 | Italian Hours - James, Henry 10 Digit ISBN: 1421847809 13 Digit ISBN: 9781421847801 | | It is a great pleasure to write the word; but I am not sure there is not a certain impudence in pretending to add anything to it. Venice has been painted and described many thousands of times, and of all the cities of the world is the easiest to visit without going there. Open the first book and you will find a rhapsody about it; step into the first picture-dealer's and you will find three or four high-coloured "views" of it. There is notoriously nothing more to be said on the subject. Every one has been there, and every one has brought back a collection of photographs. There is as little mystery about the Grand Canal as about our local thorough-fare, and the name of St. Mark is as familiar as the postman's ring. It is not forbidden, however, to speak of familiar things, and I hold that for the true Venice-lover Venice is always in order. There is nothing new to be said about her certainly, but the old is better than any novelty. It would be a sad day indeed when there should be something new to say. I write these lines with the full consciousness of having no infor-mation whatever to offer. I do not pretend to enlighten the reader; I pretend only to give a fillip to his memory; and I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme. |
 | Italian Hours - Henry, James 10 Digit ISBN: 1592243045 13 Digit ISBN: 9781592243044 | | Henry James collected these essays of Italian travel in the first years of the twentieth century. Here James -- ever a keen eye and a gorgeous pen -- casts the light of other years upon a familiar yet exotic place; and while many details have faded or, in some cases, changed beyond recognition, James tells us things about the place that any traveler will want to know. |
 | Italian Hours - Henry, James 10 Digit ISBN: 1592247431 13 Digit ISBN: 9781592247431 | | Henry James collected these essays of Italian travel in the first years of the twentieth century. Here James -- ever a keen eye and a gorgeous pen -- casts the light of other years upon a familiar yet exotic place; and while many details have faded or, in some cases, changed beyond recognition, James tells us things about the place that any traveler will want to know. |
 | Italian Hours - Henry, James 10 Digit ISBN: 1419126946 13 Digit ISBN: 9781419126949 | | There are times and places that come back yet again, but that, when the brooding tourist puts out his hand to them, meet it a little slowly, or even seem to recede a step, as if in slight fear of some liberty he may take. Surely they should know by this time that he is capable of taking none. He has his own way--he makes it all right. It now becomes just a part of the charming solicitation that it presents precisely a problem--that of giving the particular thing as much as possible without at the same time giving it, as we say, away. |
 | Italian Journeys (Dodo Press) - William Dean, Howells 10 Digit ISBN: 1406522872 13 Digit ISBN: 9781406522877 | | William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. He wrote his first novel, Their Wedding Journey, in 1871, but his literary reputation really took off with the realist novel A Modern Instance, published in 1882, which describes the decay of a marriage. His 1885 novel The Rise of Silas Lapham is perhaps his best known, describing the rise and fall of an American entrepreneur in the paint business. His social views were also strongly reflected in the novels Annie Kilburn (1888) and A Hazard of New Fortunes (1890). While known primarily as a novelist, his short story "Editha" (1905) - included in the collection Between the Dark and the Daylight (1907) - appears in many anthologies of American literature. Howells also wrote plays, criticism, and essays about contemporary literary figures such as Ibsen, Zola, Verga, and, especially, Tolstoy, which helped establish their reputations in the United States. He also wrote critically in support of many American writers. It is perhaps in this role that he had his greatest influence. |
 | Italian Lakes Insight Guide - Insight Guides , 10 Digit ISBN: 9812588507 13 Digit ISBN: 9789812588500 | | Insight Guides, the world's largest visual travel guide series, capture the unique character of each region and culture with a perspective only an insider can provide. Features Brand new guide specifically for the Italian Lakes region, covering Lake Garda, Lake Como, Lake Iseo, Lake Maggiore, Lake Varese, Lake orta, and Lake Lugano, which is partially in Switzerland, and the nearby cities of Verona and Milan Written by a team of experts on the Italian Lakes Tours of the lakes and wine region Features on children's activities, skiing, boat tours, wine tours, spas and shopping Full listings of restaurants and hotels in all price ranges Specially commissioned, high quality photography throughout Comprehensive history and cultural information Practical fully illustrated travel tips and background information. |
