Donna Leon's eighteen novels have won her countless fans, heaps of critical acclaim, and a place among the top ranks of international crime writers. Through the warm-hearted, perceptive, and principled Commissario Guido Brunetti, Leon's best-selling books have explored Venice in all its aspects: history, tourism, high culture, food, family, but ...
"Frommer's" - The best trips start here. Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer. This guide describes the region's best experiences, from enjoying secluded beaches and seaside dining to exploring history, art, and archaeology. It provides outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not. It gives exact ...
Based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife, Emma, and Lord Nelson, the young British admiral who was the greatest hero of the time, this novel is about revolution, nature, emotions, the condition of women, and above all, love. Sontag is the acclaimed author of AIDS and Its Metaphor.
DK Eyewitness Travel's full-color guidebooks to hundreds of destinations around the world truly show you what others only tell you. They have become renowned for their visual excellence, which includes unparalleled photography, 3-D mapping, and specially commissioned cutaway illustrations. DK "Eyewitness Travel Guides" are the only guides that ...
Aurelio Zen's newest adventure is a delirious combination of the deadly serious and the seriously comic. Here is Mozart's opera turned on its head to test the faithfulness of men and the stamina of Michael Dibdin's unusually serious-minded police officer, as he becomes the unwitting stage manager for this masterful interpretation of murder, mayhem ...
Naples is an Italian city like no other. Drama and darkness are often associated with the city, which rests beneath active Mount Vesuvius and is the home of the Camorra - its version of the mafia. But beyond this, Naples reveals itself to be one of the most historically and culturally vibrant cities in Europe. From its origins in Homer's "Odyssey" ...
Born in Australia, Shirley Hazzard first moved to Naples as a young woman in the 1950s to take up a job with the United Nations. It was the beginning of a long love affair with the city. "The Ancient Shore" collects the best of Hazzard's writings on Naples, along with a classic "New Yorker" essay by her late husband, Francis Steegmuller. For the ...
"The first book of real magnitude to come out of the last war." --John Dos Passos John Horne Burns brought The Gallery back from World War II, and on publication in 1947 it became a critically-acclaimed bestseller. However, Burns's early death at the age of 36 led to the subsequent neglect of this searching book, which captures the shock the war ...
Weaving the intrigue of an elusive romance with the vivid and haunting evocation of a legendary metropolis, the author brilliantly reveals Naples in this sun-drenched and lyrical book.
During World War II, a local army composed mostly of young men and boys turned back the Nazis and saved the city of Naples--a heroic feat known as the Four Days of Naples. In this version, an American corporal joins the lads.
As Ida Susser writes in reference to Belmonte's Broken Fountain, 'good ethnographies have long lives.' This classic of urban anthropology, one of the most acclaimed ethnographies of recent years, offers vivid, literary descriptions of Fontana del Re, an impoverished Neapolitan neighborhood. Belmonte documents the struggles of Neapolitans ...
The scene is Naples, against whose ancient and fantastic background the modern action takes place. Among the protagonists is Jenny, young and pretty, who has come to Naples in flight from a sombre drama, unaware that a larger drama waits her there. She has an introduction to a Neapolitan woman, and one day she idly follows it up. This is her leap ...
The guide is bigger (288 pages from 250) and better (sexy new full-colour design with over 180 images). It is written by 2 Italian specialists; one is a resident the other is Italian. Special chapter is dedicated to the archaeological sites. It includes five inspirational regional itineraries and detailed walking tours around the city of Naples. ...
This gorgeously photographed book zeroes in on the Naples area to provide recipes for such Neapolitan delights as Fish Baked in Parchment Paper, Garlic Tomato Sauce, Taralli with Fennel Seeds, and--of course--pizza in many guises.
The memoir of a great and misunderstood city, this book is a contribution both to literature and history. A sensuous paean to Italian pleasures, it is also the story of the American military advance northward up the boot of Italy during World War II. See Naples begins four years after the war had ended. Allanbrook, living in a house above the ...
The author arrived in Naples as an Intelligence Officer attached to the American Fifth Army. By 1944 the inhabitants were so destitute that all the tropical fish in the city's aquarium had been devoured, and even upper-class women had been driven to prostitution. In these conditions the mafia gradually became indispensable to the occupying forces. ...
Travellers' "Naples & the Amalfi Coast" offers an insight into the Mediterranean culture, ancient history and sun-drenched coastline of this popular tourist area. Packed with useful information, ideas for tours and walks, places to eat and drink and attractions to visit, it covers Naples, Sorrento, the islands of Capri and Ischia as well as the ...
A century before the emergence of its cousin, the Sicilian mafia, the criminal organisation known as 'The Camorra' was establishing a deadly grip on Naples and Southern Italy. Its influence today is as strong as ever. This account of the organisation and its shadowy leaders reveals a crime syndicate of extraordinary power and resources: it ...
Highly visual and encyclopedic in scope, this travel guide gives a wealth of information on Naples, including how to use local currency, telephones, and public transportation. Photos and illustrated maps are featured. Maps and photos.
First published in the 1950s, this novel deals with the plight of the urchins of Naples, homeless boys who sleep in doorways, and beg and steal and scratch along as best they can, unprotected by the State. Padre Mario Borrelli sets out to help, and embarks on a journey of self-transformation.
The birthplace of pizza, a treasure-trove of museums, art galleries, and Roman ruins, Naples is the centerpiece of the "National Geographic Traveler: Naples and Southern Italy". Esteemed travel writer Tim Jepson helps you explore the best of this region's long-standing capital, then heads to Pompeii and Herculaneium, the sublime Amalfi Coast, and ...
This book includes a chapter detailing Naples' history and culture, 15 itineraries and excursions taking in sights ranging from the majestic Royal Palace to the ancient temples of Paestum, leisure-time suggestions, and a comprehensive information section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus dozens of top-notch photographs and ...
Part memoir, part travel journal, this work records the long acquaintance of Alan Ross with the islands in the Gulf of Naples. It also recalls some of those who brought fame by their presence - Lenin, Rilke, Malaparte, and D.H. Lawrence.
This is a translation of an 1832 work on non-verbal communication that has become a reference for art historians, historians of culture, and social scientists. Through studies of bodily expressions in classical art, and observations of gestures he saw around him, de Jorio draws connections between his world and antiquity.
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