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Eyewitness Guide Sardinia •   Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK • 2008 • 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)

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)

Sea and Sardinia •  D.H. Lawrence
TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 1999 • PAPER • 211 PAGES
A marvelous, wry account of a trip to Sardinia, evoking both the charms and travails of the then-remote island, and the personality of the author. It's a pleasingly exaggerated, accessible portrait of life on the island, circa 1921. (ITL349, $16.00)

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)

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, $11.95)

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, $12.95)

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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 • Hugely popular in Italy, this guide to the Italian character 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, $12.95)

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 •  Tim Parks • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • This omnibus Penguin Classics edition includes 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, $21.15)

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 • Known for his wry wit, Theroux seems to have had an exceptionally good time on his tour of the Mediterranean. He sets off from Gibraltar and circles along the coastline on foot, horseback, train and boat, ending at the other pillar on the African side. (MED20, $17.00)

The Ancient Mariners, Seafarers and Sea Fighters of the Mediterranean in Ancient Times •  Lionel Casson • EXPLORATION • The classic history of seafaring in the Mediterranean. (OCE51, $24.95)

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)

King of Corsica •  Michael Kleeberg • LITERATURE • Kleeberg's entertaining novel based on the life of Theodor I of Corsica -- the roguish nobleman who tried to liberate Corsica in 1736, but ultimately bungled the affair. (MED136, $24.95)

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)

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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	Eyewitness Guide Sardinia • Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2008 • 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)
	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)
	Sea and Sardinia • D.H. Lawrence TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 1999 • PAPER • 211 PAGES A marvelous, wry account of a trip to Sardinia, evoking both the charms and travails of the then-remote island, and the personality of the author. It's a pleasingly exaggerated, accessible portrait of life on the island, circa 1921. (ITL349, $16.00)
	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)
	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, $11.95)
	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, $12.95)

	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 • Hugely popular in Italy, this guide to the Italian character 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, $12.95)
	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 • Tim Parks • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • This omnibus Penguin Classics edition includes 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, $21.15)
	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 • Known for his wry wit, Theroux seems to have had an exceptionally good time on his tour of the Mediterranean. He sets off from Gibraltar and circles along the coastline on foot, horseback, train and boat, ending at the other pillar on the African side. (MED20, $17.00)
	The Ancient Mariners, Seafarers and Sea Fighters of the Mediterranean in Ancient Times • Lionel Casson • EXPLORATION • The classic history of seafaring in the Mediterranean. (OCE51, $24.95)
	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)
	King of Corsica • Michael Kleeberg • LITERATURE • Kleeberg's entertaining novel based on the life of Theodor I of Corsica -- the roguish nobleman who tried to liberate Corsica in 1736, but ultimately bungled the affair. (MED136, $24.95)
	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)
	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)