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The Mystery of the Keyhole

An ancient cross pattée and the invisible thread linking Florence to the Aventine

by Antonio Tisi ...

In May 1977, young Valerio travels from Florence to Rome with his family and friends, waiting in line to look through the famous keyhole at Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta on the Aventine Hill. An encounter with a mysterious cloaked man and the chance discovery of a toy soldier depicting a Templar knight trigger a series of coincidences and esoteric chills tied to the cross pattée spanning Florence ... Read more

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In May 1977, young Valerio travels from Florence to Rome with his family and friends, waiting in line to look through the famous keyhole at Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta on the Aventine Hill. An encounter with a mysterious cloaked man and the chance discovery of a toy soldier depicting a Templar knight trigger a series of coincidences and esoteric chills tied to the cross pattée spanning Florence
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The Ghost of the Fontanone

A subterranean mystery among the waters and eternal legends of Rome

by Antonio Tisi ...

On the terrace of the Janiculum, before the majestic cascades of the Fontanone, impossible wonders unfold: small items vanish into thin air from the hands of passers-by, only to reappear, intact and wet, in their locked rooms.When Giulia Blanco, a passionate archivist and heir to a dynasty of water keepers, loses her family pendant only to find it dripping on her bedside table, she refuses to ... Read more

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On the terrace of the Janiculum, before the majestic cascades of the Fontanone, impossible wonders unfold: small items vanish into thin air from the hands of passers-by, only to reappear, intact and wet, in their locked rooms.When Giulia Blanco, a passionate archivist and heir to a dynasty of water keepers, loses her family pendant only to find it dripping on her bedside table, she refuses to
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The Parade of Slow Zombies

An ironic hymn to slowness among night vinyls, cut hydrangeas, and the dawn nightlife scene

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David Colombos is the last sentinel of the metropolitan night. From the microphones of Onda Notte, a free and stubborn radio station, he broadcasts old vinyl records and slow-paced reflections for a handful of poetic insomniacs.But every Friday morning at six, when duty calls the silence to retreat, David must cross the chaos: a raging river of dazed young people leaving the clubs, moving in jerks ... Read more

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David Colombos is the last sentinel of the metropolitan night. From the microphones of Onda Notte, a free and stubborn radio station, he broadcasts old vinyl records and slow-paced reflections for a handful of poetic insomniacs.But every Friday morning at six, when duty calls the silence to retreat, David must cross the chaos: a raging river of dazed young people leaving the clubs, moving in jerks
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Leonardo da Vinci

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**Now a docuseries from Ken Burns on PBS!The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life” (The New Yorker).**Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s astonishing notebooks and ... Read more

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**Now a docuseries from Ken Burns on PBS!The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most important, it is a powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life” (The New Yorker).**Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s astonishing notebooks and
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Leonardo da Vinci

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In his youth, Leonardo da Vinci wrote confidently, "I wish to work miracles." By the time of his death in 1519, when he was sixty-seven and famed throughout Europe, it seemed that he had accomplished wonders aplenty as an artist, engineer, inventor, and scientist. Here, from author Jay Williams, is the moving story of the man behind the Renaissance myth. ... Read more

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In his youth, Leonardo da Vinci wrote confidently, "I wish to work miracles." By the time of his death in 1519, when he was sixty-seven and famed throughout Europe, it seemed that he had accomplished wonders aplenty as an artist, engineer, inventor, and scientist. Here, from author Jay Williams, is the moving story of the man behind the Renaissance myth.
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Leonardo da Vinci

by Anna Abraham ...

Leonardo da Vinci personified the Renaissance, the extraordinary age in which he lived. Best known as one of the world's greatest painters, he sketched the foundations for inventions that would not come to fruition for centuries. Born a bastard in a hillside village in northern Italy, Leonardo became the protégé of princes, popes, and kings. He mastered so many branches of science that scholars ... Read more

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Leonardo da Vinci personified the Renaissance, the extraordinary age in which he lived. Best known as one of the world's greatest painters, he sketched the foundations for inventions that would not come to fruition for centuries. Born a bastard in a hillside village in northern Italy, Leonardo became the protégé of princes, popes, and kings. He mastered so many branches of science that scholars
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Leonardo da Vinci Mini Biography

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Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, military-engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. His genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man, a man of "unquenchable ... Read more

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Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, military-engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. His genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man, a man of "unquenchable
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The Stones of Florence

by Mary McCarthy ...

