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My Italian Adventures

Author : Lucy de Burgh
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750953061

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An enchanting memoir of one English girl's wartime adventures—so true to life you cannot help but fall in love with Italy alongside herWhen Lucy Addey became one of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) Girls in Khaki, she hardly imagined that she would end up eating ice cream a stone's throw from the Roman forum. Her story is of a love affair with the Italian landscape and its people. Yet her Italy is not without its adventures, from her erstwhile admirer and would-be archaeologist Jimmy gifting her a landmine to be used as coffee table, to her harrowing journeys through the Italian countryside revealing Nazi atrocities against the men and women who had bravely sheltered Allied soldiers. Lucy's incredible resilience and indomitable sense of fun runs like a golden thread throughout the book. It is impossible not to get caught up in her stories of humor and tragedy, and not to fall in love with her Italy.

My Italian Adventures

Author : Lucy de Burgh
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780750953061

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My Italian Adventures by Lucy de Burgh Pdf

Wartime Italy is a place of sunshine and shadows. A country torn apart by the turbulent dictatorship of Mussolini and the horrors of Nazi occupation, struggling to repair itself during the Allied liberation. Yet, it is also the land of spaghetti and spumante, the shores of Lake Garda and the Dolomite mountains, and into this drops an English girl who is quickly enchanted by the Italian landscape and way of life. A woman's memoir of wartime is very rare, but Lucy de Burgh writes a sparkling eyewitness account of her time in Italy serving with the Auxiliary Territorial Service – Britain's famous 'girls in khaki'. Every day is a new adventure – from receiving a landmine as a love token from a would-be admirer to midnight swimming in 'a small black lake, reflecting in its passive waters the millions of twinkling stars, the blue-black sky like silk spotted with polka dots'. Although she sees the tragedy and cost of war first-hand, she also makes friends, finds beauty and civility wherever she goes and is moved by the love of life of those who have lost everything. My Italian Adventures is being published as a contribution to The Monte San Martino Trust, a charity dedicated to commemorating the bravery of those Italian who had sacrificed their lives for sheltering Allied soldiers escaping the Nazis.

Cucina Tipica

Author : Andrew Cotto
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1684331234

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Cucina Tipica: An Italian Adventure is the story of Jacoby Pines, a disheartened American who arrives in Italy on holiday, and decides he never wants to leave. What follows is a wine-soaked, food-filled, travel-laden adventure about one man's quest for an antiquated existence in the modern world.

My Italian Adventure- A Travel Journal about Italy

Author : @ Journals and Notebooks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1683264673

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My Italian Adventure- A Travel Journal about Italy by @ Journals and Notebooks Pdf

If Italia is the next country you want to visit, then you better pack this journal with you! Writing while traveling helps you get a better feel of the experience. It allows you to better understand the culture, the traditions and the people. If you listen carefully and take notes, you might even improve your Italian, too. Grab a copy today!

My Italian Bulldozer

Author : Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101871409

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My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall Smith Pdf

The best-selling author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series returns with an irresistible new novel about one man’s adventures in the Italian countryside. Paul Stuart, a renowned food writer, finds himself at loose ends after his longtime girlfriend leaves him for her personal trainer. To cheer him up, Paul’s editor, Gloria, encourages him to finish his latest cookbook on-site in Tuscany, hoping that a change of scenery (plus the occasional truffled pasta and glass of red wine) will offer a cure for both heartache and writer’s block. But upon Paul’s arrival, things don’t quite go as planned. A mishap with his rental-car reservation leaves him stranded, until a newfound friend leads him to an intriguing alternative: a bulldozer. With little choice in the matter, Paul accepts the offer, and as he journeys (well, slowly trundles) into the idyllic hillside town of Montalcino, he discovers that the bulldozer may be the least of the surprises that await him. What follows is a delightful romp through the lush sights and flavors of the Tuscan countryside, as Paul encounters a rich cast of characters, including a young American woman who awakens in him something unexpected. A feast for the senses and a poignant meditation on the complexity of human relationships, My Italian Bulldozer is a charming and intensely satisfying love story for anyone who has ever dreamed of a fresh start.

