ITALIAN LAKE DISTRICT More Books 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)   Aida Libretto  •  Antonio Ghislanzoni  •  Giuseppe Verdi MUSIC •  1990 •  PAPER  • 40 PAGES 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 •  2004 •  PAPER  • 368 PAGES Clearly besotted by food, William Black travels throughout Italy in search of food and experience. (ITL548, $13.95)   Architecture in Italy 1500-1600  •  Wolfgang Lotz  •  Deborah Howard ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1995 •  PAPER  • 205 PAGES A classic, comprehensive introduction to 16th-century Italian architecture. In this highly readable book, Lotz discusses the work of Renaissance architects including Bramante, Giulio Roman, Michelangelo and Palladio. Originally published in 1974 as part two of "Architecture in Italy, 1400-1600." With hundreds of color photographs and site plans, the book is an excellent companion for visitors to Venice, Florence or Rome. (ITL247, $40.00)   Art and Life in Renaissance Venice  •  Patricia Brown ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 176 PAGES With a strong focus on art, the author evokes the guilds, nobility and spirit of the Renaissance in her discussion of painting, sculpture and architecture. With 120 full-color illustrations. A volume in the Prentice Hall Perspectives series. Also in this same series is "Renaissance Florence." Second edition. (ITL57, $42.20)   Art and Society in the Middle Ages  •  Georges Duby ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2000 •  PAPER  • 128 PAGES A study of the relationship between the production of art and the nature of Medieval society. Noted French historian Georges Duby draws on religion, culture, government, geography, and, of course, artistic pursuits in this portrait of the Middle ages. (EUR85, $30.55)   Art in Renaissance Italy  •  Gary M. Radke  •  John T. Paoletti ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2001 •  HARD COVER  • 512 PAGES • COMING IN A complete, scholarly and remarkably readable overview of Italian Renaissance painting, sculpture and architecture, co-authored by two leading art historians. Paoletti and Radke 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 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)   art/shop/eat Milan  •  Paul Blanchard GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 183 PAGES Blue Guide's compact, illustrated guidebook with excellent local maps. The book includes not only museums, shops and restaurants, but also not-to-be-missed sites and attractions by neighborhood. The perfect addendum to the Blue Guide Northern Italy (ITL48). (ITL764, $13.95)   Birds of Britain & Europe  •  Hermann Heinzel  •  Richard Fitter  •  John Parslow FIELD GUIDE •  1998 •  PAPER  • 384 PAGES • COMING IN This masterfully organized Collins Pocket Guide, featuring 3,000 color illustrations covers the birds of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Maps, text and illustrations for each species are organized together on facing pages for quick reference in the field. Heinzel contributed all the handsome watercolor illustrations. (EUR49, $27.50)   Birds of Europe  •  Lars Svensson FIELD GUIDE •  2010 •  PAPER  • 416 PAGES • FAVORITE This Princeton Field Guide features 3,500 illustrations by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom. Color plates depict every species -- and sometimes several different variants -- for 722 birds found from the Urals to the Atlantic, Scandinavia to the Middle East. (FG47, $29.95)   The Birth of Venus, A Novel  •  Sarah Dunant LITERATURE •  2004 •  PAPER  • 397 PAGES This tasty tale of art, passion, politics and danger, memorably set in Renaissance Florence in the days after the death of the powerful Lorenzo de Medici in 1492, comes to us from British novelist, broadcaster and critic Sarah Dunant, who brings her experience as the creator of the private investigator Hannah Wolfe to this new era. The malevolent political reformer (and zealot) Girolamo Savonarola figures prominently -- and even Michelangelo makes an appearance. Not surprisingly, Dunant divides her time between London and Florence, which she so vividly depicts. A runaway bestseller. (ITL532, $15.00)   Blue Guide Northern Italy, from the Alps to the Adriatic  •  Paul Blanchard GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 735 PAGES This Blue 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. With 36 maps and site plans. 12th edition. (ITL48, $32.95)   Blue Guide Tuscany  •  Alta Macadam GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES 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)   Casa Rossa  •  Francesca Marciano LITERATURE •  2003 •  PAPER  • 340 PAGES This is Italian filmmaker Marciano's second attempt at the pen, her first being a novel of Kenya, titled Rules of the Wild. This second popular novel, set in Southern Italy, Rome and New York City, follows the lives of a mother, daughter, and granddaughter, and their ties to modern Italy. The novel opens as the narrator, Alina Strada, prepares to sell the family farm (Casa Rossa) in Puglia. The author, as you might guess, divides her time between Italy and Kenya. (ITL534, $14.95)   The Charterhouse of Parma  •  Henri Stendhal  •  Richard Howard LITERATURE •  1958 •  PAPER  • 560 PAGES Judged by Balzac to be the most important French novel of his time, this masterpiece is in an English translation that does justice to its speedy, passionate style. Set in Parma, Italy, Stendhal's book transcends the court intrigues and military goings-on of the plot to produce a work of narrative brilliance. (ITL208, $11.95)   Christ Stopped at Eboli, The Story of a Year  •  Carlo Levi  •  Frances Frenaye BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2006 •  PAPER  • 268 PAGES Set in Lucania the south of Italy, where Levi was banished by Mussolini for his political activity, this affecting memoir tells of the people, traditions and life in the region. A physician, writer, and painter. Levi writes movingly of poverty and lack of health care in Alsiano. Translated by Frances