A History of Venice

Reducere. DescriptionThis lively and dramatic book brings roaring to life the grand sweep of 5, 000 years of history in the cradle of civilization. A wonderf...

Explore the culture and history of Istria - a land shared by Italy, Croatia and Slovenia - through the kitchens and recipes of its inhabitants. Ist...

Often hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully written immersion in Ven...

Tells the story of Venice of cities from its founding in the fifth century, through its unrivalled status for over a thousand years as one of the b...

A secret diary. Two love stories connected through history. A centuries old mystery to solve. A richly detailed page-turner that plunges the reader...

Reducere. In the magical world of seventeenth-century Venice-lacework palaces flickering in gleaming waterways, opulence and decadence, creative liberty, and...

In the twelfth century AD, Venice is little more than an agglomeration of small islands snatched from the muddy tides. The magnificent city-lagoon ...

The ghetto today: a story told in pictures, a history in the making. The forty-four black-and-white photographs presented here have been selected f...

DescriptionInternationally renowned author Robert Coover returns with a major new novel set in Venice and featuring one of its most famous citizens...

A true story of vendetta and intrigue, triumph and tragedy, exile and repatriation, this book recounts the interwoven microhistories of powerful fa...

Reducere. Lost in Venice is the second of the series "The Adventures of Giulia" and it talks about Giulia, who goes to Venice for Carnival to visit her cousi...

Description'An inspiring, life-affirming story' Reader's Digest Philip and Caroline Jones, a middle-aged couple living in Edinburgh, found themselv...

Drawing on a lifetime of study and reflection, the author shows how that resplendent city came to have the institutions, the buildings, and the pat...

Originally published in 1997. In 1985 Frederic C. Lane and Reinhold C. Mueller published the magisterial Money and Banking in Medieval and Renaissa...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the author of MADE IN ITALY comes a tale of artisanal tradition and family bonds set in one of the world's most magnificent setting...

Reducere. The fascinating story of the greatest publisher of all time. The catalog of the Aldo Manutiu exhibition, 500 years after his death, is a tribute to...

Reducere. Not since Anna Diamant's The Red Tent or Geraldine Brooks's People of the Book has a novel transported readers so intimately into the complex lives...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the heart of Venice, a woman is sacrificed to a forgotten god, sparking a mystery lost for thousands of years.Dr. Penelope Bryne is r...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the heart of Venice, a woman is sacrificed to a forgotten god, sparking a mystery lost for thousands of years.Dr. Penelope Bryne is r...

Reducere. In the heart of Venice, a woman is sacrificed to a forgotten god, sparking a mystery lost for thousands of years.Dr. Penelope Bryne is ridiculed by...

The Venice Ghetto was founded in 1516 by the Venetian government as a segregated area of the city in which Jews were compelled to live. This interd...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZESELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 BY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, MAIL ON SUNDAY AND OBSERVERBelonging is a magn...

"Rhys Bowen crafts a propulsive, unexpected plot with characters who come vibrantly alive on the page." --Mark Sullivan, author of Beneath a Scarle...

"Rhys Bowen crafts a propulsive, unexpected plot with characters who come vibrantly alive on the page." --Mark Sullivan, author of Beneath a Scarle...

Reducere. Experience world-famous art, stroll romantic streets, and savor the flavors of Italy's top cities. Inside Moon Rome, Florence & Venice you'll find:...

Reducere. The Night Bazaar is a secret marketplace of the rare, strange, occult, and dangerous. Its curious vendors specialize in services or objects which s...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jan MorrisA fascinating exploration of the history, sights, seasons, arts, food, and people of an incomparable city. "A hig...

Reducere. In sixteenth-century Venice, in an island monastery, a cloistered monk experiences the adventure of a lifetime--all within the confines of his cell...

The leading intelligence expert behind }The Mitrokhin Archive{ presents a wide-ranging account of the development of intelligence and security oper...

Description*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading In 1494, there were...

Reducere. There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, history and decay. But the evil that does occasio...

Reducere. Marlena di Blasi seduced readers to fall in love with Venice, then Tuscany, with her popular and critically acclaimed books "A Thousand Days in Ven...

Reducere. DescriptionAbandoned as an infant, fourteen-year-old Anna Maria dal Violin is one of the elite musicians living in the foundling home where the "Re...

Reducere. This is a reprint of the 1989 second edition of this book in our "Armies and Enemies" series. It includes details of armies from Andalusia, Bulgari...

