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April Blood, Florence and the Plot Against the Medici
• Lauro Martines
• HISTORY
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An absorbing chronicle of corruption and murder in Renaissance Florence, brimming with details on double-dealings, greed and backstabbing among Italy's elite.
(ITL502, $19.99)
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The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance
• Peter Murray
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A classic, informative guide to Renaissance architecture throughout Italy. with black-and-white photographs and site plans. Ideal for travelers to Italy with an interest in architecture.
(ITL34, $20.40)
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Casa Rossa
• Francesca Marciano
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Catherine De Medici, Renaissance Queen of France
• Leonie Frieda
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Frieda reclaims the story of this much maligned queen to reveal a skilled ruler battling extraordinary political and personal odds in this vivid, meticulously researched portrait of he woman and Renaissance Europe.
(FRN875, $15.99)
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The Civilized Shopper's Guide to Florence
• Louise Fili
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Death in Autumn
• Magdalen Nabb
• MYSTERY
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Number four in series in which the Guarnaccia digs into the story behind a richly bejeweled body found in the Arno.
(ITL637, $11.00)
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Death in Springtime
• Magdalen Nabb
• MYSTERY
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Two women are kidnapped in Florence, sending Marshal Guarnaccia to the Tuscan foothills, in this third mystery in the series.
(ITL635, $10.00)
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The Enchantress of Florence
• Salman Rushdie
• LITERATURE
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Rushdie conjures life in Renaissance Florence and the Mughal Empire with humor and vivid detail in this bawdy, improbable tale.
(ITL948, $14.00)
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Eyewitness Top Ten Florence & Tuscany
• Reid Bramblett
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions in Florence and the surrounding area.
(ITA19, $14.00)
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Family Chronicle
• Vasco Pratolini
• Martha King
• LITERATURE
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A portrait of two brothers, set against a Florence just after WWII.
(ITL479, $12.50)
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Florence, The City and its Architecture
• Richard Goy
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An authoritative and handsomely illustrated overview of the city. Richard Goy, who has also written a book on the architecture of Venice, pays particular attention to the topography and character of the city.
(ITL697, $39.95)
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Florentine Renaissance Sculpture
• Charles Avery
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated primer on the well known sculpture of Renaissance Florence.
(ITL134, $22.95)
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Fodor's Florence, Tuscany & Umbria
• Fodors
• GUIDEBOOK
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This comprehensive guide in the Fodor's Gold series features helpful information on sights, excursions, restaurants, hotels and nightlife.
(ITL836, $19.95)
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Forbidden Friendships, Homosexuality and Male Culture in Renaissance Florence
• Michael Rocke
• HISTORY
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A scholarly study of relations between men in 15th and 16th century Florentine society.
(ITL443, $29.95)
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Frommer's Florence & the Best of Tuscany Day by Day
• Darwin Porter
• GUIDEBOOK
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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, $13.99)
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Galileo's Daughter, A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
• Dava Sobel
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Sobel evokes the daily life of 17th-century Italy in this engaging tale, drawing on letters to Galileo from his illegitimate daughter, a nun in a Franciscan convent in San Matteo.
(ITL176, $17.00)
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In the Company of the Courtesan
• Sarah Dunant
• LITERATURE
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Dunant paints a vivid, earthy portrait of Renaissance Venice in this absorbing novel of intrigue, ambition and love -- cleverly narrated by the wily dwarf Bucino Teodoldo, loyal companion of the courtesan.
(ITL650, $13.95)
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The Innocent
• Magdalen Nabb
• MYSTERY
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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)
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Insight City Guide Florence
• Insight Guides
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This lavishly illustrated Insight guide includes excellent color maps and thoughtful short essays on history, culture and attractions.
(ITL930, $19.95)
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Insight Guide Florence & Sienna
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A colorful guide to Florence that takes you from the markets at Mercuto Centrale to the haute couture boutiques of Gucci and Ferragamo.
(ITL167, $22.95)
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Knopf Guide Florence
• Knopf Guides
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(ITL138, $25.00)
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Knopf Mapguide, Florence
• Knopf Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical and handy passport-sized guide to the city, featuring fold-out maps.
(ITL807, $9.95)
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Leonardo da Vinci
• Kenneth Clark
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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)
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Lonely Planet Florence Encounter
• Robert Landon
• GUIDEBOOK
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This lively shirt pocket guide to the city, jammed with personal recommendations and photographs, also includes a pull-out map.
(ITL960, $12.99)
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M, The Man Who Became Caravaggio
• Peter Robb
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A masterful biography of the Renaissance painter by the author of "Midnight in Sicily."
(ART47, $22.00)
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The Marshal and the Madwoman
• Magdalen Nabb
• MYSTERY
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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)
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The Marshal and the Murderer
• Magdalen Nabb
• MYSTERY
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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)
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The Marshal's Own Case
• Magdalen Nabb
• MYSTERY
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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)
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Michelangelo
• Linda Murray
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated survey of the art and life of Michelangelo.
(ART14, $14.95)
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The Monster of Florence
• Douglas Preston
• Mario Spezi
• MYSTERY
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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)
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Mysteries of the Middle Ages, And the Beginning of the Modern World
• Thomas Cahill
• HISTORY
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Cahill deftly evokes the historic glories of the major medieval (and the places they frequented) in this illuminating overview of philosophy, art and literature.
(EUR239, $22.00)
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Rick Steves' Florence & Tuscany
• Rick Steves
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Romola
• George Eliot
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George Eliot is best-known for novels of English country life, but in this book she recreates Renaissance Florence.
(ITL318, $14.00)
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Rough Guide Florence and the Best of Tuscany
• Jonathan Buckley
• GUIDEBOOK
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This comprehensive guide in the British series nicely balances a historical and cultural overview with practical travel information.
(ITA36, $21.99)
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Sixteen Pleasures
• Robert Hellenga
• LITERATURE
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A compelling novel about a young woman who went to Florence to save books after the devastating flood of 1966.
(ITL699, $17.00)
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Some Bitter Taste
• Magdalen Nabb
• MYSTERY
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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)
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Time Out Florence, and the Best of Tuscany
• Lesley McCave
• GUIDEBOOK
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Compact and up-to-date, this is an outstanding guide for where to go and what to do in Florence and the nearby towns of Pisa, Siena, Arezzo and Lucca.
(ITL659, $19.95)
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Timeless Cities, An Architect's Reflections on Renaissance Italy
• David Mayernik
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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)
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A Tuscan Childhood
• Kinta Beevor
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A vibrant, rosy-hued memoir of growing up privileged, bohemian and English in Tuscany during the interwar period.
(ITL388, $13.95)
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Tuscan Country, A Photographer's Journey
• Wes Walker
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Walker captures the allure of the hill towns, including Siena, Lucca, Pisa and smaller cities and villages in 100 luminous color photographs.
(ITL848, $29.95)
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Where Florence Cityguide
• Where Magazine
• GUIDEBOOK
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A sturdy pocket guide to top city sights, helpfully keyed to overview maps and featuring a detailed downtown PopOut map.
(ITL874, $9.95)
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