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	The Accidental Connoisseur, An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World • Lawrence Osborne • FOOD • With a winning wit and not a drop of pretense, Osborne sets out to discover what's what with wine, traveling through Sonoma and Napa, France, Italy and other European wine meccas, 11 adventures in all. He meets plenty of interesting characters along the way, revealing much about the pleasures of wine (and travel!). (TVL31, $14.00)
	After Hannibal • Barry Unsworth • LITERATURE • Having taken up residence in Umbria, Booker Prize-winning Unsworth writes of his adopted turf in this excellent novel. His vivid tale encompasses the history, landscape, pleasures, and modern invaders. (ITL100, $17.95)
	Al Dente, The Adventures of a Gastronome in Italy • William Black • FOOD • William Black tosses a few receipts into this mix of travel, gastronomy and family history. (ITL548, $13.95)
	Architecture in Italy 1500-1600 • Wolfgang Lotz • Deborah Howard • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A classic, comprehensive introduction to Italian architecture of the 16th century. (ITL247, $37.00)
	Blue Guide Central Italy with Rome and Florence • Alta MacAdam • GUIDEBOOK • Alta MacAdam, an art historian, brings her expertise to this authoritative guide to the art and culture of Lazio (Rome), Tuscany (Florence), Umbria and The Marche. (ITL947, $34.95)
	Blue Guide Tuscany • Alta MacAdam • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to the cultural riches of Tuscany with a focus on history, art and architecture. Serious-minded travelers will not want to be without it. (ITL43, $24.95)
	Bonaventure: The Life of St. Francis • Ewart Cousins • RELIGION • The Church's official life of St Francis, written by the Franciscan monk Bonaventure in the 13th century. (ITL602, $11.95)
	Cadogan Guide Florence • Dana Facaros • Michael Pauls • GUIDEBOOK • (ITL712, $14.95)
	Casa Rossa • Francesca Marciano • LITERATURE • A vivid novel following the lives of a mother, daughter, and granddaughter from Puglia over the course of the 20th century, opening as the narrator prepares to sell Casa Rossa, the family farm. (ITL534, $14.95)
	Central Italy Map • Touring Club Italiano • A regional map of Central Italy, including Tuscany, Umbria and Rome, at a scale of 1:400,000. (ITL103, $12.95)
	The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy • Jacob Burckhardt • S. G. C. Middlemore • Peter Gay • HISTORY • A classic survey of life, society and culture suring the Italian Renaissance. (ITL307, $15.95)
	The Civilized Shopper's Guide to Florence • Louise Fili • GUIDEBOOK • An insider's guide to the 80 finest shops in Florence for designer clothes, antique jewelry, gourmet foods and other handcrafted wonders. (ITL880, $12.95)
	A Concise History of Italy • Christopher Duggan • HISTORY • A history of Italy from the fall of the Roman Empire to the present day. (ITL35, $26.99)
	The Craftsman's Handbook: Il Libro dell' Arte • Cennino d'Andrea Cennini • Daniel V. Thompson • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A hands-on, how-to guide to the materials and techniques of 14th and 15-th century painting, both tempera and fresco, by a working artist of the day. (ITL600, $8.95)
	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, $18.00)
	Dante • R.W. Lewis • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A brief, literate biography of the exceptionally literate Dante Alighieri. (ITL313, $19.95)
	The Dark Heart of Italy • Tobias Jones • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An insightful portrait of contemporary Italy by a roving British journalist living in Parma. (ITL533, $15.00)
	Death in Autumn • Magdalen Nabb • MYSTERY • Number four in series in which the Guarnaccia digs into the story behind a richly bejeweled body found in the Arno. (ITL637, $11.00)
	Death in Springtime • Magdalen Nabb • MYSTERY • Two women are kidnapped in Florence, sending Marshal Guarnaccia to the Tuscan foothills, in this third mystery in the series. (ITL635, $10.00)
	Death of a Dutchman • Magdalen Nabb • MYSTERY • The amiable Marshall Guarnaccia battles soggy July heat, red tape and marauding tourists to investigate the apparent suicide of a Dutch jeweler, recently returned to Florence. (ITL882, $12.00)
	The Divine Comedy • Dante Alighieri • Charles H. Sisson • LITERATURE • In this classic, Dante molds a universe in which reason and faith shape social order. (ITL310, $17.95)
	The Divine Comedy: Inferno • Dante • Allen Mandelbaum • LITERATURE • Allen Mandelbaum's popular blank verse translation of Dante's Inferno. (ITL821, $6.50)
	The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Part 1 (Text) • Dante • Charles Singleton • LITERATURE • A bilingual edition of Dant'es Inferno with translation and commentary by Charles Singleton. (ITL272, $19.95)
