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Ancient Rome
• Peter Connolly
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Journey back to ancient Rome to learn about its people and culture, from aspects of daily life to famous archtitecture and historical figures.
(ITL832, $21.95)
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Ancient Rome, Cultural Atlas For Young People
• Mike Corbishley
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Offers a wealth of lively information about the geography, society, religion, and politics of Ancient Rome.
(ITL854, $35.00)
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Are We There Yet?
• David Levithan
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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Levithan makes the most of an excellent setup in this novel which places two brothers, 16 and 23, in Italy on vacation with their parents. Told in alternating chapters, the novel shows the changing relationship between the two very different youths.
(ITL611, $8.99)
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Berlitz Kids Italian Language Pack
• Berlitz Multimedia
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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This Italian language set, all packed in a red-handled box, includes a 64-page storybook, flashcards, a 200-word picture dictionary, audio CD, parent's guide and certificate. For kids ages 4 to 8.
(ITL270, $26.95)
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Bodies from the Ash, Ancient Pompeii
• James M. Deem
• ARCHAEOLOGY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Deem recreates the life and destruction of Pompeii on that terrible day in A.D. 79, geared for ages 9-11 with evocative photographs of buried Pompeii and its inhitants and interviews modern-day archaeolgists.
(ITL861, $17.00)
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Cathedral, The Story of its Construction
• David MacAulay
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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In this illuminating book for young readers, master draughtsman MacAulay presents text and innovative drawings that detail the planning and construction of a 13th-century Gothic cathedral. It's a masterpiece.
(EUR24, $18.00)
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Dante's Daughter
• Kimberley Heuston
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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A historical novel for young adults richly set in the poet's 14th-century Florence.
(ITL708, $16.95)
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Daughter of Venice
• Donna Jo Napoli
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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A young-adult historical novel about an independent-minded girl in 1592 Venice. Prevented by Venetian custom from walking about her own city, Donata dresses herself as a boy and sets out to see the sights.
(ITL343, $6.50)
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The Diary of Melanie Martin: Or How I Survived Matt the Brat, Michelangelo, and the Leaning Tower of Pizza
• Carol Weston
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Ten-year-old Melanie tells all about her family's summer trip to Italy, writing it all down in her dear diary, A hit on the middle-school market, it packs in a lot of cultural information while being very of-the-moment. Ages 8-10.
(ITL438, $5.50)
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Discovering Cultures Italy
• Margaret Gay Malone
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An overview of the people, and history of Italy for kids ages 7-9 in the series Discovering Cultures.
(ITL704, $28.50)
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Eyewitness: Ancient Rome
• Simon James
• Nick Nichols
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A visually rich survey of ancient Rome, this book in the excellent Eyewitness series explores daily life and history in Rome and the outlying empire.
(ITL337, $15.99)
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Getting The Boot
• Peggy Guthart Strauss
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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This young adult novel features 17-year-old Kelly Brandt and her adventures in Rome on a summer abroad. It's the second in the S.A.S.S. (Students Across the Seven Seas) series.
(ITL707, $6.99)
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High Dive
• Tammar Stein
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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In this tale of travel for young adults, Stein sketches with a deft hand both the delights of a summer trip to Europe and the protagonist's deeper concerns -- her father's recent death, her mother's recent deployment to Iraq.
(ITL963, $15.99)
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Into The Volcano, A Volcano Researcher at Work
• Donna O'Meara
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Omear'as lively, illusrtated eyewitness acount of adventures in volcanology including Kilauea in Hawaii, Arenal in Costa Rica, Pacaya in Guatemala, and Stromboli off the coast of Italy.
(GEO39, $9.95)
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Italy, the People
• Greg Nickles
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A cultural portrait of the Italian people, both northern and southern, well-illustrated with color photographs. It's suitable for middle-schoolers.
(ITL335, $7.95)
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Kids Italian Picture Dictionary
• Inc. Berlitz International
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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1,000 words central to a child's everyday life -- animals, flowers, people, colors, numbers and activities -- teach even the youngest readers Italian. Each word is illustrated and accompanied by a phonetic transcription and phrase.
(ITL449, $12.95)
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The Last Girls of Pompeii
• Kathryn Lasky
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Intoxicated by Pompeii even as a child, Kathyrn Lasky sets her dramatic tale for ages 10 and up on the streets and byways of ancient Pompeii in the days just before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Though fictional, Lasky draws from her visit to Pompeii and the writings of Pliny and others to evoke the world of the two girls.
