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The Italian Escape

A feel-good holiday romance set in Italy - the PERFECT beach read for summer 2022

by Catherine Mangan ...

S****parkling sea, sun, delicious food and Aperol Spritz - escape to Italy with the perfect summer romance . . .Niamh Kelly's life hasn't turned out quite as she'd expected. She's thirty-three, still living at home and was recently dumped . . . by her boss. So when her sister invites her to tag along on a work trip to the sun-drenched Italian coast, Niamh jumps at the chance, eager to escape into ... Read more

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S****parkling sea, sun, delicious food and Aperol Spritz - escape to Italy with the perfect summer romance . . .Niamh Kelly's life hasn't turned out quite as she'd expected. She's thirty-three, still living at home and was recently dumped . . . by her boss. So when her sister invites her to tag along on a work trip to the sun-drenched Italian coast, Niamh jumps at the chance, eager to escape into
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A Villa with a View

by Julie Caplin ...

Series Book 11 - Romantic Escapes
★★★★★ ‘The Amalfi coast setting, the handsome grumpy Italian, this book has it all!!’Lia Bathurst had always dreamed of escaping to the white sandy beaches and turquoise blue seas of the Amalfi coast – but that dream hadn’t included meeting her real father. A father she had never even known about until a few weeks ago! Yet here she was, standing outside the gates of a gorgeous pink villa being ... Read more

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★★★★★ ‘The Amalfi coast setting, the handsome grumpy Italian, this book has it all!!’Lia Bathurst had always dreamed of escaping to the white sandy beaches and turquoise blue seas of the Amalfi coast – but that dream hadn’t included meeting her real father. A father she had never even known about until a few weeks ago! Yet here she was, standing outside the gates of a gorgeous pink villa being
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Travels with Charley: In Search of America

by John Steinbeck ...

From Maine's northernmost tip to California's Monterey Peninsula, a journey across AmericaJohn Steinbeck set off at the age of fifty-eight to rediscover the nation he had been writing about for so many years with the intention of hearing the voice of the real America, smelling the grass and the trees, seeing the colours and the light. Steinbeck travels on highways and backroads with his French ... Read more

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From Maine's northernmost tip to California's Monterey Peninsula, a journey across AmericaJohn Steinbeck set off at the age of fifty-eight to rediscover the nation he had been writing about for so many years with the intention of hearing the voice of the real America, smelling the grass and the trees, seeing the colours and the light. Steinbeck travels on highways and backroads with his French
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The Wedding Party

The unmissable read from The Number One Irish Bestseller!

by Cathy Kelly ...

THE NUMBER ONE IRISH BESTSELLER!'A burst of warmth and wit, twists and turns' MARIAN KEYES on Other Women'Warm, believable women with real, messy lives' RACHEL HORE on Other WomenFour sisters. One secret. A day they'll never forget...The story follows the four Robicheaux sisters as they return home for their pare... ... Read more

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THE NUMBER ONE IRISH BESTSELLER!'A burst of warmth and wit, twists and turns' MARIAN KEYES on Other Women'Warm, believable women with real, messy lives' RACHEL HORE on Other WomenFour sisters. One secret. A day they'll never forget...The story follows the four Robicheaux sisters as they return home for their pare...
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From Scratch

A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home

by Tembi Locke ...

Now a limited Netflix series starring Zoe Saldaña!This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller is “a captivating story of love lost and found” (Kirkus Reviews) set in the lush Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hours.It was love at first sight when actress Tembi met professional chef, Saro, ... Read more

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Now a limited Netflix series starring Zoe Saldaña!This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller is “a captivating story of love lost and found” (Kirkus Reviews) set in the lush Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hours.It was love at first sight when actress Tembi met professional chef, Saro,
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An Italian Affair

A gripping and emotional World War 2 novel of family, love and devastating secrets

by Caroline Montague ...

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 ... Read more

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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
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The Stone Boudoir

Travels Through the Hidden Villages of Sicily

by Theresa Maggio ...

Experience the history and daily rhythms of Sicily’s remote mountain towns with this stunning travel memoir revealing the hearts and minds of everyday Sicilians.In this sparkling book, Theresa Maggio takes us on a journey in search of Sicily’s most remote and least explored mountain towns. Using her grandparents’ ancestral village of Santa Margherita Belice as her base camp, she pores over old ... Read more

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Experience the history and daily rhythms of Sicily’s remote mountain towns with this stunning travel memoir revealing the hearts and minds of everyday Sicilians.In this sparkling book, Theresa Maggio takes us on a journey in search of Sicily’s most remote and least explored mountain towns. Using her grandparents’ ancestral village of Santa Margherita Belice as her base camp, she pores over old
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The City of Falling Angels

by John Berendt ...