Recipes that chart the culinary history and traditions of the lands that once belonged to the Venetian Republic, with a particular focus on the Tri...

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DescriptionNaples was a major center of the Italian Renaissance and capital of the most important state in the Italian balance of power. Under the ...

Reducere. Carved on stone, painted on canvas, wood or porcelain, stitched on fabric, written on parchment or printed on paper, the 109 inscriptions in this u...

This is the definitive book for managing an incurable passion for a decaying, water-logged village. Whether you already have a raging case of Venet...

At his beloved Nonno Paolo's deathbed, fifteen-year-old Nico receives a gift that will change his life forever: a yellowing manuscript which tells ...

At his beloved Nonno Paolo's deathbed, fifteen-year-old Nico receives a gift that will change his life forever: a yellowing manuscript which tells ...

Traces the story of glass from its origins in Mesopotamia some 5000 years ago, to the creation of the elegant vessels of the Islamic Near East, the...

Part of the Hogarth Shakespeare series, in which contemporary authors re-imagine some of the Bard's greatest plays. Here, the Man Booker Prize winn...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Saraiya FaroqhiAuthor: Suraiya FaroqhiIn a concise and colorful style, Suraiya Faroqhi lays out the history of one of the m...

Reducere. My story finds me a somewhat frustrated genealogist, simply because of the meager success I experienced in my search for the origins of my family n...

This is a biography of one of the most unusual Byzantine emperors in Constantinople who reigned from 1347 to 1354, and subsequently spent thirty ye...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

DescriptionIn 1798, when Napoleon invades Rome, Cardinal Henry Stuart, the last direct heir of the royal House of Stuart, is forced to flee south t...

Readers will fall in love with the ``City of Angels`` as Robin guides them on a tour of Los Angeles. From the Marina del Rey and beautiful Venice B...

Reducere. DescriptionA HISTORY of Milan, under the House of Sforza, can hardly incur the charge of being superfluous. While Rome, Florence and Venice have ea...

Reducere. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860) is a work of art history by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt. Recognized today as the founder o...

Reducere. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860) is a work of art history by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt. Recognized today as the founder o...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating History and Mythology of the Aztec Nothing remains of the ancient Mesoamerican civilization who called themselves the Mexic...

One of The Christian Science Monitor's Ten Best Books of MayA highly original work of history . . . [Saltzman] has written a distinctive study that...

Reducere. The first book to distill Jan Morris's entire body of work into one volume, "The World" is a magnum opus by the most-celebrated travel writer in th...

Reducere. Sarasota County's island and beach communities, including Longboat Key, Siesta Key, Casey Key, Venice, and Manasota Key, provide beautiful beaches,...

DescriptionDuring the Pacific War between the U.S. and Imperial Japanese navies, the author's father, Francis Gelzheiser, deployed with Motor Torpe...

For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less than the beginning of the modern world - a world ...

In the 1840s, Italy was a patchwork of states. The North was ruled by the Austrian Empire, the South by the Spanish-descended monarchy of the Two S...

Reducere. With an upcoming election, Ch vez's involvement with U.S. oil exports, and the country becoming a leader of an increasingly united South America, t...

This volume of Medieval European Coinage is the first comprehensive survey of the coinage of north Italy c.950-1500, bringing the latest research t...

Reducere. A fascinating tour of Los Angeles told through vintage images. The City of Angels' story is told through a fun and colorful collection of old photo...

Reducere. Description'Nancy Bilyeau's passion for history infuses her books' - Alison WeirIn eighteenth century London, porcelain is the most seductive of co...

Reducere. Roll the Bones tells the story of gambling: where it came from, how it has changed, and where it is now. This is the new Casino Edition. which upda...

Reducere. The enchanting international bestseller with bonus back matter and a beautiful new coverTwo orphaned brothers, Prosper and Bo, have run away to Ven...

Reducere. Delve into the social and cultural history of 100 of the world's most important cities. From the first towns in Mesopotamia to today's global metro...

Reducere. A classic history of banking and trade in the medieval period, combining superb research and analysis with graceful writing.The Medici Bank was the...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Edward MuirNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 1986Dimensions: 227 x 155 x 23Cover type: Paperbac...

Award NameIndieFab awardsAward categorySocial ScienceThis ground-breaking study, the first of its kind, outlines a theory of publishing that allows...