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	About Sicily, Travellers in an Ancient Island • David D. Hume • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A well informed, personable travel account, lovingly written and illustrated by a reitred New York City headmaster (St. David's School) and his wife. (ITL274, $15.95)
	Aeolian Islands Map • Litographia Artistica Cartographica • A detailed map and nautical chart of Lipari at a scale of 1:25,000. (ITL593, $10.95)
	Al Dente, The Adventures of a Gastronome in Italy • William Black • FOOD • William Black tosses a few receipts into this mix of travel, gastronomy and family history. (ITL548, $13.95)
	Art of the Byzantine Era • David Talbot Rice • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An indispensable classic and a thoroughly illustrated introduction to Byzantine art, wide-ranging and literate. Though it focuses on early Christian Constantinople, the book also includes chapters on Sicily, Venice and the Slavonic art of the Balkans. (TKY22, $16.95)
	August Heat • Andrea Camilleri • MYSTERY • COMING IN AUGUST • Montalbano once again confronts political corruption, murder and his own desires and failings in this installment of the compelling Sicilian series. (ITL942, $14.00)
	Authentic Sicily • Touring Club of Italy • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to Sicily by the Touring Club of Italy. With a focus on history and architecture, this is a comprehensive introduction to the region, featuring excellent full-color maps and detailed listings. (ITL643, $18.95)
	Birds of Europe • Killian Mullarney • Lars Svensson • Dan Zetterstrom • Peter J. Grant • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE • A Princeton field guide to European birds, featuring 3,500 color illustrations that depict 722 species found across the continent. (FG47, $29.95)
	The Birth of Venus, A Novel • Sarah Dunant • LITERATURE • A rich novel of art, passion and patronage, memorably set in late 15th-century Florence and prominently featuring the famously pious reformer Savonarola. (ITL532, $13.95)
	Blood Rain • Michael Dibdin • MYSTERY • Much of the action on this installment in the enjoyable Aurelio Zen series is set in and around Catania in Sicily, a place that our world-weary detective had always hoped to avoid. (ITL624, $13.00)
	Cadogan Guide Sicily • Dana Facaros • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive look at the region from the excellent British guidebook series. (ITL115, $18.95)
	Casa Rossa • Francesca Marciano • LITERATURE • A vivid novel following the lives of a mother, daughter, and granddaughter from Puglia over the course of the 20th century, opening as the narrator prepares to sell Casa Rossa, the family farm. (ITL534, $14.95)
	Cavalleria Rusticana and Other Stories • Giovanni Verga • LITERATURE • A collection of short stories set in rural Sicily. (ITL202, $14.00)
	Christ Stopped at Eboli, The Story of a Year • Carlo Levi • Frances Frenaye • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An affecting memoir of southern Italy, originally published in 1947, it stems from the author's forced relocation to the region as punishment for anti-fascist political activity. (ITL09, $14.00)
	Cinema Paradiso • Giuseppe Tornatore • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • At the heart of this Oscar-Winning film is the tender friendship between a local boy and an old projectionist in a Sicilian village. (ITL523, $19.99)
	A Concise History of Italy • Christopher Duggan • HISTORY • A history of Italy from the fall of the Roman Empire to the present day. (ITL35, $26.99)
	Conversations in Sicily • Elio Vittorini • Alane Salierno Mason • Ernest Hemingway • LITERATURE • A new translation of the groundbreaking modern classic about a young man who returns to Sicily for the first time in many years. With Hemingway's original 1949 introduction. (ITL225, $12.95)
	D.H. Lawrence and Italy • D.H. Lawrence • Tim Parks • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • This omnibus Penguin Classics edition includes three travel tales, each very different in tone and all wonderful: "Sea and Sardinia" is a nostalgic look at traditional ways of life; "Twilight in Italy" an evocation of Lawrence's memorable stay on Lake Garda; and "Etruscan Places" his musings on ancient sites, including the painted tombs of Tarquinia. (ITL62, $18.00)
	The Dark Heart of Italy • Tobias Jones • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An insightful portrait of contemporary Italy by a roving British journalist living in Parma. (ITL533, $15.00)