**A #1 New York Times Bestseller!"Funny, insightful, illuminating . . ." —The Boston Globe**Twelve years ago, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil exploded into a monumental success, residing a record-breaking four years on the New York Times bestseller list (longer than any work of fiction or nonfiction had before) and turning John Berendt into a household name. The City of Falling Angels is ... Read more

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**A #1 New York Times Bestseller!"Funny, insightful, illuminating . . ." —The Boston Globe**Twelve years ago, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil exploded into a monumental success, residing a record-breaking four years on the New York Times bestseller list (longer than any work of fiction or nonfiction had before) and turning John Berendt into a household name. The City of Falling Angels is
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At Least You're in Tuscany

A Somewhat Disastrous Quest for the Sweet Life

by Jennifer Criswell ...

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

$13.73 CAD

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
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L'Italia degli altri

by Mario Fortunato ...

In Etichette, apparso per la prima volta nel 1930, Evelyn Waugh delinea, tra il serio e il faceto, una sorta di casistica del viaggiatore nordeuropeo che, nel corso dei secoli, si è avventurato dalle nostre parti. Si comincia col superstite del Grand Tour: un giovanotto bennato e facoltoso, come Goethe, Alexis de Tocqueville e Stendhal, che sfida sempre qualcuno a duello, ha parecchie avventure ... Read more

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In Etichette, apparso per la prima volta nel 1930, Evelyn Waugh delinea, tra il serio e il faceto, una sorta di casistica del viaggiatore nordeuropeo che, nel corso dei secoli, si è avventurato dalle nostre parti. Si comincia col superstite del Grand Tour: un giovanotto bennato e facoltoso, come Goethe, Alexis de Tocqueville e Stendhal, che sfida sempre qualcuno a duello, ha parecchie avventure
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Sicily

Three Thousand Years of Human History

by Sandra Benjamin ...

Tourists, armchair travelers, and historians will all delight in this fluid narrative that can be read straight through, dipped into over time, or used as a reference guide to each period in Sicily’s fascinating tale. Emigration of people from Sicily often overshadows the importance of the people who immigrated to the island through the centuries. These have included several who became Sicily’s ... Read more

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Tourists, armchair travelers, and historians will all delight in this fluid narrative that can be read straight through, dipped into over time, or used as a reference guide to each period in Sicily’s fascinating tale. Emigration of people from Sicily often overshadows the importance of the people who immigrated to the island through the centuries. These have included several who became Sicily’s
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Botticelli Blue Skies

by Merrill Joan Gerber ...

Gerber heads to Florence with her husband, a history professor taking a group of students. She goes in nervous, not knowing any Italian, but gradually starts to learn her way around Florence and other cities in Italy. ... Read more

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Gerber heads to Florence with her husband, a history professor taking a group of students. She goes in nervous, not knowing any Italian, but gradually starts to learn her way around Florence and other cities in Italy.
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Italy in a Wineglass

The Story of Italy Through Its Wines

by Marc Millon ...

**“Compulsory reading” - The International Wine ReviewA leading travel writer guides readers on a sumptuous journey through time and flavor to understand how and why wine transformed Italy . . .**“It’s not often that a wine writer can engross and enthrall you with the history of a culture where wine merely plays its part along with many other players. Marc Millon does this absorbingly and ... Read more

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**“Compulsory reading” - The International Wine ReviewA leading travel writer guides readers on a sumptuous journey through time and flavor to understand how and why wine transformed Italy . . .**“It’s not often that a wine writer can engross and enthrall you with the history of a culture where wine merely plays its part along with many other players. Marc Millon does this absorbingly and
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The Naples Riviera

by Herbert M. Vaughan ...

