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1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Includes all 6 half-hour Rick Steves' Europe TV shows on Italy's great cities, produced from 2000 to 2009: Venice (serene, decadent ans till kicking), Venice side trips (the best of Veneto), Melan and Lake Como, Florence (City of art), Caesar's Rome, Rome (baroque, after dark), Naples and Pompeii.
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1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The ultimate in armchair travel to Sicily, offering a unique aerial view shot from a helicopter, via a mounted camera, to showcase the island's breathtaking scenery and abundant architectural wonders, with informative narrative and a soundtrack of traditional regional music.
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An effortlessly artful blend of travel book, memoir, and affectionate portrait of a people
Calabria is the toe of the boot that is Italy-a rugged peninsula where grapevines and fig and olive trees cling to the mountainsides during the scorching summers, while the sea crashes against the cliffs on both coasts. Calabria is also a seedbed of Italian American culture; in North America, more people of Italian heritage trace their roots to Calabria than...
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A blending of art and cultural criticism, travel writing, and personal narrative, Sicilian Odyssey is Francine Prose's imaginative consideration of the diverse cultural legacies found juxtaposed and entangled on the Mediterranean island of Sicily. She writes of the intensity of Sicily, the "commitment to the extreme," where the history is more colorful, the sun hotter, the cooking earthier, the violence more horrific, the carnival more raucous, the...
10) Venice
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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Explores Venice includes St. Mark's Square, the Basilica, Lido, Burano, Grand Canal, and Doge's Palace.
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vi, 842 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm + 1 pull-out map
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English
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"From the most trusted name in travel, Frommer's Italy 2020 is a comprehensive, completely up-to-date guide to one of Europe's most storied vacation destinations. With helpful advice and honest recommendations from Frommer's expert authors, you'll walk among the ancient ruins of Pompeii, float along the canals of Venice, appreciate Renaissance masterworks in Florence, explore off-the-beaten-path Puglia and live la dolce vita in Rome -- as well as...
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xvii, 429 pages : map ; 25 cm
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English
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The Roman Forum, the Leaning Tower, the Piazza San Marco: these are the sights synonymous with Italy. But such landmarks only scratch the surface of this magical country's offerings. In See You in the Piazza, Frances Mayes introduces us to the Italy only the locals know, as she and her husband, Ed, eat and drink their way through thirteen regions -- from Friuli to Sicily. Along the way, she seeks out the cultural and historic gems not found in traditional...
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175 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 20 cm+ 1 folded map.
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English
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Compact and affordable, Fodor's 25 Best Rome 2020 is a great travel guide for those who want an easy-to-pack guidebook and map to one of the most exciting cities in Italy and Europe. Fodor's 25 Best Guides offer highlights of major city destinations in a compact package that includes a sturdy, detailed street map you can bring along with you to help you navigate when cell service is not available. By focusing only on top sights--all divided by neighborhood--we...
18) Rick Steves Rome
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617 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 21 cm + 1 pull-out map
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English
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A series of self-guided tours around the city of Rome including the Vatican Museum and St. Peter's Basilica, and the ancient ruins.
19) Italy revealed
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1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"This is the story of a country steeped in empire. Here is the seat of Caesar, the workshop of da Vinci and the cathedral of the Pope."--Container.
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498 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
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English
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"In recent years Naples has become, for better or worse, the new 'destination' in Italy. While many of its more esoteric features are on display for all to see, the stories behind them remain largely hidden. In Marius Kociejowski's portrait of this baffling city, the serpent can be many things -- Vesuvius, the mafia-like camorra, the outlying Phlegrean Fields (which, geologically speaking, constitute the second most dangerous area on the planet)....
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