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Frances Mayes
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FRANCES MAYES is the author of four books about Tuscany. The now-classic Under the Tuscan Sun–which was a New York Times bestseller for more than two and a half years and became a Touchstone movie starring Diane Lane. It was followed by Bella Tuscany and two illustrated books, In Tuscany and Bringing Tuscany Home. She is also the author of the novel, Swan, six books of poetry, and The Discovery of Poetry. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages.
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Journeys of A Passionate Traveller
Written by Frances Mayes
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $15.00
The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany in bestselling travel memoirs expands her horizons 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... Read more >
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Written by Frances Mayes
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1997
Price: $15.00
Now in paperback, the #1 San Francisco Chronicle bestseller that is an enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the traditions, and the cuisine of Tuscany, in the spirit of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence.
Frances Mayes entered a wondrous new world when she began restoring an abandoned villa in the... Read more >
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The Sweet Life in Italy
Written by Frances Mayes
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 4, 2000
Price: $15.00
Frances Mayes, whose enchanting #1 New York Times 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, there and throughout Italy.
A companion volume to Under the Tuscan Sun, Bella Tuscany is Frances Mayes's passionate... Read more >
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At Home in Italy
Written by Frances Mayes
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2003
Price: $15.00
Now in paperback, the #1 San Francisco Chronicle bestseller that is an enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the traditions, and the cuisine of Tuscany, in the spirit of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence.
Frances Mayes entered a wondrous new world when she began restoring an abandoned villa in the... Read more >
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Sensuous Style From the Heart of Italy
Written by Frances Mayes and Edward Mayes
Photographed by Steven Rothfeld
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2004
Price: $29.95
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... Read more >
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Written by Frances Mayes
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: October 31, 2000
Price: $35.00
From the bestselling author whose memoirs Under the Sun and Bella Tuscany have captured the voluptuousness of Italian life comes a lavishly illustrated ode to the joys of Tuscany's people, food, landscapes, and art. In Tuscany celebrates the abundant pleasures of life in Italy as it is lived at home, at festivals... Read more >
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A Novel from the author of Under the Tuscan Sun
Written by Frances Mayes
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2003
Price: $11.95
By the #1 bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, Bella Tuscany and In Tuscany, Swan is a haunting novel set in the deep South -- a resonant tale of long-buried family secrets and mysteries brought suddenly to light.
In her celebrated memoirs of life in Tuscany, Frances Mayes writes masterfully about... Read more >

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Written by Frances Mayes
Read by Frances Mayes
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 29, 2005
Price: $14.99
Now in paperback, the #1 San Francisco Chronicle bestseller that is an enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the traditions, and the cuisine of Tuscany, in the spirit of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence.
Frances Mayes entered a wondrous new world when she began restoring an abandoned villa in the... Read more >

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Journeys of a Passionate Traveler
Written by Frances Mayes
Read by Frances Mayes
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $29.95
The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany in bestselling travel memoirs expands her horizons 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... Read more >
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Journeys of A Passionate Traveler
Written by Frances Mayes
Format: Hardcover, 736 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $30.00
The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany in bestselling travel memoirs expands her horizons 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... Read more >
Seasons of an Italian Life
Written by Frances Mayes
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2010
Price: $25.00
In this sequel to her New York Times bestsellers Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany, the celebrated "bard of Tuscany" (New York Times) lyrically chronicles her continuing, two decades-long love affair with Tuscany's people, art, cuisine, and lifestyle.
Frances Mayes offers her readers a deeply personal memoir of her present-day life... Read more >
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Seasons of an Italian Life
Written by Frances Mayes
Read by Frances Mayes
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 9, 2010
Price: $35.00
In this sequel to her New York Times bestsellers Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany, the celebrated "bard of Tuscany" (New York Times) lyrically chronicles her continuing, two decades-long love affair with Tuscany's people, art, cuisine, and lifestyle.
