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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $73, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXITL779)		  
Every Day in Tuscany, Seasons of an Italian Life  •  Frances Mayes
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2011 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES
Signed Book Plates. Twenty years later Mayes is still besotted by Italy -- by her house, the tumbling geraniums, white hydrangeas, the people and food of Tuscany -- all lovingly documented in this third delightful book about life at her beloved Bramisole. With recipes throughout, notes and interludes in Portofino, Assisi and Rome, along with an appreciative chapter on Renaissance master Luca Signorelli. (ITA124, $15.00)		   Every Day in Tuscany, Seasons of an Italian Life
Tuscan Country, A Photographer's Journey  •  Wes Walker
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2007 •  HARD COVER  • 160 PAGES
Wes Walker captures the allure of the hill towns, vineyards, fields and villages in 100 luminous color photographs. Literary excerpts from the works of both Italian writers and literary visitors accompany the photographs, including Italo Calvino, Henry James, Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, D. H. Lawrence, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Frances Mayes. (ITL848, $29.95)		   Tuscan Country, A Photographer's Journey
Insight Guide Tuscany  •  Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES
An illustrated guide in this popular series, noteworthy for its maps and illuminating short essays on Tuscan food, history and culture. (ITL156, $18.99)		   Insight Guide Tuscany
Tuscany Map  •  Touring Club Italiano
2011 •  MAP
A detailed map of Tuscany at a scale of 1:200,000. Imported from Italy. One Side. 54x37 inches. (ITL102, $14.95)		   Tuscany Map



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Florence Map  •  Borch Maps    •  A detailed, plastic-covered city map of Florence at a scale of 1:7,000. (ITL59, $8.95)
 		  
Blue Guide Italy Food Companion  •  Blue Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This pocket guide to ordering, understanding and enjoying the best of Italian food can be used in preparation for a visit to Italy, or as a handy reference while you're there. (ITA195, $14.95)
 		  
Culture Smart! Italy  •  Charles Abbott   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A concise, no-nonsense guide to Italian customs, etiquette and culture along with helpful travel advice. (ITL877, $9.95)
 		  
Lonely Planet Florence and Tuscany  •  Damien Simonis   • GUIDEBOOK  •  With chapters on Siena, Elba, Northwest, Central, Southern and Eastern Tuscany this regional guide by two experts covers Florence and surroundingings in depth. (ITL233, $22.99)
 		  
Lonely Planet Italian Phrasebook  •  Lonely Planet   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A handy palm-size phrasebook for the traveler. (ITL531, $8.99)
 		  
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)
 		  
A Culinary Traveller in Tuscany  •  Beth Elon   • FOOD  •  A resident in Tuscany for 30 years, Elon presents 100 recipes from a hand-picked selection of favorite restaurants in this charming cookbook and travel guide. With 10 itineraries highlighting largely undiscovered regions of Tuscany, restaurants, trattorie, shops, wineries, olive oil producers, markets and food festivals. (ITL729, $17.95)
 		  
The Tuscan Sun Cookbook, Recipes from Our Italian Kitchen  •  Frances Mayes   • FOOD  •  A collection of recipes that celebrate the rustic culinary tradition of Tuscany. Includes color photographs. (ITA294, $29.99)
 		  
La Bella Figura, A Field Guide to the Italian Mind  •  Beppe Severgnini   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • BEST SELLER  •  Italians themselves love this guide to the Italian character, which addresses their 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, $14.00)
 		  
The House of Medici, Its Rise and Fall  •  Christopher Hibbert   • HISTORY  •  A well-written, entertaining history of the Medicis in Renaissance Florence. Great to read before going to Florence, where the influence of the Medicis and the artists they supported is still very much in evidence. (ITL135, $16.99)
 		  
The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany  •  James Bentley  •  Hugh Palmer   • HISTORY  •  This handsome oversize picture book is a portrait of the Tuscan landscape and people. It contains maps, a travel guide and many color photographs. (ITL261, $26.95)
 		  
The Renaissance, A Short History  •  Paul Johnson   • HISTORY  •  The history, background, literature, sculpture, paintings and architecture of the Renaissance in just over 200 lively, thought-provoking pages. (ITL774, $15.00)
 		  
The Art of the Renaissance  •  Peter Murray   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  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)
 		  
La Bella Lingua  •  Dianne Hales   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • NEW  •  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)
 		  
On The Road with Francis of Assisi  •  Linda Bird Francke   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Assisi wandered for 20 years, affording Newsweek editor Francke and her patient husband plenty to see and do in the piazzas, sanctuaries and chapels of Assisi, Siena, Bologna, Venice, Gubbio, Rome and other choice spots. (ITL647, $15.95)
 		  
Songbirds, Truffles and Wolves, An American Naturalist in Italy  •  Gary Paul Nabhan   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The author, a poet and naturalist, heads along the Franciscan Way from Florence to Assisi. This most unusual travelogue combines natural history, spirituality and a lively appreciation of local food and food traditions. A print-on-demand paperback. (ITL99, $16.00)
 		  
War in Val D'Orcia: An Italian War Diary, 1943-1944  •  Iris Origo  •  Denis Mack Smith   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A diary of day-to-day heroism and fortitude. The author and her family take children, deserters, escaped prisoners, and Jews fleeing the advancing Germans into their home in Tuscany. (ITL219, $14.95)
 		  
Summer's Lease  •  John Mortimer   • MYSTERY  •  A well-paced mystery set in the Tuscan countryside, by Sir John Morimer, author of Rumpole of the Bailey. Poor Molly Pargeter's idyll is upset when the water supply fails and a neighbor dies. John Gielgud starred in the Masterpiece Theatre adaptation as the seriously mischievous Haverford Downs. (ITL580, $18.00)
 		  
Tuscany and Umbria, The Collected Traveler  •  Barrie Kerper   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Kerper hauled out her clipping files, interviewed her friends and raided her library for this inspired miscellany -- a quirky guide to the history, food, and landscape of Tuscany and Umbria. With travel essays, recommended reading and suggested hotels, restaurants, sights and shops. (ITL389, $19.00)
 		  
Tuscany in Mind  •  Alice Powers   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A fine literary anthology covering the region's history, geography, culture and (of course) food, featuring contributions by luminaries including D.H. Lawrence and Robert Browning. (ITL607, $14.95)
 		  
 
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