This Is Venice

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In That Way Madness Lies, fifteen acclaimed writers put their modern spin on William Shakespeare's celebrated classics "From comedy to tragedy to s...

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The Taste of Conquest offers up a riveting, globe-trotting tale of unquenchable desire, fanatical religion, raw greed, fickle fashion, and mouthwat...

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Reducere. John Ruskin, Victorian England's greatest writer on art and literature, believed himself an adopted son of Venice, and his feelings for this city a...

DescriptionFor centuries Italy has been many things to many people. In this brilliant anthology and traveler's companion, twenty-eight first-rate w...

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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...

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There's lots of fun to be had up on the beach pier, but it's down underneath where the true--and totally free--magic happens There's lots of fun to...

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When kids of Fort Builders, Inc., go to summer camp, a friendly blanket fort competition turns serious in the third story in the fun-to-read Aladdi...

DescriptionWhether you want to explore ancient ruins in Rome, ride a gondola in Venice, see the Duomo in Florence, or visit Vatican City, the local...

Tour the city of Venice through the panoramic paintings of one of its most celebrated chroniclersThe lagoon city of Venice was home to some of the ...

Uncovers a connection between a Macedonian funerary sculpture found in the foundations of the Basilica di San Marco in Venice and the sarcophagus o...

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DescriptionChosen to represent the United States at the 46th Venice Biennale, Bill Viola, a New York artist living on the West Coast, is recognized...

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Reducere. Donna Leon's bestselling mystery novels set in Venice have won a multitude of fans for their insider's portrayal of La Serenissima. From family mea...

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Reducere. DescriptionOne woman's story of refusing to lose faith or settle for the wrong kind of love...and what a secret sorrow taught her.Geraldine Brown G...

DescriptionThe tale begins in sixteenth-century Venice, when explorer Juan de Fuca encountered English merchant Michael Lok and relayed a fantastic...

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Houma is a name derived from a tribe of Native Americans who settled in what is now Terrebonne Parish, or "Good Earth." The town's residents come f...

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Contributor(s): Author: Tom LeoniPerhaps no other weapon represents Renaissance Italian fencing like the rapier. But do we know how it was used and...

Escape into the golden days of Renaissance Italy with this heartwarming new saga by award-winning author Eleanor Chance.Celeste Gabriele, an impove...

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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...

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As London evolves into a Babylonian-style city of lofty towers, the artist Anna Keen was inspired to paint this metamorphosis, imagining its future...

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

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From the mythical heart of Greece to the fruits of the Black Sea coast; from Croatian and Albanian flavours to the spices and aromas of Turkey and ...

Gjelina is Los Angeles's most talked-about restaurant, lauded by critics from London to New York to San Francisco and beloved by stars, locals, and...

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