	The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Part II (Commentary) • Dante • Charles Singleton • LITERATURE • The accompanying commentary to Singleton's authoritative translation of Dante's Inferno. (ITL273, $40.00)
	Edith Wharton's Italian Gardens • Vivian Russell • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Edith Wharton's essays on the magnificent villa gardens of Lombardy, Veneto, Florence, Siena and Rome are as full of interest today as when they were first published in 1904. (ITL716, $45.00)
	The Enchantress of Florence • Salman Rushdie • LITERATURE • Rushdie conjures life in Renaissance Florence and the Mughal Empire with humor and vivid detail in this bawdy, improbable tale. (ITL948, $26.00)
	Etruscan Art • Nigel Spivey • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A thoroughly-illustrated, wide-ranging and literate introduction to Etruscan art. A volume in the acclaimed "World of Art" series. (ITL68, $18.95)
	Eyewitness Florence Pocket Map & Guide • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This superb guide to Florence features color photography, easy-to-use foldout maps and top attractions. Convenient and up-to-date with an unbeatable price, this is the guide to carry. (ITL790, $6.99)
	Eyewitness Guide Italy • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (ITL32, $30.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Umbria • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A marvelously illustrated, compact guide to the culture, history and attractions of Umbria, organized geographically and especially helpful for its innovative site plans, building diagrams and local maps. (ITL512, $20.00)
	Florence, A Delicate Case • David Leavitt • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An impressionistic account of Florence as sanctuary and inspiration for foreign writers and artists. (ITL397, $16.95)
	Florentine Renaissance Sculpture • Charles Avery • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An illustrated primer on the well known sculpture of Renaissance Florence. (ITL134, $22.95)
	Fodor's Exploring Italy • Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • An excellent, up-to-date overview of Italy and its attractions. (ITL73, $22.00)
	Fodor's Florence, Tuscany & Umbria • Inc. Fodor's Travel Publications • GUIDEBOOK • This comprehensive guide in the Fodor's Gold series features solid practical information on sights, excursions, restaurants, hotels and nightlife. (ITL836, $19.95)
	Fodor's See It Italy • Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • Fodor's informative guide to touring Italy, notable for its especially vibrant presentation of the country. (ITL550, $24.95)
	The Food of Italy • Waverly Root • FOOD • Evocative of Italy and its diverse cuisine, this classic book, organized geographically, offers a cook's tour of the country. It's a well-informed and wonderful culinary guide. (ITL75, $19.95)
	For the Beauty of the Earth: Birding, Opera, and Other Journeys • Thomas Urquhart • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Urquhart chronicles a lifelong affair with nature, combined with a passion for music, as he travels-- and bird watches-- through pastoral England, Italy, the Camargue in Provence, and the villages of Mali. (BRD35, $15.00)
	Forbidden Friendships, Homosexuality and Male Culture in Renaissance Florence • Michael Rocke • HISTORY • A scholarly study of relations between men in 15th and 16th century Florentine society. (ITL443, $29.95)
	Frommer's Florence & the Best of Tuscany Day by Day • Darwin Porter • GUIDEBOOK • A compact shirt pocket guide, ideal for a short visit, featuring remarkably good suggestions for everything from food, hotels and neighborhoods to shopping. With a separate foldout map of the city center. (ITL737, $12.99)
	Frommer's Tuscany & Umbria • Reid Bramblett • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series, revised annually. (ITL83, $19.99)
	The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral • Robert A. Scott • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs. (EUR190, $17.95)
	Here Is Where We Meet • John Berger • LITERATURE • This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow. (EUR189, $14.00)
	History of Italian Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture • David G. Wilkins • Frederick Hartt • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A well-illustrated history of Italian art from the 13th through the 16th centuries. (ITL308, $111.80)
	Il Postino • Michael Radford • A shy Italian postman who learns the ways of poetry and romance while delivering mail to the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. (ITL541, $19.99)
