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These 5 items are available for $84, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXITL377)

Eyewitness Guide Florence & Tuscany  •  Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 312 PAGES This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent maps and a neighborhood-by-neighborhood synopsis of the region's attractions. (ITL46, $25.00)
Renaissance Florence, The Invention of a New Art  •  A. Richard Turner ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1997 •  PAPER  • 176 PAGES Taking as his cue the great art and famous monuments of Florence, Turner explores the cultural and social history of the city. It's an art and architecture oriented guide with abundant color illustrations. A volume in the Prentice Hall Perspectives series. Second edition. (ITL50, $24.95)
The City of Florence, Historical Vistas and Personal Sightings  •  R.W.B. Lewis CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1996 •  PAPER  • 350 PAGES • FAVORITE A personal and vivid tour of the city and its riches which interweaves Florence's history with personal observation by the fine biographer of Edith Wharton and Henry James. Lewis has written what he calls "a partial biography of Florence." (ITL47, $19.00)
The House of Medici, Its Rise and Fall  •  Christopher Hibbert HISTORY •  1982 •  PAPER  • 364 PAGES This is a great book to read before going to Florence, where the influence of the Medicis and the artists they supported is still very much in evidence. It's a history of the powerful Florentine family by the entertaining and informative Christopher Hibbert. He evokes the Medici and their reign over Florence in the 1500's, and the political intrigue and violence of those times. (ITL135, $16.00)
Florence Map  •  Borch Maps 2006 •  MAP A detailed, plastic-covered city map of Florence at a scale of 1:7,000. Folds for easy carrying. (ITL59, $7.95)

Blue Guide Florence  •  Alta MacAdam   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive guide to Florence, heavily focused on art and architecture. This edition also includes practical information on hotels, restaurants and shops. (ITL137, $27.95)
City Secrets: Florence, Venice, and the Towns of Italy  •  Robert Kahn   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An inspired collection of favorite places, experiences, excursions and events in Italy; the contributors are often artists, architects, or members of the American Academy in Rome. (ITL277, $19.95)
Fodor's Florence's 25 Best  •  Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A shirt-pocket guide and map. (ITL140, $11.95)
Made in Italy, A Shopper's Guide  •  Laura Morelli   • GUIDEBOOK  •  The second edition of Morelli's expert survey of handcrafted Italian shops and products from Murano glass to ceramics, jewelry and leather. (ITL473, $24.95)
The Food Lover's Guide to Florence, With Culinary Excursions in Tuscany  •  Emily Wise Miller   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Miller polled neighbors, friends, cooks and ordinary folk for this delectable guide to 125 eateries, organized by neighborhood. (ITL841, $14.95)
Time Out Florence, and the Best of Tuscany  •  Lesley McCave   • GUIDEBOOK  •  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)
Biba's Italy, Favorite Recipes from the Splendid Cities  •  Biba Caggiano   • FOOD  •  Ms. Caggiano focuses on regional, seasonal food in this omnibus cookbook (featuring 100 recipes), menu planner and travel guide to Rome, Florence, Bologna, Milan and Venice. Nicely produced, this handsome sepia-toned book includes recommended restaurants, cafes and markets in each city. (ITL777, $29.95)
April Blood, Florence and the Plot Against the Medici  •  Lauro Martines   • HISTORY  •  An absorbing chronicle of corruption and murder in Renaissance Florence, brimming with details on double-dealings, greed and backstabbing among Italy's elite. (ITL502, $16.95)
Florence, A Portrait  •  Michael Levey   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A history of Florence as seen through its art. A "New York Times Book Review" Notable Book of the Year. (ITL136, $22.95)
La Bella Figura, A Field Guide to the Italian Mind  •  Beppe Severgnini   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Hugely popular in Italy, this guide to the Italian character addresses the apparently never-ending passion for beauty, disorder and high emotion. Severgnini opens the book with a snapshot of the hubbub at Malpensa Airport, then moves on to Tuscany, Rome, Naples and Sardinia. (ITL718, $12.95)
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)
The Renaissance, A Short History  •  Paul Johnson   • HISTORY  •  The history, background, literature, sculpture, paintings and architecture of the Renaissance in just over 200 lively, thought-provoking pages. (ITL774, $12.95)
Tuscan Country, A Photographer's Journey  •  Wes Walker   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Walker captures the allure of the hill towns, including Siena, Lucca, Pisa and smaller cities and villages in 100 luminous color photographs. (ITL848, $29.95)
Brunelleschi's Dome, How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture  •  Ross King   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  The story of the design and construction of the dome in the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, a tale rife with politics, cut-throat competition and mighty inspiration. (ITL410, $14.00)
Florence, The City and its Architecture  •  Richard Goy   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  An authoritative and handsomely illustrated overview of the city. Richard Goy, who has also written a book on the architecture of Venice, pays particular attention to the topography and character of the city. (ITL697, $39.95)
The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance  •  Peter Murray   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A classic, informative guide to Renaissance architecture throughout Italy. with black-and-white photographs and site plans. Ideal for travelers to Italy with an interest in architecture. (ITL34, $17.95)
The Art of Florence  •  John Hunisak  •  Glen Andres  •  A. Richard Turner   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A magnificent, prize-winning survey of Florentine painting, architecture and sculpture. (ITL474, $185.00)
The Art of the Renaissance  •  Peter Murray   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A classic, illustrated survey of the world of the Renaissance and its art. With chapters on Florence and its artists, the Netherlands, early illustrated books, and many individual artists. (ITL14, $18.95)
The Stones of Florence  •  Mary McCarthy   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  The classic history of the art, architecture and culture of Florence. Novelist McCarthy takes us on a quick and vivid tour of the history of the Medicis and the city of Florence, focusing on Renaissance art. (ITL15, $14.00)
Galileo's Daughter, A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love  •  Dava Sobel   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The life of Sister Maria Celeste, Galileo Galilei's illegitimate daughter, as told through letters to her father. (ITL176, $16.00)
The Italian Renaissance Reader  •  Julia Conway and Peter Bondanella  •  Mark Musa   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Introducing artists and thinkers of the Renaissance, this colelction includes selections by Francesca Petrarca, Giovanni Boccacio, Leonardo Da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli and Benvenuto Cellini. (ITL218, $17.00)
A Room with a View  •  E.M. Forster   • LITERATURE  •  E.M. Forster's classic tale of love among the middle classes, set largely in Florence. (ITL142, $9.95)
Romola  •  George Eliot   • LITERATURE  •  George Eliot is best-known for novels of English country life, but in this book she recreates Renaissance Florence. (ITL318, $14.00)
The Agony and the Ecstasy, A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo  •  Irving Stone   • LITERATURE  •  An overheated, page-turning fictionalized account of the life of master painter and sculptor Michelangelo -- and a good introduction to Renaissance Florence and Rome. (ITL150, $16.00)
The Birth of Venus, A Novel  •  Sarah Dunant   • LITERATURE  •  A rich novel of art, passion and patronage, memorably set in late 15th-century Florence and prominently featuring the famously pious reformer Savonarola. (ITL532, $13.95)
The Light in the Piazza and Other Italian Tales  •  Elizabeth Spencer   • LITERATURE  •  The touching tale of young (and not so young) love, now a Broadway musical. Spencer, a southerner like her characters Margaret and Clara, writes eloquently of the transformation of a mother and daughter by Florence. (ITL628, $18.00)