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Read so far in 2009:

Through a Glass Darkly, Donna Leon
Death at La Fenice, Donna Leon
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Steig Larsson
The Coffee Trader, David Liss
Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on a family farm, David Mas Masumoto
Fear and Trembling, Amelie Nothomb
A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Whiskey Rebels, David Liss
French Milk, Lucy Knisley
The Outcast, Sadie Jones
Twenty Chickens for a Saddle (A story of an African childhood), Robyn Scott
Kaffir Boy, an autobiography, Mark Mathabane
Carnet de Voyage, Craig Thompson
Good-Bye Chunky Rice, Craig Thompson
The Sister, Poppy Adam
Infidel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Seeking Province:Old Myths,New Paths, Nicholas Woodsworth (France)
The Scent of Sake, Joyce Lebra (Japan)
The Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination, Elizabeth McCracken
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, (China)
The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime, Miles Harvey
The Mistress of the Art of Death, Ariana Franklin (England)
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven, Susan Jane Gilman (China)
Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Spain)
Abandon the Old in Tokyo, Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Japan)
The Push Man and other stories, Yoshihiro Tatsum i(Japan)
Tonoharu, Lars Martinson (Japan)
The Flying Troutmans, Miriam Toews (Canada) - Orange Prize
The Sweet Life in Paris, David Lebovitz (France)
The Arrival, Shaun Tan
Sidetracked, Henning Mankell (Sweden)
Shanghai Girls, Lisa See (China/USA)
Firewall, Henning Mankell (Sweden)
A Nail through the Heart, Timothy Hallinan (Thailand)
A Serpent's Tale, Ariana Franklin (England)
In the Kitchen, Monica Ali (England)
Burnt Shadows, Kamila Shamsie (Japan, India, Pakistan, US) - Orange Prize
The Blue Notebook, James A. Levine (India)
Little Bee, Chris Cleave (England and Nigeria)
The Girl Who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson (Sweden)
Off the Tourist Trail, Bill Bryson (travel)
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built, Alexander McCall Smith (Botswana)
I'll Never Be French (no matter what I do) Mark Greenside (France)
Black Seconds, Karin Fossum (Norway)
Italian Shoes, Henning Mankell (Sweden)
When the Devil Holds the Candle, Karin Fossum (Norway)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Steig Larsson, (Sweden) read for the 2nd time this year
Don't Look Back, Karin Fossum (Norway)
Case Histories, Kate Atkinson (England)
Scottsboro, Ellen Feldman (US) - Orange Prize
Home, Marilynne Robinson - Orange Prize
The Wilderness, Samantha Harvey - Orange Prize
A Sea of Troubles, Donna Leon (Italy)
Mannahatta - Eric W. Sanderson - NYC 1609
American Wife - Curtis Sittenfeld - Orange Prize
Someone Knows My Name - Lawrence Hill - Africa, American Colonies, Nova Scotia
Jar City - Arnaldur Indridason - Iceland
Arctic Chill - Arnaldur Indridason - Iceland
Brooklyn - Colm Toibin - Booker Prize - Ireland, NYC
A Reliable Wife - Robert Goolrick - Minnesota
Central Park in the Dark: More Mysteries of Urban Wildlife - Marie Winn
The Convict's Sword - IJ Parker - Japan
The Migration of Moro - Roland Bianchi - Italy
In the Falling Snow - Caryl Phillips - England
Last Rituals - Yrsa Sigurdardottir - Iceland
My Soul to Take - Yrsa Sigurdardottir - Iceland
Coppola: a Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq - Chris Coppola - Iraq
Into the Beautiful North - Luis Alberto Urrea - Mexico
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders - Daniyal Mueenuddin - Pakistan
City of Thieves - David Benioff
A Corpse in the Koryo - James Church - N. Korea
Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi - Iran
A Year in Japan - Kate T. Williamson

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LemmikraamatukogudBaltimore County Public Library - Cockeysville Library, Baltimore County Public Library - Towson Library

