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Art in Focus: Rome --Experts have selected the hundred most outstanding art and architectural treasures in Rome, and each work is described, placed in its historical context and accompanied by a photograph. All the sights are keyed into a colorful map on the inside front cover of the book, and seven suggested sightseeing itineraries make it easy to maximize your time and customize your viewing. Hours of operation, entrance fees and transportation tips are included. $12.95
Cadogan Bay of Naples and the Amalfi Coast --Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls have written a delightful guide to Naples and the surrounding area. They lead you to hidden spots as well as the major sights and cultural attractions, and include discriminating lodging recommendations for all budgets, from four-star hotels to inexpensive pensions. The detailed historical and cultural information is rounded out by practical sections on food, shopping, and transportation. $12.95
Cadogan Rome --Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls have just updated their lovely guide to all the neighborhoods of Rome. 15 walking tours uncover hidden gems as well as the obvious sights and cultural attractions, and well-chosen lodgings, from four-star hotels to inexpensive pensions, ensure you will rest well after a long day of exploring. Restaurants, shops, and transportation are covered as well. $17.95
The Companion Guide Rome --Filled with detailed historical, literary, art and architectural background, and unusually informative sightseeing information written by Georgina Massey. Now available once again, after being out of 
print for a number of years. $31.00
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Companion Guide Sicily $31.00
Culture Shock! Rome at Your Door --An in-depth look at life in Rome that is specifically designed for longer visits, this guide explores the city's neighborhoods and inhabitants, and provides advice on finding housing, selecting a school for your kids, communication, and conducting business. It also leads you to food markets, fitness facilities and other basic services. Settling into the Roman way of life has never been so easy. $12.95
Eyewitness Travel Guide to Rome --Arranged by neighborhood, this guide is one of the most useful we've ever seen. Filled with colorful graphics, well-written text and lots of maps, it covers all the sights in detail, as well as historical background, and includes an excellent section in the back with reviews of hundreds of hotels, restaurants, nightspots and shops. $24.95
Fodor Exploring Rome --Part of the AA Exploring series from Britain and distributed here by Fodor's, this guide offers detailed neighborhood by neighborhood sightseeing information. Driving itineraries, walking tours, numerous maps and color photographs provide a great sense of place, and enable easy route-planning. $22.00
Knopf Guide to Naples and Pompeii --Filled with over 2000 art reproductions, maps and illustrations, this new guide to the history and culture of Naples and the surrounding area is as beautiful to look at as it is a pleasure to read. $25.00
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Knopf Guide to Rome $25.00
Michelin Green Guide to Sicily --This brand new offering from Michelin provides succinct sightseeing information covering every important detail of history, art, architecture and geography. Arranged alphabetically by town, it contains photographs, floorplans of major sights and excellent maps. A welcome addition, due June 1998. $20.00
NEW Naples at Table--Arthur Schwartz, veteran cookbook author and restaurant critic, celebrates the food and people of Naples and the surrounding Campania region with 250 recipes from Avellino, Bonevento, Caserta, Salerno, the Amalfi Coast, Capri and Ischia. The recipes are culled from his many years of travel in the area, and are accompanied by informed notes on the origins of the recipes, the families who have used the recipes for generations, and local ingredients and specialties. Early chapters offer an extensive, enjoyable introduction to the region and its history, with subsequent chapters arranged by course. A delectable book. $27.50
Passport's Regional Guides to Italy: Naples and Campania --Covering Naples and the Campania region around it, Martha Pichey guides you to the beauty of the countryside and the art, architecture and archeological sights of this culturally rich area. Great emphasis is placed on the history, food and wine of Campania, and the guide concludes with select hotel and restaurant recommendations. Color photographs and detailed maps complement the text. $16.95
Passport Regional Guides to Italy: Sicily --Sicily is quickly becoming one of the most popular destinations among our customers, and we are happy to be able to offer a new book on the region. Passport regional guides specialize in providing an excellent sense of place, with well-written historical and cultural background and good sightseeing information. This volume includes historical walking tours, select hotel and restaurant recommendations, color photographs and great maps, making it the perfect introduction for your trip. $17.95
Roma --Former New York Times Rome bureau chief Paul Hoffman has given all italophiles a gift. A resident of Rome for more than 30 years, he provides an insider's guide to the city with discriminating reviews of hotels and restaurants, and tips on transportation, language and how not to run into tourists. Sections on the foods of Rome and the sights, both on and off the beaten track, complete this lovely package. Now in paper. $12.95
Romewalks --Anya Shetterly leads visitors beyond the obvious to the off-the-beaten-path sights and sounds of Rome. Five walking tours cover Campo dei Fiori, the Jewish Ghetto and more, with detailed notes on the architectural, artistic and historical significance of each neighborhood. Shetterly also includes her favorite cafes and shops along the way. When in Rome...make sure you have this lovely book along! $14.95
Rough Guide to Sicily --Robert Andrews and Jules Brown take you on an in-depth tour of this fascinating island, exploring both on and off the tourist path. Detailed historical background, comprehensive hotel, restaurant and shopping recommendations in all price ranges, and an adventurous spirit are the hallmarks of this terrific English guidebook series, and all ar e in ample supply here. Forty maps and good directions ensure you will find your way with ease. Newly revised. $16.95
Touring Club Italiano Guides to Italy -- TCI, the first name in Italian maps, has finally translated some of their wonderful guidebooks into English. Each book contains detailed sightseeing and historical information arranged by region, with over 200 color photographs, dozens of maps and clearly marked walking and driving tours. Fantastico!
Rome $16.95
Berlitz Italian Phrasebook $7.95
Berlitz Italian Cassette Pack (one 90-minute tape and the above phrasebook) $17.95
Collins Gem Italian Dictionary --If you want to buy a vestito or find the spiaggia, use this small but clearly legible dictionary. Take it everywhere in your pocket or purse, and don't worry about rain or spilled espresso-the cover is waterproof. $6.50
Living Italian --To refresh your memory or to learn a new language, use the two audio tapes, conversation manual, and 15,000-word dictionary included in this excellent program. Speak with confidence after only six weeks and make your Italian experience truly special. $20.00
Marling Menu-Master: Italy --Know what you're eating, from antipasto to zuppa inglese. $8.95
On Persephone's Island --Mary Taylor Simeti went to Sicily in 1962 for a visit and stayed for over twenty years. This delightful book is her journal of one full year in Sicily and once you read it you will easily understand her love affair with this beautiful island. From Mafiosi to religious festivals to a sweet cake called "the Triumph of Greed", Simeti captures all the flavors and moods of Sicily and entices the reader with her intimate and informed prose. $13.00
Seasons of Rome --Former Times Rome bureau chief and veteran travel writer Paul Hofmann has written a journal chronicling one full year in Rome, season by season. His descriptions of Italian daily life and meditations on what it means to be a Roman are insightful and enjoyable to read. $25.00