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Dreaming of sun-drenched piazzas, mouth-watering cuisine, and a lifestyle that prioritizes enjoyment over the rat race? This comprehensive guide Retiring to Italy: The Complete Guide to Living Your Italian Dream unveils the secrets to turning your Italian retirement fantasy into reality. From navigating visa requirements to finding your perfect home among rolling Tuscan hills or charming coastal villages, we provide expert advice every step of the way. Discover how to embrace local culture, master the art of dolce far niente (sweet idleness), and build a vibrant new life in your adopted ...

Unlikely friends Sam and Graham begin their journey in the heart of Scotland at Glencoe and travel from there all the way to Inverness and Culloden battlefield, where along the way they experience adventure and a cast of highland characters. In this story of friendship, finding themselves and whisky, they discover the complexity, rich history and culture of their native country.

For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly eight years—in museums and cathedrals all over Europe—Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than three hundred objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion.

In the first of three essays included in this audiobook, Bill Bryson decides to move his wife and kids back to his homeland, the United States, after nearly two decades in Britain. But not before taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. The result is a hilarious social commentary.

In Roman Year, André Aciman captures the period of his adolescence that began when he and his family first set foot in Rome, after being expelled from Egypt. Though Aciman’s family had been well-off in Alexandria, all vestiges of their status vanished when they fled, and the author, his younger brother, and his deaf mother moved into a rented apartment in Rome’s Via Clelia. Though dejected, Aciman’s mother and brother found their way into life in Rome, while Aciman, still unmoored, burrowed into his bedroom to read one book after the other.

Town by town, bite by bite, author Matt Goulding brings Italy to life through intimate portraits of its food culture and the people pushing it in new directions. From the pasta temples of Rome to the multicultural markets of Sicily to the family-run, fish-driven trattorias of Lake Como, Pasta, Pane, Vino captures the breathtaking diversity of Italian regional food culture.

Byron and Hitler were equally entranced by Rome's most famous monument, the Colosseum. Mid-Victorians admired the hundreds of varieties of flowers in its crannies and occasionally shuddered at its reputation for contagion, danger, and sexual temptation. Today it is the highlight of a tour of Italy for more than three million visitors a year, a concert arena for the likes of Paul McCartney, and a national symbol of opposition to the death penalty. Its ancient history is chock full of romantic but erroneous myths.

Never believe that life in a tiny Spanish mountain village is predictable. Vicky and Joe have finished fixing up their house and look forward to peaceful days enjoying their retirement. Then the fish van arrives and, instead of delivering fresh fish, disgorges the Ufarte family. The peace of El Hoyo is shattered. Packed with badly behaved humans and animals, irreverent humour and sunshine, this audiobook will make you laugh out loud.

A personal portrait of a fascinating people, a sideways history, and an entertaining travelogue, Why the Dutch Are Different is the story of an Englishman who went Dutch. And loved it.

Tired of the pace and noise of life near London and longing for a better place to raise their young children, Mary J. MacLeod and her husband, George, encountered their dream while vacationing on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides. Enthralled by its windswept beauty, they soon were the proud and startled owners of a near-derelict croft house - a farmer’s stone cottage - on “a small acre” of land. Mary assumed duties as the island’s district nurse.

When Victoria and Joe return to their Spanish mountain village, they are still reeling from their year in the Middle East. Sighing with relief, they prepare to settle down to a peaceful life with the familiar characters of the village.

One grey dismal day, Janine Marsh was on a trip to northern France to pick up some cheap wine. She returned to England a few hours later having put in an offer on a rundown old barn in the rural Seven Valleys area of Pas de Calais. This was not something she'd expected or planned for. Janine eventually gave up her job in London to move with her husband to live the good life in France. Or so she hoped. While getting to grips with the locals and la vie Française, and renovating her dilapidated new house, a building lacking the comforts of mains drainage, heating, or proper rooms.

Dead End on the Camino is a contemporary mystery inextricably tied to the past. Filled with accurate historical detail, cultural tidbits, and vivid descriptions of culinary delights, cathedrals, and the cities and villages along the Camino de Santiago, Dead End on the Camino takes the reader on a life-and-death treasure hunt across Spain.

Powerful Places in Brittany by Elyn Aviva & Gary White is not your usual guidebook. It’s not about visiting places, it’s about experiencing them. Come and explore a carefully chosen selection of sites in this land of myth and mystery. In Brittany you’ll find the world’s largest collection of megaliths, including cairns with fascinating interior carvings, an enchanted forest (or two) filled with legends of Arthur and Merlin, evocative pilgrimage shrines, and holy wells. The book provides detailed descriptions of these powerful places, how to get there, and what to do when you arrive....

Following his hilarious introduction to Paris in French Like Moi, Midwesterner Scott Dominic Carpenter returns to the scene of the crime with more tales of intrigue. This time, though, the story starts with sorrow as Carpenter's wife struggles with dementia. Humor may be the best medicine, but even the antics of a vandal in their building can’t cement the tiles of her memory for long. Before he expects it, the author finds himself alone in a capital that is also blighted by the pandemic.

Powerful Places in Scotland by Elyn Aviva & Gary White is not your usual guidebook. It’s not about visiting places, it’s about experiencing them. Come and explore a carefully chosen selection of sites in this land of myth and mystery. In Scotland you’ll find the world’s largest collection of megaliths, including cairns with fascinating interior carvings, an enchanted forest (or two) filled with legends of Arthur and Merlin, evocative pilgrimage shrines, and holy wells. The book provides detailed descriptions of these powerful places, how to get there, and what to do when you arrive....

Powerful Places in Wales is not your usual guidebook. It is not about visiting places, it’s about experiencing them. Wales doesn’t reveal itself easily, and not to the casual visitor. But when it does open itself to you, you will be amazed at its wonders. To appreciate Wales, a “sense of place” is a necessity—and this includes knowing the stories of the land. This guidebook links particular places to tales of King Arthur, Merlin, shape-shifting Cerridwen with her cauldron, and to other stories in the Welsh medieval epic, the Mabinogi. Learn the hidden meanings of Wales’ ...

Powerful Places in Ireland is not your usual guidebook. It is not about visiting places, it's about experiencing them. Ireland is a magical place, bright and shining, misty and mysterious, filled with powerful sites. You could say, most of Ireland is a powerful place. Come and explore a carefully chosen selection of Ireland's impressive megalithic sites, including grass-covered cairns and massive stone circles; holy wells and sacred mountains; ruined abbeys and medieval chapels. Powerful Places in Ireland provides detailed descriptions of these powerful places, including how to get there ...

Powerful Places on the Caminos de Santiago by Gary White & Elyn Aviva is not your usual guidebook to Spain. It’s not about visiting places, it’s about experiencing them. It invites you to explore a carefully chosen selection of places on the roads that lead to the pilgrimage shrine of Santiago de Compostela. These remarkable sites include the mountaintop shrine of a Black Virgin, a Knights Templar chapel concealed in a canyon, a hidden valley in the Pyrenees—to name a few. The book gives detailed descriptions of these powerful places, how to get there, and what to do when you arrive. ...

Powerful Places in Catalonia by Gary White & Elyn Aviva is not your usual guidebook. It’s not about visiting places, it’s about experiencing them. It invites you to explore a carefully chosen selection of places in this land of contrasts: medieval villages, cosmopolitan cities, and gorgeous nature preserves. These fascinating sites include 5,000-year-old dolmens, a magical beechwood forest, a hidden valley in the Pyrenees, Black Madonnas—and much more. The book gives detailed descriptions of these powerful places, how to get there, and what to do when you arrive. Numerous maps, ...