In this
section we have detailed some of the guidebooks
on the market from various countries to suit
your budget and needs. We encourage you to
purchase these books through our site utilising
Amazon. Why? Because any revenue raised goes
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We also have a current “Favourite
Reads” section that has been compiled
through recommendations by travellers. To
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LANGUAGE AIDS
Getting to know Italy and Italian - Information
on Italian culture, food and Italian language
FOOD AND CULTURE
Eating and Drinking in Italy
COUNTRY BASED NOVELS
Under the Tuscan Sun - Frances Mayes
Where Angels Fear to Tread - E. M. Forster
Bella Tuscany - Frances Mayes
VIDEOS
Tea With Mussolini (video) - the lives of
English women during WWII Italy
Il Cicclone - love story set in Tuscany
Cinema Paradiso - life of a young boy influenced
by the local theatre in a small Sicilian
town
Il Postino (The Postman) - a young postman
falls in love and is aided by a reclusive
writer
TRAVEL THEMES
Neither Here nor there - Bill Bryson (Antony
Holden, New Zealand)
The Lonesome Traveller - Jack Kerouac (Antony
Riley, England)
Are you experienced? - William Sutcliffe
(Antony Riley, England)
BIOGRAPHIES OF
TRAVELLERS
Distant Voices - John Pilger (Peter Lane,
Australia)
The Journals of Dan Eldon - Dan Eldon (Antony
Riley, England)
Dan Eldon was a photojournalist killed in
action in Africa while working for Reuters.
This book was compiled by his father after
his death, using the journals that Dan filled
during his life. These are a collage of
photos, quote, stories and diary entries.
Dan was only young when he started working
for Reuters and did more in his short life
time (he was killed at 22 and would have
been 32 today) than many of us would hope
to achieve ever. This man was a philosopher,
a poet and a traveller.
