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	30 Days in Italy: True Stories of Escape to the Good Life • Sean O'Reilly • Larry Habegger • James O'Reilly • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • True tales from travellers in Italy, on subjects such as nunneries, the ghost of St. Francis, and the true nature of Italian men. (ITL793, $14.95)
	About Sicily, Travellers in an Ancient Island • David D. Hume • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A well informed, personable travel account, lovingly written and illustrated by a reitred New York City headmaster (St. David's School) and his wife. (ITL274, $15.95)
	Abruzzo Region Map • Touring Club Italiano • A colorful map of the Abruzzo region at a scale of 1:200,000 (ITL416, $12.95)
	The Abruzzo Trilogy • Ignazio Silone • LITERATURE • The three great novels of Ignazio Silone, Fontamara, Bread and Wine, and The Seed Beneath the Snow. (ITL679, $29.95)
	Adventures of an Italian Food Lover, With Recipes from 254 of My Very Best Friends • Faith Heller Willinger • FOOD • Willinger's exuberant culinary guide covers the chefs, restaurants, markets, food and delights of eating in Italy with authority and love. (ITL804, $32.50)
	The Aeneid • Virgil • Robert Fitzgerald • LITERATURE • A noted translation of the epic Roman poem of Aeneas and his journeys in the Mediterranean following the Trojan War. (ITL271, $12.00)
	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)
	After the Divorce • Grazia Deledda • Susan Ashe • LITERATURE • This powerful and tragic tale of murder and infidelity is set, like many of the Nobel Prize winning author's novels, on her native Sardinia. First published in 1902. (ITL196, $17.00)
	The Agony and the Ecstasy, A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo • Irving Stone • LITERATURE • An overheated, page-turning fictionalized account of the life of master painter and sculptor Michelangelo -- and a good introduction to Renaissance Florence and Rome. (ITL150, $16.00)
	The Agricola and the Germania • Tacitus • Harold Mattingly • S.A. Handford • HISTORY • Two texts of classical antiquity by Tacitus. Agricola is a eulogy for his father-in-law, the governor of Roman Britain. Germania is one of the earliest and most extensive account of the early Germanic World (EUR182, $14.00)
	Aida in Full Score • Giuseppe Verdi • MUSIC • The full orchestral score of the great opera. (ITL153, $24.95)
	Aida Libretto • Antonio Ghislanzoni • Giuseppe Verdi • MUSIC • The libretto to the great grand opera, in Italian and English. (ITL154, $5.95)
	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)
	Almost Blue • Carlo Lucarelli • MYSTERY • A mystery noir set on the streets of Bologna, in which rookie cop Grazia Negro tracks a serial killer. (ITL673, $12.95)
	The Ancient City, Life in Classical Athens and Rome • Peter Connolly • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A panorama of life in the ancient world, stunningly illustrated. (ITL82, $26.95)
	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, $18.00)
	Ancient Rome: Art, Architecture, and History • Ada Gabucci • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A lively, illustrated survey of ancient Rome, its monuments, history and art. (ITL419, $14.95)
	Ancient Rome: Monuments Past and Present • R.A. Staccioli • ARCHAEOLOGY • In this volume, the Colosseum, the Forum, the Capitoline Hill and other monuments are shown first as they look today and next, via overlaid acetate illustrations, as they looked in their heydays. (ITL422, $29.95)
	Angels & Demons • Dan Brown • LITERATURE • Harvard professor Robert Langdon and his Italian colleague Vittoria Vetra save the Vatican in this bestselling thriller set in Rome. (ITL853, $9.99)
	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)
	The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance • Peter Murray • ART & ARCHITECTURE • 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, $17.95)
	Art and Authority in Renaissance Milan • Evelyn S. Welch • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A scholarly study of art, architecture and patronage in Renaissance Milan. (ITL405, $75.00)
	Art and Life in Renaissance Venice • Patricia Brown • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An authoritative overview of Renaissance painting, sculpture and architecture, featuring 120 full-color illustrations. This compact volume manages to evoke the spirit of the Renaissance. (ITL57, $24.95)