Our Italian Summer

Author : Jennifer Probst
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593098462

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Three generations of women in the Ferrari family must heal the broken pieces of their lives on a trip of a lifetime through picturesque Italy from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Probst Workaholic, career-obsessed Francesca is fiercely independent and successful in all areas of her life except one: family. She struggles to make time for her relationship with her teenage daughter, Allegra, and the two have become practically strangers to each other. When Allegra hangs out with a new crowd and is arrested for drug possession, Francesca gives in to her mother's wish that they take one epic summer vacation to trace their family roots in Italy. She just never expected to face a choice that might change the course of her life. . . Allegra wants to make her grandmother happy, but she hates the idea of forced time with her mother and vows to fight every step of the ridiculous tour, until a young man on the verge of priesthood begins to show her the power of acceptance, healing, and the heartbreaking complications of love. Sophia knows her girls are in trouble. A summer filled with the possibility for change is what they all desperately need. Among the ruins of ancient Rome, the small churches of Assisi, and the rolling hills of Tuscany, Sophia hopes to show her girls that the bonds of family are everything, and to remind them that they can always lean on one another, before it's too late.

Gino’s Italian Family Adventure

Author : Gino D'Acampo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781526628329

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Gino’s Italian Family Adventure by Gino D'Acampo Pdf

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER TAKE A SEAT AT GINO'S FAMILY TABLE: with every recipe from his latest hit ITV series __________________ Italian families know that food is where the heart is. In his new book, Gino shares over 80 tried and tested recipes that work for busy families, ranging from quick weeknight one-pot meals to comforting roasts to decadent desserts – and even the dinners to make when the kids are out! You'll be amazed what you can do with cheap ingredients you can find anywhere. Try his: · HEARTY MUSHROOM PENNE with smoked pancetta and rosemary · BRAISED LAMB SHANKS in honey and red wine sauce · MACARONI QUATTRO FORMAGGI with fried breadcrumbs and sneaky veg · SPICY AUBERGINE BAKE with mozzarella and pecorino cheese · IRISH CREAM PANNA COTTA with chocolate coffee beans · ITALIAN BUCK'S FIZZ with prosecco and Cointreau Whether you've got hours or minutes to cook, whether your family wants adventurous new tastes or old familiar classics, Gino has the perfect recipe for you. Including the chapters Quick, One-Pot, Lighter, Sunday Specials, Kids Are Out and Desserts, this book will bring a ray of Italian sunshine into your family dinners. Buon appetito!

Books about Italy for Kids

Author : Trent Harding
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 197975070X

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Books about Italy for Kids by Trent Harding Pdf

Are you going to Italy soon or want to learn more about Italian culture and attractions? This cute, well-designed book about Italy for Kids featuring hand-drawn artwork of cute, Theodore the bear teaches young readers all about Italy, basic Italian words and what life is like in Italy. Theodore travels to the Colosseum in Rome, Canals in Venice, Leaning Tower of Pisa and all over Itay on his journey eating all types of exciting foods like pizza and pasta. Your child will love learning about Italy as they join in the adventure of cute Theodore the Bear. Get your copy now!

Sally Brady's Italian Adventure

Author : Christina Lynch
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250286161

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Sally Brady's Italian Adventure by Christina Lynch Pdf

"A fresh breeze of wit and glamour." —The Wall Street Journal "Richly evocative of the charms and contradictions of Italy. Brava!” —Chris Pavone, New York Times bestselling author "A gorgeously entertaining story about a spirited woman during wartime that manages to be a clever caper at times but taut and profound at others"* What if you found yourself in the middle of a war armed only with lipstick and a sense of humor? Abandoned as a child in Los Angeles in 1931, dust bowl refugee Sally Brady convinces a Hollywood movie star to adopt her, and grows up to be an effervescent gossip columnist secretly satirizing Europe’s upper crust. By 1940 saucy Sally is conquering Fascist-era Rome with cheek and charm. A good deed leaves Sally stranded in wartime Italy, brandishing a biting wit, a fake passport, and an elastic sense of right and wrong. To save her friends and find her way home through a land of besieged castles and villas, Sally must combat tragedy with comedy, tie up pompous bureaucrats in their own red tape, force the cruel to be kind, and unravel the mystery, weight, and meaning of family. Heir to Odysseus’s wiles and Candide’s optimism, Sally Brady is a heroine for the 21st century.

