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	Renegade Women: Gender, Identity, and Boundaries in the Early Modern Mediterranean 3.80 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Venetians in Constantinople: Nation, Identity, and Coexistence in the Early Modern Mediterranean 4.17 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mormons in the Piazza: History of the Latter-day Saints in Italy by James A. Toronto, Eric R. Dursteler (Goodreads Author), Michael W. and Homer 4.25 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mediterranean World: From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Napoleon by Monique O'Connell, Eric R. Dursteler (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Companion to Venetian History, 1400-1797 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christian-Muslim Exchange: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mediterranean: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ottoman Empire and Islam: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Sultan's Realm: Two Venetian Ambassadorial Reports on the Early Modern Ottoman Empire 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	CultureGrams - Europe - World Edition 2005 - Volume 2 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Il lupo e la luna

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A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East

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― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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