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On November 11, 1943, the Nazis invaded Cansano, forcing its two thousand inhabitants to make a tough decision—fight and be killed or sent to a POW camp, stay behind as servants to the Nazis, or move into the unforgiving mountains of Abruzzo while the Nazis used their village as a home base. Giovanni Ruscitti's family chose the latter and spent the next few months living in horrendous winter conditions in the rugged mountains. When the war ended, they returned to a village so ravaged by the Nazis that, today, the town has less than 200 citizens and remains in a dilapidated state.

"Hamburg": In Hamburg sagt man ''Moin'', das hat nichts mit der Tageszeit zu tun, Moin ist viel mehr als ein ''Hallo'' oder ''Guten Tag'', Moin verspricht hanseatische Wärme und die gibt es in Hamburg zuhauf. Die Hamburger sind bekannt für Herzlichkeit, Offenheit und ein bisschen Ironie. Was aber ist es im Einzelnen, das Hamburg so attraktiv macht? "München": Sie träumen von "la Dolce Vita", einer bezaubernden Altstadt mit Geschichte und Großstadtfeeling, in Kombination mit Tradition und Gemütlichkeit? Dann sollten Sie Ihren nächsten Städtetrip unbedingt nach München machen.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Bath. Greater Than a Tourist – Bath Somerset United Kingdom by author Sami Cheung offers firsthand and personal insight into the best ways to visit the beautiful, historic city of Bath. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist.

I'll begin with the war, when everything changed for us. In 1943, our comfortable family life came to an abrupt end, thanks to Hitler. During the Nazi occupation of Athens, Daphne, a young Greek Jewish artist, finds her life suddenly under threat. She's in love with her Austrian art teacher, and...

Alla scoperta dell’anima oscura, nascosta, sotterranea, esoterica e criminale della città. È antico il fascino di Bologna. Come un’ombra, percorre da secoli i vicoli del centro storico, i sotterranei e i portici che hanno reso celebre nel mondo la città. Tutti conoscono la Bologna “dotta”, “grassa” e “turrita”, ma solo in pochi conoscono i segreti, gli enigmi e i gialli del capoluogo emiliano. Come la necropoli dei vampiri emersa dalle viscere della terra durante i recenti scavi per l’alta velocità, o il codice mai decifrato inciso sulla Pietra di Bologna.

Mairead Small Staid’s debut, The Traces, is a work of memoir and criticism that explores the nature of happiness in art, literature, and philosophy, structured around a season spent in Italy and a reading of Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities. Poised between plummeting depressions, the author considers the intellectual merits of joy and the redeeming promise offered by the beauty, both natural and manmade, that surrounds her. 

National Bestseller Under the Tuscan Sun meets Diary of a Bookseller in this charming memoir by an Italian poet recounting her experience opening a bookshop in a village in Tuscany. Alba Donati was used to her hectic life working as a book publicist in Italy—a life that made her happy and...

Von London bis Newcastle, ohne einen Innenraum oder ein geschlossenes Fahrzeug zu betreten – so trotzt Bestsellerautor Stephan Orth in England der Pandemie. Er wandert, radelt und paddelt, zeltet in Vorgärten, Wäldern und Stadtparks. In Manchester jubelt er bei einem Fußballmatch, in Oxford erlebt er die Eigenarten britischer Trinkkultur, am Rochdale-Kanal entdeckt er das schönste Klo der Welt. Er schildert, wie er sich mit Brexit-Fans und streitlustigen Katzen auseinandersetzt, mit Obdachlosen, Lebenskünstlern und Umwelt-Aktivisten ins Gespräch kommt.

New York Times Best Wine Book of 2021. South of Somewhere begins and ends in Robert Camuto’s maternal ancestral town of Vico Equense, Italy—a tiny paradise south of Naples on the Sorrento Peninsula. It was here in 1968, at 10-years-old, that the author first tasted Italian life.

This is a very short book(let) about me getting the motorcycling adventure bug, passing my test and fumbling my way around Ireland. It includes rain, falling off, mud, contentment, camping, more rain, misery, nirvana, two complete flip outs, a chili con carne, wine and a fine selection of English and French cheeses.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat Like a Local book is for you. Eat Like a Local - Málaga, Spain by Melissa Joy Bitz offers the inside scoop on some of the best gastronomic experiences Málaga has to offer.

Greater Than a Tourist - Funchal Madeira Island Portugal offers the inside scoop on Funchal. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. That's alright, but this book gives you travel tips from someone who has lived at your destination. This book gives you knowledge you may not find in other smaller print travel books. Experience cultural, culinary delights, and attractions with the guidance of a Local. Slow down and get to know the people with this guide. After listening to this book, you will be ready to discover new activities at your next travel destination.

On New Year’s Day 2012, Amy-Jane Beer’s beloved friend Kate set out with a group of others to kayak the River Rawthey in Cumbria. Kate never came home, and her death left her devoted family and friends bereft and unmoored. Returning to visit the Rawthey years later, Amy realises how much she misses the connection to the natural world she always felt when on or close to rivers, and so begins a new phase of exploration.

Escape to Italy with the brand-new romcom from the author of You Had Me at Halloumi When Ramona's dream to launch a size-inclusive fashion line comes crashing down she decides it is time for a bold change. Realising there is little inclusivity in the exclusive world of haute couture, Ramona bids...

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Liverpool . Greater Than a Tourist--Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom by Solomon Chambers offers the inside scoop on Liverpool--the Pool of Life.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Limerick. Greater than a Tourist: Limerick, Ireland by Dylan Goodman offers the inside scoop on Limerick City and its surrounding areas. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater than a Tourist series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Leben auf dem Land – jeder kann sich glücklich schätzen, wer sagen kann, "ich bin in der Eifel zuhause". Umgeben von viel Grün, Landschaft und Natur fühlt man sich so manches Mal wie im Urlaub. Die Suche nach Ruhe und Entschleunigung führt Menschen in die Eifel-Region mit ihrer ursprünglichen Umgebung und ihren faszinierenden Weiten. Die Eifel ist Heimat – ein Gebiet, in dem man aufgewachsen ist, sich zuhause fühlt oder auch ein Ort, an den man gerne zurückkehrt oder ein neues Leben beginnt.

'A beguiling book about a lifestyle that many of us dream about' Daily Mail Paul Richardson fled the city to live on the land in a rough-and-tumble village on the edge of Europe. Immersing himself in the culture of his remote Spanish community, he learned the traditional arts of animal husbandry...

A fun and informative trip around the highways (not forgetting the low ways) and byways of Great Britain. Within its pages you will find love and romance, murder and mayhem, royalty, aristocrats and commoners, politics and politicians, sex and scandal, sporting triumphs and sporting disasters...

The third gripping instalment in a dystopian thriller series, where modern-day recruits compete in a fight to the death in the streets of Edinburgh. Live by the rules. Die by the rules. Or break them and take your chances in the chaos that follows... The Pantheon Games are the biggest underground event in the world, with millions watching online as modern-day recruits battle to the death with weapons of the ancient world. Tyler Maitland left his life behind to search for his sister, who disappeared after joining the Pantheon's Edinburgh chapter.