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Italian Lakes, Venice, Florence & Rome
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/U51750. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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These 5 items are available
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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXITL689) |
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Eyewitness Guide Italy
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2012 •
PAPER
• 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) |
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La Bella Figura, A Field Guide to the Italian Mind
• Beppe Severgnini
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2007 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
• BEST SELLER
Hugely popular in Italy, this witty guide to the Italian character addresses the apparently never-ending Italian passion for beauty, disorder and high emotion. An Italian journalist, Severgnini opens with a snapshot of the hubbub at Malpensa Airport, taking the unwary reader firmly by the hand on a journey to Milan,Tuscany, Rome, Naples and Sardinia. He hilariously points out Italian rituals and quirks from the highway to hotels, bedrooms, restaurants, the office and beach.
(ITL718, $14.00) |
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Ancient Rome: Art, Architecture, and History
• Ada Gabucci
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
2002 •
PAPER
• 144 PAGES
A lively survey of the history of ancient Rome accompanied by color photographs of architecture, sculpture and paintings. The book also includes Pompeii and the art and architecture of the Roman provinces of Europe and North Africa during the height of the empire. The author, who has also written about the Colosseum, includes portraits of (and quotes from) emperor Augustus and other personalities.
(ITL419, $19.95) |
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Travelers' Tales Italy
• Ann Calcagno
• Jan Morris
ANTHOLOGY •
2001 •
PAPER
• 437 PAGES
From a climb up the dome of St. Peter's to a walk through Milano Centrale train station, this collection of 48 stories on traveling in Italy and Italian life is an insightful introduction to the country. Contributors include Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Frances Mayes, Jonathan Keats, and Stanley Crouch, who writes on "Umbria Jazz" in Rome.
(ITL182, $18.95) |
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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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Also Recommended
Florence Map
• Borch Maps
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A detailed, plastic-covered city map of Florence at a scale of 1:7,000.
(ITL59, $8.95)
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Milan Map
• Streetwise Maps
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A detailed travel map of Milan.
(ITL65, $8.95)
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Rome Map
• Borch Maps
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A handy map at a scale of 1:11,000, with a more detailed overview of the city center.
(ITL60, $8.95)
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Venice Map
• Borch Maps
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A colorful, detailed city map of Venice, perfect for finding your way around the famously labyrinthine streets and canals.
(ITL26, $8.95)
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Fodor's Florence's 25 Best
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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This shirt-pocket guide includes an excellent map and essential information on the city's highlights, including sightseeing, restaurants and shopping.
(ITL140, $11.99)
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Fodor's Rome's 25 Best
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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This shirt-pocket guide includes a map of the city and essential information on its highlights.
(ITL112, $12.99)
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Fodor's Venice's 25 Best
• Citypack
• GUIDEBOOK
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This shirt-pocket guide includes an excellent map of the city center and essential information.
(ITL106, $12.99)
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Made in Italy, A Shopper's Guide
• Laura Morelli
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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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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Biba's Italy
• Biba Caggiano
• FOOD
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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)
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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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Inside the Vatican
• Bart McDowell
• Jim Stanfield
• RELIGION
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This selection of stunning, behind-the-scenes color photographs of the Vatican includes text describing the city-state's history and some background on the modern popes.
(ITL55, $19.95)
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Italianissimo
• Louise Fili
• Lise Apatoff
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Divertingly illustrated, this A-to-Z guide profiles 50 very Italian customs and concepts from the notion of beauty (bellisimo) to the Italian disregard for lines (Fare La Coda).
(ITL983, $19.95)
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Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
• Ross King
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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, $18.00)
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The Art of the Renaissance
• Peter Murray
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A classic, illustrated survey of the world of the Renaissance and its art. With chapters on Florence and its artists, the Netherlands, early illustrated books and many individual artists.
(ITL14, $18.95)
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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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La Bella Lingua
• Dianne Hales
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• NEW
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Inebriated with the sounds of Italian, lovesick for its phrases and enamored of its earthy idioms, Hales, "a sensible woman of sturdy Polish stock," dives into the Italian of the piazza, literature, movies and streets in this charming memoir.
(ITA26, $15.00)
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The Italian Summer: Golf, Food, and Family at Lake Como
• Roland Merullo
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Merullo shares this congenial account of a summer with his family in Italy and Switzerland, offering delicious descriptions of wonderful meals, colorful characters -- and rounds of golf at some of the most beautiful courses in Europe. He is a golf fanatic.
(ITA67, $24.99)
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The World of Venice
• Jan Morris
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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Morris displays her talent for research, anecdote and well-wrought prose in this spirited history of a beloved city.
(ITL12, $18.95)
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Venice Is a Fish
• Tiziano Scarpa
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The hugely popular Venetian novelist, poet and playwright makes his English-language debut with these marvelously digressive essays on the many moods and pleasures of La Serenissima.
(ITL964, $12.00)
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Cabal
• Michael Dibdin
• MYSTERY
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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)
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Dead Lagoon, An Aurelio Zen Mystery
• Michael Dibdin
• MYSTERY
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Dibdin -- a master of ambiguous settings, shady dealings and fast-paced prose -- returns to Venice in this sixth book in the thoroughly enjoyable Aurelio Zen series.
(ITL577, $14.95)
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Death at La Fenice
• Donna Leon
• MYSTERY
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The first of the tremendously good Guido Brunetti mysteries, all set in the author's beloved Venice, in which a famous conductor is found dead at the celebrated theater of the title.
(ITL555, $14.99)
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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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