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	The 39 Steps • Alfred Hitchcock • One of Hitchcock's "wrong man" spy sagas, this classic film follows a Canadian tourist in London (Robert Donat) who becomes entangled in an underground epsionage plot that leads him to a remote mountain town in Scotland. Part of the Criterion Collection. (GBR493, $39.95)
	The 400 Blows • Francois Truffaut • Truffaut's semi-autobiographical first film. (FRN436, $19.98)
	Adventures on the Wine Route, A Wine Buyer's Tour of France • Kermit Lynch • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A delightful, warmly anecdotal book, highly recommended for anyone touring the wine regions of France. The book brings the domains and appellations of French wine into full-blown life, and Lynch's portraits of the grand personalities who make wine are priceless. (FRN72, $18.00)
	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, $13.00)
	Agatha Christie A to Z: The Essential Reference to Her Life and Writings • Dawn B. Sova • MYSTERY • A scholarly compendium of everything Christie. (GBR48, $55.00)
	The Age of Shakespeare • Francois Laroque • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • This pocket-size encyclopedia, an excellent introduction to Elizabethan England, presents Shakespeare, his life, times and legacy in concise essays and well-chosen illustrations. (GBR11, $12.95)
	The Age of Shakespeare • Frank Kermode • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A remarkably concise, elegant overview of the world of Shakespeare in the Modern Library Chronicles series by the eminent British critic and scholar. (GBR522, $14.00)
	The Age of the Cathedrals, Art and Society 980-1420 • Georges Duby • HISTORY • The definitive historical study of the building of the great cathedrals. French scholar Duby, writing very accessibly, describes the cathedrals themselves, and the philosophical, religious, and political climate that enabled them to be built. (EUR01, $28.00)
	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)
	Amelie • Jean-Pierre Jeunet • This delightful, whimsical French film is well-deserving of its popularity. (FRN435, $19.99)
	An American in Paris • Vincente Minelli • With timeless Gershwin music, great Paris backgrounds, and effervescent performances by Leslie Caron and Gene Kelly. (FRN439, $19.99)
	Americans in Paris, A Literary Anthology • Adam Gopnik • ANTHOLOGY • This wide-ranging anthology includes early impressions by Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, as well as by a generous sampling of 20th-century literary masters. (FRN427, $40.00)
	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, $20.00)
	Ancient Rome: Monuments Past and Present • R.A. Staccioli • ARCHAEOLOGY • OUT OF PRINT • 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, $40.00)
	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, $20.40)
	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)
	Artists in Residence • Dana Micucci • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An attractively illustrated guide to exploring the homes of 19th-century artists in and around Paris, including Giverny, Auvers and Ornans. An excellent guide for day-long excursions outside Paris with a focus on nature and art. (FRN353, $19.95)
	As You Like It • Paul Werstine • Barbara Mowat • William Shakespeare • LITERATURE • Part of the New Folger Library Shakespeare Series, Shakespeare's full text with a scene by scene prose summary and critical analysis. (TTR06, $3.99)
	The Autumn of the Middle Ages • Johan Huizinga • HISTORY • A pioneering work of social and cultural history, this well-translated classic is a richly detailed portrait of life, thought and art in 14th- and 15th-century France and the Netherlands. (EUR17, $28.00)
	The Beggar's Opera • John Gay • T.O. Treadwell • LITERATURE • Written in 1728, Gay's ballad opera is satirical look at 18th-century London. (GBR460, $11.00)
	Being an Actor • Simon Callow • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A candid memoir of life on the stage. (TTR17, $19.00)
	Birds of Britain & Europe • Hermann Heinzel • Richard Fitter • John Parslow • FIELD GUIDE • OUT OF PRINT • This masterfully organized Collins Pocket Guide, featuring 3,000 color illustrations covers the birds of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. (EUR49, $27.50)
	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, $15.00)
	Blue Guide London • Ylva French • GUIDEBOOK • This popular guide focuses on the art, architecture, museums and galleries of London. (GBR229, $27.95)
	Blue Guide Paris • Delia Gray-Durant • Ian Robertson • GUIDEBOOK • The compact, authoritative guide to Paris and Versailles, strong on art and architecture. This eleventh edition includes plenty of color photographs and a section of practical information, in addition to the usual maps and detailed floor plans. (FRN145, $29.95)
	Blue Guide Rome • Alta MacAdam • GUIDEBOOK • Having lived in Italy for 25 years, MacAdam provides an in-depth guide to the Eternal City, with 16 pages of street maps and 30 site plans, and advice on where to dine and shop. (ITL230, $28.95)
	Breathless • Jean-Luc Goddard • A cornerstone of the French New Wave. (FRN440, $19.99)
	British Isles Map, Great Britain and Ireland • Michelin Travel Publications • A colorful and accurate map of both Great Britain and Ireland, at a scale of 1:1,000,000. (GBR07, $11.95)
	The British Isles, A History of Four Nations • Hugh Kearney • HISTORY • The Celts, Romans, Vikings, Normans and modern immigrants all make an appearance in Kearney's elegant and revisionist history, the tale of not just the English but also of the Scots, Welsh and Irish. (GBR88, $37.99)
	Britons: Forging the Nations, 1707-1837 • Linda Colley • HISTORY • An interesting study of national British identity and the joining of England, Scotland and Wales. (GBR81, $22.50)
	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)
	Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages • Alain Erlande-Brandenburg • ART & ARCHITECTURE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • This pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages features hundreds of drawings, color illustrations and a brief chronology. (MED07, $12.95)
	Chagall, The Art of Dreams • Daniel Marchesseau • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A short, illustrated introduction to Chagall and his work. (FRN268, $12.95)
	Charade • Stanley Donen • An extremely stylish suspense story, with the Parisian background in glorious Technicolor. (FRN437, $11.98)
	The Children of Henry VIII • Alison Weir • HISTORY • Enlightening about the era and revealing in the portraits of Prince Edward, "Bloody" Mary, Elizabeth and Lady Jane Grey, this is a very enjoyable survey by a master historian. (GBR74, $16.00)
	Chopin in Paris, The Life and Times of the Romantic Composer • Tad Szulc • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A biography of the famed composer Fryderyk Chopin. (FRN161, $20.95)
	Cicero, The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician • Anthony Everitt • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A biography of the Roman orator and politician. (ITL469, $17.00)
