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Excellent Cadavers: The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic
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"...is simply to apply the law and punish the guilty." Giovanni Falcone Sicily's anti-Mafia campaign is described in such masterful detail by Alexander Stille, it's no surprise ALL of [[ASIN:0679768637 Excellent Cadavers']] reviews are an unmitigated five-stars. The research (reflected in the interviews, bibliography and end-notes) is simp... »
Travels of Marco Polo (Signet Classics)
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Marco Polo purportedly spent 17 years travelling to the courts of Kublai Khan and, as an emissary for Kublai Khan, then throughout the Far East. Whether it actually happened or not is up for debate. I went into this text with an open mindset and have accepted that Marco Polo did indeed go on this trip with his father and uncle, but not to the extent as... »
Charlemagne (Vintage)
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Charlemagne was not only a king of one of the various "barbarian" groups that arose after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, but something that exists very rarely in human history. He was a warrior, a devout believer in faith, a politician, and an intellectual who ruled not only a mere kingdom but a dozen separate and squabbling regions and peoples... »
April Blood: Florence and the Plot against the
PROS: Well written by an expert on the subject. Broad approach; very informative. Extra (pictures, maps, family trees). CONS: Disjointed. ... »
Padre Pio: A Man of Hope
Great book for anyone! A wonderful historical and spiritual look at a man who captured the hearts of Italy and then the world. A real pleasure to read!... »
Caravaggio
the quality of the research and the color of the paintings are outstanding. Also the CD-ROM has an unbelievable amount of information on the ... »
Sprezzatura: 50 Ways Italian Genius Shaped the
"Everyone knows the difficulty of things that are exquisite and well done," the Renaissance philosopher Baldassare Castiglione once remarked. "So to hav... »
The Agricola and The Germania (Penguin Classics
Tacitus was truly a master historian, and both of these books breathe colorful, exciting life into a by-gone era. "The Agricola" is an entertaining (often... »
The City of Falling Angels
Past Midnight: John Berendt on the Mysteries of Venice ... »
The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146BC
Adrian Goldsworthy has written an interesting and most credible history of the Punic Wars, one of the most important stretches in Roman history. What make... »
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