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Insight Guide Tuscany •   Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK • 2006 • PAPER • 304 PAGES
An illustrated guide in this popular series, noteworthy for its maps and illuminating short essays on Tuscan food, history and culture. (ITL156, $18.95)

Tuscan Country, A Photographer's Journey •  Wes Walker
CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2007 • HARD COVER • 160 PAGES
Wes Walker captures the allure of the hill towns, vineyards, fields and villages in 100 luminous color photographs. Literary excerpts from the works of both Italian writers and literary visitors accompany the photographs, including Italo Calvino, Henry James, Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, D. H. Lawrence, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Frances Mayes. (ITL848, $29.95)

The Tuscan Year, Tuscan Life and Food in an Italian Valley •  Elizabeth Romer
FOOD • 1996 • PAPER • 182 PAGES • FAVORITE
An intimate portrait of life on a Tuscan farm, as seen primarily through the robust food. Romer captures the goings-on in the countryside, and especially in the Cerotti kitchen, where traditional Tuscan rural food is prepared with loving care. Every chapter includes concisely described recipes. The index makes it easy to look up recipes if you're inspired to use this wonderful account as a cookbook. (ITL131, $14.00)

Travelers' Tales Tuscany •  Tara Austen Weaver •  James O'Reilly
ANTHOLOGY • 2002 • PAPER • 222 PAGES
Well-chosen true stories from quality contemporary authors is what this anthology of travel writing and essays about Tuscany, including excerpts from works by Saul Bellow, Matthew Spender, Ferenc Mate, Frances Mayes and Barbara Grizzuti Harrison among others. (ITL315, $16.95)

Tuscany Map •   Touring Club Italiano
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A fine and detailed regional map of Tuscany at a scale of 1:200,000. The most detailed map of the region available, imported from Italy. One Side. 54x37 inches. (ITL102, $12.95)

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Cadogan Guide Tuscany •  Dana Facaros •  Michael Pauls • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN APRIL • With expanded color photographs and new maps, this edition of the Cadogan classic covers Florence and Tuscany in syle. (ITA146, $21.95)

Fodor's Florence's 25 Best •   Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • This shirt-pocket guide includes an excellent map and essential information on the city's highlights, including sightseeing, restaurants and shopping. (ITL140, $11.95)

Made in Italy, A Shopper's Guide •  Laura Morelli • GUIDEBOOK • The second edition of Morelli's expert survey of handcrafted Italian shops and products from Murano glass to ceramics, jewelry and leather. (ITL473, $24.95)

Walking and Eating in Tuscany and Umbria •  James Ladsun •  Pia Davis • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to walking and eating your way through the region, this book includes 40 suggested itineraries, mostly day hikes, with maps, details on local attractions, and illustrations. (ITL97, $20.00)

Biba's Italy •  Biba Caggiano • FOOD • Ms. Caggiano focuses on regional, seasonal food in this omnibus cookbook (featuring 100 recipes), menu planner and travel guide to Rome, Florence, Bologna, Milan and Venice. Nicely produced, this handsome sepia-toned book includes recommended restaurants, cafes and markets in each city. (ITL777, $29.95)

The Finest Wines of Tuscany and Central Italy •  Hugh Johnson •  Nicholas Belfrage • FOOD • This astute guide to wine-making regions and villages in Tuscany includes a history of Tuscan grapes and culture, excellent color maps, and profiles of select vintners and wines. (ITA72, $34.95)

La Bella Figura, A Field Guide to the Italian Mind •  Beppe Severgnini • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • BEST SELLER • Hugely popular in Italy, this guide to the Italian character 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, $12.95)

La Bella Lingua •  Dianne Hales • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • NEW • Signed Book Plates. Inebriated with the sounds of Italian, Hales, "a sensible woman of sturdy Polish stock," dives into the Italian of the piazze, literature, movies and streets in this charming memoir and cultural primer. Brava, Signora! (ITA26, $24.95)

Siena, City of the Virgin •  Titus Burckhardt • HISTORY • Burckhardt's classic portrait includes dozens of illustrations, maps and photographs of architecture and early Renaissance art of Siena. (ITL974, $22.95)

The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany •  James Bentley •  Hugh Palmer • HISTORY • This handsome oversize picture book is a portrait of the Tuscan landscape and people. It contains maps, a travel guide and many color photographs. (ITL261, $40.00)

The Renaissance, A Short History •  Paul Johnson • HISTORY • The history, background, literature, sculpture, paintings and architecture of the Renaissance in just over 200 lively, thought-provoking pages. (ITL774, $14.00)

The Art of the Renaissance •  Peter Murray • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A classic, illustrated survey of the world of the Renaissance and its art. With chapters on Florence and its artists, the Netherlands, early illustrated books, and many individual artists. (ITL14, $18.95)

