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AAA Spiral Paris
AAA Publishing 2011; US$ 9.99Discover the City of Light's abundant charm and character, from renowned sights to hidden gems. With its compact size and unique lay-flat binding, AAA Spiral Paris puts exceptional content right at your fingertips: - Finding Your Feet - basics on transportation, cuisine, and more - Don't Miss - sightseer's A-list - In a Day - what to see and do - At... more...
Absolutism in Renaissance Milan
OUP Oxford 2009; US$ 109.99Absolutism in Renaissance Milan shows how authority above the law, once the preserve of pope and emperor, was claimed by the ruling Milanese dynasties, the Visconti and the Sforza, and why this privilege was finally abandoned by Francesco II Sforza (d. 1535), the last duke. As new rulers, the Visconti and the Sforza had had to impose their regime by... 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...
A Brief History of Venice
Constable & Robinson 2013; US$ 13.11In this colourful new history of Venice, Elizabeth Horodowich, one of the leading experts on Venice, tells the story of the place from its ancient origins, and its early days as a multicultural trading city where Christians, Jews and Muslims lived together at the crossroads between East and West. She explores the often overlooked role of Venice, alongside... more...
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Milan & The Lakes
DK Publishing 2013; US$ 25.00Now available in PDF format. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Milan & the Lakes will lead you straight to the best attractions this region in Italy has to offer. The guide includes unique illustrated cutaways, floor plans, and reconstructions of the city's stunning architecture, along with 3-D aerial views of the key districts to explore on foot.... more...
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Venice & the Veneto
Dorling Kindersley 2012; US$ 20.00DK Eyewitness Travel Guide to Venice & the Veneto will lead you straight to the best attractions this city and region has on offer. Packed with photographs, illustrations and maps of Venice and the Veneto, the guide includes in-depth coverage of Venice's must see sight from the historic Piazza San Marco and beautiful Grand Canal, to the city's... more...
Das Forum Romanum
Philipp von Zabern Verlag 2010; US$ 21.56Hauptbeschreibung Ein Platz als Mittelpunkt der Welt: das Forum Romanum. Über 1500 Jahre römischer Geschichte haben hier ihre Spuren hinterlassen, und noch heute beeindrucken die Überreste der Tempel, Basiliken und Ehrenmonumente jeden Rombesucher. Doch wer traf sich auf dem Forum? Was tat man dort? Wer gab die Bauten in Auftrag, und wozu wurden... more...
The Death of the Child Valerio Marcello
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 30.00Margaret King shows what the death of a little boy named Valerio Marcello over five hundred years ago can tell us about his time. This child, scion of a family of power and privilege at Venice's time of greatness, left his father in a state of despair so profound and so public that it occasioned an outpouring of consoling letters, orations, treatises,... more...
Frommer's Venice Day by Day
Wiley 2011; US$ 13.99Map your own adventure. Venice Day by Day is the perfect answer for travelers who want to know the best places to visit and the best way to see the city. Packed with color photos, this bestselling guide offers dozens of itineraries that show you how to see the best of Venice in a short time--with bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight.... more...
Genoa Travel Adventures
Hunter Publishing 2009; US$ 6.99A detailed guide to every aspect of Genoa: history, culture, foods, restaurants, hotels, sightseeing, things to do - written by an author who knows the place intimately. Two marble-carved lions crouch flanking the stairs leading to the entrance of Genoa's monumental cathedral of San Lorenzo. Their proud features are marred by graffiti - cartoonish... more...









