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	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)
	Alps Map • Freytag & Berndt • A detailed travel map of the Alps, imported from Austria, at a scale of 1:600,000. (ALP07, $12.95)
	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)
	The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance • Peter Murray • ART & ARCHITECTURE • 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, $17.95)
	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 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 the Renaissance • Peter Murray • ART & ARCHITECTURE • 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)
	The Birth of Venus, A Novel • Sarah Dunant • LITERATURE • A rich novel of art, passion and patronage, memorably set in late 15th-century Florence and prominently featuring the famously pious reformer Savonarola. (ITL532, $13.95)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	Eiger Dreams, Ventures Among Men and Mountains • Jon Krakauer • EXPLORATION • A collection of some of Krakauer's (Into Thin Air) best journalism, these stories and essays focus on the mindset and determination of world-class mountaineers, including Alpine and Himalayan climbers. (ALP10, $13.95)
	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 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)
	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 World War • John Keegan • HISTORY • A terrific, vivid popular history of the war, its origins, battles and consequences. (WAR10, $16.95)
	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)
	Fodor's Venice's 25 Best • Citypack • GUIDEBOOK • A shirt-pocket guide to Venice, this slim book includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing. (ITL106, $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)
	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)
	Giacomo Puccini • Conrad Wilson • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An analysis of the legendary composer, his times and his music (GEN141, $24.95)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	Homestead • Rosini Lippi • LITERATURE • Set firmly in a small village in the Austrian Alps, these 12 interlinking stories are almost ethnographic in their rich detail of small town life. The stories range from the turn-of-the-century to the present, accurately charting change in the remote village. (ALP11, $13.00)
	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)
	An Illustrated History of the First World War • John Keegan • HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT • An illustrated edition of Keegan's outstanding history of the Great War (WAR16, $50.00)
	The Inferno of Dante, A New Verse Translation • Dante Alighieri • Robert Pinsky • LITERATURE • The celebrated modern translation of Dante's "Inferno." (ITL411, $11.00)
	Insight Compact Guide Italian Riviera • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, illustrated introduction to the Italian Riviera, this guide features 160 photos and maps, and covers all the major attractions. With information on recommended tours, including Old Town and the rock drawings of Liguria. (ITL198, $8.95)
	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)
	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)
	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 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 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)
	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)
	Italian Villas and Their Gardens • Edith Wharton • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A facsimile edition of Wharton's witty, astute essays on the history and pleasures of Italy's famous villas. With photographs and the original, full-page illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. (ITL91, $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 Map • Borch Maps • A laminated map of Italy at a scale of 1:800,000. (ITL19, $11.95)
	Italy, A Short History • Harry Hearder • HISTORY • Elegantly written, generous and enormously informative, this compact book takes in the sweep of Italian history from the Roman Republic through the Renaissance, World War II and up to the present. (ITL56, $24.99)
	Italy, A Traveler's Literary Companion • Lawrence Venuti • ANTHOLOGY • Not just a literary companion, this anthology is also a who's who of contemporary Italian writers that captures the spirit, history and allure of the country. (ITL466, $14.95)
	Karen Brown's Italy B & B, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries • Nicole Franchini • GUIDEBOOK • A survey of highly recommended bed and breakfasts. (ITL291, $19.95)
	Karen Brown's Italy Hotels, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries • Clare Brown • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to lodging of character and itineraries. (ITL290, $19.95)
	Knopf City Guide Milan • Knopf Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A vibrant, colorful guide to Milan -- small enough to fit in your pocket. (ITL123, $14.95)
	La Dolce Vita • Federico Fellini • Fellini's celebrated masterpiece about a Roman tabloid reporter who fully indugles in the decadence of "the sweet life." (ITL543, $34.98)
	Leonardo da Vinci • Kenneth Clark • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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)
	Liguria Regional Map • Touring Club Italiano • A map of the region, including Cinque Terra, at a scale of 1:200,000. (ITL118, $12.95)
	The Lives of the Artists, Vol 1 • Giorgio Vasari • Julia Conway and Peter Bondanella • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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)
