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The Broken Fountain


by Thomas Belmonte

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 202 PAGES

A classic description of the life of the poor in a nieghborhood in Naples. (ITL209, $26.00)

Close to Paradise, The Gardens of Naples, Capri and the Amalfi Coast


by Robert Fisher

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 208 PAGES

Fisher showcases 21 of Italy's most celebrated gardens, including La Reggia, Caserta, and the Italian Versailles. (ITA276, $45.00)

Dead Man in Naples

Dead Man in Naples


by Michael Pearce

  • MYSTERY
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

After the British consul in Naples is stabbed while bicycling through the piazza of the Porta Carmine, officer Seymour of the Special Branch is dispatched to investigate. He must untangle a snarl of possible suspects, including a bicycle-racing rival, political foes and the powerful criminal society of the Camorra. (ITA76, $25.00)

Eyewitness Guide Sicily

Eyewitness Guide Sicily


by Eyewitness Guides | DK Publishing

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

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)

Falling Palace, A Romance of Naples

Falling Palace, A Romance of Naples


by Dan Hofstadter

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

A lyrical account of an American man in Naples who falls under the spell of the city and of an enchanting Neapolitan woman. (ITL763, $13.95)

Food and Memories of Abruzzo


by Anna Teresa Callen

  • FOOD
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

This Italian cookbook is unusual in its focus on the Abruzzo region. (ITL444, $22.95)

Frommer's Amalfi Coast with Naples, Capri & Pompeii


by Bruce Murphy

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 344 PAGES

A comprehensive, practical guide to the region with excellent recommendations for hotels, restaurants and excursions. With two-color maps throughout. (ITA81, $19.99)

Frommer's Naples & the Amalfi Coast Day by Day


by Nicky Swallow

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 182 PAGES

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. (ITA175, $12.99)

The Italians

The Italians


by Luigi Barzini

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

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 Map

Italy Map


by Borch Maps

  • 2011
  • MAP

A handy, laminated map. (ITL19, $11.95)

Blue Guide Sicily

Blue Guide Sicily


by Ellen Grady

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 479 PAGES

This in-depth guide to Sicily's ancient history and archaeology features detailed maps and site plans. (ITL125, $26.95)

Lonely Planet Naples & the Amalfi Coast

Lonely Planet Naples & the Amalfi Coast


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

A comprehensive city guide with good full-color maps, a few photographs and excellent information on what to do and where to go. (ITA105, $21.99)

Modern Naples, A Documentary History, 1799-1999


by John Santore

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 374 PAGES

A source book and history of Naples from its foundations to Bourbon Capital and unification. (ITL351, $25.00)

My Love for Naples


by Anna Teresa Callen

  • FOOD
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A celebration of Neapolitan traditions and cooking, featuring 16 color plates and 250 recipes covering both the obscure and familiar, including buffalo mozzeralla, pizza and minestrone. (ITL869, $35.00)

Niccolo Rising

Niccolo Rising


by Dorothy Dunnett

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 470 PAGES

From the reigning queen of historical fiction comes this fast-paced, thoroughly-researched novel of ambition and worldly goods in 15th-century Bruges. This is the first volume in her House of Niccolo series. (BLG13, $15.95)

One-Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in Italy

One-Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in Italy


by Paolo Lazzarin

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 276 PAGES

Each charming town gets an appreciative essay and evocative color photographs in this handsome tribute and excellent guide. (ITL546, $45.00)

Passion on the Vine, A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Family in the Heart of Italy

Passion on the Vine, A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Family in the Heart of Italy


by Sergio Esposito

  • FOOD
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

Esposito writes warmly of his many sojourns in his native land as a child, wine merchant and connoisseur in this celebratory memoir. (ITL953, $14.95)

Rough Guide Naples and the Amalfi Coast


by Martin Dunford

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

This comprehensive guide in the British series nicely balances a historical and cultural overview with practical travel information. (ITA35, $19.99)

Sailing to Capri

Sailing to Capri


by Elizabeth Adler

  • MYSTERY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

Bestselling author Adler weaves a suspenseful tale of a cruise, where nothing is what it seems, no one is telling the truth, and murder happens. (ITL965, $14.99)

The Seven Sisters

The Seven Sisters


by Margaret Drabble

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A novel in diary form about an aging Englishwoman, Candida Wilton, who leaves rural life for gritty London when she divorces her husband. The second half of the book is about Candida's hilarious and emotional trip to Naples to see the city of Virgil's Aeneid. (ITL572, $18.95)

Sorrento Map


by Litographia Artistica Cartographica

  • MAP

A double-sided, detailed street map of Sorrento at a scale of 1:8,000 with individual maps of the Sorrentine Peninsula, Positano, Vico Equense, Capri and Pompei on the reverse. (ITL752, $12.95)

Southern Italy Map


by Touring Club Italiano

  • MAP

A regional map of Italy, stretching from Rome to the southern tip. (ITL222, $14.95)

The Talented Mr. Ripley


by Anthony Minghella

  • 1999
  • DVD

A suspenseful thriller of obsession and jealousy starring Matt Damon and Jude Law, based on the popular mystery by Patricia Highsmith. (ITL542, $14.99)

Vesuvius A.D. 79

Vesuvius A.D. 79


by Giovanni Patricelli | Ernesto De Carolis

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 124 PAGES

An illustrated account of the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius drawing on science, report, literature and folklore. (ITL568, $29.95)

The Wedding Officer

The Wedding Officer


by Anthony Capella

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

A culinary romance between a British officer and Italian country girl set amid Allied occupied Naples in 1943. (ITL884, $22.00)

The Leopard

The Leopard


by Giuseppe Di Lampedusa

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Evoking a lost world of privilege and tradition, Giuseppe Di Lampedusa's memorable tale, set on a rural Sicilian estate during the days of independence, follows the world-weary Don Fabrizio, Prince of Salina. A classic, now in a 50th anniversary edition. (ITL11, $16.00)

 

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