Bocco, Federica
Summary: Lonely Planet's Naples, Pompeii & the Amalfi Coast is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Savour an authentic Neapolitan pizza, walk through history at Pompeii and tour the stunning Amalfi Coast; all with your trusted travel companion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2023
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Summary: Mals, Italy, has long been known as the breadbasket of the Tyrol. But recently the tiny town became known for something else entirely. A Precautionary Tale tells us why, introducing readers to an unlikely group of activists and a forward-thinking mayor who came together to ban pesticides in Mals by a referendum vote--making it the first place on Earth to accomplish such a feat, and a model for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 ACKSummary: This pocket-sized travel guide to Naples & the Amalfi Coast is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering what to do, what to see and how to get around the destination. It covers top attractions like Campi Flegrei, The Blue Grotto, Pompeii's Villas, the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Piazza del Plebiscito as well as hidden gems, including Piazza San Domenico Maggiore and Castello...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rough Guides 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.57 NAPLES ROUHofstadter, Dan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.573 HOFBennett, Martin Wilmott.
Summary: Make your trip to southern Italy unforgettable with illustrated features, 14 maps, and nearly 200 color photos.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel Pub. 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Rick Stevens is your perfect travel partner, guiding you through 60 hours of discoveries in his favorite European cities, villages, and off-the-beaten-path destinations. The complete DVD set brings you every one of Rick's half-hour TV shows- plus his highly acclaimed, hour-long TV specials.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: A retelling of the classic story emphasizing the role of trust. With questions and educational guidelines for parents and educators.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 RUSEdsel, Robert M.
Summary: Describes two Americans in Italy--one an artist, the other a scholar--who tracked down and protected historic artwork worth billions by Michelangelo, Donatello, Titian, Caravaggio, and Botticelli in advance of the approaching Nazi army in 1943.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5345 EDSBright, Anna
Summary: "Magic is fading from Wales--choked off by King Offa's Dyke, the enemy earthworks that spans the entire border. Even the dragons have disappeared. And now an attack is imminent. Prince Taliesin would love to watch magic die. Prince Dafydd fears it, and the throne. But when their father promises the crown to whichever son can destroy the dyke and restore magic to Wales, the brothers are forced...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2012
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Summary: Edsel provides an astonishing account of a little known American effort to save Italy's vast store of priceless monuments and art during World War II. While American warriors were fighting the length of the country, other Americans were courageously working alongside to preserve the irreplaceable best of Italy's culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.53 EDSRusu, Meredith
Summary: A retelling of the classic story emphasizing the role of bravery. Contains questions and guidelines for parents and educators.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 RUSSpencer, Elizabeth
Summary: Over the course of a career that spanned six decades, the southern novelist and short story writer Elizabeth Spencer established herself as one of the finest literary artists of a generation that included Flannery O'Connor, Carson McCullers, and Eudora Welty. This definitive volume brings together three remarkable novels: The Voice at the Back Door, her powerful masterpiece about racial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SPEMass, Wendy
Summary: "The girl's stuck in a tower. The boy's stuck in a castle. There are two sides to every story..." -- cover, pg. 4.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MASSmith, Alex T
Summary: In this version of Little Red Riding Hood, set on the African plains, Little Red realizes what the Very Hungry Lion is up to, and teaches him a lesson before generously sharing her donuts with him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016
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Summary: "Long before the Bone cousins were ever lost in the uncharted forest of the Valley, Big Johnson Bone, the discoverer of the Rolling Bone River, founded Boneville. But little is known of the mighty explorer's adventures before he started his famous trading post. So when Smiley sits down with a group of young scouts to retell the legendary stories of Boneville's origins, what they hear are wild...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC SMIMiller, Laura
Summary: A co-founder and staff writer for Salon.com explores the meaning and influence of C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series while revealing how Lewis's troubled childhood, unconventional love life, and friendship with J. R. R. Tolkien affected his writing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 MILThompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah
Summary: Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names on their lyrical walk home through the city. Empowered by this newfound understanding, the young girl is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG THOHillert, Margaret
Summary: "An easy to read fairy tale about Little Red Riding Hood and the encounters she has on her way to visit grandmother's house. Spanish only text, includes Spanish word list"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR PURPLE SPANISH HILRice, Anne
Summary: Vittorio, a five-hundred-year-old vampire, tells the story of how he was seduced at the age of sixteen by Ursula, the most beautiful of his supernatural enemies, after she saved him from being killed by her fellow vampires during a slaughter in which his entire family was wiped out.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeta Bolsillo 2010