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Acqua Alta

Acqua Alta


by Donna Leon

  • MYSTERY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

Number five in the series, this is another in Donna Leon's satisfying, wonderfully erudite Guido Brunetti mysteries. In this installment, a body is discovered in the home of diva Flavia Petrelli. (ITL559, $14.00)

After Hannibal

After Hannibal


by Barry Unsworth

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 250 PAGES

Unsworth's vivid novel takes in the history, landscape, pleasures and the other Americans and Europeans, like himself, who live in Umbria. (ITL100, $17.95)

Al Dente, The Adventures of a Gastronome in Italy

Al Dente, The Adventures of a Gastronome in Italy


by William Black

  • FOOD
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

William Black tosses a few receipts into this mix of travel, gastronomy and family history. (ITL548, $13.95)

Almost Blue


by Carlo Lucarelli

  • MYSTERY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 195 PAGES

A mystery noir set on the streets of Bologna, in which rookie cop Grazia Negro tracks a serial killer. (ITL673, $12.95)

The Architectural History of Venice


by Deborah Howard

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

This revised edition of Howard's concise, fact-filled guide to Venetian churches, palaces and guildhalls from the Byzantine era to the present includes 70 black-and-white and 100 color illustrations. (ITL797, $26.00)

Architecture in Italy 1500-1600

Architecture in Italy 1500-1600


by Wolfgang Lotz | Deborah Howard

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 205 PAGES

A classic, comprehensive introduction to Italian architecture of the 16th century. (ITL247, $40.00)

The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance

The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance


by Peter Murray

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

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)

Art and Society in the Middle Ages


by Georges Duby

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

A study of the relationship between the production of art and the nature of Medieval society. (EUR85, $30.55)

Art in Renaissance Italy


by Gary M. Radke | John T. Paoletti

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 512 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

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)

Art of the Byzantine Era

Art of the Byzantine Era


by David Talbot Rice

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1985
  • PAPER
  • 286 PAGES

Wide-ranging and literate, this thoroughly illustrated introduction to Byzantine art is an indispensable classic. (TKY22, $21.95)

art/shop/eat Milan

art/shop/eat Milan


by 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)

art/shop/eat Venice

art/shop/eat Venice


by Paul Blanchard

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 207 PAGES

Blue Guide's compact, illustrated guidebook with excellent local maps. The book includes not-to-be-missed sites and attractions by neighborhood. The perfect addendum to the Blue Guide Venice (ITL457). (ITL765, $13.95)

Birds of Britain & Europe

Birds of Britain & Europe


by Hermann Heinzel | Richard Fitter | John Parslow

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES
  • 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

The Birth of Venus, A Novel


by Sarah Dunant

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 397 PAGES

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)

Blood from a Stone

Blood from a Stone


by Donna Leon

  • MYSTERY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

In this, the 14th installment in Donna Leon's wonderfully satisfying Guido Brunetti mysteries, a Senegalese peddler is shot down in a public square (on a cold Venetian night...). (ITL615, $14.00)

Blue Guide Venice

Blue Guide Venice


by Alta Macadam

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

This comprehensive guide is the best for art, architecture, museums, history and culture. (ITL457, $29.95)

By the Grand Canal, A Novel

By the Grand Canal, A Novel


by William Riviere

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

A group of friends reunite in Venice in the days after the 1918 armistice in this atmospheric novel. At its center is Hugh Thurne, a British diplomat who tries to escapes the shadows of war among the canals and dilapidated palazzos of the city. (ITL651, $13.00)

Casa Rossa

Casa Rossa


by Francesca Marciano

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 340 PAGES

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)

Charming Small Hotel Guides, Venice


by Fiona Duncan | Leonie Glass

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

A full page with a color photograph is dedicated to each entry in this guide focused on hotels with 20 bedrooms or less. (ITL772, $15.95)

The Charterhouse of Parma


by Henri Stendhal | Richard Howard

  • LITERATURE
  • 1958
  • PAPER
  • 560 PAGES

Stendahl's novel of a young aristocrat in early 19th-century Parma. (ITL208, $11.95)

The City of Falling Angels

The City of Falling Angels


by John Berendt

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 414 PAGES

Berendt's masterful mix of damp aspirations, intrigue and eccentric personalities conveys a certain essence of what it's like to live in modern Venice. (ITL644, $16.00)