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It's about 90 miles south of Baltimore, where the Patuxent River empties into Chesapeake Bay. I moved there from Redondo Beach and am now up in NorCal halfway between Sacamento and Plavercille for the last 30 years.

lisatud mkboylan poolt Dec 15, 2011 kell 11:15 am (EST)

By the way, I lived in Lexington Park way back in 1958 when we had to go "all the way to Baltimore" to see any medical specialists because LP was so tiny.

lisatud mkboylan poolt Dec 15, 2011 kell 10:37 am (EST)

You're very welcome! It was agony choosing but fun. Agony because your first mention was literary fiction, which I know NOTHING about so was horrified that I would disappoint you. My choices were made by looking at your library. I saw interests in Asia, in religion, and memoirs, thus the memoir. I liked that book because it is written with the perspective of the young woman, with the followup by the author at an older age. I found that interesting. You also seem to be interested in comparing cultures and their different perspectives, thus The Geography of Thought, one of my favs. I tried some of the ideas out on my university students and it played out just as the author reported, e.g. I showed a slide of an aquarium and asked students what they saw. European Americans saw a fish, Asian students saw an underwater scene.

I'm also a fan of Burdett, therefore the mystery.

I hope you like the books.

Merrikay

lisatud mkboylan poolt Dec 14, 2011 kell 5:27 pm (EST)


Yesterday browsing in a bookshop here in Genoa, my eye fall on this title and it made me think of you, I don’t know if it is worth reading or not

Last Train from Liguria by Christine Dwyer Hickey

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jul/25/last-train-liguria-dwyer-hickey

http://www.librarything.com/work/8115410

ciao
grelobe

btw: my Irish journey was great, you're lucky to have both Irish and Italian blood running in your veins (just kidding)

lisatud grelobe poolt Oct 24, 2011 kell 5:20 am (EST)

Catarina1,

You couldn't find the book I reviewed because I made a mistake in the title. The book is [Learn to Write Chinese Characters]by Johan Bjorksten. Sorry about that. I hope you enjoy it.
Bill

lisatud wildbill poolt Jul 9, 2011 kell 6:09 pm (EST)

http://www.immigrantships.net/

I’ve thought you could find this site helpful for your researches.
I’ve been told , this site has several liner’s passenger lists , ships sailed from various ports of the world, the period covered spans from 1638 through 1929. There are also, pictures linked to last-names or family sites and e-mail address to whom you can ask for further information, if you happen to recognize someone

my best
grelobe

lisatud grelobe poolt Jun 13, 2011 kell 5:43 am (EST)

Busalla is a little town situated at 25km north of Genoa, it is not in the mountains but in the hills (250 meters up the sea level) The population is around 6000 people and more or less half of them live in Busalla the other half in Sarissola , the two hamlet are divided by a river “lo scrivia” that goes northward and it ends not in the nearby sea but in the Po the main Italian river (for american standard just a creek, compared to Mississipi or Missiuory and the like)
On the Scrivia banks and between the two hamlet there's a … oil refinery, can you believe it? I think Busalla is the only city in the civilized world with a downtown – refinery
Sarissola is quantier in a sense , but Buslla is more lively, all but the commercials are in Busalla
I put some captioned pictures on my profile, be my guest and have a look

as far as Ravioli are concerned (for us they are always plural) they are a typical south piedmont dish. They used to be a “must” to be on the table whenever you had guests, and they were always the main course on weddings, first communions, confirmations and so on.
When my wife and I got married we said to the restaurant owner, please not ravioli … … because you know, we have been eating them since our childhood . But when my father in law to be (born early in the ?30) saw there were no Ravioli on the menu started stammerring (he usually doesn't ,he only does when is getting nervous but doesn't want to show)
… bu bu but … there are not Ra ra ravioli on the list, what what what will my relatives think? Th th they all co co come from piedmont and and ….
so we budge and put them on the menu

lisatud grelobe poolt May 4, 2011 kell 4:21 am (EST)

