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	Eyewitness Guide Italy  •   Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 674 PAGES • BEST SELLER Another gem in the Eyewitness series, this superb guide is handsome, convenient and up-to-date; it's the guide to carry. Featuring color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. (ITL32, $30.00)
	La Bella Figura, A Field Guide to the Italian Mind  •  Beppe Severgnini CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2007 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES • BEST SELLER Hugely popular in Italy, this witty guide to the Italian character addresses the apparently never-ending Italian passion for beauty, disorder and high emotion. An Italian journalist, Severgnini opens with a snapshot of the hubbub at Malpensa Airport, taking the unwary reader firmly by the hand on a journey to Milan,Tuscany, Rome, Naples and Sardinia. He hilariously points out Italian rituals and quirks from the highway to hotels, bedrooms, restaurants, the office and beach. (ITL718, $12.95)
	Italy, Monuments Past and Present  •  R.A. Staccioli ARCHAEOLOGY •  2003 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 78 PAGES Part of the popular Past and Presents series, this informative volume shows Italy's most important monuments as they look today and, via overlaid illustrations, as they were once upon a time. The book surveys the history and archeological highlights of Rome, Sicily and Pompeii. (ITL455, $22.50)
	Biba's Italy  •  Biba Caggiano FOOD •  2006 •  HARD COVER  • 320 PAGES Cookbook, travel guide and how-to-eat in Rome, Florence, Bologna, Milan and Venice, the satisfying, appetizing Biba's Italy presents not just recipes but also menus, cultural notes and recommended restaurants, cafes and markets in each city. Chef-owner of Biba Restaurant in Sacremento, Biba focuses on regional, seasonal food. With 100 recipes. (ITL777, $29.95)
	Italy Map  •   Borch Maps 2006 •  MAP • BEST SELLER A convenient laminated map of Italy at a scale of 1:800,000 with excellent topographic detail, an index, and large individual maps of Sicily and Sardinia. Two Sides. 27x39 inches. (ITL19, $11.95)

	Eyewitness Guide Naples & Amalfi Coast  •   Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the region's attractions. (ITL107, $25.00)
	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)
	Fodor's Rome's 25 Best  •   Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This shirt-pocket guide includes a map of the city and essential information on its highlights. (ITL112, $11.99)
	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)
	The Tuscan Year, Tuscan Life and Food in an Italian Valley  •  Elizabeth Romer   • FOOD • FAVORITE  •  An intimate portrait of life on a Tuscan farm as seen primarily through the robust food and a Longitude favorite. 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. (ITL131, $14.00)
	A Traveller's History of Italy  •  Valerio Lintner   • HISTORY  •  A brief history of Italy through the 1990s -- wide-ranging, accessible and necessarily condensed. With a useful chronology and historical gazetteer, this book marches confidently through the centuries. (ITL86, $14.95)
	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, $26.99)
	La Bella Lingua  •  Dianne Hales   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • NEW  •  Hales, "a sensible woman of sturdy Polish stock," writes with verve and humor of her journey into the Italian of the piazza, literature, movies and streets in this charming memoir, travelogue and cultural primer. Brava, Signora! A Longitude Best of 2009. (ITA26, $15.00)
	The City of Florence, Historical Vistas and Personal Sightings  •  R.W.B. Lewis   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • FAVORITE  •  A vivid tour of the city and its riches by the fine biographer of Edith Wharton and Henry James. Lewis has written what he calls "a partial biography of Florence," beautifully interweaving the personal and the historical. (ITL47, $19.00)
	The House of Medici, Its Rise and Fall  •  Christopher Hibbert   • HISTORY  •  A well-written, entertaining history of the Medicis in Renaissance Florence. Great to read before going to Florence, where the influence of the Medicis and the artists they supported is still very much in evidence. (ITL135, $16.00)
	The World of Venice  •  Jan Morris   • HISTORY • FAVORITE  •  Morris displays her talent for research, anecdote and well-wrought prose in this spirited history of a beloved city. (ITL12, $16.00)
	Venice Is a Fish  •  Tiziano Scarpa   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Novelist, poet and playwright Tiziano Scarpa makes his English-language debut with these marvelously digressive essays on the many moods and pleasures of La Serenissima. He appends a 40-page tribute to Venetian writers. (ITL964, $12.00)
	Italia, The Art of Living Italian Style  •  Edmund Howard   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A beautifully illustrated tour of Italy's most characteristic and striking architecture, landscapes and design, with accompanying essays on each photograph. (ITL398, $40.00)
	Renaissance Florence, The Invention of a New Art  •  A. Richard Turner   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A cultural and social history of the city focusing on the great art and famous monuments, featuring vivid color pictures and illustrations. (ITL50, $36.40)
	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)
	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)
	Italy, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Lawrence Venuti   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Not just a literary companion, this anthology is also a who's who of contemporary Italian writers that captures the spirit, history and allure of the country. (ITL466, $14.95)
	Cabal  •  Michael Dibdin   • MYSTERY  •  Zen is called to the Vatican to investigate the death of Prince Ludovico Ruspanti, who plunged from the roof of St. Peter's Basilica. (ITL620, $13.95)
	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)
	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, $13.99)
	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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