Frenaye. (ITL09, $15.00)   The City of Florence, Historical Vistas and Personal Sightings  •  R.W.B. Lewis CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1996 •  PAPER  • 350 PAGES • FAVORITE A personal and vivid tour of the city and its riches which interweaves Florence's history with personal observation by the fine biographer of Edith Wharton and Henry James. Lewis has written what he calls "a partial biography of Florence." (ITL47, $21.99)   The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy  •  Jacob Burckhardt  •  S. G. C. Middlemore  •  Peter Gay HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 401 PAGES While focusing on the flowering of art and culture in Renaissance Italy, Burckhardt maintains a keen interest in the nature of civilization itself in this Victorian classic -- originally published in this translation in 1878. He covers state, art, society, religion, morality, philosophy and other topics of universal interest. In a new Modern Library edition. (ITL307, $15.95)   Companion Guide Venice  •  Hugh Honour GUIDEBOOK •  2001 •  PAPER  • 386 PAGES The classic guide to Venice. Designed to take along on a walking tour, this wonderfully literate and opinionated guide describes the art and architecture of the city in loving detail. With dozens of maps, site plans and black-and-white illustrations. (ITL21, $34.95)   A Concise History of Italy  •  Christopher Duggan HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES A history of Italy covering the period from the fall of the Roman Empire to the present day, with particular emphasis on the difficulties it has faced in forging a modern nation state. The book weaves together political, social, economic, and cultural history. (ITL35, $30.99)   Eyewitness Guide Florence & Tuscany  •  Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 336 PAGES This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent maps and a neighborhood-by-neighborhood synopsis of the region's attractions. (ITL46, $25.00)   Eyewitness Guide Italy  •  Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2012 •  PAPER  • 720 PAGES Another gem in the Eyewitness series, this superb guide is handsome, convenient and up-to-date; it's the guide to carry. Featuring color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. (ITL32, $30.00)   Eyewitness Guide Rome  •  Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2012 •  PAPER  • 448 PAGES A comprehensive guide to Rome featuring hundreds of color photographs, neighborhood maps and innovative site plans. With selective suggestions of where to stay, eat and shop. This excellent guide includes a chapter on children's Rome, and a fully indexed street finder. (ITL158, $25.00)   Eyewitness Guide Umbria  •  Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 192 PAGES 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. With select, annotated listings of where to eat and sleep and what to buy. (ITL512, $20.00)   Florence Map  •  Borch Maps 2006 •  MAP A detailed, plastic-covered city map of Florence at a scale of 1:7,000. Folds for easy carrying. Two Sides. 20x26 inches. (ITL59, $8.95)   Florentine Renaissance Sculpture  •  Charles Avery ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1989 •  PAPER  • 274 PAGES An overview of the Renaissance sculpture of Florence, well written and handsomely illustrated. Avery, a director of Christies and former curator at Victoria and Albert, has written a number of books on Bernini and other Italian sculptors of the period. (ITL134, $22.95)   Fodor's Exploring Italy  •  Fodor's GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES With its many photographs, great introductory chapters and practical travel information, this book is an excellent overview of Italy and its attractions for visitors. Featuring separate sections on suggested places to visit, recommended walks, practical information, descriptions of restaurants and hotels, ratings of sights, and a chronology of historic events. (ITL73, $22.00)   Fodor's Florence's 25 Best  •  Fodor's GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 128 PAGES A shirt-pocket guide and pull-out, full color map. This slim book features an excellent map of the city center along with essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing -- all in a slipcover. (ITL140, $11.99)   Fodor's Rome's 25 Best  •  Fodor's GUIDEBOOK •  2012 •  PAPER  • 176 PAGES A shirt-pocket guide to Rome, this slim book includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing -- all in a slipcover. (ITL112, $12.99)   Fodor's See It Italy  •  Fodor's GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 496 PAGES An inaugural volume in this new line of guides by Fodor's this book is notable for its especially vibrant presentation of the country. Each page displays full-color photos accompanied by much useful information on how to eat, sleep, shop, and sightsee in Italy. With seven sections choc-full of tips to help make your visit memorable. The "Out and About" section features pre-planned walking and touring routes such as "A Lover's Walk in the Cinque Terre," "A Wine Tour from Alba to Cuneo" and "The Salentine Peninsula." (ITL550, $24.99)   Fodor's Venice's 25 Best  •  Citypack GUIDEBOOK •  2012 •  PAPER  • 176 PAGES This shirt-pocket guide includes an excellent map of the city center and essential information on Venice's highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing. (ITL106, $12.99)   For the Beauty of the Earth: Birding, Opera, and Other Journeys  •  Thomas Urquhart BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2006 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES 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)   Foucault's Pendulum  •  Umberto Eco  •  William Weaver LITERATURE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 623 PAGES Eco's stunning sophomore effort is a wild, complex conspiracy novel set in Milan. The narrator (an expert on the Knights Templar) and his co-workers in a vanity publishing house specializing in hermetics invent a stunningly contrived plot to appeal to their