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Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) needs no formal introduction, gaining global notoriety in the mid-20th century as an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party in Italy and being one of the ……続きを見る

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, ge……続きを見る

This volume is a study of Fascism in its country of origin, Italy. It describes the impact of a new type of political movement on Italian government and society. The Fascist seizure of power did not……続きを見る

From the 100-part Penguin Great Ideas series comes an excerpt from the famous Book of the Courtier. In his witty and perceptive discourses on the ideal virtues of a Renaissance courtier, Baldesar Ca……続きを見る

An extraordinary chronicle of Venice, its people, and its grandeur Thomas Madden’s majestic, sprawling history of Venice is the first full portrait of the city in English in almost thirty years. Usi……続きを見る

Intellectual, cultural, and film historians have long considered neorealism the founding block of post-World War II Italian cinema. Neorealism, the traditional story goes, was an Italian film style ……続きを見る

A witty, erudite celebration of fifty great Italian cultural achievements that have significantly influenced Western civilization from the authors of What Are the Seven Wonders of the World? “Sprezz……続きを見る

Sculptor, architect, painter, playwright, and scenographer, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) was the last of the great universal artistic geniuses of early modern Italy, placed by both contemporarie……続きを見る

A gripping and beautifully written narrative that reads like a novel, Fire in the City presents a compelling account of a key moment in the history of the Renaissance, illuminating the remarkable ma……続きを見る

Peasant women were the largest female occupational group in Italy between the wars. They led lives characterised by great poverty and heavy workloads, but Fascist propaganda extolled them as the mot……続きを見る

"Love drives and gives life to the commerce of mankind." Thus, the sixteen year old Ferdinando Galiani (1728-1787) presented his project to understand the sociable nature of man. This observation, a……続きを見る

"Strade scomparse di Firenze" di Lamberto Salucco (con l'introduzione di Gianni Greco) è un tentativo di mettere insieme i dati relativi alle strade di Firenze che non esistono più: partendo da nume……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS BOOK THE FIRSTーLUCRETIA BORGIA IN ROME CHAPTER I Lucretia's Father CHAPTER II Lucretia's Mother CHA……続きを見る

Featuring 140 mouthwatering new recipes, a gastronomic journey of the Italian regions that have inspired and informed Lidia Bastianich's legendary cooking. For the home cook and the armchair travele……続きを見る

Examining the landmark works that ushered in Italy's golden age of cinema, P. Adams Sitney provides a stylish, historically rich survey of the epochal films made by Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De S……続きを見る

This book is a classic study of the folklore of the Tuscan region of Italy (to the northwest of Rome, around Florence). It ties these traditions to ancient Etruscan and Roman pagan practices. The ce……続きを見る

"The charm of certain vacant grassy spaces, in Italy, overfrowned by masses of brickwork that are honeycombed by the suns of centuries, is something that I hereby renounce once for all the attempt t……続きを見る

From Robert Hughes, one of the greatest art and cultural critics of our time, comes a sprawling, comprehensive, and deeply personal history of Romeーas city, as empire, and, crucially, as an origin ……続きを見る

On 10 August 1519, five ships departed from Seville for what was to become the first circumnavigation of the globe. Linked by fame to the name of its captain, Magellan, much of the expedition is kno……続きを見る

How Machiavelli's Christianity shaped his political thought To many readers of The Prince, Machiavelli appears to be deeply un-Christian or even anti-Christian, a cynic who thinks rulers should use ……続きを見る

“Add No Vulgar Hotel to the list of books you must read before you come to Venice.”ーDonna Leon This is the definitive book for managing an incurable passion for a decaying, water-logged village. Wh……続きを見る

Examining women's property rights in different societies across the entire medieval and early modern Mediterranean, this volume introduces a unique comparative perspective to the complexities of gen……続きを見る

Monte Cassino is the true story of one of the bitterest and bloodiest of the Allied struggles against the Nazi army. Long neglected by historians, the horrific conflict saw over 350,000 casualties, ……続きを見る

In this amazing eBook you can find more than one hundred facts about the country of Italy. Separated into sections such as its geography, its landmarks, famous Italian figures from history and many ……続きを見る

In MAFIA REPUBLIC, John Dickie, Professor of Italian Studies at University College, London and author of the international bestsellers COSA NOSTRA and MAFIA BROTHERHOODS, shows how the Italian mafia……続きを見る

Professor Greene, for many years consul of the United States at Rome during the early 19th century brings us a short history of the Catacombs of Rome.続きを見る

Attraverso la testimonianza di una famiglia del tempo, l’autore ripercorre le tappe crudeli, tra il 1898 e il 1919, che si intrecciano con le storie dei protagonisti, soffermandosi sui moti rivoluzi……続きを見る

December 15, 1969, was the most important day of Mario Calabresi's life, although he would not be born for another year. On that date, the anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli fell to his death from a window ……続きを見る

The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip,……続きを見る

Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Cesare Borgiaーthree iconic figures whose intersecting lives provide the basis for this astonishing work of narrative history. They could not have been mo……続きを見る