My Two Italies
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Author |
: Joseph Luzzi |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 225 |
Release |
: 2014-07-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780374298692 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0374298696 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis My Two Italies by : Joseph Luzzi
A child of Italian immigrants and scholar of Italian literature paints an intimate portrait that blends together history and the unusual to show how his 'two Italies' join and clash in unexpected ways.
Author |
: Frances Mayes |
Publisher |
: Crown |
Total Pages |
: 321 |
Release |
: 2003-08-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780767917452 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0767917456 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis Under the Tuscan Sun by : Frances Mayes
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The beloved memoir of self-discovery set against the spectacular Tuscan countryside that inspired the major motion picture starring Diane Lane—now in a twentieth-anniversary edition featuring a new afterword “This beautifully written memoir about taking chances, living in Italy, loving a house and, always, the pleasures of food, would make a perfect gift for a loved one. But it’s so delicious, read it first yourself.”—USA Today For more Frances Mayes, including a tour of her now iconic Cortona home, Bramasole, watch PBS’s Dream of Italy: Tuscan Sun Special! More than twenty years ago, Frances Mayes—widely published poet, gourmet cook, and travel writer—introduced readers to a wondrous new world when she bought and restored an abandoned Tuscan villa called Bramasole. Under the Tuscan Sun inspired generations to embark on their own journeys—whether that be flying to a foreign country in search of themselves, savoring one of the book’s dozens of delicious seasonal recipes, or simply being transported by Mayes’s signature evocative, sensory language. Now with a new afterword from Frances Mayes, the twentieth-anniversary edition of Under the Tuscan Sun revisits the book’s most popular characters.
Author |
: Mark Rotella |
Publisher |
: North Point Press |
Total Pages |
: 324 |
Release |
: 2004-05-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781429966061 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1429966068 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Stolen Figs by : Mark Rotella
An effortlessly artful blend of travel book, memoir, and affectionate portrait of a people Calabria is the toe of the boot that is Italy—a rugged peninsula where grapevines and fig and olive trees cling to the mountainsides during the scorching summers while the sea crashes against the cliffs on both coasts. Calabria is also a seedbed of Italian American culture; in North America, more people of Italian heritage trace their roots to Calabria than to almost any other region in Italy. Mark Rotella's Stolen Figs is a marvelous evocation of Calabria and Calabrians, whose way of life is largely untouched by the commerce that has made Tuscany and Umbria into international tourist redoubts. A grandson of Calabrian immigrants, Rotella persuades his father to visit the region for the first time in thirty years; once there, he meets Giuseppe, a postcard photographer who becomes his guide to all things Calabrian. As they travel around the region, Giuseppe initiates Rotella—and the reader—into its secrets: how to make soppressata and 'nduja, where to find hidden chapels and grottoes, and, of course, how to steal a fig without actually committing a crime. Stolen Figs is a model travelogue—at once charming and wise, and full of the earthy and unpretentious sense of life that, now as ever, characterizes Calabria and its people.
Author |
: Mark Sullivan |
Publisher |
: Lake Union Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1503902374 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781503902374 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Beneath a Scarlet Sky by : Mark Sullivan
A teenage boy in 1940s Italy becomes part of an underground railroad that helps Jews escape through the Alps, but when he is recruited to be the personal driver for a powerful Third Reich commander, he begins to spy for the Allies.
Author |
: Livy |
Publisher |
: Penguin UK |
Total Pages |
: 270 |
Release |
: 2004-05-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780141913117 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0141913118 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rome and Italy by : Livy
Books VI-X of Livy's monumental work trace Rome's fortunes from its near collapse after defeat by the Gauls in 386 bc to its emergence, in a matter of decades, as the premier power in Italy, having conquered the city-state of Samnium in 293 bc. In this fascinating history, events are described not simply in terms of partisan politics, but through colourful portraits that bring the strengths, weaknesses and motives of leading figures such as the noble statesman Camillus and the corrupt Manlius vividly to life. While Rome's greatest chronicler intended his history to be a memorial to former glory, he also had more didactic aims - hoping that readers of his account could learn from the past ills and virtues of the city.
Author |
: Franois-Rgis Gaudry |
Publisher |
: Artisan Books |
Total Pages |
: 401 |
Release |
: 2021-11-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781648290596 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1648290590 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Let's Eat Italy! by : Franois-Rgis Gaudry
The ultimate book on every aspect of Italian food—inspiring, comprehensive, colorful, extensive, joyful, and downright encyclopedic.
