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Venice and the Mongols

The Eurasian Exchange That Transformed the Medieval World

Translated by Sylvia Notini ...

by Nicola Di Cosmo, Lorenzo Pubblici ...

A global history of commercial and cultural exchange between two great powers of the medieval ageIn the mid-thirteenth century, Europe was shaken by the Mongol invasions. Realizing the immense potential for accessing remote markets in the East, Venetian merchants, diplomats, and seafarers established far-flung commercial networks with the Mongol Empire. Venice and the Mongols tells the story of ... Read more

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A global history of commercial and cultural exchange between two great powers of the medieval ageIn the mid-thirteenth century, Europe was shaken by the Mongol invasions. Realizing the immense potential for accessing remote markets in the East, Venetian merchants, diplomats, and seafarers established far-flung commercial networks with the Mongol Empire. Venice and the Mongols tells the story of
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I Am Giorgia

My Roots, My Principles

by Giorgia Meloni ...

Translated by Sylvia Notini ...

A memoir chronicling the early personal and political life of the current Prime Minster of Italy."I have heard too many people talk about me and my ideas not to realize how different my life and I actually are from the way we are portrayed. So, I decided to open up, to show who I am, what I believe in, and how I got here."In her memoir, Giorgia Meloni speaks about herself in depth for the first ... Read more

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A memoir chronicling the early personal and political life of the current Prime Minster of Italy."I have heard too many people talk about me and my ideas not to realize how different my life and I actually are from the way we are portrayed. So, I decided to open up, to show who I am, what I believe in, and how I got here."In her memoir, Giorgia Meloni speaks about herself in depth for the first
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Just a Girl

A True Story of World War II

by Lia Levi ...

Illustrated by Jess Mason ...

WINNER OF THE MILDRED L. BATCHELDER AWARD!In this award-winning memoir translated from Italian to English, a Jewish girl grows up during a difficult time of racial discrimination and war, and discovers light in unexpected places. This classic, powerful story from Lia Levi is adapted for young readers, with beautiful black-and-white illustrations, a family photo album, and a powerful author’s note ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE MILDRED L. BATCHELDER AWARD!In this award-winning memoir translated from Italian to English, a Jewish girl grows up during a difficult time of racial discrimination and war, and discovers light in unexpected places. This classic, powerful story from Lia Levi is adapted for young readers, with beautiful black-and-white illustrations, a family photo album, and a powerful author’s note
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Still Water

The Wonders of Ponds, Pools, Wetlands, and More

by Maciej Michno, Danio Miserocchi, Valentina Gottardi ...

Translated by Sylvia Notini ...

Series series Spectacular STEAM for Curious Readers (SSCR)
The vital ecosystems of ponds, puddles, swamps, and more in come alive in this gorgeously illustrated exploration of wetlands.Human beings love babbling brooks and rushing rivers—but when we see water that stands still, we've historically called it unsafe, unhealthy, and even useless. Yet still water ecosystems like wetlands are teeming with life—and they're critical to our planet's survival. How? ... Read more

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The vital ecosystems of ponds, puddles, swamps, and more in come alive in this gorgeously illustrated exploration of wetlands.Human beings love babbling brooks and rushing rivers—but when we see water that stands still, we've historically called it unsafe, unhealthy, and even useless. Yet still water ecosystems like wetlands are teeming with life—and they're critical to our planet's survival. How?
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Mussolini, Architect

Propaganda and Urban Landscape in Fascist Italy

by Paolo Nicoloso ...

Translated by Sylvia Notini ...

Series series Toronto Italian Studies
During the fascist years in Italy, architecture and politics enjoyed a close alliance. Benito Mussolini used architecture to educate the masses, exploiting its symbolic prowess as a powerful tool for achieving political consensus.Mussolini, Architect examines Mussolini in Italy from 1922 to 1943 and expands the traditional interpretations of fascism, advancing the claim that Mussolini devised and ... Read more

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During the fascist years in Italy, architecture and politics enjoyed a close alliance. Benito Mussolini used architecture to educate the masses, exploiting its symbolic prowess as a powerful tool for achieving political consensus.Mussolini, Architect examines Mussolini in Italy from 1922 to 1943 and expands the traditional interpretations of fascism, advancing the claim that Mussolini devised and
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The Venetian Qur'an

A Renaissance Companion to Islam

by Pier Mattia Tommasino ...

Translated by Sylvia Notini ...