	Lombardia Regional Map • Touring Club Italiano • A colorful regional map of Lombardy. (ITL120, $12.95)
	Lombardy & the Italian Lakes, Cadogan Guides • Dana Facaros • GUIDEBOOK • A guide in the respected British series, this comprehensive look at northwest Italy includes insightful cultural and historical background, and up-to-date practical information. (ITL44, $19.95)
	A Long Finish, An Aurelio Zen Mystery • Michael Dibdin • MYSTERY • Another enjoyable "Aurelio Zen Mystery" from Michael Dibdin, this time private investigator Zen is in Rome and Alba, enjoying wonderful wine and food while uncovering a murderous plot that may jeopardize the Piemontese wine industry. (ITL193, $13.95)
	Love and War in the Apennines • Eric Newby • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • COMING IN JULY • Newby's flight from the Germans in occupied Italy during World War II. The author had lived in Italy through childhood during the interwar period, and since has made his home there. (ITL171, $14.99)
	M, The Man Who Became Caravaggio • Peter Robb • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A masterful biography of the Renaissance painter by the author of "Midnight in Sicily." (ART47, $20.00)
	Mammals of Europe • Priscilla Barrett • David W. MacDonald • FIELD GUIDE • 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. (FG61, $34.95)
	The Man Who Planted Trees • Jean Giono • Michael McMurdy • LITERATURE • FAMILY • Told with affection and lyrical simplicity, beloved French novelist Giono (1895-1970) turns the life of Elzeard Bouffier, a shepherd turned tree-planter, into a fable of hope, forests and the power of the individual to change the world. (ALP12, $10.00)
	Marco Polo and the Discovery of the World • John Larner • EXPLORATION • A scholarly, insightful study of the impact of the venetian merchant-explorer's impact on European ideas and knowledge of the world. (EXP22, $19.00)
	Master and Commander, The Far Side of the World • Peter Weir • LITERATURE • Russell Crowe stars in this adaptation of two Patrick O'Brian novels, a swashbuckling adventure set off the coast of Cape Horn in 1805. (GPS66, $39.98)
	The Middle Sea, A History of the Mediterranean • John Julius Norwich • HISTORY • NEW • 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. (MED98, $20.00)
	Milan Map • Streetwise Maps • A detailed travel map of Milan. (ITL65, $8.95)
	Modigliani • Doris Krystof • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This slim illustrated volume showcases Modigliani's distinct colorful style of painting and portraiture in the handsome Taschen style. (ART44, $9.99)
	Northern Italy Map • Touring Club Italiano • A road map of Northern Italy at a scale of 1:400,000. (ITL38, $12.95)
	The Olive, Tree of Civilization • John Train • Mark E. Smith • HISTORY • A history of the celebrated vegetable and the mythology behind it. (NAT72, $25.00)
	On The Road With Francis of Assisi • Linda Bird Francke • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Assisi wandered for 20 years, affording Newsweek editor Francke and her patient husband plenty to see and do in the piazzas, sanctuaries and chapels of Assisi, Siena, Bologna, Venice, Gubbio, Rome and other choice spots. (ITL647, $15.95)
	One-Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in Italy • Paolo Lazzarin • GUIDEBOOK • Each charming town gets an appreciative essay and evocative color photographs in this handsome tribute and excellent guide. (ITL546, $45.00)
	Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy, A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style • Michael Baxandall • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A short guide to looking at Renaissance art 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. (ITL236, $19.95)
	Palladio • James Ackerman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • James Ackerman's seminal biography of Venetian architect Andrea Palladio. (ITL234, $15.00)
	Palladio and Palladianism • Robert Tavernor • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A well illustrated guide to the work of Andrea Palladio, the 16th century Venetian architect, and his followers. (ITL25, $16.95)
	Pilgrimages, The Great Adventure of the Middle Ages • John Ure • HISTORY • (EUR202, $15.95)
	Pimsleur Quick & Simple Italian • Pimsleur Language Method • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Italian, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations. (ITL630, $19.95)
	Portofino, A Novel • Frank Schaeffer • LITERATURE • Set in the 1960s, this coming-of-age tale follows a young boy's encounters with the sights and people of the seaside town of Portofino, while he avoids his missionary parents' constant bickering and their attempts to convert the locals. (ITL164, $15.00)
	The Prince • Niccolo Machiavelli • George Bull • Anthony Grafton • LITERATURE • The classic. (ITL235, $7.00)
	Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron • Edward Trelawney • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The lives and deaths of these two most romantic of Romantic poets are lovingly recounted in this memoir by Edward Trelawny. Trelawny was a fascinating figure in his own right, and his tribute to his two lost friends bears all the marks of his own generous, wild personality. (ITL336, $10.95)
	Rick Steves' Italian Phrase Book & Dictionary • Rick Steves • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary; also includes Steves' insight into how to break the ice and make friends around the world. (ITL424, $7.95)
	Romeo and Juliet • William Shakespeare • LITERATURE • This edition of the Bard's tragedy is heavily footnoted, providing lots of textual commentary. (ITL322, $10.95)
