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A Great Marriage by Frances Mayes
Category: Fiction
Dara Willcox, in New York for a weekend, meets Austin Clarke at an art gallery. The two are on different courses-Austin is British, temporarily in New York. Dara's from North Carolina, set on law school. They fall in love at first sight, and are determined to make their lives together. Days after their ...Show more
A Place in the World - Finding the Meaning of Home by Frances Mayes
Category: Biography
A lyrical and evocative collection of personal stories from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, in which the queen of wanderlust reflects on the comforts of home.Though Frances Mayes is known for her travels, she has always sought a sense of home wherever she goes. In this ...Show more
A Year in the World by Frances Mayes
Category: Travel Literature
A YEAR IN THE WORLD is classic Frances Mayes - a celebration of the allure of travel, of unexpected pleasures found in unlikely places and a joyous sense of adventure and discovery. Both a passionate traveller and the ideal travel companion, Mayes allows us to hitch a ride as she wanders off the beaten ...Show more
A Year in the World by Frances Mayes
Category: Travel
The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany returns to immerse herself - and her readers - in the sights, aromas and treasures of twelve new special places.A YEAR IN THE WORLD is vintage Frances Mayes - a celebration of the allure of travel, of serendipitous pl ...Show more
Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy by Frances Mayes
Category: Travel
Frances Mayes, whose enchanting international bestseller UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN made the world fall in love with Tuscany, invites us back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity and food. Having spent her summers in Tuscany for the past several years, Frances Mayes relished the opportunity to ...Show more
Bringing Tuscany Home by Frances Mayes
Category: Cook Books
In her inimitable warm and evocative tone, Frances Mayes helps readers develop an eye for authentic Tuscan style, with advice on how to: Choose a Tuscan colour palette for the home, from earthy apricot tones to invigorating shades of antique blue; Cultivate a Tuscan garden, adding fountains, vine-covere ...Show more
Bringing Tuscany Home by Frances Mayes
Category: Interior Design
A lavishly illustrated book for everyone who dreams of integrating the Tuscan lifestyle into their own lives - from decor and cooking, eating and drinking, to gardening, socialising and celebrating. When Frances Mayes fell in love with Tuscany and Bramasole, millions of readers basked in the experience ...Show more
Bringing Tuscany Home: Sensuous Style from the Heart of Italy by Frances Mayes
Category: Home Interiors
"I always imagine each of the signoras who lived in this house--where she shelled peas, rocked the grandchild, placed a vase of the pink roses. Now I would like to take one of these women back to my house in California to show her how "Bramasole" traveled to America and took root, how the doors there ar ...Show more
Every Day In Tuscany: Seasons of a Italian Life by Frances Mayes
Category: Travel
In this new memoir Frances Mayes offers her readers another deeply personal account of her present-day life in Tuscany, encompassing both the changes she has experienced since her previous memoirs appeared, and sensuous, evocative reflections on the timeless, unchanging beauty and simple pleasures of It ...Show more
Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life by Frances Mayes
Category: Travel
Twenty years ago Frances Mayes, having ended a long marriage and begun a new relationship, was travelling in Italy and happened upon an abandoned, grand but dilapidated three-storey house called 'Bramasole' just outside the Tuscan hillside of Cortona.
Frances Mayes Always Italy - An Illustrated Grand Tour by Frances Mayes; Ondine Cohane
Category: Travel
In this lavishly illustrated and gift-worthy guide, the world's most beloved expert on la dolce vita takes readers on the ultimate insider's tour of Italy's 20 iconic regions, revealing little-known gems, off-the-beaten-path destinations, and one-of-a-kind experiences. This lush guide, featuring more th ...Show more