Every Day in Tuscany, Seasons of an Italian Life •  Frances Mayes • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Twenty years later Mayes is still besotted by Italy -- by her house, the tumbling geraniums, white hydrangeas, the people and food of Tuscany -- all lovingly documented in this third delightful book about life at her beloved Bramisole. (ITA124, $25.00)

On The Road with Francis of Assisi •  Linda Bird Francke • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Assisi wandered for 20 years, affording Newsweek editor Francke and her patient husband plenty to see and do in the piazzas, sanctuaries and chapels of Assisi, Siena, Bologna, Venice, Gubbio, Rome and other choice spots. (ITL647, $15.95)

Songbirds, Truffles and Wolves, An American Naturalist in Italy •  Gary Paul Nabhan • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The author, a poet and naturalist, heads along the Franciscan Way from Florence to Assisi. This most unusual travelogue combines natural history, spirituality and a lively appreciation of local food and food traditions. A print-on-demand paperback. (ITL99, $16.00)

Under the Tuscan Sun •  Frances Mayes • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • In this best-selling memoir of buying, renovating and living in an abandoned villa in Tuscany, Mayes reveals the sensual pleasures found in rural Italy. (ITL85, $15.00)

War in Val D'Orcia: An Italian War Diary, 1943-1944 •  Iris Origo •  Denis Mack Smith • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A diary of day-to-day heroism and fortitude. The author and her family take children, deserters, escaped prisoners, and Jews fleeing the advancing Germans into their home in Tuscany. (ITL219, $14.95)

Tuscany in Mind •  Alice Powers • ANTHOLOGY • A fine literary anthology covering the region's history, geography, culture and (of course) food, featuring contributions by luminaries including D.H. Lawrence and Robert Browning. (ITL607, $14.95)

Amazing Disgrace •  James Hamilton-Paterson • LITERATURE • Darker than Hamilton-Paterson's previous outing (Cooking With Fernet) starring Gerald Samper, this hilarious sequel skewers British pretension and the glories of expatriate life in Tuscany. (ITL806, $14.95)

Summer's Lease •  John Mortimer • MYSTERY • The protagonist's idyll is upset when the water supply fails and a neighbor dies. A well-paced mystery set in the Tuscan countryside, by the author of Rumpole of the Bailey. (ITL580, $15.00)

Tuscany For Beginners •  Imogen Edwards-Jones • LITERATURE • In this deliciously wicked tale, British novelist Edward-Jones skewers the pretensions of the English abroad, taking as her target the sodden proprietress of a mediocre B&B in Tuscany. (ITL609, $13.95)

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	Insight Guide Tuscany • Insight Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2006 • PAPER • 304 PAGES An illustrated guide in this popular series, noteworthy for its maps and illuminating short essays on Tuscan food, history and culture. (ITL156, $18.95)
	Tuscan Country, A Photographer's Journey • Wes Walker CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2007 • HARD COVER • 160 PAGES Wes Walker captures the allure of the hill towns, vineyards, fields and villages in 100 luminous color photographs. Literary excerpts from the works of both Italian writers and literary visitors accompany the photographs, including Italo Calvino, Henry James, Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, D. H. Lawrence, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Frances Mayes. (ITL848, $29.95)
	The Tuscan Year, Tuscan Life and Food in an Italian Valley • Elizabeth Romer FOOD • 1996 • PAPER • 182 PAGES • FAVORITE An intimate portrait of life on a Tuscan farm, as seen primarily through the robust food. Romer captures the goings-on in the countryside, and especially in the Cerotti kitchen, where traditional Tuscan rural food is prepared with loving care. Every chapter includes concisely described recipes. The index makes it easy to look up recipes if you're inspired to use this wonderful account as a cookbook. (ITL131, $14.00)
	Travelers' Tales Tuscany • Tara Austen Weaver • James O'Reilly ANTHOLOGY • 2002 • PAPER • 222 PAGES Well-chosen true stories from quality contemporary authors is what this anthology of travel writing and essays about Tuscany, including excerpts from works by Saul Bellow, Matthew Spender, Ferenc Mate, Frances Mayes and Barbara Grizzuti Harrison among others. (ITL315, $16.95)
	Tuscany Map • Touring Club Italiano MAP A fine and detailed regional map of Tuscany at a scale of 1:200,000. The most detailed map of the region available, imported from Italy. One Side. 54x37 inches. (ITL102, $12.95)

