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1	The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 more books like this by Rick Atkinson (Read by) add to wishlist In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Survival in Auschwitz, The Nazi assault on humanity. more books like this by Primo Levi add to wishlist Originally entitled, IF THIS IS A MAN, Levi's narrative of his experiences at Auschwitz is unique among Holocaust memoirs for its simplicity, its lack of self-pity, and its objectivity; he often emphasizes not his own sufferings but the many instances of goodness he found among his fellow prisoners. In an appendix, Levi stated: "[I]n writing this ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.84! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Meditations more books like this by Aurelius Marcus add to wishlist In these personal reflections, the Roman emperor and second-century Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius discusses life, morality, duty, and community. Originally entitled "To Himself", the work did not surface until the fourth century, but it has inspired readers ever since. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture more books like this by Ross King add to wishlist In this history, novelist Ross King chronicles the career of Filippo Brunelleschi, the 15th-century goldsmith and clockmaker, who designed the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore of Florence. King also considers Brunelleschi's contemporaries and how they were influenced by him. see all copies from $2.22! new only from $7.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower more books like this by Adrian Goldsworthy add to wishlist By the end of the fifth century, Roman rule had vanished in western Europe and much of northern Africa. Applying the scholarship, perspective, and narrative skill that defined his monumental "Caesar," Goldworthy explores how Rome fell. see all copies from $13.00! new only from $13.96! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall more books like this by Christopher Hibbert add to wishlist It was a dynasty with more wealth, passion, and power than the houses of Windsor, Kennedy, and Rockefeller combined. It shaped all of Europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists, and even popes, for three hundred years. It was the house of Medici, patrons of Botticelli, Michelangelo and Galileo, benefactors who turned Florence into a ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $7.63! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Decline and fall of the Roman Empire more books like this by Edward Gibbon add to wishlist A three-volume Modern Library edition. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican more books like this by Benjamin Blech, Rabbi, Roy Doliner add to wishlist Two top scholars reveal the secret messages of protest that Michelangelo had hidden in his Sistine Chapel masterpiece, encouraging travelers to challenge the repressive Roman Catholic Church of the time. 16-page color photo insert. see all copies from $2.70! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic more books like this by Tom Holland add to wishlist A masterful popular history of perhaps the greatest civilization ever and theevents and people that caused its downfall--highly readable, suspense-filled, and well-researched. see all copies from $4.50! new only from $9.59! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style more books like this by Professor Michael Baxandall add to wishlist An introduction to Italian painting in the 15th century, and the social history behind it. The book covers the structure of the picture trade and its economic basis through contracts, letters and accounts. The author also illustrates how art history can be used to give insights into social history, by showing how the visual skills and activities ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.55! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The early history of Rome more books like this by Titus Livius Livy, Aubrey De Selincourt (Translator) add to wishlist Livy (c. 59 BC AD 17) dedicated most of his life to writing some 142 volumes of history, the first five of which comprise The Early History of Rome. With stylistic brilliance, he chronicles nearly 400 years of history, from the founding of Rome (traditionally dated to 757 BC) to the Gallic invasion in 386 BC an era which witnessed the reign of ... see all copies from $5.49! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
12 view cover	The Romans: From Village to Empire more books like this by Mary Taliaferro Boatwright, Daniel Gargola, Richard J A Talbert add to wishlist Introduces ancient Rome offering a concise understanding of its political, social, and cultural history. This book traces Rome's remarkable evolution from monarchy, to republic, to one-man rule by an emperor whose power stretched from Scotland to Iraq, and far up the Nile valley. see all copies from $12.95! new only from $25.25! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Caesar: Life of a Colossus more books like this by Adrian Goldsworthy add to wishlist In this landmark biography, Goldsworthy places Caesar firmly within the context of Roman society in the first century B.C. see all copies from $6.45! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Encyclopedia of Pasta more books like this by Oretta Zanini De Vita, Maureen Fant (Translator) add to wishlist Spaghetti, gnocchi, tagliatellea, ravioli, vincisgrassi, strascinati-pasta in its myriad forms has been a staple of the Mediterranean diet longer than bread. This beautiful volume is the first book to provide a complete history of pasta in Italy, telling its long story via the extravagant variety of shapes it takes and the even greater abundance ... see all copies from $29.95! new only from $29.95!
