5 Best italy books like Venetië: de stad, de leeuw en het water by Cees Nooteboom

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Venetië: de stad, de leeuw en het water

By: Cees Nooteboom

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Je leert een stad pas echt kennen als je in de straten en stegen ervan verdwaalt. Venetië, met al h…

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1. Venezia è un pesce. Una guida

By: Tiziano Scarpa

3.83

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Non è vero che tutto è già stato scritto. Prendete Venezia: che cos'altro dire di originale su una … read more

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  • italy
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • travel
"Life is a cat asleep on the window sill suddenly waking as it falls from the third floor."

-Tiziano Scarpa, Venezia è un pesce. Una guida

Cover of Solo bagaglio a mano by Gabriele Romagnoli

2. Solo bagaglio a mano

By: Gabriele Romagnoli

3.60

Format: 62 pages, Kindle Edition

Non ingombrare, non essere è l’unica prospettiva che si possa contare fra quelle positive, efficac… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
"Che l’esistenza sia unica non è un limite, ma la sua bellezza."

-Gabriele Romagnoli, Solo bagaglio a mano

"E se non puoi la vita che desideri cerca almeno questo per quanto sta in te: non sciuparla nel troppo commercio con la gente con troppe parole in un viavai frenetico. Non sciuparla portandola in giro…"

-Gabriele Romagnoli, Solo bagaglio a mano

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3. A Haunted House and Other Short Stories

By: Virginia Woolf , Leonard Woolf

3.64

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The stories found in A Haunted Housereflect Virginia Woolf's experimental writing style and act as … read more

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4. De Kozakkentuin

By: Jan Brokken

3.89

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

In De Kozakkentuinbeschrijft Jan Brokken de bijzondere vriendschap tussen Alexander von Wrangel en … read more

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  • dutch literature
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5. The Unknown Masterpiece

By: Arthur C. Danto , Honoré de Balzac , Richard Howard

3.64

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

One of Honore de Balzac's most celebrated tales, "The Unknown Masterpiece" is the story of a painte… read more

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  • art
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6. Venice

By: Jan Morris

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The classic evocation of Venice, acclaimed as one of the finest books ever written about the city. … read more

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  • italy
  • art
  • history
  • travel
  • nonfiction

7. Lessico famigliare

By: Natalia Ginzburg , Cesare Garboli

5.00

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Lessico famigliaree la storia di una famiglia ebrea, quella della stessa scrittrice, che si svolge … read more

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8. Het bittere kruid

By: Marga Minco

4.57

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

Het bittere kruid, bekroond met de Vijverberg prijs, is door de kritiek in binnen- en buitenland un… read more

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9. Watermark

By: Joseph Brodsky , None

4.08

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

In this brief, intense, gem-like book, equal parts extended autobiographical essay and prose poem, … read more

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  • italy
  • nonfiction
  • travel
"Aesthetic sense is the twin of one's instinct for self-preservation and is more reliable than ethics."

-Joseph Brodsky, Watermark

"To have another life, one ought to be able to wrap up the first one, and the job should be done neatly."

-Joseph Brodsky, Watermark

"In the end, there's always this city. As long as it exists, I don't believe that I, or for that matter, anyone, can be mesmerized or blinded by romantic tragedy."

-Joseph Brodsky, Watermark

"I always adhered to the idea that God is time, or at least that His spirit is... In any case, I always thought that if the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the water, the water was bound to refle…"

-Joseph Brodsky, Watermark

10. If Venice Dies

By: André Naffis-Sahely , Salvatore Settis

4.57

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

"Anyone interested in learning what is really going on in Venice should read this book."--Donna Leo… read more

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11. The Waters of Eternal Youth (Commissario Brunetti, #25)

By: Donna Leon

3.91

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti series, the Venetian inspector has been called on to inv… read more

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12. A History of Venice

By: John Julius Norwich

4.01

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Traces the rise ot empire of this city from its 5th century beginnings all the way through until 17… read more

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13. The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

By: Olivia Laing

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore a walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual pla… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"One of the operations by which capitalism perpetuates itself is displacement, the determined and absolute separation of the product from the site of production, so that when we buy petrol or peat fro…"

-Olivia Laing, The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

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14. I giorni di Vetro

By: Nicoletta Verna

4.57

Format: 448 pages, ebook

È ingenua, ma il suo sguardo sbilenco vede ciò che gli altri ignorano. È vulnerabile, ma resiste al… read more

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15. Venetië: de stad, de leeuw en het water

By: Cees Nooteboom

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Je leert een stad pas echt kennen als je in de straten en stegen ervan verdwaalt. Venetië, met al h… read more

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  • italy
  • art
  • history
  • travel
  • dutch literature
  • nonfiction
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16. Das Café ohne Namen

By: Robert Seethaler

3.68

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

Ein Café und seine Menschen. Ein Mann, der seiner Sehnsucht folgt. Robert Seethalers neuer Roman. … read more

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17. Ik kom hier nog op terug

By: Rob van Essen

3.78

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

Wanneer hij de mogelijkheid krijgt een fout uit het verleden te herstellen grijpt Rob Hollander dit… read more

