An Italian Affair

Author : Laura Fraser
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2002-05-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780375724855

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When Laura Fraser's husband leaves her for his high school sweetheart, she takes off, on impulse, for Italy, and discovers not only a lasting sense of pleasure, but a more fully recovered sense of her emotional and sexual self. “Sweet, smart. We are smitten from the start.” —O: The Oprah Magazine When Laura Fraser's husband leaves her for his high school sweetheart, she takes off, on impulse, for Italy, hoping to leave some of her sadness behind. There, on the island of Ischia, she meets M., an aesthetics professor from Paris with an oversized love of life. What they both assume will be a casual vacation tryst turns into a passionate, transatlantic love affair, as they rendezvous in London, Marrakech, Milan, the Aeolian Islands, and San Francisco. Each encounter is a delirious immersion into place (sumptuous food and wine, dazzling scenery, lush gardens, and vibrant streetscapes) and into each other. And with each experience, Laura brings home not only a lasting sense of pleasure, but a more fully recovered sense of her emotional and sexual self. Written with an observant eye, an open mind, and a delightful sense of humor, An Italian Affair has the irresistible honesty of a story told from and about the heart.

Author : Caroline Montague
Publisher : Orion
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409180791

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'Thoroughly engrossing' - Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey Love. War. Family. Betrayal. Italy, 1937. Alessandra Durante is grieving the loss of her husband when she discovers she has inherited her ancestral family seat, Villa Durante, deep in the Tuscan Hills. Longing for a new start, she moves from her home in London to Italy with her daughter Diana and sets about rebuilding her life. Under the threat of war, Alessandra's house becomes first a home and then a shelter to all those who need it. Then Davide, a young man who is hiding the truth about who he is, arrives, and Diana starts to find her heart going where her head knows it must not. Back home in Britain as war breaks out, Alessandra's son Robert, signs up to be a pilot, determined to play his part in freeing Italy from the grip of Fascism. His bravery marks him out as an asset to the Allies, and soon he is being sent deep undercover and further into danger than ever before. As war rages, the Durante family will love and lose, but will they survive the war...? 'Enthralling...An Italian Affair snares us in an ever-tightening circle of love and despair, secrets and forgiveness' - Joanna Lumley

Author : Harlequin Enterprises (Australia) Pty, Limited,Margaret McDonagh
Publisher : Mills & Boon
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Love stories
ISBN : 0733590519

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Medical Plus Bonus Novella by Harlequin Enterprises (Australia) Pty, Limited,Margaret McDonagh Pdf

Author : Amanda Burns
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9358565438

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An Italian Affair by Amanda Burns Pdf

Author : Annie Seaton
Publisher : Entangled: Bliss
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781640634541

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Italian Affair by Annie Seaton Pdf

Free-spirited Brianna Ballantine has four days to find a fiancé so she can inherit her birth mother's Italian villa. Commitment is not on the agenda. Writing her book and signing legal papers are. And once all is said and done, she'll return home to Australia, but not without a little fun first. For finance guru Tomas Richards, relationships have been a bad investment—give him stocks and shares any day. When Tomas offers a marriage of convenience to help Brianna secure her inheritance, this gorgeous, quirky woman promises an affair to remember, despite family complications at every turn. Each book in the Affair series is STANDALONE: * Holiday Affair * Italian Affair * Outback Affair

Author : Caroline Montague
Publisher : Orion
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1409180786

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Love. War. Family. Betrayal. Italy, 1937. Alessandra Durante is grieving the loss of her husband when she discovers she has inherited her ancestral family seat, Villa Durante, deep in the Tuscan Hills. Longing for a new start, she moves from her home in London to Italy with her daughter Diana and sets about rebuilding her life. Under the threat of war, Alessandra's house becomes first a home and then a shelter to all those who need it. Then Davide, a young man who is hiding the truth about who he is, arrives, and Diana starts to find her heart going where her head knows it must not. Back home in Britain as war breaks out, Alessandra's son Robert, signs up to be a pilot, determined to play his part in freeing Italy from the grip of Fascism. His bravery marks him out as an asset to the Allies, and soon he is being sent deep undercover and further into danger than ever before. As war rages, the Durante family will love and lose, but will they survive the war...? 'Thoroughly engrossing' - Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey 'Enthralling...An Italian Affair snares us in an ever-tightening circle of love and despair, secrets and forgiveness' - Joanna Lumley

Author : Simon Martin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780857730602

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Sport Italia by Simon Martin Pdf

The Italian love affair with sport is passionate, voracious, all-consuming. It provides a backdrop and a narrative to almost every aspect of daily life in Italy and the distinctively pink-coloured newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport is devoured by almost half a million readers every day. Narrating the history of modern Italy through its national passion for sport, Sport Italia provides a completely new portrayal of one of Europe's most alluring, yet contradictory countries, tracing the highs and lows of Italy's sporting history from its Liberal pioneers through Mussolini and the 1960 Rome Olympics to the Berlusconi era. By interweaving essential themes of Italian history, its politics, society and economy with a history of the passion for sport in the country, Simon Martin tells the story of modern Italy in a fresh and colourful way, illustrating how and why sport is so strongly embedded in both politics and society, and how it is inseparable from the concept of Italian national identity. Showing sport's capacity to both unite and deeply divide, this book reveals a novel and previously unexplored element of the history of a society and its state, which will be an essential read for sports fans, historians and students alike.

