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Pages: 180
Pages: 180
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-01-01 - Publisher: SUNY Press
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Language: en
Pages: 180
Pages: 180
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-04-23 - Publisher: State University of New York Press
Literally translated, fare bella figura means "to make a beautiful figure," and figuratively it refers to the act of putting on a good show, performance, or dis
Language: en
Pages: 242
Pages: 242
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-11-12 - Publisher: Crown
Join the bestselling author of Ciao, America! on a lively tour of modern Italy that takes you behind the seductive face it puts on for visitors—la bella figur
Language: en
Pages: 287
Pages: 287
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-08 - Publisher: Vintage
“My ideal type of armchair travel: immersive, insightful, seductive. In Bella Figura, Kamin Mohammadi takes us to the year in Florence that changed her life,
Language: en
Pages: 283
Pages: 283
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-05-05 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
An Italian travelogue describes the trains that traverse the country, from the architecture of old train stations to the new high-speed railways, and portrays t