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Cinque Terre & Chianti   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Eyewitness Guide Italian Riviera  •   Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 224 PAGES
A handsome, beautifully illustrated and informative compact guide to Liguria. It covers places, recommended excursions, hotels and attractions along the spectacular Mediterranean coast from the border with France east to La Spezia. (ITL566, $20.00)
 
Insight Guide Tuscany  •   Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  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, $18.99)
  Insight Guide Tuscany
Too Much Tuscan Sun, Confessions of a Chianti Tour Guide  •  Roberto Rodi  •  Dario Castagno
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2004 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES
Though not a native chiantigiano, Dario Castagno, residing in Italy since age ten, offers a memoir detailing his experiences as a tour guide in Tuscany. Castagno's ease and taste for the Chianti region combine to evoke intoxicating images of the much loved Tuscan hill towns. (ITL547, $14.95)
  Too Much Tuscan Sun, Confessions of a Chianti Tour Guide
Liguria Regional Map  •   Touring Club Italiano
MAP
A map of the region, including Cinque Terra, at a scale of 1:200,000. One Side. 37x54 inches. (ITL118, $12.95)
  Liguria Regional Map
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)
  Tuscany Map
 

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Cinque Terre Map  •   Litographia Artistica Cartographica    •  A detailed shaded relief walking and road map of the Cinque Terre at a scale of 1:40,000. (ITL159, $12.95)
 
 
Emilia-Romagna Map  •   Touring Club Italiano    •  The most detailed map of the region available, imported from Italy. (ITL421, $12.95)
 
 
Riviera di Levante, Golfo Tigullio, Cinque Terre  •   Litographia Artistica Cartographica    •  A regional map at a scale of 1:140,000. (ITL779, $12.95)
 
 
Cadogan Italian Riviera & Piemonte  •  Michael Pauls  •  Dana Facaros   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An authoritative guide to Liguria, including Cinque Terre, Portofino, Genoa and lesser-known destinations. Strong on practical information, it's also a good overview of the history, culture and cuisine of the region. (ITL407, $19.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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 Ligurian Kitchen, Recipes And Tales from the Italian Riviera  •  Laura Giannatempo   • FOOD  •  A charming, personal cookbook with an abundance of authentic Ligurian recipes that can easily be replicated in an American kitchen. (ITL862, $29.95)
 
 
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 Food of Italy  •  Waverly Root   • FOOD  •  Evocative of Italy and its diverse cuisine, this classic book, organized geographically, offers a cook's tour of the country. It's a well-informed and wonderful culinary guide. (ITL75, $19.95)
 
 
The Food of Italy, Region by Region  •  Claudia Roden   • FOOD  •  The marvelous Claudia Roden, who spent a year visiting cooks throughout Italy, presents 300 easy-to-prepare recipes in the context of Italian history, culture and geography. (ITL683, $24.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
La Bella Figura, A Field Guide to the Italian Mind  •  Beppe Severgnini   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Tuscan Country, A Photographer's Journey  •  Wes Walker   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Walker captures the allure of the hill towns, including Siena, Lucca, Pisa and smaller cities and villages in 100 luminous color photographs. (ITL848, $29.95)
 
 
Renaissance Art  •  Gerard Legrand   • ART & ARCHITECTURE • OUT OF PRINT  •  An informative, illustrated overview of Renaissance art from Rome to Venice, including an in-depth chapter on Florence, biographies of key artists and a handy chronology. (ITL850, $16.95)
 
 
Extra Virgin, A Young Woman Discovers the Italian Riviera  •  Annie Hawes   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A memoir of travels and life in Liguria, where the Hawe sisters ventured and stayed. In this refreshingly candid account, the English sisters end up buying a house and learning the local customs and eccentricities of their neighbors in Diano San Pietro. (ITL539, $14.99)
 
 
Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron  •  Edward Trelawney   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The lives and deaths of these two most romantic of Romantic poets are lovingly recounted in this memoir by Edward Trelawny. Trelawny was a fascinating figure in his own right, and his tribute to his two lost friends bears all the marks of his own generous, wild personality. (ITL336, $13.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Call Me by Your Name  •  Andre Aciman   • LITERATURE  •  Aciman captures the lazy, languorous days and nights on the Mediterranean in this gay coming-of-age story set on the Italian Riviera. (ITL828, $14.00)
 
 
Portofino, A Novel  •  Frank Schaeffer   • LITERATURE  •  Set in the 1960s, this coming-of-age tale follows a young boy's encounters with the sights and people of the seaside town of Portofino, while he avoids his missionary parents' constant bickering and their attempts to convert the locals. (ITL164, $15.00)
 
 
Wildflowers of Britain and Europe, Compact Guide  •  W. Lippert  •  D. Podlech   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact photographic guide to British and European wildflowers, covering 350 of the most commonly encountered species. Flowers are organized by color for easy identification. (EUR46, $19.99)
 
 


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