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Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
c1993
Physical Desc
xxiv, 227 p. : map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gary Paul Nabhan walked the two hundred miles from Florence to Assisi. Along the way he met peasant farmers eager to share the love of their plants and seeds, recipes and customs. The fruit of this pilgrimage is writing that imaginatively traverses the boundary between nature and history.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
280 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of the author's first four years in Italy, describing her purchase and restoration of an abandoned villa in the Tuscan countryside, her transformation of the overgrown gardens, and her discovery of the many links between the food and culture of the region.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
Venice, a city steeped in a thousand years of history, art and architecture, teeters in precarious balance between endurance and decay. Its architectural treasures crumble -- foundations shift, marble ornaments fall -- even as efforts to preserve them are underway. This book opens in 1996, when a dramatic fire destroys the historic Fenice opera house, a catastrophe for Venetians. Arriving three days after the fire, Berendt becomes a kind of detective...
Author
Language
English
Description
Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned thirty, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She had everything an educated, ambitious American woman was supposed to want--a husband, a house, a successful career. But instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed with panic, grief, and confusion. She went through a divorce, a crushing depression, another failed love, and the eradication of everything she ever thought she was supposed...
Author
Publisher
Vallagarina
Pub. Date
1978
Physical Desc
139 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this book on the Dolomites overlooking Cortina, Enrico Rossaro has managed to pick out the characteristics -- one might almost say the personalities -- of the various mountain groups, thus enriching the literature written about mountains for a wide public, with poetic motifs springing from his intense observation of nature and his imagination. A mountain fascinates at first because of its shape, forms, colors: its most striking aspects. Then, as...
Author
Publisher
Vallagarina
Pub. Date
1978
Physical Desc
139 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this book on the Dolomites overlooking Cortina, Enrico Rossaro has managed to pick out the characteristics -- one might almost say the personalities -- of the various mountain groups, thus enriching the literature written about mountains for a wide public, with poetic motifs springing from his intense observation of nature and his imagination. A mountain fascinates at first because of its shape, forms, colors: its most striking aspects. Then, as...
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xvii, 441 pages : illustration, map ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The Roman Forum, the Leaning Tower, the Piazza San Marco: these are the sights synonymous with Italy. But such landmarks only scratch the surface of this magical country's offerings. In [this book], Frances Mayes introduces us to the Italy only the locals know, as she and her husband, Ed, explore, eat, and drink their way through thirteen regions--from Friuli to Sicily. An invitation to the Italy most travelers never experience, [this book] showcases...
10) The Dolomites
Author
Publisher
Plurigraf
Pub. Date
1983
Physical Desc
123 [4] p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Perhaps no other region in the Alpine chain has given rise to so much interest as the Dolomites, and for such different reasons. Mountaineers, geologists, poets and naturalists have all explored, studied and admired this quite unique and marvelous world. In recent years, with the coming of mass tourism, winter sports and the return to nature, the Dolomites dominate the attention of a vast and ever-increasing public. The Alps boast much higher and...
11) The Dolomites
Author
Publisher
Plurigraf
Pub. Date
1983
Physical Desc
123 [4] p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Perhaps no other region in the Alpine chain has given rise to so much interest as the Dolomites, and for such different reasons. Mountaineers, geologists, poets and naturalists have all explored, studied and admired this quite unique and marvelous world. In recent years, with the coming of mass tourism, winter sports and the return to nature, the Dolomites dominate the attention of a vast and ever-increasing public. The Alps boast much higher and...
Publisher
Global Access
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 sound discs (ca 60 min. each) (4 3/4 in.) + 1 videodisc (4 3/4 in.) + 1 phrasebook (254 p.)
Language
English
Description
Visual and audio instruction for learning to speak Italian, plus a phrase book. The various parts of the Visual Passport work together for full multi-sensory learning! First, viewers watch the 75-minute language learning DVD for 250-300 basic words and phrases, as well as getting some important tips on grammar and culture. Live native speakers introduce the language and act out basic conversations, while English and the target language appear on-screen!...
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