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  Pictures from Italy

  Charles Dickens

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  e:Dickens takes time off his novels to give an account of travels which he and his family undertook in France and Italy. There are vivid descriptions of the places, but also of the people and their lives. (Summary by Anthony Ogus)

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  All Tomorrow's Parties - A Memoir

  Rob Spillman

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  “In this carefully wrought coming-of-age memoir, a young American writer searches for home in an unlikely place: East Berlin immediately after the fall of the wall.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review   Rob Spillman—the award-winning, charismatic cofounding editor of the legendary Tin House magazine—has devoted his life to the rebellious pursuit of artistic authenticity. Born in Germany to two driven musicians, his childhood was spent among the West Berlin cognoscenti, in a city two hundred miles behind the Iron Curtain. There, the Berlin Wall stood as a stark reminder of the split between East and West, between suppressed dreams and freedom of expression.   After an unsettled youth moving between divorced parents in disparate cities, Spillman would eventually find his way into the literary world of New York City, only to abandon it to return to Berlin just months after the Wall came down. Twenty-five and newly married, Spillman and his wife, the writer Elissa Schappell, moved to the anarchic streets of East Berlin in search of the bohemian lifestyle of their idols. But Spillman soon discovered he was chasing the one thing that had always eluded him: a place, or person, to call home. In his intimate, entertaining, and heartfelt memoir, Spillman narrates a colorful, music-filled coming-of-age portrait of an artist’s life that is also a cultural exploration of a shifting Berlin.   “With wry humor and wonder, Spillman beautifully captures the deadpan hedonism of the East Berliners and the city’s sense of infinite possibility.” —The New York Times Book Review   “A thrilling portrait of the artist as intrepid young adventure seeker.” —Vanity Fair   “Convivial, page-turning . . . Spillman’s life is a good one to read.” —The Washington Post

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  Peculiar People - The Story of...

  Augustus Hare

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  These days hardly anyone remembers Augustus John Curthbert Hare (1834-1903). But in his prime, the late Victorian age, his name was on the lips of anyone who mattered. He was a travel writer, a storyteller and a memoirist of the first order, and his work is a fascinating record of a lost way of life amongst the strangest upper classes of English society.

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  Tex-Mex Takeout Recipes -...

  Darren Ray

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  Make the Best Tex-Mex Takeout Recipes at home and enjoy the authentic tastes of Tex-Mex cuisine. 
  The classic dishes of Tex-Mex cuisine include chili con carne, fajitas, tacos, and nachos. 
  These are well-known foods that many people regard to be comfort food. 
  Tex-Mex, short for Texan-Mexican, is an exciting blend of tastes and spices from Mexican, Spanish, Native American, and Berber influences handed down via tradition over many centuries, similar to other cuisines integrated into American society. 
  It is a dynamic cuisine that constantly grows and adds new flavors, gracefully adapting to changing preferences and demands. 
  This book has the following contents: An introduction to Tex-Mex takeaway cuisineTex-Mex cooking ingredientsCooking techniques and instruments required to produce authentic Tex-Mex meals 
  50 delicious Tex-Mex takeaway meals, including: Delicious appetizers, snacks, and dips like the Queso Dip, Bean & Cheese Nachos, and Chili Cheese FriesQuick sandwiches and wraps like the Beef Quesadilla, Shredded Chicken Burrito, and Santa Fe WrapHeartwarming soup dishes like the Caldo de Res or the Tortilla SoupSatisfying rice, salad, and bowl meals like the Chili Bowl or the Avocado Chicken Salad Classic taco dishes such as Carne Asada Tacos and Fish Tacos Favorite main dish dishes such as Picadillo or Tex-Mex Pizza 
  And Much More!.... 
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  Have Mother Will Travel - A...

  Claire Fontaine, Mia Fontaine

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  A mother, a daughter, and a life-changing adventure around the world . . .Their bestselling memoir, Come Back, moved and inspired readers with the story of Mia Fontaine's harrowing drug addiction and her mother, Claire's, desperate and ultimately successful attempts to save her. Now it's a decade later and Claire and Mia each face a defining moment in her life, and a mother-daughter relationship that has frayed around the edges. At fifty-one, Claire's shed her identity as Mia's savior but realizes that, oops, she forgot to plan for life after motherhood; Mia, twenty-five and eager to step outside her role as recovery's poster child, finds adult life isn't all it's cracked up to be. Determined to transform themselves and their relationship once again, the pair sets off on a five-month around-the-world adventure. What awaits them is an extraordinary, often hilarious journey through twenty cities and twelve countries—one that includes mishaps, mayhem, and unexpected joys, from a passport-eating elephant to a calamitous camel ride around the Pyramids—and finally making peace with their tumultuous past in the lavender fields of France, where they live for the last four months of the trip. Seeing how self-possessed and community-minded twentysomethings are in other countries broadens Mia's perspective, helping her grow, and grow up. Claire uses the trip to examine her broken relationship with her own mother, a Holocaust survivor, and to create a vision for her second act. Watching her mom assess half a century of life, Mia comes to know her as Claire has always known Mia—as all mothers know their daughters—better than anyone else, and often better than themselves.Wiser for what they've learned from women in other cultures, and from each other, they return with a deepened sense of who they are and where they want to go—and with each embracing the mature friendship they've discovered and the profound love they share. Alternating between Claire and Mia's compelling and distinct voices, Have Mother, Will Travel is a testament to the power and beauty of the mother-daughter relationship, one that illuminates possibilities for our own lives.

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  Walking The Camino - On Earth As...

  Maryanna Gabriel

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  One woman’s solo 800-kilometer pilgrimage on the Camino in Spain, and her overwhelming need to free herself, once and for all.  
  The unexpected death of Maryanna Gabriel's artistic mother would change everything, a pivot she constantly whirled around. More than overcoming loss, she needed answers. Would a spiritual pilgrimage deliver? She could never go back to the way things were. 
             In 2017, Gabriel set out from her forest home on Salt Spring Island, Canada, bound for Saint Jean-Pied-de-Port, France. From a bomb scare in Paris, to strangers with messages, a fellowship of fun, lightening up, and letting go, this is her journey into the mystery of the mother-daughter relationship and the chaos it instilled. 
              Meditative, yet punctuated with humour—this sensory rendering is rich with history, art, and architecture, which entwines with her backstory as she interacts with the characters and landmarks along the way. The hardship cracks open the last of her resistance, only to bring her face to face with what she most needs to know. 
             This book is for anyone searching for self reconnection and renewal in life’s many transitions, or curious about the Camino and the transformative power of pilgrimage, and the healing power it yields. Before the pandemic, the numbers swelled with each passing year. This raw account of her inner alchemy is one explanation why.

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