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	Eyewitness Guide Rome  •   Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 432 PAGES A comprehensive guide to Rome featuring hundreds of color photographs, neighborhood maps and innovative site plans. With selective suggestions of where to stay, eat and shop. This excellent guide includes a chapter on children's Rome, and a fully indexed street finder. (ITL158, $25.00)
	The Search for Ancient Rome  •  Claude Moatti ARCHAEOLOGY •  1993 •  PAPER  • 207 PAGES • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE A volume in the lavishly illustrated "Discoveries" series, this pocket-size volume features hundreds of color photos and paintings, a chronology and excerpts by the great archaeologists. It's a portrait of the history of archaeology and a fascinating look at the meaning of ancient Rome to western civilization -- quite an accomplishment for a slim book. (ITL18, $12.95)
	The Colosseum  •  Keith Hopkins  •  Mary Beard ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2005 •  HARD COVER  • 192 PAGES Hopkins and Beard, both classicists, sweep aside misconceptions, taking shots at Hollywood (and others) for perpetrating tales of gladiator-eating lions, Nero fiddling and other myths. A volume in the engaging "Wonders of the World" series, the book is a lively overview of the history of the Colosseum. (ITL654, $19.95)
	The Smiles of Rome, A Literary Companion for Readers and Travelers  •  Susan Cahill ANTHOLOGY •  2005 •  PAPER  • 332 PAGES This inspired anthology features excerpts from 29 writers and artists, many Italian, interspersed with practical suggestions for travelers and commentary by editor Susan Cahill. Organized by period, she includes Ovid, Michelangelo, John Updike, and Henry James, Sigmund Freud, and Muriel Spark among other. The book concludes with an interview with Fellini and Ekberg. Cahill as also compiled and edited For the Love of Ireland and Desiring Italy. (ITL573, $14.95)
	Rome Map  •   Borch Maps 2007 •  MAP A handy map of the city at a scale of 1:11,000 with a more detailed overview of the city center. Plastic-coated. (ITL60, $8.95)

	Blue Guide Central Italy with Rome and Florence  •  Alta MacAdam   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Alta MacAdam, an art historian, brings her expertise to this authoritative guide to the art and culture of Lazio (Rome), Tuscany (Florence), Umbria and The Marche. (ITL947, $34.95)
	Blue Guide Rome  •  Alta MacAdam   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Having lived in Italy for 25 years, MacAdam provides an in-depth guide to the Eternal City, with 16 pages of street maps and 30 site plans, and advice on where to dine and shop. (ITL230, $28.95)
	Fodor's Rome's 25 Best  •   Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A shirt-pocket guide to Rome, this book includes an excellent map of the city and essential information on its highlights. (ITL112, $11.95)
	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)
	Michelin Green Guide Rome  •   Michelin Travel Publications   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A thorough introduction to Rome in the classic Michelin style, featuring brief descriptions of all the major attractions. We include it for its in-depth coverage and excellent neighborhood maps. (ITL889, $19.95)
	Biba's Italy  •  Biba Caggiano   • FOOD  •  Ms. 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)
	Inside the Vatican  •  Bart McDowell  •  Jim Stanfield   • RELIGION  •  A selection of stunning behind-the-scenes color photographs of the Vatican. The text describes the city-state's history and gives some background on the modern popes. (ITL55, $18.00)
	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)
	Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome  •  Christopher Scarre   • HISTORY  •  A vivid overview of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire and its expansion throughout North Africa and the Mediterranean. Illustrated with ingenious color maps on many topics (political borders, trade, defense, religion) and 80 color photographs. (ITL29, $16.95)
	Rubicon, The Last Years of the Roman Republic  •  Tom Holland   • HISTORY  •  A riveting popular history of the fall of the Roman empire, written with the flare of a novelist and with a sharp focus on imperial folly. (ITL677, $15.00)
	The Classical World, An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian  •  Robin Lane Fox   • HISTORY • NEW  •  Fox conjures tyrants, conquerors and enthralling personalities in this marvelously written history of ancient Greece and Rome. (GRE293, $18.95)
	Ancient Rome: Monuments Past and Present  •  R.A. Staccioli   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  In this volume, the Colosseum, the Forum, the Capitoline Hill and other monuments are shown first as they look today and next, via overlaid acetate illustrations, as they looked in their heydays. (ITL422, $29.95)
	Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling  •  Ross King   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Presented with flair and backed by a wealth of research, King's captivating chronicle of Michelangelo's painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel tells the story of its conception and creation. (ITL464, $16.00)
	Rome, An Oxford Archaeological Guide  •  Amanda Claridge  •  Judith Toms  •  Tony Cubberley   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  This guide to ancient Rome offers an overview of the city's history and culture, a glossary and 200 site plans, maps, diagrams and photographs. (ITL214, $29.95)
	St. Peter's  •  Keith Miller  •  Mary Beard   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Miller traces in enthusiastic, succint detail the evolution of St. Peter's from its original incarnation, built on the orders of Emperor Constantine, to its medieval rebirth and additions by Michelangelo, Bernini, and Maderno in this history, guide and celebration of the great baroque basilica. One in a growing series of marvelous Wonders of the World publsihed by Harvard University Press. (ITL886, $19.95)
	A Traveller in Rome  •  H.V. Morton   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  An enduring portrait of the city and especially its history, originally published a half century ago. (ITL418, $19.95)
	City of the Soul, A Walk in Rome  •  William Murray   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A personal portrait of Rome from William Murray, a writer for The New Yorker, who was raised in Italy. Murray recounts neighborhoods, buildings, archaeology and history on a personal, anecdotal ramble. (ITL506, $16.95)
	Four Seasons in Rome  •  Anthony Doerr   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Anthony Doerr captures the romance and challenge of living abroad in this lyrical memoir. Invitingly subtitled "On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World," this short, sweet book reels you in, demanding to be read in one bemused sitting. (ITL840, $14.00)
	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)
	Angels & Demons  •  Dan Brown   • LITERATURE  •  Harvard professor Robert Langdon and his Italian colleague Vittoria Vetra save the Vatican in this bestselling thriller set in Rome. (ITL853, $9.99)
	Cabal  •  Michael Dibdin   • MYSTERY  •  Zen is called to the Vatican to investigate the death of Prince Ludovico Ruspanti, who plunged from the roof of St. Peter's Basilica. (ITL620, $13.95)
	The Classical Roman Reader, New Encounters With Ancient Rome  •  Kenneth J. Atchity  •  Rosemary McKenna   • LITERATURE  •  A wide-ranging anthology, including plays, speeches and poetry by Virgil, Ovid, Cato the Elder and Vitruvius. With 50 photographs. (ITL210, $24.95)

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