Keahey, John.
Summary: "Hidden Tuscany vividly displays the coastal areas of Tuscany, a territory often overlooked by visitors to Italy eager to see Chianti, Florence or Siena. Veteran journalist and Italophile John Keahey points out the keen distinctions that the western cities maintain: in food, lifestyle, and the way its artists are paving new directions in art that differ mightily from the Renaissance-rich...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.5 KEACampbell, Karen
Summary: "Trapped in Tuscany as war rages along the Gothic Line, Vittoria Guidi doesn't understand where her allegiances should lie. With her Scots-Italian father or Fascist mother? With Mussolini, or her King? With the life she wants, or is told to live? As Germans occupy the mountains surrounding Barga and American Buffalo soldiers draw near, loyalties are tested and families torn apart. Frank Chapel,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Circus 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAMHamilton-Paterson, James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2004
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BEEVOR, KINTA BEEMayes, Frances.
Summary: The celebrated "bard of Tuscany " (New York Times) lyrically chronicles her continuing love affair with Tuscany's people, art, cuisine, and lifestyle. Frances Mayes offers her readers a deeply personal memoir of her present-day life in Tuscany, encompassing both the changes she has experienced since Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany appeared, and sensuous, evocative reflections on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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Summary: In this sequel to her" New York Times" bestsellers" Under the Tuscan Sun" and" Bella Tuscany," the celebrated "bard of Tuscany" ("New York Times") Frances Mayes lyrically chronicles her continuing, two decades-long love affair with Tuscany's people, art, cuisine, and lifestyle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2010
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Summary: National Geographic Traveler: Florence and Tuscany offers the best of Florence and Tuscany. Illustrations, history, and practical information allow you to learn much about the monuments of Florence, from the Duomo to Piazza della Signoria, museums and galleries, Renaissance palaces, and churches.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2023
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Summary: "Lonely Planet Florence & Tuscany is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Gaze upon Renaissance masterpieces at Florence's Uffizi Gallery, hunt for truffles in the hilltop town of San Minato, or climb San Gimignano's medieval towers."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL EUROPESummary: "The minute she sets eyes on it, Molly Pargeter knows that the Tuscan villa she has found to lease is perfect for her family's summer holiday. She is powerfully drawn to its rustic beauty and to the enigma of its absentee landlord. Never mind that her husband and teenaged daughter are vocally unenthusiastic and that her outrageously extroverted father tricks them into taking him...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2005
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SUMFlumeri, Elisabetta
Summary: "Escape to the winding cobblestone streets and rolling hills of Tuscany in this delicious, romantic, and charming tale of irresistible attraction and dreams fulfilled, complete with mouthwatering authentic Italian recipes--perfect for fans of Chocolat and Under the Tuscan Sun. Margherita is a spirited young woman with a passion for cooking. When her heart is broken in Rome, she returns to her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FLUDoran, Phil
Summary: A television producer and writer recounts how he helped his wife restore a three-hundred-year-old Italian farmhouse and found unexpected renewal from the project, the region, and his eccentric new neighbors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945.5 DORSummary: A waggish, free-wheeling bachelor and a bookish law student take a madcap trip from Rome to Tuscany. This unpredictable journey careers from slapstick to tragedy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SORDe Blasi, Marlena.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike/Chivers 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 945 DEBElon, Beth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bookroom 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5945 ELOSummary: Make the most of your trip to Florence and Tuscany with DK Eyewitness Top 10. Planning is a breeze with our simple lists of ten, covering the very best that Florence and Tuscany have to offer and ensuring that you don't miss a thing. Best of all, the pocket-friendly format is light and easily portable; the perfect companion while out and about.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Eyewitness Travel 2023
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Summary: Thirty years after her British bomber pilot father parachuted from his stricken plane into German-occupied Tuscany, Joanna embarks on a healing journey to learn about her father's hidden wartime past. 1944. British bomber pilot Hugo Langley parachuted from his stricken plane into German-occupied Tuscany. Badly wounded, he found refuge in a ruined monastery-- and in the arms of Sofia Bartoli....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION BOWChiofalo, Rosanna
Summary: In the fields around Tuscany in summertime, sunflowers grow in profusion--wave upon wave of gold and green standing tall against the Italian sky. But for Signora Maria Ferraro, the bright yellow blooms carry only bitter memories. Though she loved them as a child, sunflowers have come to represent the most painful episode of her life. Not even her cherished daughter, Anabella, knows what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945.5 SPESummary: It centers on a family of beekeepers living in stark isolation in the Tuscan countryside. The dynamic of their overcrowded household is disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenage boy taken in as a farmhand and a reality TV show intent on showcasing the family. Both intrusions are of particular interest to the eldest daughter, who is struggling to find her footing in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WONMayes, Frances
Summary: Four American women become unexpected friends during a magical year in Tuscany marked by a writer's complicated relationship with the subject of her biography, long-postponed dreams, and shifting senses of adventure and bravery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION MAYRiva, Renee.
Summary: "A. J. Degulio loved the idea of a visit to the Old Country... until her family decided to stay. Now it's 1972 and she's turning fourteen in a crumbling castle on a hill in Tuscany, wishing she were back in Idaho with her beloved dog, Sailor. In Italy, her blonde hair makes her stick out like a vanilla wafer in a box of chocolate biscotti, and she's so lonely her best friend is a nun from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: David C. Cook 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIVSummary: Beatrice is a motor-mouthed fantasist, a self-styled billionaire countess who likes to believe she's on intimate terms with world leaders. Donatella is a tattooed introvert, a fragile young woman locked in her own mystery. The film tells the story of the unpredictable and moving friendship that develops between the two women as they flee a mental institution in search of love and happiness in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LIKSummary: While on vacation, a just-divorced writer buys a villa in Tuscany on a whim, hoping it will be the start of a change for the better in her life. Along the way she finds that sometimes what seems like a mistake is really a blessing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Under 2003Williams, Nicola
Summary: "Lonely Planet's Florence & Tuscany is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Travel the roads of Val d'Orcia, sample Chianti and explore the Uffizi's collections; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Florence & Tuscany and begin your journey now!"--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2022