	City of the Soul, A Walk in Rome • William Murray • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A personal portrait of Rome from William Murray, a writer for The New Yorker, who was raised in Italy. Murray recounts neighborhoods, buildings, archaeology and history on a personal, anecdotal ramble. (ITL506, $16.95)
	City Secrets London • Robert Kahn • GUIDEBOOK • A connoisseur's guide to the city and its attractions, with personal recommendations by artists, designers, architects and personalities who have made their home in London. (GBR327, $19.95)
	Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe • Glynis Ridley • HISTORY • The entertaining history of an Indian rhinoceros named Clara, who was brought to Europe in 1741 by a Dutch sea captain and toured for seventeen years, to the delight of several heads of state. (FRN536, $12.00)
	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)
	Claude Monet, The Color of Time • Virginia Spate • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A critically lauded analysis of Monet and his art. (FRN311, $39.95)
	Collins Complete Guide to British Wildlife • P. Sterry • FIELD GUIDE • A one-volume photographic guide to British wildlife, covering everything from fungi to mammals, including plants, insects, birds and fish. With 1,500 color photographs. (GBR93, $34.95)
	Coming Down the Seine • Robert Gibbings • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An affectionate account of Gibbing's 400-mile journey, first published in 1953. (FRN443, $15.00)
	Companion Guide Gascony and Dordogne • Richard Barber • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, personable guide, organized as a series of walking tours and featuring neighborhood maps, illustrations and excellent recommendations on food and wine. (FRN06, $34.95)
	Companion Guide London • David Piper • Fionualla Jervis • GUIDEBOOK • A pleasurable guide to the culture, history and byways of London. (GBR514, $34.95)
	Companion Guide Rome • Georgina Masson • Tim Jepson • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, serious-minded guide to the architecture, art and culture of Rome (ITL185, $34.95)
	The Complete Poems • John Keats • John Barnard • LITERATURE • A portable, paperback edition of all the poems of John Keats. (GBR162, $17.00)
	The Complete Sherlock Holmes, All 4 Novels and 56 Short Stories • Arthur Conan Doyle • LITERATURE • This paperback volume manages to collect every Sherlock Holmes story that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ever wrote, including "The Hound of the Baskervilles" and his three other short novels concerning the legendary detective. (GBR157, $13.90)
	A Conspiracy of Paper • David Liss • LITERATURE • Liss's novel of greed and murder is memorably set among the grimy streets and the financial institutions of 18th-century London. (GBR518, $14.95)
	A Corner in the Marais, Memoir of a Paris Neighborhood • Alex Karmel • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A loving portrait, guide and history of Paris and, especially, of the old houses and byways of Marias. The book -- an excellent traveler's companion -- evokes the character and long history of the City of Light. (FRN351, $16.95)
	Cross Channel • Julian Barnes • LITERATURE • Each linked in some way with cross channel experiences, these ten short stories range in time from the late 17th century to the year 2015. Comic, complex and intellectual. (GBR56, $13.00)
	D-Day and the Invasion of Normandy • Anthony Kemp • HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT • A pocket-size illustrated encyclopedia, the book transports you to the beaches with its fold-out maps, battle plans, birds-eye views of the terrain, and hundreds of illustrations. (FRN30, $12.95)
	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)
	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)
	A Day with Picasso • Billy Kluver • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An enjoyable account of an afternoon in the lives of Picasso and friends. (FRN91, $17.00)
	The Days of the French Revolution • Christopher Hibbert • HISTORY • An accessible and informative history of the French Revolution, this book is a fantastic introduction to a pivotal historical period, aimed at the general reader. (FRN153, $16.99)
	The Diary of Samuel Pepys • Samuel Pepys • Richard Le Gallienne • Robert Louis Stevenson • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The famous portrait of 1660s London. (GBR459, $15.95)
	Directors on Directing, A Source Book to Modern Theater • Toby Cole • Helen Krich Chinoy • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A guide to the art of directing theatrical productions, composed of a variety of essays from professionals in the industry. (TTR03, $123.00)
	The Dramatic Imagination, Reflections and Speculations on the Art of Theatre • Robert Edmond Jones • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A classic, heartfelt collection of essays on all aspects of the theater, from acting and directing to lighting and design. (TTR02, $24.95)
	Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture • Slobodan Curcic • Richard Krautheimer • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An authoritative guide to the subject. (TKY72, $40.00)
	Empire of Pleasures, Luxury and Indulgence in the Roman World • Andrew Dalby • FOOD • An enticing sensual riff on Roman food, wine and pleasures. (MED76, $34.95)
	Empire, The British Imperial Experience from 1765 to the Present • Denis Judd • HISTORY • How the empire affected rulers and the ruled from the American Revolution to the present. (GBR80, $28.50)
	The Empty Space • Peter Brook • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A highly influential -- and highly readable -- treatise on the state of modern theater, first published in 1968 but still appropriate today. (TTR01, $12.99)
	Etruscan Art • Nigel Spivey • ART & ARCHITECTURE • In this illustrated and wide-ranging introduction, Nigel Spivey brings the Etruscan world to life, illuminating the social, political and cultural context of the art objects and artifacts that remain the singular achievement of the Etruscans. (ITL68, $18.95)
	Exile's Return, A Literary Odyssey in the 1920s • Malcolm Cowley • LITERATURE • A lively anecdotal account of the Lost Generation experience. (FRN97, $16.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Great Britain • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • With 1,400 photos, maps and excellent introductory chapters, this guide is both a general introduction to Great Britain and a region-by-region look at its attractions. (GBR01, $30.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Italy • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. (ITL32, $30.00)
	Eyewitness Guide London • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This superb guide to London features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (GBR34, $25.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Paris • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • Gorgeous, well illustrated and filled with maps, this compact book provides an excellent overview of the City of Light, its history, traditions, cultures and sights. (FRN02, $25.00)
	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 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)
	Faberge in the Royal Collection • Caroline De Guitaut • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A handsome study of Faberge art and the British Royal Family. (RUS215, $50.00)