Eloquent and assured, Mary McCarthy's The Stones of Florence beckons the reader on a brisk but sweeping tour of the birthplace of the Renaissance and the legendary home of the Medici, Dante, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, and other giants of the age. Her keen observations of this famously alluring city speak to Florence's persistent character and magnetism-and the attraction it exerted over the first ... Read more

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Eloquent and assured, Mary McCarthy's The Stones of Florence beckons the reader on a brisk but sweeping tour of the birthplace of the Renaissance and the legendary home of the Medici, Dante, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, and other giants of the age. Her keen observations of this famously alluring city speak to Florence's persistent character and magnetism-and the attraction it exerted over the first
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In Calabria

by Peter S. Beagle ...

“Beagle's unicorns have never been more bewitching, impossible, and genuine. I cherished every page.”—Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and After AliceFrom the acclaimed author of The Last Unicorn comes a new, exquisitely-told fable for the modern age.Claudio Bianchi has lived alone for many years on a hillside in Southern Italy's scenic Calabria. Set in his ways and suspicious of outsiders, ... Read more

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“Beagle's unicorns have never been more bewitching, impossible, and genuine. I cherished every page.”—Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and After AliceFrom the acclaimed author of The Last Unicorn comes a new, exquisitely-told fable for the modern age.Claudio Bianchi has lived alone for many years on a hillside in Southern Italy's scenic Calabria. Set in his ways and suspicious of outsiders,
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Sicilian Odyssey

by Francine Prose ...

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A blending of art and cultural criticism, travel writing, and personal narrative, Sicilian Odyssey is Francine Prose's imaginative consideration of the diverse cultural legacies found juxtaposed and entangled on the Mediterranean island of Sicily. She writes of the intensity of Sicily, the "commitment to the extreme," where the history is more colorful, the sun hotter, the cooking earthier, the ... Read more

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A blending of art and cultural criticism, travel writing, and personal narrative, Sicilian Odyssey is Francine Prose's imaginative consideration of the diverse cultural legacies found juxtaposed and entangled on the Mediterranean island of Sicily. She writes of the intensity of Sicily, the "commitment to the extreme," where the history is more colorful, the sun hotter, the cooking earthier, the
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The Perfect House

A Journey with Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio

by Witold Rybczynski ...

"Palladio is the Bible," Thomas Jefferson once said. "You should get it and stick to it." With his simple, gracious, perfectly proportioned villas, Andrea Palladio elevated the architecture of the private house into an art form during the late sixteenth century -- and his influence is still evident in the ample porches, columned porticoes, grand ceilings, and front-door pediments of America today ... Read more

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"Palladio is the Bible," Thomas Jefferson once said. "You should get it and stick to it." With his simple, gracious, perfectly proportioned villas, Andrea Palladio elevated the architecture of the private house into an art form during the late sixteenth century -- and his influence is still evident in the ample porches, columned porticoes, grand ceilings, and front-door pediments of America today
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Art History for Everyone

Learn About Art in a Fun, Easy, No-Nonsense Way

by Kristine T. G. Hardeberg ...

Does the thought of going to an art museum make your eyes glaze over?What if someone could make art come alive?In Art History for Everyone, you'll meet some of history's most important works of art. You'll be surprised and excited by beautiful and strange paintings and intriguing sculptures-and get to know the people behind these works of art and their exciting stories.Why is the Virgin Mary's ... Read more

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Does the thought of going to an art museum make your eyes glaze over?What if someone could make art come alive?In Art History for Everyone, you'll meet some of history's most important works of art. You'll be surprised and excited by beautiful and strange paintings and intriguing sculptures-and get to know the people behind these works of art and their exciting stories.Why is the Virgin Mary's
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