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After Hannibal
• Barry Unsworth
• LITERATURE
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Unsworth's vivid novel takes in the history, landscape, pleasures and the other Americans and Europeans, like himself, who live in Umbria.
(ITL100, $17.95)
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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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The Art of the Renaissance
• Peter Murray
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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)
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Bonaventure: The Life of St. Francis
• Ewart Cousins
• RELIGION
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The Church's official life of St Francis, written by the Franciscan monk Bonaventure in the 13th century.
(ITL602, $11.99)
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Central Italy Map
• Touring Club Italiano
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A regional map of Central Italy, including Tuscany, Umbria and Rome, at a scale of 1:400,000.
(ITL103, $12.95)
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The Dog Who Ate the Truffle: A Memoir of Stories and Recipes from Umbria
• Suzanne Carreiro
• FOOD
• COMING IN JULY
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Carreiro shares recipes, advice on reading an Italian wine label and her many adventures in this memoir living, cooking and eating with a family in Umbria's Upper Tiber River Valley.
(ITA129, $25.99)
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Footprint Italia Umbria & Marche
• Julius Honnor
• GUIDEBOOK
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Featuring hundred of color photographs and maps, this informative guide balances an overview of nature, history and culture with practical travel information. With Popout Map
(ITA93, $21.95)
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Italian Folktales
• Italo Calvino
• LITERATURE
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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)
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The Little Flowers of St. Francis
• W. Heywood
• Ugolino
• Madeleine L'Engle
• LITERATURE
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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)
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The Lives of the Artists, Vol 1
• Giorgio Vasari
• Julia Conway and Peter Bondanella
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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)
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Tuscany Map
• Touring Club Italiano
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The most detailed map of Tuscany available, at a scale of 1:200,000. Imported from Italy.
(ITL102, $12.95)
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Two Lives, Reading Turgenev and My House in Umbria
• William Trevor
• LITERATURE
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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)
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The Italians
• Luigi Barzini
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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