Travelers’ Tales: Italy (Compiled & Edited By: Anne Calcagno
Winner of Foreword’s Silver Medal for Best Travel Book of the Year
‘…today more than ever, in good times as in bad, the world recognizes in Italy an essential idea of beauty: beauty of landscape, beauty of learning, beauty of art, beauty of human romance and affection. All these responses, all these varied judgments, are expressed somewhere or other in the pages of this book. Go on darling, close your eyes and think of Italy…’ –From the Introduction by Jan Morris
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Awards
- Foreword’s Silver Medal, Best Travel Book of the Year
- Editors’ Choice Award: Journeywoman & the Independent Travel Stores Association Francisco Book Festival
A star trophy award in silver
Travel Articles
“Emboldened by Women in High Heels” (an adventure on the Great wall of China…)
In Whose Panties Are These? More Misadventures from Funny Women on the Road. Ed. by Jennifer L. Leo (Travelers’ Tales, 2004)
.… loaded with hilarious stories from women who have gone to the ends of the earth only to hear the sniggering of the cosmos. From an African Village to the Great Wall of China, these stories that weren’t so funny when they happened prove once again that travel, like laughter, is the best medicine.
“Kicked Into the Mediterranean” (The Egadi Islands)
Thirty Days In Italy
Ed. by James & Sean O’Reilly & Larry Habegger. (Travelers’ Tales, 2006)
What would you do if you were sentenced to 30 days abroad?… whether you have 30 days off or just a few, these true stories from other travelers will give you ideas of where to go, what to do, and what it’s like to be there.
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Travelers’ Tales: Tuscany
These essays by renowned travel writers explore the many lures of Tuscany — its rolling hills, sunny climate, friendly people, and superb food and wine. This extraordinary region comes alive in tales of harvesting grapes, hunting for truffles, hiking ancient Etruscan paths, and glorying in the region’s bountiful art, music, history, and above all, romance. Some of the writers have made Tuscany their home, others came to vacation or study. But the spell of the region pervades all of these accounts. Authors include Frances Mayes, Matthew Spender, Jan Morris, Ferenc Mate, and Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, among others.
“So what is this region – of the heart, in the heart of Italy – of Tuscany? It is the one region Tuscans and travelers single out. Ask anyone about Italy; he can usually name cities and Roman monuments with alacrity, but regions? You must mean Tuscany.”
—from the Introduction by Anne Calcagno