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A Year in the World: Journeys of A Passionate Traveller

A Year in the World: Journeys of A Passionate Traveller

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  • The Author Who Captured The Experience Of Starting A New Life In Tuscany Expands Her Horizons To Immerse Herself--and Her Readers--in The Sights, Aromas, And Treasures Of Twelve New Special Places. This Book Is A Celebration Of The Allure Of Travel, Of Serendipitous Pleasures Found In Unlikely Locales, Of Memory Woven Into The Present, And Of A Joyous Sense Of Quest. She Rents Houses Among Ordinary Residents, Shops At Neighborhood Markets, Wanders The Back Streets, And Everywhere Contemplates The Concept Of Home. Weaving Together Personal Perceptions And Informed Commentary On Art, Architecture, History, Landscape, And Social And Culinary Traditions Of Each Area, Mayes Brings The Immediacy Of Life In Her Temporary Homes To The Reader.--from Publisher Description. Cupolas Of Alghero -- Blood Oranges Of Andalucia -- Astrolabe And Cataplana, Portugal -- Spaccanapoli, Split Naples -- The Sun On Its Throne In Taormina -- Tasting The South, Italy -- Inside The Color Spectrum Of Fez -- A Paperweight For Colette In Burgundy -- From Garden To Garden In The British Isles -- Washed By Time's Waters, The Islands Of Greece -- Bulls, Poets & Archangels In Crete And Mani -- Among Friends In Scotland -- Aboard The Cevri Hasan On Turkey's Lycian Coast -- An Armful Of Bougainvillea On Capri -- Mantova -- The Riddle Of Home. Frances Mayes. Map On Endpapers. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [419]-420).
  • Author: Mayes, Frances.
  • Publisher: Broadway
  • Pages: 448
  • Publication Date: 2006-03-14T00:00:01Z
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • MSRP: 0.00
  • ISBN13: 9780767910057
  • ISBN: 0767910052
  • Other ISBN: 9780767923972
  • Other ISBN Binding: printisbn
  • Language: en_US
  • Quality Rating: 1
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