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  • Two Ducks in Venice

    If you think that a self-catering holiday means exchanging one sink for another, then this book will change your mind. Written by two empty-nesters who love to travel but not as tourists, it's a lighthearted chronicle of their first adventure together in Venice. Full of useful observations and amusing and informative anecdotes, these two 'ducks' achieve what they set out to do, which is to show ... Read more

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  • The Secret Eye

    The Journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, 1848-1889

    Series series Gender and American Culture
    The journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, spanning the years from 1848 to 1889, is rare for its treatment of both the Civil War and postbellum years and for its candor and detail in treating these eras. Thomas, who was born to wealth and privilege and reared in the tradition of the southern belle, tells of the hard days of war and the poverty brought on by emancipation and Reconstruction. Her ... Read more

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    Kathleen went to Venice with a goal and a plan. The goal was to write about the lives of a cliched group of men, the gondoliers. The plan included a camera, a notebook, and the perseverance of a serious journalist. But sometimes plans must change.She soon found that a journalist's attitude didn't fly, and a single woman alone in Venice didn't go unnoticed. Changing her approach, she fell in with ... Read more

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  • The Cape Elizabeth Ocean Avenue Society

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    Penny Wilson, owner of the Designers Pen needlework shop in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, lives in a large rambling home with her husband, Michael, and two sons. Life is good until Penny accidentally spots Michael with another woman. An affair? Or a harmless encounter?Unraveling an explanation is not easy, but Penny has her friends in The Cape Elizabeth Ocean Avenue Society to lean on. While she wants ... Read more

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  • Sarah's Choice: with a little help from Tuscany

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    Series Book 3 - A Plane Tree in Provence
    This novel is the third in the A Plane Tree in Provence Series. The women have arrive back home ready to assume life for the better.Sarah Stafford, of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, is a famed artist whose paintings hang in galleries as well as prestigious homes throughout the country. Her days are spent painting at the beach or in her home studio. Although she rarely contributes to housework, preparing ... Read more

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  • A Plane Tree in Provence

    A Plane Tree in Provence, #1

    Series Book 1 - A Plane Tree in Provence
    Five women, four forty years old, and one matron of sixty-one take a holiday to France anxious to escape their robotic lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.Wendy, the travel agent, Penny, owner of a needlework shop, Sarah, accomplished artist, Vernie, executive director of the Portland Symphony, and Rose, who is a recent widow all wind their way through Provence with adventures conflicts, and a generous ... Read more

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  • At Least You're in Tuscany

    A Somewhat Disastrous Quest for the Sweet Life

    When dream meets reality. . .Endless fields of flame-like poppies. Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. The sweet, rhythmic chime of church bells.Months upon months of unemployment? Struggling to communicate with locals? Duvets frozen on the clothesline?Jennifer Criswell's move from New York City to Tuscany was not supposed to go like this. She had envisioned lazy mornings sipping espresso while penning ... Read more

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  • Summers in Supino: Becoming Italian

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  • How Blue is My Valley

    the real Provence

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  • A Summer Spent Mending Fences

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    Buying a holiday home in France was something Penelope had wanted to do for years, but the experience doesn't go as smoothly as anticipated.Trouble starts when Penelope's boyfriend leaves her for the attractive French woman living next door. On top of the chaotic situation developing abroad, there are family and work issues at home to be dealt with. Penelope comes face to face with a pressing need ... Read more

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  • Amare

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    Award-winning author Sheila Wright weaves a sensuous tale of love and longing in southern Italy. Insightful, humorous, warm and confiding, Amare evokes a true portrait of life in a land both breathtaking and heartbreaking. Sheila Wright takes us beyond the tourist trails and describes in detail the natural beauty and chaos of Italy. Wright passionately illustrates that 'Amare' to love means ... Read more

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  • So You Returned to Sark

    In her previous books Chris tells of her move to the tiny Feudal Island of Sark, in the British Channel Isles with her husband Ken, to run their guest house and smallholding. They then journey out to New Zealand to explore and finally settle there. Over the years the marriage starts to falter and in the opening chapter of 'So You Returned to Sark' it comes to a dramatic head. Chris returns to Sark ... Read more

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