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A year in the world : journeys of a passionate traveller / Frances Mayes.

Mayes, Frances. (Author).

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 ordinary residents, shops at neighborhood markets, wanders the back streets, and everywhere contemplates the concept of home. Weaving together personal perceptions and informed commentary on art, architecture, history, landscape, and social and culinary traditions of each area, Mayes brings the immediacy of life in her temporary homes to the reader.--From publisher description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0767910052
  • ISBN: 9780767910057
  • Physical Description: xx, 420 pages : map ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Broadway Books, [2006]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Map on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-420).
Formatted Contents Note:
Cupolas of Alghero -- Blood oranges : Andalucía -- Astrolabe and Cataplana : Portugal -- Spaccanapoli : split Naples -- The sun on its throne : Taormina -- Tasting the South : Italy -- Inside the color spectrum : Fez -- A paperweight for Colette : Burgundy -- From garden to garden : the British Isles -- Washed by time's waters : islands of Greece -- Bulls, poets, archangels : Crete and Mani -- Among friends : Scotland -- Aboard the Cevri Hasan : Turkey's Lycian Coast -- An armful of bougainvillea : Capri -- For example : Mantova -- Envoi: The riddle of home.
Subject:
Mayes, Frances > Travel.
Travel writers > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Autobiographies.

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  • 29 of 31 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library BIO MAYES (Text) 36015000701173 Adult Biography Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library 914.04 M (Text) 39493105525101 Adult Nonfiction Available -
BHM Headquarters Library B Mayes, F (Text) 38344101165742 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Beaufort Main B MAYES (Text) 34208201493003 Adult Biography Available -
Bunn Branch B/MAYES (Text) 72350000071619 Adult Biography Available -
Canton Library 914.04 (Text) 33115006203340 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cleveland County Main Library B MAYES (Text) 22281500016188 Adult Nonfiction Available -
East Asheville Library 914.0456109 MAY (Text) 0020506440815 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Eden Library 914.04 M (Text) 31554007836389 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Enka-Candler Library 914.0456109 MAY (Text) 0020506440807 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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