The Riviera of Naples may be said to extend from the heights of Cumae, at the end of the Bay of Gaeta to the north, as far as Salerno in a southerly direction, whilst, lying close to this stretch of shore, are included the three populous islands of Capri, Procida and Ischia, which in prehistoric times doubtless formed part and parcel of the Parthenopean coast itself. Our pleasant task it is to ... Read more

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The Riviera of Naples may be said to extend from the heights of Cumae, at the end of the Bay of Gaeta to the north, as far as Salerno in a southerly direction, whilst, lying close to this stretch of shore, are included the three populous islands of Capri, Procida and Ischia, which in prehistoric times doubtless formed part and parcel of the Parthenopean coast itself. Our pleasant task it is to
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Walking the Via Francigena Pilgrim Route - Part 4

Rome to Monte SantâAngelo, Bari, Brindisi and Santa Maria di Leuca

by The Reverend Sandy Brown, Nicole Bukaty ...

Journey from the Eternal City to Italy’s sun-drenched southern tip on the final stage of the legendary Via Francigena, where timeless towns, ancient pilgrimage roads, and sweeping coastlines lead you from Rome to Santa Maria di Leuca. Discover the heart of southern Italy as you traverse volcanic lakes, forested ridges, and olive-clad hills, following in the footsteps of pilgrims.Ideal for long ... Read more

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Journey from the Eternal City to Italy’s sun-drenched southern tip on the final stage of the legendary Via Francigena, where timeless towns, ancient pilgrimage roads, and sweeping coastlines lead you from Rome to Santa Maria di Leuca. Discover the heart of southern Italy as you traverse volcanic lakes, forested ridges, and olive-clad hills, following in the footsteps of pilgrims.Ideal for long
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Poveglia Island: Haunting Secrets of Italy's Most Terrifying Haunted Destination

by Oliver Lancaster ...

Dare to venture into the heart of darkness on Poveglia Island, Italy's most haunted and forbidden destination. In this chilling exploration, delve into the eerie past of this enigmatic island, infamous for its role as a plague quarantine site and its haunting mental asylum. Unearth the haunting legends, ghostly encounters, and chilling paranormal investigations that shroud Poveglia in an air of ... Read more

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Dare to venture into the heart of darkness on Poveglia Island, Italy's most haunted and forbidden destination. In this chilling exploration, delve into the eerie past of this enigmatic island, infamous for its role as a plague quarantine site and its haunting mental asylum. Unearth the haunting legends, ghostly encounters, and chilling paranormal investigations that shroud Poveglia in an air of
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MADE IN ITALY

Strings Attached-Four Seasons Of An Italian Violin

by THOMAS WALTER KELLEY ...

An extraordinary, life-changing journey across continents and timeOne night in 1980, through a series of improbable events, a fine, old, Italian violin came into the lives of Tom and Cheri Lyon Kelley. Naturally, they were curious to learn its story: Where was it made? When? By whom? And how did it make its way from the Old World to the New?Their quest for answers led them to people and places ... Read more

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An extraordinary, life-changing journey across continents and timeOne night in 1980, through a series of improbable events, a fine, old, Italian violin came into the lives of Tom and Cheri Lyon Kelley. Naturally, they were curious to learn its story: Where was it made? When? By whom? And how did it make its way from the Old World to the New?Their quest for answers led them to people and places
... Read more
The Italian Holiday

The perfect holiday escape to Italy for sun, sea and spaghetti!

by Victoria Springfield ...

Shortlisted for the RNA's Joan Hessayon Award for New WritersSun, sea and spaghetti...Italy was Bluebell's dream destination, but taking her granny's place on the Loving and Knitting magazine competition holiday she'd won wasn't quite what she'd had in mind. For one thing she didn't knit and for the other...well being single probably discounted her from the love category too. But a free holiday is ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the RNA's Joan Hessayon Award for New WritersSun, sea and spaghetti...Italy was Bluebell's dream destination, but taking her granny's place on the Loving and Knitting magazine competition holiday she'd won wasn't quite what she'd had in mind. For one thing she didn't knit and for the other...well being single probably discounted her from the love category too. But a free holiday is
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The House by the Sea

The Top 5 bestselling, chilling, unforgettable book club read from Louise Douglas

by Louise Douglas ...

The chilling and captivating novel from the NUMBER ONE bestselling author of The Lost NotebookWhen Edie’s mother-in-law, Anna DeLuca, dies, she is relieved.Edie blames Anna for the accident that destroyed her family. So, when her will lures Edie to Sicily and the long-abandoned Villa della Madonna del Mare, she sees through Anna’s games.Suspecting Anna is meddling from beyond the grave to try to ... Read more

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The chilling and captivating novel from the NUMBER ONE bestselling author of The Lost NotebookWhen Edie’s mother-in-law, Anna DeLuca, dies, she is relieved.Edie blames Anna for the accident that destroyed her family. So, when her will lures Edie to Sicily and the long-abandoned Villa della Madonna del Mare, she sees through Anna’s games.Suspecting Anna is meddling from beyond the grave to try to
... Read more
Insight Guides Explore Florence (Travel Guide eBook)

by Insight Guides ...

