Reprint of the original, first published in 1863.

The first English-language overview of the contributions to Renaissance architectural culture of northern Italian architect Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548-1616), this book introduces Anglophone architects and historians to a little-known figure from a period that is recognized as one of the most productive and influential in the Western architectural tradition. Ann Marie Borys presents Vincenzo Scamozzi as a traveler and an observer, the first Western architect to respond to the changing shape of the world in the Age of Discovery. Pointing out his familiarity with the expansion of knowledge in both natural history and geography, she highlights that his truly unique contribution was to make geography and cartography central to the knowledge of the architect. In so doing, she argues that he articulated the first fully realized theory of place. Showing how geographic thinking influences his output, Borys demonstrates that although Scamozzi's work was conceived within an established tradition, it was also influenced by major cultural changes occurring in the late 16th century.

I woke up chained to a bed. Vincenzo Antonelli is a Mafia Don with a thirst for revenge. He's the son of Leonardo and Caroline Antonelli. He blames my father for their deaths. He's going to make me suffer for the pain he's endured. But I won’t resist. I'll submit. I'll beg, scream, and plead for forgiveness. I might even enjoy it. But the first chance I get, I'm going to escape. Back to my normal, safe, comfortable life. Until then, I'll be chained to this bed. Terrified. But tingling with excitement.

The Unpopular Realism of Vincenzo Padula provides a microhistory of life in a Southern Italian province in the decade following Unificationand of Vincenzo Padula, who wrote single-handedly from March 1864 to July 1865 — a period when pro-Bourbon loyalists were attempting to exploit the discontent of the Region’s poor masses by fomenting brigantry and reverse the Unification — Il Bruzio, a pro-Government periodical published in Cosenza. The pro-government reformist Padula pointed out not only the successes but also the shortcomings and failures of the Savoy regime, so as to consolidate their rule. He gave particular attention to the problems of daily life through the correspondence of a literary creation, Mariuzza Sbrìffiti. The difficult integration of the South, in Padula’s view, was often exacerbated by the unwillingness of the “piemontesi” to learn the social, political, and economic realities of the South. Padula enables us to view from multiple angles both macroscopic issues, such as the relationship between the Church and the New Italy, and the dire state of the infrastructure and economy, and microscopic ones, such as the peasantry’s misplaced hopes in Garibaldi, clerical obscurantism, popular beliefs and culture, contradictions in the structure of the new liberal regime, and the status and role of women in such a society. He views his subjects from a unique perspective, one is defined by its empathy for and identification with the marginalized “persons of Calabria.”

To pay her debt, I’ll make my enemy my lover in a marriage of convenience. Nyla thought that she could outsmart me, steal from me, and get away with it. She was wrong. Tracking her down wasn’t hard, I am a Calabresi after all. My family’s reach runs far. I’ll make her an offer she can’t resist, her uncle’s life or becoming my wife. I know she’ll resist, but in time I’ll make her mine, willingly… My brothers have tried to keep me from the family business, but it’s time I collect what is mine. Going up against them will be dangerous, but I’ve never backed down from a challenge. Can I make Nyla mine and secure my place in the family business? This Dark Mafia Romance checks all the boxes; forced marriage, forbidden love, enemies to lovers and the list goes on. Indulge in the heat and danger in this romance with a guaranteed HEA. Although this book is part of a series, all titles can be read as standalones.

This comprehensive bibliography and research guide details all the works currently available on Vincenzo Bellini, the Italian opera composer best known for his work Norma, which is still regularly performed today at Covent Garden and by regional opera companies. 2001, the bicentennial anniversary of Bellini's death, saw several concerts and recordings of his work, raising his academic profile. This volume aims to meet the research needs of all students of Bellini in particular.

This comprehensive bibliography and research guide details all the works currently available on Vincenzo Bellini, the Italian opera composer best known for his work Norma, which is still regularly performed today at Covent Garden and by regional opera companies. 2001, the bicentennial anniversary of Bellini's death, saw several concerts and recordings of his work, raising his academic profile. This volume aims to meet the research needs of all students of Bellini in particular.