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Veneto   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Eyewitness Guide Venice & the Veneto  •   Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 312 PAGES
Another in the long line of superb Eyewitness Guides, this one features color photography, dozens of excellent maps and a neighborhood-by-neighborhood synopsis of the region's attractions. It includes numerous cutaways and floor plans of local buildings as well. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (ITL200, $20.00)
  Eyewitness Guide Venice & the Veneto
The World of Venice  •  Jan Morris
HISTORY •  1995 •  PAPER  • 315 PAGES • FAVORITE
Morris displays her talent for research, telling anecdote and well-wrought prose in this spirited portrait of a beloved city, its history and inhabitants. If you are going to read one book on Venice, we recommend this favorite. Originally published in 1974 and revised for this edition, it's a tour de force. (ITL12, $16.00)
  The World of Venice
Art and Life in Renaissance Venice  •  Patricia Brown
ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 176 PAGES
With a strong focus on art, the author evokes the guilds, nobility and spirit of the Renaissance in her discussion of painting, sculpture and architecture. With 120 full-color illustrations. A volume in the Prentice Hall Perspectives series. Also in this same series is "Renaissance Florence." Second edition. (ITL57, $35.20)
  Art and Life in Renaissance Venice
Veneto Friuli Venezia Giulia Map  •   Touring Club Italiano
2008 •  MAP
A detailed, shaded relief map of the Veneto at a scale of 1:200,000. Accurate, colorful, and imported from Italy. Eigth edition. Two Sides. 37x54 inches. (ITL22, $12.95)
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Fodor's Venice's 25 Best  •   Citypack   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This shirt-pocket guide includes an excellent map of the city center and essential information. (ITL106, $11.99)
 
 
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)
 
 
A History of Venice  •  John Julius Norwich   • HISTORY  •  The great historian Norwich marshals myriad personalities, battles, sieges, and facts into a vivid portrait of the Venetian Republic spanning the 1000 years up to its 1797 defeat at the hands of Napoleon. (ITL177, $26.00)
 
 
The City of Falling Angels  •  John Berendt   • HISTORY  •  Berendt's masterful mix of damp aspirations, intrigue and eccentric personalities conveys a certain essence of what it's like to live in modern Venice. (ITL644, $15.00)
 
 
Venice Observed  •  Mary McCarthy   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Originally published over 30 years ago, this collection of eight essays is a literate, evocative celebration of the city, its character, and its history. (ITL27, $13.00)
 
 
Palladio and Palladianism  •  Robert Tavernor   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A well illustrated guide to the work of Andrea Palladio, the 16th century Venetian architect, and his followers. (ITL25, $16.95)
 
 
Venice, The Grand Canal  •  Daniele Resini   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  This ingenious book unfolds accordion-style to reveal a 42-foot panorama of the palaces, churches and museums fronting Venice's glorious Grand Canal. The photographer, Daniele Resini, took the photographs over a period of three years to create one perfectly continuous portrait of this architectural wonder. (ITL663, $50.00)
 
 
A Traveller in Italy  •  H.V. Morton  •  Barbara Grizzuti Harrison   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The much-beloved, enduring account of Morton's ramblings in the temples, tombs and villas of Tuscany, Lombardy, Emilia and the Veneto. (ITL417, $25.00)
 
 
Dead Lagoon, An Aurelio Zen Mystery  •  Michael Dibdin   • MYSTERY  •  Dibdin -- a master of ambiguous settings, shady dealings and fast-paced prose -- returns to Venice in this sixth book in the thoroughly enjoyable Aurelio Zen series. (ITL577, $13.95)
 
 
Death at La Fenice  •  Donna Leon   • MYSTERY  •  The first of the tremendously good Guido Brunetti mysteries, all set in the author's beloved Venice, in which a famous conductor is found dead at the celebrated theater of the title. (ITL555, $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, $14.95)
 
 
Medusa, An Aurelio Zen Mystery  •  Michael Dibdin   • MYSTERY  •  In this ninth book in the thoroughly enjoyable Aurelio Zen series, our worldly detective investigates a mysterious corpse in a long-abandoned military tunnel in the Dolomites. (ITL576, $13.95)
 
 


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