Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food
5 best books like Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and Their Food (John Dickie): Middle England, The Thief of Always, The Secret of Hanging Rock, The Land Where Lemons Grow: The Story of Italy and its Citrus Fruit, Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree
| Author | Jonathan Coe |
| ISBN | 0241309468 |
Set in the Midlands and London over the last eight years, Jonathan Coe follows a brilliantly vivid cast of characters through a time of immense change and disruption in Britain. There are the early married years of Sophie and Ian who disagree about the future of Britain and, possibly, the future of their...
| Author | Clive Barker |
| ISBN | 0060177241 |
Master storyteller and bestselling novelist Clive Barker creates an enchanting tale for both children and adults to cherish and retell. The Thief of Always tells the haunting story of Harvey, a bright 10-year-old who is suffering from the winter doldrums, and of a creature who takes him to a place where...
The Secret of Hanging Rock
Joan Lindsay's best-selling novel Picnic at Hanging Rock is a subtle blend of mysterious and sinister events set in a period drawn with loving nostalgia. The final chapter of the novel was removed at the request of her publishers, creating a mystery to which thousands have begged to know the solution....
The Land Where Lemons Grow: The Story of Italy and its Citrus Fruit
| Author | Helena Attlee |
| ISBN | 1846144302 |
The Land Where Lemons Grow uses the colourful past of six different kinds of Italian citrus to tell an unexpected history of Italy, from the arrival of citrons in 2nd century Calabria, through Arab domination of Sicily in the 9th century, to slow food and cutting-edge genetic research in the 21st. Along...
Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree
| Author | Tariq Ali |
| ISBN | 0860916766 |
Tariq Ali tells us the story of the aftermath of the fall of Granada by narrating a family saga of those who tried to survive after the collapse of their world. Ali is particularly deft at evoking what life must have been like for those doomed inhabitants, besieged on all sides by intolerant Christendom....