	Faces of the Twentieth Century • Mark Edward Harris • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A personality-driven introduction to photographic traditions and photographers. (PHT10, $45.00)
	A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe • Guy Mountfort • FIELD GUIDE • A classic field guide in the Peterson series. (EUR15, $22.00)
	The Flaneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris • Edmund White • LITERATURE • The gifted novelist reveals his favorite haunts in this glittering portrait of Paris and its pleasures. (FRN259, $12.99)
	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 See It London • Fodors • GUIDEBOOK • Fodor's vibrant and informative guide to touring London. (GBR502, $22.95)
	Fodor's See It Paris • Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • Fodor's vibrant and informative guide to touring Paris, packed witrh useful information on how and where to eat, sleep, shop, and sightsee. (FRN456, $22.95)
	Fodor's See It Rome • Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • Fodor's vibrant and informative guide to touring Rome. (ITL551, $22.95)
	The Food of France • Waverly Root • FOOD • An evocative and beautifully written survey of French food. First published in 1958 and revised in the mid-1970s, this book covers the important regions of French cuisine by dividing them into domains of Butter (northern France), Fat (Alsace), and Oil (the south). (FRN17, $18.00)
	The Food of Italy • Waverly Root • FOOD • CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE • 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)
	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)
	France in Mind • Alice Powers • ANTHOLOGY • This wonderful selection of essays, excerpts and stories filters the experience of being in France through the lens of 33 British and American writers. (FRN384, $14.00)
	France Map • Michelin • A colorful, accurate and up-to-date map of France at a scale of 1:1,000,000. (FRN07, $12.95)
	The French • Theodore Zeldin • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE • A stimulating and very entertaining social history in the guise of a "how-to" book. Zeldin considers, for example, such imponderables as when to laugh at a joke, how to be friends with a peasant, and how to eat properly. (FRN31, $24.95)
	French Ways and Their Meaning • Edith Wharton • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A wonderfully readable, elegant look at French civilization written in Paris during the last two years of WWI by the perceptive mind of Edith Wharton. (FRN55, $14.95)
	From Feasting to Fasting, The Evolution of a Sin • Veronika E. Grimm • HISTORY • Scholarly essays on the role of food in early Christian thought. (ITL428, $130.00)
	Frommer's Paris • Darwin Porter • Danforth Prince • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series, revised annually. (FRN339, $16.99)
	The Gate of Angels • Penelope Fitzgerald • LITERATURE • Fitzgerald's seriocomic novel, set in 1912, finds a young scientist from Cambridge and a nurse from London embroiled in a romance that challenges them both emotionally and intellectually. (GBR469, $13.95)
	Georgiana, Dutchess of Devonshire • Amanda Foreman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The entertaining biography of the passionate 18th-century aristocrat, which is also the source for the 2008 film starring Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes. (GBR520, $15.95)
	The Gothic Cathedral • Christopher Wilson • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An illustrated overview of gothic cathedrals, their history, design and construction, covering the masterpieces built from the 12th to the 16th century. With photographs and diagrams. (EUR80, $34.95)
	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, $19.95)
	Great Britain and Ireland Map • HEMA Maps • A nicely detailed map showing both Great Britain and Ireland at a scale of 1:750,000. (GBR31, $10.95)
	Great Britain Map • Ordnance Survey • A homegrown, excellent map at a scale of 1:625,000. (GBR06, $14.95)
	Hadrian, The Restless Emperor • Anthony Birley • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An up-to-date, scholarly biography. (ITL260, $40.95)
	A Hard Day's Night • Richard Lester • The classic and cinematically sophisticated Beatles movie, a joyous and spontaneous British romp with the Fab Four. (GBR494, $29.99)
	Haute Cuisine, How the French Invented the Culinary Profession • Amy B. Trubek • FOOD • A historical study of French gastronomy. (FRN320, $19.95)
	The Heat of the Day • Elizabeth Bowen • LITERATURE • The suspenseful tale of life in London during the bombing raids of World War II. (GBR378, $14.95)
	The Hellenistic World and the Coming of Rome • Erich S. Gruen • HISTORY • An academic study of Roman imperialism in Greece. (MED67, $50.00)
	Hemingway, The Paris Years • Michael Reynolds • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An excellent account of Hemingway's time in Paris during the 1920s. (FRN100, $18.95)
	Henri Matisse • Susan Sternau • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A short introduction to the arist and his work. (ART23, $16.95)
	Henri Matisse 1869-1954, Master of Color • Volkmar Essers • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A slim collection of 300 color reproductions. (ART45, $9.99)
	Henry Esmond • Wiliam Makepeace Thackeray • LITERATURE • Thackeray's classic novel is excellent on the history and warfare of 18th-century England. (GBR85, $7.95)
	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, $15.00)
	The Historic Restaurants of Paris, A Gourmet's Guide • Ellen Williams • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to eating where the Lost Generation, the post-Impressionists and de Gaulle ate. (FRN345, $18.95)
	A History of the Theater • Glynne Wickham • HISTORY • A comprehensive, chronological tour of 3,000 years of dramatic history (including opera and ballet). With color photos throughout. (TTR14, $24.95)
	An Hour from Paris • Annabel Simms • GUIDEBOOK • In this idiosyncratic, personal guide, Simms describes chateaux, abbeys, villages and other attractions, all within striking distance of the city, including not just the chateaux of Chantilly and Maurice Ravel's house in Montfort-l'Amaury, but also and the river-ports of Conflans-Ste Honorine and St Mammes, and the delightfully provincial Luzarches. (FRN398, $23.95)
	I'll Always Have Paris, A Memoir • Art Buchwald • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A young columnist for the international edition of the "New York Herald Tribune," Art Buchwald traveled to Paris in the late 1940s and stayed in Europe for the next 15 years. This is his often humorous memoir of that time. (FRN188, $19.00)
	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)
	Ile de France 514 • Michelin • A colorful and detailed map of the region surrounding Paris at a scale of 1:200,000. (FRN169, $12.95)
	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)
	Imagined London, A Tour of the World's Greatest Fictional City • Anna Quindlen • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A unique exploration of London in the footsteps of its literary characters, from Dickens to Sherlock Holmes and beyond. (GBR482, $10.95)