City Secrets Florence, Venice

City Secrets Florence, Venice


by Robert Kahn

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 150 PAGES

Painters, writers, historians and others contributed to this idiosyncratic guide to under-appreciated treasures of both Florence and Venice. Featuring 200 short recommendations. (ITL277, $14.95)

The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy


by Jacob Burckhardt | S. G. C. Middlemore | Peter Gay

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 401 PAGES

A classic survey of life, society and culture suring the Italian Renaissance. (ITL307, $15.95)

Companion Guide Venice


by Hugh Honour

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 386 PAGES

A literate and opinionated guide to the art and architecture of Venice. (ITL21, $34.95)

A Concise History of Italy

A Concise History of Italy


by Christopher Duggan

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A history of Italy from the fall of the Roman Empire to the present day. (ITL35, $30.99)

Death and Judgment

Death and Judgment


by Donna Leon

  • MYSTERY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

In the fourth installment in the enormously satisfying Guido Brunetti series, the Commissario investigates suspicious happenings in Santa Lucia, Venice and the Dolomites. (ITL745, $14.00)

Death in a Strange Country

Death in a Strange Country


by Donna Leon

  • MYSTERY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

This, the second Brunetti mystery, opens with a body of an American soldier in a Venetian Canal. (ITL556, $14.00)

The Devil in the Hills

The Devil in the Hills


by 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. (ITL430, $23.95)

Doctored Evidence

Doctored Evidence


by Donna Leon

  • MYSTERY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

Another in Donna Leon's satisfying, wonderfully erudite Guido Brunetti mysteries set in Venice. In this installment, a miserly, unpleasant woman is found murdered and all eyes, at least until our hero arrives, point to her Romanian housekeeper. (ITL613, $14.00)

Dolomites Trekking, Alta Via 1 & Alta Via 2

Dolomites Trekking, Alta Via 1 & Alta Via 2


by Henry Stedman

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 174 PAGES

A practical guide to walks and treks in the Dolomites featuring 51 detailed route maps, village plans and concise information on where to go, and what to see and do. (ITL253, $22.95)

Dressed for Death

Dressed for Death


by Donna Leon

  • MYSTERY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

Book number three Donna Leon's satisfying, wonderfully erudite Guido Brunetti mysteries set in Venice. (ITL614, $14.00)

Edith Wharton's Italian Gardens

Edith Wharton's Italian Gardens


by Vivian Russell

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • HARD COVER
  • 192 PAGES

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)

Encounters With Verdi


by Marcello Conati | Richard Stokes

  • MUSIC
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 472 PAGES

A collection of first hand accounts of experiences with Verdi. (MUS06, $24.50)

Etruscan Art

Etruscan Art


by Nigel Spivey

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

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)

Excellent Cadavers, The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic

Excellent Cadavers, The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic


by Alexander Stille

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 467 PAGES

This fast-paced book is a gripping account of corruption in Italy. The author offers an utterly absorbing account of the assassination of two top anti-Mafia prosecutors in 1992. (ITL58, $17.95)

Eyewitness Guide Italian Riviera

Eyewitness Guide Italian Riviera


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

A handsome, beautifully illustrated and informative compact guide to Liguria. It covers places, recommended excursions, hotels and attractions from the border with France east to La Spezia. (ITL566, $20.00)

Eyewitness Guide Italy

Eyewitness Guide Italy


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 720 PAGES

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 Milan and the Lakes

Eyewitness Guide Milan and the Lakes


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

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, $25.00)

Eyewitness Guide Umbria

Eyewitness Guide Umbria


by 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. (ITL512, $20.00)

A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms


by Ernest Hemingway

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 332 PAGES

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, $16.00)

Fellowship of Fear

Fellowship of Fear


by Aaron J. Elkins

  • MYSTERY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

In the very first Gideon Oliver novel by Edgar-winner Aaron Elkins, Oliver agrees to teach at European military bases, only to encounter NATO and the KGB, while defending himself from physical attacks. (EUR233, $7.99)

Fodor's Exploring Italy


by Fodor's

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

An excellent, up-to-date overview of Italy and its attractions. (ITL73, $22.00)

