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Stolen Figs

Author : Mark Rotella
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780865476967
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (769 download)

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Download or read book Stolen Figs written by Mark Rotella and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 scorching summers. 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 -- named a Best Travel Book of 2003 by Condé Nast Traveler -- is a marvelous evocation of Calabria. A grandson of Calabrese 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. As they travel around the region, Giuseppe initiates Rotella -- and the reader -- into its secrets: how to make a soppressata and 'nduja, and, of course, how to steal a fig without committing a crime. Stolen Figs is a model travelogue -- at once charming and wise, and full of an earthy and unpretentious sense of life that now, as ever, characterizes Calabria and its people.

Stolen Figs

Author : Mark Rotella
Publisher : North Point Press
ISBN 13 : 1429966068
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Stolen Figs written by Mark Rotella and published by North Point Press. This book was released on 2004-05-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Elf in the Dustbin

Author : Mark Kumara
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1426991363
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book The Elf in the Dustbin written by Mark Kumara and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005-11-28 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 20 bed-time stories of fantasy, mystery and magic, set in England and Australia. Written with whimsy and humour, with songs and poetry, by novelist and playwright Mark Kumara - author of The Joy of Being (Trafford Publishing) - these beautifully crafted stories are a perfect length for bed-time stories for children. They cover a wide range of subjects, from fairy stories, nature stories, mystery - even science fiction. Adult readers are sure to enjoy them. Recommended 6 to 12 years old.

Thimblerig's Ark

Author : Nate Fleming
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0615984894
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book Thimblerig's Ark written by Nate Fleming and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-07-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You know about Noah, but what about the animals? Thimblerig is a little groundhog with big problems. He's a loner con-artist who's losing his mojo; the wild dogs who run the forest harass him at every turn; he's started having vivid nightmares of apocalyptic floods; and worst of all - he believes he sees unicorns when everyone knows unicorns are only the stuff of legend. But what one animal calls problems, Thimblerig calls opportunity. His problems inspire him to come up with the ultimate con: convincing a group of gullible animals that a world-ending flood is coming, that the fabled unicorns have told him where the only safe place will be, and that only he can lead them to safety. And all for a reasonable price, of course. But when the flood really does come, Thimblerig has a choice to make: either he really does save the ones who have trusted him, or he loses everything. And he discovers that his problems have only just begun.

The Magical Dustbin

Author : Mark Kumara
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1398413348
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book The Magical Dustbin written by Mark Kumara and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 20 bedtime stories of fantasy, mystery and magic – and even science fiction, set in England and Australia. Written with whimsy and humour by multi-talented author and playwright Mark Kumara – these beautifully crafted stories are a perfect length for bedtime stories. Adult readers are also sure to enjoy them. Recommended for readers aged 6 to 100 years!

The Celebrities of the Jews

Author : Mosheh Avigdor Hạikịn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Celebrities of the Jews written by Mosheh Avigdor Hạikịn and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Social Background of the Italo-American School Child

Author : Leonard H. Covello
Publisher : Brill Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Background of the Italo-American School Child written by Leonard H. Covello and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1972 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Harvest of Ripe Figs

Author : Shira Glassman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781537757629
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (576 download)

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Download or read book A Harvest of Ripe Figs written by Shira Glassman and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esther of the Singing Hands is Perach's Sweetheart, a young and beautiful musician with a Girl Next Door image. When her violin is stolen after a concert in the capital city, she doesn't expect the queen herself to show up, intent upon solving the mystery.But Queen Shulamit-lesbian, intellectual, and mother of the six-month-old crown princess-loves to play detective. With the help of her legendary bodyguard Rivka and her dragon, and with the support of her partner Aviva the Chef, Shulamit turns her mind toward the solution-which she quickly begins to suspect involves the use of illegal magic that could threaten the safety of her citizens.Includes the two short stories "Rivka in Port Saltspray" and "Aviva and the Aliens", two contrasting fantasy adventures of heroic Jewish womanhood.

The Dayspring

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dayspring written by and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Once Upon a Galaxy

Author :
Publisher : august house
ISBN 13 : 9780874833874
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book Once Upon a Galaxy written by and published by august house. This book was released on 1995 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes fifty folktales from around the world, relating them to contemporary fantasy, science fiction, and cartoon themes.

Medieval Norwich

Author : Carole Rawcliffe
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9781852855468
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (554 download)

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Download or read book Medieval Norwich written by Carole Rawcliffe and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norwich is an important city today, but in Medieval times it was our second city and a centre of government power. Here is its story.

The Smiles of Rome

Author : Susan Cahill
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307778363
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Smiles of Rome written by Susan Cahill and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-03-02 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a Roman holiday with some of the world’s greatest writers Explore the Palatine with Elizabeth Bowen. Visit the temple of the Vestal Virgins with Georgina Masson. Analyze Michelangelo’s Moses with Sigmund Freud. Stroll through ancient streets with Goethe and with Henry James. Share Alice Steinbach’s midnight epiphany on a shabby hotel balcony. Learn the art of love from Ovid. Visit villas and gardens with Edith Wharton. Enjoy Rome’s myriad moods and pleasures with Robert Browning, Eleanor Clark, Susan Vreeland, and many others. An irresistible collection of writing about one of the world’s most beloved destinations, The Smiles of Rome spans the centuries from ancient times to the present day. Each essay resonates with the richness and turmoil of the past and overflows with a great wealth of fascinating facts and intriguing tidbits for today’s avid readers and travelers. “Rome,” writes Susan Cahill, “has the power to blow your mind and heart.” This delicious, many-layered collection honoring the city that is the heart and soul of European civilization has the same power to thrill.