	Impressionism, Art, Leisure, and Parisian Society • Robert L. Herbert • ART & ARCHITECTURE • CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE • A magnificently illustrated social history, this book shows the cafes, opera houses, dance halls and other places of entertainment and leisure that inspired the great Impressionist paintings. (FRN117, $35.00)
	Impressionism: Origins, Practice, Reception • Belinda Thomson • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A short, readable account of the French Impressionist movement and its most notable artists, illustrated with color reproductions. This book's thoughtful analyses of individual works are illuminated by solid historical and cultural background. (FRN310, $16.95)
	The Impressionists' Paris, Walking Tours of the Painters' Studios, Homes, and the Sites They Painted • Ellen Williams • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A handsome hardcover guide with neighborhood maps, full color illustrations and reproductions of masterworks. (FRN318, $19.95)
	In Search of England • H.V. Morton • James Morris • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The much-beloved, enduring account of Morton's ramblings through the English countryside in the early days of the motorcar. Morton charmingly mixes a deep appreciation of the art, culture and history of the place with his own keen observations. (GBR368, $16.00)
	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 Bath & Surroundings • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A brief guide featuring color photographs, excellent local maps, travel information and suggested routes. (GBR42, $8.95)
	Insight Guide Italy • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated overview of Italy with essays on its attractions, history and culture. (ITL108, $23.99)
	Insight Guide London • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to the city with hundreds of color photographs and excellent local maps. (GBR367, $19.95)
	Insight Guide Rome • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN MARCH • An illustrated overview of Rome with essays on art, history and culture. (ITL30, $19.99)
	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. Includes Sicily. (ITL458, $23.95)
	Interpreting Matisse Picasso • Elizabeth Cowling • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A swift survey of the relationship between Matisse and Picasso. (ART19, $16.95)
	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, $24.95)
	Italian Cinema, From Neorealism to the Present • Peter Bondanella • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A scholarly history modern Italian film. (ITL350, $29.95)
	Italian Days • Barbara Grizzuti Harrison • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE • Grizzuti Harrison writes with warmth and depth of her journey from Milan south to Calabria in this sprightly account of Italy and the Italians. (ITL02, $15.00)
	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 • "Sicily is the key to everything" is only one of Goethe's many astute observations included in this Penguin Classics edition of his journals and letters from his grand tour of southern Italy. (ITL144, $17.00)
	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)
	Italy in Mind • Alice Powers • LITERATURE • A terrific collection of some of the best literary writing on Italy, including pieces by Melville, Lawrence, Henry James, Mary McCarthy and many others. (ITL39, $14.95)
	Italy, A Short History • Harry Hearder • HISTORY • Elegantly written, generous and 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, $26.99)
	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)
	Italy, Charming Small Hotels • Fiona Duncan • GUIDEBOOK • A pocket-size guide to unusual places to stay throughout Italy. (ITL92, $19.95)
	A Journal of the Plague Year • Daniel Defoe • LITERATURE • Defoe's fictional -- and historically vivid -- account of Plague-stricken London. (GBR87, $10.00)
	June 8, 2004, Venus in Transit • Eli Maor • HISTORY • Maor provides a historical context for viewing the astronomical eclipse, Venus in Transit. (SCI65, $27.95)
	Just Enough Liebling, Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer • A.J. Liebling • David Remnick • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A rewarding taste of Liebling's wide-ranging essays for the New Yorker, published in celebration of the centennial of his birth. (NYC146, $15.00)
	King Arthur and His Knights • Eugene Vinaver • LITERATURE • A volume of Arthurian legends directly attributable to Mallory's original tales. (GBR90, $19.99)
	Kingdom by the Sea • Paul Theroux • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Theroux details his coastal journey around the British Isles in 1982 in this insightful book, which displays his occasional ill temper alongside his celebrated ability to combine social history with a good old-fashioned traveler's tale. (GBR09, $14.95)
	Knopf Guide Paris • Knopf Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A lavishly produced portable guide to Paris including many color illustrations. (FRN88, $28.95)
	Knopf Guide Rome • Knopf Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A slender, attractive guide to Rome with background and some practical information. (ITL69, $26.95)
	La Dolce Vita • Federico Fellini • Fellini's celebrated masterpiece about a Roman tabloid reporter who fully indulges in the decadence of "the sweet life." (ITL543, $34.98)
	A Lady, First: My Life in the Kennedy White House and the American Embassies of Paris and Rome • Letitia Baldrige • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A memoir of a life lived behind the scenes of the U.S. government. (GEN276, $15.00)
	The Last Metro • Francois Truffaut • Truffaut's much-loved tribute to theater and Paris. (FRN438, $19.99)
	Lazio Region Map • Touring Club Italiano • A colorful map of the Lazio region at a scale of 1:200,000 (ITL415, $12.95)
	Le Divorce • Diane Johnson • LITERATURE • This wonderfully written novel doubles as a study of French and American convention. (FRN56, $15.00)
	Leo Africanus • Amin Maalouf • LITERATURE • A fictional memoir of the first 40 years in the life of Leo Africanus, a Muslim whose travels led him throughout the Mediterranean and North Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries. (MED55, $16.95)
	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)
	Leonardo da Vinci, The Mind of the Renaissance • Alessandro Vezzosi • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A pocket-size encyclopedia of knowledge, this colorful book illustrates and documents the life and work of Leonardo, including a long section of excerpts from his writings. (ITL77, $12.95)
	Les Miserables • Victor Hugo • Norman McAfee • Lee Fahnestock • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS • The classic tale of redemption set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. (FRN123, $7.95)
	Letters from London • Julian Barnes • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • This sparkling collection of essays by the brilliant novelist Julian Barnes hones in on the social complexity and political reality of modern day England. (GBR14, $14.95)
	The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit • Charles Dickens • LITERATURE • This satirical novel, his sixth, is one of Dicken's few that leaves Mother England for a extended (and caustic) foray onto American shores. Not surprisingly, it followed the author's first voyage to America. (GBR462, $13.00)
