Impenetrable Italian culture
"Seven Seasons in Siena: My Quixotic Quest for Acceptance Among Tuscany's Proudest People" Neophytes who have seen the extensive preparation that typically precedes a horse race often wonder why there...
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They’ll always have Paris
"Paris Was Ours: Thirty-Two Writers Reflect on the City of Light" Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, $15.95 In the introduction, editor Penelope Rowlands recalls when she and her then-boyfriend first...
They’ll always have Paris
"Paris Was Ours: Thirty-Two Writers Reflect on the City of Light" Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, $15.95 In the introduction, editor Penelope Rowlands recalls when she and her then-boyfriend first...
Where to bike in Britain
"Cyclist's Britain in a Box" Main contributors: Arnold Robinson, Chris Hutt Interlink Books, $19.95 This is an ingenious idea: A collection of reusable plastic cards that cyclists can use as...
Resourceful traveler: Arts of New York City
"Andy Warhol's New York City: Four Walks Uptown to Downtown" Little Bookroom, $14.95 Andy Warhol was a star-struck young man from Pittsburgh when he came to New York after earning...
Resourceful traveler: Arts of New York City
"Andy Warhol's New York City: Four Walks Uptown to Downtown" Little Bookroom, $14.95 Andy Warhol was a star-struck young man from Pittsburgh when he came to New York after earning...
Resourceful traveler: Chicago and its environs
"Day Trips from Chicago: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler" Globe Pequot Press, $14.95 Though Chicago does not have access to mountains or oceans, it does boast other perhaps less...
N.Y.’s past comes to life
The past is another country, or so goes the saying. In this wonderful and entertaining guide to what once was, author James Roman captures the heart and soul of an...
N.Y.’s past comes to life
The past is another country, or so goes the saying. In this wonderful and entertaining guide to what once was, author James Roman captures the heart and soul of an...
A sordid European tale
In an earlier era, roughly from the mid-17th century to the mid-19th century, young men of means would embark on a grand tour, experiencing firsthand the cultural legacy of the...