 | Italian Lakes Step by Step - Insight Guides , 10 Digit ISBN: 981258966X 13 Digit ISBN: 9789812589668 | | Take a fresh approach to exploring destinations with Step by Step guides, part of a stylishly designed series from Insight Guides. Lavishly illustrated in full color, this book features irresistible selfguided walks and tours, written by a local expert and packed with great insider tips. Whether you are new to the area or a repeat visitor, whatever your interests, and however long your stay, this book is the perfect companion, showing you the smartest way to link the sights and taking you beyond the beaten tourist track. Susie Boulton is a travel writer and art historian. She has written numerous guides for Insight, Berlitz, AA, Thomas Cook and DK. Features Covers lakes Maggiore, orta, Varese, Lugano, Como, Iseo and Garda, as well as city tours of Bergamo and Milan each walk and tour comes with clear, easy-to-follow full-color maps and hand-picked places to eat and drink en route. |
 | Italian Letters Vols. I and II - William, Godwin 10 Digit ISBN: 143464099X 13 Digit ISBN: 9781434640994 | | But no, my Matilda, I am a stranger to these fears, my breast is unvisited by the demon of suspicion. I employ no precaution. I do not seek to constrain my passion. I lay my heart naked before you. I shall ever maintain the most grateful sense of the benevolent friendship of your venerable father, of your own unexampled and ravishing condescension. But love, my amiable Matilda, knows no distinction of rank. We cannot love without building our ardour upon the sense of a kind of equality. All obligations must here in a manner cease but those which are mutual. Those hearts that are sensible to the distance of benefactor and client, are strangers to the sweetest emotions of this amiable passion. |
 | Italian Letters Vols. I and II - William, Godwin 10 Digit ISBN: 1434640523 13 Digit ISBN: 9781434640529 | | But no, my Matilda, I am a stranger to these fears, my breast is unvisited by the demon of suspicion. I employ no precaution. I do not seek to constrain my passion. I lay my heart naked before you. I shall ever maintain the most grateful sense of the benevolent friendship of your venerable father, of your own unexampled and ravishing condescension. But love, my amiable Matilda, knows no distinction of rank. We cannot love without building our ardour upon the sense of a kind of equality. All obligations must here in a manner cease but those which are mutual. Those hearts that are sensible to the distance of benefactor and client, are strangers to the sweetest emotions of this amiable passion. |
 | Italian Letters Vols. I and II - William , Godwin 10 Digit ISBN: 0554371278 13 Digit ISBN: 9780554371276 | | But no, my Matilda, I am a stranger to these fears, my breast is unvisited by the demon of suspicion. I employ no precaution. I do not seek to constrain my passion. I lay my heart naked before you. I shall ever maintain the most grateful sense of the benevolent friendship of your venerable father, of your own unexampled and ravishing condescension. But love, my amiable Matilda, knows no distinction of rank. We cannot love without building our ardour upon the sense of a kind of equality. All obligations must here in a manner cease but those which are mutual. Those hearts that are sensible to the distance of benefactor and client, are strangers to the sweetest emotions of this amiable passion. |
 | Italian Letters Vols. I and II - William , Godwin 10 Digit ISBN: 0554278243 13 Digit ISBN: 9780554278247 | | But no, my Matilda, I am a stranger to these fears, my breast is unvisited by the demon of suspicion. I employ no precaution. I do not seek to constrain my passion. I lay my heart naked before you. I shall ever maintain the most grateful sense of the benevolent friendship of your venerable father, of your own unexampled and ravishing condescension. But love, my amiable Matilda, knows no distinction of rank. We cannot love without building our ardour upon the sense of a kind of equality. All obligations must here in a manner cease but those which are mutual. Those hearts that are sensible to the distance of benefactor and client, are strangers to the sweetest emotions of this amiable passion. |
 | Italian Letters, Vols. I and II - William, Godwin 10 Digit ISBN: 1406811335 13 Digit ISBN: 9781406811339 | | But no, my Matilda, I am a stranger to these fears, my breast is unvisited by the demon of suspicion. I employ no precaution. I do not seek to constrain my passion. I lay my heart naked before you. I shall ever maintain the most grateful sense of the benevolent friendship of your venerable father, of your own unexampled and ravishing condescension. But love, my amiable Matilda, knows no distinction of rank. We cannot love without building our ardour upon the sense of a kind of equality. All obligations must here in a manner cease but those which are mutual. Those hearts that are sensible to the distance of benefactor and client, are strangers to the sweetest emotions of this amiable passion. |
