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In this memoir of her buying, renovating, and living in an abandoned villa in Tuscany, Frances Mayes reveals the sensual pleasure she found living in rural Italy, and the generous spirit she brought with her. She revels in the sunlight and the color, the long view of her valley, the warm homey architecture, the languor of the slow paced days, the vigor of working her ...

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All the fabled attractions of Italy are covered, from the art and Roman architecture to the history and religion of Vatican City to the sun-drenched beaches of the Italian Riviera and the canals of Venice. 40 maps. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Packed with tips for planning the perfect trip to Italy. Softcover. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Home to Dante, magnificent art, astounding architecture, and the world's best gelato, Florence is Europe's cultural capital. Learn to avoid the long lines at Uffizi and the Accademia; find the city's best pensione near the Duomo; enjoy daytrips to the surrounding Tuscan hill towns of Siena, Lucca, and more. With Rick Steves' Florence and Tuscany 2004, travelers ...

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The ruins. The fashions. The wines. The Sopranos. Vespas and espressos, Bella Tuscany, sparkling piazzas and rustic brick farmhouses, frescoed ceilings, and hunks of nutty Parmigiano-Reggiano. No wonder Italy is the most returned-to destination in the world. For art lovers, history buffs, foodies, romantics at heart—Italy is a place of riches and delights. ...

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Too bad the essence of Rome can't be bottled and exported to a corner store near you. If it could, you could pick up a weekend's worth of Rome along with your pint of milk and Snickers bar, and you'd probably never get to repainting the stairs, doing the laundry, or watching that new video release. Instead you'd be gawking at St. Peter's, ogling the Temple of Vesta, d...

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Joel Meyrowitz is one of the world's best-known and best-selling photographers; his Cape Light has become a color photography classic with 100,000 copies sold.

The Tuscan countryside is among the most well-loved on earth, for its beauty, its natural bounty, its magnificent light. Award-winning photographer Joel Meyerowitz and novelist/playwr...

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In their first adventure as Master Librarians, Jack and Annie go to Pompeii to bring back an ancient story that is in danger of being lost forever. But before they can find it, the town's volcano erupts in a mighty explosion. --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

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Text: English, Italian

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You may be taken in by the melodious frenzy amid the mountains of sardines and cured olives in Palermo's Vucciria market, or bewitched by a gondola gliding along a Venetian canal, its passage silently watched by Gothic palaces. Whether you are there for the first time or returning to recapture past magic? be prepared to be swept away! Before you leave on your jo...

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Work's still not completely finished on Bramasole, the Tuscan house that California-based poet and bestselling author Frances Mayes bought a decade ago and has been fixing up every summer since. Nevertheless, in Bella Tuscany, she goes out--in search of Italy and Italian life. The sequel to Under the Tuscan Sun is awash with sensual discovery, from Sicil...

From the Publisher
A fascinating look into the great pizzas and pizzerias of Italy and America.

Includes in-depth pizza-making techniques; more than 40 classic pizza recipes; and an engaging narrative of Reinhart’s pizza hunts with such food luminaries as Rick Bayless, Jeffrey Steingarten, and Joanne Weir.

Peter Reinhart’s last book, THE BREAD BAKER’S APPREN...

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From Antarctica to Zimbabwe, if you're going there, chances are Lonely Planet has been there first. With a pithy and matter-of-fact writing style, these guides are guaranteed to calm the nerves of first-time world travelers, while still listing off-the-beaten-path finds sure to thrill even the most jaded globetrotters. Lonely Planet has been perfecting its guidebooks ...

From Publishers Weekly
On a visit to Venice, de Blasi meets a local bank manager who falls in love with her at first sight. After "the stranger" (as she coyly calls him throughout the book) pursues her back to her home in St. Louis, Mo., she agrees to return to Italy and marry him, leaving behind her grown children and her job as chef and partner in a cafe. Although the banker, ...

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With the recent popularity of such notable books as Frances Mayes' Under the Tuscan Sun and Elizabeth Romer's The Tuscan Year: Life and Food in an Italian Valley, a legion of new Italia fans are finding out what many already know: the charm of Tuscany cannot be denied. In The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany, author James Bentley and photographe...

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Your insider’s guide to the best places and prices

Explore Italy with confidence

From Venice and Rome to the Amalfi Coast and Sicily, Italy has so many cultural treasures and scenic splendors that it can make your head spin. Relax! This down-to-earth guide is just what you need to choose the perfect Italian itinerary.

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Frances Mayes continues her love letter to Italy in this sequel to Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany. The restoration of her home, Bramasole, is complete, but Tuscany keeps unfolding. While the earlier books chronicled her and her husband's first years in Italy, this one is less full of stories than meditations on the elements of Tuscan pleasures, a...

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Home to magnificent art, popes and emperors, astounding architecture, and plentiful fountains, join Rick Steves on a trip to the Eternal City. Learn how to avoid the lines at the Vatican and Sistine Chapel; find Rome's best pensione; take a self-guided walking tour of Palatine, and more. With Rick Steves' Rome 2004, travelers can delve into Italian culture, make...

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"The granddaddy of budget guides"
--The New York Times

"Guides that penetrate the veneer of holiday brochures and mine the grit of real life"
--The Economist


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New York Times
"Don't leave home without STREETWISE."

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From Library Journal
Rome, Padua & Assisi is a useful pilgrimage guide for the Jubilee Year 2000 and would serve as a good starting point for mapping out city tours. It offers a helpful historical and cultural background to each of the three cities (the most thorough is the chapter on Rome that runs well over 60 pages). As the authors discuss each city, they not only point out t...

New York Times
"Don't leave home without STREETWISE."

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You'd be hard-pressed to find a more comprehensive, engrossing and just plain fun-to-read guidebook than the Eyewitness Travel Guide: Italy. Spilling over with all sorts of useful information for the traveler, you'll find three-dimensional drawings, floor plans, and detailed neighborhood maps, as well as timelines, charts, and even popular Rome bus routes. Brok...

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Join this magical tour of Paris, and discover the keys to unlock some its most fascinating secrets. The French capital grew outward over the ages in concentric circles from the Ile de la Cite. Follow the author along the boulevards and avenues as he points out famous sights as well as unusual corners and hidden delights en route. His tour is rich in historical b...

From Publishers Weekly
From carnival masks to cured ham, this guide aids tourists searching for Italy's best artisanal goods. Morelli, author of several illustrated travel and architecture books, divides her book by Italy's regions-northeast, northwest, central, southern, the islands-and introduces each one with an explanation of the traditions; at the end of each section she li...