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.Walking and Eating in Tuscany and Umbria

by: James Lasdun, Pia Davis

March 31, 2005
We used this book for a trip to Umbria with our children ages 9 and 12 and thought it was great, both for the walking and the eating. We have been to Tuscany several times and wanted to branch out to Umbria on this last trip, and can only say we wish we had done so sooner. We stayed in the lovely town of Norcia, and did the "san Eutizio" walk: an amazing adventure with children! Norcia was an easy place to be with kids, the hotel recommended in the book was extremely friendly, the town had such a safe feeling and enough of interest (particularly the gelato bar) to the kids to keep them busy. The walk - one of the longer ones in the book - was an ambitious one for kids, but gave them an exceptional feeling of accomplishment at the end, and they ... Read More:
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.Seven Lies

by: James Lasdun

February 01, 2007
This is a short book which I got through in one day. The writing style is direct and arresting, and the drama begins on page one.

The story which unfolds is of a young man's growing up in East Germany, his passions, ambitions, and plottings. At the start of the story we find him at a party in the US, a few years after the fall of communist régime in Eastern Europe. As the book progresses he recounts a series of incidents from his former life which explain what has brought him to where he is now.

I did not realise how literally the reader should understand the title of the book. Each chapter reveals a further treachery. Some forced on the characters by the political system they are forced to live under, but others are ... Read More:
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.Moon Walking and Eating in Provence (Moon Handbooks) (Moon Handbooks Practical Nomad)

by: James Lasdun and Pia Davis

June 05, 2008
This is a short book which I got through in one day. The writing style is direct and arresting, and the drama begins on page one.

The story which unfolds is of a young man's growing up in East Germany, his passions, ambitions, and plottings. At the start of the story we find him at a party in the US, a few years after the fall of communist régime in Eastern Europe. As the book progresses he recounts a series of incidents from his former life which explain what has brought him to where he is now.

I did not realise how literally the reader should understand the title of the book. Each chapter reveals a further treachery. Some forced on the characters by the political system they are forced to live under, but others are ... Read More:
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.The Woman Who Rode Away/St. Mawr/The Princess: WITH St. Mawr

by: D.H. Lawrence

July 27, 2006
This is a short book which I got through in one day. The writing style is direct and arresting, and the drama begins on page one.

The story which unfolds is of a young man's growing up in East Germany, his passions, ambitions, and plottings. At the start of the story we find him at a party in the US, a few years after the fall of communist régime in Eastern Europe. As the book progresses he recounts a series of incidents from his former life which explain what has brought him to where he is now.

I did not realise how literally the reader should understand the title of the book. Each chapter reveals a further treachery. Some forced on the characters by the political system they are forced to live under, but others are ... Read More:
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.Stories (Penguin Modern Classics)

by: Paul Bowles

February 03, 2000
This is a short book which I got through in one day. The writing style is direct and arresting, and the drama begins on page one.

The story which unfolds is of a young man's growing up in East Germany, his passions, ambitions, and plottings. At the start of the story we find him at a party in the US, a few years after the fall of communist régime in Eastern Europe. As the book progresses he recounts a series of incidents from his former life which explain what has brought him to where he is now.

I did not realise how literally the reader should understand the title of the book. Each chapter reveals a further treachery. Some forced on the characters by the political system they are forced to live under, but others are ... Read More:
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.The Horned Man

by: James Lasdun

February 06, 2003
The novel starts off well, very well. I bought the book because of the strength of the first two pages; it had me enthralled. But most of the novel is a bit aimless and dry. It seemed to me that the writer had not really envisioned the story as a unified whole, merely moving the strained plot forward to exhibit his pretty prose and intellectual insights into psychoanalysis. He has talent, no doubt, but this is not the novel to read if you want an satisfying story.
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.Walking & Eating in Tuscany

by: James & Davis P Lasdun

December 18, 2000
We used this book for a trip to Umbria with our children ages 9 and 12 and thought it was great, both for the walking and the eating. We have been to Tuscany several times and wanted to branch out to Umbria on this last trip, and can only say we wish we had done so sooner. We stayed in the lovely town of Norcia, and did the "san Eutizio" walk: an amazing adventure with children! Norcia was an easy place to be with kids, the hotel recommended in the book was extremely friendly, the town had such a safe feeling and enough of interest (particularly the gelato bar) to the kids to keep them busy. The walk - one of the longer ones in the book - was an ambitious one for kids, but gave them an exceptional feeling of accomplishment at the end, and they loved the beautiful abbey ... Read More:
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.After Ovid

from: Faber and Faber

April 01, 1996
We used this book for a trip to Umbria with our children ages 9 and 12 and thought it was great, both for the walking and the eating. We have been to Tuscany several times and wanted to branch out to Umbria on this last trip, and can only say we wish we had done so sooner. We stayed in the lovely town of Norcia, and did the "san Eutizio" walk: an amazing adventure with children! Norcia was an easy place to be with kids, the hotel recommended in the book was extremely friendly, the town had such a safe feeling and enough of interest (particularly the gelato bar) to the kids to keep them busy. The walk - one of the longer ones in the book - was an ambitious one for kids, but gave them an exceptional feeling of accomplishment at the end, and they loved the beautiful abbey ... Read More:
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.Walking and Eating in Tuscany and Umbria

by: James Lasdun, Pia Davis

February 27, 1997
We used this book for a trip to Umbria with our children ages 9 and 12 and thought it was great, both for the walking and the eating. We have been to Tuscany several times and wanted to branch out to Umbria on this last trip, and can only say we wish we had done so sooner. We stayed in the lovely town of Norcia, and did the "san Eutizio" walk: an amazing adventure with children! Norcia was an easy place to be with kids, the hotel recommended in the book was extremely friendly, the town had such a safe feeling and enough of interest (particularly the gelato bar) to the kids to keep them busy. The walk - one of the longer ones in the book - was an ambitious one for kids, but gave them an exceptional feeling of accomplishment at the end, and they loved the beautiful abbey ... Read More:
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.Three Evenings and Other Stories

by: James Lasdun

February 24, 1992
We used this book for a trip to Umbria with our children ages 9 and 12 and thought it was great, both for the walking and the eating. We have been to Tuscany several times and wanted to branch out to Umbria on this last trip, and can only say we wish we had done so sooner. We stayed in the lovely town of Norcia, and did the "san Eutizio" walk: an amazing adventure with children! Norcia was an easy place to be with kids, the hotel recommended in the book was extremely friendly, the town had such a safe feeling and enough of interest (particularly the gelato bar) to the kids to keep them busy. The walk - one of the longer ones in the book - was an ambitious one for kids, but gave them an exceptional feeling of accomplishment at the end, and they loved the beautiful abbey ... Read More:
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