Author : Shelley Sikora
Publisher : Sikora
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0972474900

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An Italian Affair by Shelley Sikora Pdf

Meals can be prepared quickly with a minimal amount of ingredients and preparation time. This book offers great meals for novice or expert, with Sicilian flavours.

Author : Elizabeth Minchilli
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-29
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781250133052

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Eating My Way Through Italy by Elizabeth Minchilli Pdf

A cultural and culinary celebration of everything that makes Italian cuisine great, from Rome’s resident gastronomic expert After a lifetime of living and eating in Rome, Elizabeth Minchilli is an expert on the city's cuisine. While she’s proud to share everything she knows about Rome, she now wants to show her devoted readers that the rest of Italy is a culinary treasure trove just waiting to be explored. Far from being a monolithic gastronomic culture, each region of Italy offers its own specialties. While fava beans mean one thing in Rome, they mean an entirely different thing in Puglia. Risotto in a Roman trattoria? Don’t even consider it. Visit Venice and not eat cichetti? Unthinkable. Eating My Way Through Italy, celebrates the differences in the world’s favorite cuisine. Divided geographically, Eating My Way Through Italy looks at all the different aspects of Italian food culture. Whether it’s pizza in Naples, deep fried calamari in Venice, anchovies in Amalfi, an elegant dinner in Milan, gathering and cooking capers on Pantelleria, or hunting for truffles in Umbria each chapter includes, not just anecdotes, personal stories and practical advice, but also recipes that explore the cultural and historical references that make these subjects timeless. For anyone who follows Elizabeth on her blog Elizabeth Minchilli in Rome, read her previous book Eating Rome, or used her brilliant phone app Eat Italy to dine well, Eating My Way Through Italy, is a must.

Author : Jessica Gilmore,Helen Brooks,Liz Fielding
Publisher : Mills & Boon
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-09
Category : Man-woman relationships
ISBN : 1489244093

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Mediterranean Escapes: an Italian Affair/Summer with the Millionaire/in the Italian's Sights/Flirting with Italian by Jessica Gilmore,Helen Brooks,Liz Fielding Pdf

Summer With The Millionaire - Jessica Gilmore Lady Araminta Davenport has never managed to settle down. A fianc� -- but never a wedding. A business -- but never her own. Now she's determined to turn her life around...which is why she's returned to Tuscany and the man she can't forget. Luca Di Tore is married to his work. But, seeing Minty again, he remembers all the sunshine of the summers they spent as teenagers. When they take an impromptu road trip together Luca realises there's been something missing from his life...and she's right there in front of him! In The Italian's Sights - Helen Brooks Her fianc� has been stolen by her sister, she's lost in the remote country lanes of Italy and her hire car has broken down! Wondering what else will go wrong, Cherry Gibbs looks up to meet the searing gaze of Vittorio Carella. Despite his having everything she has sworn to avoid, Cherry finds herself staying at her rescuer's villa. Soon she's intoxicated by the stunning surroundings and seduced by Vittorio's skilful touch. But this isn't reality. Vittorio could have his pick of Italy's social elite -- so why has he set his sights on her...' Flirting With Italian - Liz Fielding Newly single Sarah Gratton is determined to enjoy her holiday -- could a just-for-fun romance with dark-eyed Matteo di Serrone be the answer? This Italian count is ideal flirting material -- if Sarah's brave enough to make a move! Well, she might not be -- but luckily Matteo is! Matteo decides to keep this mysterious woman close -- no hardship at all, given their spine-tingling awareness of each other. It's like something out of a fairytale -- until Sarah realises she's made the most rookie mistake of all: falling in love with her holiday fling...

Author : HELEN BROOKS,LIZ FIELDING,Jessica Gilmore
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781489245229

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Mediterranean Escapes by HELEN BROOKS,LIZ FIELDING,Jessica Gilmore Pdf