Fodor's Milan's 25 Best

Fodor's Milan's 25 Best


by Fodor's Travel Publications

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

A handy, shirt-pocket guide to Milan with a map and essential information on its highlights. (ITL608, $11.99)

Fodor's See It Florence and Tuscany

Fodor's See It Florence and Tuscany


by Fodor's

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

Fodor's vibrant and informative guide to touring Florence and Tuscany. (ITL553, $24.99)

Fodor's See It Italy

Fodor's See It Italy


by Fodor's

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

Fodor's informative guide to touring Italy, notable for its especially vibrant presentation of the country. (ITL550, $24.99)

The Food of Italy, Region by Region

The Food of Italy, Region by Region


by Claudia Roden

  • FOOD
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 440 PAGES

The marvelous Claudia Roden, who spent a year visiting cooks throughout Italy, presents 300 easy-to-prepare recipes in the context of Italian history, culture and geography. (ITL683, $24.95)

For the Beauty of the Earth: Birding, Opera, and Other Journeys

For the Beauty of the Earth: Birding, Opera, and Other Journeys


by 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

Foucault's Pendulum


by Umberto Eco | William Weaver

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 623 PAGES

A wild, complex conspiracy novel set in Milan. It involves Templars, Rosicrucians, Freemasons, Jesuits, and more. The verbose, scholarly text is a study in how fiction can influence reality, and an excellent choice for readers who feel up to a rewarding challenge. (ITL649, $15.95)

Frommer's Venice Day by Day

Frommer's Venice Day by Day


by Frommer's

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 180 PAGES

This shirt pocket guide offers remarkably good suggestions for everything from food and hotels to favorite plazas and shopping. (ITL353, $12.99)

Giuseppe Garibaldi, A Biography of the Father of Modern Italy


by 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

The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral


by Robert A. Scott

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 294 PAGES

An enthusiast, Scott presents history, design, architecture and wonder of the medieval cathedral and the great Abbey churches. (EUR190, $21.95)

Heavenly Supper, The Story of Maria Janis


by Fulvio Tomizza

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • HARD COVER
  • 196 PAGES

A well-researched, fictionalized account of 17th-century Venetian peasant Maria Janis, who was reputed to have eaten nothing but consecrated communion wafers and communion wine for five years. (ITL817, $40.00)

Here Is Where We Meet

Here Is Where We Meet


by 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. (EUR189, $15.00)

A History of Fascism, 1914-1945


by Stanley G. Payne

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 628 PAGES

A schoalrly, comprehensive history with a focus on Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. (EUR132, $24.95)

History of Italian Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture


by David G. Wilkins | Frederick Hartt

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 699 PAGES

A well-illustrated history of Italian art from the 13th through the 16th centuries. (ITL308, $136.20)

History of My Life (Vols. III & IV)


by Giacomo Casanova | Willard R. Trask

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 704 PAGES

An account of derring-do in 18th-century Venice by Casanova, including a memorable description of imprisonment in the Doge's Palace. (ITL381, $40.00)

A History of Venice

A History of Venice


by John Julius Norwich

  • HISTORY
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 673 PAGES

The great historian Norwich marshals myriad personalities, battles, sieges, and facts into a vivid portrait of the Venetian Republic spanning the 1,000 years up to its 1797 defeat at the hands of Napoleon. (ITL177, $26.00)

Il Postino


by Michael Radford

  • 1995
  • DVD

A shy Italian postman who learns the ways of poetry and romance while delivering mail to the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. (ITL541, $19.99)

The Inferno of Dante, A New Verse Translation


by Dante Alighieri | Robert Pinsky

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 355 PAGES

The celebrated modern translation of Dante's "Inferno." (ITL411, $12.00)

Insight City Guide Venice


by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 313 PAGES

An illustrated overview of Venice with essays on its history, art and architecture. (ITL23, $16.95)

Insight Guide Italy

Insight Guide Italy


by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

An illustrated overview of Italy with essays on its attractions, history and culture. (ITL108, $23.99)

Inventing Leonardo


by 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

Italia, The Art of Living Italian Style


by Edmund Howard

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1997
  • HARD COVER
  • 192 PAGES

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 English Bilingual Visual Dictionary


by 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). (ITL626, $14.95)

