false 4826 480479 0767900383 9780767900386 791 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/48/479/480479-m-1255613835.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/48/479/480479-s-1255613835.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/480479.Under_the_Tuscan_Sun 3.50 32027 4826 3.49 34764 1263 2003 531421 076790284X 9780767902847 97 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/53/421/531421-m-1255613843.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/53/421/531421-s-1255613843.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/531421.Bella_Tuscany 3.56 826 New York Times bestseller Under the Tuscan Sun made the world fall in love with Tuscany, invites us back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity, and food, there and throughout Italy.

A companion volume to Under the Tuscan Sun, Bella Tuscany is Frances Mayes's passionate and lyrical account of her continuing love affair with Italy. Now truly at home there, Mayes writes of her deepening connection to the land, her flourishing friendships with local people, the joys of art, food, and wine, and the rewards and occasional heartbreaks of her villa's ongoing restoration. It is also a memoir of a season of change, and of renewed possibility. As spring becomes summer she revives her lush gardens, meets the challenges of learning a new language, tours regions from Sicily to the Veneto, and faces transitions in her family life. Filled with recipes from her Tuscan kitchen and written in the sensuous and evocative prose that has become her hallmark, Bella Tuscany is a celebration of the sweet life in Italy.

]]> 4826 3.49 34764 1263 1999 127672 0767910060 9780767910064 178 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171940591m/127672.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171940591s/127672.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127672.A_Year_in_the_World_Journeys_of_A_Passionate_Traveller 3.33 628
A Year in the World is vintage Frances Mayes—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. An ideal travel companion, Frances Mayes brings to the page the curiosity of an intrepid explorer, remarkable insights into the wonder of the everyday, and a compelling narrative style that entertains as it informs.

With her beloved Tuscany as a home base, Mayes travels to Spain, Portugal, France, the British Isles, and to the Mediterranean world of Turkey, Greece, the South of Italy, and North Africa. In Andalucía, she relishes the intersection of cultures. She cooks in Portugal, gathers ideas in the gardens of England and Scotland, takes a literary pilgrimage to Burgundy, discovers an ideal place to live in Mantova, and explores the essential Moroccan city of Fez. She rents houses among ordinary residents, shops at neighborhood markets, wanders the back streets, and everywhere contemplates the concept of home. While in Greece, she follows the classic Homeric voyage across the Aegean, lives in a bougainvillea-draped stone house in Crete, and then drives deep into the Mani. In Turkey with friends, she sails the ancient coast, hiking to archaeological sites and snorkeling over sunken Byzantine towns. 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. An illuminating and passionate book that will be savored by all who loved Under the Tuscan Sun, A Year in the World is travel writing at its peak.]]> 4826 3.49 34764 1263 2006 127682 0767905350 9780767905350 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171940605m/127682.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171940605s/127682.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127682.In_Tuscany 3.65 164

La Piazza--the locus of Italian village life. With photgraphs of the shop signs, the outdoor markets, medieval streets, people, their pets and their cars, and snippets of conversations overheard, Mayes reveals the life of the Piazza in her town of Cortona as well as out-of-the-way places such as Volterra, Asciano, Monte San Savino, and Castelmuzio.

La Festa--the celebration. Essays and photos of feasts and celebrations, such as the Christmas dinner for twenty-seven at a neighbor's house and a donkey race around the church at Montepulciano Stazione, illustrate how the Tuscans celebrate the seasons--their open ways of friendship, their connection to nature, and most of all, their sense of abundance.

Il Campo--the field. Here Edward Mayes evokes the deep sense of the shift of seasons as he picks olives before he and Frances head off to the olive oil mill and enjoy the first bruscette with new oil.

La Cucina--the kitchen. An intimate view of the all-important role of the kitchen in Tuscan culture, including photographs of her own kitchen and gardens, menus from great local cooks, the elements of the Tuscan table, dishes with cultural and culinary notes on each, and, of course, delectable recipes.

