In
this section we have detailed some of the
guidebooks on the market from various countries
to suit your budget and needs. We encourage
you to purchase these books through our
site utilising Amazon. Why? Because any
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this site.
We also have a current
“Favourite Reads” section that
has been compiled through recommendations
by travellers. To add to this list simply
email us at italy@backpackglobe.com
LANGUAGE AIDS
Getting to know Italy and Italian - Information
on Italian culture, food and Italian language.
FOOD AND CULTURE
Eating and Drinking in Italy.
COUNTRY BASED NOVELS
Under the Tuscan Sun - Frances Mayes
Where Angels Fear to Tread - E. M. Forster
Bella Tuscany - Frances Mayes.
VIDEOS
Tea With Mussolini (video) - the lives of
English women during WWII Italy
Il Cicclone - love story set in Tuscany
Cinema Paradiso - life of a young boy influenced
by the local theatre in a small Sicilian
town.
Il Postino (The Postman) - a young postman
falls in love and is aided by a reclusive
writer
TRAVEL THEMES
Neither Here nor there - Bill Bryson (Antony
Holden, New Zealand)
The Lonesome Traveller - Jack Kerouac (Antony
Riley, England)
Are you experienced? - William Sutcliffe
(Antony Riley, England).
BIOGRAPHIES OF
TRAVELLERS
Distant Voices - John Pilger (Peter Lane,
Australia)
The Journals of Dan Eldon - Dan Eldon (Antony
Riley, England)
Dan Eldon was a photojournalist killed in
action in Africa while working for Reuters.
This book was compiled by his father after
his death, using the journals that Dan filled
during his life. These are a collage of
photos, quote, stories and diary entries.
Dan was only young when he started working
for Reuters and did more in his short life
time (he was killed at 22 and would have
been 32 today) than many of us would hope
to achieve ever. This man was a philosopher,
a poet and a traveller.