	The Day of the Owl • Leonardo Sciascia • Archibald Colquhoun • Arthur Oliver • George Scialabba • LITERATURE • A tale by the Sicilian master. (ITL596, $12.95)
	Eat Smart in Sicily, How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure • Joan Peterson • FOOD • Unlike guidebooks that sweep Sicily into an overview of Italy, this latest addition to the awardwinning Eat Smart series focuses solely on the cuisine of Sicily. (ITL911, $13.95)
	Eleven Short Stories, Undici Novelle, A Dual-Language Book • Luigi Pirandello • Stanley Applebaum • LITERATURE • This collection of earthy stories by the prolific Sicilian author and playwright ((1867-1936), in a bilingual edition, includes Little Hut, With Other Eyes, A Voice, Citrons from Sicily, A Character's Tragedy. Pirandello won the Nobel Prize in 1934. (ITL816, $12.95)
	The Excursion to Tindari • Andrea Camilleri • Stephen Sartarelli • MYSTERY • Book number five in Camilleri's Inspector Montalban series. The sly, overworked inspector has his hands full in this satisfyingly complex tale set in contemporary Sicily. (ITL616, $14.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Italy • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (ITL32, $30.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Umbria • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A marvelously illustrated, compact guide to the culture, history and attractions of Umbria, organized geographically and especially helpful for its innovative site plans, building diagrams and local maps. (ITL512, $20.00)
	Eyewitness Top Ten Sicily • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions in Sicily. (ITL686, $12.00)
	The Field Guide to Geology • David Lambert • FIELD GUIDE • This visual overview of geology by David Lambert and The Diagram Group introduces plate tectonics, rocks, rivers, seas and ice, climate change and other issues in more than 750 two-tone charts, maps and diagrams. (GEO20, $16.95)
	Fighting the Mafia and Renewing Sicilian Culture • Leoluca Orlando • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • This captivating book by the the former mayor of Palermochronicles Orlando''s efforts to to bring about political and cultural changes in his beloved Sicily. (ITL701, $16.95)
	Fodor's Exploring Italy • Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • An excellent, up-to-date overview of Italy and its attractions. (ITL73, $22.00)
	Fodor's See It Italy • Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • Fodor's informative guide to touring Italy, notable for its especially vibrant presentation of the country. (ITL550, $24.95)
	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)
	The Foods of Sicily and Sardinia and the Smaller Islands • John Dominis • Giuliano Bugialli • FOOD • Bugialli presents a truly authentic and comprehensive cuisine in these illustrated pages, including not just recipes but also wonderful photography and cultural notes. (ITL297, $37.50)
	For the Beauty of the Earth: Birding, Opera, and Other Journeys • Thomas Urquhart • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Urquhart chronicles a lifelong affair with nature, combined with a passion for music, as he travels-- and bird watches-- through pastoral England, Italy, the Camargue in Provence, and the villages of Mali. (BRD35, $15.00)
	Frommer's Sicily • Darwin Porter • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series, strong on where to eat, sleep and shop. (ITL894, $18.99)
	The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral • Robert A. Scott • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs. (EUR190, $17.95)
	The Greek World, Art and Civilization in Magna Graecia and Sicily • Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A thorough presentation of the art and artifacts of the Greek settlements on the western coast of Italy. (GRE151, $85.00)
	Guarino Guarini and His Architecture • Harold Alan Meek • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An overview of the life and work of Guarino Guarini, the great Italian architect of the Baroque period. (ITL192, $30.00)
	Here Is Where We Meet • John Berger • LITERATURE • This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow. (EUR189, $14.00)
	A History of Sicily • M. I. Finley • Denis Mack Smith • HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT • Abridged from the original 1968 three volume-history by classicist Finley, historian Smith and abridged and revised by Christopher Duggan. (ITL842, $24.95)
