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Al Dente, The Adventures of a Gastronome in Italy
• William Black
• FOOD
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William Black tosses a few receipts into this mix of travel, gastronomy and family history.
(ITL548, $13.95)
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Architecture in Italy 1500-1600
• Wolfgang Lotz
• Deborah Howard
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A classic, comprehensive introduction to Italian architecture of the 16th century.
(ITL247, $37.00)
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The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance
• Peter Murray
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A classic, informative guide to Renaissance architecture throughout Italy. with black-and-white photographs and site plans. Ideal for travelers to Italy with an interest in architecture.
(ITL34, $17.95)
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The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
• Benvenuto Cellini
• George Bull
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The story of a sculptor and goldsmith during the Italina Renaissance.
(ITL172, $14.00)
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Bella Tuscany, The Sweet Life in Italy
• Frances Mayes
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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In this sequel to "Under the Tuscan Sun," best-selling author Frances Mayes goes out in search of Italian Life in the small town of Cortona.
(ITL224, $15.00)
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Berlitz Tuscany and Umbria
• Berlitz Pocket Guides
• Steven Brewer
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical brief guide to Tuscany and Umbria.
(ITL293, $8.95)
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Birds of Europe
• Killian Mullarney
• Lars Svensson
• Dan Zetterstrom
• Peter J. Grant
• FIELD GUIDE
• FAVORITE
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A Princeton field guide to European birds, featuring 3,500 color illustrations that depict 722 species found across the continent.
(FG47, $29.95)
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The Birth of Venus, A Novel
• Sarah Dunant
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Blue Guide Tuscany
• Alta MacAdam
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to the cultural riches of Tuscany with a focus on history, art and architecture. Serious-minded travelers will not want to be without it.
(ITL43, $24.95)
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Casa Rossa
• Francesca Marciano
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Central Italy Map
• Touring Club Italiano
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A regional map of Central Italy, including Tuscany, Umbria and Rome, at a scale of 1:400,000.
(ITL103, $12.95)
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The City of Florence, Historical Vistas and Personal Sightings
• R.W.B. Lewis
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• FAVORITE
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A vivid tour of the city and its riches by the fine biographer of Edith Wharton and Henry James. Lewis has written what he calls "a partial biography of Florence," beautifully interweaving the personal and the historical.
(ITL47, $19.00)
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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
• Jacob Burckhardt
• S. G. C. Middlemore
• Peter Gay
• HISTORY
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A classic survey of life, society and culture suring the Italian Renaissance.
(ITL307, $15.95)
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Classic Italian Jewish Cooking
• Edda Servi Machlin
• FOOD
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The pioneering work on Jewish-Italian food, this classic cookbook retails the food traditions of Pitigliano, Tuscany, which was a thriving Jewish community as recently as 1943.
(ITL383, $29.95)
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A Concise History of Italy
• Christopher Duggan
• HISTORY
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A history of Italy from the fall of the Roman Empire to the present day.
(ITL35, $26.99)
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Dante
• R.W. Lewis
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A brief, literate biography of the exceptionally literate Dante Alighieri.
(ITL313, $19.95)
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The Dark Heart of Italy
• Tobias Jones
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An insightful portrait of contemporary Italy by a roving British journalist living in Parma.
(ITL533, $15.00)
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Edith Wharton's Italian Gardens
• Vivian Russell
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Edith Wharton's essays on the magnificent villa gardens of Lombardy, Veneto, Florence, Siena and Rome are as full of interest today as when they were first published in 1904.
(ITL716, $45.00)
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Etruscan Art
• Nigel Spivey
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A thoroughly-illustrated, wide-ranging and literate introduction to Etruscan art. A volume in the acclaimed "World of Art" series.
(ITL68, $18.95)
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The Etruscans
• Graeme Barker
• Tom Rasmussen
• HISTORY
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A study of the Etruscans. Using the most recent archaeological evidence, the authors detail their culture, economics and inscriptions
(ITL169, $41.95)
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Eyewitness Guide Florence & Tuscany
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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Superbly illustrated, this compact guide shows the neighborhoods, museums, shops and sites of Florence and surroundings in full color.
