Siena: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval City
By: Jane Stevenson
3.65
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An authoritative, richly illustrated history, and affectionate celebration, of Siena, one of the be…
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1. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
By: Peter Murray , Jacob Burckhardt , Peter Burke , Samuel George Chetwynd Middlemore , S.G.C. Middlemore
3.93
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less t… read more
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2. Ashenden
By: W. Somerset Maugham , None
3.87
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
A celebrated writer by the time the war broke out in 1914, Maugham had the perfect cover for living… read more
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"-Hay cierta elegancia en malgastar el tiempo -repuso Ashenden-. Cualquier cretino es capaz de despilfarrar dinero, pero cuando uno gasta su propio tiempo tiene el placer de tirar una cosa que no tien…"-W. Somerset Maugham, Ashenden
"Los hechos son narradores pobres. Empienzan la historia por azar, generalmente mucho antes del principio, divagan inconsecuentes y decaen, dejando posibles finales colgados y sin conclusión. Trabajan…"-W. Somerset Maugham, Ashenden
"R. terminó su relato y miró a Ashenden, dejando escapar un relámpago por la ranura de sus ojos medio cerrados. -Es novelesco, ¿no le parece? -preguntó. -¿Y me dice usted que eso ha ocurrido hace poco…"-W. Somerset Maugham, Ashenden
"I gather from what you have not said that he is an unmitigated scoundrel." R. smiled with his pale blue eyes. "I don't know that I'd go quite so far as that. He hasn't had the value of a public-schoo…"-W. Somerset Maugham, Ashenden
3. In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower (In Search of Lost Time, #2)
By: Marcel Proust , Christopher Prendergast , James Grieve
4.35
Format: 26 pages, Paperback
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Floweris Proust's spectacular dissection of male and female adolesc… read more
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4. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
By: Mary Beard
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more
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5. Offshore
By: Penelope Fitzgerald
3.91
Format: 736 pages,
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found On the Battersea Reach of the Thames, a m… read more
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6. Color: A Natural History of the Palette
By: Victoria Finlay
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Discover the tantalizing true stories behind your favorite colors. For example: Cleopatra used saff… read more
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7. Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
By: Ben Macintyre
4.22
Format: None pages,
The incredible untold story of WWII s greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern m… read more
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8. Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire
By: Peter H. Wilson
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Holy Roman Empire lasted a thousand years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable do… read more
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9. The Making of a Marchioness
By: Frances Hodgson Burnett , C.D. Williams
4.62
Format: None pages,
First published in 1901, The Making of a Marchionessfollows thirty-something Emily who lives alone,… read more
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10. The Pursuit of Italy
By: David Gilmour
4.23
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Visiting a villa built by Lorenzo de Medici outside Pisa, David Gilmour fell into conversation abou… read more
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11. Beyond Black
By: Hilary Mantel
4.80
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
A New York TimesNotable Book of the Year Colette and Alison are unlikely cohorts: one a shy, drab b… read more
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12. Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
By: Katherine Rundell
4.18
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From standout scholar Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite presents a sparkling and very modern biogra… read more
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"To adore and to devour and to be devoured is its own kind of focus: a gasp of a different kind of oxygen."-Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
13. The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)
By: Garth Nix
3.86
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A girl’s quest to find her father leads her to an extended family of magical fighting booksellers w… read more
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"Shakespeare knew too much."-Garth Nix, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)
"Come sleep, oh sleep, the certain knot of peace."-Garth Nix, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)
"I read. And you know 'no offense' means 'I am about to be or have just been fucking offensive."-Garth Nix, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)
"Books help us anchor our souls, or re-anchor them; particularly for us, the left-handed, given the things we have to do."-Garth Nix, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)
14. When McKinsey Comes to Town
By: Walt Bogdanich
3.80
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
**A NEW YORK TIMES AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**An explosive exposé of the world's most pre… read more
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- history
"One former McKinsey consultant wrote anonymously, ¨To those convinced that a secretive cabal controls the world, the usual suspect are Illuminati, Lizard People, or ´globalists.' They are wrong, natu…"-Walt Bogdanich, When McKinsey Comes to Town
15. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
By: Patrick Bringley
4.07
Format: 240 pages, ebook
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former … read more
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- history
"Much of the greatest art, I find, seeks to remind us of the obvious."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"Nobody has ever been so much themselves over a span of three thousand years as the ancient Egyptians,"-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
"It feels like the more I explore, the more I will see, the more I’ll understand how very little I’ve seen."-Patrick Bringley, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
16. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By: Mary Beard
4.11
Format: 493 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more
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- italy
- nonfiction
- history
17. The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #2)
By: Garth Nix
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Return to the enchanting world of The Left-Handed Booksellers of London in this sequel by Garth Nix… read more
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18. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
19. The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance
By: Ross King
3.98
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings--the dazzli… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
20. Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church
By: Peter Ross
4.37
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
*Featuring a brand new chapter!* Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in … read more
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- medieval
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21. Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power
By: Leah Redmond Chang
4.18
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de’ Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and M… read more
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- history
22. The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
By: Peter Frankopan
3.94
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development… read more
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23. Lost Realms: Histories of Britain from the Romans to the Vikings
By: Thomas Williams
3.75
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Viking Britain, a new epic history of our forgotten past. As Tolk… read more
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24. Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages
By: Jack Hartnell
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell … read more
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25. La Serenissima: The Story of Venice
By: Jonathan Keates
4.11
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A stunningly illustrated history of Venice, from its beginnings as 'La Serenissima' – 'the Most Ser… read more
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26. Lady Caroline Lamb: A Free Spirit
By: Antonia Fraser
3.73
Format: 224 pages, ebook
The vivid and dramatic life of Lady Caroline Lamb, whose scandalous love affair with Lord Byron ove… read more
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27. Albert and the Whale
By: Philip Hoare
3.57
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An illuminating exploration of the intersection between life, art and the sea from the award-winnin… read more
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28. A Month in Siena
By: Hisham Matar
4.04
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
When Hisham Matar was nineteen years old he came across the Sienese School of painting for the firs… read more
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29. Monet: The Restless Vision
By: Jackie Wullschläger
4.56
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
This full, personal biography brings to life the unknown man behind the famous artist. Jackie Wulls… read more
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30. Siena: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval City
By: Jane Stevenson
3.65
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An authoritative, richly illustrated history, and affectionate celebration, of Siena, one of the be… read more
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