readers. It involves Templars, Rosicrucians, Cabalists, occultists, Freemasons, Jesuits, and more. As events progess, the book becomes a study in how fiction can influence reality. A verbose, philosophical, scholarly cross-genre predecessor to the Da Vinci Code, perfect for readers who feel up to an extremely rewarding challenge. (ITL649, $15.95)   Frommer's Flornce, Tuscany & Umbria  •  Reid Bramblett GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 450 PAGES A practical guide in the popular series, revised annually. (ITL83, $21.99)   The Garden of the Finzi-Continis  •  Giorgio Bassini  •  William Weaver LITERATURE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 197 PAGES Made into an Academy Award-winning film in 1971, this powerful book deals with unrequited love and classist society in the time of Mussolini, when anti-Semitic laws were beginning to melt down the social hierarchies. A wonderfully written and well-translated tragedy, it takes place in the town of Ferrara, between Venice and Bologna. (ITL205, $13.95)   Giuseppe Garibaldi, A Biography of the Father of Modern Italy  •  Benedict S. Lipira BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1998 •  HARD COVER  • 121 PAGES 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 •  2005 •  PAPER  • 294 PAGES Scott, whose interest in the history of cathedrals began when he first saw the magnificent Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Salisbury, England, takes his reader on a historical, architectural and sociological tour of the magnificent spires and stained-glass windows that dot the landscape of Europe. It's an accessible, personable overview. (EUR190, $21.95)   Here Is Where We Meet  •  John Berger LITERATURE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES 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. "The dead don't stay where they are buried," the protagonist's mother tells him, and this becomes the mantra for this most unusual journey through Europe's history and people. (EUR189, $15.00)   The Hill Towns of Italy  •  Carol Field  •  Richard Kauffman CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1997 •  PAPER  • 116 PAGES • COMING IN A delightful illustrated survey of the towns, people and countryside of Tuscany and Umbria by a favorite writer on things Italian. The book devotes a chapter each to 13 towns in the region including Sienna, San Gimignano, Cortona, Perugia, Assisi and Orvieto. With an overview of Tuscany and Umbria, and dozens of full-color photographs. (ITL96, $19.95)   A History of Fascism, 1914-1945  •  Stanley G. Payne HISTORY •  1996 •  PAPER  • 628 PAGES A scholarly, comprehensive history of fascism -- and other forms of ultra-nationalism -- with a focus on Europe between the World Wars, and especially Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. (EUR132, $24.95)   History of Italian Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture  •  David G. Wilkins  •  Frederick Hartt ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 699 PAGES A comprehensive history of Italian art from the 13th through the 16th centuries, long the standard reference on the flowering of art in the Renaissance. David Wilkins thoroughly revised this sixth edition, broadening the scope of the book and adding many new color plates, including details of the Sistine Chapel frescoes. (ITL308, $136.20)   Il Postino  •  Michael Radford 1995 •  DVD The Italian comic actor Massino Troisi stars as a shy Italian postman living in a small fishing village on a Mediterranean island off the coast of Italy who learns the ways of poetry and romance while delivering mail to the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. In Italian with subtitles. (ITL541, $19.99)   The Inferno of Dante, A New Verse Translation  •  Dante Alighieri  •  Robert Pinsky LITERATURE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 355 PAGES The celebrated modern translation of Dante's "Inferno" by former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky. An accessible and elegant rendering of the classic text, enhanced by an introduction and notes. (ITL411, $12.00)   Insight City Guide Venice  •  Insight Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 313 PAGES In its trademark style, this handsome Insight Guide gives a profusely illustrated overview of Venice. Featuring concise essays by well regarded authors on the art, architecture, and history of the city, it contains hundreds of photos and maps as well as some limited practical information. This handy book is a popular and highly recommended one-volume introduction to Venice. (ITL23, $16.95)   Insight Guide Italy  •  Insight Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 432 PAGES In its hallmark style, this glossy guide is a full-color introduction to the land, people and history of Italy written by a team of experts. Brief background essays highlight important topics. With sections on Italian food and wine, cinema, music and opera. Much of the book is devoted to a regional survey of attractions. (ITL108, $23.99)   Inventing Leonardo  •  A. Richard Turner BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1994 •  PAPER  • 268 PAGES Turner, a leading art historian of the Renaissance, offers a lively appraisal of the controversial genius. It's an elegant and stimulating book. (ITL79, $28.95)   Italia, The Art of Living Italian Style  •  Edmund Howard ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1997 •  HARD COVER  • 192 PAGES A beautifully illustrated tour of Italy's most characteristic and striking architecture, landscapes and design. Howard includes a range of styles from villas, farmhouses and gardens to Baroque churches, mosaics and statuary. Accompanying essays cover the history, artists and background for each photograph. He concludes with a visitor's guide. (ITL398, $40.00)   Italian English Bilingual Visual Dictionary  •  DK Publishing LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2005 •  PAPER  • 360 PAGES 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). With a handy reference section in the