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Books by Dan Hofstadter
  | | Falling Palace(Reprint) A Romance of Naples by Dan Hofstadter Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2006 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-375-71428-3, ISBN: 0-375-71428-6 "A portrait of the sun-drenched volcanic city from an American who has lost his heart to the place and to a beguiling Neapolitan woman.In Falling Palace Dan Hofstadter brilliantly reveals Naples, from the dilapidated architectural beauty to the irrepressible theater of everyday life. We witness the centuries-old festivals that regularly crowd the city’s jumbled streets, and eavesdrop on conversations that continue deep into the night. We ..." |
 | | The Earth Moves(1st Edition) Galileo and the Roman Inquisition (Great Discoveries (Paperback)) by Dan Hofstadter Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2010 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-33820-1, ISBN: 0-393-33820-7 "A cogent portrayal of a turning point in the evolution of the freedom of thought and the beginnings of modern science.Celebrated, controversial, condemned, Galileo Galilei is a seminal figure in the history of science. Both Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein credit him as the first modern scientist. His 1633 trial before the Holy Office of the Inquisition is the prime drama in the history of the conflict between science and religion. ..." |
 | | The Love Affair as a Work of Art(Reprint) by Dan Hofstadter Paperback, 298 Pages, Published 2015 by Open Road Distribution ISBN-13: 978-1-5040-0813-6, ISBN: 1-5040-0813-8 "This series of entwined biographical sketches recounts how, in the Romantic Era, love affairs, often illicit, were transformed into novels, memoirs, and published correspondences. We make the intimate acquaintance of great writers like Mme de Staël, Chateaubriand, George Sand, and Anatole France, who, however, fall gradually under the suspicion of pursuing their amorous entanglements for “good material.” The tale ends with a moving acco ..." |
 | | Temperaments(Reprint) Memoirs of Henri Cartier-Bresson and Other Artists by Dan Hofstadter Paperback, 184 Pages, Published 2015 by Open Road Distribution ISBN-13: 978-1-5040-0812-9, ISBN: 1-5040-0812-X "In these five profiles, four of which originally appeared in the"New Yorker," the author evokes the life and work of seven gifted artists. Among those presented, often through lively conversations, are Jean Helion, Mark Rothko, R.B. Kitaj, and Dennis Creffield. Chief among those portrayed however is Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004), the great French photographer and photojournalist who, famed for dodging contact with the press, is here ..." |
 | | The Earth Moves(1st Edition) Galileo and the Roman Inquisition (Great Discoveries) by Dan Hofstadter Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2009 by W. W. Norton & Company Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-393-06650-0, ISBN: 0-393-06650-9 "Celebrated, controversial, condemned, Galileo Galilei is a seminal figure in the history of science. Both Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein credit him as the first modern scientist. His 1633 trial before the Holy Office of the Inquisition is the prime drama in the history of the conflict between science and religion. Galileo was then sixty-nine years old and the most venerated scientist in Italy. Although subscribing to an anti-litera ..." |
 | | Falling Palace by Dan Hofstadter Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2006 by Profile Books Import ISBN-13: 978-1-86197-435-8, ISBN: 1-86197-435-3 "A portrait of the sun-drenched volcanic city from an American who has lost his heart to the place and to a beguiling and mysterious Neapolitan woman. Weaving the tale of an elusive romance with a vivid and haunting evocation of a legendary metropolis, Dan Hofstadter brilliantly reveals Naples to us. He is our guide to the dilapidated architectural beauty and the irrepressible theater of the city’s everyday life; the centuries-old festiv ..." |
 | | Falling Palace(Updated) A Romance of Naples by Dan Hofstadter Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2007 by Profile Books Ltd Import ISBN-13: 978-1-86197-450-1, ISBN: 1-86197-450-7 |
