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Medici Money : Banking, Metaphysics and Art in Fifteenth-century Florence by Tim Parks
55.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
THEIR NAME is a byword for immense wealth and power, but before their renown as art patrons and noblemen the Medicis build their fortune on banking--specifically, on lending money at interest. Banking in the fifteenth century, even at the height of the Renaissance, meant running afoul of the Catholic Ch ...Show more
Painting Death by Tim Parks
34.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Morris Duckworth has a dark past. Having married and murdered his way into a wealthy Italian family he has long left aside the paperweight and the pillow to become a respected member of Veronese business life. But it's not enough. Never satisfied with being anything short of the best, he comes up with a ...Show more
Pen in Hand - Reading, Rereading and Other Mysteries by Tim Parks
32.99 NZD
Category: Essays | Reading Level: near fine
How can other people like the books we don't like? What benefit can we get from rereading a work? Can we read better? If so, how? These and many other questions, ranging from the field of writing to that of reading and translation, are given a comprehensive answer in a series of stimulating and challeng ...Show more
Rapids by Tim Parks
26.99 NZD
29.99 (10% off)
Category: Thriller
In the dramatic landscape of the Italian Alps a group of English canoeists arrive for an 'introduction to white water.' Camping, eating and paddling together, six adults and nine adolescents seem set to enjoy what their leader insists on calling a 'community experience.' Their hosts are Clive, a tacitur ...Show more
Season with Verona, a by Tim Parks
34.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
Is Italy a united country, or a loose affiliation of warring states? IsItalian football a sport, or an ill-disguised protraction of ancientenmities? After twenty years in the bel paese, Tim Parks goes on the road to follow the fortunes of Hellas Verona football club, to pay a different kind of visit to ...Show more
The Hero's Way: Walking with Garibaldi from Rome to Ravenna by Tim Parks
26.00 NZD
Category: Travel Writing
An entertaining and informative journey across Italy in the footsteps of the great Italian political hero, Garibaldi.Bestselling author of Italian Ways Tim Parks follows the hair-raising journey of Garibaldi, revolutionary and future architect of a united Italy, 250-miles on foot from Rome to Ravenna ac ...Show more