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The Secrets of Italy: People, Places, and Hidden Histories

By: Augias, Corrado

Price: $10.50

Publisher: Rizzoli Ex Libris: April 2014

Seller ID: 271086

ISBN: 0847842746

Condition: Used - Very Good

One of Italy's best-known writers takes a Grand Tour through her cities, history, and literature in search of the true character of this contradictory nation. There is Michelangelo, but also the mafia. Pavarotti, but also Berlusconi. The debonair Milanese, but also the infamous captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship. This is Italy, admired and reviled, a country that has guarded her secrets and confounded outsiders. Now, when this "Italian paradox" is more evident than ever, cultural authority Corrado Augias poses the puzzling questions: how did it get this way? How can this peninsula be s...
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Michelangelo's Mountain: The Quest For Perfection in the Marble Quarries of Carrara

By: Eric Scigliano

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Free Press: August-2005

Seller ID: 48105

ISBN: 0743254775

Condition: Used - Very Good

No artist looms so large in Western consciousness and culture as Michelangelo Buonarroti, the most celebrated sculptor of all time. And no place on earth provides a stone so capable of simulating the warmth and vitality of human flesh and incarnating the genius of a Michelangelo as the "statuario" of Carrara, the storied marble mecca at Tuscany's northwest corner. It was there, where shadowy Etruscans and Roman slaves once toiled, that Michelangelo risked his life in dozens of harrowing expeditions to secure the precious stone for his "Pieta, Moses, " and other masterpieces. Many books hav...
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The Dark Side of the Enlightenment: Wizards, Alchemists, and Spiritual Seekers in the Age of Reason

By: Fleming

Price: $12.50

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company: July 2013

Seller ID: 296815

ISBN: 0393079465

Condition: Used - Very Good

In The Dark Side of the Enlightenment, John V. Fleming shows how the impulses of the European Enlightenment--generally associated with great strides in the liberation of human thought from superstition and traditional religion--were challenged by tenacious religious ideas or channeled into the "darker" pursuits of the esoteric and the occult. His engaging topics include the stubborn survival of the miraculous, the Enlightenment roles of Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry, and the widespread pursuit of magic and alchemy. Though we tend not to associate what was once called alchemy with what we n...
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The Golden Longing: A Portrait of The Turbulent 15th and Its Immortals

By: Francis Leary

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons:

Seller ID: 185323

ISBN: 4237237397

Condition: Used - Very Good

Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy

By: Frank Sherry

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Hearst Marine Books: January-1986

Seller ID: 42061

ISBN: 0688046843

Condition: Used - Very Good

Santa Maria: My Crusade For Portugal

By: Henrique Galvao

Price: $4.50

Publisher: World Publishing:

Seller ID: 191646

ISBN: 4267546722

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The Spanish Inquisition: A Historical Revision

By: Henry Kamen

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Yale University Press: March-1998

Seller ID: 7338

ISBN: 0300075227

Condition: Used - Very Good

Since the sixteenth century, the Spanish Inquisition has been synonymous with terror, bigotry, and persecution. In this book, a renowned historian sweeps away old misconceptions and presents a new view of this notorious and fascinating period.Henry Kamen reassesses the significance and consequences of the expulsion of the Jews and also argues that there is little evidence for the alleged Jewishness of the conversos who were the Inquisition's first victims. He presents a major revision of the impact of blood purity prejudices on Spanish society, revises the figures given for execution of her...
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Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade

By: James Reston

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Anchor: May 2002

Seller ID: 20274

ISBN: 0385495625

Condition: Used - Very Good

Warriors of God""is the rich and engaging account of the Third Crusade (1187-1192), a conflict that would shape world history for centuries and which can still be felt in the Middle East and throughout the world today. Acclaimed writer James Reston, Jr., offers a gripping narrative of the epic battle that left Jerusalem in Muslim hands until the twentieth century, bringing an objective perspective to the gallantry, greed, and religious fervor that fueled the bloody clash between Christians and Muslims. As he recounts this rousing story, Reston brings to life the two legendary figures who l...
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The Gallic War and Other Writings of Julius Caesar