	The Honoured Society: The Sicilian Mafia Observed • Norman Lewis • HISTORY • A penetrating report on the Mafia, its origins, code, brutality and impact on Sicilian society and culture, originally published in 1964. (ITL735, $33.95)
	A House in Sicily • Daphne Phelps • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • An old-fashioned memoir of life at Casa Cuseni, the pensione and garden in Taormina run by the indomitable Daphne Phelps, which has been a sanctuary for Tennessee Williams, Betrand Russell and other guests, famous and infamous, since 1947. (ITL148, $16.95)
	Il Postino • Michael Radford • A shy Italian postman who learns the ways of poetry and romance while delivering mail to the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. (ITL541, $19.99)
	In the Garden of Papa Santuzzu, A Novel • Tony Ardizzone • LITERATURE • A multi-generational tale of family and immigration from rural Sicily to America. (ITL514, $15.00)
	The Inferno of Dante, A New Verse Translation • Dante Alighieri • Robert Pinsky • LITERATURE • The celebrated modern translation of Dante's "Inferno." (ITL411, $11.00)
	Insight Guide Corsica • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated guide to Corsica with essays on its attractions, history and culture. (MED17, $22.95)
	Insight Guide Mediterranean Cruises • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • Covering 120 ports of call throughout the Mediterranean from the Canary Islands to Egypt. (MED94, $22.95)
	Insight Guide Sicily • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A colorful background guide to Sicily. (ITL168, $23.95)
	Italian Cinema, From Neorealism to the Present • Peter Bondanella • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A scholarly history modern Italian film. (ITL350, $29.95)
	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 Hours • Henry James • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A classic series of travel essays written between 1872 and 1909 on the art, religion and people of Italy. James is an observant guide to Rome, Naples, Florence and other great destinations in the 19th century. (ITL07, $16.00)
	Italian Indispensables Vocabulary Builder • Audio-Forum • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A short audio program wiith 50 common words and phrases for travelers. (ITL401, $9.95)
	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)
	Italian, A Language Map • Kristine K. Kershul • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers. (ITL645, $7.95)
	Italy and Its Invaders • Girolamo Arnaldi • HISTORY • A wide-ranging history of the many empires and world powers that have invaded Italy, and their lasting influences, both positive and negative, on Italian art, architecture and culture up to the present day. (ITL661, $19.95)
	Italy in Mind • Alice Powers • LITERATURE • A terrific collection of some of the best literary writing on Italy, including Melville, Lawrence, Henry James, Mary McCarthy and many others. Great reading. (ITL39, $14.95)
	Italy Map • Borch Maps • A laminated map of Italy at a scale of 1:800,000. (ITL19, $11.95)
	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)
	Italy, A Short History • Harry Hearder • HISTORY • Elegantly written, generous and enormously 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, $24.99)
	Italy, A Traveler's Literary Companion • Lawrence Venuti • ANTHOLOGY • Not just a literary companion, this anthology is also a who's who of contemporary Italian writers that captures the spirit, history and allure of the country. (ITL466, $14.95)
	Language and Travel Guide to Sicily • Giovanna Bellia LA Marca • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to food, attractions and accomodations, helpfully paired with an extensive section on Italian and two audio CDs of popular Sicilian words and phrases. (ITL872, $29.95)
	The Leopard • Luchino Visconti • LITERATURE • The film version of di Lasmpedusa's highly regarded novel. Starring Burt Lancaster. (ITL906, $49.95)
	Life in the Country • Giovanni Verga • J.G. Nichols • LITERATURE • A collection of eight stories steeped in tradition, folkways and day-to-day reality of Sicilian life. (ITL471, $13.00)
	Little Novels of Sicily • Giovanni Verga • D.H. Lawrence • LITERATURE • A collection of the Sicilian writer's best tales selected and translated by D.H. Lawrence in 1925. (ITL472, $15.00)
