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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $67, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXMED626)		  
The World of Venice  •  Jan Morris
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1995 •  PAPER  • 315 PAGES • FAVORITE
Morris displays her talent for research, telling anecdote and well-wrought prose in this spirited portrait of a beloved city, its history and inhabitants. If you are going to read one book on Venice, we recommend this favorite. Originally published in 1974 and revised for this edition, it's a tour de force. (ITL12, $18.95)		   The World of Venice
The Fires of Vesuvius, Pompeii Lost and Found  •  Mary Beard
ARCHAEOLOGY •  2010 •  PAPER  • 384 PAGES
Mary Beard (The Parthenon) reconstructs daily life in the Roman city before the eruption of 24 August 79 in this lucid and lively guide to Pompeii. Series editor for the pocket Wonders of the World by Harvard University Press, Beard is a Classicist at Cambridge, well poised to bring to light what we know and what we don't know about the celebrated city with clarity. (ITA46, $17.95)		   The Fires of Vesuvius, Pompeii Lost and Found
Eyewitness Guide Sicily  •  Eyewitness Guides  •  DK Publishing
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES
This superb guide to Sicily features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a synopsis of the island's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (ITL468, $23.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Sicily
Mediterranean Explorer  •  Ocean Explorer Maps
2006 •  MAP
A full color map of the Mediterranean from Gibraltar to the Black Sea, featuring historical information on ancient sites and historic ports. With color photographs, a timeline, short biographies and other information of interest. Designed and published by intrepid expedition leader and editor Nigel Sitwell. Graham Speake, editor of The Penguin Dictionary of Ancient History, provides the historical information. (MED89, $11.95)		   Mediterranean Explorer



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