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Gondola
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Donna Leon |
A rumination on Venice, its gondolas and its music. The book includes a CD of barcarole. |
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The unfinished palazzo
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Judith Mackrell |
Commissioned in 1750, the Palazzo Venier was planned as a testimony to the power and wealth of a great Venetian family, but the fortunes of the Venier family waned and the project was abandoned with … |
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The mirror thief
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Martin Seay |
In sixteenth century Venice, the famed makers of Venetian glass faced death if they tried to leave the island... but one man schemes to outwit the enforcers of the edict. In 1958 Venice Beach, Califo… |
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Coriolano Cippico
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Cippico, Coriolano |
"First English translation of Coriolano Cippico's 'Deeds of Commander Pietro Mocenigo,' presenting an eyewitness account of the Christian-Ottoman confrontation in the latter part of the fifteenth cen… |
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Paradise of Cities
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John Julius Norwich |
John Julius Norwich, the author of A History of Venice, traces the transformation of Venice from a proud independent state into a dazzling dreamscape that attracted artists, writers, and composers fr… |
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