Frances Mayes offers her readers a deeply personal memoir of her present-day life... Read more >
Seasons of an Italian Life
Written by Frances Mayes
Read by Frances Mayes
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 9, 2010
Price: $17.50
In this sequel to her New York Times bestsellers Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany, the celebrated "bard of Tuscany" (New York Times) lyrically chronicles her continuing, two decades-long love affair with Tuscany's people, art, cuisine, and lifestyle.
Frances Mayes offers her readers a deeply personal memoir of her present-day life... Read more >
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Written by Frances Mayes
Read by Frances Mayes
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 5, 2000
Price: $14.98
Frances Mayes, whose enchanting #1 New York Times 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, there and throughout Italy.
A companion volume to Under the Tuscan Sun, Bella Tuscany is Frances Mayes's passionate... Read more >
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Written by Frances Mayes
Read by Frances Mayes
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 5, 2000
Price: $27.48
Frances Mayes, whose enchanting #1 New York Times 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, there and throughout Italy.
A companion volume to Under the Tuscan Sun, Bella Tuscany is Frances Mayes's passionate... Read more >
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Written by Frances Mayes
Read by Frances Mayes
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 5, 2000
Price: $14.98
Now in paperback, the #1 San Francisco Chronicle bestseller that is an enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the traditions, and the cuisine of Tuscany, in the spirit of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence.
Frances Mayes entered a wondrous new world when she began restoring an abandoned villa in the... Read more >
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Written by Frances Mayes and Edward Mayes
Read by Frances Mayes and Edward Mayes
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 31, 2000
Price: $12.50
From the bestselling author whose memoirs Under the Sun and Bella Tuscany have captured the voluptuousness of Italian life comes a lavishly illustrated ode to the joys of Tuscany's people, food, landscapes, and art. In Tuscany celebrates the abundant pleasures of life in Italy as it is lived at home, at festivals... Read more >
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Written by Frances Mayes
Read by Debra Monk
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 8, 2002
Price: $17.95
By the #1 bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, Bella Tuscany and In Tuscany, Swan is a haunting novel set in the deep South -- a resonant tale of long-buried family secrets and mysteries brought suddenly to light.
In her celebrated memoirs of life in Tuscany, Frances Mayes writes masterfully about... Read more >
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Sensuous Style From the Heart of Italy
Written by Frances Mayes and Edward Mayes
Read by Frances Mayes
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 5, 2004
Price: $9.95
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... Read more >
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Journeys of a Passionate Traveler
Written by Frances Mayes
Read by Frances Mayes
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $14.98
The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany in bestselling travel memoirs expands her horizons 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... Read more >
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A Novel
Written by Frances Mayes
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: October 8, 2002
Price: $11.95
By the #1 bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, Bella Tuscany and In Tuscany, Swan is a haunting novel set in the deep South -- a resonant tale of long-buried family secrets and mysteries brought suddenly to light.
In her celebrated memoirs of life in Tuscany, Frances Mayes writes masterfully about... Read more >
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Written by Frances Mayes
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 5, 2003
Price: $15.00
Frances Mayes, whose enchanting #1 New York Times 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, there and throughout Italy.
A companion volume to Under the Tuscan Sun, Bella Tuscany is Frances Mayes's passionate... Read more >
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Written by Frances Mayes
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 26, 2003
Price: $15.00
Now in paperback, the #1 San Francisco Chronicle bestseller that is an enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the traditions, and the cuisine of Tuscany, in the spirit of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence.
Frances Mayes entered a wondrous new world when she began restoring an abandoned villa in the... Read more >
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Journeys of A Passionate Traveller
Written by Frances Mayes
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $15.00
The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany in bestselling travel memoirs expands her horizons 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... Read more >
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Seasons of an Italian Life
Written by Frances Mayes
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2010
Price: $25.00
In this sequel to her New York Times bestsellers Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany, the celebrated "bard of Tuscany" (New York Times) lyrically chronicles her continuing, two decades-long love affair with Tuscany's people, art, cuisine, and lifestyle.
Frances Mayes offers her readers a deeply personal memoir of her present-day life... Read more >