 | Italian Letters, Volumes I & II - William, Godwin 10 Digit ISBN: 1419126954 13 Digit ISBN: 9781419126956 | | But no, my Matilda, I am a stranger to these fears, my breast is unvisited by the demon of suspicion. I employ no precaution. I do not seek to constrain my passion. I lay my heart naked before you. I shall ever maintain the most grateful sense of the benevolent friendship of your venerable father, of your own unexampled and ravishing condescension. But love, my amiable Matilda, knows no distinction of rank. We cannot love without building our ardour upon the sense of a kind of equality. All obligations must here in a manner cease but those which are mutual. Those hearts that are sensible to the distance of benefactor and client, are strangers to the sweetest emotions of this amiable passion. |
 | Italian Letters; Or, the History of the Count de St. Julian (Dodo Press) - William, Godwin 10 Digit ISBN: 1406587966 13 Digit ISBN: 9781406587968 | | William Godwin, also known as Edward Baldwin and Theophilus Marcliffe, (1756-1836) was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism, and one of the first modern proponents of philosophical anarchism. He is most famous for two books that he published within the space of a year: An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793), an attack on political institutions, and Caleb Williams; or, Things as They Are (1794), which attacks aristocratic privilege, but also is virtually the first mystery novel. He wrote prolifically in the genres of novels, history and demography throughout his life time. With his wife, Mary Jane Clairmont, he wrote children's primers on Biblical and classical history, which he published along with such works as Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare. He also has had considerable influence on British literature and literary culture. His other works include Memoirs of the Author of 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman' (1798), Life of Chaucer (1803), Cloudesley (1830), and Deloraine (1833). |
 | Italian Literature I: Tristano Panciatichiano - Gloria, Allaire 10 Digit ISBN: 0859916456 13 Digit ISBN: 9780859916455 | | This is the first critical edition with English translation of the prose compilation Tristano panciatichiano, preserved in a unique manuscript in the Biblioteca Nazionale of Florence (MS Panc. 33); it is the first time the Italian text has been published in its entirety in any form. Assembled by the mid-fourteenth century, the manuscript is an original compilation in Italian based on several French models: the Queste del San Graal, Joseph d'Arimathie, the Mort Artu, and notably, the Roman de Tristan en prose. While the edition itself will be of great interest, the translation into English is a major opportunity for Arthurians and other medievalists, and furnishes important new evidence for the study of Arthurian material in Italy. Apparatus includes a finding list of Arthurian manuscripts produced, owned or read by Italians; a select bibliography; and an index of proper names found in the narrative. |
 | Italian Mathematics Between the Two World Wars - Angelo, Guerraggio 10 Digit ISBN: 3764365552 13 Digit ISBN: 9783764365554 | | This book describes Italian mathematics in the period between the two World Wars. We analyze its development by focusing on both the interior and the external influences. Italian mathematics in that period was shaped by a colorful array of strong personalities who concentrated their efforts on a select number of fields and won international recognition and respect in an incredibly short time. Consequently, Italy was considered a third "mathematical power" after France and Germany, and qualified Italian universities became indispensable stops on the "tour," organized for the improvement of young foreign mathematicians. At that time, Italy was also dominated by a fascist regime. This political situation and the social and academic structure of Italian society are included in the analysis as influences external to mathematics itself. The authors have provided a fascinating study of a most difficult time in the history of the world and of mathematics. |
 | Italian Mothers Never Die: They Just Get Louder from the Other Side - Marc, Barone 10 Digit ISBN: 1432705245 13 Digit ISBN: 9781432705244 | | Twenty years of one mothers Divine interventions. Every Mother speaks with a unique voice. Sometimes we choose not to listen, and sometimes we have no other choice Meet Joia Barone; from The Other Side. A fiery Italian mother in life who still manages to command attention in death, with miraculous results This is the true story of one mother's unique bond with her child that from the "great beyond" remains a voice to be heard If you're ready for the moon to hit your eyes like a "big 'a pizza pie" be forewarned, you've never been moonstruck like 'a this before |