Italian Food


by Julia Child | Elizabeth David

  • FOOD
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

A literary, aromatic survey of Italy's many regions and regional cooking with recipes. (ITL298, $17.00)

Italian Indispensables Vocabulary Builder


by 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

Italian Journey, 1786-1788


by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | W.H. Auden | Elizabeth Meyer

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 498 PAGES

"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, $18.00)

The Italian Renaissance

The Italian Renaissance


by J. H. Plumb

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A well-written history of the Renaissance, its artists and thinkers, with chapters on Florence, Milan, Rome and Venice, Michelangelo, Da Vinci and Women of the Renaissance. (ITL562, $16.00)

The Italian Renaissance Reader

The Italian Renaissance Reader


by Julia Conway and Peter Bondanella | Mark Musa

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 1987
  • PAPER

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, $18.00)

Italian Villas and Their Gardens

Italian Villas and Their Gardens


by Edith Wharton

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 284 PAGES

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)

Italian, A Language Map

Italian, A Language Map


by Kristine K. Kershul

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 1999
  • PLASTIC CARD

This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers. (ITL645, $7.95)

The Italians

The Italians


by Luigi Barzini

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • CASETTE TAPE

Audio version of the classic essay on the Italian character, first published in 1964. (ITL33, $69.95)

Italy and Its Invaders

Italy and Its Invaders


by Girolamo Arnaldi

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

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

Italy Map


by Borch Maps

  • 2011
  • MAP

A handy, laminated map. (ITL19, $11.95)

Italy Northeast Map

Italy Northeast Map


by 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. (ITL72, $12.95)

Italy, A Traveler's Literary Companion

Italy, A Traveler's Literary Companion


by Lawrence Venuti

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

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

Karen Brown's Italy B & B, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries


by Nicole Franchini

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 455 PAGES

A survey of highly recommended bed and breakfasts. (ITL291, $19.95)

Karen Brown's Italy Hotels, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries

Karen Brown's Italy Hotels, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries


by Clare Brown

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 482 PAGES

A guide to lodging of character and itineraries. (ITL290, $19.95)

Knopf City Guide Milan


by Knopf Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 168 PAGES

A vibrant, colorful guide to Milan -- small enough to fit in your pocket. (ITL123, $14.95)

Knopf Mapguide Milan


by Knopf Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 48 PAGES

A practical and handy passport-sized guide to the city, featuring fold-out maps. (ITL809, $10.95)

Knopf Mapguide Venice

Knopf Mapguide Venice


by Knopf Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 48 PAGES

Full-color foldout maps make this guidebook a handy and practical way to find information on where to go and what to do in the city. (ITL667, $10.95)

La Dolce Vita


by Federico Fellini

  • 1960
  • DVD

Fellini's celebrated masterpiece about a Roman tabloid reporter who fully indulges in the decadence of "the sweet life." (ITL543, $39.98)

Leonardo da Vinci


by 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

Leonardo da Vinci


by Sherwin B. Nuland

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 170 PAGES

In this compact book in the excellent Penguin Lives series, Nuland summarizes the achievements and obsessions of the extraordinary Leonardo da Vinci. (ITL684, $14.00)

Leonardo da Vinci, The Mind of the Renaissance

Leonardo da Vinci, The Mind of the Renaissance


by Alessandro Vezzosi

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

A pocket-size encyclopedia, this colorful book illustrates and documents the life and work of Leonardo, including a long section of excerpts from his writings. (ITL77, $12.95)

The Life of Verdi


by John Rosselli

  • MUSIC
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 204 PAGES

Part biography, part musical history, the life story and major operas of the 19th-century composer. (ITL447, $38.00)

Liguria Regional Map

Liguria Regional Map


by Touring Club Italiano

  • MAP

A map of the region, including Cinque Terra, at a scale of 1:200,000. (ITL118, $14.95)

The Lives of the Artists, Vol 1

The Lives of the Artists, Vol 1


by Giorgio Vasari | Julia Conway and Peter Bondanella

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1987
  • PAPER
  • 477 PAGES

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

Lombardia Regional Map


by Touring Club Italiano

  • MAP

A colorful regional map of Lombardy. (ITL120, $12.95)

