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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance A Companion to the Worlds of the Renaissance Guido Ruggiero This volume brings together some of the most exciting renaissance scholars to suggest new ways of thinking about the period and to set a new series of agendas for Renaissance scholarship.Overturns th… OL15171947W
Gender, sexuality, and syphilis in early modern Venice Gender, sexuality, and syphilis in early modern Venice Laura J. McGough This provocative book questions the assumption that syphilis (the 'French disease') became widespread in Venice because of its legendary courtesans. Using new evidence, Laura McGough reconstructs the… OL16981812W
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
The Borgias The Borgias Marion Johnson,Georgina Masson A lavishly illustrated biography of the Spanish family of colorful characters which produced two of the corrupt Renaissance popes. OL2135025W
The Italians The Italians Bruno Barbey "In the early 1960s, internationally acclaimed photographer Bruno Barbey crisscrossed Italy from north to south attempting to capture the spirit of the nation. Unpublished until now, these images app… OL2205274W
Discovery of the world Discovery of the world Luciana Castellina "Luciana Castellina is one of Italy's most prominent left intellectuals and a cofounder of the newspaper Il manifesto. In this coming-of-age memoir, based on her diaries, she recounts her political a… OL23334248W
Metropolis and Hinterland Metropolis and Hinterland Neville Morley xi, 211 p. : 24 cm OL449939W
Women of the Shadows Women of the Shadows Ann Cornelisen From the author of the acclaimed Torregreca comes this evocation of the women of southern Italy--that land below Naples etched in blazing sunlight and bitter black shadows--and the passionate, painfu… OL4614066W
The View from Vesuvius The View from Vesuvius Nelson Moe "The vexed relationship between the two parts of Italy, often referred to as the Southern Question, has shaped that nation's political, social, and cultural life throughout the twentieth century. But… OL6208841W