	The Inferno of Dante, A New Verse Translation • Dante Alighieri • Robert Pinsky • LITERATURE • The celebrated modern translation of Dante's "Inferno." (ITL411, $11.00)
	Innocence • Penelope Fitzgerald • LITERATURE • A comic novel set in mid-twentieth century Italy, by the inimitable Penelope Fitzgerald, author of "The Blue Flower". (ITL317, $12.00)
	The Innocent • Magdalen Nabb • MYSTERY • Lucky number 13 in the series, rich in the flavor of Florence in springtime (Nabb helpfully includes a map). Nabb's likeable Inspector Guarnaccia's investigation takes him just a few steps from home to the Boboli gardens and to the artisans' quarter, where he knows everybody and everybody knows him. (ITL634, $12.00)
	Insight Guide Florence & Siena • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This lavishly illustrated Insight guide includes excellent color maps and thoughtful short essays on history, culture and attractions. (ITL930, $19.95)
	Insight Guide Italy • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated overview of Italy with essays on its attractions, history and culture. (ITL108, $23.95)
	Insight Guide Mediterranean Cruises • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • Covering 120 ports of call throughout the Mediterranean from the Canary Islands to Egypt. (MED94, $22.95)
	Insight Pocket Guide Florence • Christopher Catling • GUIDEBOOK • This convenient, slim volume includes good short description of major sites and a handy fold-out map of the city. (ITL162, $13.95)
	Inventing Leonardo • A. Richard Turner • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Turner, a leading art historian of the Renaissance, offers a lively appraisal of the controversial genius. It's an elegant and stimulating book. (ITL79, $22.95)
	Italian Bed & Breakfasts • Touring Club Italiano • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to 1,200 places to stay in Italy, from simple rooms to luxurious suites, the heart of Rome to off-the-beaten track. (ITL598, $16.95)
	Italian Cinema, From Neorealism to the Present • Peter Bondanella • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A scholarly history modern Italian film. (ITL350, $29.95)
	Italian Days • Barbara Grizzuti Harrison • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE • 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)
	Italian English Bilingual Visual Dictionary • DK Publishing • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • With thousands of neatly arranged color photographs, this compact book is impressively comprehensive, covering everything from the basics of la casa (house) to the vocabulary of le granaglie e i legumi secchi (grains and legumes). (ITL626, $12.95)
	Italian Folktales • Italo Calvino • LITERATURE • A treasured collection of 200 lively folk tales presented by none other than the great Italo Calvino, a modern master with great affection for the folkloric traditions of his childhood. (ITL314, $25.00)
	Italian Hours • Henry James • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A classic series of travel essays written between 1872 and 1909 on the art, religion and people of Italy. James is an observant guide to Rome, Naples, Florence and other great destinations in the 19th century. (ITL07, $16.00)
	Italian Indispensables Vocabulary Builder • Audio-Forum • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A short audio program wiith 50 common words and phrases for travelers. (ITL401, $9.95)
	Italian, A Language Map • Kristine K. Kershul • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers. (ITL645, $7.95)
	The Italians • Luigi Barzini • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • The definitive portrait of the Italian people, this is a classic, scholarly essay on the Italian character. Though first published in 1964, it's still worth reading for its insight, grace and wit. (ITL05, $16.00)
	Italy and Its Invaders • Girolamo Arnaldi • HISTORY • A wide-ranging history of the many empires and world powers that have invaded Italy, and their lasting influences, both positive and negative, on Italian art, architecture and culture up to the present day. (ITL661, $19.95)
	Italy in Mind • Alice Powers • LITERATURE • A terrific collection of some of the best literary writing on Italy, including pieces by Melville, Lawrence, Henry James, Mary McCarthy and many others. Great reading. (ITL39, $14.95)
	Italy Map • Borch Maps • A laminated map of Italy at a scale of 1:800,000. (ITL19, $11.95)
	Italy, A Short History • Harry Hearder • HISTORY • Elegantly written, generous and enormously informative, this compact book takes in the sweep of Italian history from the Roman Republic through the Renaissance, World War II and up to the present. (ITL56, $24.99)
	Italy, A Traveler's Literary Companion • Lawrence Venuti • ANTHOLOGY • 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)
