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These 5 items are available for $77, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXITL446)

Insight Guide Southern Italy  •  Roger Williams GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 381 PAGES A colorful guide to the culture, history and attractions of Italy south of Rome, featuring hundreds of photographs and excellent local and regional maps. (ITL458, $23.95)
The Italians  •  Luigi Barzini CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1996 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES The definitive portrait of the Italian people, noteworthy for its insight, grace and wit. It's a classic, scholarly essay on the Italian character, still worthwhile though first published in 1964. Much historical information is included. Highly recommended. (ITL05, $16.00)
Stolen Figs, And Other Adventures in Calabria  •  Mark Rotella TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2004 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES The sparkling tale of a man's adventures in the land of his forefathers. The grandson of a Calabrian, Rotella writes warmly of this hardscrabble region that has produced more immigrants to the Unites States than any other region. He is a refreshingly candid, companionable guide to landscapes, people, history and (of course) the food of the region. (ITL465, $15.00)
Christ Stopped at Eboli, The Story of a Year  •  Carlo Levi  •  Frances Frenaye BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2006 •  PAPER  • 268 PAGES Set in Lucania the south of Italy, where Levi was banished by Mussolini for his political activity, this affecting memoir tells of the people, traditions and life in the region. A physician, writer, and painter. Levi writes movingly of poverty and lack of health care in Alsiano. Translated by Frances Frenaye. (ITL09, $14.00)
Southern Italy Map  •  Touring Club Italiano MAP A regional map of Italy, stretching from Rome to the southern tip, at a scale of 1:400,000. Features topographical relief. (ITL222, $12.95)

Calabria Map  •  Touring Club Italiano    •  Detailed map of Reggio Calabria Province, scale 1:150,000. (ITL496, $12.95)
Campania Region Map  •  Touring Club Italiano    •  A colorful map of Campania, including Naples and the Amalfi Coast. (ITL116, $12.95)
Italy South Map  •  Michelin    •  A map of southern Italy, covering Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, at a scale of 1:400,000. (ITL109, $8.95)
Puglia Map  •  Touring Club Italiano    •  The locals' map of Puglia, at a scale of 1:200,000. (ITL425, $12.95)
Blue Guide Southern Italy  •  Paul Blanchard   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive guide to Southern Italy and especially its archaeology, history and culture. With maps and site plans. Blanchard, a popular tour guide, is also the author of the Blue Guide to Northern Italy. (ITL257, $34.95)
Lonely Planet Puglia & Basilicata  •  Paula Hardy   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide to two of Southern Italy's up-and-coming destinations, featuring good maps, an overview of culture, history and nature and detailed, practical travel information. (ITL978, $19.99)
National Geographic Traveler Naples And Southern Italy  •  Tim Jepson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A guidebook to the region, published by National Geographic in their attractive, visual style. The guide features many photographs, maps and good information on history, nature, culture and travel. (ITL802, $21.95)
A Taste of Southern Italy, Delicious Recipes and a Dash of Culture  •  Marlena de Blasi   • FOOD  •  More than just a cookbook, this evocative text brings the spirit and landscape of Southern Italy to life. Full of stories, impressions, useful information and rustic recipes. (ITL785, $25.95)
The Food of Italy  •  Waverly Root   • FOOD  •  Evocative of Italy and its diverse cuisine, this classic book, organized geographically, offers a cook's tour of the country. It's a well-informed and wonderful culinary guide. (ITL75, $19.95)
Between Salt Water and Holy Water, A History of Southern Italy  •  Tommaso Astarita   • HISTORY  •  Astarita captures the fanfare, rivalry and changing fortunes of Sicily from antiquity through Norman, Spanish and Bourbon rule to unification and the 20th century. (ITL597, $15.95)
Italy, A Short History  •  Harry Hearder   • HISTORY  •  Elegantly written, generous and informative, this compact book takes in the sweep of Italian history from the Roman Republic through the Renaissance, World War II and up to the present. (ITL56, $26.99)
La Bella Figura, A Field Guide to the Italian Mind  •  Beppe Severgnini   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Hugely popular in Italy, this guide to the Italian character addresses the apparently never-ending passion for beauty, disorder and high emotion. Severgnini opens the book with a snapshot of the hubbub at Malpensa Airport, then moves on to Tuscany, Rome, Naples and Sardinia. (ITL718, $12.95)
The Ancient Mediterranean  •  Michael Grant   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Grant explores the realms of archaeology, geography, art and economics to sketch this classic portrait of the ancient world, from prehistory through the Roman Imperium, and the influence on western civilization. (MED10, $18.00)
Italian Days  •  Barbara Grizzuti Harrison   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE  •  Grizzuti Harrison writes with warmth and depth of her journey from Milan south to Calabria in this sprightly account of Italy and the Italians. (ITL02, $15.00)
Italian Journey, 1786-1788  •  Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe  •  W.H. Auden  •  Elizabeth Meyer   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The journals and letters from Goethe's 'grand tour' of southern Italy as translated by W.H. Auden. In addition to much musing on philosophy and art, it includes some wonderful writing on the Italian landscape. (ITL144, $17.00)
Seasons in Basilicata, A Year in a Southern Italian Hill Village  •  David Yeadon   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  This warm-spirited account of a year in the village of Aliano in Italy's rural south. Yeadon finds an altogether different place than that encountered by Carols Levi (Christ Stopped in Eboli) in 1935. (ITL585, $14.95)
Unto the Sons  •  Gay Talese   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A wide-ranging memoir of the Talese family, from their origin in the Calabrian town of Maida through emigration to the United States in the early 20th century and settling in Ocean City, New Jersey. (ITL145, $15.95)
Italy in Mind  •  Alice Powers   • LITERATURE  •  A terrific collection of some of the best literary writing on Italy, including pieces by Melville, Lawrence, Henry James, Mary McCarthy and many others. (ITL39, $14.95)
The Castle of Otranto, A Gothic Story  •  Horace Walpole   • LITERATURE  •  First published in 1764, Walpole's classic Gothic novel takes place in and around the 15th-century castle on the Adriatic. (ITL631, $8.95)