Lonely Planet Italian Phrasebook

Lonely Planet Italian Phrasebook


by Lonely Planet

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 260 PAGES

A handy palm-size phrasebook for the traveler. (ITL531, $8.99)

A Long Finish, An Aurelio Zen Mystery

A Long Finish, An Aurelio Zen Mystery


by Michael Dibdin

  • MYSTERY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

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

Love and War in the Apennines


by Eric Newby

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 276 PAGES

This unassuming memoir of remarkable wartime adventures in German-occupied WWII Italy is perhaps Newby's best book. Escaping a POW camp, he takes refuge with Italian families who hide him from advancing German forces. It's here that he meets Wanda, the love of his life. They marry in 1946. (ITL171, $14.99)

M, The Man Who Became Caravaggio


by 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

Mammals of Europe


by 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. (FG61, $38.50)

Marco Polo and the Discovery of the World

Marco Polo and the Discovery of the World


by John Larner

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A scholarly, insightful study of the impact of the venetian merchant-explorer's impact on European ideas and knowledge of the world. (EXP22, $21.00)

Michelin Green Guide Italy

Michelin Green Guide Italy


by 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)

Michelin Green Guide Venice

Michelin Green Guide Venice


by Michelin Travel Publications

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

With suggested tours, site plans of major attractions and excellent neighborhood maps. (ITL818, $19.99)

The Middle Sea

The Middle Sea


by 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. (MED98, $21.00)

Milan Map

Milan Map


by Streetwise Maps

  • MAP

A detailed travel map of Milan. (ITL65, $8.95)

Milan Map


by Touring Club Italiano

  • 2004
  • MAP

An excellent map of Milan and surroundings at a scale of 1:15,000 by Touring Club Italiano. (ITL618, $12.95)

The Moon and the Bonfires

The Moon and the Bonfires


by Cesare Pavese | R.W. Flint | Mark Rudman

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

Pavese's last novel, published shortly before the writer's suicide in 1950, is his evocation of post-Mussolini Italy. The protagonist, an emigrant, returns to Northern Italy from America in the wake of World War II. (ITL427, $14.00)

Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana

Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana


by Umberto Eco | Geoffrey Brock

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 480 PAGES

This novel of ideas, set between Milan and Turin, by Italian bestselling author Eco delves into pop culture and Italian history. (ITL717, $18.00)

A Noble Radiance

A Noble Radiance


by Donna Leon

  • MYSTERY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 277 PAGES

Number seven in the Guido Brunetti mysteries, all memorably set in contemporary Venice. For some readers, this installment is the best yet. A body is found on the estate of a local landowner at the foot of the Dolomites. (ITL557, $14.00)

On the Making of Gardens

On the Making of Gardens


by 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. (ITL499, $16.95)

On The Road with Francis of Assisi

On The Road with Francis of Assisi


by Linda Bird Francke

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

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

One-Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in Italy


by Paolo Lazzarin

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 276 PAGES

Each charming town gets an appreciative essay and evocative color photographs in this handsome tribute and excellent guide. (ITL546, $45.00)

Othello


by William Shakespeare | Roma Gill

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

An Oxford School Shakespeare edition. (ITL527, $7.95)

The Ottoman Centuries

The Ottoman Centuries


by Lord Kinross

  • HISTORY
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 638 PAGES

A richly detailed, engrossing history of the Ottoman Empire from its dawn in 1300 up to the foundation of the modern republic in 1923, enhanced by maps and photos. (ITL54, $18.99)

The Oxford Illustrated History of Italy


by George Holmes

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

This generously illustrated volume tackles the full sweep of Italian history. (ITL306, $31.95)

Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy, A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style

Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy, A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style


by Michael Baxandall

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 183 PAGES

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)

Painting in Renaissance Venice


by Peter Humfrey

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A compact, well illustrated introduction to Bellini, Titian, Tinteretto and other Venetian masters. With 80 fine color plates. Humfrey balances the works themselves and individual painters with information on the social and political background of the period. (ITL492, $28.00)

Palladio

Palladio


by James Ackerman

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1974
  • PAPER
  • 170 PAGES

James Ackerman's seminal biography of Venetian architect Andrea Palladio. (ITL234, $15.00)