(ITL46, $23.00)
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Eyewitness Guide Italy
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Eyewitness Guide Umbria
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Florence Map
• Borch Maps
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A detailed, plastic-covered city map of Florence at a scale of 1:7,000.
(ITL59, $7.95)
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Fodor's Exploring Italy
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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An excellent, up-to-date overview of Italy and its attractions.
(ITL73, $22.00)
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Fodor's See It Italy
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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Fodor's informative guide to touring Italy, notable for its especially vibrant presentation of the country.
(ITL550, $24.95)
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For the Beauty of the Earth: Birding, Opera, and Other Journeys
• Thomas Urquhart
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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)
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Frommer's Tuscany & Umbria
• Reid Bramblett
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular series, revised annually.
(ITL83, $19.99)
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Galileo's Daughter, A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
• Dava Sobel
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The life of Sister Maria Celeste, Galileo Galilei's illegitimate daughter, as told through letters to her father.
(ITL176, $16.00)
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The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral
• Robert A. Scott
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs.
(EUR190, $17.95)
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Here Is Where We Meet
• John Berger
• LITERATURE
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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)
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The Hill Towns of Italy
• Carol Field
• Richard Kauffman
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• OUT OF PRINT
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A delightful illustrated survey of the towns, people and countryside of Tuscany and Umbria by a favorite writer on things Italian. With full-color photographs of towns, including Siena, San Gimignano, Perugia, Assisi and Orvieto.
(ITL96, $19.95)
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The Hills of Tuscany, A New Life in an Old Land
• Ferenc Mate
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A memoir of the author and his wife, a painter, living among farmers in rural Tuscany. Mate's love of Italy, and especially of its food, comes through loud and clear.
(ITL155, $15.00)
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The House of Medici, Its Rise and Fall
• Christopher Hibbert
• HISTORY
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A well-written, entertaining history of the Medicis in Renaissance Florence. Great to read before going to Florence, where the influence of the Medicis and the artists they supported is still very much in evidence.
(ITL135, $16.00)
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Il Postino
• Michael Radford
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A shy Italian postman who learns the ways of poetry and romance while delivering mail to the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.
(ITL541, $19.99)
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In Tuscany
• Bob Krist
• Frances Mayes
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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An edition of Maye's warm, anecdotal account of life on her now-restored Tuscan estate, much enhanced by Bob Krist's color photographs.
(ITL348, $35.00)
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The Inferno of Dante, A New Verse Translation
• Dante Alighieri
• Robert Pinsky
• LITERATURE
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The celebrated modern translation of Dante's "Inferno."
(ITL411, $11.00)
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Innocence
• Penelope Fitzgerald
• LITERATURE
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A comic novel set in mid-twentieth century Italy, by the inimitable Penelope Fitzgerald, author of "The Blue Flower".
(ITL317, $12.00)
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Insight Guide Italy
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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An illustrated overview of Italy with essays on its attractions, history and culture.
(ITL108, $23.95)
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Insight Guide Mediterranean Cruises
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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Covering 120 ports of call throughout the Mediterranean from the Canary Islands to Egypt.
(MED94, $22.95)
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Inventing Leonardo
• A. Richard Turner
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Turner, a leading art historian of the Renaissance, offers a lively appraisal of the controversial genius. It's an elegant and stimulating book.
(ITL79, $22.95)
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Italian Days
• Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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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)
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Italian English Bilingual Visual Dictionary
• DK Publishing
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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With thousands of neatly arranged color photographs, this compact book is impressively comprehensive, covering everything from the basics of la casa (house) to the vocabulary of le granaglie e i legumi secchi (grains and legumes).
(ITL626, $12.95)
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Italian Folktales
• Italo Calvino
• LITERATURE
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A treasured collection of 200 lively folk tales presented by none other than the great Italo Calvino, a modern master with great affection for the folkloric traditions of his childhood.
(ITL314, $25.00)
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Italian Hours
• Henry James
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Italian Indispensables Vocabulary Builder
• Audio-Forum
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A short audio program wiith 50 common words and phrases for travelers.
(ITL401, $9.95)
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The Italians
• Luigi Barzini
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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The definitive portrait of the Italian people, this is a classic, scholarly essay on the Italian character. Though first published in 1964, it's still worth reading for its insight, grace and wit.
