Dante's Bones: How a Poet Invented Italy, Hardcover - Guy P. Raffa

A richly detailed graveyard history of the Florentine poet whose dead body shaped Italy from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the Risorgiment...

Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy has, despite its enormous popularity and importance, often stymied readers with its multitudinous characters, refer...

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Publisher: Pushkin PressAuthor(s): Guy de PourtalesTranslator: Will StoneNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 196 x 16Cover ...

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Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Zachariah OhoraNumber of pages: 40Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 225 x 287 x 15Cover type: HardbackRed...

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Stuart Kelly's biography of Sir Walter Scott defies classification in terms of genre. Rather than a literary biography, or critical study, it is a ...

What have the hippies ever done for us? Matthew Ingram explores the relationship between the summer of love and wellness, medicine, and health.

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