back. (ITL626, $14.95)   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)   Italian Food  •  Julia Child  •  Elizabeth David FOOD •  1999 •  PAPER  • 384 PAGES A comprehensive overview of the cuisine of Italy by the great Elizabeth David, originally published as two volumes in 1958 and 1960. David employs a connoisseur's standards for taste and a scholar's meticulousness in her survey of the diverse food and culture of Italy. (ITL298, $17.00)   Italian Hours  •  Henry James TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1992 •  PAPER  • 376 PAGES 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, $17.00)   Italian Indispensables Vocabulary Builder  •  Audio-Forum LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  CASETTE TAPE 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 •  1992 •  PAPER  • 498 PAGES The journals and letters from Goethe's 'grand tour' of southern Italy as a 37-year-old. There's some serious intellectual sledding here, but in addition to his musing on philosophy and art, Gooethe includes some wonderful writing on the Italian landscape. And it's all made easier by a lovely translation by W.H. Auden and Elizabeth Meyer. (ITL144, $18.00)   Italian Neighbors  •  Tim Parks BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2003 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES 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, $14.95)   The Italian Renaissance Reader  •  Julia Conway and Peter Bondanella  •  Mark Musa ANTHOLOGY •  1987 •  PAPER Introducing artists and thinkers of the Renaissance, this collection includes selections by Francesca Petrarca, Giovanni Boccacio, Leonardo Da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli and Benvenuto Cellini. (ITL218, $18.00)   The Italians  •  Luigi Barzini CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  CASETTE TAPE The definitive portrait of the Italian people, a classic essay on the Italian character first published in 1964 -- and still worth reading (or listening to!) for its insight, grace and wit. Much historical information is included. Highly recommended. (ITL33, $69.95)   Italy and Its Invaders  •  Girolamo Arnaldi HISTORY •  2008 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES A wide-ranging history of the many empires and world powers that have invaded Italy, with either success or failure, and their lasting influences, both positive and negative, on Italian art, architecture and culture up to the present day. (ITL661, $19.95)   Italy Map  •  Borch Maps 2011 •  MAP A convenient laminated map of Italy at a scale of 1:800,000 with excellent topographic detail, an index, and large individual maps of Sicily and Sardinia. Two Sides. 27x39 inches. (ITL19, $11.95)   Italy Northeast Map  •  Michelin Travel Publications MAP An excellent map at a scale of 1:400,000, covering the northeast region of Italy including Bolzano, Verona, Bologna, and Firenze. Two Sides. 40x52 inches. (ITL72, $12.95)   Italy, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Lawrence Venuti ANTHOLOGY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES This collection of tales by diverse Italian writers, organized geographically, captures the spirit, history and allure of the country. Not just a literary companion, this anthology is also a who's who of contemporary Italian writers. Bravo. (ITL466, $14.95)   Italy, Charming Small Hotels  •  Fiona Duncan GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 468 PAGES A pocket-size guide to unusual places to stay throughout Italy, this useful book features a color photograph and description of each villa, castle or other small hotel. (ITL92, $19.95)   Karen Brown's Italy B & B, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries  •  Nicole Franchini GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 455 PAGES A survey of highly recommended bed and breakfasts throughout Italy. (ITL291, $19.95)   Karen Brown's Italy Hotels, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries  •  Clare Brown GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 482 PAGES A survey of inns, castles and other lodging of character, along with suggested itineraries and highlights of each region. (ITL290, $19.95)   Knopf City Guide Milan  •  Knopf Guides GUIDEBOOK •  1998 •  PAPER  • 168 PAGES This is a vibrant, colorful guide to Milan with fine coverage of both cultural sights and the best places to eat and shop. Packed with 600 photographs and illustrations and still small enough to fit in your pocket, this guide features travel facts, maps, a cultural history, and much about where to go and what to see and do. With ten double-page maps. (ITL123, $14.95)   Knopf Guide Florence  •  Knopf Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 392 PAGES A compact travel guide awash in vibrant color photographs, architectural cutaways and fascinating excerpts from classic literature. (ITL138, $25.00)   Knopf Guide Rome  •  Knopf Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 555 PAGES This lavishly produced portable guide features dozens of maps, color photographs, historical extracts and great background on the culture and history of Rome. It's a wonderful handbook to the city, small enough to take along and worth poring over. (ITL69, $26.95)   La Dolce Vita  •  Federico Fellini 1960 •  DVD Fellini's celebrated masterpiece which stars Marcello Mastroianni as Marcello Rubini, a Roman tabloid reporter who fully indulges in the decadence of "la dolce vita"-- sex, money, and alcohol. Anita Ekberg is the American starlet whom Marcello takes up with. In Italian with subtitles. Part of the Criterion Collection. (ITL543, $39.98)   Leonardo da Vinci  •  Kenneth Clark BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1993 •  PAPER With 128 well integrated plates and a useful chronology, this authoritative and informative book has become the standard introduction to da Vinci and his work. (ITL78, $21.95)   Leonardo da Vinci  •  Sherwin B. Nuland BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2004 •  PAPER  • 170 PAGES In this compact book, writer and professor of surgery (How We Die) Nuland succinctly summarizes the life and times of "the most relentlessly curious man in history." Nuland reviews da Vinci's diverse achievements and obsessions, with special attention to his explorations into anatomy. A volume in the excellent Penguin Lives series. (ITL684, $14.00)   Liguria Regional Map  •  Touring Club Italiano MAP A map of the region, including Cinque Terra, at a scale of 1:200,000. Two Sides. 