 | Italian Mysteries - Francis, Lathom 10 Digit ISBN: 0976604868 13 Digit ISBN: 9780976604860 | | "He drew aside the covering which concealed the face of the subject...guess, if you can, the horror, the astonishment, when, in the countenance of the deceased, I beheld my own mother " The worthy doctor Urbino di Cavetti is kidnapped and led blindfolded to the bedside of a young woman. A mysterious nobleman offers him an immense fortune if he will consent to cure her...of her life Horrified, Urbino refuses to murder her, and must flee his native Venice with his family to avoid the powerful stranger's vengeance. They flee to the isolated Castello della Torvida, which local peasants affirm to be haunted. But the spectre the servants see and the supernatural warnings the family receives are the least of their worries when Urbino's niece, the lovely Paulina, is kidnapped by the lascivious Marchese di Valdetti. Confined a prisoner in Valdetti's castle, Paulina must choose: become the Marchese's wife, or fall victim to his insatiable lust Can her friends penetrate the mysteries of the haunted castle and save Paulina in time? With a colourful cast of characters and an intricate plot, "Italian Mysteries" was among Francis Lathom's most successful Gothic novels. This edition, the first since 1820, includes a new introduction and explanatory notes for modern readers. |
 | Italian on the Move (3cds + Guide) with Book(s) - Jane , Wightwick 10 Digit ISBN: 007145179X 13 Digit ISBN: 9780071451796 | | A FUN, PORTABLE WAY. TO LEARN LANGUAGE BASICS. Not just another audio language program, the On the Move series features an engaging, natural approach to language learning ideally suited for todays hurry-up world. Unlike other audio. programs that feature dreary drill formats and seemingly endless word lists, these innovative. programs convey all the vitality and color of the cultures in which the languages are spoken.. A lively narrator guides listeners through each course, at times meeting up with two other native. speakers who take part in an unfolding story line that encompasses an array of everyday subjects, from meeting people, eating, dining, and shopping to getting around town, telling stories, and family relationships.. Each package features: . Three 60-minute audio CDs. A 32-page listening guide. Sound effects, language games, and an engaging story line. Dozens of unscripted conversations that introduce key words and phrases as theyre really. spoken. |
 | Italian Opera in Late Eighteenth-Century London: The King's Theatre, Haymarket 1778-1791 - Curtis, Price 10 Digit ISBN: 0198161662 13 Digit ISBN: 9780198161660 | | This interdisciplinary study attempts to make sense of what has long been regarded as a chaotic period in the history of opera in London. In 1778, R.B. Sheridan acquired the King's Theatre and its resident opera company in what we would now call a leveraged buy-out, plunging the opera into escalating debts that were to haunt it into the 1840s. The 1780s and early 1790s were a stormy but exciting era: the company hired some of the foremost singers and dancers in Europe; ballet d'action came to London, with Noverre himself as ballet master; the company employed such composers as Sacchini, Anfossi, Cherubini and ultimately Haydn; it went bankrupt and carried on through years of wrangling in chancery; the King's Theatre burned down in 1789 and was rebuilt and re-opened in defiance of the Lord Chamberlain's refusal to license the new building. Drawing on libretti and scores, ballet scenarios, pamphlets, scattered manuscripts, legal records, architectural drawings, newspapers, and other sources, the authors reconstruct the history of the company and its shifting artistic policies, analyzing opera and ballet repertory, performers, production circumstances, finances, and managerial infighting. |
 | Italian Politics Today - Hilary , Partridge 10 Digit ISBN: 071904944X 13 Digit ISBN: 9780719049446 | | This book is a clear and accessible guide to the labyrinth of Italian politics and the social forces that shape them. Following the "sweet revolution" that swept away the political class that had dominated politics in Italy since the last war, Hilary Partridge provides a much needed analysis and update on the tumultuous events of the 1990s. Topics covered in the book include the legacy of the Risorgimento, the liberal era and fascism; Italian constitutional arrangements and the ongoing debate over their reform; the Christian Democratic "regime" and the long-standing exclusion from power of the major party of opposition; clientalism and corruption; right wing conspiracies, terrorism and the Mafia; economic, social and political rights; the collapse of the traditional parties and the reshaping of the party system. |
