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These 5 items are available for $84, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXITL783)

Etruscan Places, Travels Through Forgotten Italy  •  D. H. Lawrence TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2011 •  PAPER  • 176 PAGES Lawrence's enthralling meditation on ancient lives. Lawrence approaches the enigmatic Etruscans as a poet, passionately and searchingly, and so the reader is swept up in his luminous descriptions of a utopian world where dancing and feasting, art and music were everything. The exhilaration of Lawrence in his Etruscan adventures stands in stark contrast to his intimations of the darkness of Mussolini's Italy - at a time when Europe was beginning its inexorable drift towards tragedy. The last of Lawrence's travel books, Etruscan Places is a vivid account, replete with hauntingly evocative descriptions of the way of life of this once great civilisation. (ITA211, $16.00)
Piazza San Marco  •  Iain Fenlon HISTORY •  2009 •  HARD COVER  • 224 PAGES Fenlon reveals the dynamic, colorful, and noisy history of this grand square at the heart of Venetian civic life in this sophisticated pocket guide. One in the excellent series, Wonders of the World, by Harvard University Press. (ITA113, $19.95)
Sicily, An Illustrated History  •  Joseph Privitera HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 145 PAGES Privitera's succint history covers the rich and diverse cultures of Sicily in crisp prose and lively illustration. He covers Sicily's rise to become the first independent, civilized nation of greater Italy, as well as home to many of the world's most distinguished philosophers, mathematicians, scientists, and artists. The narrative subsequently recounts the region's millennium-long decline at the hands of foreign invaders, its hard-won battle for freedom in 1860 under the leadership of Giuseppe Garibaldi, and its current status as a center for art and tourism. (ITA158, $12.95)
Eyewitness Guide Italy  •  Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 720 PAGES Another gem in the Eyewitness series, this superb guide is handsome, convenient and up-to-date; it's the guide to carry. Featuring color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. (ITL32, $30.00)
Italy Map  •  Borch Maps 2011 •  MAP A convenient laminated map of Italy at a scale of 1:800,000 with excellent topographic detail, an index, and large individual maps of Sicily and Sardinia. Two Sides. 27x39 inches. (ITL19, $11.95)

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