	Art and Society in the Middle Ages • Georges Duby • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A study of the relationship between the production of art and the nature of Medieval society. (EUR85, $30.55)
	Art in Renaissance Italy • Gary M. Radke • John T. Paoletti • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A complete, scholarly and remarkably readable overview of Italian Renaissance painting, sculpture and architecture. The authors examine the political, social and artistic currents that produced the unprecedented art of the 15th-17th centuries. With 600 illustrations, more than 200 in color. (ITL412, $85.00)
	The Art of Florence • John Hunisak • Glen Andres • A. Richard Turner • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A magnificent, prize-winning survey of Florentine painting, architecture and sculpture. (ITL474, $185.00)
	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)
	The Art of the Sports Car, the Greatest Designs of the 20th Century • Dennis Adler • Jay Leno • SPORT • An illustrated tribute by the editor of Car Collector magazine (ITL513, $44.95)
	Authentic Piedmont-Aosta Valley Guide • Touring Club of Italy • GUIDEBOOK • This compact, illustrated guide by Touring Club Italiano includes Turin, Monferrato and Langhe. (ITL858, $20.95)
	Authentic Veneto Friuli • Touring Club Italiano • GUIDEBOOK • With a focus on history, architecture and cuisine, this attractive, illustrated driving guide includes 28 full-color regional and local maps. (ITL778, $20.95)
	The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini • Benvenuto Cellini • George Bull • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The story of a sculptor and goldsmith during the Italina Renaissance. (ITL172, $14.00)
	Axis Forces in Yugoslavia 1941-45 • Nigel Thomas • HISTORY • An illustrated overview of the uniforms, structure, organization and equiptment of the Axis German, Italian, Croatian, Serbian, Montenegrin, Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Slovenian troops in the Balkans during World War II. (BLK103, $15.95)
	Back to Bologna • Michael Dibdin • MYSTERY • Dibdin shows a lighter touch in this installment in the marvelous Aurelio Zen mysteries. (ITL746, $12.95)
	The Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi • Elvio Lunghi • ART & ARCHITECTURE • (ITL252, $27.50)
	Berlitz Italian Phrase Book & CD • Berlitz Multimedia • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A 224-page phrase book and audio CD, this handy language primer focuses on food, people, fun and the basic phrases for getting around in another language. (ITL888, $14.95)
	Berlitz Tuscany and Umbria • Berlitz Pocket Guides • Steven Brewer • GUIDEBOOK • A practical brief guide to Tuscany and Umbria. (ITL293, $8.95)
	The Betrothed • Alessandro Manzoni • LITERATURE • Manzoni's 1827 classic, by many accounts the first modern Italian novel, concerns star-crossed lovers in 17th-century Lombardy. Hugely popular in Italy, it has been made into several films and even a stage musical. (ITL414, $17.00)
	Between Salt Water and Holy Water, A History of Southern Italy • Tommaso Astarita • HISTORY • Astarita captures the fanfare, rivalry and changing fortunes of Sicily from antiquity through Norman, Spanish and Bourbon rule to unification and the 20th century. (ITL597, $15.95)
	Birds of Europe • Killian Mullarney • Lars Svensson • Dan Zetterstrom • Peter J. Grant • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE • A Princeton field guide to European birds, featuring 3,500 color illustrations that depict 722 species found across the continent. (FG47, $29.95)
	The Birth of Venus, A Novel • Sarah Dunant • LITERATURE • A rich novel of art, passion and patronage, memorably set in late 15th-century Florence and prominently featuring the famously pious reformer Savonarola. (ITL532, $13.95)
	Bloom's Literary Guide to Rome • Brett Foster • GUIDEBOOK • Rome boasts a long, rich literary history that is examined here through its connections with English Romantic poets Ketas and Shelley, as well as Stendhal, Goethe and Henry James. (ITL855, $40.00)
	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 Florence • Alta MacAdam • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to Florence, heavily focused on art and architecture. This edition also includes practical information on hotels, restaurants and shops. (ITL137, $27.95)
	Blue Guide Northern Italy, from the Alps to the Adriatic • Paul Blanchard • GUIDEBOOK • This guide by a popular tour leader provides a thorough overview of the history, art and architecture of northern Italy from Trieste across to the Valle d'Aosta, Venice, Verona, Milan, Genoa and Bologna. (ITL48, $32.95)
