Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
A history of Italy A history of Italy Claudia Baldoli "Intertwining the history of art, literature, food, music, and religion, Baldoli explores Italy's history from the Middle Ages to the present. The book offers an insight into continuities across past… OL15441301W
Saving Italy Saving Italy Robert M. Edsel When Hitler's armies occupied Italy in 1943, they also seized control of mankind's greatest cultural treasures. As they had done throughout Europe, the Nazis could now plunder the masterpieces of the… OL16811128W
Modern Italy Modern Italy Anna Cento Bull xvi, 140 pages : 18 cm OL17640856W
A bold and dangerous family A bold and dangerous family Caroline Moorehead Mussolini was not only ruthless- he was subtle and manipulative. Black-shirted thugs did his dirty work for him- arson, murder, destruction of homes and offices, bribes, intimidation and the forcible… OL19724320W
Italy Italy Jean F. Blashfield This book describes Italy's geography, wildlife, history, government, economy, people, religion, and culture. OL19969480W
30-Second Leonardo Da Vinci 30-Second Leonardo Da Vinci Marina Wallace Artist, anatomist, architect, botanist, cartographer, engineer, mathematician, musician, scientist, sculptor - the word 'polymath' cannot provide the full measure of Leonardo da Vinci's extraordinary… OL22533879W
Everything Is Broken up and Dances Everything Is Broken up and Dances Antony Shugaar,Guido Maria Brera,Edoardo Nesi 197 pages ; 20 cm OL22535362W
Discovery and distinction in the early Middle Ages Discovery and distinction in the early Middle Ages Cullen J. Chandler,Steven A. Stofferahn xxii, 313 pages : 24 cm OL23292646W
The town of Hercules The town of Hercules Joseph Jay Deiss Reconstructs the day in 79 A.D. when the town of Herculaneum was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and discusses the archaeological excavations of that town made in recent centuries. OL3517981W
The Venetians: merchant princes The Venetians: merchant princes Thomas Caldecot Chubb Traces the history of Venice from New Stone Age settlements through its development into a wealthy, influential, and independent city-state during the Renaissance to its present position as a major I… OL6825411W