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ITALY: ITALIAN LAKES
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Cadogan Guide Lombardy & the Italian Lakes
• Dana Facaros
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
• 345 PAGES
A guide in the respected British series, this comprehensive look at northwest Italy from Milan to Verona and Bergamo includes insightful cultural and historical background, and up-to-date practical information on hotels, restaurants and bars. With an introductory photo-essay and 25 excellent maps.
(ITL44, $19.95) |
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The Devil in the Hills
• Cesare Pavese
LITERATURE •
2002 •
PAPER
• 220 PAGES
This book, the most personal of the many stories, poems and novels of Pavese, follows the summer adventures of three young men in the hills, vineyards and villages of the author's native Piedmont. Cesare Pavese was one of the most influential Italian voices of the mid-20th century. Unable to publish during Italy's fascist government, he turned to translation of Melville, Joyce and other modern masters. This book, like most of his work, was published in the short period between WWII and the author's death in 1951. Translated from the Italian by D.D. Paige.
(ITL430, $23.95) |
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Italian Gardens
• Georgina Masson
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
2009 •
HARD COVER
• 320 PAGES
Originally published in 1961, this revised edition of Masson's sumptuous overview of Italy's finest gardens features her superb photographs of the Villa d'Este, the Villa Lante, Caprarola, the Boboli, Isola Bella and other noteworthy gardens.
(ITA22, $75.00) |
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On the Making of Gardens
• George Sitwell
NATURAL HISTORY •
2003 •
PAPER
• 162 PAGES
A handsome edition of Sitwell's 1909 meditation on the Renaissance gardens of Tuscany, Rome and the Lake District. It's not a handbook but rather an inspiring analysis of the transformation -- and magic -- of gardens. Sitwell's 1909 title captures the spirit of this enduring (and beautifully written) book: An Essay On the Making of Gardens: Being a study of old Italian gardens, of the nature of beauty, and the principles involved in garden design." With period photogaphs.
(ITL499, $16.95) |
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A Traveller in Italy
• H.V. Morton
• Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2002 •
PAPER
• 640 PAGES
The much-beloved, enduring account of Morton's ramblings in Italy. As in all his many travel books, Morton charmingly mixes a deep appreciation of the art, culture and, especially, the history of a place with his own keen observations, in this case the temples, tombs and villas of Tuscany, Lombardy, Emilia and the Veneto. His books are recently returned to print in handsome paper editions, this one with an appreciative introduction by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison.
(ITL417, $25.00) |
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