By: Julius Caesar

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Modern Library: January 1957

Seller ID: 281759

ISBN: B005BEGLY4

Condition: Used - Very Good

Pillars of the Almighty: A Celebration of Cathedrals

By: Ken Follett

Price: $6.50

Publisher: William Morrow & Co: October-1994

Seller ID: 42196

ISBN: 0688128122

Condition: Used - Very Good

Gold Glory and the Gospel

By: Louis Wright

Price: $5.50

Publisher: Atheneum Publishers:

Seller ID: 204269

ISBN: B000PXWC3A

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A History of Poland

By: O. Halecki

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books: June-1992

Seller ID: 96805

ISBN: 0880298588

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Stonehenge and Neighbouring Monuments

By: R.J.C. Atkinson

Price: $6.50

Publisher: English Heritage: January-1995

Seller ID: 151443

ISBN: 1850741727

Condition: Used - Very Good

Europe for Dummies, Second Edition

By: Steven Richards, Margot Weiss

Price: $6.50

Publisher: For Dummies: September-2002

Seller ID: 53372

ISBN: 0764554565

Condition: Used - Very Good

From the bright lights and glamour of London and Paris, to the old-world enchantment of Tuscany, to the sun-drenched beaches of Greece, Europe's cities and countryside, castles and cuisines offer postcard-perfect vacations for any kind of traveler, in any season of the year. There's no end to the wonders of Europe--in fact, the prospect of planning a trip, deciding where to go and what to see, can be somewhat overwhelming. This user-friendly guide takes you city by city, country by country, through the best of Europe, with: Five great European itineraries, from the "Everything but the Kitchen ...
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Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe

By: Thomas Cahill

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Nan A. Talese: October-2006

Seller ID: 20272

ISBN: 0385495552

Condition: Used - Very Good

After the long period of cultural decline known as the Dark Ages, Europe experienced a rebirth of scholarship, art, literature, philosophy, and science and began to develop a vision of Western society that remains at the heart of Western civilization today. By placing the image of the Virgin Mary at the center of their churches and their lives, medieval people exalted womanhood to a level unknown in any previous society. For the first time, men began to treat women with dignity and women took up professions that had always been closed to them. The communion bread, believed to be the bo...
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Selected Writings (Penguin Classics)

By: Thomas Carlyle

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Penguin Classics: November-1980

Seller ID: 5048

ISBN: 0140430652

Condition: Used - Very Good

Eyewitness Travel Guide to Portugal

By: Tomas Tranaeus

Price: $8.50

Publisher: DK Travel: October-1997

Seller ID: 58979

ISBN: 0789419483

Condition: Used - Very Good

Recognized the world over by frequent flyers and armchair travelers alike, Eyewitness Travel Guides are the most colorful and comprehensive guides on the market. With beautiful commissioned photographs and spectacular 3-D aerial views revealing the charm of each destination, these amazing travel guides show what others only tell.
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Viking Book of Aphorisms: A Personal Selection

By: W. H. Auden, Louis Kronenberger

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Dorset Press: January 1920

Seller ID: 96747

ISBN: 0880290560

Condition: Used - Very Good

The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe

By: Wheatcroft, Andrew

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Basic Books: November 2010

Seller ID: 343395

ISBN: 046502081X

Condition: Used - Very Good

In 1683, an Ottoman army that stretched from horizon to horizon set out to seize the "Golden Apple," as Turks referred to Vienna. The ensuing siege pitted battle-hardened Janissaries wielding seventeenth-century grenades against Habsburg armies, widely feared for their savagery. The walls of Vienna bristled with guns as the besieging Ottoman host launched bombs, fired cannons, and showered the populace with arrows during the battle for Christianity's bulwark. Each side was sustained by the hatred of its age-old enemy, certain that victory would be won by the grace of God.The Great Siege of ...
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The Renaissance: A History of Civilization in Italy from 1304-1576 A.D. (The Story of Civilization: Part V)

By: Will Durant

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 1953

Seller ID: 176197

ISBN: 4199894811

Condition: Used - Very Good

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