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 The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio MasterpieceBest Price: $4.75 I had high hopes for this book based off the reviews but after getting in about 100 pages I was... |  The Rage and The PrideBest Price: $2.43 Fallaci here is not telling the world anything that it does not know...she is just reminding... |  The ReawakeningBest Price: $7.20 I was surprised to see so few reviews for this book on Amazon. "The Reawakening" is... |  Gucci by GucciBest Price: $84.90 This book is incredible! Your personal library is vacant if you are a high-end fashion lover and... |  VespaBest Price: $6.78 Although the book is deceptively small, its contents are very comprehensive. Contained between... |
 Padre Pio: A Man of HopeBest Price: $6.53 Great book for anyone! A wonderful historical and spiritual look at a man who captured the... |  Man-Eaters of Kumaon (Oxford India Paperbacks)Best Price: $7.70 Jim Corbett was an excellent writer and storyteller. Although I've read other stories written by... |  Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their FoodBest Price: $5.25 If you think history is more than what leaders and statesmen did or do, John Dickie proves that... |  Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian MafiaBest Price: $10.53 The author has written a compelling, well researched and substantial account of the history of... |  The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915-1919Best Price: $19.80 I have just finished reading "The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front 1915-1918... |
 Italy's Sorrow: A Year of War, 1944--1945Best Price: $13.95 Rick Atkinson's coverage of the war in Italy through the capture of Rome was an excellent read,... |  Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, the Barbary Coast and Italy, 1500-1800 (Early Modern History)Best Price: $26.95 Much has been written about slavery in the Americas. The injustices and misery of the Black... |  Vanilla Beans & Brodo: Real Life in the Hills of TuscanyBest Price: $8.29 I found this book enchanting and fascinating, although the author stereotypes the Montalcinesi... |  Italian Renaissance ArtBest Price: $52.65 I was taking an art class in college titled "A Survey of Allegory of Italian Art" and... |  CaravaggioBest Price: $55.86 the quality of the research and the color of the paintings are outstanding. Also the CD-ROM has... |
 Sicily: An Illustrated History (Illustrated Histories)Best Price: $7.39 Privitera's concise and compact history of Sicily is an amazing undertaking and excellent... |  The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy Since 1796Best Price: $15.87 A sweeping, first-of-its-kind history of the creation of modern Italy The birth of modern Italy... |  The Miracle of Castel di Sangro: A Tale of Passion and Folly in the Heart of ItalyBest Price: $7.28 This book really grasped my attention. The story throughtout the chapters captured my... |  Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of the Marchesa Casati (Definitive Edition)Best Price: $10.88 "I loved 'Infinite Variety' for the way the authors brought the Marchesa Casati vividly to... |  Renaissance Florence, Updated editionBest Price: $7.00 This book is very concise, yet deeply informative. I am a PHD student in early modern europe,... |
 Naples '44: A World War II Diary of Occupied ItalyBest Price: $5.94 This wonderful book is as powerful as it is wonderful and it is as applicable to today and to... |  The Ancient Shore: Dispatches from NaplesBest Price: $12.24 Born in Australia, Shirley Hazzard first moved to Naples as a young woman in the 1950s to take... |  The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Penguin Classics)Best Price: $6.50 This review is of the edition of The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy published by... |  The Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth CenturyBest Price: $12.35 This is by far my favorite historical account of a witch hunt. The book looks at a northern... |  Three New Deals: Reflections on Roosevelt's America, Mussolini's Italy, and Hitler's Germany, 1933-1939Best Price: $8.75 This is a truly brilliant book. It highlights the fact that political and economic crises often... |
 Hungering for America: Italian, Irish, and Jewish Foodways in the Age of MigrationBest Price: $17.84 I've seen the brand Contadini many times in the grocery store, but I never knew what it meant.... |  A History of Florence 1200-1575Best Price: $27.38 In this history of Florence, distinguished historian John Najemy discusses all the major... |  The Madonna of 115th Street: Faith and Community in Italian Harlem, Second EditionBest Price: $14.36 Robert Orsi's Madonna of 115th Street is a brilliant multi-dimensional research on the meaning... |  Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic TraditionBest Price: $19.65 This is not a review of Ms. Yates's writing. Instead, I am awarding the single star to the... |  Italian Cinema: From Neorealism to the PresentBest Price: $23.96 Now in an expanded and fully updated third edition, Peter Bondanella's Italian Cinema From... |