Pocket-sized travel guides featuring the very best routes and itineraries.Discover the best of Florence with this indispensably practical Insight Explore Guide. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see attractions like Piazza Del Duomo, the Uffizi, Piazza San Marco, the Bobble Garden and Piazzale Michelangelo, to discovering hidden gems, including San Marco museum, the easy-to-follow, ready ... Read more

$10.39 CAD

Pocket-sized travel guides featuring the very best routes and itineraries.Discover the best of Florence with this indispensably practical Insight Explore Guide. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see attractions like Piazza Del Duomo, the Uffizi, Piazza San Marco, the Bobble Garden and Piazzale Michelangelo, to discovering hidden gems, including San Marco museum, the easy-to-follow, ready
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Bologna and Emilia-Romagna (Rough Guides Snapshot Italy)

by Rough Guides ...

Series series Rough Guides
The Rough Guide Snapshot to Bologna & Emilia-Romagna is the ultimate travel guide to this charming, relatively little-visited region in the north of Italy. It leads you through the region with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions, from dining out in Bologna's wonderful restaurants and marveling at the vivid mosaics at Ravenna to enjoying the pumping ... Read more

$2.73 CAD

The Rough Guide Snapshot to Bologna & Emilia-Romagna is the ultimate travel guide to this charming, relatively little-visited region in the north of Italy. It leads you through the region with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions, from dining out in Bologna's wonderful restaurants and marveling at the vivid mosaics at Ravenna to enjoying the pumping
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I Found Myself In Tuscany

One Woman, Two Suitcases, Three Years

by Lisa Condie ...

When Lisa Condie’s marriage and a subsequent relationship disintegrated, she traveled to Italy to lick her wounds and implored her angels to help her discover what her next chapter of life might hold. As Lisa explored the streets of Florence, she felt invigorated and fulfilled wandering through the famed architecture and spectacular galleries; a deep sense of peace enveloped her as she discovered ... Read more

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When Lisa Condie’s marriage and a subsequent relationship disintegrated, she traveled to Italy to lick her wounds and implored her angels to help her discover what her next chapter of life might hold. As Lisa explored the streets of Florence, she felt invigorated and fulfilled wandering through the famed architecture and spectacular galleries; a deep sense of peace enveloped her as she discovered
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Abruzzo, Italy Travel Guide

Sightseeing, Hotel, Restaurant & Shopping Highlights

by Christina Taylor ...

Abruzzo is located 80 kilometres east of Rome in central Italy and extends to the Adriatic Sea. The region is a delight for outdoors lovers and offers sandy beaches, dense forests, national parks and undulating valleys. The hilltop castles, medieval towns and ancient monasteries add to the mystic charm of Abruzzo, which is one of the greenest regions of Europe.Table of Contents:Abruzzo - Culture - ... Read more

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Abruzzo is located 80 kilometres east of Rome in central Italy and extends to the Adriatic Sea. The region is a delight for outdoors lovers and offers sandy beaches, dense forests, national parks and undulating valleys. The hilltop castles, medieval towns and ancient monasteries add to the mystic charm of Abruzzo, which is one of the greenest regions of Europe.Table of Contents:Abruzzo - Culture -
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The Everything Travel Guide to Italy

A complete guide to Venice, Florence, Rome, and Capri - and all the breathtaking places in between

by Kim Kavin ...

Series series Everything® Series
From the fashionable beaches of Capri to the awe-inspiring ruins of ancient Rome, Italy has something for everyone. This guide will help you get the most out of your trip to this beautiful country. Whether you want to discover the rural beauty of Tuscany, take a gondola ride through Venice, or admire the glory of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, this all-new guide shows you how!Here you'll find ... Read more

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From the fashionable beaches of Capri to the awe-inspiring ruins of ancient Rome, Italy has something for everyone. This guide will help you get the most out of your trip to this beautiful country. Whether you want to discover the rural beauty of Tuscany, take a gondola ride through Venice, or admire the glory of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, this all-new guide shows you how!Here you'll find
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