	Italy, Charming Small Hotels • Fiona Duncan • GUIDEBOOK • A pocket-size guide to unusual places to stay throughout Italy. (ITL92, $19.95)
	Knopf Guide Florence • Knopf Guides • GUIDEBOOK • (ITL138, $25.00)
	Knopf Mapguide, Florence • Knopf Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A practical and handy passport-sized guide to the city, featuring fold-out maps. (ITL807, $8.95)
	Leonardo da Vinci • Kenneth Clark • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • With 128 well integrated plates and a useful chronology, this authoritative and informative book has become the standard introduction to da Vinci and his work. (ITL78, $21.95)
	The Little Flowers of St. Francis • W. Heywood • Ugolino • Madeleine L'Engle • LITERATURE • Classic tales attributed to St. Francis, divided into 50 vignettes, including the story of the wolf of Gubbio, set along the Franciscan Way. (ITL132, $13.00)
	The Lives of the Artists, Vol 1 • Giorgio Vasari • Julia Conway and Peter Bondanella • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Written in the mid-16th century, Vasari starts with Giotto as painting's prophet and ends with Michelangelo as its messiah in these short, influential biographies. (ITL17, $14.00)
	Lonely Planet Florence Encounter • Robert Landon • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN JANUARY • This lively shirt pocket guide to the city, jammed with personal recommendations and photographs, also includes a pull-out map. (ITL960, $12.99)
	Lonely Planet Italian Phrasebook • Lonely Planet • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A handy, palm-size phrasebook for the traveler. (ITL531, $8.99)
	The Lost Painting • Jonathan Harr • ART & ARCHITECTURE • The absorbing account of the rediscovery of Caravaggio's Taking of Christ (painted in 1602 and famously lost to history until 1990) by a young graduate student at the University of Rome. The book is appealing on many levels, not least as a police procedural (with the benefit of being all true). Harr provides masterful detail not just on the search but also the art historians, scholars and others on the trail. (ITL676, $13.95)
	M, The Man Who Became Caravaggio • Peter Robb • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A masterful biography of the Renaissance painter by the author of "Midnight in Sicily." (ART47, $20.00)
	Mammals of Europe • Priscilla Barrett • David W. MacDonald • FIELD GUIDE • Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals. (FG61, $34.95)
	The Marshal and the Madwoman • Magdalen Nabb • MYSTERY • In this sixth book in the series Guarnaccia discovers poor crazed Clementina, found dead in San Frediano district, lead a more intriguing life than anyone would have suspected. (ITL638, $12.00)
	The Marshal and the Murderer • Magdalen Nabb • MYSTERY • This fifth book in the Marshal Guarnaccia series takes our hero from the streets of Florence, his usual haunt, and into the countryside on the trail of a young Swiss art student who has disappeared. (ITL640, $12.00)
	The Marshal Makes His Report • Magdalen Nabb • MYSTERY • Marshal Guarnaccia investigates the suspicious suicide of a Florentine aristocrat in the eighth installment of Nabb's excellent series. (ITL972, $14.00)
	The Marshal's Own Case • Magdalen Nabb • MYSTERY • In the seventh book in Nabb's fast-paced, atmospheric series, Inspector Guarnaccia must navigate the underbelly of Florentine society after a transvestite prostitute is found dead. (ITL971, $14.00)
	Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence • Tim Parks • HISTORY • Parks vividly evokes Renaissance Florence in this lively history of the rich and powerful. (ITL605, $13.95)
	Michelangelo • Linda Murray • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An illustrated survey of the art and life of Michelangelo. (ART14, $14.95)
	Michelangelo and The Reinvention of the Human Body • James Hall • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An insightful look at Michelangelo's iconic Madonnas and nudes that considers why the artist's representation of anatomy is so striking. (ART58, $25.00)
	Modigliani • Doris Krystof • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This slim illustrated volume showcases Modigliani's distinct colorful style of painting and portraiture in the handsome Taschen style. (ART44, $9.99)
	The Monster of Florence • Douglas Preston • Mario Spezi • MYSTERY • Bestselling author Preston and Italian crime reporter Spezi present a chilling account of still unsolved serial murders in the lush hills surrounding Florence. (ITL981, $25.99)
	Northern Italy Map • Touring Club Italiano • A road map of Northern Italy at a scale of 1:400,000. (ITL38, $12.95)
