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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $79, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXITL671)		  
After the Divorce  •  Grazia Deledda  •  Susan Ashe
LITERATURE •  1995 •  PAPER  • 174 PAGES
In 1926 Grazia Deledda won the Nobel Prize for literature, making her, at the time, only the second woman to receive such an honor. This powerful and tragic tale of murder and infidelity is set, like many of her novels, on her native Sardinia. Evocative of the pre-Christian era in the Mediterranean, it tells of what happens when a suspected murderer learns from prison that his wife is remarrying. (ITL196, $17.00)		   After the Divorce
Cadogan Guides Corsica  •  Dana Facaros  •  Michael Pauls
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 296 PAGES
A practical region-by-region guide in the British series, with good maps as well as introductory chapters on the history and culture of Corsica. (MED135, $18.95)		   Cadogan Guides Corsica
Eyewitness Guide Sardinia  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES
A comprehensive guide to the island of Sardinia, featuring color photography, dozens of excellent maps and a synopsis of the island's attractions. (ITL183, $20.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Sardinia
Corsica Map  •  IGN
2009 •  MAP
A detailed map of the island of Corsica at a scale of 1:250,000. One Side. 39x35 inches. (MED57, $13.95)		   Corsica Map
Sardinia Map  •  Touring Club Italiano
MAP
A colorful map of the island of Sardinia, at a scale of 1:200,000. Two Sides. 54x37 inches. (ITL259, $14.95)		   Sardinia Map



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Lonely Planet Sardinia  •  Duncan Garwood   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical, comprehensive guide in the popular series. (ITA31, $19.99)
 		  
Rough Guide Corsica  •  David Abram   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This compact guide includes an excellent historical and cultural overview of Corsica, with region-by-region descriptions and an insider's sense of local life. (MED31, $19.99)
 		  
The Foods of Sicily and Sardinia and the Smaller Islands  •  John Dominis  •  Giuliano Bugialli   • FOOD  •  Bugialli presents a truly authentic and comprehensive cuisine in these illustrated pages, including not just recipes but also wonderful photography and cultural notes. (ITL297, $37.50)
 		  
La Bella Figura, A Field Guide to the Italian Mind  •  Beppe Severgnini   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Italians themselves love this guide to the Italian character, which addresses the apparently 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 Ancient Mariners, Seafarers and Sea Fighters of the Mediterranean in Ancient Times  •  Lionel Casson   • HISTORY  •  The classic history of seafaring in the Mediterranean. (OCE51, $29.95)
 		  
The Ancient Mediterranean  •  Michael Grant   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Grant explores the realms of archaeology, geography, art and economics to sketch this classic portrait of the ancient world, from prehistory through the Roman Imperium, and the influence on western civilization. (MED10, $20.00)
 		  
D.H. Lawrence and Italy  •  D.H. Lawrence   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  This omnibus Penguin Classics edition includes Lawrence's three travel tales, each very different in tone and all wonderful: Sea and Sardinia is a nostalgic look at traditional ways of life; Twilight in Italy, an evocation of Lawrence's memorable stay on Lake Garda; and Etruscan Places his musings on ancient sites, including the painted tombs of Tarquinia. (ITL62, $18.00)
 		  
Granite Island  •  Dorothy Carrington   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Carrington's indelible account of the history and people, myths and magic of rugged Corsica. (MED157, $24.95)
 		  
Napoleon  •  Paul Johnson   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  British historian Johnson doesn't hold back in this enlightening, short biography in the inspired Penguin Lives series. In just over 200 pages, he not only traces the major events of the emperor's life, from his birth on Corsica to his death on St. Helena, but also exposes Napoleon's ruthless appetite for power and his naked opportunism. (FRN348, $14.00)
 		  
Pillars of Hercules  •  Paul Theroux   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Theroux seems to have had an exceptionally good time on his tour of the Mediterranean, circling the celebrated sea on foot, horseback, train and boat from Gibraltar to North Africa. (MED20, $17.00)
 		  
Carmen and Other Stories  •  Prosper Merimee  •  Nicholas Jotcham   • LITERATURE  •  A collection of nine stories, including Carmen, memorably set in southern Spain -- and source for the Bizet opera of the same name. (FRN201, $13.95)
 		  
Master and Commander  •  Patrick O'Brian   • LITERATURE  •  The very first of O'Brian's wildly successful seafaring novels about Captain Aubrey and sidekick Maturin sets the duo against a well-researched Napoleonic wars backdrop in the Western Mediterranean. (MED27, $13.95)
 		  
Reeds in the Wind  •  Grazia Deledda   • LITERATURE  •  A tale of penitence and salvation about three nobel sisters sinking into poverty in Sardinia. First published in Italy in 1913 by the second woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. (ITA232, $17.50)
 		  
The Hundred Days  •  Patrick O'Brian   • LITERATURE  •  Napoleon's escape from Elba as filtered through the marvelous novelistic lens of Patrick O'Brian. (MED38, $14.95)
 		  
Vendetta  •  Michael Dibdin   • MYSTERY  •  An eccentric billionaire, his wife and guests are gunned down Mob-style in his Sardinian villa in this second book in the Aurelio Zen series. (ITL621, $13.95)
 		  
Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates  •  Paul Dallman   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Richly illustrated, clearly written and engaging, this book is an ecological overview of the landscapes, plants and vegetation types found in Mediterranean climates. (MED21, $35.95)
 		  
Birds of the Mediterranean, A Photographic Guide  •  Paul Sterry   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A slim, concise and clearly organized guide to 440 species of birds from the Mediterranean. Range maps and descriptions are opposite good, clear color photographs, digitally enhanced to aid in identification. (MED82, $29.00)
 		  
 
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