Author |
: Barry Tomalin |
Publisher |
: Bravo Limited |
Total Pages |
: 169 |
Release |
: 2016-01-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781857338300 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1857338308 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Italy - Culture Smart! by : Barry Tomalin
Italy delights and stimulates with its magnificent cities and monuments, its stunningly beautiful landscapes, the glory of its art and architecture, the richness and variety of its food, the elegance of its design and fashion, and the vitality and charm of its people. Italian style and culture have been exported all over the world. What is it like at home? Almost ten years after the 2008 banking crisis, Italy struggles to maintain its standard of living, the stability of the currency, and its ability to provide jobs for its school leavers and university graduates, many of whom now leave to work elsewhere in Europe. In addition, the influx of refugees from southeast Europe and across the Mediterranean is putting pressure on both its security and its economy. How are traditional Italian society and politics changing to deal with these challenges, with its most famous political personality of the last ten years, the former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, still apparently waiting in the wings? The Italians are the most European-minded of nations, having emerged from a long history of regional fragmentation." Culture Smart! Italy" introduces you to their history and culture and offers an insider s guide to their daily lives, passions, and preoccupations. This is your chance to get to know them better."
Author |
: Douglas Harper |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 313 |
Release |
: 2010-01-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226317267 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226317269 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Italian Way by : Douglas Harper
Outside of Italy, the country’s culture and its food appear to be essentially synonymous. And indeed, as The Italian Way makes clear, preparing, cooking, and eating food play a central role in the daily activities of Italians from all walks of life. In this beautifully illustrated book, Douglas Harper and Patrizia Faccioli present a fascinating and colorful look at the Italian table. The Italian Way focuses on two dozen families in the city of Bologna, elegantly weaving together Harper’s outsider perspective with Faccioli’s intimate knowledge of the local customs. The authors interview and observe these families as they go shopping for ingredients, cook together, and argue over who has to wash the dishes. Throughout, the authors elucidate the guiding principle of the Italian table—a delicate balance between the structure of tradition and the joy of improvisation. With its bite-sized history of food in Italy, including the five-hundred-year-old story of the country’s cookbooks, and Harper’s mouth-watering photographs, The Italian Way is a rich repast—insightful, informative, and inviting.
Author |
: Robert D. Putnam |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 282 |
Release |
: 1994-05-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781400820740 |
ISBN-13 |
: 140082074X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Making Democracy Work by : Robert D. Putnam
"A classic."—New York Times "Seminal, epochal, path-breaking . . . a Democracy in America for our times."—The Nation From the bestselling author of Bowling Alone, a landmark account of the secret of successful democracies Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? In a book that has received attention from policymakers and civic activists in America and around the world, acclaimed political scientist and bestselling author Robert Putnam and his collaborators offer empirical evidence for the importance of "civic community" in developing successful institutions. Their focus is on a unique experiment begun in 1970, when Italy created new governments for each of its regions. After spending two decades analyzing the efficacy of these governments in such fields as agriculture, housing, and healthcare, they reveal patterns of associationism, trust, and cooperation that facilitate good governance and economic prosperity. The result is a landmark book filled with crucial insights about how to make democracy work.
Author |
: Ernesto De Martino |
Publisher |
: Hau |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 099050509X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780990505099 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (9X Downloads) |
Synopsis Magic by : Ernesto De Martino
Though his work was little known outside Italian intellectual circles for most of the twentieth century, anthropologist and historian of religions Ernesto de Martino is now recognized as one of the most original thinkers in the field. This book is testament to de Martino's innovation and engagement with Hegelian historicism and phenomenology--a work of ethnographic theory way ahead of its time. This new translation of Sud e Magia, his 1959 study of ceremonial magic and witchcraft in southern Italy, shows how De Martino is not interested in the question of whether magic is rational or irrational but rather in why it came to be perceived as a problem of knowledge in the first place. Setting his exploration within his wider, pathbreaking theorization of ritual, as well as in the context of his politically sensitive analysis of the global south's historical encounters with Western science, he presents the development of magic and ritual in Enlightenment Naples as a paradigmatic example of the complex dynamics between dominant and subaltern cultures. Far ahead of its time, Magic is still relevant as anthropologists continue to wrestle with modernity's relationship with magical thinking.