A Thousand Days in Venice: An Unexpected Romance74 reviews Marlena de Blasi Algonquin Books, 2002 Intelligent, not wasteful with words + Fabulous Romance, Travel log and Food Inspiration + Oh, to live there. . . + Great Read + Fresh start in Venice             The Stone Boudoir: Travels Through the Hidden Villages of Sicily18 reviews Theresa Maggio Perseus Publishing, 2002 Pure Poetry + Proud Sicilian-Italian-American + A great book to read when going to Sicily In The Stone Boudoir, Theresa Maggio has taken the fascination she has for the land of her grandparents and transmuted it into words of pure gold that vividly distill the essence of the Sicily she calls the "island's hidden treasure and the secret spring of Sicilian endurance." The Sicily she ...             Italy in Mind: An Anthology4 reviews Vintage, 1997 Great writing, a wonderful read + Probably best used as a key to other works before going + Italy in Mind + English teacher obsessed with Italy finds kindred spirits             A Small Place in Italy8 reviews Eric Newby Lonely Planet, 1998 I learned, laughed, cried, couldn't put it down + Meets a market need perfectly. + I think I've read the entire genre of these types of books.. + Getting away from Tuscan groupy mush + What about Wanda             A Season with Verona: Travels Around Italy in Search of Illusion, National Character, and...Goals!14 reviews Tim Parks Arcade Publishing, 2002 Life on the "curva sud" with a real fan + An Interesting Season An English academic, living and teaching in Northern Italy for the past twenty years, Tim Parks offers a colorful, rich, detailed account of a year (2000-01) following his historic local football club, Hellas Verona. This is a week-by-week, blow-by-blow account, up close and very personal. He ...             Extra Virgin: A Young Woman Discovers the Italian Riviera Where Every Month Is Enchanted50 reviews Annie Hawes HarperAudio, 2001 Witty & full of interesting detail + A Wonderful Book + Living as an Italian + Wonderful!!! + A wonderful read             Italian Style1 review Jane Gordon-Clark Adams Media Corporation, 1999 Creative yet classical approach The subject itself is so exciting that you must be really bad writers and photographers to miss the point. "Italian style" authors are both very creative persons. Read "a new look at country style" from photograph Simon Upton. You might be shocked by the green carpet on the floor of a very simple ...             La Dolce Vita: Living in Italy2 reviews Catherine Fairweather Bulfinch, 2001 Touring Italy + O To Live In Italy! Instead of reserving this book to a coffee table, read it, enjoy it and see what Italy has to offer. Now that your interest has been sparked, travel to the places in Italy that are featured in this book.             An Italian Affair92 reviews Laura Fraser Pantheon, 2001 Food, wine and love in paradise + Wonderful! Laura Fraser has been married for only one year when her husband declares that he no longer loves her and has fallen for a younger woman. Totally devastated, she takes the advice of a friend to travel so as to meet new people and to take her mind off things, so sets off for some of the remoter ...             Notes from an Italian Garden3 reviews Joan Marble William Morrow & Company, 2001 Enchanting! + Delightful + A Work of Great Beauty I love to travel but I have never added to the sales of those memoirs of hapless outsiders who renovate a barn or farmhouse in Provence, Tuscany or Umbria. No matter how well-written, most are self-conscious narratives recycling the same ingredients: coping, making friends--and enemies--and eating ...             The Hills of Tuscany46 reviews Ferenc Mate Delta, 1999 A TUSCANY BOTH SERENE AND SEDUCTIVE + Loving all things Italian + Experiencing Tuscany + Tuscany at its best + Thoughts from Judith Petres Balogh             The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany (Most Beautiful Villages)20 reviews James Bentley Thames & Hudson, 1997 Tuscany + beautiful villages of tuscany + Wonderful for so many reasons + The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany             Sprezzatura: 50 Ways Italian Genius Shaped the World12 reviews Peter D'Epiro, Mary Desmond Pinkowish Anchor, 2001 A remarkable achievement + Informative and Authoritative + Great for travelers looking for more depth + Nothing's irrelevant for the serious student             Private Tuscany8 reviews Elizabeth Helman Minchilli Rizzoli International Publications, 1999 Great addition to my references + Beautiful Book I am an Interior Designer and I am always searching for new references and inspiration. This is a beautiful book             A Garden in Lucca: Finding Paradise in Tuscany15 reviews Paul Gervais Hyperion, 2000 Bona fide + Massachusetts 'Yankee' in Italian Paradise You might get the idea at first glance that this is yet another Provence/Tuscany retreat memoir complete with wide-eyed cross-cultural mishaps, boring renovations and banal recepies, but look again; This writer is bona fide, as he's lived near the old city of Lucca for nearly twenty years where he ...             Venice: Lion City14 reviews Garry Wills Simon & Schuster, 2001 Venetian art as reflection of politics/history/economics + When a guidebook just isn't enough + Venice: Lion City This is a wonderful book. While Wills has been criticized as a non-specialist in these reviews, in many ways I found that an asset in this book. It is beautifully written - he has a uniquely clear and flowing style of writing that is a continual pleasure for me - and as he presents the essence of ...             Iris Origo: Marchesa of Val D'Orcia Caroline Moorehead David R Godine, 2002 Iris Origo was one of those rare characters who, despite being born with a platinum spoon in her mouth, went on to accomplish great things. In Origo's case, she managed to add light and color to everything she touched and left for posterity a legacy of work, biography, autobiography, and literary criticism, that have become recognized as classics of their kind. She was born into a wealthy and ...             The Stones of Florence18 reviews Mary McCarthy Harvest Books, 1963 Concise Historical View + A Satisfying Trip to Florence + travel in Italy + Simply - still the classic for an excellent understanding of the city and its people. + Excellent short history, but a little difficult to read             Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love239 reviews Dava Sobel Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000 Shhh! It's actually about Galileo himself + Beautiful Letters from a Genius Daughter to a Genius Father + elegant, beautiful prose and story I've got a secret. This book is not really about Galileo's daughter, Virginia. It is about Galileo and his life and times as seen through letters from his daughter to him (the letters from him to his daughter were destroyed). As a book about Virginia, it is largely uninteresting and unenlightening. ...             The Most Beautiful Country Towns of Tuscany (Most Beautiful Villages Series)1 review James Bentley Thames & Hudson, 2001 Tuscany a beautiful book. Pictures are evocative of the essence of Tuscany. Love Tuscany and this book does it justice.