Paradise of Cities, Venice in the 19th Century

Paradise of Cities, Venice in the 19th Century


by John Julius Norwich

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

A portrait of Venice as seen by the 19th-century literati, mostly British. (ITL483, $16.00)

The Perfect House, A Journey with Renaissance Master Andrew Palladio


by Witold Rybczynski

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A professor of urban studies and popular author, Rybczynski is an enlightening guide to Palladio and his influence in Italy and abroad. (ITL590, $19.99)

Pimsleur Quick & Simple Italian


by 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. (ITL630, $19.95)

The Prince


by 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)

Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron

Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron


by Edward Trelawney

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

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, $13.95)

Red Guide Italia, Hotels and Restaurants

Red Guide Italia, Hotels and Restaurants


by Michelin Travel Publications

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 1360 PAGES

The venerable Michelin Red Guide to dining and lodging in Italy, revised annually. (ITL275, $29.99)

Renaissance Florence, The Invention of a New Art

Renaissance Florence, The Invention of a New Art


by A. Richard Turner

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

A cultural and social history of the city focusing on the great art and famous monuments, featuring vivid color pictures and illustrations. (ITL50, $40.80)

Renaissance Philosophy of Man, Petrarca, Valla, Ficino, Pico, Pomponazzi, Vives


by 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' Italian Phrase Book & Dictionary


by Rick Steves

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 281 PAGES

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 of Christianity


by Rodney Stark

  • RELIGION
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

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)

Riviera di Levante, Golfo Tigullio, Cinque Terre

Riviera di Levante, Golfo Tigullio, Cinque Terre


by Litographia Artistica Cartographica

  • MAP

A regional map at a scale of 1:140,000. (ITL779, $12.95)

Romeo and Juliet


by William Shakespeare

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

This edition of the Bard's tragedy is heavily footnoted, providing lots of textual commentary. (ITL322, $10.95)

Rough Guide Italy

Rough Guide Italy


by 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)

Rough Guide Venice & the Veneto

Rough Guide Venice & the Veneto


by Jonathan Buckley

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 440 PAGES

This intelligent, comprehensive guide includes helpful travel details along with a good overview of history, culture and art. (ITL554, $19.99)

Short Stories in Italian, Racconti in Italiano


by Nick Roberts

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 174 PAGES

These modern tales in the bilingual series of Penguin Parallel Texts make for good reading in any language. (ITL730, $14.00)

Shorter Walks in the Dolomites

Shorter Walks in the Dolomites


by Gillian Price

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

One of a series of practical guides on walks and treks in the Dolomites by the British publisher. (ITL725, $19.95)

A Small Place In Italy

A Small Place In Italy


by Eric Newby

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

Naturally, the Newbys return to Italy. In this warm tale of 25 splendid years at their farm in northwest Tuscany, their house I Castagni plays as much a role (it was a ruin) as the uproarious Newby, the unflappable Wanda and their many eccentric neighbors. (ITL111, $14.99)

Songbirds, Truffles and Wolves, An American Naturalist in Italy

Songbirds, Truffles and Wolves, An American Naturalist in Italy


by Gary Paul Nabhan

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

The author, a poet and naturalist, heads along the Franciscan Way from Florence to Assisi. This most unusual travelogue combines natural history, spirituality and a lively appreciation of local food and food traditions. A print-on-demand paperback. (ITL99, $16.00)

Spartacus


by 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. (ITL544, $49.95)

The Talented Mr. Ripley


by Anthony Minghella

  • 1999
  • DVD

A suspenseful thriller of obsession and jealousy starring Matt Damon and Jude Law, based on the popular mystery by Patricia Highsmith. (ITL542, $14.99)

Taming of the Shrew, The Oxford Shakespeare


by William Shakespeare | H.J. Oliver

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A volume in the Oxford Shakespeare series. (ITL526, $10.95)

That Fine Italian Hand


by Paul Hoffman

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 246 PAGES

An affectionate -- and insightful -- portrait of a people. (ITL346, $17.99)

Through a Glass, Darkly

Through a Glass, Darkly


by Donna Leon

  • MYSTERY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

Number 15 in the enormously satisfying, wonderfully erudite series memorably set in the author's beloved Venice and starring police commissioner Guido Brunetti. (ITL714, $14.00)

Time Out Milan

Time Out Milan


by 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)

