Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture |
Gino Moliterno (Editor) ISBN: 0415285569 With over 900 entries, this rigorously compiled and ambitious A-Z volume offers rich, readable coverage of the diverse forms of post-1945 Italian culture. The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture is widely interdisciplinary in character,...(read more) |
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Ferrari: All the Cars |
Leonardo Ascerbi ISBN: 1844253120 For Maranello enthusiasts, this chunky, inexpensive paperback is a must-have purchase as it profiles every car, model-by-model, from the Ferrari 'preview' of 1940 to the present day. A unique catalogue, it features a specially commissioned colour...(read more) |
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Forza Italia: A Journey in Search of Italy and Its Football |
Paddy Agnew ISBN: 0091905613 For the first time, Paddy Agnew lifts the lid on Italian football, reflecting on 20 years of Italian living through 'calcio' - the native word for all things football. When he and his girlfriend Dympna touched down in Rome in 1985, in search of...(read more) |
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Italian Auto Legends: Classics of Style and Design |
Michel Zumbrun ISBN: 1858943361 This lavishly illustrated book brings together more than fifty-five of the most important Italian cars designed from 1907 to the present day, each one representing a key moment in Italian car design. With an introduction describing the epic history of...(read more) |
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Italian Politics: Adjustment Under Duress |
Martin Bull, James Newell ISBN: 0745612997 This wide-ranging book seeks to unravel the complexities of post-1992 Italian democracy. It takes as its point of departure the dramatic political tensions of the early 1990s and evaluates these against the background of an analysis of the 'First...(read more) |
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On Fire: The Battle of Genoa and the Anti-capitalist Movement |
Antonio Negri ISBN: 1902593545 Sorry - no summary available. |
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The Cambridge Companion to Modern Italian Culture (Cambridge Companions to Culture) |
Zygmunt G. Bara'nski (Editor), Rebecca J. West (Editor) ISBN: 0521559820 This collection of essays provides a comprehensive account of the culture of modern Italy. Contributions focus on a wide range of political, historical and cultural questions. The volume provides information and analysis on such topics as regionalism,...(read more) |
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The Dark Heart of Italy: Travels Through Time and Space Across Italy |
Tobias Jones ISBN: 0571205925 Why is Italy still riven with internal conflict? Why does one man - Silvio Berlusconi - appear to own everything from Padre Nostro to Cosa Nostra? Tobias Jones sets out to answer these and many other questions during his three-year voyage across the...(read more) |
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The Italian Way |
M Constantino ISBN: 0844280720 This title is for all students. Ideal for a variety of courses, this valuable handbook helps students understand how people from every corner of Italy think, do business, and act in their daily lives. |
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The New Italians |
Charles Richards ISBN: 0140171096 This work is a portait of the Italians and modern Italy. Italy is a country of many paradoxes - a country more prosperous than Britain, where phones, railways and government do not work. Its people enjoy one of the highest standards of living in...(read more) |
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The Vatican Exposed: Money, Murder and the Mafia |
Paul L. Williams ISBN: 1591020654 Looks at the political and financial history of Vatican City and the papacy, from the signing of the Lateran Treaty in 1929 to the present day. |
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The Xenophobe's Guide to the Italians |
Martin Solly ISBN: 1902825357 The character, values and foibles of the Italians. |
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Twin Cam Italia: Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo - All the Cars Powered by Aurelio Lampredi's Famous Engine and How to Look After Them |
Phil Ward ISBN: 189987058X This work offers advice for anyone seeking or owning any of these classic Italian cars for use on the road or in competitions. A huge variety of Italian cars have one important thing in common - the famous Twin Cam engine designed by Aurelio Lampredi....(read more) |
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You Are G8 - We Are Six Billion: The Truth Behind the Genoa Protests |
Jonathan Neale ISBN: 1904132138 An insider's account of the events of the Genoa G8 protests. Isolates the key protest issues of the rally Describes in detail what really happened in July 2001 Analyses the widespread misreporting and media hysteria The G8 meeting in Genoa in July 2001...(read more) |
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