	The Olive, Tree of Civilization • John Train • Mark E. Smith • HISTORY • A history of the celebrated vegetable and the mythology behind it. (NAT72, $25.00)
	On Painting • Cecil Grayson • Leon Battista Alberti • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A major early book on the theory of art, written in 1435. In it, Alberti addresses how to create the illusion of space, the education of artists and how to compose a picture. It's a useful tool in understanding Quattrocento art, and Piero's paintings in particular. (ITL601, $14.00)
	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)
	One-Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in Italy • Paolo Lazzarin • GUIDEBOOK • Each charming town gets an appreciative essay and evocative color photographs in this handsome tribute and excellent guide. (ITL546, $45.00)
	Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy, A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style • Michael Baxandall • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A short guide to looking at Renaissance art with color illustrations throughout. First published in 1972, it's an influential overview of not only how to look at art -- but how the original 15th-century audience may have seen the paintings of the period. (ITL236, $19.95)
	Pictures and Passions, A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts • James M. Saslow • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A survey of homoerotic images through the ages. (ART29, $20.00)
	The Piero Della Francesca Trail • John Pope-Hennessy • Aldous Huxley • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A slim guide to the major paintings and frescoes of Piero found across Tuscany and Umbria. Originally published in 1993, this edition includes 52 color illustrations along with Huxley's influential essay on Piero's Resurrection of Christ. (ITL409, $24.95)
	Piero Della Francesca: San Francesco, Arezzo • Marilyn Lavin • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A short, well-illustrated book on Piero's major fresco cycle, with biographical information and comparisons to his other work. The 15 scenes of Legend of the True Cross, completed around 1466 in the Church of San Francesco in Arezzo, are all reproduced in color. (ITL599, $25.00)
	Pimsleur Quick & Simple Italian • Pimsleur Language Method • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Italian, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations. (ITL630, $19.95)
	The Poetry of Michelangelo: An Annotated Translation • James M. Saslow • LITERATURE • A scholarly, richly informative selection of Michelangelo's writing. (ART30, $24.00)
	Property of Blood • Magdalen Nabb • MYSTERY • Guarnaccia investigates the kidnapping of the wealthy American entrepreneur, whose children may not want her back at all. (ITL641, $12.00)
	Renaissance Art, A Very Short Introduction • Geraldine A. Johnson • ART & ARCHITECTURE • (ITL846, $11.95)
	The Renaissance, A Very Short Introduction • Jerry Brotton • HISTORY • Brotton deftly sketches the upheavals in art, architecture and society in Europe between 1400 and 1600 in this brief primer. (ITL845, $11.95)
	Rick Steves' Florence & Tuscany • Rick Steves • GUIDEBOOK • With his focus on value and the authentic, travel enthusiast Rick Steves offers excellent practical advice on where to go, what to do and where to eat and sleep in Tuscany. (ITL794, $17.95)
	Rick Steves' Italian Phrase Book & Dictionary • Rick Steves • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary; also includes Steves' insight into how to break the ice and make friends around the world. (ITL424, $7.95)
	The Rise of Christianity • Rodney Stark • RELIGION • The subtitle to this book says it all: "How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries." (MED64, $14.95)
	A Room with a View • James Ivory • A young woman falls in love and must face the consequences of her privileged upbringing during and after a trip to Florence. (ITL540, $26.99)
	Rough Guide Italy • Ros Belford • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide in the British series with a good overview of culture and history, dozens of sketch maps and extensive listings. (ITL328, $22.95)
	Short Stories in Italian, Racconti in Italiano • Nick Roberts • LITERATURE • These modern tales in the bilingual series of Penguin Parallell Texts make for good reading in any language. (ITL730, $13.00)
	Some Bitter Taste • Magdalen Nabb • MYSTERY • Number 12 in the series, a richly atmospheric tale set in Florence. Guarnaccia investiages the murder of Sara Hirsch, a spinster living alone at Villa L'Uliveto. (ITL636, $12.00)
	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)
	The Talented Mr. Ripley • Anthony Minghella • A suspenseful thriller of obsession and jealousy starring Matt Damon and Jude Law, based on the popular mystery by Patricia Highsmith. (ITL542, $14.99)