	Blue Guide Rome • Alta MacAdam • GUIDEBOOK • The ultimate guide to Rome, with 16 pages of street maps and 30 site plans. Having lived in Italy for 25 years, author Alta MacAdam provides the most in-depth guide for the Eternal City: where to dine, where to shop, where to experience fine art, and how to get there. (ITL230, $28.95)
	Blue Guide Sicily • Ellen Grady • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to the ancient history and culture of Sicily featuring good maps and site plans of archaeological sites throughout the island. (ITL125, $26.95)
	Blue Guide Southern Italy • Paul Blanchard • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to Southern Italy and especially its archaeology, history and culture. With maps and site plans. Blanchard, a popular tour guide, is also the author of the Blue Guide to Northern Italy. (ITL257, $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)
	Blue Guide Venice • Alta MacAdam • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to the art, architecture, museums, history and culture of Venice. With 30 illustrations, maps and site diagrams, and recommended restaurants, cafes and hotels. (ITL457, $29.95)
	The Book of the Courtier • Baldasar Castiglione • HISTORY • Written between 1513-1518, Castiglione's classic book of etiquette was inspired by a series of conversations among a group of aristocrats at the court of Urbino in 1507. Its central theme includes the nature of graceful behaviour, especially the impression of effortlessness, or "sprezzatura." (ITL238, $13.95)
	Bread and Wine • Ignazio Silone • Eric Mosbacher • Irving Howe • LITERATURE • Written and set in Italy in the 1930s, this novel is the story of Pietro Spina, a communist who must disguise himself as a priest in order to escape detection from the fascist government. (ITL184, $7.95)
	A Brief History of the Romans • Mary T. Boatwright • Daniel Gargola • Richard J. A. Talbert • HISTORY • An up-to-date text on the Roman Empire, including excellent maps and short selected readings from the Romans themselves. (ITL844, $39.95)
	The Broken Fountain • Thomas Belmonte • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A classic description of the life of the poor in a nieghborhood in Naples. (ITL209, $26.00)
	Brunelleschi's Dome, How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture • Ross King • ART & ARCHITECTURE • The story of the design and construction of the dome in the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, a tale rife with politics, cut-throat competition and mighty inspiration. (ITL410, $14.00)
	Cadogan Guide Bologna & Emilia-Romagna • Michael Pauls • Dana Facaros • GUIDEBOOK • This guidebook in the excellent British series surveys the culture, history, art, architecture and food of Emilia-Romagna -- whose notable cities include Bologna, Modena, Parma, Ravenna and Mantua.. (ITL390, $19.95)
	Cadogan Guide Northeast Italy • Dana Facaros • Michael Pauls • GUIDEBOOK • A practical, no nonsense guide in the British series. (ITL494, $18.95)
	Cadogan Guide Sicily • Dana Facaros • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive look at the region from the excellent British guidebook series. (ITL115, $18.95)
	Calabria Map • Touring Club Italiano • Detailed map of Reggio Calabria Province, scale 1:150,000. (ITL496, $12.95)
	Call Me by Your Name • Andre Aciman • LITERATURE • Aciman captures the lazy, languorous days and nights on the Mediterranean in this gay coming-of-age story set on the Italian Riviera. (ITL828, $23.00)
	Cambridge Opera Handbook: Giuseppi Verdi, Falstaff • James A. Hepokoski • MUSIC • A detailed guide to the history and composition of Verdi's Falstaff. (ITL263, $37.99)
	Campania Region Map • Touring Club Italiano • A colorful map of Campania, including Naples and the Amalfi Coast. (ITL116, $12.95)
	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)
	The Castle of Otranto, A Gothic Story • Horace Walpole • LITERATURE • First published in 1764, Walpole's classic Gothic novel takes place in and around the 15th-century castle on the Adriatic. (ITL631, $8.95)
	Catullus, The Complete Poems • Gaius Valerius Catullus • Guy Lee • ANTHOLOGY • A selection of poems by Catallus. (ITL204, $13.95)
	Cavalleria Rusticana and Other Stories • Giovanni Verga • LITERATURE • A collection of short stories set in rural Sicily. (ITL202, $14.00)
	Celebrating Italy • Carol Field • FOOD • A colorful collection of 175 recipes inspired by festivals, feasts and holiday celebrations. (ITL903, $20.00)
	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)
