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Pompeii
Oxbow Books 2011; US$ 35.00Even after more than 250 years since its discovery, Pompeii continues to resonate powerfully in both academic discourse and the popular imagination. This volume brings together a collection of ten papers that advance, challenge and revise the present conceptions of the city's art, industry and infrastructure. The discussions of domestic art in... more...
The Politics of Washing
Robert Hale 2013; US$ 9.99This is the story of ordinary life in an extraordinary place. The beautiful city of Venice has been a fantasy land for people from around the globe for centuries, but what is it like to live there? To move house by boat, to get a child with a broken leg to hospital or set off for school one morning only to find that the streets have become rivers... more...
Venice & the Veneto
Hunter Publishing 2012; US$ 9.99An amazing resource to anyone traveling to the area. I highly recommend using this book as a reference tool. -- S. Johnson, Amazon reviewer. Italy's northernmost zone, the Veneto includes Padua, Verona, Vicenza, plus Venice itself, which once ruled the area. Some 5,000 Renaissance villas still stand, many by Palladio. A food- and wine-lover's... more...
Northern Italy's Wine Country
Hunter Publishing 2012; US$ 9.99The Veneto region offers travelers all manner of adventures from the cultural, intellectual sort right down to the seat-of-your-pants thrilling variety. Whether planning your itinerary entirely around a particular activity like a week-long cycling holiday or a language immersion course, or if youre trying to offset your museum and church-heavy... more...
Lernstraße »Der Untergang von Pompeji«
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2011; US$ 6.45Unter dem Vesuv
Primus Verlag 2011; US$ 15.09Hauptbeschreibung Für die Betroffenen war es eine Katastrophe, für die Nachwelt ein Glücksfall. Am 24. August 79 n. Chr. brach völlig unerwartet der Vesuv aus und bedeckte die malerisch am Golf von Neapel gelegene Stadt Pompeji mit einer dicken Schicht aus Asche und Vulkangestein. Als die Archäologen später die versunkene Welt von Pompeji wieder... more...
Politikberatung in Verfassungsreformen
BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag 2012; US$ 37.74Hauptbeschreibung Dieser Band versammelt wissenschaftliche Studien und Erfahrungsberichte zur Politikberatung in Verfassungsreformen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Ferner wird über die Rolle von Wissen und Sachverständigen im Europäischen Konvent berichtet. Ein weiterer Beitrag betrachtet - am Beispiel kommunaler Verfassungsreformen... more...
Il Duce and His Women
Alma Books 2013; US$ 11.99The first biography to offer insights into Mussolini's private life, with a particular focus on his attitude toward women and his relationships with many mistresses, enriched by first-hand documents and previously unpublished photographs The figure of Benito Mussolini looms large as one of the most influential during the first half of the 20th... more...
Rome and the Western Greeks, 350 BC - AD 200:Conquest and Acculturation in Southern Italy
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95The history of the Greek cities of Italy during the period of Roman conquest and under Roman rule form a fascinating case study of the processes of Roman expansion and assimilation and of Greek reactions to the presence of Rome. This book reassesses the role of Magna Graecia in Roman Italy and illuminates the mechanisms of Roman control and the process... more...
Adventure Guide to Milan & the Italian Lakes
Hunter Publishing 2006; US$ 15.00No competing guides exist that provide in-depth hotel, restaurant and other practical information for the region of the Italian Lakes and Milan (Lombardia). Culinary delights abound here. Risotto, polenta, minestrone, ossobucco originated in the region. The little town of Gorgonzola is here as well, where you can get the best you-know-what in the world.... more...