	Lonely Planet Sicily • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series. (ITL561, $19.99)
	M, The Man Who Became Caravaggio • Peter Robb • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A masterful biography of the Renaissance painter by the author of "Midnight in Sicily." (ART47, $20.00)
	Made in Italy, A Shopper's Guide • Laura Morelli • GUIDEBOOK • The second edition of Morelli's expert survey of handcrafted Italian shops and products from Murano glass to ceramics, jewelry and leather. (ITL473, $24.95)
	Mafia & Mafiosi: Origin, Power and Myth • Henner Hess • HISTORY • A scholarly, insightful reference. (ITL516, $21.00)
	Mafia, Money and Politics in Sicily 1950-1997 • Ren� Seindal • HISTORY • A schoalrly analysis, based on the Danish author's Ph.D. thesis. (ITL517, $31.00)
	Magna Graecia, Greek Art from South Italy and Sicily • Aaron J. Paul • Michael J. Bennett • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Featuring color photographs of 80 spectacular terracotta sculptures, jewelry, ceramic and bronze vases and other objects. (ITL750, $50.00)
	Malena • Giuseppe Tornatore • A coming-of-age tale set in 1940s Sicily, evocative of wartime attitudes. (ITL524, $32.99)
	Mammals of Europe • Priscilla Barrett • David W. MacDonald • FIELD GUIDE • Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals. (FG61, $34.95)
	The Mask of Apollo, a Novel • Mary Renault • LITERATURE • Master of historical fiction Mary Renault centers her story in the turbulent world of fourth-century B.C. Greece, where a tragic actor finds Plato and his friend trying to subdue the tyrannical ruler of Syracuse. (GRE224, $14.95)
	Mediterranean Winter, The Pleasures of History and Landscape in Tunisia, Sicily, Dalmatia, and Greece • Robert D. Kaplan • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The prolific journalist and traveler revisits the Mediterranean of his youth in this extended meditation on the pleasures and freedom of life on the road. (MED78, $14.00)
	The Middle Sea, A History of the Mediterranean • John Julius Norwich • HISTORY • NEW • A marvelous writer who has already tackled Byzantium, the Normans in Sicily and Venice, Norwich spins his magic in this story of culture, trade and politics, royalty and rulers, wars and religion in the Mediterranean. (MED98, $20.00)
	Modigliani • Doris Krystof • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This slim illustrated volume showcases Modigliani's distinct colorful style of painting and portraiture in the handsome Taschen style. (ART44, $9.99)
	National Geographic Traveler Sicily • Tim Jepson • GUIDEBOOK • This guide to Sicily, published in National Geographic's attractive, visual style, features hundreds of photographs, full color maps and useful information on history, nature, culture and travel. (ITL658, $19.95)
	The Norman Kingdom of Sicily • Donald Matthew • HISTORY • A compelling scholarly overview the history culture, art and religion of medieval Sicily. (ITL702, $43.00)
	The Oil Jar and Other Stories • Luigi Pirandello • Stanley Appelbaum • LITERATURE • A slim collection of 11sketches and brief stories. (ITL446, $1.50)
	The Olive, Tree of Civilization • John Train • Mark E. Smith • HISTORY • A history of the celebrated vegetable and the mythology behind it. (NAT72, $25.00)
	On the Shores of the Mediterranean • Eric Newby • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A sparkling observer and famously entertaining writer, Newby tackles the Mediterranean in this merry travelogue. He finds himself in North Africa, the Adriatic, Venice, Naples, the Greek Islands, Turkey, Cairo and Jerusalem. (MED25, $14.95)
	One-Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in Italy • Paolo Lazzarin • GUIDEBOOK • Each charming town gets an appreciative essay and evocative color photographs in this handsome tribute and excellent guide. (ITL546, $45.00)
	Palaces of Sicily • Angheli Zalapi • Melo Minella • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A sumptuously illusrtated survey of the history of grand villas and palaces in Sicily spanning Norman, Aragon, Catalan, Baroque and the 18th-century. (ITL675, $40.00)
	The Patience of the Spider • Stephen Sartarelli • Andrea Camilleri • LITERATURE • Book number eight in Camilleri's series, starring the world-weary, earthy -- and now aging not so gracefully -- Inspector Montalbano (made into a wildly popular television series in Italy). (ITL826, $13.00)
	Pimsleur Quick & Simple Italian • Pimsleur Language Method • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Italian, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations. (ITL630, $19.95)