	Cadogan Guide Tuscany • Dana Facaros • Michael Pauls • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN APRIL • With expanded color photographs and new maps, this edition of the Cadogan classic covers Florence and Tuscany in syle. (ITA146, $21.95)
	Fodor's Florence's 25 Best • Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • This shirt-pocket guide includes an excellent map and essential information on the city's highlights, including sightseeing, restaurants and shopping. (ITL140, $11.95)
	Made in Italy, A Shopper's Guide • Laura Morelli • GUIDEBOOK • The second edition of Morelli's expert survey of handcrafted Italian shops and products from Murano glass to ceramics, jewelry and leather. (ITL473, $24.95)
	Walking and Eating in Tuscany and Umbria • James Ladsun • Pia Davis • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to walking and eating your way through the region, this book includes 40 suggested itineraries, mostly day hikes, with maps, details on local attractions, and illustrations. (ITL97, $20.00)
	Biba's Italy • Biba Caggiano • FOOD • Ms. Caggiano focuses on regional, seasonal food in this omnibus cookbook (featuring 100 recipes), menu planner and travel guide to Rome, Florence, Bologna, Milan and Venice. Nicely produced, this handsome sepia-toned book includes recommended restaurants, cafes and markets in each city. (ITL777, $29.95)
	The Finest Wines of Tuscany and Central Italy • Hugh Johnson • Nicholas Belfrage • FOOD • This astute guide to wine-making regions and villages in Tuscany includes a history of Tuscan grapes and culture, excellent color maps, and profiles of select vintners and wines. (ITA72, $34.95)
	La Bella Figura, A Field Guide to the Italian Mind • Beppe Severgnini • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • BEST SELLER • Hugely popular in Italy, this guide to the Italian character 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, $12.95)
	La Bella Lingua • Dianne Hales • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • NEW • Signed Book Plates. Inebriated with the sounds of Italian, Hales, "a sensible woman of sturdy Polish stock," dives into the Italian of the piazze, literature, movies and streets in this charming memoir and cultural primer. Brava, Signora! (ITA26, $24.95)
	Siena, City of the Virgin • Titus Burckhardt • HISTORY • Burckhardt's classic portrait includes dozens of illustrations, maps and photographs of architecture and early Renaissance art of Siena. (ITL974, $22.95)
	The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany • James Bentley • Hugh Palmer • HISTORY • This handsome oversize picture book is a portrait of the Tuscan landscape and people. It contains maps, a travel guide and many color photographs. (ITL261, $40.00)
	The Renaissance, A Short History • Paul Johnson • HISTORY • The history, background, literature, sculpture, paintings and architecture of the Renaissance in just over 200 lively, thought-provoking pages. (ITL774, $14.00)
	The Art of the Renaissance • Peter Murray • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A classic, illustrated survey of the world of the Renaissance and its art. With chapters on Florence and its artists, the Netherlands, early illustrated books, and many individual artists. (ITL14, $18.95)
	Every Day in Tuscany, Seasons of an Italian Life • Frances Mayes • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Twenty years later Mayes is still besotted by Italy -- by her house, the tumbling geraniums, white hydrangeas, the people and food of Tuscany -- all lovingly documented in this third delightful book about life at her beloved Bramisole. (ITA124, $25.00)
	On The Road with Francis of Assisi • Linda Bird Francke • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Assisi wandered for 20 years, affording Newsweek editor Francke and her patient husband plenty to see and do in the piazzas, sanctuaries and chapels of Assisi, Siena, Bologna, Venice, Gubbio, Rome and other choice spots. (ITL647, $15.95)
	Songbirds, Truffles and Wolves, An American Naturalist in Italy • Gary Paul Nabhan • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The author, a poet and naturalist, heads along the Franciscan Way from Florence to Assisi. This most unusual travelogue combines natural history, spirituality and a lively appreciation of local food and food traditions. A print-on-demand paperback. (ITL99, $16.00)
	Under the Tuscan Sun • Frances Mayes • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • In this best-selling memoir of buying, renovating and living in an abandoned villa in Tuscany, Mayes reveals the sensual pleasures found in rural Italy. (ITL85, $15.00)
	War in Val D'Orcia: An Italian War Diary, 1943-1944 • Iris Origo • Denis Mack Smith • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A diary of day-to-day heroism and fortitude. The author and her family take children, deserters, escaped prisoners, and Jews fleeing the advancing Germans into their home in Tuscany. (ITL219, $14.95)
	Tuscany in Mind • Alice Powers • ANTHOLOGY • A fine literary anthology covering the region's history, geography, culture and (of course) food, featuring contributions by luminaries including D.H. Lawrence and Robert Browning. (ITL607, $14.95)
	Amazing Disgrace • James Hamilton-Paterson • LITERATURE • Darker than Hamilton-Paterson's previous outing (Cooking With Fernet) starring Gerald Samper, this hilarious sequel skewers British pretension and the glories of expatriate life in Tuscany. (ITL806, $14.95)
	Summer's Lease • John Mortimer • MYSTERY • The protagonist's idyll is upset when the water supply fails and a neighbor dies. A well-paced mystery set in the Tuscan countryside, by the author of Rumpole of the Bailey. (ITL580, $15.00)
	Tuscany For Beginners • Imogen Edwards-Jones • LITERATURE • In this deliciously wicked tale, British novelist Edward-Jones skewers the pretensions of the English abroad, taking as her target the sodden proprietress of a mediocre B&B in Tuscany. (ITL609, $13.95)