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These 4 items are available for $62, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXITL579)

Insight Guide Italian Lakes  •  Insight Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES An illustrated guide in this popular series, noteworthy for its maps and illuminating short essays on food, history and culture. Now with restaurant and hotel recommendations, is in a smaller, handier size and a separate, pull-out touring map. Includes a detailed chapter on Milan. (ITL982, $18.99)
La Bella Figura, A Field Guide to the Italian Mind  •  Beppe Severgnini CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2007 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES • BEST SELLER Hugely popular in Italy, this witty guide to the Italian character addresses the apparently never-ending Italian passion for beauty, disorder and high emotion. An Italian journalist, Severgnini opens with a snapshot of the hubbub at Malpensa Airport, taking the unwary reader firmly by the hand on a journey to Milan,Tuscany, Rome, Naples and Sardinia. He hilariously points out Italian rituals and quirks from the highway to hotels, bedrooms, restaurants, the office and beach. (ITL718, $12.95)
D.H. Lawrence and Italy  •  D.H. Lawrence  •  Tim Parks TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2008 •  PAPER  • 495 PAGES A collection of D.H. Lawrence's travel writings on Italy, each wonderful and very different in tone. "Sea and Sardinia" is a nostalgic look at traditional ways of life on the island, "Twilight in Italy" an evocation of Lawrence's stay on Lake Garda and "Etruscan Places" a meditation on ancient lives. (ITL62, $21.15)
Italian Lakes Map  •  Litographia Artistica Cartographica MAP A detailed map of the Italian lakes region, including Orta, Lugano, Como and Maggiore, at the excellent scale of 1:100,000, produced in Italy. Two Sides. 25x35 inches. (ITL431, $12.95)

Lombardia Regional Map  •  Touring Club Italiano    •  A colorful regional map of Lombardy. (ITL120, $12.95)
Milan Map  •  Streetwise Maps    •  A detailed travel map of Milan. (ITL65, $8.95)
Blue Guide Northern Italy, from the Alps to the Adriatic  •  Paul Blanchard   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This guide by a popular tour leader provides a thorough overview of the history, art and architecture of northern Italy from Trieste across to the Valle d'Aosta, Venice, Verona, Milan, Genoa and Bologna. (ITL48, $32.95)
Cadogan Guide Lombardy & the Italian Lakes  •  Dana Facaros   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Cadogan brings travelers Lombardy and the Italian Lakes in all their glory, from the powerhouse of Milan to the idyllic beauty and tranquility of Lake Garda and the Renaissance cities of the Lombard Plain. (ITL44, $19.95)
Eyewitness Guide Milan and the Lakes  •  Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  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)
Fodor's Milan's 25 Best  •  Fodor's Travel Publications   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A handy, shirt-pocket guide to Milan with a map and essential information on its highlights. (ITL608, $11.99)
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)
Rough Guide Italian Lakes  •  Lucy Ratcliffe   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This comprehensive guide in the British series nicely balances a historical and cultural overview with practical travel information. (ITA34, $19.99)
Biba's Italy  •  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)
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)
The Italians  •  Luigi Barzini   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  The definitive portrait of the Italian people, this is a classic, scholarly essay on the Italian character. Though first published in 1964, it's still worth reading for its insight, grace and wit. (ITL05, $16.00)
Art and Authority in Renaissance Milan  •  Evelyn S. Welch   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A scholarly study of art, architecture and patronage in Renaissance Milan. (ITL405, $75.00)
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 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)
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)
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)
The Italian Summer: Golf, Food, and Family at Lake Como  •  Roland Merullo   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  With his customary wit, a keen eye and down-to-earth style, Merullo shares this congenial account of a summer with his family in Italy and Switzerland, offering delicious descriptions of wonderful meals, colorful characters -- and rounds of golf at some of the most beautiful courses in Europe. He is a golf fanatic. (ITA67, $24.99)
A Farewell to Arms  •  Ernest Hemingway   • LITERATURE  •  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)
Foucault's Pendulum  •  Umberto Eco  •  William Weaver   • LITERATURE  •  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)
Good Blood  •  Aaron J. Elkins   • MYSTERY  •  In the eleventh Gideon Oliver novel, the anthropologist vacations with his wife at an Italian estate in Lake Maggiore. However, beautiful views and delicious food can't compete with the disappearance of their host's child and the discovery of bones. (ITL739, $6.99)
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)
The Betrothed  •  Alessandro Manzoni   • LITERATURE  •  By many accounts the first modern Italian novel, Manzoni's 1827 classic concerns star-crossed lovers in 17th-century Lombardy. Promoted during unification, Italy's best-known novel has been made into films and a musical. (ITL414, $17.00)
The Devil in the Hills  •  Cesare Pavese   • LITERATURE  •  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)
On the Making of Gardens  •  George Sitwell   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  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)