	Rebels and Mafiosi, Death in a Sicilian Landscape • James Fentress • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A lively history of the Mafia with a particular focus on Palermo. (ITL278, $39.95)
	Red Figure Vases of South Italy & Sicily • Arthur D. Trendall • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A study of the unique form of pottery developed by Greeks in southern Italy. (ITL296, $14.95)
	Rick Steves' Italian Phrase Book & Dictionary • Rick Steves • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary; also includes Steves' insight into how to break the ice and make friends around the world. (ITL424, $7.95)
	The Rise of Christianity • Rodney Stark • RELIGION • The subtitle to this book says it all: "How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries." (MED64, $14.95)
	The Rock of Anzio: From Sicily to Dachau, A History of the 45th Infantry Division • Flint Whitlock • HISTORY • An in-deth history of a famous WWII national guard unit that hailed from the southwest, covering both the bloody invasion at Anzio and the contoversial liberation of Dachau, recommended for military buffs only. (ITL520, $22.00)
	Rough Guide Italy • Ros Belford • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide in the British series with a good overview of culture and history, dozens of sketch maps and extensive listings. (ITL328, $22.95)
	Rough Guide Sicily • Rough Guide • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive edgy guide to Sicily in the British series with an equal focus on culture, history and travel information. (ITL161, $17.99)
	Rounding the Mark • Andrea Camilleri • MYSTERY • Book number seven in Camilleri's absorbing series starring the world-weary, earthy Inspector Montalbano. (ITL722, $13.00)
	Sea and Sardinia • D.H. Lawrence • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A marvelous account of a trip to Sardinia, evoking both the charms and travails of the then-remote island, and the personality of the author. It's a pleasingly exaggerated, accessible portrait of life on the island, circa 1921. (ITL349, $15.00)
	Short Stories in Italian, Racconti in Italiano • Nick Roberts • LITERATURE • These modern tales in the bilingual series of Penguin Parallell Texts make for good reading in any language. (ITL730, $13.00)
	Sicilian Lives • Danilo Dolci • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • As told to the author by the people of Trappeto in the western Sicily. (ITL515, $19.00)
	Sicilian Odyssey • Francine Prose • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Novelist Francine Prose tries her hand at travel writing in this lyrical, vibrant and concise portrait of Sicily. Prose evokes Sicily's history, art, landscape and cuisine through considerations of her own journey across the island . (ITL451, $20.00)
	The Sicilian, A Novel • Mario Puzo • LITERATURE • A fictionalized account of the life of Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano by the author of the Godfather. (ITL728, $7.99)
	Sicily and Sardinia Map • Touring Club Italiano • A map of Italian islands at a scale of 1:400,000. (ITL223, $12.95)
	Sicily Before History, An Archaeological Survey from the Paleolithic to the Iron Age • Robert Leighton • ARCHAEOLOGY • A rich survey of Sicily's archaeological record geared for students and serious-minded travelers. (ITL110, $31.95)
	Sicily Map • Touring Club Italiano • A map of Sicily at the very good scale of 1:200,000. The detail is great if you don't mind folding it out to its full poster size. (ITL181, $12.95)
	Sicily, Salerno, Anzio: January 1943 to June 1944 • Samuel Eliot Morison • HISTORY • Volume 9 of Morison's History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. (ITL519, $24.95)
	Sicily, Through Writers' Eyes • Claire Horatio • ANTHOLOGY • A collection of travel writing on Sicily. (ITL780, $33.95)
	Sicily: A Complete Guide to the Island, Its Towns, Monuments, and Incomparable Landscapes • Touring Club Italiano • GUIDEBOOK • A practical, comprehensive guide with excellent maps published by the Touring Club Italiano. (ITL510, $16.95)
	Siracusa Map • Litographia Artistica Cartographica • A provincial road map of the Siracusa (Syracuse), Sicily at a scale of 1:150,000. (ITL592, $10.95)
	Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays • Luigi Pirandello • LITERATURE • The Sicilian Pirandello's groundbreaking 1921 play, a sensation, in which six people stumble into a rehearsal and demand to be included. (ITL815, $13.00)
