"Well-illustrated, undeniably useful, Murray's book is truly welcome." --Architectural Design"Informed in content and concise in style . . . a perfect introduction to the architecture of the Italian Renaissance."--Richard Stapleford, Cooper Union School of Architecture
The first history of the Boston Italians and how they transformed themselves and their cityA Boston Globe BestsellerIn this lively and engaging history, Stephen Puleo tells the story of the Boston Italians from their earliest years, when a largely illiterate and impoverished people in a strange land recreated the bonds of village and region in the cramped quarters of the North End.
Frederick Hartt's unrivaled classic is a dazzling journey through four centuries of Italian Renaissance painting, sculpture, and architecture. Its sumptuous color illustrations, fine writing, and in-depth scholarship bring into focus all the elements of this extraordinarily creative period and the remarkable personalities who gave it life. Highlights of this Fifth Edition include: * a striking new design with more than half the artworks illustrated in full color
For most Russian orphans the chance to be adopted is a dream come true. But six-year-old Vanya Solntsev has other hopes. After discovering his mother is still alive the abandoned boy teaches himself to read so as to learn her address from his personal files. Before a wealthy Italian couple can claim him for their own Vanya sets off on a perilous journey to find his only remaining family.
Brand new digital transfer produced directly from the newly discovered 35mm film negatives. Sylvester Stallone's first film role was "Party At Kitty and Stud's", a sexploitation movie which was shot in 1970 when Sly was 24, it was never released. However once Rocky was underway it was re-edited and released as Italian Stallion which was also Sly's nickname prior to Rocky. Sly plays the part of "Stud" whose world revolves entirely around sex, sex, and more sex, an interest he shares with his way-out friends and his girl Kitty who likes her men mean and muscular!
A group of thieves plan on pulling off a heist by creating a large traffic jam in Los Angeles.Genre: Feature Film-Action/AdventureRating: PG13Release Date: 2-MAY-2006Media Type: DVD
Internal countercasting is a big plus in this caper comedy: where else are you going to find Benny Hill and Michael Caine in the same movie?
Baron Ferdinando Cefalù (Marcello Mastroianni) longs to marry his nubile cousin Angela, but one obstacle stands in his way: his fatuous and fawning wife, Rosalia. His solution?
Continuation of Mario Puzo's story of the succession of power within the criminal Corleone family, with Michael Corleone now looking for a successor.Genre: Feature Film-DramaRating: RRelease Date: 8-AUG-2006Media Type: DVD
Continues the saga of the Corleone family, tracing the rise of Don Vito as a young man in Italy, and that of Michael as the new Don, reigning from his Lake Tahoe estate.Genre: Feature Film-DramaRating: RRelease Date: 8-AUG-2006Media Type: DVD