Time Out Venice: Verona, Treviso, And The Veneto

Time Out Venice: Verona, Treviso, And The Veneto


by Time Out

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 335 PAGES

An up-to-date guide on what to do and where to go by the people who publish Time Out Magazine. (ITL672, $19.95)

Timeless Cities, An Architect's Reflections on Renaissance Italy

Timeless Cities, An Architect's Reflections on Renaissance Italy


by David Mayernik

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 274 PAGES

In this thoughtful book, Mayernik shows the philosophical and religious meaning behind the planning and architecture of Rome, Florence, Venice, Siena and Pienza. (ITL589, $18.95)

The Titian Committee

The Titian Committee


by Iain Pears

  • MYSTERY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 230 PAGES

In this second Jonathan Argyll book, the amiable and incompetent professor Jonathan Argyll and the vivacious Flavia di Stefano of the Italian Art Theft Squad investigate the murder of a prestigious member of the scholarly Titian Committee. (ITL741, $6.99)

Travelers' Tales Italy

Travelers' Tales Italy


by Ann Calcagno | Jan Morris

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 437 PAGES

A collection of 48 stories on traveling in Italy and Italian life, featuring the writing of Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Frances Mayes, Jonathan Keats, Stanley Crouch and others. (ITL182, $18.95)

A Traveller's Companion to Venice

A Traveller's Companion to Venice


by John Julius Norwich

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

An illuminating selection, edited and introduced by the great John Julius Norwich. (ITL484, $16.95)

A Traveller's History of Italy

A Traveller's History of Italy


by 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)

Treasury of Byzantine Ornament: 255 Motifs from St. Mark's and Ravenna

Treasury of Byzantine Ornament: 255 Motifs from St. Mark's and Ravenna


by Arne Dehli

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 112 PAGES

A great reference for anyone with an interest in 6th- and 7th-century Byzantine art and architecture. This guide provides clear line drawings of interior and exterior adornments; thorough and well-illustrated. (ITL690, $12.95)

Treks in the Dolomites

Treks in the Dolomites


by Gillian Price | Martin Collins

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 133 PAGES

A detailed practical guide to the two best-known long-distance walks through the Dolomites: the Alta Via 1 -- Lago di Braies to Belluno (9-13 days) and Alta Via 2 -- Bressanone to Feltre (10-16 days). (ITL692, $19.95)

Trentino Alto-Adige Map

Trentino Alto-Adige Map


by Touring Club Italiano

  • MAP

A colorful regional map of the Italian Dolomites at a scale of 1:200,000. (ITL42, $14.95)

Trentino Alto-Adige Map

Trentino Alto-Adige Map


by Touring Club Italiano

  • MAP

A colorful regional map of the Italian Dolomites at a scale of 1:200,000. (ITL42, $14.95)

Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere

Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere


by Jan Morris

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

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)

The Tuscan Year, Tuscan Life and Food in an Italian Valley

The Tuscan Year, Tuscan Life and Food in an Italian Valley


by Elizabeth Romer

  • FOOD
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 182 PAGES
  • FAVORITE
  • OUT OF PRINT

An intimate portrait of life on a Tuscan farm as seen primarily through the robust food and a Longitude favorite. 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. (ITL131, $14.00)

Tuscany in Mind

Tuscany in Mind


by Alice Powers

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

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)

Under the Tuscan Sun

Under the Tuscan Sun


by 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. (ITL85, $15.00)

Uniform Justice

Uniform Justice


by Donna Leon

  • MYSTERY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 258 PAGES

Another satisfying entry in the Guido Brunetti series of Venetian mysteries. (ITL558, $14.00)

Unspeakable Women, Selected Short Stories Written by Italian Women During Facism


by 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

A Valley in Italy, The Many Seasons of a Villa in Umbria


by 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 customs and landscapes, the book is an excellent introduction to the region (ITL98, $14.99)

A Venetian Affair, A True Tale of Forbidden Love in the 18th Century

A Venetian Affair, A True Tale of Forbidden Love in the 18th Century


by Andrea Di Robilant

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

This lively account of an affair between an Anglo-Italian beauty and her aristocratic lover (in which Casanova has a minor role) plays out in the richly evoked milieu of 18th-century Venice, Paris and London. (ITL604, $15.95)