(ITL819, $15.99)
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Learn Italian Together
• Living Language
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
• FAMILY
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These multimedia boxed sets feature CDs, games, stickers and adorable illustrations to help kids and parents pick up a new language together.
(ITL761, $22.95)
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Leonardo Da Vinci
• Kathleen Krull
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An illuminating biography in the Giants of Science series, geared for grades 4-8.
(ITL705, $15.99)
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Leonardo's Horse
• Hudson Talbott
• Jean Fritz
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• FAMILY
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Crackerjack children's writer Jean Fritz here presents an intriguing dual biography: first, of Leonardo da Vinci, who labored for years on a giant bronze sculpture of a horse, never finished; and secondly, of Charlie Dent, an American who in 1977 vowed to complete what Leonardo began.
(ITL344, $18.99)
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Leonardo, Beautiful Dreamer
• Robert Byrd
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An oversize, beautifully illustrated introduction to the life and work of Leonardo for 7-10 year olds.
(ITL487, $17.99)
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Pompeii, Lost & Found
• Mary Pope Osborne
• ARCHAEOLOGY
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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Osborne offers an enticing introduction to this fascinating city, long ago buried in the ash of Vesuvius. The main focus is on life in Pompeii before the volcano erupted, including the art, markets, architecture and entertainment.
(ITL803, $16.95)
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The Road to Damietta
• Scott O'Dell
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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A young adult novel of the young St. Francis of Assisi, narrated by Francis's teenage neighbor, who longs to marry him -- but whose plans are foiled when Francis takes vows of celibacy and charity.
(ITL319, $6.99)
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The Roman Colosseum, A Wonders of the World Book
• Elizabeth Mann
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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(ITL789, $9.95)
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The Roman News
• Philip Steele
• Andrew Langley
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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This imagined newspaper recaps major events of the Roman era in cartoons and tabloid prose. It's a fun approach to Roman history for readers ages 10 to 14.
(ITL339, $6.99)
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Rome Antics
• David MacAulay
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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The incomparable MacAulay depicts Rome, ancient and modern, in this illustrated book told from the point of view of a wayward pigeon. For readers of all ages.
(ITL64, $18.00)
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Rome, A Fold-out History of the Ancient Civilization
• Leigh Grant
• HISTORY
• FAMILY
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This full color books folds out to reveal a foot-tall and four-foot-long 3-D portrait of ancient Rome. It's designed accordion style with detailed color panels and descriptive information on the reverse.
(ITL674, $17.95)
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Rome, In Spectacular Cross-Section
• Andrew Solway
• Stephen Biesty
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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One in a series of books featuring the wonderfully detailed drawings by cutaway master Stephen Biesty, this one conveying daily life in ancient Rome. For kids 9-12.
(ITL538, $18.95)
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Starry Messenger, Galileo Galilei
• Peter Sis
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A beautifully illustrated homage to Galileo for children ages 6 to 8. In simple prose, Sis chronicles Galileo's life and evokes the Renaissance world. It's a memorable introduction to science and Italy.
(ITL331, $6.95)
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This Is Rome
• Miroslav Sasek
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A facsimile edition of the original Sasek picture pook.
(ITL822, $17.95)
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This Is Venice
• Miroslav Sasek
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A classic portrait of Venice for children. First published in 1961, this is a facsimile edition of Sasek's charming original with the same bright, stylized illustrations. Ages 4-8.
(ITL627, $17.95)
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The Town of Hercules, A Buried Treasure Trove
• Joseph Jay Deiss
• ARCHAEOLOGY
• YOUNG ADULTS
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Jammed with color photographs, site plans, photographs of artifacts and frescoes, and with quotes from Pleny the Elder and other eyewitnesses, this handsomely illustrated book reconstructs life in the first century Roman town. A popular author, Deiss doesn't skimp on the drama of eruption of Mount Vesuvius one morning in A.D. 79.
(ITL860, $19.95)
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You Wouldn't Want to Be a Roman Gladiator!
• John Malam
• David Antram
• HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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One in a clever educational series, this amusingly illustrated book discloses the gory details of life in the Roman arena.
(ITL340, $9.95)
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