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Il formaggio e i vermi
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Carlo Ginzburg,John Tedeschi,Anne C. Tedeschi |
Offers a study of culture in the sixteenth century as seen through the eyes of one man, the miller known as Menocchio, who was accused of heresy during the Inquisition and sentenced to death. This bo… |
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Journey to the South
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Annie Hawes |
Ever since Annie got together with Ciccio, his Calabrian family have spoken of their homeland as an earthly paradise, of wild nights dancing the tarantella, of almond milk sold fresh from roadside st… |
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North of Naples, south of Rome
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Paolo Tullio |
Paolo Tullio returns to his hometown of Gallinaro in the Comino Valley of Italy to describe the people and lifestyle of the region. A "warmhearted tour of a charming intimate world."--Jacket. |
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Deliver us
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Luigi Meneghello |
xviii, 358 p. ; 20 cm |
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Amore and amaretti
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Victoria Cosford |
Takes you behind the scenes of the restaurants and bars in Tuscany, Umbria, Elba and Perugia. This title includes reviews and features in women's travel and food press. |
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Thin paths
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Julia Blackburn |
In 1994, while walking the Alta Via, the high path winding from the French border to the Bay of Lerici, a man stopped in a remote village, and found he couldn't forget it. Julia Blackburn married tha… |
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Todo In Tuscany
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Louise Badger |
Louise and Lawrence weren't thinking of buying the very first house they looked at in Tuscany but there was something enchanting about the dog waiting at the gates. If they were honest, they wanted T… |
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Christmas in Italy
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Kristin Thoennes Keller |
An overview of the symbols, celebrations, decorations, food, and songs that are part of Christmas in Italy. |
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A Tuscan childhood
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Kinta Beevor |
"Wonderful...I fell immediately into her world, and was sorry when I reached the end." --Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan SunThe sparkling memoir of an idyllic, bohemian childhood in an ench… |
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Hidden Tuscany
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John Keahey |
"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… |
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The Italians
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Bruno Barbey |
"In the early 1960s, internationally acclaimed photographer Bruno Barbey crisscrossed Italy from north to south attempting to capture the spirit of the nation. Unpublished until now, these images app… |
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Ripe for the Picking
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Annie Hawes |
During the course of Annie Hawes' new book, local culinary superstar, Ciccio, gradually takes over as Annie's constant companion. How irresistible is a man who first demonstrates his affection and es… |
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Foods of Italy
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Christine VeLure Roholt |
"Information accompanies step-by-step instructions on how to cook Italian food. The text level and subject matter are intended for students in grades 3 through 7"-- |
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Giovanni and Lusanna
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Gene A. Brucker |
"In 1455, Lusanna, a beautiful Florentine woman of the artisan class, brought suit against her wealthy, high-born lover Giovanni, claiming that she and Giovanni had been secretly married during their… |
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Falling Palace
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Dan Hofstadter |
A portrait of the sun-drenched volcanic city from an American who has lost his heart to the place and to a beguiling Neapolitan woman.In Falling Palace Dan Hofstadter brilliantly reveals Naples, from… |
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Veiled threats
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Michael P. Carroll |
"In his acclaimed Madonnas That Maim, Michael Carroll began his systematic examination of popular Catholicism in Italy. Now, in Veiled Threats, Carroll delves more deeply into the distinctive charact… |
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Women of the Shadows
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Ann Cornelisen |
From the author of the acclaimed Torregreca comes this evocation of the women of southern Italy--that land below Naples etched in blazing sunlight and bitter black shadows--and the passionate, painfu… |
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The Reluctant Tuscan
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Phil Doran |
A Book Sense Pick for May 2005, this is the humorous tale of how the author moved— against his will and his better judgment—to Italy with his wife, only to rediscover himself, his marriage, and the i… |
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Broken time, fragmented space
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Anna Maria Torriglia |
"Broken Time, Fragmented Space: A Cultural Map for Postwar Italy examines how the artists and intellectuals of postwar Italy dealt with the painful heritage of their Fascist upbringing and education … |
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The anatomy of the senses
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Piero Camporesi |
209 p. ; 24 cm |
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