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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $67, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXITL561)		  
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
The Ancient Shore  •  Shirley Hazzard
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2009 •  PAPER  • 144 PAGES
Written over several decades, Hazzard's lovely, lyrical collection of essays captures the history, beauty, complexities and contradictions of Naples. The book includes a celebrated New Yorker essay by her late husband Francis Steegmuller. (ITL967, $18.00)		   The Ancient Shore
Greene on Capri, A Memoir  •  Shirley Hazzard
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2001 •  PAPER  • 160 PAGES
Slices of literary hobnobbing mixed with generous descriptions of the Italian island. This memoir is ultimately 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)		   Greene on Capri, A Memoir
Sorrento Peninsula & Amalfi Coast Map  •  Litographia Artistica Cartographica
MAP
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. Two Sides. 29x43 inches. (ITL432, $13.99)		   Sorrento Peninsula & Amalfi Coast Map



Also Recommended

Footprint Italia, Naples & Amalfi Coast  •  Nick Bruno   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This detailed, comprehensive guide in the Footprint series covers Naples and the Amalfi coast, with practical information of accommodations, food, events and sights. Perfect for the independent traveler. (ITA74, $19.99)
 		  
Rick Steves' Italian Phrase Book & Dictionary  •  Rick Steves   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  This compact phrase book, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary, also includes Steves' insight into how to break the ice and make friends around the world. (ITL424, $8.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
In the Shadow of Vesuvius  •  Jordan Lancaster   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A sparkling portrait of Naples from its volcanic origins to its lively present. Lancaster's cultural history explores the city's tumultuous past, its spirited inhabitants and the mythical allure that's drawn so many travelers to its siren song. (ITL969, $16.95)
 		  
La Bella Figura, A Field Guide to the Italian Mind  •  Beppe Severgnini   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Italians themselves love this guide to the Italian character, which 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, $14.00)
 		  
Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome  •  Christopher Scarre   • HISTORY  •  A vivid overview of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire and its expansion throughout North Africa and the Mediterranean, illustrated with ingenious color maps on many topics (political borders, trade, defense, religion) and 80 color photographs. (ITL29, $18.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
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)
 		  
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)
 		  
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)
 		  
On the Shores of the Mediterranean  •  Eric Newby   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A sparkling observer and famously entertaining, Newby tackles the Mediterranean in this merry classic account of travels to North Africa, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Cairo and Jerusalem. (MED25, $18.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Sailing to Capri  •  Elizabeth Adler   • MYSTERY  •  Bestselling author Adler weaves a suspenseful tale of a cruise, where nothing is what it seems, no one is telling the truth, and murder happens. (ITL965, $14.99)
 		  
South Wind  •  Norman Douglas   • LITERATURE  •  The liberating effects of temperament and temperature on the island of Nepenthe (AKA Capri) draw an Anglican bishop into an intriguing web of murder in this classic novel by the author of Old Calabria. (GRE415, $15.95)
 		  
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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