La Bellezza--the beauty. From the quality of the light falling on sublime landscapes in different seasons and Tuscan faces in moments of laughter to a silhouette of cypress trees in the early evening and a wild bird perched on a neigbor's head, In Tuscany features views of beauty that reveal the singular splendor of one of the world's best-loved and most artistic regions.


]]> 4826 3.49 34764 1263 2000 920105 0767902866 9780767902861 14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179458373m/920105.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179458373s/920105.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/920105.Swan 3.29 110 By the #1 bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, Bella Tuscany and In Tuscany, Swan is a haunting novel set in the deep South -- a resonant tale of long-buried family secrets and mysteries brought suddenly to light.

In her celebrated memoirs of life in Tuscany, Frances Mayes writes masterfully about people in a powerful and shaping place. In Swan, her first novel, she has created an equally intimate world, rich with striking characters and intriguing twists of fate, that hearkens back to her southern roots.

The Masons are a prominent but now fragmented family who have lived for generations in Swan, an edenic, hidebound small town in Georgia. As Swan opens, a bizarre crime pulls Ginger Mason home from her life as an archeologist in Italy: The body of her mother, Catherine, a suicide nineteen years before, has been mysteriously exhumed. Reunited on new terms with her troubled, isolated brother J.J., who has never ventured far from Swan, the Mason children grapple with the profound effects of their mother's life and death on their own lives. When a new explanation for Catherine’s death emerges, and other closely guarded family secrets rise to the surface as well, Ginger and J.J. are confronted with startling truths about their family, a particular ordeal in a family and a town that wants to keep the past buried.

Beautifully evoking the rhythms and idiosyncrasies of the deep South while telling an utterly compelling story of the complexity of family ties, Swan marks the remarkable fiction debut of one of America’s best-loved writers.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 4826 3.49 34764 1263 2002 7209 0767999053 9780767999052 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165609699m/7209.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165609699s/7209.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7209.Bella_Tuscany_Under_the_Tuscan_Sun 3.80 74 4826 3.49 34764 1263 2000 127683 0767917464 9780767917469 11 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171940606m/127683.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171940606s/127683.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127683.Bringing_Tuscany_Home_Sensuous_Style_From_the_Heart_of_Italy 3.61 49 I always imagine each of the signoras who lived in this house—where she shelled peas, rocked the grandchild, placed a vase of the pink roses. Now I would like to take one of these women back to my house in California to show her how Bramasole traveled to America and took root, how the doors there are open to the breeze from San Pablo bay and to the distant view of Mount Tamalpais, how the table has expanded and the garden has burgeoned…


The “bard of Tuscany” (New York Times) now offers a lavishly illustrated book for everyone who dreams of integrating the Tuscan lifestyle—from home decoration and cooking, to eating and drinking, to gardening, socializing, and celebrating—into their own lives.

When Frances Mayes fell in love with Tuscany and Bramasole, millions of readers basked in the experience through her three bestselling memoirs. Now Frances and her husband, In Tuscany coauthor Edward, share the essence of Tuscan life as they have lived it, with specific ideas and inspiration for readers stateside to bring the beauty and spirit of Tuscany into their own home decor, meals, gardens, entertaining and, most important, outlook on life. In her inimitable warm and evocative tone, Frances helps readers develop an eye for authentic Tuscan style, with advice on how to:

• Choose a Tuscan color palette for the home, from earthy apricot tones to invigorating shades of antique blue.

• Personalize a room with fanciful door frames, unique painted furniture, and fresco murals.

• Cultivate a Tuscan garden, adding fountains, vine-covered pergolas, and terra-cotta urns among the herbs and flowers

• Select the best Italian vino. (Frances describes lunches at regional vineyards and imparts tips for pairing food and wine.)

• Create an atmosphere of irresistible, anytime hospitality—a casa aperta (open home).

• Make primo finds at local antiques markets. (And to help truly bring Tuscany home, shipping advice and market days for several Tuscan towns are included.)

• Set an imaginative Tuscan table using majolica and vintage linens.

