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319 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm + 1 pull-out map (folded)
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English
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"Whether you want to tour the Roman Forum, explore the Vatican, or marvel at the Colosseum, the local Fodor's travel experts in Rome are here to help! Fodor's Rome guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos"--
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viii, 306 pages ; 21 cm
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After twenty-five years in Hollywood writing and producing such popular television shows as The Wonder Years and Who's the Boss?, Phil Doran was feeling burned out and pushed out by the younger generation, who considered him a relic in the industry. His wife Nancy, a marble sculptor, was tired of losing her husband to Hollywood, and in a move to save their marriage she dragged Phil--against his will and better judgement--to a tiny village in Italy...
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80 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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In Italy, family is everything; kids are loved and nurtured, but they are also expected to be respectful. And as much as they enjoy spending time with family, Italian kids also like being with friends. When Italians gather, whether young or old, they are likely to be friendly, boisterous, animated and loud. Featured is an overview of the country, as well as insights into how Italy's youth experience home and family, education and work, social life,...
64) 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.
65) Italy
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672 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm.
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English
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The DK Eyewitness Italy Travel Guide is your indispensable guide to this beautiful part of the world. The fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of the must-see sites, plus street-by-street maps of all the fascinating cities and towns. The new-look guide is also packed with photographs and illustrations leading you straight to the best attractions on offer. The uniquely visual DK Eyewitness Travel guide will help...
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271 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
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English
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Acquacotta is a celebration of the traditional cuisine of a lesser known part of Tuscany, the Silver Coast, which forms part of the territory of Maremma. Acquacotta, literally meaning "cooked water", is Maremma's most famous dish, a soup made of slowly simmered tomatoes and onions and poached eggs. There are countless variations and every town has its own. The book includes personal stories memories and lessons from the people (producers, winemakers,...
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"Hidden Tuscany vividly displays the coastal areas of Tuscany, a territory often overlooked by visitors to Italy eager to see Chianti, Florence or Siena. Veteran journalist and Italophile John Keahey points out the keen distinctions that the western cities maintain: in food, lifestyle, and the way its artists are paving new directions in art that differ mightily from the Renaissance-rich interior. Keahey interviews sculptors and their artigiani, craftsmen...
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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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xxi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"A funny and heartwarming story of one woman's attempt to walk off a lifetime of fear--with a soulmate, bad shoes, and lots of wine. Torre DeRoche is at rock bottom following a breakup and her father's death when she crosses paths with the goofy and spirited Masha, who is pusuing her dream of walking the world. When Masha invites Torre to join her pilgrimage through Tuscany--drinking wine, foraging wild berries, and twirling on hillsides--Torre straps...
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263 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cm
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English
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"An eye-opening exploration of a unique region of Italy that bridges the Alps and the Adriatic Sea, featuring eighty recipes and wine pairings from a master sommelier and James Beard Award-winning chef. Bordered by Austria, Slovenia, and the Adriatic Sea, the northeastern Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia is an area of immense cultural blending, geographical diversity, and idyllic beauty. This tiny sliver of land is home to one of the most refined...
72) Sicily
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567 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 20 cm.
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English
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xiii, 347 pages : map ; 22 cm
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English
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Paula Weideger boarded a "vaporetto" on the Grand Canal, and under the sunny blue Venetian sky she, like millions of others, fell in love with the city. Venice was where she wanted to live and, with a combination of luck and determination, she did. This is the story of her adventures in one of the world's most treasured places. Follow in her footsteps as Weideger makes her way into the labyrinth and discovers the city's secrets. There are mysteries,...
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2 videodiscs (approximately 430 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Chef Anthony Bourdain continues to traverse the globe and discover other people and cultures through their cuisines. From chowing down on ox tails in Madrid during the World Cup to sampling Pakistani dishes and skiing indoors in Dubai, Bourdain always finds the new and exciting in every destination he travels to.
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2 videodiscs (430 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Anthony Bourdain is a seasoned traveler who's hit up all corners of the globe many times over. More often than not, while passing through, he has time to kill in some of the world's biggest hubs. So instead of sitting at the airport hotel, he sets out to explore each city in the short amount of time he has there. Constantly on the move and only in town for a mere number of hours, Bourdain and friends he connects with along the way, unleash an unpredictable...
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270 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
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English
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"The Eternal City, Rome offers endless insights through its millennia of history, its centrality to European art and religion, and the generations of travelers that have sought it out. This book from philosopher Scott Samuelson offers readers a thinker's tour of Rome. Samuelson shows how people have made sense of Rome as a scene of human nature and then envisioned the good life - philosophers such as Lucretius and Seneca, but also poets and artists...
79) Sicily
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351 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 20 cm.
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Lonely Planet's Sicily is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore the Valley of the Temples, sample Sicilian cuisine, and discover the Aeolian Islands; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Sicily and begin your journey now!
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xii, 289 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"After a lifetime of living and eating in Rome, Elizabeth Minchilli is an expert on the city's cuisine. While she's proud to share everything she knows about Rome, she now wants to show her devoted readers that the rest of Italy is a culinary treasure trove just waiting to be explored." --
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