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Daughter of Montague volume 1
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The eldest daughter of Romeo and Juliet rejects the betrothal planned by her parents and tries to find the groom-to-be a more suitable bride.
Once upon a time a young couple met and fell in love. You probably know that story, and how it ended ( badly). Only here's the That's not how it ended at all. Romeo and Juliet are alive and well and the parents of seven kids. I'm the oldest, with the emphasis on 'old'--a certified spinster at twenty, and happy...
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Welchen Ort besuchte Karl May drei Mal, zunächst mit seiner Frau, dann mit Frau und Freundin und schließlich mit der neuen Frau? Welchen Alpengipfel darf man heute aus religiösen Gründen nicht mehr besteigen? Und welcher Wein war für die Schöpfung von Dr. Mabuse verantwortlich? Antworten bietet Martin Hanni mit seinen Lieblingsplätzen in Südtirol - und erzählt dabei die Geschichten hinter den Bergen und Hotels, hinter Persönlichkeiten und...
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Author and columnist Tom Blake has written more than 3,200 newspaper and online columns titled "On Life and Love After 50." While his specialty is writing about finding love after 50 and 60,many of Tom's columns have included articles on travel to many parts of the world. Tom's "Travel After 55" website documents 20 trips he and his partner have taken over 17 years. He has appeared on Good Morning America,Today and Fox and Friends.Tom is the author...
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Las tierras de la bota de Italia sirvieron de puente entre Oriente y Occidente, y acogieron tanto a griegos como romanos, bizantinos, normandos, angevinos, borbones... que dejaron tesoros arquitectónicos con formas de castillos, iglesias, catedrales, capillas en la roca..... Estas tres regiones del sur de Italia forman un trío encantador entre el mar o la montaña, la gastronomía y el sentido de la hospitalidad. Aquí, la naturaleza y el litoral...
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Ligurien – Italiens drittkleinste Region klemmt zwischen der französischen Cte d'Azur und der Toskana, wird umarmt von Mittelmeer und Bergen. Genau das macht sie so einzigartig. Schon die stolze Provinzhauptstadt Genua lädt mit ihrem Altstadtlabyrinth voller Geschichten und Legenden zum Verweilen ein, ebenso wie mit ihren Museen, ihrem Leuchtturm-Wahrzeichen und zahlreichen Festungen im Rücken. Östlich von Genua erheben sich postkartentaugliche...
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Der Gardasee ist ein authentisches, gewachsenes Feriengebiet, ohne Bausünden, Kettenhotels, Allüren oder Abzocke. Er ist voller Überraschungen, Neuigkeiten, Geschichten, Erlebnisse! Und dieser See macht süchtig. Gardasee-süchtig. La dolce Vita, ein Lebensgenuss mit Zuckerguss und Schlagsahne. Ein Stück Italien wie einst, als das Land für die Deutschen noch ein Traum und nicht ein Reiseziel wie viele war. Und alles ist so nah an Deutschland!
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Do You Want to Discover Florence's Best Sites, Most Delicious Food, Awe-Inspiring Views and Loads of Fun at Your Own Pace? Look No Further! Eccolo! Here it is. Florence is the second most visited city in Italy. There are over 75 tourist sites, museums, several gardens, fantastic restaurants and panoramic views. With so many choices, what's the best? What must you see? Antonia's Italy will show you. What's included in this 5th edition pocket-sized...
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One of Venice's famous courtesans, Valentina, beautiful, cultured, deadly, seduces and kills men the Council of Ten orders her to, but when she's ordered to kill a fellow assassin--and the man she loves, she must uncover the Council of Ten's dark agenda, with the help of her fellow courtesans, to save him.
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Travel to the "other Italy" –the one without crowds, tourist-trap restaurants, or smog-chugging tour buses. The southern region of Basilicata is one of Italy's least-known, but is a place of natural splendor, unchanged hill towns, adrenaline-pumping adventure, and alluring art.With outdoor adventure, long-held traditions, gorgeous scenery, fascinating festivals, and authentic home cooking, Basilicata has it all. It's a place where the path is less...
