Nicholas Shrady, Author . Simon & Schuster $23 (192p) ISBN 978-0-7432-2926-5
In this entertaining but slight history of the famous Italian landmark, Shrady (Sacred Roads: Adventures from the Pilgrimage Trail) quickly recounts the saga of the bell tower that was begun in 1173 and has captivated the world's imagination...
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Nicholas Shrady, Author . Viking $25.95 (228p) ISBN 978-0-670-01851-2
The Lisbon earthquake of 1755 exerted a great cultural, religious and political impact, argues Shrady (Tilt: A Skewed History of the Tower of Pisa
) in this revelatory volume. On November 1 (both a Sunday and All Saints' Day) at 9:30 a.m., a...
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Nicholas Shrady, Author HarperOne $22 (268p) ISBN 978-0-06-067112-9
A born-and-raised Catholic whose faith ""was, and remains, full of profound doubts,"" American travel writer Shrady describes the events of his sometimes harrowing journeys to six of the world's best-known religious destinations: the Catholic shrine
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