A Mystical Tale of Love or Democracy Turned Free

Author : Adriana C. Miramon
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1514416387
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book A Mystical Tale of Love or Democracy Turned Free written by Adriana C. Miramon and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-12-17 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story deals in part, indirectly, with the theme of law and order. Let us take this phrase apart and examine it. Law is good and was meant to be set up for the protection of all people. One of the meanings of order is to command, making the commanded obey. Order in its negative sense is rigid, not flexible to the rights of man. Too much order is detrimental. What follows in these pages touches on this theme. Order in the extreme is restrictive to the individual. This should be understood: respect is due the law when it is just and it is for one's own good. It is the word order that deserves the thought. As the inheritors of democracy, we can think for ourselves. The danger lies in those who wish to think for us. Our mind or intellect, a divine gift, is our identification. The mind is the only real thing that is free and was never meant for mass communal sharing. To submit ones mind is to relinquish the most precious gift bestowed on man by God. When a case is being presented, both sides must be examined, making fair the hearing of each. On the positive side of order, law and order have to go together. If the land were lawless, the individual would have no protection. However, if the courts have been inequitable, justice has been denied, what then? Then the laws of land have been violated. It follows then that like justice depicted blindfolded, so she will remain impartial, does not have one central scale, she has two. She is seeking the perfect balance, respect for the law when it is just, with freedom for the individual. Anything in extreme tends to be less than good. That is, there is a world of difference between the sincere patriot and one who is chauvinistic. The latter flaunts his beliefs with a roaring passion. Like the eternal flame, the true patriot loves his country with constant undying flames, and he balances this with love for the individuality of man. The fanatic is often consumed by the fury of his fire and remains anonymous even to his own identity. To lose one's identity is to give up one's freedom.

Van Gogh, Arles, Murder

Author : Maurice Beale
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9781450202947
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Van Gogh, Arles, Murder written by Maurice Beale and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with his arrival in Arles in March 1888, a combination of factual and fictitious events relating to Vincent Van Gogh are revealed while the Dutchman goes about creating timeless works of art. A number of drawings and paintings of previously unknown locals are finally afforded names and backgrounds. Prominent amongst these is a portrait of a young girl to whom the artist is especially attracted. When she is found murdered, suspicion falls on Van Gogh. Harassed by both a tireless police inspector and a majority of the citizens of Arles, the painter descends into the madness and despair, culminating in his slicing off part of an ear while remaining sufficiently lucid to identify - and paint - the man he suspects of the crime. Circumstances and characters pertaining to the murder define aspects of Van Goghs personality, as well as portraying a way of life in nineteenth century France remarkably similar to present day problems in the USA.

More Book Lust

Author : Nancy Pearl
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
ISBN 13 : 1570616558
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book More Book Lust written by Nancy Pearl and published by Sasquatch Books. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you’re searching for the perfect read for yourself or for a friend, More Book Lust offer eclectic recommendations unlike those in any other reading guide available. In this followup to the bestselling Book Lust, popular librarian, Nancy Pearl, offers a fresh collection of 1,000 reading recommendations in more than 120 thematic, intelligent and wholly entertaining reading lists. For the friend wanting to leave her job: "Living Your Dream" offers good armchair dreaming books about people who have left stodgy jobs to do what they love. Are you a budding chef? "Fiction For Foodies" includes books that sneak in a recipe or two along with a tantalizing plot. For the James Bond wannabe: "Crime is a Globetrotter" features crime novels set in various locations around the world such as Tibet, Sweden, and Sicily. In the book’s introduction, Pearl jokes, “If we were at a twelve-step meeting together, I would have to stand up and say, ‘Hi, I’m Nancy P., and I’m a readaholic.” Booklist magazine plays off this obsession while echoing a sentiment of Nancy Pearl’s fans everywhere: “A self-confessed ‘readaholic,’ Pearl lets us benefit from her addiction. May she never seek recovery.” Indeed.

Amore

Author : Mark Rotella
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0865476985
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book Amore written by Mark Rotella and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells of the story of how Italians integrated into America in the 1950s in part through the music of such singers as Enrico Caruso, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Perry Como, and others.

Life Stories

Author : Maureen O'Connor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1610691466
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Life Stories written by Maureen O'Connor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoirs, autobiographies, and diaries represent the most personal and most intimate of genres, as well as one of the most abundant and popular. Gain new understanding and better serve your readers with this detailed genre guide to nearly 700 titles that also includes notes on more than 2,800 read-alike and other related titles. The popularity of this body of literature has grown in recent years, and it has also diversified in terms of the types of stories being told—and persons telling them. In the past, readers' advisors have depended on access by names or Dewey classifications and subjects to help readers find autobiographies they will enjoy. This guide offers an alternative, organizing the literature according to popular genres, subgenres, and themes that reflect common reading interests. Describing titles that range from travel and adventure classics and celebrity autobiographies to foodie memoirs and environmental reads, Life Stories: A Guide to Reading Interests in Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Diaries presents a unique overview of the genre that specifically addresses the needs of readers' advisors and others who work with readers in finding books.