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How to Do It shows us sixteenth-century Italy from an entirely new perspective: through manuals which were staples in the households of middlebrow Italians merely trying to lead better lives. Addressing challenges such as how to conceive a boy, the manuals offered suggestions such as tying a tourniquet around your husband's left testicle. Or should you want to goad female desires, throw 90 grubs in a liter of olive oil, let steep in the sun for a...
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Between the catastrophic flood of the Tiber River in 1557 and the death of the "engineering pope" Sixtus V in 1590, the city of Rome was transformed by intense activity involving building construction and engineering projects of all kinds. Using hundreds of archival documents and primary sources, Engineering the Eternal City explores the processes and people involved in these infrastructure projects-sewers, bridge repair, flood prevention, aqueduct...
12) Historia de Italia: Una guía fascinante de la historia de Italia, desde los primeros asentamientos
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Si desea descubrir la fascinante historia de Italia siga leyendo...No es fácil trazar la frontera entre la historia de Italia y la de Roma. En muchos lugares, las dos entidades políticas y geográficas chocan. No serían posibles la una sin la otra, pero cada una tiene su propia historia. La historia de Roma es solo un pequeño fragmento de la historia de Italia. Aunque es solo una ciudad, Roma fue la cuna de la república, de un gran imperio y...
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A forgotten episode of mathematical resistance reveals the rise of modern mathematics and its cornerstone, mathematical purity, as political phenomena.
The nineteenth century opened with a major shift in European mathematics, and in the Kingdom of Naples, this occurred earlier than elsewhere. Between 1790 and 1830 its leading scientific institutions rejected as untrustworthy the "very modern mathematics" of French analysis and in its place...
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Delve into the captivating and controversial world of Renaissance Italy with Margaret Yeo's "The Greatest of the Borgias." This meticulously researched and vividly narrated biography explores the life and legacy of Cesare Borgia, a figure whose ambition, charisma, and ruthlessness have left an indelible mark on history.
Margaret Yeo masterfully brings to life the complex character of Cesare Borgia, the illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI, who rose...
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A comprehensive account of music in Florence from the late Middle Ages until the end of the Medici dynasty in the mid-eighteenth century.
Florence is justly celebrated as one of the world's most important cities. It enjoys mythic status and occupies an enviable place in the historical imagination. But its musico-historical importance is not as well understood as it should be. If Florence was the city of Dante, Michelangelo, and Galileo, it...
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Galileo's Idol offers a vivid depiction of Galileo's friend, student, and patron, Gianfrancesco Sagredo (1571–1620). Sagredo's life, which has never before been studied in depth, brings to light the inextricable relationship between the production, distribution, and reception of political information and scientific knowledge.
Nick Wilding uses as wide a variety of sources as possible-paintings, ornamental woodcuts, epistolary...
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While the masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance are usually associated with Italy's historical seats of power, some of the era's most characteristic works are to be found in places other than Florence, Rome, and Venice. They are the product of the diversity of regions and cultures that makes up the country. In Endless Periphery, Stephen J. Campbell examines a range of iconic works in order to unlock a rich series of local references in Renaissance...
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The history of Venice is a fascinating and compelling story that will interest travelers and non-travelers alike. From its beginnings as a fishing village in ancient times, the Republic of Venice rose to become the wealthiest nation in Europe by the time of the Italian Renaissance. The wealth is manifest in the magnificent art and architecture that one sees in the city today.Venice in History is a fresh, engaging introduction to Venice's glorious...
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An interdisciplinary history of standardized measurements.
Measurement is all around us-from the circumference of a pizza to the square footage of an apartment, from the length of a newborn baby to the number of miles between neighboring towns. Whether inches or miles, centimeters or kilometers, measures of distance stand at the very foundation of everything we do, so much so that we take them for granted. Yet, this has not always been the case.
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A contemporary of Shakespeare and Monteverdi, and a colleague of Galileo and Artemisia Gentileschi at the Medici court, Francesca Caccini was a dominant musical figure there for thirty years. Dazzling listeners with the transformative power of her performances and the sparkling wit of the music she composed for more than a dozen court theatricals, Caccini is best remembered today as the first woman to have composed opera. Francesca Caccini at the...
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