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In fondo a destra
Una meditazione sulla fragilità umana
Language: Italian
Release Date: August 18, 2015
In fondo a destra è un divertissement e una meditazione sulla fragilità umana. Servendosi dello schema narrativo delle guide cittadine, ne propone in questo caso una torinese, specializzata in toelètte, bagni e servizi igienici. Guida «urbana e sentimentale» – «per il soccorso emotivo oltre...
by Polly Coles
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
This is the story of ordinary life in an extraordinary place. The beautiful city of Venice has been a fantasy land for people from around the globe for centuries, but what is it like to live there? To move house by boat, to get a child with a broken leg to hospital or set off for school one morning...
The Beginning of Futility
Diplomatic, Political, Military and Naval Events on the Austro-Italian Front in the First World War 1914-1917 Volume I
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2009
Since Picketts failed charge at Gettysburg, the frontal infantry assault had been known as obsolete. Nevertheless fifty years later, Allied military leaders in the Great War persisted in using it as a military tactic. Italian military leaders were no exception not even accepting the deadly effect...
Harry's Bar
The Life and Times of the Legendary Venice Landmark
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
A lively, witty history of the iconic Italian drinking establishment, a meeting place for literary and artistic luminaries for nearly a century.
On the short list of the world’s most famous watering holes—Willi’s Wine Bar in Paris, Jo’s Bar in Prague, the Antico Caffè Greco in Rome—Harry’s...
by Sharri Whiting
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Welcome to Rome
From its legendary beginnings almost three thousand years ago, Rome grew to rule a vast empire. Today, it remains one of the greatest cities in the world. Powerful, dynamic, pulsating with life and history, Rome continues to be the inspiration of artists and writers- just...
by Enrico Massetti
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2015
This is an e-guide to a multi-days trip in the Italian Po River Valley.
It starts with a visit to Venice, then to Padua, Ferrara, Bologna, Modena, Sabbioneta, Parma, Fontanellato, Piacenza, Pavia and its Charterhouse. It then goes to Milan.
It includes detailed descriptions for visiting...
by Dorothy Menpes, Mortimer Menpes, Illustrator
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked List of Illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Arrival and First Impressions
History
A Glimpse into Bohemia
Architecture
St. Mark's
Painters of the Renaissance
Streets, Shops, and Courtyards
The Islands of the Lagoon
Social Ups and Downs
Gondolas and Gondoliers
by Norman Douglas
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
What ages ago it seems, that Great War!
Castle of the Eagles
Escape from Mussolini's Colditz
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Vincigliata Castle, a menacing medieval fortress set in the beautiful Tuscan hills, has become a very special prisoner of war camp on Benito Mussolini’s personal order. Within are some of the most senior officers of the Allied army, guarded by almost two hundred Italian soldiers and a vicious fascist...
St. Peter's Bones
How the Relics of the First Pope Were Lost and Found . . . and Then Lost and Found Again
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
In this fascinating account of the search for the remains of the world's first pope, none other than Peter, the chief apostle of Jesus, Thomas J. Craughwell takes us on one of the most exciting archaeological finds of the twentieth century.
In 1448 a team of architects and engineers brought Pope Nicholas...
Promenades dans Rome – suivi d'annexes
Nouvelle édition 2019
Language: French
Release Date: February 13, 2019
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Rome, Naples et Florence – suivi d'annexes
Nouvelle édition 2019
Language: French
Release Date: February 13, 2019
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Histoire de la peinture en Italie – suivi d'annexes
Nouvelle édition 2019
Language: French
Release Date: February 13, 2019
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Pages d'Italie – suivi d'annexes
Nouvelle édition 2019
Language: French
Release Date: February 13, 2019
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