 | Italian Politics: The Center-Left in Power - Davis, Nelken 10 Digit ISBN: 0813334438 13 Digit ISBN: 9780813334431 | | The year 1996 in Italian politics was a year rich in novelty. After the "stalled transition" of 1995, the political atmosphere had begun to change. Most obvious was the end of Dini's unelected government of technocrats, supported by a heterogeneous group in Parliament, and its replacement with Romano Prodi's government, a coalition of the parties that had won the general election on April 21, 1996. But an even more important change and one more likely to be remembered was a new climate of dialogue amongst the main political forces that emerged from this period of transition between two republics. In 1996, despite the general elections, cooperation again became part of the political game.In this volume, a collection of experts examine the political developments in Italy in 1996. An introduction by the volume editors sets the tone for the year and is followed by comprehensive discussion of such issues as the general elections of April, the new placement of Left, Center-Left, and "Lega Nord," the Scalfaro presidency, the Andreotti trials, Italian involvement in the European Union, and the politics of intervention in Bosnia. The volume includes two invaluable reference sections: a full chronology of the political events of the year and an appendix containing a wealth of statistical data on Italian election results, political parties, and the economy. |
 | Italian Politics: The Year of the Tycoon - Piero, Ignazi 10 Digit ISBN: 0813329760 13 Digit ISBN: 9780813329765 | | Following the major upheavals of 1993, the Italian political system suffered intense aftershocks tied to the renewal of the political class in 1994. There were shattering changes in the party system--in particular the birth of Berlusconi's Forza Italia--and the first majoritarian parliament was established. In this latest edition of "Italian Politics" all the crucial issues that defined Italian political and social life during 1994 are discussed and interpreted by renowned scholars from Italy, the United States, and Britain, who provide an indispensable guide for understanding Italy's transformation. |
 | Italian Popular Tales - Thomas Frederick, Crane 10 Digit ISBN: 1437508936 13 Digit ISBN: 9781437508932 | | Originally published in 1885, Italian Popular Tales is a fascinating trove of fairy tales, legends, ghost stories, nursery tales, and jests, and other oral accounts that were collected, recorded, translated, and annotated by Thomas Crane, the first folklorist to bring the riches of Italianoral tradition to the English-speaking world. Collectors in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries unearthed a wealth of stories from around the world and published them in English translations for the delight of general readers, young and old. Sadly, most of these anthologies have long been out of print. Italian Popular Tales brings backto life this key anthology of traditional tales from the golden age of folklore discovery. Crane's monumental achievement illustrates the enormous scope of his research, incomparable to other collections in the English language. In this modern edition, Crane's love for his work shines through thescholarship just as it did more than a century ago. The volume presents a virtually unaltered edition of this classic work that is enhanced by an authoritative Introduction by Jack Zipes. This insightful essay discusses the significance of the collection and its original collector; the original collector's methodology and translation practices; andthe original period context. Certain to be of interest to folklorists, this classic collection is also meant to delight and amuse readers, whether a parent, storyteller, teacher, student, scholar, or just someone who enjoys original stories and authentic folk wisdom. |
 | Italian Popular Tales - Thomas Frederick, Crane 10 Digit ISBN: 1437508944 13 Digit ISBN: 9781437508949 | | Originally published in 1885, Italian Popular Tales is a fascinating trove of fairy tales, legends, ghost stories, nursery tales, and jests, and other oral accounts that were collected, recorded, translated, and annotated by Thomas Crane, the first folklorist to bring the riches of Italianoral tradition to the English-speaking world. Collectors in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries unearthed a wealth of stories from around the world and published them in English translations for the delight of general readers, young and old. Sadly, most of these anthologies have long been out of print. Italian Popular Tales brings backto life this key anthology of traditional tales from the golden age of folklore discovery. Crane's monumental achievement illustrates the enormous scope of his research, incomparable to other collections in the English language. In this modern edition, Crane's love for his work shines through thescholarship just as it did more than a century ago. The volume presents a virtually unaltered edition of this classic work that is enhanced by an authoritative Introduction by Jack Zipes. This insightful essay discusses the significance of the collection and its original collector; the original collector's methodology and translation practices; andthe original period context. Certain to be of interest to folklorists, this classic collection is also meant to delight and amuse readers, whether a parent, storyteller, teacher, student, scholar, or just someone who enjoys original stories and authentic folk wisdom. |
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