(ITL05, $16.00)
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Italy and Its Invaders
• Girolamo Arnaldi
• HISTORY
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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)
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Italy in Mind
• Alice Powers
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Italy Map
• Borch Maps
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A laminated map of Italy at a scale of 1:800,000.
(ITL19, $11.95)
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Italy Northeast Map
• Michelin Travel Publications
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(ITL72, $8.95)
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Italy, A Short History
• Harry Hearder
• HISTORY
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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)
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Italy, A Traveler's Literary Companion
• Lawrence Venuti
• ANTHOLOGY
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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)
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Italy, Charming Small Hotels
• Fiona Duncan
• GUIDEBOOK
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A pocket-size guide to unusual places to stay throughout Italy.
(ITL92, $19.95)
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La Dolce Vita
• Federico Fellini
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Fellini's celebrated masterpiece about a Roman tabloid reporter who fully indugles in the decadence of "the sweet life."
(ITL543, $34.98)
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Leonardo da Vinci
• Kenneth Clark
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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With 128 well integrated plates and a useful chronology, this authoritative and informative book has become the standard introduction to da Vinci and his work.
(ITL78, $21.95)
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The Little Flowers of St. Francis
• W. Heywood
• Ugolino
• Madeleine L'Engle
• LITERATURE
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Classic tales attributed to St. Francis, divided into 50 vignettes, including the story of the wolf of Gubbio, set along the Franciscan Way.
(ITL132, $13.00)
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The Lives of the Artists, Vol 1
• Giorgio Vasari
• Julia Conway and Peter Bondanella
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Written in the mid-16th century, Vasari starts with Giotto as painting's prophet and ends with Michelangelo as its messiah in these short, influential biographies.
(ITL17, $14.00)
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Lonely Planet Tuscany & Umbria
• Damien Simonis
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to Tuscany.
(ITL233, $19.99)
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M, The Man Who Became Caravaggio
• Peter Robb
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A masterful biography of the Renaissance painter by the author of "Midnight in Sicily."
(ART47, $20.00)
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Mammals of Europe
• Priscilla Barrett
• David W. MacDonald
• FIELD GUIDE
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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)
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Master and Commander, The Far Side of the World
• Peter Weir
• LITERATURE
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Russell Crowe stars in this adaptation of two Patrick O'Brian novels, a swashbuckling adventure set off the coast of Cape Horn in 1805.
(GPS66, $39.98)
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Michelin Green Guide Tuscany
• Michelin Travel Publications
• GUIDEBOOK
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(ITL139, $21.95)
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The Middle Sea, A History of the Mediterranean
• John Julius Norwich
• HISTORY
• NEW
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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)
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Modigliani
• Doris Krystof
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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This slim illustrated volume showcases Modigliani's distinct colorful style of painting and portraiture in the handsome Taschen style.
(ART44, $9.99)
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The Olive, Tree of Civilization
• John Train
• Mark E. Smith
• HISTORY
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A history of the celebrated vegetable and the mythology behind it.
(NAT72, $25.00)
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One-Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in Italy
• Paolo Lazzarin
• GUIDEBOOK
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Each charming town gets an appreciative essay and evocative color photographs in this handsome tribute and excellent guide.
(ITL546, $45.00)
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The Piero Della Francesca Trail
• John Pope-Hennessy
• Aldous Huxley
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A slim guide to the major paintings and frescoes of Piero found across Tuscany and Umbria. Originally published in 1993, this edition includes 52 color illustrations along with Huxley's influential essay on Piero's Resurrection of Christ.
(ITL409, $24.95)
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Pilgrimages, The Great Adventure of the Middle Ages
• John Ure
• HISTORY
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(EUR202, $15.95)
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Pimsleur Quick & Simple Italian
• Pimsleur Language Method
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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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)
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Renaissance Florence, The Invention of a New Art
• A. Richard Turner
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A cultural and social history of the city focusing on the great art and famous monuments, featuring vivid color pictures and illustrations.
(ITL50, $24.95)
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Romola
• George Eliot
• LITERATURE
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George Eliot is best-known for novels of English country life, but in this book she recreates Renaissance Florence.
