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Product Description A story of food and love, injury and healing, Keeping the Feast is the triumphant memoir of one couple’s nourishment and restoration in Italy after a period of tragedy, and the extraordinary sustaining powers of food, family, and friendship. Paula and John met in Italy, fell in love, and four years later, married in Rome. But less than a month after the wedding, tragedy struck. They had transferred from their Italian paradise to Warsaw and while re. . . More >>

Keeping the Feast: One Couple’s Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy

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Product Description“Italians say that someone who acquires a new language ‘possesses’ it. In my case, Italian possesses me. With Italian racing like blood through my veins, I do indeed see with different eyes, hear with different ears, and drink in the world with all my senses…”A celebration of the language and culture of Italy, La Bella Lingua is the story of how a language shaped a nation, told against the backdrop of one woman’s personal quest to speak fluent It. . . More >>

La Bella Lingua: My Love Affair with Italian, the World’s Most Enchanting Language

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Product DescriptionThis useful guide contains phrases for every situation, including insults to hurl at the refs during fútbol games at stadium in Rome. The author gives helpful tips for adding emphasis to slang through the body language, gestures, and intonation. Readers learn sweet words to entice a local beauty into a romantic gondola ride, not-so-sweet remarks to ward off any overzealous Venetians, and more. . . . More >>

Dirty Italian: Everyday Slang from “What’s Up?” to “F*%# Off!”

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Product DescriptionThe shortest route to mastering verb conjugations One of the greatest challenges in learning a language is mastering verb conjugations. The books in the unique Language Verb Drill series make it easier than ever for learners to meet that challenge. Drilling, whether it’s for learning a musical instrument, a sport, or a language, is an essential part of a sound education because repeated, concentrated practice makes specialized skills become second nature. . . . More >>

Italian Verb Drills

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Product Description150 recipes from northern Italy’s agriturismi, with beautiful full-color photographs. The Italian Farmer’s Table is a sumptuously illustrated cookbook featuring authentic recipes from more than thirty working family farms in northern Italy. . . . More >>

The Italian Farmer’s Table: Authentic Recipes and Local Lore from Northern Italy

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Product DescriptionYou can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in the hill towns of central Italy. In this 158-page compact guide, Rick Steves covers the essentials of the hill towns, including San Gimignano, Volterra, Montepulciano, and Cortona. Explore the Galgano Monastery, Volterra’s Etruscan Gate, Orvieto’s Duomo, or relax while wine tasting in Montalcino. You’ll get Rick’s firsthand advice on the best sights, eating, sleep. . . More >>

Rick Steves’ Snapshot Hill Towns of Central Italy: Including Siena & Assisi

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Product DescriptionRanked first in About. com Italy’s Top Ten Travel Guides, the highly portable Italy: Instructions for Use is the only handbook concentrates solely on the practical aspects of Italian travel. With revisions for 2007 that include a larger typeface, it keeps all the insider info that other guides have neither the space nor expertise to provide at your fingertips. . . without weighing you down. Written by an American who lives in Venice, organizes traveler’s ti. . . More >>

Italy, Instructions for Use: The Practical, On-Site Assistant for the Enthusiastic Traveler

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Product DescriptionFrom the prizewinning “master of atmosphere” (Boston Globe) comes the surprising and affecting story of a man well past middle age who suddenly finds himself on the threshold of renewal. Living on a tiny island entirely surrounded by ice during the long winter months, Fredrik Welin is so lost to the world that he cuts a hole in the ice every morning and lowers himself into the freezing water to remind himself that he is alive. Haunted by memories of the terrible. . . More >>

Italian Shoes: A Novel

• ISBN13: 9781933810416
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Product DescriptionExperience the Italian way of life by staying as a guest in an Italian home. Accommodations vary from simple farmhouses to noble country villas–all promising memorable stays. Bed & Breakfast travel affords visitors to Italy more intimate contact with the country’s traditional ways and culture than can ever be experienced when staying at hotels. The Karen Brown team has visited literally hundreds of properties in order to recommend what they consider the very best. . . . More >>

Karen Brown’s Italy Bed & Breakfasts 2009: Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries

• ISBN13: 9781843537502
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Product DescriptionThe Rough Guide Map Italy combines clear modern mapping and bang-up-to-date research and is the essential companion to anyone travelling around this vibrant and varied country. Whether you”re exploring the rolling countryside of Tuscany or the spectacular Amalfi coast, the Rough Guide Map provides invaluable information to help you find your way. It is printed on waterproof and rip-proof Polyart™ paper and includes detail on everything from road numbers and airpo. . . More >>

The Rough Guide to Italy Map