Mayes, Frances
Summary: "A lyrical and evocative collection of personal stories from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, in which the queen of wanderlust reflects on the comforts of home. While Frances Mayes is known for her travels, she has always sought a sense of home wherever she goes. In this poetic testament to the power of place in our lives, Mayes reflects on "home," from the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAYES, FRANCES MAYMayes, Frances
Summary: The Roman Forum, the Leaning Tower, the Piazza San Marco: these are the sights synonymous with Italy. But such landmarks only scratch the surface of this magical country's offerings. In See You in the Piazza, Frances Mayes introduces us to the Italy only the locals know, as she and her husband, Ed, eat and drink their way through thirteen regions--from Friuli to Sicily. Along the way, she seeks...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945.093 MAYMayes, Frances.
Summary: Text and photographs celebrate Tuscany's feasts, festivals, food, wine, people, and culture.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945.5 MAYMayes, Frances.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 945.5 MAYMayes, Frances.
Summary: "A lyrical and evocative memoir from Frances Mayes, the Bard of Tuscany, about coming of age in the Deep South and the region's powerful influence on her life. The author of three beloved books about her life in Italy, including Under the Tuscan Sun and Every Day in Tuscany, Frances Mayes revisits the turning points that defined her early years in Fitzgerald, Georgia. With her signature style...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAYES, FRANCES MAYMayes, Frances.
Summary: The author who captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany expands her horizons to immerse herself--and her readers--in the sights, aromas, and treasures of twelve new special places. This book is a celebration of the allure of travel, of serendipitous pleasures found in unlikely locales, of memory woven into the present, and of a joyous sense of quest. She rents houses among...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2006
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 914.04 MAYCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.04 MAYMayes, Frances.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: BDD Audio 1999
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 945.5 MAYMayes, 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 945.5 MAYMayes, Frances.
Summary: From her years as a spirited, secretive child, through her university studies--a period of exquisite freedom that imbued her with a profound appreciation of friendship and a love of travel--to her escape to a new life in California, Frances Mayes exuberantly recreates the intense relationships of her past, recounting the bitter and sweet stories of her complicated family.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 MAYES, FRANCES MAYMayes, Frances.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 914.04 MAYMayes, Frances.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1999
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945.5 MAYMayes, Frances.
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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2010
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 945.5 MAYCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945.5 MAYES, FRANCES MAYMayes, Frances.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1996
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: B MAYES MAYMayes, Frances.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1997
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945.5 MAYCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 945.5 MAYCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 945.5 MAYSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010