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Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Description
In this sequel to her" New York Times" bestsellers" Under the Tuscan Sun" and" Bella Tuscany," the celebrated "bard of Tuscany" ("New York Times") Frances Mayes lyrically chronicles her continuing, two decades-long love affair with Tuscany's people, art, cuisine, and lifestyle.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
p2014.
Edition
First edition.
Description
"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,...
5) Daisy Miller
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Series
Formats
Description
A fascinating portrait of a young woman from Schenectady, NY, who traveling in Europe, runs afoul of the socially pretentious American Expatriate community in Rome.
Publisher
Lonely Planet
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Description
Lonely Planet's Experience Italy is your guide to unforgettable experiences and local surprises. Learn to voga in Venice, explore the palaces of Turin, and discover hidden beaches and lush islands on the Amalfi Coast - all guided by local experts with fresh perspectives. Uncover Italy's best experiences and get away from the everyday!
Author
Publisher
Tara Books
Pub. Date
2012
Description
In 1844, Charles Dickens embarked on a year-long visit to Italy, where he turned his perceptive views of the human condition toward a thoughtful appraisal of the country's soul and character. Combining travelogue with social commentary, he formed a kaleidoscopic portrait of nineteenth-century Italian life as seen by an outsider. Rather than serving as a guidebook, his "pictures" from Italy entertain rather than instruct. Dickens' eye for detail and...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Ballantine Books trade pbk ed..
Description
"They had met and married on perilously short acquaintance, she an American chef and food writer, he a Venetian banker. Now they were taking another audacious leap, unstitching their ties with exquisite Venice to live in a roughly renovated stable in Tuscany. Once again, it was love at first sight. Love for the timeless countryside and the ancient village of San Casciano dei Bagni, for the local vintage and the magnificent cooking, for the Tuscan...
10) Gondola
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Of all the trademarks of Venice, none is more ubiquitous than the gondola. In this beautifully told collection, Leon tells fascinating stories about this famous boat.
Author
Publisher
North Point Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First edition.
Description
"Mark Rotella's Stolen Figs is an evocation of Calabria and the Calabresi, whose way of life is largely untouched by the commerce that has made Tuscany and Umbria into international tourist destinations. A grandson of Calabrese immigrants, Rotella persuades his father to visit their ancestral home for the first time in thirty years; once there, they meet Giuseppe, a postcard photographer and an informal guide to all things Calabrese.
Thus familiarized...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Description
"A lyrical and evocative collection of personal stories from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, in which the queen of wanderlust reflects on the comforts of home. While Frances Mayes is known for her travels, she has always sought a sense of home wherever she goes. In this poetic testament to the power of place in our lives, Mayes reflects on "home," from the earliest imprint of four walls to the startling discoveries...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
1st ed.
Description
Hughes opens this authoritative, searingly smart history with his own arrival in Rome in 1958, as a wide-eyed 20-year-old from Australia. Readers see him blissfully plunging into the life of the city, his exhilaration palpable on the page, his life-long passion for the place bursting into being. 512 pp.
14) Rick Steves Rome
Author
Publisher
Avalon Travel
Pub. Date
[2022].
Edition
23rd edition.
Description
A series of self-guided tours around the city of Rome including the Vatican Museum and St. Peter's Basilica, and the ancient ruins.
16) Italy
Author
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Introduces Italy, describing its history, geography, cities, plants and animals, resources, and culture.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
When Ye Pei dreamed of Venice as a girl, she imagined a magical floating city of canals and gondola rides. And she imagined her mother, successful in her new life and eager to embrace the daughter she had never forgotten. But when Ye Pei arrives in Italy, she learns her mother works on a farm far from the city. Her only connection, a mean-spirited Chinese auntie, puts Ye Pei to work in a small-town caf©♭. Rather than giving up and returning to...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Large print edition.
Description
Veteran food critic Suzanne Carreiro spent a year and a half in Umbria, and this is her intimate look at its ancient recipes, traditions, and the people who pass them on. Each of the book's eight chapters features local cooks, and their personal stories are as much a part of the cuisine's essence as are the crops they grow and the family dishes they prepare. The Dog Who Ate The Truffle immerses the reader in the people, cuisine, and lifestyle that...
Publisher
Back Door Productions
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Rick Steves is the perfect travel host to Italy, showing his favorite spots in Venice, Milan and Lake Como, Florence, Rome, Naples and Pompeii as well as the countryside destinations of Cinque Terre, Siena and Assisi, Tuscany, the Amalfi coast and Sicily.
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