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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $81, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXITL396)		  
On Persephone's Island  •  Mary Taylor Simeti
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1986 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES
A richly detailed and personal portrait of Sicily by an American writer who settled on the island with her Sicilian husband in 1962 and stayed for 20 years. Strong on the delights of rural life, her book takes the form of a yearlong journal, capturing the spirit of the people and land. It provides a deep understanding of daily life and traditions -- an excellent antidote to persistent myths of mafiosos and backwards peasants. (ITL03, $14.95)		   On Persephone's Island
Midnight in Sicily, On Art, Food, History, Travel and La Cosa Nostra  •  Peter Robb
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES • FAVORITE
A vivid report from Italy's glorious, corrupt and troubled south, this book combines interviews, journalism and essays on Sicilian history and culture. Robb focuses, in part, on the career of Giulio Andreotti, the seven-time prime minister of Italy recently accused of Mafia associations. (ITL74, $18.00)		   Midnight in Sicily, On Art, Food, History, Travel and La Cosa Nostra
The Leopard  •  Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
LITERATURE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 384 PAGES • FAVORITE
Evoking a lost world of privilege and tradition, Giuseppe Di Lampedusa's memorable tale, set on a rural Sicilian estate during the days of independence, follows the world-weary Don Fabrizio, Prince of Salina. Burt Lancaster starred in Visconti's terrific film version. This 50th anniversary edition includes new material and a forward by Lampedusa's adopted son. (ITL11, $16.00)		   The Leopard
Eyewitness Guide Sicily  •  Eyewitness Guides  •  DK Publishing
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES
This superb guide to Sicily features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a synopsis of the island's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (ITL468, $23.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Sicily
Sicily Map  •  Touring Club Italiano
2011 •  MAP
A traveler's map of Sicily at the very good scale of 1:200,000, ideal for anyone on a driving trip of the island. The detail is great if you don't mind folding it out to its full poster size. (The laminated version ITL20 conveniently gives you the island at a glance). Two Sides. 37x54 inches. (ITL181, $14.95)		   Sicily Map



Also Recommended

Blue Guide Sicily  •  Ellen Grady   • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN AUGUST  •  This in-depth guide to Sicily's ancient history and archaeology features detailed maps and site plans. (ITL125, $26.95)
 		  
Michelin Green Guide Sicily  •  Jonathan Gilbert   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Organized alphabetically and featuring Michelin's famous star ratings, this venerable driving guide includes excellent local maps and site plans, suggested tours and visitor sites. (ITL795, $21.99)
 		  
Gomorrah  •  Roberto Saviano  •  Virginia Jewiss   • HISTORY  •  Savaiano's expose of the Naples mob documents in graphic detail the depredations and violence of the killers, criminals and thugs of the Camorra. (ITL885, $15.00)
 		  
Seeking Sicily, A Cultural Journey Through Myth and Reality in the Heart of the Mediterranean  •  John Keahey   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Taken with Sicily, its culture and its literature, Kehey explores the food, history and pure pleasure of the place, using his heroes Giuseppe di Lampedusa, Leonardo Sciascia and other of Sicily's literary greats as a his guide (ITA274, $27.99)
 		  
Sicily, An Illustrated History  •  Joseph Privitera   • HISTORY  •  Privitera covers the scope of Sicily and its diverse civilizations in lively prose and well-chosen illustrations in this succinct history. (ITA158, $12.95)
 		  
Sicily, Three Thousand Years of Human History  •  Sandra Benjamin   • HISTORY  •  With clarity and authority, Benjamin traces the rich legacy of the Greeks and Romans, Vandals and Goths, Arab traders, Normans, Bourbons and others who have contributed to the multi-faceted history of the kingdom of Sicily. (ITL731, $19.95)
 		  
Ancient Sicily, Monuments Past & Present  •  G. Messineo  •  E. Borgia   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  In this illuminating overview, ingenious overlays depict 17 important sites as they appear today and how they may have appeared in the past. (ITL733, $29.95)
 		  
Archaeology of Ancient Sicily  •  R. Ross Holloway   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A concise, marvelously lucid history of the civilizations and archaeology of Sicily from the Paleolithic to the Romans. With illustrations, site diagrams and maps. (ITL521, $47.95)
 		  
Syracuse, City of Legends  •  Jeremy Dummett   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  Dummett explores Syracuse's place within the island of Sicily and the wider Mediterranean in this guide to the city, ancient and modern, waeving archaeology, history and literature with descriptions of individual moments. (ITA271, $35.00)
 		  
Palermo  •  Roberto Alajmo   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  In this charming little book, Alajmo offers a wry, lyrical portrait of his native city, its people, charms and "big problems." (ITA212, $19.95)
 		  
Palmento, A Sicilian Wine Odyssey  •  Robert V. Camuto   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An American journalist living in France, Robert Camuto roams the vineyards and visits with vintners from Palermo to Marsala and the volcanic slopes of Mount Etna in this year-long celebration of the culture and spirit of Sicily, Italy's largest and oldest wine region. (ITA205, $18.95)
 		  
Sicilian Carousel  •  Lawrence Durrell   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Durrell writes with warmth and grace of his journey around the island in the 1950s. (ITL08, $12.00)
 		  
Sweet Honey, Bitter Lemons, Travels in Sicily on a Vespa  •  Matthew Fort   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A food writer who fell in love with Sicily as a youth, Matthew Fort makes his long-planned return three decades later, eating his way across the island in search of authentic food, natural beauty and history. Recipes included. (ITA20, $24.95)
 		  
A Vittorini Omnibus  •  Elio Vittorini  •  Ernest Hemingway   • LITERATURE  •  These short novels by a modern master include Vittorini's classic tale of a sophisticated man who returns to his native village, In Sicily. (ITL10, $18.95)
 		  
Sicily, Through Writers' Eyes  •  Claire Horatio   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Homer, Herodotus, D.H. Lawrence, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and Elio Vittorini Peter Robb are also represented in this magnificent tour of Sicily, its history, culture and allure. (ITL780, $33.95)
 		  
The Ruby in Her Navel, A Novel of Love and Intrigue in the 12th Century  •  Barry Unsworth   • LITERATURE  •  Unsworth transports the reader to the 12th century in this richly imagined novel of love and intrigue set in Norman Sicily, where Christian knights, Anatolian belly dancers, Jews and Arabs mix and mingle. (ITL760, $14.95)
 		  
The Shape of Water  •  Andrea Camilleri   • MYSTERY  •  The first of Camilleri's wildly popular Inspector Montalbano mysteries, nicely translated and shot through (pun intended) with not just memorable characters but also with Sicilian lore and politics. If you like the series, it continues in 12 more installments -- and counting. (ITL528, $14.00)
 		  
The Wine-Dark Sea  •  Leonardo Sciascia  •  Avril Bardoni  •  Alberto Mobilio   • LITERATURE  •  A collection of 13 stories, all set in the celebrated writer's native Sicily and featuring mafiosi, carabinieri and villagers. (ITL408, $14.95)
 		  
 
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