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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $67, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXITL34)		  
The Italians  •  Luigi Barzini
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1996 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES
The definitive portrait of the Italian people, noteworthy for its insight, grace and wit. It's a classic, scholarly essay on the Italian character, still worthwhile though first published in 1964. Much historical information is included. Highly recommended. (ITL05, $16.00)		   The Italians
Italian Days  •  Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1998 •  PAPER  • 479 PAGES • FAVORITE
A literary celebration, portrait and guide to Italy and the Italians. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison writes with warmth and depth of her journey from Milan south to Calabria in this sprightly account. It's one of our favorite books about place. (ITL02, $15.00)		   Italian Days
Eyewitness Guide Naples & Amalfi Coast  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES
This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the region's attractions. Covering Naples, Pompeii, Herculaneum, and the Amalfi coast, it focuses on culture, history and art. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (ITL107, $25.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Naples & Amalfi Coast
Campania Basilicata Map  •  Touring Club Italiano
MAP
A colorful, durable map of Campania, including Naples and the Amalfi Coast at a scale of 1:200,000. Two Sides. 38x54 inches. (ITL116, $14.95)		   Campania Basilicata Map



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Ischia/Capri Map  •  Instituto Geografico De Agostini    •  A map of both Capri and Ischia at a scale of 1:28,000. (ITL500, $6.95)
 		  
Sorrento Peninsula & Amalfi Coast Map  •  Litographia Artistica Cartographica    •  A detailed road map of the Sorrento Peninsula and Amalfi Coast, including Pompeii, Nocera and Salerno, with an inset map of Capri at a scale of 1:35,000, showing hiking trails, tracks, historic buildings and attractions. With travel information on the reverse. (ITL432, $13.99)
 		  
The Food of Italy  •  Waverly Root   • FOOD  •  Evocative of Italy and its diverse cuisine, this classic book, organized geographically, offers a cook's tour of the country. It's a well-informed and wonderful culinary guide. (ITL75, $22.00)
 		  
Between Salt Water and Holy Water, A History of Southern Italy  •  Tommaso Astarita   • HISTORY  •  Astarita captures the fanfare, rivalry and changing fortunes of Sicily from antiquity through Norman, Spanish and Bourbon rule to unification and the 20th century. (ITL597, $22.95)
 		  
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, $29.00)
 		  
Pompeii, Public and Private Life  •  Paul Zanker  •  Deborah Schneider   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A comprehensive guide to the architecture, people and culture of Pompeii, focusing on both grand public spaces and private villas. With 21 color illustrations and 55 halftones, including site plans, models, mosaics and sculpture. (ITL114, $32.50)
 		  
Vesuvius A.D. 79  •  Giovanni Patricelli  •  Ernesto De Carolis   • HISTORY  •  An illustrated account of the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius drawing on science, report, literature and folklore. (ITL568, $29.95)
 		  
Pompeii, The Living City  •  Alex Butterworth  •  Ray Laurence   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A meticulous historical and archaeological reconstruction of the city of Pompeii, its people, culture and daily rituals both before and after 79 AD, the year of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. (ITL773, $29.95)
 		  
Christ Stopped at Eboli, The Story of a Year  •  Carlo Levi  •  Frances Frenaye   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  An affecting memoir of southern Italy, originally published in 1947, it stems from the author's forced relocation to the region as punishment for anti-fascist political activity. (ITL09, $15.00)
 		  
Greene on Capri, A Memoir  •  Shirley Hazzard   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  This book is ultimately a memoir about the author's friendship with Graham Greene, but there's plenty of commentary of Capri's history and culture for those seeking a flavor of the place. (ITL440, $15.00)
 		  
Italian Hours  •  Henry James   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A classic series of travel essays written between 1872 and 1909 on the art, religion and people of Italy. James is an observant guide to Rome, Naples, Florence and other great destinations in the 19th century. (ITL07, $17.00)
 		  
Italian Journey, 1786-1788  •  Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe  •  W.H. Auden  •  Elizabeth Meyer   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  "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)
 		  
Naples '44, A World War II Diary of Occupied Italy  •  Norman Lewis   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A classic book by one of the 20th century's great travel writers. Naples '44 is funny and moving, and ultimately a meditation on war and the indomitable character of the Italian people. (ITL603, $14.95)
 		  
Cosi Fan Tutti  •  Michael Dibdin   • MYSTERY  •  Romantic entanglements complicate the investigation of a murder in Naples in this installment of the enjoyable series. (ITL623, $13.95)
 		  
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, $17.95)
 		  
Pompeii, A Novel  •  Robert Harris   • LITERATURE  •  In this fast-paced historical novel set in Pompeii, a young engineer sets out to repair the Roman aqueducts and discovers the imminent eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Full of suspense and period detail. (ITL560, $7.99)
 		  
The Seven Sisters  •  Margaret Drabble   • LITERATURE  •  A novel in diary form about an aging Englishwoman, Candida Wilton, who leaves rural life for gritty London when she divorces her husband. The second half of the book is about Candida's hilarious and emotional trip to Naples to see the city of Virgil's Aeneid. (ITL572, $18.95)
 		  
The Volcano Lover, A Romance  •  Susan Sontag   • LITERATURE  •  A steamy and evocative historical novel by social critic Sontag, set in 18th-century Naples. The sweeping story focuses on the British Ambassador to the King in Naples, his passionate and notorious love, and her infatuation with Lord Nelson. (ITL143, $16.00)
 		  
 
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