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UMBRIA & THE MARCHES
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After Hannibal
• Barry Unsworth
LITERATURE •
1998 •
PAPER
• 250 PAGES
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 (i.e. the other Americans and Europeans who have come to set up shop in this beautiful part of the world).
(ITL100, $17.95) |
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The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance
• Peter Murray
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
1997 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
A classic, informative guide to Renaissance architecture throughout Italy, with black-and-white photographs and site plans. Beginning with the 14th century, Murray surveys major works and influences through the Italian Renaissance up to the 17th century. 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 •
1992 •
PAPER
• 286 PAGES
A brief, illustrated survey of the world of the Renaissance and its art, complete with illustrations. This fine book puts the flowering of art and culture that began in Florence in 1420 in its historical context. With 251 well-integrated illustrations, 51 in color. Organized geographically and thematically, it includes 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 •
2005 •
PAPER
• 142 PAGES
The Church's official life of St Francis, written by the Franciscan monk Bonaventure in the 13th century. It's a simple, direct tale that was an important source of inspiration for Renaissance painters.
(ITL602, $11.99) |
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Central Italy Map
• Touring Club Italiano
MAP
A regional map of Central Italy, including Tuscany, Umbria and Rome, at a scale of 1:400,000. One Side. 37x49 inches.
(ITL103, $14.95) |
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The Dog Who Ate the Truffle: A Memoir of Stories and Recipes from Umbria
• Suzanne Carreiro
FOOD •
2010 •
HARD COVER
• 320 PAGES
Food critic Carreiro spent a year and a half living, cooking and eating with an Umbrian family in the Upper Tiber River Valley. In this food-filled memoir, she shares recipes, advice on reading an Italian wine label and her adventures gathering truffles and asparagus in a forest inhabited by wild boars and viper snakes. Features the personal stories of local cooks, a food and wine glossary and an eight-page color insert.
(ITA129, $25.99) |
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Footprint Italia Umbria & Marche
• Julius Honnor
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
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 •
1992 •
PAPER
• 763 PAGES
A seminal collection of 200 folk tales, retold by a modern master who never lost his 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 •
1998 •
PAPER
• 120 PAGES
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 •
1987 •
PAPER
• 477 PAGES
Vasari offers short biographies of the art and lives of his Renaissance contemporaries in this classic and much-discussed book written in the mid-16th century. He focuses on painters both great and lesser-known, including Giotto, Michelangelo, Titian and others. This edition includes parts one, two and three of the huge original work.
(ITL17, $14.00) |
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Tuscany Map
• Touring Club Italiano
2011 •
MAP
A detailed map of Tuscany at a scale of 1:200,000. Imported from Italy. One Side. 54x37 inches.
(ITL102, $14.95) |
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Two Lives, Reading Turgenev and My House in Umbria
• William Trevor
LITERATURE •
1997 •
PAPER
• 375 PAGES
These two Booker Prize-nominated novellas demonstrate the Irish writer William Trevor's great gifts. The second, My House in Umbria, is the story of an ex-prostitute who settles in Umbria to write trashy romance novels, but whose life is disturbed by local political events. It's a beautifully rendered story, redolent with local Umbrian color.
(ITL122, $15.00) |
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The Italians
• Luigi Barzini
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1996 •
PAPER
• 352 PAGES
The definitive portrait of the Italian people, noteworthy for its insight, grace and wit. It's a classic, scholarly essay on the Italian character, still worthwhile though first published in 1964. Much historical information is included. Highly recommended.
(ITL05, $16.00) |
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