	Rough Guide Italy • Ros Belford • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide in the British series with a good overview of culture and history, dozens of sketch maps and extensive listings. (ITL328, $22.95)
	Short Stories in Italian, Racconti in Italiano • Nick Roberts • LITERATURE • These modern tales in the bilingual series of Penguin Parallell Texts make for good reading in any language. (ITL730, $13.00)
	Solo Faces • James Salter • LITERATURE • The story of an American climber who, dissatisfied with his everyday life, travels to the Alps of southern France to tackle mountain peaks. The prose is glorious and the mountain-climbing scenes are as vivid as they get. (ALP14, $14.00)
	Spartacus • Stanley Kubrick • 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. (ITL544, $49.95)
	The Surprise of Cremona: One Woman's Adventures in Cremona, Parma, Mantua, Ravenna, Urbino, and Arezzo • Edith Templeton • Anita Brookner • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • OUT OF PRINT • 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 • A suspenseful thriller of obsession and jealousy starring Matt Damon and Jude Law, based on the popular mystery by Patricia Highsmith. (ITL542, $14.99)
	That Fine Italian Hand • Paul Hoffman • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An affectionate -- and insightful -- portrait of a people. (ITL346, $17.00)
	Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe • Marybeth Bond • Mary Morris • ANTHOLOGY • This entertaining collection depicts Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris. (EUR160, $17.95)
	Travelers' Tales Italy • Ann Calcagno • Jan Morris • ANTHOLOGY • A collection of 48 stories on traveling in Italy and Italian life, featuring the writing of Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Frances Mayes, Jonathan Keates, Stanley Crouch and others. (ITL182, $18.95)
	Trentino-Alto Adige • Touring Club Italiano • A colorful shaded relief map of the Italian Dolomites. (ITL71, $12.95)
	Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere • Jan Morris • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A loving celebration of the city and its faded glory. Morris, who first visited the city as a soldier during WWII, is especially good at evoking the varied history and fortunes of Trieste. (ITL347, $15.00)
	Tuscany in Mind • Alice Powers • ANTHOLOGY • A fine literary anthology covering the region's history, geography, culture and (of course) food, featuring contributions by luminaries including D.H. Lawrence and Robert Browning. (ITL607, $14.95)
	Venetian Life • William Dean Howells • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A leisurely account of housekeeping, touring and socializing in 19th-century Venice by the American consul, first published in 1866. (ITL327, $16.95)
	Veneto Friuli Venezia Giulia Map • Touring Club Italiano • A detailed, shaded relief map of the Veneto at a scale of 1:200,000. Accurate, colorful, and imported from Italy. (ITL22, $12.95)
	Venice for Pleasure • J.G. Links • GUIDEBOOK • Anecdotal, digressive and fascinating, this book takes you by the hand and shows you the history, art and byways of Venice. (ITL104, $27.50)
	Venice Map • Borch Maps • A colorful, detailed city map of Venice, perfect for finding your way around the famously labyrinthine streets and canals. (ITL26, $7.95)
	Venice Observed • Mary McCarthy • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Originally published over 30 years ago, this collection of eight essays is a literate, evocative celebration of the city, its character, and its history. (ITL27, $13.00)
	Venice, a Maritime Republic • Frederic C. Lane • HISTORY • A wonderfully written history of the Venetian empire, engrossing in its scholarly detail. Lane focuses on the history of trade from the origin of the city in the 6th century to modern times, including the cities along the Balkan coast that were part of the trading empire. With drawings, maps, and archival photos. (ITL24, $26.95)
	Venice, Lion City • Garry Wills • HISTORY • A magisterial history of Venice at the height of its power as a maritime republic in the 15th and 16th centuries. Wills shows the power and influence of the city through its magnificent Renaissance art and architecture. (ITL324, $20.00)
	Venice, The City and Its Architecture • Richard Goy • ART & ARCHITECTURE • In this oversize, illustrated book, architect and historian Richard Goy discusses the diverse buildings of Venice, including fisherman's cottages, Christian basilicas, Palladio's masterpieces, and Longhena's Santa Maria de Salute. With 400 photographs, in color and black-and-white. (ITL251, $39.95)
	The Vinegar of Spilamberto, And Other Italian Adventures With Food, Places, And People • Doris Muscatine • Alice Waters • FOOD • An account of the author's travels and love of Italy, its food and culture. (ITL662, $15.00)
	Voice of the Violin • Andrea Camilleri • Stephen Sartarelli • MYSTERY • The fourth installment in the popular Inspector Montalbano series, complete with a quirky cast of Sicilian characters. (ITL537, $13.00)
	Walking • Henry David Thoreau • REFERENCE • 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, $9.95)
	Watermark • Joseph Brodsky • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A metaphysical, metaphorical meditation on Venice by poet Joseph Brodsky. His ruminations take the form of 48 short chapters, each prompted by an idea, memory or scene associated with his much loved city. (ITL105, $12.00)
	The World of Venice • Jan Morris • HISTORY • FAVORITE • Morris displays her talent for research, telling anecdote and well-wrought prose in this spirited history of a beloved city. (ITL12, $16.00)

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