 29 2021
- ISBN10: 1956296085
- Language: English
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Homemade Ravioli Made Simple: 50 Mix-And-Match Recipes for the Best Filled Pastas
$19.99 Add to cartLearn to make fresh stuffed pastas in the comfort of your kitchen
Discover how easy it can be to enjoy the rich flavors of fresh homemade pasta! Whether you’re new to making pasta or already have a b- Author: Alvaro, Carmella
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1638071225
- Language: English
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Gastronomy of Italy: Revised Edition
$45.00 Add to cartGastronomy of Italy – the seminal work on Italian food, first published in the 1990s – is revised and updated and illustrated with new photography.
This classic book leaves no stone unturned in its ex
- Author: Del Conte, Anna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: December 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1862059586
- Language: English
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5 Cities That Ruled the World: How Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London & New York Shaped Global History
$19.99 Add to cartIn Five Cities that Ruled the World, theologian Douglas Wilson fuses together, in compelling detail, the critical moments birthed in history’s most influential cities –Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London
- Author: Wilson, Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 02 2009
- ISBN10: 1595551360
- Language: English
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Julian’s Against the Galileans
$35.99 Add to cartFlavius Claudius Julianus, better known to history by the name imposed by his Christian opponents, Julian “the Apostate,” was a nephew of the first Christian emperor, Constantine I. Julian is one of t… [more below]
- Author: Julian Emperor of Rome
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: November 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1591021987
- Language: English
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Jesus: A New Vision
$17.95 Add to cartWhitley Strieber is a literary legend, and Jesus: A New Vision is the most provocative book of his career. As the author of such influential books as Warday, Nature’s End, Communion and Superstorm, he
- Author: Strieber, Whitley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: June 24 2021
- ISBN10: 1734202866
- Language: English
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House of Borgia: A Captivating Guide to the Borgias and Their Feuds with the Medici Family, Sforza Dynasty, and Girolamo Savonarola
$24.99 Add to cartThe History of the House of Borgia: The Infamous Family of the Italian Renaissance!
Do you know the WHOLE story of the House of Borgia-from their rise from obscurity to the highest echelons of European
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 90
- Publish Date: July 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1637168489
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Italy: Tracing the Renaissance, Unification, and the Lively Evolution of Art and Culture
$30.99 Add to cartJourney to the romantic land of Italy and meet the artists, warriors, and leaders who forever left their mark on Western culture.
Perhaps no country has had such a lasting impact on Western culture as
- Author: Haynes, Dominic
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 191571043X
- Language: English
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Freedom to Wander: Connecting with the Past, Reinventing the Future
$17.95 Add to cartA Heartwarming Reinvention Story
Freedom to Wander is the heartwarming story of finding purpose beyond the dollars and cents of the American dream.
Former banker, Robert Gaglio lost more than just his
- Author: Gaglio, Robert M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 9798988992806
- Language: English
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Between Salt Water and Holy Water: A History of Southern Italy
$25.99 Add to cartThe history of southern Italy is entirely distinct from that of northern Italy, yet it has never been given its own due. In this authoritative and wholly engrossing history, distinguished scholar Tomm
- Author: Astarita, Tommaso
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: June 05 2009
- ISBN10: 0393328678
- Language: English
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The Selected Poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini
$29.00 Add to cartMost people outside Italy know Pier Paolo Pasolini for his films, many of which began as literary works–Arabian Nights, The Gospel According to Matthew, The Decameron, and The Canterbury Tales among … [more below]
- Author: Pasolini, Pier Paolo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 22 2015
- ISBN10: 022632544X
- Language: English
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Rome and a Villa
$19.99 Add to cart“These essays gather up Rome and hold it before us, bristling and dense and dreamlike, with every scene drenched in the sound of fountains, of leaping and falling water.” — The New Yorker
“Perhaps the
- Series: P.S. (Paperback)
- Author: Clark, Eleanor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 10 2015
- ISBN10: 0062363409
- Language: English
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Selected Poems of Rainer Marie Rilke
$18.99 Add to cartFor poetry lovers and students of literature and literary criticism, Robert Bly, the National Book Award-winning poet, brings his prowess as a translator and critic to bear on the work of one of the m… [more below]
- Author: Rilke, Rainer Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 22 1981
- ISBN10: 0060907274
- Language: English
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Second Space: New Poems
$18.00 Add to cartNobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz’s most recent collection Second Space marks a new stage in one of the great poetic pilgrimages of our time. Few poets have inhabited the land of old age as long or energe
- Author: Milosz, Czeslaw
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 23 2005
- ISBN10: 0060755245
- Language: English
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Caesar’s Commentaries: On The Gallic War and On The Civil War
$21.95 Add to cartThis complete edition of Caesar’s Commentaries contains all eight of Caesar’s books on the Gallic War as well as all three of his books on the Civil War masterfully translated into English by W. A. Ma
- Author: Caesar, Julius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 340
- Publish Date: October 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0976072610
- Language: English
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Laura in the Kitchen: Favorite Italian-American Recipes Made Easy: A Cookbook
$27.99 Add to cartAt long last, the companion cookbook to the hit YouTube cooking show–including recipes for 120 simple, delicious Italian-American classics.
When Laura Vitale moved from Naples to the United States at- Author: Vitale, Laura
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 06 2015
- ISBN10: 0804187134
- Language: English