37x58 inches. (ITL118, $14.95)   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)   Lombardia Regional Map  •  Touring Club Italiano MAP A colorful regional map of the Lombardy region, with shaded relief and excellent coverage of local towns and landmarks at a scale of 1:200,000. Two Sides. 37x54 inches. (ITL120, $12.95)   Love and War in the Apennines  •  Eric Newby TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2008 •  PAPER  • 276 PAGES Eric Newby's powerful account of his days as a young Brit during World War II in German occupied Italy. After leaving a POW camp, he takes flight from advancing German forces and finds allies in some Italian families who take him in and help him hide. Newby has gone on to fall in love with Italy, building a house there and marrying an Italian woman. (ITL171, $14.99)   M, The Man Who Became Caravaggio  •  Peter Robb BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2000 •  PAPER  • 592 PAGES A masterful biography of the Renaissance painter by the author of "Midnight in Sicily." (ART47, $24.00)   Mammals of Europe  •  Priscilla Barrett  •  David W. MacDonald FIELD GUIDE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals, it's a comprehensive handbook, with detailed descriptions, range maps and commentary on behavior. (FG61, $38.50)   Michelin Green Guide Italy  •  Michelin Travel Publications GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 576 PAGES A survey of the cities, villages and sites of Italy in the classic Michelin style, featuring brief descriptions of all the major attractions and excellent full-color city maps. Organized alphabetically for easy reference. (ITL279, $21.99)   The Middle Sea  •  John Julius Norwich HISTORY •  2007 •  PAPER  • 720 PAGES A marvelous writer who has already tackled Byzantium, the Normans in Sicily and Venice, Norwich spins his magic in this story of culture, trade and politics, royalty and rulers, wars and religion in the Mediterranean from antiquity to the end of the First World War. (MED98, $21.00)   Milan Map  •  Touring Club Italiano 2004 •  MAP An excellent map of Milan and the metropolitan region at a scale of 1:15,000 by Touring Club Italiano. Two Sides. 36x47 inches. (ITL618, $12.95)   Modigliani  •  Doris Krystof ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2000 •  PAPER  • 96 PAGES This slim illustrated book, part of Taschen's Basic Art series, showcases Modigliani's distinct colorful style of painting and portraiture, and places him within the context of his bohemian contemporaries (and friends), such as Pablo Picasso and Diego Rivera. (ART44, $9.99)   Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana  •  Umberto Eco  •  Geoffrey Brock LITERATURE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 480 PAGES Having suffered a complete loss of memory regarding every aspect of his own identity, rare book dealer Yambo withdraws to a family home nested between Milan and Turin, where he sorts through boxes of old records and experiences memories in the form of a graphic novel. (ITL717, $18.00)   Northern Italy Map  •  Touring Club Italiano MAP This beautifully shaded road map of Northern Italy (1:400,000) shows the region including Trieste, Venice, Bologna Milan and Turin. Printed and tear- and water-resistant paper. One Side. 37x59 inches. (ITL38, $14.95)   On Persephone's Island  •  Mary Taylor Simeti TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1986 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES A richly detailed and personal portrait of Sicily by an American writer who settled on the island with her Sicilian husband in 1962 and stayed for 20 years. Strong on the delights of rural life, her book takes the form of a yearlong journal, capturing the spirit of the people and land. It provides a deep understanding of daily life and traditions -- an excellent antidote to persistent myths of mafiosos and backwards peasants. (ITL03, $14.95)   On The Road with Francis of Assisi  •  Linda Bird Francke TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES Weaving tales of the 13th-century saint and her own 21st-century travels, Francke follows in the footsteps of Francis on her own pilgrimage. She lingers in Assisi, Venice and Rome, and takes in Siena, Bologna, Gubbio, and many hill towns, sanctuaries and chapels. The book nicely evokes both the spirit of Francis of Asisi, and the history and pleasures of Italy. (ITL647, $15.95)   One-Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in Italy  •  Paolo Lazzarin GUIDEBOOK •  2004 •  HARD COVER  • 276 PAGES A handsome book highlighting Italy's charming and scenic villages. Featuring color photographs and an overview of history and attractions, favorite accommodations and restaurants by photographer-journalist Lazzarin. Translated from the Italian (the book was originally published for the Italian market as an introduction to unique and wonderful places throughout the country). (ITL546, $45.00)   The Oxford Illustrated History of Italy  •  George Holmes HISTORY •  2001 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES With contributions by 12 scholars, this generously illustrated volume tackles the full sweep of Italian history from Roman Empire to the development of powerful city states to national identity. With 24 color plates and hundreds of black-and-white illustrations. (ITL306, $31.95)   Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy, A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style  •  Michael Baxandall ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1998 •  PAPER  • 183 PAGES A slim introduction to Renaissance art and representation with color