	That Fine Italian Hand • Paul Hoffman • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An affectionate -- and insightful -- portrait of a people. (ITL346, $17.00)
	Timeless Cities, An Architect's Reflections on Renaissance Italy • David Mayernik • ART & ARCHITECTURE • In this thoughtful book, Mayernik shows the philosophical and religious meaning behind the planning and architecture of Rome, Florence, Venice, Siena and Pienza. (ITL589, $16.00)
	Travelers' Tales Italy • Ann Calcagno • Jan Morris • ANTHOLOGY • A collection of 48 stories on traveling in Italy and Italian life, featuring the writing of Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Frances Mayes, Jonathan Keates, Stanley Crouch and others. (ITL182, $18.95)
	Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe • Marybeth Bond • Mary Morris • ANTHOLOGY • Visit Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris. (EUR160, $17.95)
	A Traveller in Italy • H.V. Morton • Barbara Grizzuti Harrison • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The much-beloved, enduring account of Morton's ramblings in the temples, tombs and villas of Tuscany, Lombardy, Emilia and the Veneto. (ITL417, $25.00)
	A Traveller's Companion to Florence • Edward Chaney • Harold Acton • ANTHOLOGY • An illuminating selection of writers, foreign and Italian, on Florence over the ages. (ITL485, $16.95)
	A Traveller's History of Italy • Valerio Lintner • HISTORY • 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)
	The Treasures and Pleasures of Italy • Ron Krannich • GUIDEBOOK • A guidebook devoted to the unusual, out-of-the-way, or just plain wonderful. (ITL93, $14.95)
	Treasures of the Uffizi • Galleria Degli Uffizi • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A brief overview of the collections at the Uffizi. (ITL685, $11.95)
	The Tuscan Year, Tuscan Life and Food in an Italian Valley • Elizabeth Romer • FOOD • FAVORITE • An intimate portrait of life on a Tuscan farm, as seen primarily through the robust food, and a Longitude favorite. Romer captures the goings-on in the countryside, and especially in the Cerotti kitchen, where traditional Tuscan rural food is prepared with loving care. Every chapter includes concisely described recipes. (ITL131, $14.00)
	Two Lives, Reading Turgenev and My House in Umbria • William Trevor • LITERATURE • The second of these two Booker Prize-nominated novellas is the beautifully rendered story of an ex-prostitute who settles in Umbria to write romance novels, but whose life is disturbed by local political events. (ITL122, $15.00)
	Umbria Regional Map • Touring Club Italiano • A detailed map at a scale of 1:200,000. (ITL119, $12.95)
	Under the Tuscan Sun • Frances Mayes • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • In this best-selling memoir of buying, renovating and living in an abandoned villa in Tuscany, Mayes reveals the sensual pleasures found in rural Italy. (ITL85, $15.00)
	A Valley in Italy, The Many Seasons of a Villa in Umbria • Lisa St. Aubin de Teran • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • This short memoir chronicles a year in the small Umbrian village of San Orsola--especially the delights and frustrations of renovating a decayed villa. Taking in food, wine, local customs and landscapes, the book is an excellent introduction to the region (ITL98, $13.00)
	The Vinegar of Spilamberto, And Other Italian Adventures With Food, Places, And People • Doris Muscatine • Alice Waters • FOOD • An account of the author's travels and love of Italy, its food and culture. (ITL662, $15.00)
	Vita Nuova • Magdalen Nabb • MYSTERY • Marshal Guarnaccia is singled out to solve the death of a reclusive single mother with a dysfunctional family in the 14th and final installment of the series set in Florence. Nabb died in August 2007. (ITL938, $24.00)
	Walking and Eating in Tuscany and Umbria • James Ladsun • Pia Davis • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to walking and eating your way through the region, this book includes 40 suggested itineraries, mostly day hikes, with maps, details on local attractions, and illustrations. (ITL97, $20.00)
	Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages • Richard W. Southern • HISTORY • This suberb, concise history is an excellent tool to unlocking Italian culture, history and art from the 8th to the 16th century. (EUR167, $17.00)
	Where Florence Cityguide • Where Magazine • GUIDEBOOK • A sturdy pocket guide to top city sights, helpfully keyed to overview maps and featuring a detailed downtown PopOut map. (ITL874, $9.95)
	Worldly Goods, A New History of the Renaissance • Lisa Jardine • HISTORY • A history of the influence of commerce on the Renaissance. (ITL173, $19.95)

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