Are you kidding me? I was born in Busalla, actually We used to live in Savignone when I was born, but we moved to Busalla when I was seven months old so I feel a “Busallino” or “Busallese”. I lived over there until ten years ago then moved to Genoa.
Of course I checked on the telephone book but there are not any Perasso listed, there are a few living in nearby country, mainly in Montoggio, but also in Casella, Serra Ricco’ and a few in Genoa
Probably you already know, but powerful on line genealogy site for research are Ellis Island (http://www.ellisisland.org/)
and Family Search (http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp)
runs by The Church of Jesus Christ (Mormons); in this latter you can do your researches , locate the data you need then go to the nearest Church of their faith and ask to see the microfilm , this ones are locate in Denver it seems to me to remember, so you have to wait a few weeks before getting them
if you need something from Busalla, there are two parish one is Busalla the other one is Sarissola (Busalla hamlet) just ask

lisatud grelobe poolt Apr 29, 2011 kell 4:09 am (EST)

Next summer we’ll be going to Ireland, for a fortnight. We’ll take our daughter and a friend of hers at eden-hill in Mallow near Cork,. There, they will have some English in the morning and horse riding lessons in the afternoon, alternatively. (If there hadn’t been horses involved, we wouldn't have been able to convince Laura to have English lessons ,trust me). Once dumped the girls , my wife and I are going to drive around the island., The first days just around there, just to be sure the little girls are at their ease. I’m not concern about my daughter, she’s been used to being away from us since she was seven , (now she’s eleven) , and started boy scouts’ camp – out. Every time she comes back home , usually she says “can’t understand why a few kids get homesick in the evening, they see their parents the whole year don’t they? What’s the matter for ten days?”, but for the other girl it’s the first time she’ll have been away from home for more than a couple of days.
Anyway, afterward we will head north following the coast as far as Gallway , then even further north as far as the island’s top , then Dublin and Cork again to fetch the little angels, in order to come back home.
So I remembered you wrote to me you’re trying to track down some data about your Irish roots.
Of course I can’t promise anything, but if the places you are interested in, don’t take us on a long detour and if you needed something …I might even try to enter a register’s office or similar. That would be really challenging for my spoken English skill
Keep in mind the Irish are catholic, important sources are the parish churches, where you can consult : if the priest allows you (sometimes you have to tip them a little)
The book of the souls, where they register the deaths
The book of the births where they register births ,and who was the father, mother and most of the time what they used to do for a living
The book of weddings
all this since 1590
Not sure I will be able to decipher the writing. Once (upon a time) they used to write in a tilted and spindly way, at least in Italy, when you look at the pages as a whole, they are really elegant and you can almost smell the old fashioned ink wafting off the little pot, but as soon as you’ve got to understand what’s actually written on the pages …it is a nightmare. I tried in Italian and it is really a hard task, but I could ask to the priests if I can take a picture of them, and then post them on my profile, you never know.
Another think I could do, is take a walk inside some cemeteries and look for pictures and various data, take a few snap-shots and put them also in my profile on librarything and then you could download them from there.
So If you like to give me some town’s name, it would be fun for me.

lisatud grelobe poolt Apr 20, 2011 kell 8:43 am (EST)

I am totally impressed by your library and am using it ( I hope you do not mind) as reference for books to add to my reading list.
AuthorKnows

lisatud authorknows poolt Jan 3, 2011 kell 8:05 pm (EST)

I thought you may be interested in a new thread of mine. Check it out.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/105773

happy new year BTW

grelobe

lisatud grelobe poolt Dec 29, 2010 kell 10:06 am (EST)

Yes, I live in Los Angeles. I just returned from a short trip to the Napa/Sonoma area...lovely area.

I ended up downloading Freedom to my Kindle. My brother and sister-in-law both raved about it, so we will see.