illustrations throughout. First published in 1972, it's an influential overview of not only how to look at art -- but how the original 15th-century audience may have seen the paintings of the period. Braxandall explores contemporary sermons, dancing manuals, and mathematical treatises, original contracts and other source materials to understand the context in which the paintings were conceived. Among the artists he discusses are Filippo Lippi, Fra Angelico, Stefano di Giovanni, Sandro Botticelli, Masaccio, Luca Signorelli, and Boccaccio. (ITL236, $19.95)   Pimsleur Quick & Simple Italian  •  Pimsleur Language Method LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2005 •  AUDIO CD Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Italian, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations. The Pimsleur method emphasizes the use of listening skills without reading materials (so there isn't a book to follow along). It's advertised as "Totally audio: hear it, learn it, speak it." (ITL630, $19.95)   Portofino, A Novel  •  Frank Schaeffer LITERATURE •  2004 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES A humorous novel of Calvin Becker, a young boy who vacations in Portofino each summer with his Protestant missionary family. Set in the 1960s, the coming-of-age tale follows Calvin's encounters with the sights and locals of the seaside town, while he avoids his parents' constant bickering and their attempts to convert Roman Catholics. The film version starred John Lithgow and Diane Wiest. (ITL164, $15.00)   The Prince  •  Niccolo Machiavelli  •  George Bull  •  Anthony Grafton LITERATURE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 105 PAGES The classic text of social mobility, written during the peak of the Italian Renaissance. (ITL235, $7.00)   Red Guide Italia, Hotels and Restaurants  •  Michelin Travel Publications GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  HARD COVER  • 1360 PAGES The venerable Michelin Red Guide to dining and lodging in Italy, revised annually. With city maps, telephone numbers, addresses, and a complex series of categories, all in Italian. (ITL275, $29.99)   Renaissance Florence, The Invention of a New Art  •  A. Richard Turner ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 176 PAGES Taking as his cue the great art and famous monuments of Florence, Turner explores the cultural and social history of the city. It's an art and architecture oriented guide with abundant color illustrations. A volume in the Prentice Hall Perspectives series. Second edition. (ITL50, $42.20)   The Renaissance in Rome  •  Charles L. Stinger HISTORY •  1998 •  PAPER  • 472 PAGES During the Renaissance, Rome was transformed from a relative backwater to a cultural, religious, and political center of power. This is a comprehensive portrait of early 15th century Rome, well written and scholarly. It puts the remarkable art and architecture of the time into its cultural context. With maps, illustrations, chronology of Renaissance Popes and the usual scholarly apparatus. (ITL133, $31.00)   Renaissance Philosophy of Man, Petrarca, Valla, Ficino, Pico, Pomponazzi, Vives  •  Ernst Cassirer  •  Paul Oskar Kristeller  •  John H. Randall HISTORY •  1956 •  PAPER  • 405 PAGES This overview covers the three dominant philosophical movements of the early Italian Renaissance: classical humanism, Platonism and Aristotelianism. (ITL237, $22.50)   Rick Steves' Italian Phrase Book & Dictionary  •  Rick Steves LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2008 •  PAPER  • 281 PAGES A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary. This is no dry litany of phrases but is instead peppered with humor and Rick Steves' insider insight into how to break the ice and make friends around the world. (ITL424, $8.95)   Rome is Love Spelled Backward, Enjoying Art and Architecture in the Eternal City  •  Judith Testa ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1998 •  PAPER  • 280 PAGES Arranged chronologically, this is a marvelous guide to the art, architecture, and history of Rome. Several of the chapters are devoted to a single major monument, such as the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain, St. Peter's and the Baths of Caracalla. Testa also explores the impact Bernini, Sixtus V, Mussolini, Caravaggio and other figures had on art history. (ITL81, $27.50)   Rome Map  •  Borch Maps 2007 •  MAP A handy map of the city at a scale of 1:11,000 with a more detailed overview of the city center. Plastic-coated. Two Sides. 19x39 inches. (ITL60, $8.95)   A Room with a View  •  E.M. Forster LITERATURE •  1989 •  PAPER  • 248 PAGES E.M. Forster's classic tale of love among the middle classes, set largely in Florence. It's the early 20th century story of a young English woman who finds passion in Italy, but must face somewhat grim choices back home in England. Forster's prose is of course shimmering, Florence itself is lovingly evoked, and one gets a great sense of what grand travel abroad was like for the English in their glory days. (ITL142, $9.95)   Rough Guide Italy  •  Ros Belford GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 1096 PAGES A comprehensive guide in the British series with a good overview of culture and history, dozens of sketch maps and extensive listings. (ITL328, $24.99)   Short Stories in Italian, Racconti in Italiano  •  Nick Roberts LITERATURE •  2001 •  PAPER  • 174 PAGES This bilingual collection, with the English and Italian alongside, features stories by contemporary and established Italian literary figures, including Italo Calvino and Primo Levi, Leonardo Sciascia, Goffredo Parise and Antonio Tabucchi. (ITL730, $14.00)   Songbirds, Truffles and Wolves, An American Naturalist in Italy  •  Gary Paul Nabhan TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1994 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES A poet and naturalist, Nabhan makes his way by foot along the ancient Franciscan Way from Florence to Assisi, talking to farmers and townsfolk en route. This most unusual travelogue combines natural history, spirituality -- and a lively appreciation of local food and food traditions. It's the local scale of Tuscany and Umbria and the accommodation of wild and domestic that intrigues Nabhan. This edition, the only one available, is a print-on-demand paperback. (ITL99, $16.00)   Spartacus  •  Stanley Kubrick 1960 •  DVD Stanley Kubrick's riveting epic about the leader of a Roman slave revolt, starring no less than Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Tony Curtis and Peter Ustinov. The screenplay was written by the playwright Dalton Trumbo, who was blacklisted at the time. Part of the Criterion Collection. (ITL544, $49.95)   The Stones of Florence  •  Mary McCarthy ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1989 •  PAPER  • 230 PAGES The classic history of the art, architecture and culture of Florence. Beginning with meditations on present-day Florence, novelist McCarthy takes us on a quick and vivid tour of the history of the Medicis and the city of Florence, focusing on Renaissance art. Originally published in 1956, partly in the New Yorker. (ITL15, $14.00)   The Surprise of Cremona: One Woman's Adventures in Cremona, Parma, Mantua, Ravenna, Urbino, and Arezzo  •  Edith Templeton  •  Anita Brookner TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2001 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES • COMING IN A new edition of Templeton's 1954 memoir of romance, travel and adventure in northern Italy. The novelist burnishes her reputation as an entertaining, adventurous Bohemian in this classic. (ITL396, $27.50)   The Talented Mr. Ripley  •  Anthony Minghella 1999 •  DVD A screen adaptation of the first in Patricia Highsmith's popular Mr. Ripley mystery series. Matt Damon stars as the obsessive and murderous Mr. Ripley, whose jealousy of his dashing companion Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law) quickly turns sinister. The highlight of this thriller, which also stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Cate Blanchett, is its suspenseful portrayal of an exquisite sundrenched Italian town (the film was shot in, among other places, Venice, Tuscany, the Gulf of Naples and Southern Sicily), where life is carefree but a menacing potential for violence lurks behind every corner. (ITL542, $14.99)   That Fine Italian Hand  •  Paul Hoffman CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1991 •  PAPER  • 246 PAGES A former newspaperman in Rome, Hoffman spears the Italians in this affectionate portrait of Italian society with all its quirks, contradictions, and energy. (ITL346, $17.99)   Time Out Milan  •  Sylvia Tombesi-Walton GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES An up-to-date guide on what to do and where to go by the people who publish Time Out Magazine. (ITL669, $19.95)   Travelers' Tales Italy  •  Ann Calcagno  •  Jan Morris ANTHOLOGY •  2001 •  PAPER  • 437 PAGES From a climb up the dome of St. Peter's to a walk through Milano Centrale train station, this collection of 48 stories on traveling in Italy and Italian life is an insightful introduction to the country. Contributors include Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Frances Mayes, Jonathan Keats, and Stanley Crouch, who writes on "Umbria Jazz" in Rome. (ITL182, $18.95)   A Traveller's History of Italy  •  Valerio Lintner HISTORY •  2008 •  PAPER  • 287 PAGES A brief history of Italy through the 1990s -- wide-ranging, accessible and necessarily condensed. With a useful chronology and historical gazetteer, this book marches confidently through the centuries. (ITL86, $14.95)   The Treasures and Pleasures of Italy  •  Ron Krannich GUIDEBOOK •  1997 •  PAPER  • 273 PAGES Devoted to the unusual, out-of-the-way, or just plain wonderful, this practical guide is an excellent itinerary planner, divided geographically and thematically around the essentials: eating, sleeping and shopping. (ITL93, $14.95)   The Tuscan Year, Tuscan Life and Food in an Italian Valley  •  Elizabeth Romer FOOD •  1996 •  PAPER  • 182 PAGES • FAVORITE • COMING IN An intimate portrait of life on a Tuscan farm, as seen primarily through the robust food. Romer captures the goings-on in the countryside, and especially in the Cerotti kitchen, where traditional Tuscan rural food is prepared with loving care. Every chapter includes concisely described recipes. The index makes it easy to look up recipes if you're inspired to use this wonderful account as a cookbook. (ITL131, $15.00)   Tuscany in Mind  •  Alice Powers ANTHOLOGY •  2005 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES These selections, including D.H. Lawrence, Robert Browning, Mary McCarthy, to Eric Newby, Erica Jong and David Leavitt, cover a wide range of subjects, from the region's geography to its history and culture and (of course) the food. Another fine literary anthology from the editor of Italy in Mind. Powers provides an appreciative introduction to each 8-10 page selection, focusing on the transforamtion wrought upon American and British writers. (ITL607, $14.95)   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)   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, $16.00)   Umbria Regional Map  •  Touring Club Italiano MAP A colorful, detailed map of Umbria and surrounding areas, at a scale of 1:200,000. The most detailed map of the area available, imported from Italy One Side. 37x49 inches. (ITL119, $14.95)   Under the Tuscan Sun  •  Frances Mayes TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1997 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES In this best-selling memoir of buying, renovating and living in an abandoned villa in Tuscany, Mayes reveals the sensual pleasures found in rural Italy: the lasting sunlight, rich colors, warm architecture and the languor of slow paced days. An accomplished cook as well as poet, writer and handy-woman, Mayes includes recipes and much savory talk about food and wine. (ITL85, $15.00)   Unspeakable Women, Selected Short Stories Written by Italian Women During Facism  •  Robin Pickering-Iazzi LITERATURE •  1993 •  PAPER  • 118 PAGES A selection of short stories by 10 women writing in Italy in the 1920s and 1930s. (ITL312, $14.95)   A Valley in Italy, The Many Seasons of a Villa in Umbria  •  Lisa St. Aubin de Teran BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1995 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES This short memoir chronicles a year in the small Umbrian village of San Orsola -- especially the delights and frustrations of renovating a decayed villa. Taking in food, wine, local custom and landscape, the book is an excellent introduction to the region. (ITL98, $14.99)   Veneto Friuli Venezia Giulia Map  •  Touring Club Italiano 2008 •  MAP A detailed, shaded relief map of the Veneto at a scale of 1:200,000. Accurate, colorful, and imported from Italy. Eigth edition. Two Sides. 