This Is Venice

Reducere. Aristotle initiated the systematic investigation of perception, the emotions, memory, desire and action, developing his own account of these phenom...

Reducere. DescriptionOriginally published by Dr H. Zohrabian of the Mechitarist Congregation in 1805, Venice, known as "The Zohrab Bible" and used in BHS and...

In this remarkable artist's book, French conceptual artist/provocateur Sophie Calle presents 107 outside interpretations of a "breakup" e-mail she ...

Steles, rotors, light sculptures and monumental works for the public space - over the past 20 years the range of Heinz Mack's sculptures has remain...

DescriptionThe work of the acclaimed designer of villas in Spanish, Moorish, Venetian, and Mediterranean style, in all-new color photography. The g...

DescriptionItalian Views is a continuation of Gail Albert Halaban's series Out My Window, featuring intimate domestic portraits against the cinemat...

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

Reducere. DescriptionIn the Swiss Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale, the Swiss American artist duo Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler (born 1965 and 1962...

Reducere. Venice's Secret Service is the untold and arresting story of the world's earliest centrally-organised state intelligence service. Long before the i...

Reducere. There is only one Harry's Bar. Located on Venice's Calle Vallaresso, near the Piazza San Marco, this legendary restaurant has been, for five decade...

This book examines the significant changes that Venice underwent between the late-sixth and the early-eleventh centuries. It is addressed to schola...

DescriptionShakespeare's Pictures is the first full-length study of visual objects in Shakespearean drama. In several plays (Hamlet, The Merchant o...

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...

Reducere. Experience the romantic renaissance world of Italy. This photography book explores the cities of Rome, Tuscany, Florence, Siena, Venice, Frascati S...

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...

They Come to Us without a Word documents Joan Jonas' (born 1936) project for the US Pavilion of the 56th Venice Biennale, an installation that inco...

Reducere. Violetta and the Venetian Violin is a middle-grade, time-slip fantasy for readers aged ten to fourteen. One fateful day, Violetta forgets her violi...

American Society of Landscape Architects Best Book of 2018 Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN) is a landscape architecture firm based in Seattle, Washin...

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...

DescriptionVeronica Franco (whose life is featured in the motion picture Dangerous Beauty) was a sixteenth-century Venetian beauty, poet, and proto...

The Bible has a few books in the Old Testament mentioning books that were considered lost, among them is the Book of Jasher. This particular extrac...

Reducere. The battle for Venice might be over, but the war is just beginning... Penelope's and Alexis's adventure continues in this exciting second installme...

- New ground-breaking work by leading Colombian architect Simon Velez and British landscape architect Todd Longstaffe-Gowan in the wild-flower gard...

Reducere. "Incisive essays from a master wordsmith" Why has Don Juan become so passe of late? What s the trouble with Ayn Rand? How did the Doge of Venice co...

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. After following strangers on the streets in Paris for months, photographing them and notating their movements, Sophie Calle ran into a man at an op...

Reducere. California-cool grilling wisdom from one of the most renowned chefs in Los Angeles. Josiah Citrin is one of the biggest names in the L.A. food worl...

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...

Reducere. The aim of this collection is to illustrate the pervasive influence of humanist rhetoric on early-modern literature and philosophy. The first half ...

Reducere. Ocean City, which calls itself "America's Greatest Family Resort, " is today best known for its wide, clean beaches and a yearly bayfront celebrati...

Reducere. For Italian city builders more than a thousand years ago, the urban realm was the great theater where their best aspirations were played out, the p...

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

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. Warhol's Factory of the 1960s, Minimalism's assembly-line aesthetics, conceptual and feminist concern with workers' conditions in the 1970s -- thes...

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...

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

Reducere. From San Francisco to Shanghai, from Vancouver to Venice, controversy over vaccines is erupting around the globe. Fear is spreading. Banished disea...

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. Shakespeare meets Dashiell Hammett in this wildly entertaining murder mystery from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore--an uproario...

Reducere. To survive the Holocaust, a young Jewish woman must pose as a Christian farmer's wife in this unforgettable novel from USA Today bestselling author...

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

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

Reducere. Imagining the future of cohabitation in Venice and beyondConceived as a record that delves deeper into a special section of the Biennale Architettu...

Reducere. FOUR WORDS WOULD CHANGE HER LIFE...Precious Rafferty is an American antiques dealer living in Paris. Though Precious--known as Preshy--lives in the...

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

Reducere. Half of the world's population today lives in coastal regions lapped by tidal waters. But the tide rises and falls according to rules that are a my...

Reducere. Description"The unfortunate Rosalina St. Almo is torn from her father's arms by vicious banditti, who slaughter her father before her eyes. Fortuna...

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...

Reducere. Readers of new poetry have come to expect a certain amount of wonder in the work, a certain receptivity (here and there) to the non-rational, prete...

Reducere. In this exhilarating cross between The Da Vinci Code and The Birth of Venus, an irrepressible young woman in 15th-century Italy must flee for her l...

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...

Reducere. A brilliant general in the service of Venice, Othello is also the new husband of the adoring - and young - Desdemona, whose innocent hero worship h...

Reducere. The Bible has a few books in the Old Testament mentioning books that were considered lost, among them is the book of Jasher. There are several book...

Reducere. This completely revised and updated edition with all new color photos brings together in a single volume the anchoring systems most popular among c...

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...

Reducere. A Library Journal Best Book of 2014: Historical FictionThe amazing power and truth of the Rapunzel fairy tale comes alive for the first time in thi...

Reducere. Escorted tours are highly regimented and expensive averaging $300-$500 per person per day excluding airfare. Bob Kaufman knows. For over 30 years h...

Reducere. An essay by Xavier F. Salomon, Frick Curator, paired with a contribution by author Francine Prose bring to life one of Titian's most personal and r...

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

Reducere. ``Sexy, surprising, funny, insightful, and wildly entertaining`` (Huffington Post)--the definitive biography of Giacomo Casanova, the impoverished ...

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

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Reducere. This book is about finding what is notable, historical, quizzical and beautiful in this great city while walking. It is about learning and using pe...

Reducere. Venice, an evocative and bewitching city of canals, art, romance, and . . . murder.Irish born fashion model Sibeal "Beth" Getty's sixth sense never...

DescriptionProvocative. Erotic. Challenging. The Tarot of Casanova combines the art of physical bodies, the intricate dance of seduction, the act o...

Reducere. This practical guide is a must for anyone making a trip to Venice, especially if you only have a day. With easy to follow itineraries and over 600 ...