I made the ravioli recipe in the Lost Ravoili Recipe of Hoboken...at least the dough. I had some swiss chard from my garden and made the filling with that and ricotta cheese etc. One recipe made 70 ravioli using the checkerboard rolling pin. Now they are sitting in my freezer...I may serve them to my family as a primo piatto for our Thanksgiving dinner.

lisatud SignoraEdie poolt Nov 12, 2010 kell 3:55 pm (EST)

I see you added "Freedom" to your books. Have you read it yet? if so, what did you think of it? I am considering purchasing the Kindle version to take on a trip in a couple of weeks.

lisatud SignoraEdie poolt Nov 4, 2010 kell 2:34 pm (EST)

I am also unaware of the "roll the dough over and flip it on the board" technique! However, my mother still has my grandmother's rolling pin (about 2 1/2 feet long, maybe2 inches in diameter) and her wooden pasta board...about 2 1/2 feet square) and her wooden canoli sticks (made from a sanded broom stick and up into 8 inch lengths, oiled and baked in the oven.) All of these items, my grandfather made for my grandmother. Williams and Sonoma would shudder if they saw them...and I call them treasures.

lisatud SignoraEdie poolt Nov 3, 2010 kell 3:21 pm (EST)

This was a delightful book for me. I love to cook, I have distant relatives in Italy, I research my roots, I am from an Italian-American family so I could relate on many levels. We recently took a road trip to Napa, CA and I was browsing in a cooking store and purchased a checkerboard rolling pin like she references in the book.
My grandmother and mother made ravioli that were stuffed with either ricotta and spinach or a ground beef and sausage. They also made a stuffed pasta that they cooked in chicken broth as a soup. I think you will love the story.

Here is a link to a video of the author making ravioli!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkoSY50FUBM

Let me know if you find the book.
Patricia

lisatud SignoraEdie poolt Oct 28, 2010 kell 11:01 pm (EST)

Thanks for your comment, I too loved the exhibition although I do think it a shame they couldn't run it last year to coincide with the Ballets Russes' centenary year. I was surprised to see how many of the exhibits were from the V&A's own collection - clearly someone made some astute buying decisions a few decades ago! I'm a big dance fan so I'm always trying to expand my own collection of dance related books - the exhibition book certainly has some great photos.

lisatud tigerlily1976 poolt Oct 12, 2010 kell 2:10 pm (EST)

Kommentaar sellel pildil. Pildi kommentaarid ilmuvad vaid Sinu profiililehel ja piltide lehel.
Nice pic! How do you like Matsue?

lisatud Yamanekotei poolt Aug 17, 2010 kell 11:53 pm (EST)

do you know where i could get an advanced reader of thousand autumns of jacob de zoet? possibly yours? thanks in advance for any help, Mike Wilcox

lisatud starchild poolt Jul 12, 2010 kell 9:38 pm (EST)

It's true, I am amazed by the scope of your library! It feels good to meet other people with an interest in books on Japan.

lisatud weydert poolt Mar 21, 2010 kell 5:06 am (EST)

thanks for the up to date,
sorry if I am late in answering, but I got injured my left knee cruciform(?) ligament skiing last week , nothing really serious a slight lesion

my best

lisatud grelobe poolt Feb 25, 2010 kell 3:32 am (EST)

You wrote an absolutely perfect review of Todd Shimoda's Oh!--A Mystery of Mono-no-aware.

lisatud nobooksnolife poolt Jan 13, 2010 kell 1:34 am (EST)

Thanks for info - I got good books too - Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, Sense & Sensibility & Sea Monsters & Every Visible Thing by Lisa Carey. Yeah!

lisatud andrealibrarian poolt Dec 26, 2009 kell 2:44 pm (EST)

out of curiosity, where did you find out who had you? I am trying to figure out same.

lisatud andrealibrarian poolt Dec 24, 2009 kell 9:05 pm (EST)

yeah! I am so glad you liked what I picked out - it's a little nerve-racking! Merry Christmas and happy reading!

lisatud andrealibrarian poolt Dec 24, 2009 kell 9:01 pm (EST)

I got Sarah's Key by de Rosnay and Olive Kitteridge by Strout. I loved Amy & Isabelle so I can't wait for Olive (as crabby as she is reported to be). Sarah's Key is one that I have walked by a million times but never picked up. It sounds like a good read so I am not sure why I never paid it any attention!

lisatud bucketyell poolt Dec 21, 2009 kell 11:43 am (EST)

Hi Catarina1,

Thanks for the Secret Santa prezzies! They arrived the other day and I can't wait to read them. Both are ones that I have been eyeing for awhile but haven't had a chance to grab yet.

