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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $62, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXMED466)		  
Mediterranean by Cruise Ship  •  Anne Vipond
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 368 PAGES
The best-selling, compact guide, featuring excellent local maps, hundreds of color photographs, concise background information and recommended excursions for ports-of-call throughout Greece, Italy and the Mediterranean. Useful introductory chapters cover cruising, history, art & architecture and nature of the Mediterranean. With a pull-out map and hundreds of color photographs. (MED34, $21.95)		   Mediterranean by Cruise Ship
A Year in the World, Journeys of a Passionate Traveler  •  Frances Mayes
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 420 PAGES
What if we didn't go home? So begins this warm account of mostly Mediterranean travels -- Spain, Portugal, Greece, Sicily, Capri, the Turkish Coast, Naples, Burgundy, Scotland -- arranged by season. Mayes includes husband Ed, her family and friends and, by extension, her readers in her adventures, interweaving her travels with the books that she is reading, hopes and dreams. She and Ed quit their jobs to embrace travel (the book actually covers five years -- and they did go home, sometimes to their beloved Bramasole). The book ends with a meditation on home and Mayes' dream one day to open a cafe, back home, in Georgia's Golden Isles. (TVL109, $15.00)		   A Year in the World, Journeys of a Passionate Traveler
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)		   La Bella Figura, A Field Guide to the Italian Mind
Mediterranean Cruises Map  •  Freytag & Berndt
2010 •  MAP
A double-sided, full-color map of the Mediterranean, including the Iberian Peninsula and Black Sea, North Africa and the Levant, at a scale of 1:2,000,000. Two Sides. 35.5X49 inches. (MED36, $14.95)		   Mediterranean Cruises Map



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