An Italian Adventure

Author : Gaia Amman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0996805109

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*A humorous coming of age tale of friendship, sisterhood, and family drama set against the gorgeous backdrop of northern Italy* Recommended for fans of Jandy Nelson, John Green, Neil Gaiman and Sherman Alexie. Italy, the late 80s. Leda is a bookish ten-year-old tomboy. Her life turns upside down when shady Nico moves to the North from Sicily. Determined not to let the bully ruin her life, Leda is dragged through a tornado of adventures that will transform both kids in the face of first crushes, weird adults, and family drama. This humorous and insightful coming of age tale will show you the Italy you never imagined, an exhilarating mix of sensuality, religion and superstition set against the gorgeous backdrop of the serene countryside, the Alps, and the enchanting Island of Sardinia. Recommended for ages 13 and above. Some swearwords, mostly in Italian. The book is the first in a series following the same characters throughout their life. *Praise for An Italian Adventure* "Insightful and funny, I loved it!" --Paul Schwartzmeyer, author of the Traitor Patriot series "Touching and skillful, a masterful execution." --Neil Daniel, author of the Obeahman's Dagger "I could not stop reading and can't wait for more!"-- Amy Joslyn, librarian and children's literacy advocate

My Two Italies

Author : Joseph Luzzi
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780374708894

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My Two Italies by Joseph Luzzi Pdf

A charming, informative personal history that blends the anecdotal, historical, and downright unusual The child of Italian immigrants and an award-winning scholar of Italian literature, in My Two Italies Joseph Luzzi straddles these two perspectives to link his family's dramatic story to Italy's north-south divide, its quest for a unifying language, and its passion for art, food, and family. From his Calabrian father's time as a military internee in Nazi Germany—where he had a love affair with a local Bavarian woman—to his adventures amid the Renaissance splendor of Florence, Luzzi creates a deeply personal portrait of Italy that leaps past facile clichés about Mafia madness and Tuscan sun therapy. He delves instead into why Italian Americans have such a complicated relationship with the "old country," and how Italy produces some of the world's most astonishing art while suffering from corruption, political fragmentation, and an enfeebled civil society. With topics ranging from the pervasive force of Dante's poetry to the meteoric rise of Silvio Berlusconi, Luzzi presents the Italians in all their glory and squalor, relating the problems that plague Italy today to the country's ancient roots. He shares how his "two Italies"—the earthy southern Italian world of his immigrant childhood and the refined "northern" Italian realm of his professional life—join and clash in unexpected ways that continue to enchant the many millions who are either connected to Italy by ancestry or bound to it by love.

Adventures of an Italian Food Lover

Author : Faith Heller Willinger
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Cooking, Italian
ISBN : 0307346390

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Adventures of an Italian Food Lover by Faith Heller Willinger Pdf