	Central Italy Road Atlas • Touring Club Italiano • REFERENCE • Detailed atlas of the central part of Italy. Scale 1:200,000. (ITL395, $34.95)
	The Charterhouse of Parma • Henri Stendhal • Richard Howard • LITERATURE • Stendahl's novel of a young aristocrat in early 19th-century northern Italy. (ITL208, $11.95)
	Chewing Gum in Holy Water, A Childhood in the Heart of Italy • Mario Valentini • LITERATURE • Valentini recounts his adventures and the life lessons he learned growing up in a small hilltop village in Italy. (ITL935, $26.00)
	Christ Stopped at Eboli, The Story of a Year • Carlo Levi • Frances Frenaye • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An affecting memoir of southern Italy, originally published in 1947, it stems from the author's forced relocation to the region as punishment for anti-fascist political activity. (ITL09, $14.00)
	The Christian World, A Global History • Martin Marty • RELIGION • (REL48, $25.00)
	Cinque Terre Map • Litographia Artistica Cartographica • A detailed shaded relief walking and road map of the Cinque Terre at a scale of 1:40,000. (ITL159, $10.95)
	City Secrets: Florence, Venice, and the Towns of Italy • Robert Kahn • GUIDEBOOK • An inspired collection of favorite places, experiences, excursions and events in Italy; the contributors are often artists, architects, or members of the American Academy in Rome. (ITL277, $19.95)
	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)
	Civilized Traveller's Guide to Turin • Eugenia F. Bell • GUIDEBOOK • An insiders guide to the art, culture, history and attractions of Turin, including recommended hotels, restuarants and shops. With three walking tours and suggested excursions outside the city. (ITL655, $14.95)
	Classic Italian Jewish Cooking • Edda Servi Machlin • FOOD • The pioneering work on Jewish-Italian food, this classic cookbook retails the food traditions of Pitigliano, Tuscany, which was a thriving Jewish community as recently as 1943. (ITL383, $29.95)
	The Classical Roman Reader, New Encounters With Ancient Rome • Kenneth J. Atchity • Rosemary McKenna • LITERATURE • A wide-ranging anthology, including plays, speeches and poetry by Virgil, Ovid, Cato the Elder and Vitruvius. With 50 photographs. (ITL210, $24.95)
	Cliffhanger • Renny Harlin • LITERATURE • (RKY85, $14.95)
	Collected Poems 1920-1954, Bilingual Edition • Eugenio Montale • Jonathan Galassi • LITERATURE • This revised bilingual edition of the Italian modernist poet and writer (1896-1981) is translated by Jonathan Galassi, editor in chief of Farrar, Straus & Giroux and president of the Academy of American Poets. (ITL584, $25.00)
	Companion Guide Rome • Georgina Masson • Tim Jepson • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, serious-minded guide to the architecture, art and culture of Rome (ITL185, $34.95)
	The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Roman Empire • Eric Nelson • HISTORY • This illustrated primer is a terrific introduction to daily life in ancient Rome. Don't be put off by the title! (ITL587, $18.95)
	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)
	Culture Smart! Italy, A Quick Guide to Customs And Etiquette • Charles Abbott • GUIDEBOOK • A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice. (ITL877, $9.95)
	The Cybeline Conspiracy • Albert Noyer • LITERATURE • A eunuch archpriest and an unscrupulous senator smuggle products from China to Ravenna, the Roman Capital in A.D. 440, never realizing they are changing the course of Western History. The second in the acclaimed Getorius and Arcadia Mysteries. (ITL907, $14.95)
	Daily Life in Ancient Rome, The People and the City at the Height of the Empire • Mary Beard • Jerome Carcopino • HISTORY • An engaging and classic history of Roman society in the second century A.D. (ITL477, $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)
	The Decameron • Giovanni Boccaccio • LITERATURE • This classic collection of 100 stories takes place in Florence during a plague in 1348. Boccaccio's celebration of passion and disdain for hypocritical clerics serves as a nice foil to Dante's strict moralism. (ITL309, $15.00)
	Delizia!, The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food • John Dickie • FOOD • Dickie (Casa Nostra) traces the evolution of Italy's rich culinary tradition, showing how taste, creativity and civic pride blended with politics, religion and a host of other factors to create a world-class cuisine. (ITL913, $26.00)
	The Devil in the Hills • Cesare Pavese • LITERATURE • This book, the most personal of the many stories, poems and novels of Pavese, follows the summer adventures of three young men in the hills, vineyards and villages of the author's native Piedmont. (ITL430, $23.95)
	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)
	The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso • Dante • Allen Mandelbaum • LITERATURE • Allen Mandelbaum is the translator for this handsome hardcover Everyman's edition, with notes and illustrations, of Dante's masterpiece. (ITL820, $24.00)
	Duchessina, A Novel of Catherine De Medici • Carolyn Meyer • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS • In her latest venture in the Young Royals historical-fiction series, Meyers delightfully depicts the unusual girlhood of one of Europe's most notorius queens. (ITL934, $17.00)
	Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia • Elizabeth Gilbert • LITERATURE • Gilbert chronicles in luminous prose a year-long odyssey not just to escape from an ugly divorce but also to discover the world and herself. The book, like her quest, is in three parts: Rome (eat), Mumbai (pray) and Bali (where she falls in love). (TVL107, $15.00)
	Eating Up Italy, Voyages on a Vespa • Judy A. Johnson • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Fort (formerly editor of food and drink at the Guardian in London), samples the tastes of Italy from Melito Di Porto Salvo south to Turin. (ITL767, $16.95)
	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)
	Emilia-Romagna Map • Touring Club Italiano • The most detailed map of the region available, imported from Italy. (ITL421, $12.95)
	Enchanted April • Elizabeth Von Arnim • Cathleen Schine • LITERATURE • In this delightful book, four Englishwomen are awakened by self-discovery and the power of their friendship on a stay in Italy in the 1920s. (ITL316, $14.95)
	The English Patient • Michael Ondaatje • LITERATURE • Ondaatje's luminous novel, which unfolds at a villa in Tuscany and in the North African desert during World War II. (ITL703, $14.95)
	Etruscan • Larissa Bonfante • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A brief guide to decoding Etruscan inscriptions, using representative vases, coins and other objects. Useful for serious scholars of Etruscan art and archeology. (ITL242, $13.95)
	The Etruscan • Mika Waltari • LITERATURE • A historical novel set in sixth century BC, by the famed Finnish author of "The Egyptian." Originally published in 1956. (ITL254, $38.95)
	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)
	The Etruscans • Graeme Barker • Tom Rasmussen • HISTORY • A study of the Etruscans. Using the most recent archaeological evidence, the authors detail their culture, economics and inscriptions (ITL169, $41.95)
	The Etruscans: Art, Architecture, and History • Federica Borrelli • Maria Christina Targia • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A lively, illustrated guide to architecture, painting and sculpture of the Etruscans. (ITL535, $19.95)
	Everyday Life in Ancient Rome • Lionel Casson • HISTORY • One in a series of scholarly books recontructing the everyday life of ancient societies. (ITL588, $19.95)
	Excellent Cadavers, The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic • Alexander Stille • HISTORY • This fast-paced book is a gripping account of corruption in Italy. The author offers an utterly absorbing account of the assassination of two top anti-Mafia prosecutors in 1992. (ITL58, $16.00)
	Explore The Tour of Mont Blanc • Gareth McCormack • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, practical guide in the "Rucksack Reader" series, this book features a route map, photographs and practical details for the classic 11-day Mont Blanc circuit though France, Italy and Switzerland. (ALP27, $15.95)
	Extra Virgin, A Young Woman Discovers the Italian Riviera • Annie Hawes • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A memoir of travels and life in Liguria, where the Hawe sisters ventured and stayed. In this refreshingly candid account, the English sisters end up buying a house and learning the local customs and eccentricities of their neighbors in Diano San Pietro. (ITL539, $14.95)