Series series Material Texts
An anonymous book appeared in Venice in 1547 titled L'Alcorano di Macometto, and, according to the title page, it contained "the doctrine, life, customs, and laws [of Mohammed] . . . newly translated from Arabic into the Italian language." Were this true, L'Alcorano di Macometto would have been the first printed direct translation of the Qur'an in a European vernacular language. The truth, however ... Read more

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An anonymous book appeared in Venice in 1547 titled L'Alcorano di Macometto, and, according to the title page, it contained "the doctrine, life, customs, and laws [of Mohammed] . . . newly translated from Arabic into the Italian language." Were this true, L'Alcorano di Macometto would have been the first printed direct translation of the Qur'an in a European vernacular language. The truth, however
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The Venetian Qur'an

A Renaissance Companion to Islam

by Pier Mattia Tommasino ...

Translated by Sylvia Notini ...

Series series Material Texts
An anonymous book appeared in Venice in 1547 titled L'Alcorano di Macometto, and, according to the title page, it contained "the doctrine, life, customs, and laws [of Mohammed] . . . newly translated from Arabic into the Italian language." Were this true, L'Alcorano di Macometto would have been the first printed direct translation of the Qur'an in a European vernacular language. The truth, however ... Read more

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An anonymous book appeared in Venice in 1547 titled L'Alcorano di Macometto, and, according to the title page, it contained "the doctrine, life, customs, and laws [of Mohammed] . . . newly translated from Arabic into the Italian language." Were this true, L'Alcorano di Macometto would have been the first printed direct translation of the Qur'an in a European vernacular language. The truth, however
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Atlas of Automated Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy (A.P.L.D.)

According to the Onik Method

by Gary Onik, Antonio Solini ...

Translated by Sylvia Notini ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
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Dante Encyclopedia

Edited by Richard Lansing ...

Available for the first time in paperback, this essential resource presents a systematic introduction to Dante's life and works, his cultural context and intellectual legacy.The only such work available in English, this Encyclopedia:brings together contemporary theories on Dante, summarizing them in clear and vivid proseprovides in-depth discussions of the Divine Comedy, looki... ... Read more

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Available for the first time in paperback, this essential resource presents a systematic introduction to Dante's life and works, his cultural context and intellectual legacy.The only such work available in English, this Encyclopedia:brings together contemporary theories on Dante, summarizing them in clear and vivid proseprovides in-depth discussions of the Divine Comedy, looki...
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Forbidden Knowledge

Medicine, Science, and Censorship in Early Modern Italy

by Hannah Marcus ...

"Wonderful . . . offers and provokes meditation on the timeless nature of censorship, its practices, its intentions and . . . its (unintended) outcomes." — Times Higher EducationForbidden Knowledge explores the censorship of medical books from their proliferation in print through the prohibitions placed on them during the Counter-Reformation. How and why did books banned in Italy in the sixteenth ... Read more

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"Wonderful . . . offers and provokes meditation on the timeless nature of censorship, its practices, its intentions and . . . its (unintended) outcomes." — Times Higher EducationForbidden Knowledge explores the censorship of medical books from their proliferation in print through the prohibitions placed on them during the Counter-Reformation. How and why did books banned in Italy in the sixteenth
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Giuliano de' Medici

Machiavelli's Prince in Life and Art

by Josephine Jungic ...

Most modern historians perpetuate the myth that Giuliano de' Medici (1479-1516), son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, was nothing more than an inconsequential, womanizing hedonist with little inclination or ability for politics. In the first sustained biography of this misrepresented figure, Josephine Jungic re-evaluates Giuliano’s life and shows that his infamous reputation was exaggerated by Medici ... Read more

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Most modern historians perpetuate the myth that Giuliano de' Medici (1479-1516), son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, was nothing more than an inconsequential, womanizing hedonist with little inclination or ability for politics. In the first sustained biography of this misrepresented figure, Josephine Jungic re-evaluates Giuliano’s life and shows that his infamous reputation was exaggerated by Medici
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Machiavelli’s Prince

Traditions, Text and Translations

by Nicola Gardini, Martin McLaughlin ...

One of the high-points of Italian Renaissance humanism, Machiavelli’s The Prince immediately transcended the time and culture from which it had sprung, circulating throughout Europe and paving the road to an astonishing variety of discussions on power and liberty for centuries to come. Indeed, one could hardly think of a literary work whose reception has been more controversial and arguably more ... Read more

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One of the high-points of Italian Renaissance humanism, Machiavelli’s The Prince immediately transcended the time and culture from which it had sprung, circulating throughout Europe and paving the road to an astonishing variety of discussions on power and liberty for centuries to come. Indeed, one could hardly think of a literary work whose reception has been more controversial and arguably more
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