Venetian Dreaming
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Venetian Dreaming
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Author : Paula Weideger
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-08-21
Venetian Dreaming written by Paula Weideger and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-21 with Travel categories.
Who hasn't longed to escape to the enchanting canals and mysterious alleyways of Venice? Globetrotting writer Paula Weideger not only dreamed the dream, she took the leap. In Venetian Dreaming, she charts the course of her love affair with one of the world's most treasured cities. Weideger's search for a place to live eventually takes her to the Palazzo Donà dalle Rose, one of the rare Venetian palaces continuously inhabited by the family that built it. She weaves the past lives of the family Donà with her own adventures as she threads her way through the labyrinthine city. Art and architecture are a constant presence. Yet even more strongly felt is the passage of time, the panorama of the seasons as reflected in special events -- Carnival, the Film Festival, September's historic regatta, midnight mass at San Marco. We follow Weideger as she explores the Ghetto, the expatriate community, and the lives of locals from noblemen to boatmen. Along the way she encounters everyone from the ghost of Peggy Guggenheim to the Merchant Ivory crowd, and experiences some high drama with the Contessa, her landlady. The resulting memoir is a wry and illuminating, intelligent and tender account of the once grand heritage and now imperiled future of Venice.
Venetian Dreaming
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Author : Paula Weideger
language : en
Publisher: Pocket Books
Release Date : 2004-03
Venetian Dreaming written by Paula Weideger and has been published by Pocket Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03 with Venice (Italy) categories.
Who hasn't dreamed, after a particularly mind-numbing meeting, or in the midst of another punishing five-thirty commute, of chucking it all and packing off to the enchanting canals and mysterious alleyways of Venice? Globetrotting writer Paula Weideger not only dreamed the dream; she and her partner actually took the leap. VENETIAN DREAMING charts the course of Weideger's passionate love affair with one of the world's most beautiful cities. Weideger opens her book with the wry, mishap-strewn account of the search to find a place to live which eventually takes her to the world famous Palazzo Dona delle Rose, the only palace in Venice continuously occupied by the family that built it. She weaves the past lives of the family Dona with her own present adventures, creating a tapestry that captures at once the grand heritage and imperilled labyrinth as she gives a lively, riveting and eye opening tour of the city. She explores the centuries old streets, meets locals from noblemen to shopkeepers and artists, makes peace with the ghost of Peggy Guggenheim and explains how Ishmael Merchant and James Ivory almost dislodged her from her home, and more.
Venetian Dream
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Author : Monica Blake
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979-01-01
Venetian Dream written by Monica Blake and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-01-01 with English fiction categories.
Under A Venice Moon
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Author : Margaret Cameron
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2022-02-23
Under A Venice Moon written by Margaret Cameron and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-23 with Travel categories.
Life isn't a sort of practice run, something you can afford to play around with. They don't offer second and third chances to get it right. Use it better. Live it fuller. A week in Venice ignites Margaret Cameron's interest in the private city behind the tourist facade and the obscure tales from its history. Tantalised by stories of this lesser-known Venice she returns the following August for a month-long stay, determined to uncover the Venice of the Venetians. Stepping out from her comfort zone, Margaret finds that friendships - unexpected and spontaneous - blossom within palazzi walls and she makes a discovery: life can lead you along rewarding paths, if you let it. As each day passes, her time in Venice becomes more than just an interlude; soon, the city feels like home. Could she leave her satisfying life in Perth and start anew in Venice? The question becomes urgent when romance waits where she least expected to find it . . .
No Vulgar Hotel The Desire And Pursuit Of Venice
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Author : Judith Martin
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2011-02-07
No Vulgar Hotel The Desire And Pursuit Of Venice written by Judith Martin and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-07 with Travel categories.
"Add No Vulgar Hotel to the list of books you must read before you come to Venice." —Donna Leon This is the definitive book for managing an incurable passion for a decaying, waterlogged village. Whether you already have a raging case of Venetophilia or are among the fifteen million people who yearly put themselves in danger of contracting it, here is where you get your fix of Venetian wit, history, practicality, and enchantment.
Proust And Venice
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Author : Peter Collier
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1989-10-26
Proust And Venice written by Peter Collier and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-10-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
This study of Proust's famous novel A la recherche du temps perdu (Remembrance of Things Past) focuses on Venice, one of the hero's central obsessions, and shows how a whole network of allusions to art (from Titian to Turner, from Byzantine mosaic to Fortuny dresses) ties in with the hero's quest for self-knowledge and self-fulfilment.
The U S South And Europe
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Author : Cornelis A. van Minnen
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2013-11-28
The U S South And Europe written by Cornelis A. van Minnen and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-28 with History categories.
The U.S. South is a distinctive political and cultural force -- not only in the eyes of Americans, but also in the estimation of many Europeans. The region played a distinctive role as a major agricultural center and the source of much of the wealth in early America, but it has also served as a catalyst for the nation's only civil war, and later, as a battleground in violent civil rights conflicts. Once considered isolated and benighted by the international community, the South has recently evoked considerable interest among popular audiences and academic observers on both sides of the Atlantic. In The U.S. South and Europe, editors Cornelis A. van Minnen and Manfred Berg have assembled contributions that interpret a number of political, cultural, and religious aspects of the transatlantic relationship during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The contributors discuss a variety of subjects, including European colonization, travel accounts of southerners visiting Europe, and the experiences of German immigrants who settled in the South. The collection also examines slavery, foreign recognition of the Confederacy as a sovereign government, the lynching of African Americans and Italian immigrants, and transatlantic religious fundamentalism. Finally, it addresses international perceptions of the Jim Crow South and the civil rights movement as a framework for understanding race relations in the United Kingdom after World War II. Featuring contributions from leading scholars based in the United States and Europe, this illuminating volume explores the South from an international perspective and offers a new context from which to consider the region's history.
Dreaming Venice
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Author : Fernando Bertuzzi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Dreaming Venice written by Fernando Bertuzzi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Travel categories.
A Dream Of Venice With Other Stories Quaint Curious And Interesting
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Author : Seraphael
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1875
A Dream Of Venice With Other Stories Quaint Curious And Interesting written by Seraphael and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1875 with categories.
Contemporary Authors New Revision Series
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Author : Tracey Watson
language : en
Publisher: Contemporary Authors New Revis
Release Date : 2005-06
Contemporary Authors New Revision Series written by Tracey Watson and has been published by Contemporary Authors New Revis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In response to the escalating need for up-to-date information on writers, Contemporary Authors(R) New Revision Series brings researchers the most recent data on the worlds most-popular authors. These exciting and unique author profiles are essential to your holdings because sketches are entirely revised and up-to-date, and completely replace the original Contemporary Authors(R) entries. For your convenience, a soft-cover cumulative index is sent biannually.