Eyewitness Travel Guide to Florence and Tuscany
Good graphical guide to the region. (****)
Alta MacAdam: Blue Guide Florence, Ninth Edition
Indispensable. My favorite book for art and architecture in Florence. (*****)
The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization
An amazing new book that takes current conventional wisdom and hits it head on with remarkably detailed factual evidence. (*****)
Lauro Martines: April Blood: Florence and the Plot against the Medici
Astonishing detail and factual history (****)
Christopher Hibbert: The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici
A classic - I couldn't put this book down. (*****)
Irving Stone: The Agony and the Ecstasy : A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
Ross King: Brunelleschi's Dome : How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
Joseph Bastianich: Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy
Great reference, entertaining and informative. (****)
Phaidon Press: The Silver Spoon
The "Bible" of Italian cooking, in English for the first time. (*****)
Gambero Rosso: Italian Wines 2006
The "Bible" of Italian wine! First time in English - waiting on the 07 edition. (*****)
Bill Buford: Bill Buford: Heat: An Amateur's Adventures to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
A must for Italian food lovers (****)
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These barriers are now down and the Piazza looks great. Down the street nearer to the Standa is the next intersection to be ripped up at the moment. It seems that slowly but surely all corners are being re-done across the city.
Posted by: Anthony | October 14, 2008 at 10:24 AM