	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 Florence & Tuscany • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • Superbly illustrated, this compact guide shows the neighborhoods, museums, shops and sites of Florence and surroundings in full color. (ITL46, $23.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Italian Riviera • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A handsome, beautifully illustrated and informative compact guide to Liguria. It covers places, recommended excursions, hotels and attractions from the border with France east to La Spezia. (ITL566, $20.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Milan and the Lakes • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This superb guide to Milan and the Italian lakes features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the area's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (ITL165, $20.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Naples, Pompeii & Amalfi Coast • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the region's attractions. (ITL107, $20.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Rome • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to Rome featuring hundreds of color photographs, neighborhood maps and innovative site plans. (ITL158, $25.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Sardinia • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • 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 Sicily • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This superb guide to Sicily features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a synopsis of the island's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (ITL468, $23.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Turin • DK Publishing • GUIDEBOOK • This superb guide toTurin (winter olympics 2006) features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. (ITL656, $22.50)
	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)
	Eyewitness Guide Venice and the Veneto • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent maps and a neighborhood-by-neighborhood synopsis of the region's attractions. With numerous cutaways and floorplans of local buildings. (ITL200, $23.00)
	Eyewitness Real City Rome • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • With up-to-date information on what's hot in Rome, this chic guide lists the trendiest local spots to eat, shop, party and relax. Supported by a website so you'll always be on the inside track. (ITL791, $15.00)
	Eyewitness Rome Pocket Map & Guide • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This superb guide to Rome 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. (ITL787, $6.99)
	Eyewitness Venice Pocket Map & Guide • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This superb guide to Venice 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. (ITL786, $6.99)
	Falstaff, in Full Score • Giuseppe Verdi • Arrigo Boito • MUSIC • A reprint of the original, and complete, score of Giuseppe Verdi's "Falstaff." (ITL264, $26.95)
	The First Life of St. Francis of Assisi • Thomas of Celano • RELIGION • A translation by Christopher Stace of Thomas of Celano's life of Francesco Bernadone (1181-1226). Celano was a contemporary of St. Francis of Assissi. (ITL545, $12.95)
	Florence Map • Borch Maps • A detailed, plastic-covered city map of Florence at a scale of 1:7,000. (ITL59, $7.95)
	Florence, A Portrait • Michael Levey • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A history of Florence as seen through its art. A "New York Times Book Review" Notable Book of the Year. (ITL136, $22.95)
	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 Italy • Fodor's Guides • GUIDEBOOK • Organized by region, this hefty guide provides the essentials for travelers, featuring local maps, excellent practical recommendations, and plenty of advice for sightseeing. (ITL668, $23.95)
	Fodor's Naples' Best • Michael Buttler • GUIDEBOOK • A shirt-pocket guide to Naples, this slim book includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights, including restaurant and sightseeing recommendations. (ITL594, $11.95)
	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)
	Fodor's Venice & the Venetian Arc • GUIDEBOOK • A frequently revised, practical guide in the popular series. (ITL895, $18.95)
	Following Hadrian, A Second-Century Journey Through the Roman Empire • Elizabeth Speller • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A portrait of the emperor and his world, (ITL456, $17.95)
	Food and Memories of Abruzzo • Anna Teresa Callen • FOOD • This Italian cookbook is unusual in its focus on the Abruzzo region. (ITL444, $19.95)
	Food Wine The Italian Riviera & Genoa • David Downie • FOOD • COMING IN OCTOBER • A renowned food writer's highly selective guide to Liguria's authentic small eateries, culinary traditions, wine, wineries, food artisans, and gourmet shops. (ITL956, $24.95)
	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)