	The Smell of the Night • Andrea Camilleri • Stephen Sartarelli • MYSTERY • Book number six in Camilleri's serres starring the world-weary, earthy Inspector Montalban (made into a wildly popular television series in Italy). In this installment the sly detective is on the trail of a financier who has disappeared with milllions. (ITL617, $13.00)
	The Snack Thief • Andrea Camilleri • MYSTERY • The third book in the bestselling series starring the irresistible Inspector Montalbano. (ITL530, $13.00)
	Sweet Sicily, The Story of An Island and Her Pastries • Victoria Granof • FOOD • A guide to festivals, pastry shops and sweets in Sicily by celebrated chef, featuring 106 recipes. (ITL522, $35.00)
	The Talented Mr. Ripley • Anthony Minghella • A suspenseful thriller of obsession and jealousy starring Matt Damon and Jude Law, based on the popular mystery by Patricia Highsmith. (ITL542, $14.99)
	The Terracotta Dog • Andrea Camilleri • MYSTERY • Number two in the wildly popular Inspector Montalbano series. Among its many pleasures is Camilleri's wry send-up of Sicilian society and politics. (ITL529, $13.00)
	That Fine Italian Hand • Paul Hoffman • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An affectionate -- and insightful -- portrait of a people. (ITL346, $17.00)
	That Summer In Sicily, A Love Story • Marlena de Blasi • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • De Blasi writes beautifully as she unfolds the true story of a remarkable Sicilian woman, once mistress to a prince. It's both a suspenseful love story and a glimpse of local history. (ITL954, $24.00)
	To Each His Own • Adrienne Foulke • Leonardo Sciascia • LITERATURE • This novel investigates the deception, collusion, and violence within the mafia. (ITL250, $14.00)
	Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe • Marybeth Bond • Mary Morris • ANTHOLOGY • This entertaining collection depicts Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris. (EUR160, $17.95)
	Travelers' Tales Italy • Ann Calcagno • Jan Morris • ANTHOLOGY • A collection of 48 stories on traveling in Italy and Italian life, featuring the writing of Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Frances Mayes, Jonathan Keates, Stanley Crouch and others. (ITL182, $18.95)
	A Traveller's History of Italy • Valerio Lintner • HISTORY • A brief history of Italy through the 1990s -- wide-ranging, accessible and necessarily condensed. With a useful chronology and historical gazetteer, this book marches confidently through the centuries. (ITL86, $14.95)
	Travels With a Medieval Queen • Mary Taylor Simeti • HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT • A biography of Queen Constance of Hauteville, by the author of 'On Persephone's Island.' (ITL302, $30.00)
	The Vinegar of Spilamberto, And Other Italian Adventures With Food, Places, And People • Doris Muscatine • Alice Waters • FOOD • An account of the author's travels and love of Italy, its food and culture. (ITL662, $15.00)
	Voice of the Violin • Andrea Camilleri • Stephen Sartarelli • MYSTERY • The fourth installment in the popular Inspector Montalbano series, complete with a quirky cast of Sicilian characters. (ITL537, $13.00)
	The Walker's Literary Companion • Robert Gilbert • Anne Wallace • Jeffrey Robinson • ANTHOLOGY • A diverse sampling of literature on the pleasures of walking, representing philosophers, naturalists, outcasts, athletes and intellectuals from Plato to Frank O'Hara. (WLK08, $24.00)
	Walking • Henry David Thoreau • REFERENCE • You may want to carry this small volume in your daypack for inspiration. In it, Thoreau offers his meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel. (WLK04, $9.95)
	Walking in Sicily • Gillian Price • GUIDEBOOK • A compact guide in the British series covering, in detail, 42 recommended hikes and treks. (ITL467, $17.95)
	Words Are Stones, Impressions of Sicily • Carlo Levi • Anita Desai • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • These short essays and reports by the Piedmontese author of Christ Stopped at Eboli vividly chronicle Sicily of the 1950s. (ITL652, $15.95)
	World Food Italy • Gabriella Cossi • Matthew Evans • FOOD • OUT OF PRINT • Take this book along to Italy and eat knowledgeably after taking in the author's explanations of ingredients, regional specialties, classic dishes and methods of preparation. (ITL386, $12.95)

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