15 view cover	The Republic and the Laws more books like this by Marcus Tullius Cicero, Jonathan Powell (Editor), Niall Rudd (Translator) add to wishlist 'However one defines Man, the same definition applies to us all. This is sufficient proof that there is no essential difference within mankind.' (Laws l.29-30) Cicero's The Republic is an impassioned plea for responsible governement written just before the civil war that ended the Roman Republic in a dialogue following Plato. Drawing on Greek ... see all copies from $4.48! new only from $7.30! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The annals of Imperial Rome more books like this by Cornelius Tacitus add to wishlist Tacitus' "Annals of Imperial Rome" recount the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus up to the death of Nero in AD 68. With clarity and vivid intensity he describes the reign of terror under the corrupt Tiberius, the great fire of Rome during the time of Nero, and the wars, poisonings, scandals, conspiracies ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| SVS
17 view cover	Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America more books like this by Cullen Murphy add to wishlist Esteemed editor and author Murphy draws nuanced lessons about how America might avoid Rome's fate. In lively, richly detailed historical stories based on the latest scholarship, the ancient world leaps to life and casts the contemporary world in a provocative new light. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	A Thousand Days in Venice more books like this by Marlena De Blasi add to wishlist Expecting nothing, a divorced, middle-aged woman from Missouri vacationing in Venice whimsically accepts a date with a man named Fernando and, miraculously, finds true love. Here she recalls the details of their rapid courtship, their marriage, and the aftermath. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.19! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front 1915-1919 more books like this by Mark Thompson add to wishlist In May 1915, Italy declared war on the Habsburg Empire. Nearly 750,000 Italian troops were killed in savage, hopeless fighting on the stony hills north of Trieste and in the snows of the Dolomites. To maintain discipline, General Luigi Cadorna restored the Roman practice of decimation, executing random members of units that retreated or rebelled. ... see all copies from $5.37! new only from $5.48! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Rage and the Pride more books like this by Oriana Fallaci add to wishlist With "The Rage and the Pride "Oriana Fallaci breaks a ten year silence. The silence she kept until September 11's apocalypse in her Manhattan house. She breaks it with a deafening noise. In Europe this book has caused and causes a turmoil never registered in decades. Polemics, discussion, debates, hearty consents and praises, wild attacks. And a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.44! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of World War II more books like this by Jack Hamann add to wishlist Through his access to previously classified documents and information gained from extensive interviews, journalist Hamann tells the story behind World War II's largest army court-martial, where three African-American soldiers were charged with the lynching and murder of an Italian prisoner of war. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Brave Men more books like this by Ernie Pyle add to wishlist Europe was in the throes of World War II, and when America joined the fighting, Ernie Pyle went along. Long before television beamed daily images of combat into our living rooms, Pyle's on-the-spot reporting gave the American public a firsthand view of what war was like for the boys on the front. Pyle followed the soldiers into the trenches, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians more books like this by Peter Heather add to wishlist In this groundbreaking book, a leading authority on the late Roman Empire proposes that centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling the Empire that had dominated their lives for so long. see all copies from $6.88! new only from $12.02! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Michelangelo & the Pope's Ceiling more books like this by Ross King add to wishlist An acclaimed British novelist turns to real life in the Renaissance in this account of Michelangelo's frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. In realistic detail, King explains how Michelangelo executed his monumental work, exploring not only the difficult process itself but also the cast of characters surrounding the feat, from the pope ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Brenner Assignment: The Untold Story of the Most Daring Spy Mission of World War II more books like this by Patrick K O'Donnell add to wishlist An impossible mission / Behind enemy lines / The never-before-told true story of a small team of American saboteurs with orders to sever the Third Reichs main supply artery-the Brenner Pass. Like a scene from Where Eagles Dare, a small team of American special operatives parachutes into Italy under the noses of thousands of German troops. Their ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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