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A book about the wonders of the world will spark a child's imagination about history and traveling. They will be able to see how different cultures compare around the globe thanks to a detailed book full of colorful pictures. If one wants to make a difference in a child's life, the show them how people...

We were ready to flit through Paris, but mother mentioned the Chunnel Train and drifting down the Grand Canal of Venice.  What about Paris?  That’s how the “roundabout” began.  London, the train, a Bed and Breakfast in Paris, driving south to Aix en Provence and fumbling onto a Marseille...

Children enjoy learning about cultures that differ from what they are accustomed to. A Nations of Europe picture book opens the door to new experiences, and introduces children to new ideas and concepts through learning about the differences and commonalities between nations. Exposing children to other...

‘And by now, mind, it’s too late to redeem your debts by giving up guzzling.’ Dante's poetic correspondence (or tenzone) with Forese Donati, a relative of his wife, was rife with crude insults: the two men derided one another on topics ranging from sexual dysfunction and cowardice to poverty...

This is the first full-length study of the enigmatic Early Medieval chapel near the river Clitunno in central Umbria. Judson Emerick makes the Tempietto del Clitunno, a celebrated art-historical test case, the focus of a study that penetrates to the deep structure of the discipline. For centuries...

Nunzio Pernicone’s biography uses Carlo Tresca’s (1879-1943) storied life?as newspaper editor, labor agitator, anarchist, anti-communist, street fighter, and opponent of fascism?as a springboard to investigate Italian immigrant and radical communities in the United States. From his work on behalf...

During the four years of my life in Venice the literary intention was present with me at all times and in all places. I wrote many things in verse, which I sent to the magazines in every part of the English-speaking world, but they came unerringly back to me, except in three instances only, when they...

La réputation de Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) n'est plus à faire. Aventurier, écrivain, diplomate, espion, violoniste mais également coureur de jupons, séducteur, libertin... tous ces qualificatifs collent à la peau du personnage. Ce sont essentiellement ces dernières qualités qui sont...

Il luglio 1097 segna un punto di partenza: i genovesi sono tra i primi a rispondere allappello lanciato da papa Urbano II alla fine del novembre 1095. Una flotta composta secondo la tradizione da dodici galee e un ‘sandalo parte da Genova alla volta della Terrasanta. È la risposta allappello alla...

La Repubblica italiana ha non uno ma molti padri, ma le decisioni cruciali prese nell'arco di un intero decennio portano tutte impresse il nome di De Gasperi. Nel settembre del 1943, alla nascita del Comitato di liberazione nazionale, atto fondativo di una Repubblica dei partiti che ancora non c'è,...

Ha 39 anni Benito Mussolini, è deputato soltanto da un anno, quando diviene il più giovane presidente del Consiglio nella storia dell'Italia unita. Sono tutti più anziani di lui i leader che lo hanno preceduto: Giolitti quando arriva al governo di anni ne aveva 50, era deputato da 10, era stato...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Pagan Light is mesmerizing. Every detail is compelling. I felt I was reading a family history of a family far more interesting than mine." --Edmund White, author of Our Young Man A rich, intimate embrace of Capri, which was a magnet...