Stolen Figs

Stolen Figs PDF Author: Mark Rotella
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780865476967
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
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.

Once Upon a Galaxy

Once Upon a Galaxy PDF Author:
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874833874
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Includes fifty folktales from around the world, relating them to contemporary fantasy, science fiction, and cartoon themes.

The Elf in the Dustbin

The Elf in the Dustbin PDF Author: Lorenzo Suter
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412069610
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
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.

Portrait of Jacques Derrida as a Young Jewish Saint

Portrait of Jacques Derrida as a Young Jewish Saint PDF Author: Hélène Cixous
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231128247
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
A kaleidoscopic portrait of Derrida's life and works through the prism of his Jewish heritage, by a leading feminist thinker and close personal friend. From the circumcision act to family relationships, through Derrida's works to those of Celan, Rousseau, and Beaumarchais, Cixous effortlessly merges biography and textual commentary in this playful portrait of the man, his works, and being (or not being) Jewish.

The Smiles of Rome

The Smiles of Rome PDF Author: Susan Cahill
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0307778363
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 335

Book Description
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.

More Book Lust

More Book Lust PDF Author: Nancy Pearl
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
ISBN: 1570616558
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
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.
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