 | | Falling Palace(1st Edition) A Romance of Naples by Dan Hofstadter Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2005 by Knopf ISBN-13: 978-0-375-41440-4, ISBN: 0-375-41440-1 "A portrait of the sun-drenched volcanic city from an American who has lost his heart to the place and to a beguiling and mysterious Neapolitan woman. Weaving the tale of an elusive romance with a vivid and haunting evocation of a legendary metropolis, Dan Hofstadter brilliantly reveals Naples to us. He is our guide to the dilapidated architectural beauty and the irrepressible theater of the city’s everyday life; the centuries-old festiv ..." |
 | | Goldberg's Angel An Adventure in the Antiquities Trade by Dan Hofstadter Hardcover, 241 Pages, Published 1994 by Farrar Straus & Giroux ISBN-13: 978-0-374-10507-5, ISBN: 0-374-10507-3 "Documenting the true story of an art dealer who tried to buy a rare Byzantine mosaic, an amazing adventure filled with counterplots and plundered antiquities is also the story of a reporter drawn into the strange underworld of smuggled and stolen art." |
 | | Kaputt (New York Review Books Classics) by Curzio/ Hofsta Malaparte, Dan Hofstadter, Cesare Foligno Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2005 by New York Review Books ISBN-13: 978-1-59017-147-9, ISBN: 1-59017-147-0 "Curzio Malaparte spent most of World War II as an Italian consul to other fascist states: Germany, Romania, Finland. His novelistic account of the war, surreptitiously written, presents the conflict from the point of view of those doomed to lose it. Malaparte's account is marked by sharp, lyrical observations, as when he encounters a detachment of German soldiers fleeing a Ukrainian battlefield: "When Germans become afraid, when t ..." |
 | | The Love Affair as a Work of Art by Dan Hofstadter Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 1997 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux ISBN-13: 978-0-374-52485-2, ISBN: 0-374-52485-8 "In this marvelously original book, Dan Hofstadter shows how a great treasure of forgotten personal writing—diaries, memoirs, and letters written by George Sand, Anatole France, and Marcel Proust, among others—bears on the erotic lives of the writers, and how the fine French tradition of conducting love affairs developed as an art form. As his subtle analysis makes clear, the love letters exchanged in a series of highly charged liaisons ..." |
 | | Temperaments(1st Edition) Artists Facing Their Work by Dan Hofstadter Hardcover, 217 Pages, Published 1992 by Knopf ISBN-13: 978-0-394-58111-8, ISBN: 0-394-58111-3 "A collection of essays from a new voice from The New Yorker describes the moods, inspirations, frustrations, and obsessions involved in the creative processes of five distinguished artists." |
 | | The Love Affair As a Work of Art(1st Edition) by Dan Hofstadter Hardcover, 314 Pages, Published 1996 by Farrar Straus & Giroux (T) ISBN-13: 978-0-374-19231-0, ISBN: 0-374-19231-6 "An analysis of recently discovered personal writings by such literary figures as George Sand, Sainte-Beuve, and Alfred de Mussett considers the sexual portions of the writings and how they may have suggested themes for future novels." |
 | | Mexico, 1946-73 by Dan Hofstadter Paperback, 596 Pages, Published 2010 by Unknown ISBN-13: 978-1-147-99989-1, ISBN: 1-147-99989-9 |
 | | My Life(1st Edition) (English and French Edition) by Pse George Sand, Dan Hofstadter Hardcover, Published 1979 by Harpercollins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-013766-3, ISBN: 0-06-013766-5 "The daughter of a courtesan and a Bonapartist major, convent-educated Aurore Dudevant rebelled against her disappointing marriage, moved to Paris to take up writing, and emerged as the brilliant and notorious George Sand" |
 | | Nostradamus Future Foretold by Dan Hofstadter Hardcover, Published 1990 by Random House Value Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-517-03576-4, ISBN: 0-517-03576-6 |
 | | Mexico, 1946-73 by Dan Hofstadter 177 Pages, Published 1974 by Facts On File ISBN-13: 978-0-87196-218-8, ISBN: 0-87196-218-7 |
 | | Nostradamus The Future Foretold (English and French Edition) by Dan Hofstadter Hardcover, 64 Pages, Published 1983 by Peter Pauper Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-88088-451-8, ISBN: 0-88088-451-7 "Book by" |
 | | Egypt & Nasser, Vol. 1 1952-56 by Dan Hofstadter Hardcover, Published 1973 by Facts On File ISBN-13: 978-0-87196-203-4, ISBN: 0-87196-203-9 |
 | | Mexico, 1946-73 by Dan Hofstadter Hardcover, Published 2023 by Legare Street Press ISBN-13: 978-1-02-106189-8, ISBN: 1-02-106189-1 |
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