Taste of Tuscany & Umbria

Taste of Tuscany & Umbria | READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Eyewitness Guide Florence & Tuscany • Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • PAPER • 336 PAGES This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent maps and a neighborhood-by-neighborhood synopsis of the region's attractions. (ITL46, $25.00)
Eyewitness Guide Umbria • Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2011 • FLEXI-BOUND • 192 PAGES 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. With select, annotated listings of where to eat and sleep and what to buy. (ITL512, $20.00)
The Art of the Renaissance • Peter Murray ART & ARCHITECTURE • 1992 • PAPER • 286 PAGES A brief, illustrated survey of the world of the Renaissance and its art, complete with illustrations. This fine book puts the flowering of art and culture that began in Florence in 1420 in its historical context. With 251 well-integrated illustrations, 51 in color. Organized geographically and thematically, it includes chapters on Florence and its artists, the Netherlands, early illustrated books and many individual artists. (ITL14, $18.95)
Central Italy Map • Touring Club Italiano MAP A regional map of Central Italy, including Tuscany, Umbria and Rome, at a scale of 1:400,000. One Side. 37x49 inches. (ITL103, $14.95)

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Florence Map • Borch Maps • A detailed, plastic-covered city map of Florence at a scale of 1:7,000. (ITL59, $8.95)
Rome Map • Borch Maps • A handy map at a scale of 1:11,000, with a more detailed overview of the city center. (ITL60, $8.95)
Fodor's Florence's 25 Best • Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • This shirt-pocket guide includes an excellent map and essential information on the city's highlights, including sightseeing, restaurants and shopping. (ITL140, $11.99)
Fodor's Rome's 25 Best • Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • This shirt-pocket guide includes a map of the city and essential information on its highlights. (ITL112, $11.99)
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)
Biba's Italy • Biba Caggiano • FOOD • Caggiano focuses on regional, seasonal food in this omnibus cookbook (featuring 100 recipes), menu planner and travel guide to Rome, Florence, Bologna, Milan and Venice. Nicely produced, this handsome sepia-toned book includes recommended restaurants, cafes and markets in each city. (ITL777, $29.95)
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, $29.00)
La Bella Figura, A Field Guide to the Italian Mind • Beppe Severgnini • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Italians themselves love this guide to the Italian character, which 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, $14.00)
The City of Florence, Historical Vistas and Personal Sightings • R.W.B. Lewis • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • FAVORITE • 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, $21.99)
The House of Medici, Its Rise and Fall • Christopher Hibbert • HISTORY • 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, $16.99)
The Italians • Luigi Barzini • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 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)
Tuscan Country, A Photographer's Journey • Wes Walker • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Walker captures the allure of the hill towns, including Siena, Lucca, Pisa and smaller cities and villages in 100 luminous color photographs. (ITL848, $29.95)
A Valley in Italy, The Many Seasons of a Villa in Umbria • Lisa St. Aubin de Teran • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • This short memoir chronicles a year in the small Umbrian village of San Orsola--especially the delights and frustrations of renovating a decayed villa. Taking in food, wine, local customs and landscapes, the book is an excellent introduction to the region (ITL98, $14.99)
Reluctant Saint, The Life of Francis of Assisi • Donald Spoto • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Spoto draws on fascinating new research to explore the travels, spirit and work of the beloved saint. This engaging portrait provides an excellent overview of the life of St. Francis. (ITL849, $16.00)
Songbirds, Truffles and Wolves, An American Naturalist in Italy • Gary Paul Nabhan • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The author, a poet and naturalist, heads along the Franciscan Way from Florence to Assisi. This most unusual travelogue combines natural history, spirituality and a lively appreciation of local food and food traditions. A print-on-demand paperback. (ITL99, $16.00)
Under the Tuscan Sun • Audrey Wells • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The movie of the bestselling book as starring the always wonderful Diane Lane. (ITL549, $29.95)
War in Val D'Orcia: An Italian War Diary, 1943-1944 • Iris Origo • Denis Mack Smith • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A diary of day-to-day heroism and fortitude. The author and her family take children, deserters, escaped prisoners, and Jews fleeing the advancing Germans into their home in Tuscany. (ITL219, $14.95)
Ratking • Michael Dibdin • MYSTERY • Venetian crime investigator Aurelio Zen goes after the kidnappers of a Perugian industrialist in this enjoyable thriller, winner of the Gold Dagger Award (and first book in the series). (ITL622, $13.95)
Summer's Lease • John Mortimer • MYSTERY • A well-paced mystery set in the Tuscan countryside, by Sir John Morimer, author of Rumpole of the Bailey. Poor Molly Pargeter's idyll is upset when the water supply fails and a neighbor dies. John Gielgud starred in the Masterpiece Theatre adaptation as the seriously mischievous Haverford Downs. (ITL580, $18.00)
Travelers' Tales Tuscany • Tara Austen Weaver • James O'Reilly • ANTHOLOGY • COMING IN • An anthology of great excerpts from travel essays about Tuscany, with pieces from Saul Bellow, Frances Mayes and Ferenc Mate, among others. (ITL315, $16.95)

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