 Saint Francis of AssisiBest Price: $7.29 This short volume by Chesterton on the life of St. Francis of Assisi did not satisfy me either... |  The Wonders of the Amalfi Coast: Capri, Ischia, Naples, Pompeii, Sorrento (Italian Regions)Best Price: $21.47 This heavy volume of beautiful if somewhat over-colorized photos helps fill a void in books... |  Winning at All Costs: A Scandalous History of Italian SoccerBest Price: $10.71 It's hard to explain how good this book is. When I was searching for a soccer book, I wanted one... |  The Secrets of Rome: Love and Death in the Eternal CityBest Price: $16.11 This is a very interesting book, one of the best that I have read on Rome. It is not a guide... |  Trapped in Tuscany Liberated by the Buffalo Soliders: The True World War II Story of Tullio Bruno BertiniBest Price: $13.57 Tullio Bertini has written an earnest, but amateur book about his childhood experiences in... |
 Italian NeighborsBest Price: $8.14 Overall I found this book an entertaining, smart, and engaging read. Parks has an excellent eye... |  The Pope's Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Felice della RovereBest Price: $7.50 This is the second book I've read by this author. I hope Caroline Murphy keeps researching... |  BerniniBest Price: $21.41 sculptor. architect. child prodigy... Bernini's real name was Michaelangelo, but he hid the fact... |  Hannibal Crosses the Alps: The Invasion of Italy and the Second Punic WarBest Price: $10.14 Quite frankly, this book is one of the best detailed overviews of the Second Punic War. Like any... |  The City of Falling AngelsBest Price: $1.85 Maybe it's just me, but I found this book to be interesting and ultimately disappointing. The... |
 Maria Montessori: A Biography (Radcliffe Biography Series)Best Price: $13.41 This is a well written* and compelling book. It sets out quite clearly the strengths and... |  Getting to Know Italy and Italian (Getting to Know)Best Price: $1.50 A very basic book suitable for 3-6 year olds, with color pictures, some language, and basic... |  The Kidnapping of Edgardo MortaraBest Price: $6.99 Interesting, detailed story. Typical Kertzer. A must read for students of Italian, Church and/or... |  Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence (Enterprise) (Enterprise)Best Price: $8.11 Tim Park's subtle observations are so incredibly insightful: He explained the world of the... |  Selected Letters of Alessandra Strozzi, Bilingual edition (Biblioteca Italiana, 9)Best Price: $18.00 This primary source is one of the most amazing I've ever seen. Of the 72 known letters written... |
 The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities-- From Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest MuseumsBest Price: $3.45 I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about stolen antiquities. It... |  No Vulgar Hotel: The Desire and Pursuit of VeniceBest Price: $5.50 I confess. I have a poster-sized repro of the 1500 deBarbari map on the wall of my study and I... |  Lawrence Alma-TademaBest Price: $19.77 I'd seen, downloaded, and printed many of Alma-Tadema's works full page in color from the... |  Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism, 2nd EditionBest Price: $49.24 Already recognized since 1949 as "a masterpiece in scholarship" in its field by... |  Sprezzatura: 50 Ways Italian Genius Shaped the WorldBest Price: $8.22 This is a terrific book that really covers the best and the brightest of Italian culture. ... |
 Leonardo da Vinci: Flights of the MindBest Price: $8.23 I was looking to learn more about this fascinating man. This book gave me details, but really... |  Francesco's Venice: The Dramatic History of the World's Most Beautiful CityBest Price: $15.65 I just got back from Venice, at 2AM today in fact, and I am extremely glad that I read this book... |  Modigliani: The Melancholy AngelBest Price: $63.34 If you like Italian art and beautiful women, then this is the book for you. Modigliani is... |  The Swordman's Companion: A Manual for Training With the Medieval LongswordBest Price: $21.51 Guy Windsor teaches at the fencing school he founded in Helsinki, Finland (School of European... |  Italian Genealogical Records: How to Use Italian Civil, Ecclesiastical & Other Records in Family History ResearchBest Price: $21.51 This sourcebook is outstanding. I have read many similiar books but if you had to purchase one,... |
 A History of Contemporary Italy: Society and Politics, 1943-1988Best Price: $15.51 As good as the critics say-- well-written, based on very extensive Italian sources. But written... |  Ultimate Italian Trivia: A Treasure Trove of Fun and Fascinating FactsBest Price: $7.00 This book was very informative and gave the reader answers to any trivia question about Italy. ... |  The Colosseum (Wonders of the World)Best Price: $12.26 All the reviews here so far were written on the tourist side, not the scholar's. The great merit... |  Brave MenBest Price: $11.49 What can I say about Ernie Pyle? One of the most well-known correspondents in WWII, he wrote... | |
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