37x54 inches. (ITL22, $12.95)   Venice Map  •  Borch Maps 2008 •  MAP A colorful, detailed, laminated map of Venice at a scale of 1:6,500. Perfect for finding your way around the famously labyrinthine streets and canals. Plastic-coated. Two Sides. 20x26 inches. (ITL26, $8.95)   Venice Observed  •  Mary McCarthy CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1995 •  PAPER  • 158 PAGES Originally published over 30 years ago, this collection of eight essays is a literate, evocative celebration of the city, its character, and its history. Most of these essays first appeared in the "New Yorker." (ITL27, $13.95)   Venice, a Maritime Republic  •  Frederic C. Lane HISTORY •  1973 •  PAPER  • 505 PAGES A wonderfully written history of the Venetian empire, engrossing in its scholarly detail. Lane (who has also written a book on Venetian ships) focuses on the history of trade from the origin of the city in the 6th century to modern times. With drawings, maps, and archival photos. (ITL24, $32.00)   Voice of the Violin  •  Andrea Camilleri  •  Stephen Sartarelli MYSTERY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES In this fourth installment in the popular Inspector Montalbano series. Camilleri delivers a delightful cast of characters and wry commentary on Sicilian ways, headed by the irresistible Inspector Montalbano, a small town police detective with a healthy appetite, roving intellect and wry sense of humor. It opens with a classic conceit of police procedurals: a beautiful blond woman is found dead. That's the least of it. (ITL537, $14.00)   Walking  •  Henry David Thoreau REFERENCE •  1994 •  PAPER  • 92 PAGES You may want to carry this small volume in your daypack for inspiration. In it, Thoreau offers his meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel. (WLK04, $9.99)   Walking and Eating in Tuscany and Umbria  •  James Ladsun  •  Pia Davis GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 394 PAGES A practical guide to walking and eating your way through the region, this book includes 40 suggested itineraries, mostly day hikes, with maps, details on local attractions, and illustrations. (ITL97, $20.00)   Wallpaper City Guide Milan  •  Wallpaper Magazine GUIDEBOOK •  2012 •  PAPER A stylish, thin (it fits in your back pocket) city guide compiled by the design magazine Wallpaper's local reporters. Well-organized, with chapter tabs, many photographs and of-the-moment recommendations. (ITL753, $9.95)   Wanderlust, A History of Walking  •  Rebecca Solnit HISTORY •  2001 •  PAPER  • 336 PAGES A wide-ranging, literate history of the oldest form of human locomotion. After a brief look at bipedalism in the fossil record, Solnit (A Book of Migrations) moves onto a discussion of travel and tourism, streetwalkers, pilgrims, poets and other advocates of this supremely suitable way of getting around. (WLK06, $17.00)   Watermark  •  Joseph Brodsky TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1993 •  PAPER  • 135 PAGES In this brief, intense, gem-like book, equal parts extended autobiographical essay and prose poem, Brodsky turns his eye to the seductive and enigmatic city of Venice. A mosaic of 48 short chapters -- each recalling a specific episode from one of his many visits there (Brodsky spent his winters in Venice for nearly 20 years) -- Watermark associatively and brilliantly evokes one city's architectural and atmospheric character. (ITL105, $13.00)   Wine Country Europe, Touring, Tasting, And Buying At European Regional Wineries  •  Ornella D'Alessio  •  Marco Santini FOOD •  2005 •  HARD COVER  • 324 PAGES Part how-to, part guidebook, part picture book, this charming coffee table treat covers sprawling French vineyards as well as lesser-known hidden treasures in Austria and Hungary. The authors, both Italian journalists and wine connoisseurs, provide helpful tips alongside the hundreds of magnificent color photographs. (EUR191, $35.00)   The Woman of Rome, A Novel  •  Alberto Moravia  •  Lydia Holland LITERATURE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 408 PAGES A 20th-century classic set in Rome during the height of Italian Fascism, "The Woman of Rome" tells the stories of Adriana, a young, regretful prostitute, and the men in her life. Moravia, whose works were censored by Mussolini, creates a biting and revealing portrait of Fascist Italy strong on the geography and flavor of Rome. Originally published in 1949. (ITL151, $27.99)   The World of Venice  •  Jan Morris TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1995 •  PAPER  • 315 PAGES • FAVORITE Morris displays her talent for research, telling anecdote and well-wrought prose in this spirited portrait of a beloved city, its history and inhabitants. If you are going to read one book on Venice, we recommend this favorite. Originally published in 1974 and revised for this edition, it's a tour de force. (ITL12, $18.95)   Worldly Goods, A New History of the Renaissance  •  Lisa Jardine HISTORY •  1998 •  PAPER  • 470 PAGES Historian Lisa Jardine presents a new slant on the history of the Renaissance. She views the Renaissance as an age made possible by the economic boom of the time. Her arguments are well founded and compelling, making this nicely illustrated book quite readable. (ITL173, $19.95)
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