Venetian Life

Venetian Life


by William Dean Howells

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

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

Veneto Friuli Venezia Giulia Map


by 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. (ITL22, $12.95)

Venice and the East: The Impact of the Islamic World on Venetian Architecture 1100-1500


by Deborah Howard

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 300 PAGES

A magnificently illustrated, illuminating survey of the Islamic roots of Venetian architecture. (ITL796, $70.00)

Venice and the Slavs, The Discovery of Dalmatia in the Age of Enlightenment

Venice and the Slavs, The Discovery of Dalmatia in the Age of Enlightenment


by Larry Wolff

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 404 PAGES

Wolf focuses on the circa-1700s Venetian Empire in the Balkans as a way to explore relations between eastern and western Europe in this fascinating, scholarly study of the region. (BLK35, $29.95)

Venice Observed

Venice Observed


by 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. (ITL27, $13.95)

Venice Revealed, An Intimate Portrait


by Paolo Barbero

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 233 PAGES

An appreciation and rediscovery of Venice, its mysteries and pleasures by a native son. (ITL678, $27.00)

Venice Triumphant, The Horizons of a Myth


by Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan | Lydia Cochrane

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • HARD COVER
  • 432 PAGES

A well-received scholarly history of Venice, organized thematically. (ITL504, $56.00)

Venice, a Maritime Republic

Venice, a Maritime Republic


by Frederic C. Lane

  • HISTORY
  • 1973
  • PAPER
  • 505 PAGES

Lane focuses on the history of trade, taking in not just on La Serenissima but also Dubrovink and the other cities of its once far-flung domain. (ITL24, $32.00)

Venice, City of Art

Venice, City of Art


by Matteo Varia | Livio Bourbon | Richard Pierce

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 128 PAGES

A lively photographic celebration of the architecture, art and life of Venice with extended captions and accompanying essays. (ITL721, $27.95)

Venice, Lion City

Venice, Lion City


by Garry Wills

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

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 Tourist Maze

Venice, the Tourist Maze


by Robert C. Davis | Garry R. Marvin

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

A history of the impact and importance of tourism in Venice, a city that both thrives on and suffers from the millions of people who visit it every year. The authors paint a sobering picture of the state of the city today and the prospects for its future. (ITL648, $26.95)

Verona Map

Verona Map


by Litographia Artistica Cartographica

  • MAP

A colorful, folded travel map to Verona, Italy. (ITL453, $12.95)

Voice of the Violin

Voice of the Violin


by Andrea Camilleri | Stephen Sartarelli

  • MYSTERY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

The fourth installment in the popular Inspector Montalbano series, complete with a quirky cast of Sicilian characters. (ITL537, $14.00)

The Walker's Literary Companion

The Walker's Literary Companion


by Robert Gilbert | Anne Wallace | Jeffrey Robinson

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 352 PAGES

A diverse sampling of literature on the pleasures of walking, representing philosophers, naturalists, outcasts, athletes and intellectuals from Plato to Frank O'Hara. (WLK08, $24.00)

Walking

Walking


by Henry David Thoreau

  • REFERENCE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 92 PAGES

Slip this pocket edition of Thoreau's meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel in your daypack for inspiration. (WLK04, $9.99)

Walking in the Dolomites

Walking in the Dolomites


by Gillian Price

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

A comprehensive walker's guide to the Dolomites geared to a wide variety of difficulty levels. Illustrated with photographs and maps. (ITL289, $19.95)

Wallpaper City Guide Milan

Wallpaper City Guide Milan


by 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)

Watermark

Watermark


by Joseph Brodsky

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 135 PAGES

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, $13.00)

Wildflowers of Britain and Europe

Wildflowers of Britain and Europe


by Margaret and Roland Spohn

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Over 450 species of wild flower are covered, each beautifully illustrated with detailed paintings and clear photographs. (EUR46, $21.95)

Wine Country Europe, Touring, Tasting, And Buying At European Regional Wineries

Wine Country Europe, Touring, Tasting, And Buying At European Regional Wineries


by 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. (EUR191, $35.00)

Worldly Goods, A New History of the Renaissance


by Lisa Jardine

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 470 PAGES

A history of the influence of commerce on the Renaissance. (ITL173, $19.95)

 

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