Faith Willinger has spent three decades exploring Italy, traveling from the Alps to Sicily to visit its artistic and architectural wonders and track down the best restaurants, regional cooks, winemakers, and food markets. Along the way, she’s made many friends, eaten lots of tasty meals, and collected a wealth of authentic Italian recipes. Now, inAdventures of an Italian Food Lover, she pays tribute to her friends and to the food and wine she’s enjoyed in their company. If you plan to visit Italy, you can use this book as a guide to finding some of Willinger’s favorite places, from tiny shops stocked with foods available nowhere else in the world, to outdoor markets overflowing with an incredible variety of fish, cheese, fruit, and vegetables, to great restaurants in big cities and small villages. If you can’t travel to Italy as soon as you’d like to, Willinger’s recipes from real Italian kitchens, her warm, engaging profiles of the cooks who perfected them, and her sister’s charming watercolors of Italian friends and scenery beautifully evoke the essence of this enchanting country. The recipes all start with great ingredients—extra virgin olive oil, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, heirloom wheat pasta, salt-packed capers, and other Italian pantry favorites—and use the freshest meat, fish, and seasonal produce. Willinger’s friend and neighbor in Florence shares her recipe for the delicious home-style Turnips and Their Greens with Garlic and Chili Pepper; the chef-owner of a bustling Neapolitan trattoria combines the freshest ingredients from the sea and the field in his Pasta with Mussels and Zucchini Flowers; and a Milanese marketing consultant who inherited his family’s vineyard in Le Marche and started an enological revolution in the region provides the recipe for the rustic Polenta with Tomato Sauce and Sausage Ragù he often serves to guests in the elegant formal dining room of his art deco villa. Part cookbook, part travelogue,Adventures of an Italian Food Loveris an insider’s guide that will bring the best of Italy into your home and into your heart.

Rick Steves Best of Scotland

Author : Rick Steves
Publisher : Rick Steves
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-30
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781641715805

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Rick Steves Best of Scotland by Rick Steves Pdf

Hit Scotland's can't-miss sights, bites, and history in two weeks or less with Rick Steves Best of Scotland! Expert advice from Rick Steves on what's worth your time and money Two-day itineraries covering Edinburgh, Glasgow, St. Andrews, the Highlands, and the Isle of Skye Rick's tips for beating the crowds, skipping lines, and avoiding tourist traps The best of local culture, flavors, and haunts, including walks through the most interesting neighborhoods and museums Trip planning strategies like how to link destinations and design your itinerary, what to pack, where to stay, and how to get around Over 80 full-color maps and vibrant photos Experience the magic of Scotland for yourself with Rick Steves Best of Scotland! Planning a longer trip? Rick Steves Scotland is the classic, in-depth guide to spending more than two weeks exploring the country.

Lev's Violin

Author : Helena Attlee
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780241402566

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*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK* 'Utterly enthralling - a beautifully-written voyage of discovery that takes us deep into the heart of music-making' Deborah Moggach From the moment she hears Lev's violin for the first time, Helena Attlee is captivated. She is told that it is an Italian instrument, named after its former Russian owner. Eager to discover all she can about its ancestry and the stories contained within its delicate wooden body, she sets out for Cremona, birthplace of the Italian violin. This is the beginning of a beguiling journey whose end she could never have anticipated. Making its way from dusty workshops, through Alpine forests, cool Venetian churches, glittering Florentine courts, and far-flung Russian flea markets, Lev's Violin takes us from the heart of Italian culture to its very furthest reaches. Its story of luthiers and scientists, princes and orphans, musicians, composers, travellers and raconteurs swells to a poignant meditation on the power of objects, stories and music to shape individual lives and to craft entire cultures.

An Italian Education

Author : Tim Parks
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780802191144

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An Italian Education by Tim Parks Pdf

A “marvelous” Mediterranean memoir of an expatriate father raising his children in Italy—from the author of Italian Neighbors (The Washington Post). Tim Parks offers another lively firsthand account of Italian society and culture—this time focusing on all the little things that turn an ordinary newborn infant into a true Italian. When British-born Tim Parks heard a mother at the beach in Pescara shout to her son, “Alberto, don’t sweat! No you can’t go in the sea till eleven, it’s still too cold, go and see your cousin in row three number fifty-two,” he was inspired to write about parenting in Italy—which he was doing himself at the time after adopting the country as his own. In this humorous memoir, Parks offers an enchanting portrait of Italian childhood that shifts from comedy to despair in the time it takes to sing a lullaby. The result is “a wry, thoughtful, and often hilarious book . . . a parable of how our children, no matter what, are other than ourselves” (The New Yorker). “Glimpses of Italy that are fond, critical, pithy and penetrating.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution