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	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 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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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 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)
	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)
	The Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi • Elvio Lunghi • ART & ARCHITECTURE • (ITL252, $27.50)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	The Broken Fountain • Thomas Belmonte • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A classic description of the life of the poor in a nieghborhood in Naples. (ITL209, $26.00)
	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)
	Cadogan Venice • Michael Pauls • Dana Facaros • GUIDEBOOK • An insightful and comprehensive guide to the three Italian cities. (ITL326, $17.95)
	Calabria Map • Touring Club Italiano • Detailed map of Reggio Calabria Province, scale 1:150,000. (ITL496, $12.95)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	Companion Guide Rome • Georgina Masson • Tim Jepson • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, serious-minded guide to the architecture, art and culture of Rome (ITL185, $34.95)
	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)
	D.H. Lawrence and Italy • D.H. Lawrence • Tim Parks • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • This omnibus Penguin Classics edition includes three travel tales, each very different in tone and all wonderful: "Sea and Sardinia" is a nostalgic look at traditional ways of life; "Twilight in Italy" an evocation of Lawrence's memorable stay on Lake Garda; and "Etruscan Places" his musings on ancient sites, including the painted tombs of Tarquinia. (ITL62, $18.00)
	Daily Life in Ancient Rome • Florence Dupont • Christopher Woodall • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A glimpse into the days of the Roman Republic. (ITL333, $40.95)
	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)
	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, 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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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 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 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 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)
	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)
	A Farewell to Arms • Ernest Hemingway • LITERATURE • Set in snowy Switzerland and the rainy Italian lake country during World War I, this semi-autobiographical novel chronicles the romance between a British nurse and an American ambulance driver. (ITL384, $15.00)
	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 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)
	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)
	The Food of Italy • Waverly Root • FOOD • Evocative of Italy and its diverse cuisine, this classic book, organized geographically, offers a cook's tour of the country. It's a well-informed and wonderful culinary guide. (ITL75, $19.95)
	The Food of Italy, Region by Region • Claudia Roden • FOOD • OUT OF PRINT • The marvelous Claudia Roden, who spent a year visiting cooks throughout Italy, presents 300 easy-to-prepare recipes in the context of Italian history, culture and geography. (ITL683, $19.95)
	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)
	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)
	Frommer's Tuscany & Umbria • Reid Bramblett • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series, revised annually. (ITL83, $19.99)
	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)
	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 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, $29.95)
	The Hellenistic World and the Coming of Rome • Erich S. Gruen • HISTORY • An academic study of Roman imperialism in Greece. (MED67, $45.00)
	Herculaneum: Italy's Buried Treasure • Joseph Jay Deiss • HISTORY • An artful and wonderfully written description of ancient Herculaneum. (ITL41, $18.95)
	Here Is Where We Meet • John Berger • LITERATURE • This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow. (EUR189, $14.00)
	The High Renaissance and Mannerism • Linda Murray • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A very good introduction to artists and art of the 16th century, focused on Italy. (ART33, $16.95)
	The Hill Towns of Italy • Carol Field • Richard Kauffman • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • OUT OF PRINT • A delightful illustrated survey of the towns, people and countryside of Tuscany and Umbria by a favorite writer on things Italian. With full-color photographs of towns, including Siena, San Gimignano, Perugia, Assisi and Orvieto. (ITL96, $19.95)
	The Hills of Tuscany, A New Life in an Old Land • Ferenc Mate • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A memoir of the author and his wife, a painter, living among farmers in rural Tuscany. Mate's love of Italy, and especially of its food, comes through loud and clear. (ITL155, $15.00)
	A History of Contemporary Italy, Society and Politics, 1943-1988 • Paul Ginsborg • HISTORY • A contemporary history of the Italian post war experience through 1988. (ITL462, $24.95)
	A History of Fascism, 1914-1945 • Stanley G. Payne • HISTORY • A schoalrly, comprehensive history with a focus on Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. (EUR132, $24.95)
	History of Italian Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture • David G. Wilkins • Frederick Hartt • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A well-illustrated history of Italian art from the 13th through the 16th centuries. (ITL308, $111.80)
	History of My Life (Vols. III & IV) • Giacomo Casanova • Willard R. Trask • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An account of derring-do in 18th-century Venice by Casanova, including a memorable description of imprisonment in the Doge's Palace. (ITL381, $25.00)
	A History of Venice • John Julius Norwich • HISTORY • The great historian Norwich marshals myriad personalities, battles, sieges, and facts into a vivid portrait of the Venetian Republic spanning the 1000 years up to its 1797 defeat at the hands of Napoleon. (ITL177, $25.00)
	A House in Sicily • Daphne Phelps • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • An old-fashioned memoir of life at Casa Cuseni, the pensione and garden in Taormina run by the indomitable Daphne Phelps, which has been a sanctuary for Tennessee Williams, Betrand Russell and other guests, famous and infamous, since 1947. (ITL148, $16.95)
	A House Somewhere, Tales of Life Abroad • Don George • Anthony Sattin • ANTHOLOGY • A diverse, international anthology celebrating the pleasures and perils of the expatriate life. (TVL28, $13.99)
	I, Claudius • Robert Graves • LITERATURE • Good old-fashioned politics, palace intrigue and back-stabbing in the form of a fictional autobiography, charting the rises and falls of Roman emperors. (ITL429, $14.95)
	Il Postino • Michael Radford • A shy Italian postman who learns the ways of poetry and romance while delivering mail to the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. (ITL541, $19.99)
	In Sicily • Norman Lewis • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • OUT OF PRINT • In this lovely, classic travelogue, Lewis introduces friends, journalists and residents from one end of the island to the other. (ITL420, $24.95)
	In the Company of the Courtesan, A Novel • Sarah Dunant • LITERATURE • Dunant paints a vivid, earthy portrait of Renaissance Venice in this absorbing tale of intrigue, ambition and love -- cleverly narrated by the wily dwarf Bucino Teodoldo, loyal companion of the courtesan of the title. (ITL650, $13.95)
	The Inferno of Dante, A New Verse Translation • Dante Alighieri • Robert Pinsky • LITERATURE • The celebrated modern translation of Dante's "Inferno." (ITL411, $11.00)
	Inferno, The Longfellow Translation • Dante Alghieri • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • Matthew Pearl • LITERATURE • A Modern Library edition of Dante's Inferno, translated by Henry Wadsworth Longwellow and edited by Matthew Pearl. (ITL400, $10.95)
	Innocence • Penelope Fitzgerald • LITERATURE • A comic novel set in mid-twentieth century Italy, by the inimitable Penelope Fitzgerald, author of "The Blue Flower". (ITL317, $12.00)
	Insight Compact Guide Italian Lakes • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, illustrated guide with good maps. (ITL482, $8.95)
	Insight Guide Italy • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated overview of Italy with essays on its attractions, history and culture. (ITL108, $23.95)
	Insight Guide Mediterranean Cruises • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • Covering 120 ports of call throughout the Mediterranean from the Canary Islands to Egypt. (MED94, $22.95)
	Insight Guide Northern Italy • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated overview of northern Italy with essays on its attractions, history and culture. (ITL190, $24.95)
	Insight Guide Rome • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated overview of Rome with essays on art, history and culture. (ITL30, $19.95)
	Insight Guide Southern Italy • Roger Williams • GUIDEBOOK • A colorful guide to the culture, history and attractions of Italy south of Rome, featuring hundreds of photographs and excellent local and regional maps. (ITL458, $23.95)
	Insight Guide Venice • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated overview of Venice with essays on its history, art and architecture. (ITL23, $15.95)
	Insight Pocket Guide Florence • Christopher Catling • GUIDEBOOK • This convenient, slim volume includes good short description of major sites and a handy fold-out map of the city. (ITL162, $13.95)
	Inventing Leonardo • A. Richard Turner • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Turner, a leading art historian of the Renaissance, offers a lively appraisal of the controversial genius. It's an elegant and stimulating book. (ITL79, $22.95)
	Ischia/Capri Map • Instituto Geografico De Agostini • A map of both Capri and Ischia at a scale of 1:28,000. (ITL500, $6.95)