	Life in A Medieval Castle • Francis Gies • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • YOUNG ADULTS • From lord to servant, this illustrated book describes the daily life of the inhabitants at Chepstow Castle in Wales in the 13th century. (GBR109, $14.99)
	Life with Jeeves: The Inimitable Jeeves, Very Good, Jeeves!, and Right Ho Jeeves • P.G. Wodehouse • LITERATURE • A Jeeves ombibus edition. (GBR519, $15.95)
	Life With Picasso • Francoise Gilot • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The intimate memoir of Francoise Gilot, who met Picasso in 1943 when she was 21 and he was 62, and lived with the artist for nearly ten years. (ART42, $16.00)
	Life With Picasso • Francoise Gilot • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The intimate memoir of Francoise Gilot, who met Picasso in 1943 when she was 21 and he was 62, and lived with the artist for nearly ten years. (ART42, $16.00)
	London A-Z • A-Z • GUIDEBOOK • The much-revised, popular atlas. This is the obligatory guide in the every London cab. (GBR399, $17.99)
	London Map • Borch Maps • A colorful and detailed laminated city map with a variety of useful inset maps. (GBR114, $8.95)
	London Map (Editions Falk) • Falk Maps • A folded map of London. (GBR347, $12.95)
	London Rediscovered • Louise Nicholson • Richard Turpin • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An informative celebration of the city, its history and architecture, in words and photographs. (GBR513, $45.00)
	London, A History • A.N. Wilson • HISTORY • A brief, evocative meditation on the rich and varied history of England's capital city by the prolific British writer, critic and historian. Wilson examines London through several lenses, using humor and insight to discuss art, architecture, politics and culture. (GBR480, $14.00)
	London, A Social History • Roy Porter • HISTORY • A short, illustrated history of London, chronicling the city from its origins as an outpost of the Roman Empire through medieval hub, Renaissance center and imperial capital. (GBR59, $20.95)
	London, The Novel • Edward Rutherfurd • LITERATURE • This novel marches through 2,000 years of London history. (GBR98, $18.95)
	Lonely Planet London • Steve Fallon • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, practical guide. (GBR253, $19.99)
	Lonely Planet Paris • Steve Fallon • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, practical guide. (FRN374, $18.99)
	Long Ago in France, The Years in Dijon • M.F.K. Fisher • FOOD • A memoir of Fisher's years in France in the late '20s and early '30s, a time of exuberant discoveries of the glories of French food and French culture. (FRN21, $13.95)
	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)
	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, $22.00)
	Madame Curie, A Biography • Eve Curie • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A life of the Polish-French scientist, written by her daughter. (PLD27, $20.95)
	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, $38.50)
	The Masterpiece • Emile Zola • LITERATURE • Zola's novel tells of the downfall of a painter in 19th-century Paris, based on his childhood friend Cezanne. This classic is evocative of the artistic life in turn-of-the-century France. It was also the novel that would end their friendship. (FRN227, $12.95)
	Matisse and Picasso • Yve-Alain Bois • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This book charts the competitive relationship between Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. (ART17, $35.00)
	Matisse and Picasso, The Story of their Rivalry and Friendship • Jack Flam • ART & ARCHITECTURE • The latest book on the relationship between Matisse and Picasso. (ART20, $17.95)
	Matisse Picasso • Museum of Modern Art • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This exhibition catalog juxtaposes the works of the two 20th-century masters. (ART18, $60.00)
	Memoirs of Hadrian • Marguerite Yourcenar • LITERATURE • A beautifully written, powerful novel, which takes the form of letters by Roman Emperor Hadrian (A.D. 76-138) to Marcus Aurelius. (GRE133, $16.00)
	Michelangelo • Linda Murray • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An illustrated survey of the art and life of Michelangelo. (ART14, $14.95)
	Michelin Green Guide Northern France and the Paris Region • Michelin Travel Publications • GUIDEBOOK • A guidebook in the popular Michelin series, covering Paris and Northern France, noted for it's detail and helpful maps. (FRN273, $21.95)
	Michelin Green Guide Paris • Michelin Travel Publications • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, practical guide to Paris in the Michelin series, organized alphabetically and featuring detailed local maps of each neighborhood. With suggested tours, site plans of major attractions and a rating system. (FRN381, $19.99)
	Michelin Red Guide, Paris • Michelin Travel Publications • GUIDEBOOK • The Michelin directory of hotels and restaurants in Paris. (FRN369, $16.99)
	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)
	Monet's Years at Giverny, Beyond Impressionism • David Wildenstein • ART & ARCHITECTURE • OUT OF PRINT • A classic, beautifully illustrated account of Monet's life and work at Giverny featuring 81 color plates. Originally published in 1978 to accompany the exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (FRN213, $15.98)
	Monet, the Ultimate Impressionist • Sylvie Patin • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A colorful pocket-size reference to Monet's life, paintings and contemporaries, perfect for those visiting Giverny. (FRN35, $12.95)
	Mont Saint Michel and Chartres • Henry Brooks Adams • HISTORY • First published at the turn of the century, this classic work is a meditation on the Medieval world as reflected through its most famous religious structures. (FRN44, $17.00)
	The Mother Tongue, English and How it Got That Way • Bill Bryson • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An indispensable guide to the language that divides us, this book is an informative linguistic history which showcases Bryson's wry wit. (GBR15, $14.99)
	Murder in Montparnasse, A Literary Mystery of Paris • Howard Engel • MYSTERY • An entertaining mystery evocative of post-WWI Paris. (FRN101, $14.95)
	Murder on the Orient Express • Agatha Christie • MYSTERY • Poirot rides the rails. Need we say more? (EUR118, $6.99)
	Murder Unprompted • Simon Brett • MYSTERY • A back-stage mystery featuring actor/amateur detective Charles Paris. (GBR406, $11.95)
	My Paris Sketchbook • Alain Bouldouyre • Christopher Auduraud • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An evocative collection of 100 watercolor illustrations, evoking the spirit of the city. (FRN429, $24.95)
	The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Secret Adversary: An Agatha Christie Omnibus • Agatha Christie • LITERATURE • At the peak of her career, Christie began writing The Mysterious Affair at Styles the Moorehead Hotel, now a notable British historic attraction. (GBR51, $12.95)
	Mythologies • Roland Barthes • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Reflections on the Parisian character. (FRN233, $14.00)
