by Egidio Trainito, Paperback, Swan Hill Press, (1997)
Excellent photography and includes descriptions of the sea life in Sardinia. Thirty-one dive sites around the island are described. Buy from Amazon.co.uk
by A.C. Campbell, Paperback, Hamlyn, 320 pages, (1982)
Excellent on plants and invertebrates. Buy via AbeBooks (AbeBooks show secondhand booksellers around the world which have this book in stock and sell my mail order - UK, USA, Australia, South Africa, India, etc.) Buy from Amazon.com
by Angelo Mojetta, Swan Hill Press, 2005, Paperback.
As well as the history and geology of the Mediterranean, and many maps showing its constituent seas, this book describes the underwater life. It also includes practical advice for divers.
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by Dana Facaaros and Michael Pauls, Paperback, Cadogan Guides, 308 pages, (2006)
Very good on Sardinian history and cuisine. Includes the normal sections on getting there, opening hours, festivals, money, etc. Small amount on where to stay or eat but plenty of information on beaches, ancient sites, churches and general site-seeing. Recommended Buy with 20% off from Amazon.co.uk Buy from Amazon.com
by Grazia Deledda, Paperback, Northwestern University Press, 194 pages
Grazia Deledda was born in Sardinia and set her books there. Buy from Amazon.co.uk Buy from Amazon.com
by Grazia Deledda, Hardback, Northwestern University Press, 174 pages, (1989)
Set in a Sardinian village, a man wrongly accused of murdering his uncle suffers prison and his wife remarrying. Buy from Amazon.co.uk Buy from Amazon.com
by Salvatore Satta, Paperback, The Harvill Press, 298 pages, (1994)
The story of Nuomo, a town in Sardinia which "has no reason to exist". Buy from Amazon.co.uk Buy from Amazon.com
by Peter Robb, Paperback, The Harvill Press, 336 pages, (1999)
A journey into the heart of Sicily, using art, food, history and literature to shed light on southern Italy's legacy of political corruption and violent crime. The book takes as its starting point the ongoing trial of seven-times Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. Buy from Amazon.co.uk Buy from Amazon.com
by Norman Lewis, Paperback, Picador , 300 pages, (2001)
Throughout this book there is the Mafia, and Lewis's friendships with policemen, journalists and men of respect. But more, he writes of landscapes and language, of his memories of his first father-in-law (professional gambler, descendant of princes and member of the Unione Siciliana), of Sicily's changing sexual mores, of Palermo and its ruined palaces - and of strange superstitions, of witches, bandits and murder. Buy from Amazon.co.uk Buy from Amazon.com
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