(ITL318, $14.00)
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A Room with a View
• E.M. Forster
• LITERATURE
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E.M. Forster's classic tale of love among the middle classes, set largely in Florence.
(ITL142, $9.95)
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Rough Guide Tuscany and Umbria
• Jonathan Buckley
• Tim Jepson
• GUIDEBOOK
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A no-nonsense, comprehensive travel guide with region-by-region descriptions and a good overview of history and culture. With chapters on Florence and surroundings, Lucca, Pisa, Maremma, Siena, Arezzo, Peruguia, Assisi, Spoleto and Orvieto.
(ITL292, $19.99)
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Short Stories in Italian, Racconti in Italiano
• Nick Roberts
• LITERATURE
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These modern tales in the bilingual series of Penguin Parallell Texts make for good reading in any language.
(ITL730, $13.00)
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Siena Map
• Litographia Artistica Cartographica
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A very detailed map of Siena, scale 1:7000.
(ITL299, $10.95)
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Spartacus
• Stanley Kubrick
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Stanley Kubrick's riveting epic about the leader of a Roman slave revolt, starring no less than Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Tony Curtis and Peter Ustinov.
(ITL544, $49.95)
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The Stones of Florence
• Mary McCarthy
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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The classic history of the art, architecture and culture of Florence. Novelist McCarthy takes us on a quick and vivid tour of the history of the Medicis and the city of Florence, focusing on Renaissance art.
(ITL15, $14.00)
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The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Anthony Minghella
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A suspenseful thriller of obsession and jealousy starring Matt Damon and Jude Law, based on the popular mystery by Patricia Highsmith.
(ITL542, $14.99)
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That Fine Italian Hand
• Paul Hoffman
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An affectionate -- and insightful -- portrait of a people.
(ITL346, $17.00)
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Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe
• Marybeth Bond
• Mary Morris
• ANTHOLOGY
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This entertaining collection depicts Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris.
(EUR160, $17.95)
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Travelers' Tales Italy
• Ann Calcagno
• Jan Morris
• ANTHOLOGY
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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)
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A Traveller in Italy
• H.V. Morton
• Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The much-beloved, enduring account of Morton's ramblings in the temples, tombs and villas of Tuscany, Lombardy, Emilia and the Veneto.
(ITL417, $25.00)
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A Traveller's History of Italy
• Valerio Lintner
• HISTORY
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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)
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A Tuscan Childhood
• Kinta Beevor
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A vibrant, rosy-hued memoir of growing up privileged, bohemian and English in Tuscany during the interwar period.
(ITL388, $13.95)
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Tuscany FlexiMap
• American Map
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A sturdy laminated map of Tuscany for travelers
(ITL311, $7.95)
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Tuscany in Mind
• Alice Powers
• ANTHOLOGY
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A fine literary anthology covering the region's history, geography, culture and (of course) food, featuring contributions by luminaries including D.H. Lawrence and Robert Browning.
(ITL607, $14.95)
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Tuscany Map
• Borch Maps
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A convenient, laminated map of Tuscany, scale 1:400,000.
(ITL281, $10.95)
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Valperga
• Mary Shelley
• Tilottama Rajan
• LITERATURE
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This precursor to Frankenstein is a dark, historical romance set in 14th-century Tuscany. Also titled "The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca."
(ITL216, $18.95)
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The Vinegar of Spilamberto, And Other Italian Adventures With Food, Places, And People
• Doris Muscatine
• Alice Waters
• FOOD
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An account of the author's travels and love of Italy, its food and culture.
(ITL662, $15.00)
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Voice of the Violin
• Andrea Camilleri
• Stephen Sartarelli
• MYSTERY
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The fourth installment in the popular Inspector Montalbano series, complete with a quirky cast of Sicilian characters.
(ITL537, $13.00)
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A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age
• William Manchester
• HISTORY
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In this wide-ranging study, Manchester evokes in vivid detail the great figures and daily life of the 16th century, with information on Henry VIII, Magellan, Borgia, da Vinci and Martin Luther.
(EUR06, $15.99)
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Worldly Goods, A New History of the Renaissance
• Lisa Jardine
• HISTORY
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A history of the influence of commerce on the Renaissance.
(ITL173, $19.95)
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