Books - Francesco e il Cantico delle Creature [RUNNING NOW]
Assisi (Pg). St Francis' Canticle of the Creatures in a colour-in album for children, illustrated by Amerigo Pinelli...

Title: Francesco e il Cantico delle Creature.
Author: Illustrations by Amerigo Pinelli.
Language: Italian.
Publisher: Edizioni Porziuncola.
Cover price: € 3.50.
Code: 978-88-270-0616-0. ... [more]

Spoleto (Pg). The ROCKEGGIANDO rock festival organised by the Amici di Eggi (www.amicidieggi.it) is the subject of Il libro della musica 2008, for real rock and hard metal aficionados.
Title: Il libro della musica 2008.
By: Bonini Alessandro e Tamagnini Emanuele.
Publisher: GREMESE EDITORE.
Language: Italian.
Cover price: € 20, Pgs 320
Code: EAN: 9788884404992. ... [more]

Perugia. A fascinating compendium listing the history of bread and how it has soared from being the food of the poor to the elegant tables of the rich, coupled with delicious recipes explaining the myriad of crostini and bruschetta varieties.
Title: Crostini e bruschette.
Author: Luciana Buseghin.
Original illustrations: Mariaelisa Leboroni.
Publisher: Xilocart Perugina.
Language: Italian/English.
Info: Libreria Bookshop, Via dei Filosofi 18/20 (Perugia), tel. 075.30473, e-mail info@libreriabookshop.com ... [more]

Perugia. A delightful series of ancient Umbrian fairy tales woven around a central story of a boy who nurtures a wounded swallow through the winter until it is recovered for the following spring. The settings for most of these fairy tales is, predictably, not castles, and the protagonists are not princes and princesses.
Title: Fiabe umbre ritrovate.
Author: Donato Loscalzo.
Original illustrations: Mariaelisa Leboroni.
Publisher: Xilocart Perugina.
Language: Italian.
Info: Libreria Bookshop, Via dei Filosofi 18/20 (Perugia), tel. 075.30473, e-mail info@libreriabookshop.com ... [more]

Torgiano (Pg). An interesting look at the history of the museum dedicated to wine in the centre of Torgiano, at the heart of Umbria's wine-growing area.
Title: Museo del vino.
Publisher: Fondazione Lungarotti – Torgiano (Pg).
Languages: Italian, English, French, German.
Cover price: € 7.75 (+ postage and packaging).
Info:: Museo del Vino, Corso Vittorio Emanuele 31, 06089 Torgiano (Pg); tel. 075.9880200, fax 075.9880300, e-mail museovino@lungarotti.it. ... [more]

Città di Castello (Pg). Part of the ‘I fuori guida’ travel series, this book is for those interested in seeing an unusual side of both Umbria and Tuscany... (continues) ... [more]

Perugia. A vernacular Umbrian re-write of the tales of Phedorus, by Ludovico Scaramucci, illustrated with lithographs by Mariaelisa Leboroni.... (continues) ... [more]

Norcia (Pg). A rigorously traditional recipe book that focusses on old dishes finally printed after generations of being passed from mother to daughter.... (continues) ... [more]