	Mythology • Edith Hamilton • LITERATURE • The classic introduction to Greek and Roman mythology. (GRE82, $13.99)
	National Geographic London • Louise Nicholson • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated overview of the city, its history, neighborhoods and attractions. (GBR330, $22.95)
	National Geographic Paris • Lisa Davidson • GUIDEBOOK • An abundantly illustrated guide to the city. (FRN393, $22.95)
	National Geographic Rome • Sari Gilbert • Michael Brouse • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to the Eternal City in National Geographic style. (ITL450, $22.95)
	Nature's Museums, Victorian Science and the Architecture of Display • Carla Yanni • HISTORY • A scholarly study focusing on natural history museums in Oxford, Edinburgh and London. (GBR376, $58.00)
	New Poems (Bilingual Edition) • Rainer Maria Rilke • Edward Snow • LITERATURE • Poems written from 1907-1098, representing a stylistic shift for Rilke. (GER121, $16.00)
	The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge • Rainer Maria Rilke • M. D. Herter Norton • LITERATURE • A poetic and loosely structured series of meditations on the difficulties of living abroad. (GER123, $13.95)
	Notes from a Small Island • Bill Bryson • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A farewell walking tour of England by an American expatriate who has decided to return home after two decades. Like all of Bryson's books, it's full of rich conversations, humorous anecdotes and amusing interactions. (GBR16, $14.99)
	Off in a Boat, Hebridean Voyage • Neil Miller Gunn • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Gunn captures the romance and exhilaration of small boat travel in this enchanting account of a 1930s voyage through the Hebrides, interweaving his own adventures with history and lore. (GBR66, $18.95)
	The Olive, Tree of Civilization • John Train • Mark E. Smith • HISTORY • This history of the celebrated olive brings to life its glorious past, mythology and global impact. (NAT72, $25.00)
	Oliver Twist • Charles Dickens • LITERATURE • A Dickens' favorite, featuring his most popular orphan hero. (GBR461, $6.95)
	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)
	Paris 1919, Six Months that Changed the World • Richard Holbrooke • Margaret Macmillan • HISTORY • A vivid, comprehensive analysis of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. (FRN392, $18.00)
	Paris France • Gertrude Stein • LITERATURE • Stein ponders France, the French and her most obvious love for her adopted homeland. (FRN107, $11.95)
	Paris Living Rooms • Dominique Nabokov • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An oddly fascinating collection of apartments of Parisians, wealthy, cultural or eccentric. (FRN418, $29.95)
	Paris Map • Borch Maps • A sturdy laminated map of the city center of Paris at a scale of 1:12,000 and all of Paris at a scale of 1:15,000. (FRN400, $8.95)
	Paris Map • Borch Maps • A sturdy laminated map of the city center of Paris at a scale of 1:12,000 and all of Paris at a scale of 1:15,000. (FRN400, $8.95)
	The Paris Mapguide, The Essential Guide to La Vie Parisienne • Michael Middleditch • GUIDEBOOK • A book of 30 maps of Paris, including a street index, a metro guide, bus routes and short descriptions of places of interest, such as galleries, museums, restaurants and theaters. (FRN189, $10.00)
	Paris Pocket Map • Michelin Travel Publications • A simple, foldup map at a scale of 1:22,000. (FRN87, $4.95)
	Paris Stories • Mavis Gallant • Michael Ondaatje • LITERATURE • All written in Paris (where Gallant has long lived), these magnificent stories range from the Left Bank to the French Riviera, postwar Germany and Franco-era Spain. If you haven't read her (many of the stories originally appeared in the New Yorker), you are in for a treat. Gallant is one of the great 20th century short story writers. (FRN373, $15.95)
	Paris Was Yesterday • Janet Flanner • Irving Drutman • HISTORY • Like many American writers in '20s and '30s, journalist Janet Flanner left the States to join the Paris intellectual scene. In characteristically masterful prose, here are her impressions of life in Paris between the wars. (FRN93, $20.95)
	Paris, A Musical Gazeteer • Nigel Simeone • GUIDEBOOK • A reference and guidebook to musical Paris, with a focus on classical genres. (FRN286, $24.00)
	Paris, The Collected Traveler • Barrie Kerper • GUIDEBOOK • A quirky, informative guide to the sites, food, history, culture -- and literature -- of Paris. (FRN397, $16.95)
	Paris/Troyes/Chaumont • Michelin Travel Publications • A detailed map of the region from Paris east to Troyes and Chaumont. (FRN336, $6.95)
	Pax Britannica, The Climax of Empire • James Morris • HISTORY • The centerpiece of the trilogy "Pax Britannica," this entertaining history concentrates on the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial power and splendor. (GBR10, $37.95)
	Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome • Christopher Scarre • HISTORY • A vivid overview of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire and its expansion throughout North Africa and the Mediterranean. Illustrated with ingenious color maps on many topics (political borders, trade, defense, religion) and 80 color photographs. (ITL29, $16.95)
	Pere Goriot • Burt Raffel • Honore de Balzac • LITERATURE • Balzac's penetrating examination of the Parisian world -- its society, its geography, its ambitions, its hypocrisies-- is still one of most compelling. (FRN365, $14.95)
	The Phantom of the Opera • Gaston Leroux • LITERATURE • Leroux's much-adapted original novel, an absorbing tale of fantasy, romance and mystery. (FRN425, $9.99)
	Picasso • Gertrude Stein • LITERATURE • An unabridged edition Stein's 1938 musing on Picasso with 61 black-and-white illustrations. (FRN102, $6.95)
	Pilgrimages, The Great Adventure of the Middle Ages • John Ure • HISTORY • Former British Ambassador Sir John Ure relates the stories of medieval Christian pilgrimage during the 500 years of its peak between 1066 and 1536. (EUR202, $15.95)
	Post-Impressionism • Bernard Denvir • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This illustrated volume in the "World of Art" series looks at the work of Van Gogh, Gauguin and Cezanne and how it was a bridge between French Impressionism and art movements that followed. (FRN279, $14.95)
	The Princes in the Tower • Alison Weir • HISTORY • This fascinating historical whodunit probes the enduring murder mystery involving the boy king, Edward V, and his brother Richard, Duke of York. (GBR75, $14.95)
	Principles of Roman Architecture • Mark Wilson Jones • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A study of ancient Roman building, its design, construction and traditions. (ITL552, $40.00)
	The Professor and the Madman • Simon Winchester • HISTORY • The bizarre true story behind the birth of the Oxford English Dictionary and two men -- one a scholarly editor, the other a mentally ill, convicted murderer -- who contributed to its creation. (GBR178, $13.99)
	Queen Elizabeth I • J.E. Neale • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The classic biography of the strong-minded, influential queen. (GBR76, $16.95)
	The Renaissance in Rome • Charles L. Stinger • HISTORY • A cultural portrait Rome during the Renaissance. It puts the remarkable art and architecture of the time into its cultural context. (ITL133, $21.95)
