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«Il saggio di Emilio Gentile è di straordinario interesse e cordiale lettura. » la Repubblica - Corrado Augias «Lo storico più acuto e attento del fascismo.» Corriere della Sera - Marcello Flores «C……続きを見る

“Il 36esimo confinato” è don Pierino Dilenge, prete rivoluzionario, mandato negli anni Settanta ad Aliano, in Basilicata, paese che ha ospitato numerosi esiliati politici – non meno di 35, tra gli a……続きを見る

This book is as captivating as the city itself. Hibbert's gift is weaving political, social and art history into an elegantly readable and marvellously lively whole. The author's book on Florence wi……続きを見る

Premio Caterina Martinelli 2019 Premio Internazionale Città di Castrovillari 2018 Premio Letterario Nazionale "Un libro amico per l'inverno" 2018 Premio Letterario Internazionale Priamar XI 2018 Pre……続きを見る

The legendary Renaissance math duel that ushered in the modern age of algebra The Secret Formula tells the story of two Renaissance mathematicians whose jealousies, intrigues, and contentious debate……続きを見る

The story of the Giro d'Italia - Italy's equivalent of the Tour de France, and its superior in the eyes of many - is as dramatic and full of extraordinary characters as the story of Italy itself. He……続きを見る

Polish your Italian, grow your vocabulary and ignite your imagination with these 100 entertaining Italian short stories! How is it possible to learn Italian easily and effortlessly by yourself? The ……続きを見る

«Si legge come un thriller.» The New York Review of Books «Acuto, eccezionale.» London Review of Books «Accurato nelle ricerche ed elegantemente narrato.» The Wall Street Journal «Una lettura fondam……続きを見る

UN examen impartial, mais raisonné, des progrès importance et de l’établissement du christianisme, peut être regardé comme une partie très-essentielle de l’histoire de l’Empire romain. Tan……続きを見る

In questi ultimi anni l’Italia ha vissuto una «rivoluzione silenziosa», che ha profondamente cambiato la nostra società civile. In un clima di intolleranza e volgarità crescenti, sono stati infranti……続きを見る

A Ravello, il 4 giugno 1944, un generale inglese in maniche di camicia e pantaloni corti chiede a Vittorio Emanuele III di firmare il decreto con cui il figlio Umberto diventa Luogotenente generale ……続きを見る

The Yellow Poppy tells the tale of the Duc and the Duchesse of Trélan in the aftermath of the French Revolution of 1789, when random uprisings against the Napoleon's rule were happening in the North……続きを見る

From around 900 to 400 BC, the Etruscans were the most innovative, powerful, wealthy, and creative people in Italy. Their archaeological record is both substantial and fascinating, including tomb pa……続きを見る

LES Gaulois[1], qui supportaient impatiemment le joug des Romains, reçurent une leçon mémorable d’un des lieutenans de Vespasien dont nous trouvons dans Tacite[2] les sages ……続きを見る

TOUTES les fois que Tacite abandonne son sujet pour faire paraître sur la scène les Germains ou les Parthes, il semble que ce grand écrivain se propose de détourner l’attention de ses……続きを見る

AU second siècle de l’ère chrétienne, l’Empire romain comprenait les plus belles contrées de la terre et la portion la plus civilisée du genre humain. Une valeur disciplinée, une renommée antiq……続きを見る

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. ‘Il Duce’, Benito Mussolini, was one of the key figures in the creation of fascism. Famed for his dictatorial style, his political cunning and ……続きを見る

An interdisciplinary history of standardized measurements. Measurement is all around usーfrom the circumference of a pizza to the square footage of an apartment, from the length of a newborn baby to……続きを見る

The facetie, as a literary form, has an ancient lineage, while, if we regard it merely as a humorous tale or jocular anecdote, its history must be almost as old as the first laughs and smiles of pre……続きを見る

“A brisk, frothy narrative . . . informative and fun.” ーThe Wall Street Journal In the dizzying wake of World War II, Rome skyrocketed to prominence as an epicenter of film, fashion, photography, a……続きを見る

Whilst historians often regard the Norman Kingdom of Sicily as centralised and administratively advanced, County and Nobility in Norman Italy counters this traditional interpretation; far from centr……続きを見る

First published in 2004, Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia provides an introduction to the many and diverse facets of Italian civilization from the late Roman empire to the end of the fourteenth centu……続きを見る

There is no synthetic or comprehensive treatment of any late Roman frontier in the English language to date, despite the political and economic significance of the frontiers in the late antique peri……続きを見る

Born in Sondrio, Italy, in 1891, Pier Luigi Nervi was a pioneer in the engineering and architecture of reinforced concrete. His buildings showed how the use of reinforced concrete expanded the possi……続きを見る

Roman Tales: A Reader’s Guide to the Art of Microhistory explores both the social and cultural life of Renaissance Rome and the mind-set and methods of microhistory. This book draws the reader deep ……続きを見る

The Criminal Crowd and Other Writings on Mass Society is the first collection in English of writings by Italian jurist, sociologist, and cultural and literary critic Scipio Sighele (1868-1913). In p……続きを見る

Italian Hours is a book of travel writing by Henry James published in 1909. The book collected essays that James had written over nearly forty years about a country he knew and loved well. James ext……続きを見る

The Year of Four Emperors, so the ancient sources assure us, was one of the most chaotic, violent, and frightening periods in all Roman history. It was a time of assassinations and civil war, of arm……続きを見る

First published in 2001. This is Volume VII of the Foreign Policies of the Great Powers eleven part series and focuses on on the policies of France from 1914 to 1945. It includes sections on French ……続きを見る

Published in 1532, The Prince is sometimes considered one of the first works of modern philosophy, especially modern political philosophy, in which the effective truth is taken to be more important ……続きを見る