	Footprint Guide Turin • Ben Donald • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, practical guide to Turin. (ITL565, $11.95)
	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)
	The Force of Destiny, A History of Italy Since 1796 • Christopher Duggan • HISTORY • An insightful history from the beginning of the Italian nationalist movement, this book shows the challenges of unifying fragmented states and the national ideologies--including Fascism--which have influenced present-day Italy. (ITL945, $30.00)
	Foucault's Pendulum • Umberto Eco • William Weaver • LITERATURE • A wild, complex conspiracy novel set in Milan. It involves Templars, Rosicrucians, Freemasons, Jesuits, and more. The verbose, scholarly text is a study in how fiction can influence reality, and an excellent choice for readers who feel up to a rewarding challenge. (ITL649, $15.00)
	Four Comedies: The Braggart Soldier, The Brothers Menaechmus, the Haunted House, The Pot of Gold • Titus MacCius Plautus • Erich Segal • LITERATURE • A collection of plays from Plautus. (ITL490, $10.95)
	Friends in High Places • Donna Leon • MYSTERY • COMING IN AUGUST • The tenth in the excellent Comissario Brunetti series, this mystery follows the investigation of a bureaucrat's dubious fall from a scaffold. (ITL968, $7.99)
	Frommer's Italy 2008 • Darwin Porter • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series, strong on where to eat, sleep and shop. (ITL893, $23.99)
	Frommer's Tuscany & Umbria • Reid Bramblett • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series, revised annually. (ITL83, $19.99)
	Frommer's Venice Day by Day • Frommer's • GUIDEBOOK • Ideal for a short visit, this shirt pocket guide offers remarkably good suggestions for everything from food and hotels to favorite plazas and shopping. (ITL353, $12.99)
	Galileo's Daughter, A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love • Dava Sobel • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The life of Sister Maria Celeste, Galileo Galilei's illegitimate daughter, as told through letters to her father. (ITL176, $16.00)
	Garden Lover's Guide to Italy • Penelope Hobhouse • NATURAL HISTORY • A practical guide by the celebrated horticulturist. (ITL498, $19.95)
	The Garden of the Finzi-Continis • Giorgio Bassini • William Weaver • LITERATURE • This powerful book, set in Ferrara, deals with unrequited love and classist society in the time of Mussolini. (ITL205, $13.00)
	Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Renaissance and Modern Art • Fred S. Kleiner • Helen Gardner • Horst De la Croix • Richard G. Tansey • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A classic college text, now in its 10th edition. (GEN214, $68.00)
	Giacomo Puccini • Conrad Wilson • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An analysis of the legendary composer, his times and his music (GEN141, $24.95)
	Giuseppe Garibaldi, A Biography of the Father of Modern Italy • Benedict S. Lipira • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A biography of the 19th-century Italian nationalist, published by the author. (ITL303, $15.95)
	Good Blood • Aaron J. Elkins • MYSTERY • In the eleventh Gideon Oliver novel, the anthropologist vacations with his wife at an Italian estate in Lake Maggiore. However, beautiful views and delicious food can't compete with the disappearance of their host's child and the discovery of bones. (ITL739, $6.99)
	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)
	The Greek Cities of Magna Graecia and Sicily • Fausto Longo • Lorena Jannelli • Luca Cerchiai • HISTORY • An engaging history of the Western Greek colonies in Sicily and southern Italy in the eight and seventh centuries B.C., featuring 240 magnificent color illustrations, maps and a site-by-site review of major archaeological sites. (ITL751, $39.95)
	The Greek World, Art and Civilization in Magna Graecia and Sicily • Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A thorough presentation of the art and artifacts of the Greek settlements on the western coast of Italy. (GRE151, $85.00)
	Guarino Guarini and His Architecture • Harold Alan Meek • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An overview of the life and work of Guarino Guarini, the great Italian architect of the Baroque period. (ITL192, $30.00)
	Hadrian, The Restless Emperor • Anthony Birley • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An up-to-date, scholarly biography. (ITL260, $40.95)
	HarperCollins Italian College Dictionary • Michela Clari • Catherine E. Love • REFERENCE • A standard Italo-English reference. (ITL276, �