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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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TUSCANY & CINQUE TERRE - CULTURIOUS

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Amazing Disgrace

Amazing Disgrace


by James Hamilton-Paterson

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER

Darker than Hamilton-Paterson's previous outing (Cooking With Fernet) starring Gerald Samper, this hilarious sequel skewers British pretension and the glories of expatriate life in Tuscany. (ITL806, $14.95)

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)

Summer's Lease

Summer's Lease


by John Mortimer

  • MYSTERY
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A well-paced mystery set in the Tuscan countryside, by Sir John Morimer, author of Rumpole of the Bailey. Poor Molly Pargeter's idyll is upset when the water supply fails and a neighbor dies. John Gielgud starred in the Masterpiece Theatre adaptation as the seriously mischievous Haverford Downs. (ITL580, $18.00)

Time Out Florence, and the Best of Tuscany

Time Out Florence, and the Best of Tuscany


by Lesley McCave

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

Compact and up-to-date, this is an outstanding guide for where to go and what to do in Florence and the nearby towns of Pisa, Siena, Arezzo and Lucca. (ITL659, $19.95)

Walking and Eating in Tuscany and Umbria

Walking and Eating in Tuscany and Umbria


by James Ladsun | Pia Davis

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 394 PAGES

A practical guide to walking and eating your way through the region, this book includes 40 suggested itineraries, mostly day hikes, with maps, details on local attractions, and illustrations. (ITL97, $20.00)

 

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