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  • dutch literature
"Was het grote falen van mijn leven eigenlijk niet dat ik zo weinig had gefaald, omdat ik zo weinig had gedaan, omdat ik me zo weinig had verbonden, aan mensen, aan dingen? Ik had mezelf geen kans geg…"

-Rob van Essen, Ik kom hier nog op terug

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18. El affaire Arnolfini. Investigación sobre un cuadro de Van Eyck

By: Jean-Philippe Postel

3.89

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

El retrato del «matrimonio Arnolfini», que Jan van Eyck pintó en 1434, es uno de los cuadros más fa… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone by Edward Dolnick

19. The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone

By: Edward Dolnick

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Un apasionante thriller cultural. Un fascinante retrato de imperios antiguos y modernos, una mirada… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"The cliché has it that an unknown subject is a closed book, but Egypt was different. Egypt was an open book, with illustrations on every page, that no one knew how to read."

-Edward Dolnick, The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone

Cover of Sur la Dalle (Commissaire Adamsberg, #12) by Fred Vargas

20. Sur la Dalle (Commissaire Adamsberg, #12)

By: Fred Vargas

3.54

Format: 504 pages, Kindle Edition

"— Le dolmen dont tu m’as parlé, Johan, il est bien sur la route du petit pont ? — À deux kilomètre… read more

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21. Hogere machten

By: Joost de Vries

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

De jaren dertig van de vorige eeuw. James Welmoed ontmoet Elizabeth van Elzenburg. Hij is een socia… read more

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22. Gezinsverpakking

By: Bart Chabot

3.26

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

De Chabotten ― vier broers, twee ouders en een hond. Alle zeven verhalen ze in Gezinsverpakking ove… read more

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  • dutch literature
  • nonfiction
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23. De Effingers

By: Gabriele Tergit

3.96

Format: 733 pages, Hardcover

De Effingers volgt de levens van drie joodse families over vier generaties: de Berlijnse Oppners en… read more

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24. Le Manuscrit inachevé

By: Franck Thilliez

4.17

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Aux alentours de Grenoble, un jeune a fini sa trajectoire dans un ravin après une course-poursuite … read more

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25. My Mother Laughs

By: Chantal Akerman

4.25

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

In 2013, the filmmaker Chantal Akerman's mother was dying. She flew back from New York to care for … read more

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  • nonfiction
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26. Perspective(s)

By: Laurent Binet

3.72

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Florence, 1557. Le peintre Pontormo est retrouvé assassiné au pied des fresques auxquelles il trava… read more

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  • italy
  • art
Cover of Is het voor een cijfer? by Johannes Visser

27. Is het voor een cijfer?

By: Johannes Visser

3.72

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Jongeren ervaren steeds meer stress door school. Niet zo gek, want scholen zijn cijferfabrieken gew… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Nala's World: One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride around the Globe by Dean Nicholson

28. Nala's World: One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride around the Globe

By: Dean Nicholson

4.38

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

Discover the nationally bestselling, true story of a life-changing friendship between a man and his… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
Cover of Elogio de las manos by Jesús Carrasco

29. Elogio de las manos

By: Jesús Carrasco

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Una novela tan extraordinaria como la peripecia de sus protagonistas En el año 2011, el narrador d… read more

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30. Four Seasons in Japan

By: Nick Bradley

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Flo is sick of Tokyo. Suffering from a crisis in confidence, she is stuck in a rut, her translation… read more

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"Without losing to the rain,’ Ayako quoted the Miyazawa Kenji poem. ‘Without losing to the wind."

-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan

"You don’t have to, though,’ his friend said, with a tilt of his head. ‘You can do whatever you like, man. It’s your life. Don’t live it for other people."

-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan

"But the important thing is that you turn up, you get out your pen, and you draw one small thing, one line at a time. That’s how you achieve something big."

-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan

"I remember looking out into that dark night sky, and I remember feeling something I hadn’t in a long time – I want to live. Having found myself that close to death, I suddenly knew that I wasn’t read…"

-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan

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31. De Reynaert: Leven met een middeleeuws meesterwerk

By: Frits van Oostrom

4.29

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Van den vos Reynaerde geldt als hét meesterwerk van onze middeleeuwse letterkunde, en misschien wel… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

7 Top history books like Venetië: de stad, de leeuw en het water by Cees Nooteboom

Transform Your Habits

Venezia è un pesce. Una guida

Tiziano Scarpa

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Venice

Jan Morris

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

Olivia Laing

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Venetië: de stad, de leeuw en het water

Cees Nooteboom

3.90

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6 Top nonfiction books like De Reynaert: Leven met een middeleeuws meesterwerk by Frits van Oostrom

Transform Your Habits

Gezinsverpakking

Bart Chabot

3.26

Transform Your Habits

Misschien moet je iets lager mikken: een verhaal over armoede en kansenongelijkheid

Milio van de Kamp

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Armoede uitgelegd aan mensen met geld

Tim 'S Jongers

4.16

Transform Your Habits

De Zanzibardriehoek

Martin Bossenbroek

4.04

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