• Enjoy the abundant flavors and easy simplicity of the Tuscan kitchen, with details on everything from olive oil and vino santo to pici and gnocchi, plus special homegrown menus and recipes.

• Make the most of a trip to Tuscany, visiting Frances’s favorite hill towns, restaurants, small museums, and other soothing places.


With more than 100 photos by acclaimed photographer Steven Rothfeld (including several of the Mayes’s California home and its Tuscan accents), twenty-five all-new recipes, and lists of resources for travelers and shoppers, Bringing Tuscany Home is a treasure trove of practical advice and memorable images.]]> 4826 3.49 34764 1263 2004 127684 0156007622 9780156007627 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171940606m/127684.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171940606s/127684.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127684.The_Discovery_of_Poetry_A_Field_Guide_to_Reading_and_Writing_Poems 3.91 45 out of the classroom and into the homes of everyday readers.

Before she fell in love with Tuscany, Frances Mayes fell in love with verse. After publishing five books of poetry and teaching creative writing for more than twenty-five years, Mayes is no stranger to the subject. In The Discovery of Poetry, an accessible "field guide" to reading and writing poetry, she shares her passion with readers. Beginning with basic terminology and techniques, from texture and sound to rhyme and repetition, Mayes shows how focusing on one aspect of a poem can help you to better understand, appreciate, and enjoy the reading and writing experience. In addition to many creative and helpful composition ideas, following each lyrical and lively discussion is a thoughtful selection of poems. With its wonderful anthology from Shakespeare to Jamaica Kinkaid, The Discovery of Poetry is an insightful, invaluable guide to what Mayes calls "the natural pleasures of language-a happiness we were born to have."

]]> 4826 3.49 34764 1263 2001 28076 0618197192 9780618197194 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167920173m/28076.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167920173s/28076.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28076.The_Best_American_Travel_Writing_2002 3.37 27 4826 3.49 34764 1263 10864 3.75 735 108 2002 2529313 0913282200 9780913282205 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2529313.After_such_pleasures 5.00 2 4826 3.49 34764 1263 1979 2150513 2912517095 9782912517098 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2150513.Bella_Italia 5.00 1 4826 3.49 34764 1263 1999 127685 0918786479 9780918786470 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171940606m/127685.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171940606s/127685.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127685.Ex_Voto 5.00 1 4826 3.49 34764 1263 1995 6891512 0767929829 9780767929820 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/68/512/6891512-m-1255715085.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/68/512/6891512-s-1255715085.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6891512-every-day-in-tuscany 5.00 1 New York Times bestsellers Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany, the celebrated "bard of Tuscany" (New York Times) lyrically chronicles her continuing, two decades-long 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 timeless beauty and vivid pleasures of Italian life. Among the themes Mayes explores are how her experience of Tuscany dramatically expanded when she renovated and became a part-time resident of a 13th century house with a stone roof in the mountains above Cortona, how life in the mountains introduced her to a "wilder" side of Tuscany--and with it a lively  engagement with Tuscany's mountain people. Throughout, she reveals the concrete joys of life in her adopted hill town, with particular attention to life in the piazza, the art of Luca Signorelli (Renaissance painter from Cortona), and the pastoral pleasures of feasting from her garden.  Moving always toward a deeper engagement, Mayes writes of Tuscan icons that have become for her storehouses of memory, of crucible moments from which bigger ideas emerged, and of the writing life she has enjoyed in the room where Under the Tuscan Sun began.
 
With more on the pleasures of life at Bramasole, the delights and challenges of living in Italy day-to-day and favorite recipes, Every Day in Tuscany is a passionate and inviting account of the richness and complexity of Italian life.]]> 4826 3.49 34764 1263 2000 492744 0940592126 9780940592124 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/492744.The_arts_of_fire 5.00 1 4826 3.49 34764 1263 1982 6202032 0739315676 9780739315675 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6202032.Bringing_Tuscany_Home_Sensuous_Style_From_the_Heart_of_Italy 4.00 1 I always imagine each of the signoras who lived in this house—where she shelled peas, rocked the grandchild, placed a vase of the pink roses. Now I would like to take one of these women back to my house in California to show her how Bramasole traveled to America and took root, how the doors there are open to the breeze from San Pablo bay and to the distant view of Mount Tamalpais, how the table has expanded and the garden has burgeoned…


The “bard of Tuscany” (New York Times) now offers a lavishly illustrated book for everyone who dreams of integrating the Tuscan lifestyle—from home decoration and cooking, to eating and drinking, to gardening, socializing, and celebrating—into their own lives.

