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AN ITALIAN READING LIST
The following are
books that will help you plan and enjoy your stay in Italy. Click
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NEW FAVORITES! Their
Other Side by Helen Barolini, Fordham Univ. NY. Six American Women and the lure
of Italy. Between
Salt Water and Holy Water by Tommaso Astarita, W. W. Norton & Co. A
History of southern Italy. Iris
Origo by
Caroline Moorehead-wonderful biography of the Marchesa dell’Val d’Orcia.
John Murray 2003 Galileo’s
Daughter
by Dava Sobel, a drama of sciene,faith and love, Fourth Estate, 1999 An
Italian Affair
by Laura Fraser, part travel writing, part erotica, Vintage Books,
2002 Ladies
of the Grand Tour
by Brian Dolan, women’s
lives and travels in 18th century,Flamingo, 2002 Ripe
for the picking by
Anne Hawes. Her second book
(Extra Virgin) set among
the olive groves of Liguria , Penguin books,
2003 Eyewitness Guide to Rome by Dorling
Kindersley,London, 1993 or new
Millenium Edition. this best-selling
guidebook. Designer
Bargains in
Italy
and the Italian
edition Scoprioccasioni.
Editoriale Shopping,
Milano. Purchase the newest edition
directly from
info@scoprioccasioni.it
Musts
for those
planning the big
step.
Aimed at
British readers. The National Geographic Traveler: Rome by Sari Gilbert and Michael Brouse, Notes from an Italian Garden by Joan Marble. Doubleday, 2000 As the Romans do: The delights, Dramas and Daily Diversions of Life in the Eternal
City. Joan, Michael and Alan have also lived in
Italy a long time-genuine insider views. Pilgrimage: A chronicle of Christianity through the churches of Rome
by June Hager Rome: A Cultural and Literary Companion,
Cities of the Imagination Within Tuscany/Reflections on a Time and...
by Matthew Spender, Penguin ,a contadino-sculptor in Chianti,1992 A Small Place in Italy by Eric Newby, Harper Collins, a great travel writer settles down
in the Apuan Alps between Tuscany and Liguria. 1994 A Valley in Italy : The Many Seasons
of a Villa in Umbria A Tuscan Childhood Italy for the Gourmet Traveler
by Fred Plotkin . With glossary of Italian food , wine and more
than 500 towns listed, divided by regions. 1996. After Hannibal
by Barry Unsworth, a
chilling tale of what could go wrong when you buy a home in Umbria.-1996 Bringing Italy Home : by Cheryl MacLachlan, Cassell, London. Italian arts, crafts &
decoration of homes. 1996 Italian Neighbors Or, a Lapsed Anglo-Saxon in Verona by Tim Parks An Italian Education : The Further Adventures of an Expatriate in Verona by Tim Parks North of Naples, South of Rome
by Paolo Tullio,The Liliput Press. Actor & writer tells
of his real Italy , in the Comino valley , 1996 Under the Tuscan Sun : At Home in Italy
by Frances Mayes,Broadway Books , an American poet restores a
villa near Cortona. 1997 Living, Studying and Working in Italy by Travis Neighbor and Monica Larner, Henry Hold & Co., New
York, Practical, especially for students. 1998. The Hills of Tuscany : A New Life in an old
land
by Ferenc Matè, Harper & Collins, Finding a dream house in
Montipulciano. 1998 When in Rome : A Journal of Life in Vatican
City
by Robert J. Hutchinson,Doubleday, N.Y. 1998 Bella Tuscany : The Sweet Life in Italy
by Frances Mayes, Broadway Books, sequel to her best-seller, 1999 Fodor’s guides Handmade in Italy, John Ferro Sims & Debra Boraston, Landscapes in Italy
photos by John Ferro Sims,text by Lisa St. Aubin de
Teràn,Pavilion,
1989 The New Italians by Charles Richards,Penguin. Background info on what makes modern Italians tick. 1994 America’s Rome
by William L. Vance,Yale University Press, an
interdisciplinary look at Catholic, Victorian & Contemporary
Rome, 1989 Traditional Houses of Rural Italy
by Paul Duncan and photos by John Ferro Sims, Collins & Brown,
Abbeville Press-paperback. Photos and text convince you that you
must have a home in rural Italy. 1993 Historic Houses & Gardens Open to the Public in Italy,
1200 public and private houses manors castles gardens in Italy.
Historic hotels, restaurants and cafès, described region by
region. Editoriale
Giorgio Mondadori. Bell’Italia
Guide Storiche, 1966 On the Spine of Italy, a year in the Abruzzi by Harry Clifton, MacMillan,London, 1999 Dear Friends and Darling
Romans,
Mary Chamberlain, memoir of living
in Rome in the 50’s. Written
in 1959 and recently
reissued. www.idkpress.com
Il Palazzo , Mary Chamberlain, Novel set in Rome. Written in the 1950’s and recently reissued. Order directly from www.idkpress.com |
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