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To learn more about Pisa and the Leaning Tower of Pisa we recommend these books and dvds:
Italy Monuments: Check out this book for all the details behind the story of the Leaning Tower: Tilt: A Skewed History of the Tower of Pisa (Hardcover) by Nicholas Shrady (Author) "On March 17, 1989, the eleventh-century Civic Tower in Pavia, Italy, suddenly and unexpectedly collapsed, burying four passers-by beneath a jumble of Romanesque and Renaissance..." From Publishers Weekly 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 ever since. He summarizes the tower's history, including its importance for the city of Pisa, which was a great maritime republic during the Middle Ages; explains why the story of Galileo's use of the tower to conduct experiments on falling objects was probably fabricated by one of the master's disciples; discusses the 19th-century Romantic poets' fanciful idea that the tower's tilt was deliberate on the part of its anonymous architect; and tells the story of the tower's near destruction by the Allies in WWII after they discovered that the Germans were using it as an observation post. Because the tower is built on unstable subsoil, it started to lean toward the south soon after construction began, and over the centuries the tilt increased at an alarming rate. Shrady discusses the numerous commissions that have studied the problem and outlines unsuccessful stabilizing attempts, including a plan approved by Mussolini that nearly toppled it. Shrady's brief account of the tower's probable fate is concise and engaging, but it contains nothing new. It's the book's format that is unusual: the cover and the pages cut on a slant, like the tower, a marketing gimmick that will most likely relegate the book to the souvenir shelf. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. To view more information and purchase this product, simply enter the name in the Amazon box below and click GO!
Family Tours: Great childrens' books on Pisa: Maya's World: Angelina of Italy (Pictureback(R)) by Maya Angelou (Author), Lizzy Rockwell (Illustrator) "When I was a little girl, I looked around at my world..." From Booklist Each book in Angelou's Maya's World series tells the story of "a little friend from a different nation." In this one, Angelina, who is Italian, is blissfully happy in her big, extended family. Pizza is her favorite food, so when she hears about the Leaning Tower of Pisa, she imagines a leaning tower of delicious, saucy pizza pies. What if the tower fell over? No one would ever have a chance to eat that great food! The prose is saccharine and condescending, with at least one exclamation point per page, and most preschoolers won't get the pun until adults explain it. Even so, Rockwell's clear, cheerful pictures will appeal to kids (especially the image of those teetering pizzas piled high), as will the celebration of food and family. Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved To view more information and purchase this book, simply enter the name in the Amazon box below and click GO!
The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Great Structures in History) by Jennifer Guess Mckerley (Author) To view more information and purchase this book, simply enter the name in the Amazon box below and click GO!
Beautiful Views Italy: A nice visual travel guideof Italy that includes photos of Pisa and Tuscany: Fodor's See It Italy, 1st Edition (Fodor's See It) by Fodor's (Author) "Italy is a mountainous Mediterranean country extending south from the Alps, with two major off-shore islands, Sicily and Sardinia, and several groups of smaller islands..." To view more information and purchase this book, simply enter the name in the Amazon box below and click GO!
Historical Tours: A closer look at the monuments in Pisa: Wonders of Pisa: The Cathedral, the Baptistery, the Leaning Tower, the Camposanto (The Dragon series) (Unknown Binding) by Piero Sanpaolesi (Author) To view more information and purchase this book, simply enter the name in the Amazon box below and click GO!
Educational Tours Italy: Curious as to why the Leaning Tower of Pisa leans and what is being done to stabilize it? Take an educational tour with this video: Leaning Tower of Pisa (Discovery Channel Video) To view more information and purchase this video, simply enter the name in the Amazon box below and click GO!
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