Gardens of Pompeii
The Gardens of Pompeii, by Wilhelmina Jashemski, is one of my favorite books. It was published in 1979 and I hadn't come across much new information about those gardens, so I succumbed to temptation and purchased Gardens of Pompeii by Annamaria ... [... more]
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Robert Anderson
Let National Geographic take you to Italy, a land steeped in history, art, architecture, and culture. Journey to the homeland of the Ancient Roman Empire, the tragic site of Pompeii, and the birthplace of the Renaissance. From the fabulous works ... [... more]
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The Last Days of Pompeii
 From Amazon.com: Fresh off their monumental success with King Kong, producer Merian Cooper and director Ernest Schoedsack teamed again on The Last Days of Pompeii, another big-scale offering with a special-effects emphasis. Nominally based on the Bulwer- [... more]
CDN$24.98
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Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii - The Director's Cut
From Amazon.com: Conceived by the French director Adrian Maben as "an anti-Woodstock film," Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii was shot in October 1971 in a vacant, 2,000-year-old amphitheater--a venue chosen to accentuate the grandeur and [... more]
CDN$20.82
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The Lost World of Pompeii
Truly immersive and informative: Collaboratively written and presented by Colin Amery (Directory of the World Monuments Fund in Britain) and Brian Curran, Jr. (West Coast Consultant for the World Monuments Fund), and enhanced by the photography of Chris [... more]
CDN$46.88
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Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum
A Discovery of Ancient Social Stucture.: This book makes me think. What was it like to live in ancient Pompeii? What did people actually do with those dramatic and imposing, architectural masterpieces called houses? Wallace-Hadrill attempts to find some [... more]
CDN$31.20
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Pompeii
Great guide for a day trip to Pompeii: This is a great book to take along if you have a day to spend in Pompeii and prefer self-guided tours or want to explore the ruins unaccompanied. It describes three routes through the city, each covering different [... more]
CDN$25.03
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Pompeii: Monuments Past and Present
A great book..: I just returned from Pompeii last night and purchased this book. It has very useful information about the city, along with pictures of what each exhibit looks like now. Over each picture is a transparent sheet which shows what it looked [... more]
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Homes and Gardens in Pompeii
My previous article was an introduction to Pompeii's peristyle gardens. This article is about the relationship between Pompeii's homes and their peristyle gardens. This engraving is based upon a drawing by Sir William Gell and was published in ... [... more]
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Jardins Anglo-Chinois
The jardin anglo-chinois grew out of the English landscape style, but it was just a little bit different. When we think of the gardens of Imperial Rome, we usually think of peristyle gardens, such as those found in Pompeii, but the Romans also ... [... more]
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Ancient Roman Gardens
Home » Plants & Animals » Garden Design » Ancient Roman Gardens My article for September was a review of Annamaria Ciarallo's book The Gardens of Pompeii. Ciarallo approached the subject from a botanist's point of view and barely [... more]
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Pink Floyd: Live At Pompeii
From Amazon.com: Conceived by the French director Adrian Maben as "an anti-Woodstock film," Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii was shot in October 1971 in a vacant, 2,000-year-old amphitheater--a venue chosen to accentuate the grandeur and [... more]
CDN$24.99
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