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  • Leon Battista Alberti

    Writer and Humanist

    The first book in English to examine Leon Battista Alberti’s major literary works in Latin and Italian, which are often overshadowed by his achievements in architectureLeon Battista Alberti (1404–1472) was one of the most prolific and original writers of the Italian Renaissance—a fact often eclipsed by his more celebrated achievements as an art theorist and architect, and by Jacob Burckhardt’s ... Leer más

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  • Britain and Italy from Romanticism to Modernism

    A Festschrift for Peter Brand

    "In this volume a team of experts in various fields considers the impact of Italian politics and culture on British life from the early nineteenth century to the first decades of the twentieth century. The essays cover a wide range of topics: politics, music, the visual arts, literature and the intellectual life, as well as the emergence of Italian as an academic discipline. Edited, with an ... Leer más

    $94.99 USD

  • Biographies and Autobiographies in Modern Italy: a Festschrift for John Woodhouse

    "Critical interest in biography and autobiography has never been higher. However, while life-writing flourishes in the UK, in Italy it is a less prominent genre. The twelve essays collected here are written against this backdrop, and address issues in biographical and autobiographical writing in Italy from the later nineteenth century to the present, with a particular emphasis on the interplay ... Leer más

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  • Authority, Innovation and Early Modern Epistemology

    Essays in Honour of Hilary Gatti

    Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), who died at the stake, is one of the best-known symbols of anti-establishment thought. The theme of this volume, which is offered as a collection of essays to honour the distinguished Bruno scholar Hilary Gatti, reflects her constant concern for the principles of cultural freedom and independent thinking. Several essays deal with Bruno himself, including an analysis of ... Leer más

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  • Machiavelli’s Prince

    Traditions, Text and Translations

    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 ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD

  • Transmissions of Memory

    Echoes, Traumas, and Nostalgia in Post–World War II Italian Culture

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    Transmissions of Memory: Echoes, Traumas and Nostalgia in Post-World War II Italian Culture discusses cultural products—films, poetry, fiction, architectural buildings, autobiographical writing, and social media—to individuate through them the dynamics of memory. The field of analysis is Italian culture from World War II to the contemporary times, and the volume has in a gendered approach one of ... Leer más

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  • The Portable Medieval Reader

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    Series series Portable Library
    In their introduction to this anthology, James Bruce Ross and Mary Martin McLaughlin remind us that "no area of the past is dead if we are alive to it. The variety, the complexity, the sheer humanity of the middle ages live most meaningfully in their own authentic voices." The Portable Medieval Reader assembles an entire chorus of those voices—of kings, warriors, prelates, merchants, artisans, ... Leer más

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  • Renewed Accountability for Access and Excellence

    Applying a Model for Democratic Professional Practice in Education

    Renewed Accountability for Access and Excellence advances discussion of a conceptualized model for cultivating democratic professional practice in education (DPPE) and considers its relationship with contemporary teaching and leading praxes. A diverse and highly qualified group of scholars and practitioners have contributed chapters relating to innovative programs, co-constructed partnerships, ... Leer más

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  • O Jesus que as mulheres viram

    Como as primeiras discípulas nos ajudam a conhecer e amar o Senhor

    Traducido por Claudia Santana Martins ...
    Os quatro Evangelhos estão repletos de histórias em que a participação de mulheres se destaca. O que não deixa de ser surpreendente quando olhamos em retrospectiva a pouca importância dada a elas pela sociedade, cultura e religião da época.Nesse aspecto, vale a pena questionar: Se as mulheres que seguiram Jesus pudessem descrevê-lo, o que diriam? Tal pergunta tem seu significado ampliado quando ... Leer más

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  • Where Are the Workers?

    Labor's Stories at Museums and Historic Sites

    Series series Working Class in American History
    The labor movement in the United States is a bulwark of democracy and a driving force for social and economic equality. Yet its stories remain largely unknown to Americans. Robert Forrant and Mary Anne Trasciatti edit a collection of essays focused on nationwide efforts to propel the history of labor and working people into mainstream narratives of US history. In Part One, the contributors ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • The Nanny Diaries

    A Novel

    **Written by two former nannies, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, The Nanny Diaries deftly punctures the glamour of Manhattan's upper class.Now a major motion picture starring Scarlett Johansson and Laura Linney.**Wanted:One young woman to take care of four-year-old boy. Must be cheerful, enthusiastic and selfless--bordering on masochistic. Must relish sixteen-hour shifts with a deliberately nap ... Leer más

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  • Pieces of Me

    A Novel

    The next gut-punching, compulsively readable Kate McLaughlin novel, about a girl finding strength in not being alone.When eighteen-year-old Dylan wakes up, she’s in an apartment she doesn’t recognize. The other people there seem to know her, but she doesn't know them – not even the pretty, chiseled boy who tells her his name is Connor. A voice inside her head keeps saying that everything is okay, ... Leer más

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