This Is Venice

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

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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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This guide is ideal for use in the classroom or as revision, providing insight into characters, themes and contexts, together with activities desig...

DescriptionLet Marco Polo's Venice Travel Guide show you the heart of Venice. If you're a bit short of time to prepare for your trip, don't want to...

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Welcome to the asylum...2015Their troubled past behind them, married couple, Rob and Louise, visit Venice for the first time together, looking forw...

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DescriptionDiscover the quaint canals and romantic palaces of Venice with the help of this genuinely pocket-sized, pop-up map. Small in size yet bi...

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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...

DescriptionIn this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia but lacks 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...

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

DescriptionSwing alongside Spider-Man as he travels through Europe Whether he's riding in a gondola through the Venice canals or breaking out all h...

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

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

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

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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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Insight Travel Map Italy: This detailed travel map is all you need to plan your route and navigate your way around Italy, and also includes area hi...

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Description'An irresistible concoction of crime and culture' Daily MailA game of blackmail and betrayal is played among the backstreets and canals ...

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DescriptionDiscover Venice & the Veneto with this comprehensive, entertaining, 'tell it like it is' Rough Guide, packed with exhaustive practical i...

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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...

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Now in paperback, this is a portrait of a community of intellectual exiles in Ostend, during summer of 1936. Focuses on the lives of Stefan Zweig a...

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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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John Ruskin was the most powerful and influential art critic and social commentator of the Victorian nineteenth century. A true polymath, he wrote ...

This edition of The Merchant of Venice is especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear back...

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This handy pocket-sized guide is packed with ideas for things to do in in Venice, and includes a sturdy pull-out map to help you navigate with ease...