	Italia, The Art of Living Italian Style • Edmund Howard • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A beautifully illustrated tour of Italy's most characteristic and striking architecture, landscapes and design, with accompanying essays on each photograph. (ITL398, $40.00)
	Italian Architecture from Michelangelo to Borromini • Andrew Hopkins • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A wide-ranging, illustrated survey of Italian Renaissance architecture in the excellent "World of Art" series. A great introduction, especially helpful to travelers interested in the history and design of cathedrals, villas, castles, and other large-scale structures to be discovered in Italy. (ITL478, $14.95)
	The Italian Baker • Carol Hart Field • FOOD • An informed guide to ingredients, bread and bread recipes, a must for the Italy-bound baker. (ITL435, $35.00)
	Italian Cinema, From Neorealism to the Present • Peter Bondanella • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A scholarly history modern Italian film. (ITL350, $29.95)
	Italian English Bilingual Visual Dictionary • DK Publishing • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • With thousands of neatly arranged color photographs, this compact book is impressively comprehensive, covering everything from the basics of la casa (house) to the vocabulary of le granaglie e i legumi secchi (grains and legumes). (ITL626, $12.95)
	Italian Folktales • Italo Calvino • LITERATURE • 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)
	Italian Food • Julia Child • Elizabeth David • FOOD • A literary, aromatic survey of Italy's many regions and regional cooking with receipes. (ITL298, $16.00)
	Italian Hours • Henry James • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A classic series of travel essays written between 1872 and 1909 on the art, religion and people of Italy. James is an observant guide to Rome, Naples, Florence and other great destinations in the 19th century. (ITL07, $16.00)
	Italian Indispensables Vocabulary Builder • Audio-Forum • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A short audio program wiith 50 common words and phrases for travelers. (ITL401, $9.95)
	Italian Journey, 1786-1788 • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe • W.H. Auden • Elizabeth Meyer • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The journals and letters from Goethe's 'grand tour' of southern Italy as translated by W.H. Auden. In addition to much musing on philosophy and art, it includes some wonderful writing on the Italian landscape. (ITL144, $17.00)
	Italian Neighbors • Tim Parks • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • This sparkling memoir by the British novelist captures the travails and delights of life in the Italian countryside with charm and wit. Montecchio, which Parks so indelibly sketches in this favorite book, is outside Verona. (ITL16, $14.00)
	The Italian Renaissance • J. H. Plumb • HISTORY • A well-written history of the Renaissance, its artists and thinkers, with chapters on Florence, Milan, Rome and Venice, Michelangelo, Da Vinci and Women of the Renaissance. (ITL562, $16.00)
	The Italian Renaissance Reader • Julia Conway and Peter Bondanella • Mark Musa • ANTHOLOGY • Introducing artists and thinkers of the Renaissance, this colelction includes selections by Francesca Petrarca, Giovanni Boccacio, Leonardo Da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli and Benvenuto Cellini. (ITL218, $17.00)
	The Italian Way • Mario Costantino • Lawrence Gambella • GUIDEBOOK • A slim, entertaining overview of the hows and whys of etiquette and habits in Italy. (ITL433, $12.95)
	Italian, Start Speaking Today • Educational Services Corporation • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A language course following the foreign service method (ITL497, $21.95)
	The Italians • Luigi Barzini • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Audio version of the classic essay on the Italian character, first published in 1964. (ITL33, $69.95)
	Italy and Its Discontents: Family, Civil Society, State • Paul Ginsborg • HISTORY • A scholarly analysis of modern Italian Society. (ITL461, $35.00)
	Italy and Its Invaders • Girolamo Arnaldi • HISTORY • A wide-ranging history of the many empires and world powers that have invaded Italy, and their lasting influences, both positive and negative, on Italian art, architecture and culture up to the present day. (ITL661, $19.95)
	Italy for the Gourmet Traveler • Fred Plotkin • FOOD • Organized geographically, this encyclopedic guide features eating establishments, cooking schools, markets, shops and other gastronomic treasures in 500 cities and villages, perfect for the food-addled who can't be in the company of the irrepressible master himself. (ITL268, $24.95)
	Italy in Mind • Alice Powers • LITERATURE • A terrific collection of some of the best literary writing on Italy, including Melville, Lawrence, Henry James, Mary McCarthy and many others. Great reading. (ITL39, $14.95)
	Italy Northeast Map • Michelin Travel Publications • (ITL72, $8.95)
	Italy South Map • Michelin • A map of southern Italy, covering Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, at a scale of 1:400,000. (ITL109, $8.95)
	Italy Wall Map • National Geographic &nbs