	Renoir, My Father • Jean Renoir • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A memoir of the artist by his son the filmmaker. (ART10, $18.95)
	Richard III • Paul Werstine • Barbara Mowat • William Shakespeare • LITERATURE • The New Folger Library Shakespeare Series. (TTR07, $4.99)
	Rick Steves' Italian Phrase Book & Dictionary • Rick Steves • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • This compact phrase book, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary, also includes Steves' insight into how to break the ice and make friends around the world. (ITL424, $8.95)
	The Rise and Fall of the British Empire • Lawrence James • HISTORY • An epic of the empire's achievements from 1600 to the present. (GBR72, $22.99)
	The Rise of Christianity • Rodney Stark • RELIGION • The subtitle to this book says it all: "How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries." (MED64, $14.99)
	The Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France • Ina Caro • HISTORY • Time travel through France by way of its finest castles, chateaux, cathedrals and monasteries. This unusual travelogue is an invaluable companion for traveling in Paris, southern France, the Dordogne and the Loire Valley, combining personal observation with large doses of well-presented history. (FRN03, $17.00)
	Roman Art and Architecture • Sir Mortimer Eric Wheeler • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Sir Mortimer Wheeler describes Roman art, architecture and town planning in this abundantly illustrated book in the World of Art series. (ITL213, $18.95)
	Roman Art: Romulus to Constantine • Nancy H. Ramage • Andrew Ramage • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An introductory text explaining the history and culture behind Roman art. (ITL228, $64.00)
	Roman Imperial Architecture • John Bryan Ward-Perkins • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This comprehensive handbook in the Pelican History of Art series covers the architecture of Romans and the provinces in detail. (ITL525, $40.00)
	Rome City GuideMap • Z-Publishing • A colorful map of Rome at a scale of 1:12,000. (ITL491, $4.95)
	Rome is Love Spelled Backward, Enjoying Art and Architecture in the Eternal City • Judith Testa • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Edith Wharton's witty, astute essays on the history and pleasures of Italy's famous villas, published in 1904, is out in a facsimile edition with the original, full-page illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. The book, a classic, covers Boboli Garden, Villa Corsini, Villa Borghese and some 80 other villas and gardens throughout Italy. (ITL81, $24.95)
	Rome Map • Borch Maps • A handy map at a scale of 1:11,000, with a more detailed overview of the city center. (ITL60, $8.95)
	Rome, An Oxford Archaeological Guide • Amanda Claridge • Judith Toms • Tony Cubberley • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This guide to ancient Rome offers an overview of the city's history and culture, a glossary and 200 site plans, maps, diagrams and photographs. (ITL214, $29.95)
	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, $24.99)
	Rough Guide London Directions • Rob Humphreys • GUIDEBOOK • A slim and colorful practical guide to London, featuring a mini-CD with an e-Book and useful downloads. (GBR525, $10.99)
	Rough Guide Paris • Rough Guide • GUIDEBOOK • A jam-packed practical, cultural and historical guide to the City of Light. (FRN371, $19.99)
	Rough Guide Rome • Rough Guide • GUIDEBOOK • This sturdy comprehensive travel guide in the British series nicely balances a historical and cultural overview with practical travel information. (ITL574, $17.99)
	Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Major Works • H.J. Jackson • Samuel Taylor Coleridge • LITERATURE • A collection of the greatest writing of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, including "Kubla Khan" and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Many of his critical pieces, letters and other writings are also included. (GBR198, $18.95)
	Scaramouche, A Romance of the French Revolution • Rafael Sabatini • LITERATURE • The absorbing tale of Andre-Louis Moreau and his adventures, set in the unsettled days leading up to the French Revolution. (FRN433, $5.95)
	The Secret Agent • Joseph Conrad • LITERATURE • This classic spy story by Joseph Conrad gives a fine portrait of turn-of-the-century London (GBR86, $5.95)
	The Secret Life of the Seine • Mort Rosenblum • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Rosenblum, a born storyteller, takes to a houseboat moored on the Seine after losing his Paris apartment. This entertaining tour of people and place is his account of his explorations along the river. (FRN48, $17.50)
	Secrets of Monet's Garden, Bringing the Beauty of Monet's Style to Your Own Garden • Derek Fell • NATURAL HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT • A study of the world-famous gardens at Giverny and Monet's philosophy of color and light. (FRN36, $27.50)
	Selected Letters • Madame de Sevigne • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The collected letters of Madame de Sevigne. (FRN226, $15.00)
	The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World • Chris Scarre • ARCHAEOLOGY • A comprehensive, illustrated overview of the great monuments of the ancient world and how they were built. (GEN92, $40.00)
	Shakespeare • David Bevington • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A biography of the bard structured around "The Seven Ages of Man" speech from "As You Like It." (TTR04, $19.95)
	Shakespeare and Company • Sylvia Beach • HISTORY • Sylvia Beach recalls the heyday of her Lost Generation Paris bookstore. (FRN104, $16.95)
	Shakespeare's English Kings, History, Chronicle and Drama • Peter Saccio • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A history and guide to the English kings depicted in the plays of Shakespeare. (TTR09, $19.95)
	Shakespeare's Political Drama, The History Plays and the Roman Plays • Alexander Leggatt • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • (TTR08, $41.95)
	Six Armies in Normandy, From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris • John Keegan • HISTORY • A provocative account of the invasion of Normandy and the battles that proceeded it. Keegan's intense descriptions of the war in northern France are accompanied by perceptive analysis of the military tactics that resulted in Allied victory. (FRN118, $16.00)
	The Six Wives of Henry VIII • Alison Weir • HISTORY • Meticulously researched, Weir's compelling biography of England's most infamous monarch brings both the women and their era to life. (GBR21, $16.95)
	The Smiles of Rome, A Literary Companion for Readers and Travelers • Susan Cahill • ANTHOLOGY • A wonderfully inspired anthology featuring excerpts from 29 writers and artists interspersed with practical suggestions for travelers. (ITL573, $14.95)
	South East England Map, including London • Ordnance Survey • The map the locals depend on for traveling in the south of England, including London. Cambridge and Oxford. Nicely detailed at a scale 1:250,000. (GBR27, $14.95)
	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 Story of Britain • Roy Strong • HISTORY • A handsomely presented history of Britain. (GBR71, $49.95)
	Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads, The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums • Stephen T. Asma • HISTORY • An entertaining cultural history of the natural science museum and its transformation from cabinet of curiosities to center of research. (SCI58, $39.99)
	Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation, A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties • Noel Riley Fitch • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A vivid portrait of life among intellectual expatriates in post-WWI Paris. (FRN92, $21.95)
	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)
	The Theory of the Modern Stage • Eric Bentley • REFERENCE • Bentley's classic anthology of the people, practices, and methods central to modern theater by key play-wrights and their interpreters. (TTR15, $16.95)
	These Were the Romans • Graham I. Tingay • John Badcock • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A social history of the ancient Romans at home and abroad. (ITL334, $27.95)
	Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel • Jerome Jerome • Jeremy Lewis • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE • Written in 1889, "Three Men in a Boat" (to say nothing of the dog!) is a laugh-out-loud account of a man-powered voyage along the River Thames, full of detail on life and lore. A Longitude favorite. (GBR28, $11.00)
	Tom Jones • Henry Fielding • LITERATURE • This great comic adventure novel, whose hero is thought to be illegitimate, was so shocking in its time that it was held responsible by some for two earthquakes that hit London soon after its publication in the 18th century. Even Dr. Johnson warned against its ribaldry! (GBR84, $16.50)
	Travelers' Tales France • James O'Reilly • Larry Habegger • ANTHOLOGY • A wonderful collection of mostly contemporary tales, including such marvelous authors as Peter Mayle, M.F.K. Fisher, Mort Rosenblum, Ina Caro and Jan Morris. Organized thematically, it's a good introduction to the history, culture and character of France. (FRN05, $18.95)
	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)
	Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe • Marybeth Bond • Mary Morris • ANTHOLOGY • Visit Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris. (EUR160, $17.95)
	A Traveller's History of England • Christopher Daniell • HISTORY • A good compact history of England that spans from the days of Roman rule to membership in the European Economic Community. (GBR38, $14.95)
	A Traveller's History of France • Robert Cole • HISTORY • This fast-moving survey covers the conquests of ancient Gaul through the heady days of revolution to modern times. (FRN08, $14.95)
	A Traveller's History of Italy • Valerio Lintner • HISTORY • 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)
	A Traveller's History of London • Richard Tames • HISTORY • The story of London, from the Romans to Tony Blair, tailored to the traveler. (GBR232, $14.95)
	A Traveller's History of Oxford • Richard Tames • HISTORY • A compact history from settlement to the present. (GBR374, $14.95)
	Travels with My Aunt • Graham Greene • LITERATURE • Greene's wickedely funny odyssey of a retired bank teller and his anything but conventional "Aunt." You may have seen the movie. (GBR500, $16.00)
	The Treasures and Pleasures of Italy • Ron Krannich • GUIDEBOOK • A guidebook devoted to the unusual, out-of-the-way, or just plain wonderful. (ITL93, $14.95)
	Tropic of Cancer • Henry Miller • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Miller's controversial, sexually frank depiction of bohemian life in 1930s Paris. (FRN419, $14.00)
	Upper and Lower Normandy Map • IGN • A map that covers the route of the Seine from Paris to the Atlantic Ocean. (FRN231, $11.95)
	The Vagabond • Colette • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS • A colorful portrait of life in the music halls of early 20th-century Paris. Poetic and lucid, Colette's written depiction of a French dancer/mime is based on her own experiences. (FRN127, $10.95)
	The Victorians • A.N. Wilson • HISTORY • A dazzling survey of the personalities, obessions and follies of an imperial age. (GBR396, $19.95)
	Walks in Hemingway's Paris, A Guide to Paris for the Literary Traveler • Noel Riley Fitch • GUIDEBOOK • A guided tour of Paris led by none other than Ernest Hemingway. (FRN106, $14.95)
	The Way We Live Now • Anthony Trollope • LITERATURE • A great masterpiece of storytelling, and a very sharp portrayal of the social, business and political life in London in the late 19th century. (GBR258, $12.95)
	White Teeth, A Novel • Zadie Smith • LITERATURE • A rollicking novel of three families in 1990s London. (GBR463, $14.95)
	Wildflowers of Britain and Europe, Compact Guide • W. Lippert • D. Podlech • FIELD GUIDE • A compact photographic guide to British and European wildflowers, covering 350 of the most commonly encountered species. Flowers are organized by color for easy identification. (EUR46, $19.99)
	Will in the World, How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare • Stephen Greenblatt • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • This engrossing, vivid portrait by a noted Harvard scholar makes inspired connections between the life and world of Shakespeare. (GBR521, $15.95)
	Wine Country Europe, Touring, Tasting, And Buying At European Regional Wineries • Ornella D'Alessio • Marco Santini • FOOD • 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. (EUR191, $35.00)
	Winston Spencer Churchill, The Last Lion: Alone, 1932-1940 • William Manchester • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • This second volume in the fascinating three-part biography of Winston Churchill illuminates the character of one of the largest figures of our time. War clouds had once again gathered, and the storm of World War II was beginning. (GBR78, $23.00)
	Winston Spencer Churchill, The Last Lion: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 • William Manchester • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • This impressive volume, which covers the first 58 years of the monumental figure who guided England from the pinnacle of world empire through the catastrophe of World War II, ends in 1932. (GBR18, $25.00)
	The Woman of Rome, A Novel • Alberto Moravia • Lydia Holland • LITERATURE • A 20th-century Italian classic set in Rome during the reign of Mussolini. (ITL151, $25.00)
	Women of the Left Bank, Paris 1900-1940 • Shari Benstock • HISTORY • A well-researched and insightful look at important women in the Lost Generation. (FRN98, $34.95)
	A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age • William Manchester • HISTORY • Organized into sections on the Renaissance, Reformation and Discovery, Manchester's popular history evokes in vivid detail the great figures and daily life of the 16th century, including Henry VIII, Magellan, Borgia, da Vinci and Martin Luther. (EUR06, $15.99)
	Year of the King, An Actor's Diary and Sketchbook • Antony Sher • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A year in the life of a Royal Shakespeare Company actor. (TTR16, $17.95)
	Young Shakespeare • Russell Fraser • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • (TTR05, $24.50)

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