When Frances Mayes fell in love with Tuscany and Bramasole, millions of readers basked in the experience through her three bestselling memoirs. Now Frances and her husband, In Tuscany coauthor Edward, share the essence of Tuscan life as they have lived it, with specific ideas and inspiration for readers stateside to bring the beauty and spirit of Tuscany into their own home decor, meals, gardens, entertaining and, most important, outlook on life. In her inimitable warm and evocative tone, Frances helps readers develop an eye for authentic Tuscan style, with advice on how to:

• Choose a Tuscan color palette for the home, from earthy apricot tones to invigorating shades of antique blue.

• Personalize a room with fanciful door frames, unique painted furniture, and fresco murals.

• Cultivate a Tuscan garden, adding fountains, vine-covered pergolas, and terra-cotta urns among the herbs and flowers

• Select the best Italian vino. (Frances describes lunches at regional vineyards and imparts tips for pairing food and wine.)

• Create an atmosphere of irresistible, anytime hospitality—a casa aperta (open home).

• Make primo finds at local antiques markets. (And to help truly bring Tuscany home, shipping advice and market days for several Tuscan towns are included.)

• Set an imaginative Tuscan table using majolica and vintage linens.

• Enjoy the abundant flavors and easy simplicity of the Tuscan kitchen, with details on everything from olive oil and vino santo to pici and gnocchi, plus special homegrown menus and recipes.

• Make the most of a trip to Tuscany, visiting Frances’s favorite hill towns, restaurants, small museums, and other soothing places.


With more than 100 photos by acclaimed photographer Steven Rothfeld (including several of the Mayes’s California home and its Tuscan accents), twenty-five all-new recipes, and lists of resources for travelers and shoppers, Bringing Tuscany Home is a treasure trove of practical advice and memorable images.

]]> 73263 4.00 1 0 4826 3.49 34764 1263 2004 6080376 1438934556 9781438934556 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6080376.Greek_Expectations_The_Adventures_of_Fearless_Fran_in_the_Land_of_the_Gods 1.00 1 www.halkimouthouria.com]]> 4826 3.49 34764 1263 2008 492753 8532517064 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/492753.Cidade_dos_Cisnes_A 0.0 0 4826 3.49 34764 1263 2004 492737 3442451434 9783442451432 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175204979m/492737.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175204979s/492737.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/492737.Das_Paradies_hei_t_Bramasole_Eine_Liebeserkl_rung_an_die_Toskana_ 0.0 0 4826 3.49 34764 1263 2002 492741 3442455367 9783442455362 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175204988m/492741.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175204988s/492741.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/492741.R_ckkehr_ins_Paradies_Unser_Jahr_in_der_Toscana_ 0.0 0 4826 3.49 34764 1263 2003 492747 9053339493 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/492747.Een_Huis_in_Toscane 0.0 0 4826 3.49 34764 1263 2000 7146454 0767913930 9780767913935 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7146454-swan 0.0 0 4826 3.49 34764 1263 2002 7146455 0767914368 9780767914369 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7146455-swan 0.0 0 4826 3.49 34764 1263 2002 7152391 8532509932 9788532509932 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7152391-sob-o-sol-da-toscana-em-casa-na-italia 0.0 0 4826 3.49 34764 1263 1996 492748 0811830810 9780811830812 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175204996m/492748.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175204996s/492748.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/492748.Tuscan_Pleasures_2002_Engagement_Calendar 0.0 0 86968 4.23 39 11 4826 3.49 34764 1263 2001