An appreciation and rediscovery of Venice, its mysteries and pleasures by a native son. A volume in the excellent Steerforth Italia series. Barbero lives in the Dorsoduro. Trained as a civil engineer, he considers the precarious state of the city built centimeters above the water on many tiny and disappearing islands. He laments the duel challenges of geography and tourism.  (ITL678, $27.00)

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