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by Rick Steves  Publisher Comments Who but Rick Steves can tell travelers the best way to see Rome, Venice, Florence, the hill towns of central Italy, the Dolomites, and the Amalfi Coast?... (read more) Your Price $21.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies 
by Frances Mayes Publisher Comments Frances Mayes entered a wondrous new world when she began restoring an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. There were unexpected treasures at every turn: faded frescos beneath the whitewash in her dining room, a vineyard under wildly... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $1.63 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Sarah Bradford Publisher Comments The very name Lucrezia Borgia conjures up everything that was sinister and corrupt about the Renaissanceincest, political assassination, papal sexual abuse, poisonous intrigue, unscrupulous power grabs. Yet, as bestselling biographer Sarah Bradford... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Joe Bauwens and Marybeth Flower 
Publisher Comments Immerse yourself in the living story of the piazza. Celebrate its everyday patterns, festivals, reenactments of medieval events, ancient athletic contests, grand processions, antique fairs, and more. These stunning images capture the warmth, joy, and... (read more) Your Price $50.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Sergio Luzzatto Publisher Comments A brilliant young historian follows the odyssey of Mussolini's body in an original exploration of the history and legacy of Italian Fascism Bullet-ridden, spat on, butchered bloody: this was the fate of Il Duce, strung up beside his dead mistress in a... (read more) Your Price $5.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Lawrence Venuti Publisher Comments Italy’s rising literary stars join some of its best-known writers — including Nobel-laureate Luigi Pirandello, Natalia Ginzburg, Alberto Moravia, and Antonio Tabucchi — to take the reader on a panoramic tour of both city and countryside,... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by John Berendt
Powells.com Staff Pick Once again John Berendt proves he is a powerful magnet for eccentrics. With clever proficiency, Berendt depicts for readers a host of quirky characters, providing an exclusive glimpse into the Venice you won't see as a tourist. Gossipy yet wholly... (read more) Your Price $5.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Anthony Doerr Publisher Comments Anthony Doerr has received many awards -- from the New York Public Library, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the American Library Association. Then came the Rome Prize, one of the most prestigious awards from the American Academy of Arts and... (read more) Your Price $10.95 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Michael Tucker Publisher Comments The actor Michael Tucker and his wife, the actress Jill Eikenberry, having sent their last child off to college, were vacationing in Italy when they happened upon a small cottage nestled in the Umbrian countryside. The three-hundred-and-fifty-year-old... (read more) Your Price $14.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
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by Rick Steves Publisher Comments Who but Rick Steves can tell travelers the best ways to see St. Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, and the Colosseum? With "Rick Steves' Rome 2008," travelers can experience the best of everything Rome has to offer -- economically and hassle-free... (read more) Your Price $17.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Tim Parks Publisher Comments In this deliciously seductive account of an Italian neighborhood with a statue of the Virgin at one end of the street, a derelict bottle factory at the other, and a wealth of exotic flora and fauna in between, acclaimed novelist Tim Parks celebrates ten... (read more) Your Price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Damien Simonis Publisher Comments Discover Italy Ski off-piste, trek the Dolomites or shoot the rapids on the river Lao Heed the command 'tutti a tavola ' and begin an epic journey around the Italian table Thumb the latest fumetti or debate Fellini's finer points after you've read our... (read more) Your Price $25.99 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Roberto Saviano Publisher Comments A groundbreaking major bestseller in Italy, Gomorrah is Roberto Saviano’s gripping nonfiction account of the decline of Naples under the rule of the Camorra, an organized crime network with a large international reach and stakes in construction... (read more) Your Price $25.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Beppe Severgnini Publisher Comments Join the bestselling author of Ciao, America on a lively tour of modern Italy that takes you behind the seductive face it puts on for visitors-- la bella figura-- and highlights its maddening, paradoxical true self You won't need luggage for this... (read more) Your Price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Beth Elon Publisher Comments The distinctive guide to experiencing the unspoiled tastes of Tuscany, highlighting restaurants off the beaten path, secret local dishes, and undiscovered museum-worthy art. Features maps and recipes.... (read more) Your Price $10.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
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