Summer With The Millionaire – Jessica Gilmore Lady Araminta Davenport has never managed to settle down. A fiancé – but never a wedding. A business – but never her own. Now she's determined to turn her life around...which is why she's returned to Tuscany and the man she can't forget. Luca Di Tore is married to his work. But, seeing Minty again, he remembers all the sunshine of the summers they spent as teenagers. When they take an impromptu road trip together Luca realises there's been something missing from his life...and she's right there in front of him! In The Italian's Sights – Helen Brooks Her fiancé has been stolen by her sister, she's lost in the remote country lanes of Italy and her hire car has broken down! Wondering what else will go wrong, Cherry Gibbs looks up to meet the searing gaze of Vittorio Carella. Despite his having everything she has sworn to avoid, Cherry finds herself staying at her rescuer's villa. Soon she's intoxicated by the stunning surroundings and seduced by Vittorio's skilful touch. But this isn't reality. Vittorio could have his pick of Italy's social elite – so why has he set his sights on her...? Flirting With Italian – Liz Fielding Newly single Sarah Gratton is determined to enjoy her holiday – could a just–for–fun romance with dark–eyed Matteo di Serrone be the answer? This Italian count is ideal flirting material – if Sarah's brave enough to make a move! Well, she might not be – but luckily Matteo is! Matteo decides to keep this mysterious woman close – no hardship at all, given their spine–tingling awareness of each other. It's like something out of a fairytale – until Sarah realises she's made the most rookie mistake of all: falling in love with her holiday fling...

Author : Stephen C. Bruner
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443878555

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Late Nineteenth-Century Italy in Africa by Stephen C. Bruner Pdf

“Civilizing Africa” – bringing European institutions and society to Africa – was a common rationale for nineteenth-century European expansions into that continent. However, in March 1891 a news correspondent accused officials in Italy’s Red Sea colony of having ordered, without trial, the secret and brutal killing of certain indigenous notables. A scandal erupted because the news contradicted civilizing expectations, portraying Italians rather than Africans as the barbarians. The press drove a public debate over the accusations, but the debate ultimately led to an unanticipated reversal: public acceptance of the killings, because most Italians no longer considered European standards applicable to Africans. Reportage on three topics turned out to be most influential in shifting the public outlook: an Italo-Abyssinian diplomatic impasse, an on-going Africa famine, and the public persona of a colonial commander. Historians have read the 1891 affair as an inconsequential, essentially minor event in the run-up to the 1896 battle of Adua (Adwa), Italy’s defeat by African forces that some have called an event of world-historical consequence. Yet the Livraghi affair re-shaped the Italian outlook on colonialism, opening the door to the later Italo-Abyssinian conflict and an event like Adua. The affair was so important to contemporary Italians that it occupied public attention for ten months, and influenced attitudes and colonial policy for decades. It prompted an enduring change without which there might have been no Adua.

Author : Maeve Haran
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447291947

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An Italian Holiday by Maeve Haran Pdf

Sunshine, warmth, lemon blossom . . . Springtime in glorious Southern Italy can go to your head. Especially if you are escaping an overbearing husband, the embarrassingly public loss of your company, an interfering mother who still tries to run your life or the pain of a husband's affair with a girl young enough to be his daughter. As the Italian sun ripens the lemons in the groves that tumble down the hillsides and the Mediterranean dazzles beneath them, assertive Angela, extrovert Sylvie, unconfident Claire and mousy Monica find burgeoning friendship and begin to blossom in quite unexpected ways. Packed with memorable characters – from the acid-tongued Grand Old Man of Modern Art who lives next door – to the aspiring gigolo who thinks nothing of a forty year age gap, Maeve Haran's An Italian Holiday is a witty and entertaining reminder of why going a little mad in the sun can sometimes be exactly what you need.

Author : Laura Fraser
Publisher : Shebooks
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781940838069

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The Risotto Guru by Laura Fraser Pdf

NYT-bestselling author Laura Fraser journeys from the SpaghettiOs of her American childhood to savor the best of Italian cuisine and the culture that cooked it up. Using the same dreamy, delicious prose that made An Italian Affair a best-selling memoir, these essays will delight readers who loved that book, and all who love Italian food and culture. Sumptuous descriptions of Italian meals—and the passion that goes into them—make this e-book a mouthwatering, uplifting pleasure. In “Italy in 17 Courses,” Fraser uses the pace and order of the dishes in a wedding feast to muse on her own introduction to Italian food, and how it changed her from a diet-obsessed vegetarian to a pasta and pancetta connoisseur. “An Affair to Remember” explores themes of food and nostalgia, and how a good meal can lift the spirit. In “The Risotto Guru,” Fraser writes a funny spoof of New Age gurus as she searches to perfect her own risotto. Warning: Do not read on an empty stomach.

Author : Fabio Rizi
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487530235

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Benedetto Croce and the Birth of the Italian Republic, 1943-1952 by Fabio Rizi Pdf

As president of the Italian Liberal Party, Benedetto Croce was one of the most influential intellectuals involved in Italian public affairs after the fall of Mussolini. Placing Croce at the centre of historical events between 1943 and 1952, this book details his participation in Italy’s political life, and his major contributions to the rebirth of Italian democracy. Drawing on a great amount of primary material, including Croce’s political speeches, correspondences, diaries, and official documents from post-war Italy, this book illuminates the dynamic and progressive nature of Croce’s liberalism and the shortcomings of the old Liberal leaders. Providing a year-by-year account of Croce’s initiatives, author Fabio Fernando Rizi fills the gap in Croce’s biography, covering aspects of his public life often neglected, misinterpreted, or altogether ignored, and restores his standing among the founding fathers of modern Italy.