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Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of HistoryCritically acclaimed author John Julius Norwich weaves the turbulent story of Sicily into a spellbinding narrative that places the island at the crossroads of world history."Sicily," said Goethe, "is the key to everything." It is the largest island in the Mediterranean, the stepping-stone between...
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Terroni: All That Has Been Done to Ensure That the Italians of the South Became "Southerners"In a passionate and polemical manner, Pino Aprile's "Terroni" examines the effect that the unification of Italy has had on Southern Italy and analyzes what some of the ramifications are today. A bestseller in Italy, the book sold more than 200,000 copies in its...
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The Book of the Ancient Romans: An Introduction to the History and Civilization of Rome from the Traditional Date of the Founding of the City to its FThis history of Rome begins with the myth of Romulus and Remus, continues through the ages of the kings, the Republic, and the emperors and then concludes with the Empire's fall.Comprehensive and engaging, Dorothy Mills uses her experience as an educator to tell the...
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The Einstein Vendetta: Hitler, Mussolini, and a True Story of MurderA true crime investigation into the murder of the relatives of Albert Einstein, set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Florence during WWII. Florence, August 1944. Fifteen miles southeast of the city, a unit of German soldiers arrive at Il Focardo, the home of Robert...
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The First Ghetto: Venice and the Origins of Modern AntisemitismFrom an acclaimed historian, the definitive story of the Venetian Ghetto and the emergence of modern antisemitism. "More than a history of a city, the book is a chronicle of a condition, an elegy for Jewish life lived in the paradox of family flourishing...
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The Flower of Battle: MS Ludwig XV13Fiore dei Liberi was a weapons-master from Italy who was active in the 14th and early 15th century. After fifty years of training Italy's elite, he put his art to paper and created the Flower of Battle. The Flower of Battle covers unarmed combat,...
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The Golden Age of Italian Jews: 1848-1938"A fluent, personal account of the role of Italian Jews in the making of modern Europe."--Kirkus Reviews"[A] fas-ci-nat-ing and improb-a-ble tale" that "holds many lessons for our own era."--Jewish Book Council"With this fine book, Gino Segrè weaves together the history of the golden era...
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The Great Siege, Malta 1565: Clash of Cultures: Christian Knights Defend Western Civilization Against the Moslem TideThe indispensable account of the Ottoman Empire's Siege of Malta from the author of Hannibal and Gibraltar. In the first half of the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire was thought to be invincible. Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman sultan, had expanded his empire from...
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The House of MediciIt was a dynasty with more wealth, passion, and power than the houses of Windsor, Kennedy, and Rockefeller combined. It shaped all of Europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists, and even popes, for three hundred years. It was the house of Medici, patrons of...
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The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages, 400-1000"The breath of reading is astounding, the knowledge displayed is awe-inspiring and the attention quietly given to critical theory and the postmodern questioning of evidence is both careful and sincere."--The Daily Telegraph (UK) "A superlative work of historical scholarship."--Literary Review (UK) A unique and...
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The Innocents of Florence: The Renaissance Discovery of ChildhoodThe story begins with the abandonment of the newborn Agata Smeralda on February 5, 1445, in Florence's Hospital of the Innocents, the first--but certainly not the last--child to be left at its doors. In an era when children were frequently abandoned, often trafficked or...
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The Invention of Sicily: A Mediterranean HistoryWhether you're vacationing in Italy or simply an armchair traveler, this guide to the Mediterranean island of Sicily is a dazzling introduction to the region's rich 3,000-year history and culture. A rich and fascinating cultural history of the Mediterranean's enigmatic heart Sicily is at...
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The ItaliansWashington Post bestsellerLos Angeles Times bestseller A vivid and surprising portrait of the Italian people from an admired foreign correspondent How did a nation that spawned the Renaissance also produce the Mafia? And why does Italian have twelve words for coat hanger but none...
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The Life of Pope Leo XIIIMediatrix Press is pleased to put back into print: The Life of Pope Leo XIII written by the learned American Fr. Bernard O'Reilly, while that Pope was alive, and based on a memoir furnished to him by the Holy See. Thus, this work is...
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The Monster of FlorenceIn this thrilling true story, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Lost City of the Monkey God presents a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence as he seeks to uncover one of the most infamous...
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The Neverending Empire: The Infinite Impact of Ancient RomeFrom the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire. "The only way to narrate over a thousand years of history is to understand what it has...
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The Price of Children: Stolen Lives in a Land Without ChoiceThe Vatican adoption scandal seen on 60 Minutes. "I was spellbound . . . one of the best books I've recently read" --Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge. A powerful church. An acquiescent government. In The Price of Children, investigative journalist Maria...
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The Prince (Reader's Library Classics)The lion cannot guard himself from the toils, nor the fox from wolves. A Prince must therefore be a fox to discern toils, and a lion to drive off wolves.The modern-day term "Machiavellian" is used to describe deception, dishonesty, and cruelty to meet a...
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The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, Its Regions, and Their PeoplesOne of The Economist's Books of the Year A provocative, entertaining account of Italy's diverse riches, its hopes and dreams, its past and present Did Garibaldi do Italy a disservice when he helped its disparate parts achieve unity? Was the goal of political unification...
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The Romans: A 2,000-Year HistoryAn acclaimed scholar tells the full, breathtaking history of Rome "with verve and aplomb" (Roderick Beaton, author of The Greeks), from its emergence in the Iron Age to the capture of Constantinople in the thirteenth century When we think of "ancient Romans" today, many...
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