All the best over the holidays!
Danielle

lisatud bucketyell poolt Dec 21, 2009 kell 8:37 am (EST)

Dear catarina1,

Dr. Chris Coppola, author of Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq, will be interviewed live at 7:00pm EST tonight (11/30/09). The video interview will be conducted online at www.coppolathebook.com and moderated by not-for-profit organization War Child.

You will be able to participate during the interview by submitting real-time chat questions and comments.

Thank you and we hope to see you there.

-NTI Upstream
Publisher, Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq

lisatud NTIUpstream poolt Nov 30, 2009 kell 4:54 pm (EST)

You're most welcome on both counts. I love translated works and Japan so you're library's just a huge mine of interesting books that I can browse for new books I haven't read yet.

lisatud klarusu poolt Nov 30, 2009 kell 8:44 am (EST)

Hello to both Edie and Catarina - I got a Coppola book too. Loved it; a terrific writer. It's not often that a doctor can write that well. Of course there was Michael Crichton, who is, sadly, no longer with us. Noticed you both mentioned the Roland Bianchi books. I've read the Moro book, but especially liked his own memoir, Delivery Boy, about growing up in San Francisco. It was the first I knew that the Italian emigrants originated the Bank of America, from which Bianchi is now retired. Happy Thanksgiving. - Tim

lisatud TimBazzett poolt Nov 25, 2009 kell 6:21 pm (EST)

When I retired in 2000 I began to delve into my own genealogy. I was fascinated by stories of Italian immigrants. I searched for books on the website for my local library...Los Angeles City Library...and I found Tunes From a Tuscan Guitar. I was enthralled by it and searched and found the second book. I actually tried to contact the author but I never heard anything.

I have done extensive research on my family and actually found relatives still living in the ancestral village in Sicily. (My mother's family) and in the region of Le Marche (my father's family). I will look at your library and see what other common books we have read. Did you happen to read, "Rosa: the Life of an Italian Immigrant" by Ets? It was quite revealing. I also see that you received the advanced copy of Coppola, A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq. I also received that book. I read it while on vacation for a week and i have yet to write my review. How did you like it? It certainly gave an up close and personal picture of the effects of the war on the population.

lisatud SignoraEdie poolt Nov 23, 2009 kell 12:26 am (EST)

Good Morning,

NTI Upstream wanted to let you know that your author signed Advanced Readers Copy of Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq (for your participation in the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program) has been shipped and should arrive shortly.

Bestselling author (Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality) and NY Times columnist Pauline Chen praises the work as “powerful, thought-provoking, and unforgettable…” In Chen’s words, after reading Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq, “You will never again look at the Iraq war—or any war for that matter—in quite the same way.”

We hope you enjoy Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq and look forward to your comments. For further information, please visit the official website www.coppolathebook.com

Thank you,

NTI Upstream

lisatud NTIUpstream poolt Nov 2, 2009 kell 12:32 pm (EST)

The bookstore is Nicholas Potter Books, 211 East Palace, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, (505) 983-5434. He is a bit disorganized but there are many treasures. And Nick is very knowledgable. It is about one or two blocks off of the main plaza on the same road as the Palace of the Governors, where the Pueblo and Navajo Indians sell jewelry.

lisatud blackdogbooks poolt Oct 17, 2009 kell 12:06 pm (EST)

I forgot to mention that in Serravalle Scrivia, the little town where my mother was born, and it is between Novi Ligure and Gavi, there are two Montessoro; and don’t forget the one living in Cabella Ligure.

If you want I check your letter first draft, just to see if it makes sense , feel free to let me know, but if I were you I’d leave it with broken grammar, I don’t know why, just a feeling, may be because I will find it more truthful

Here is the link of a little true story, that I found enjoyable , about the best way to visit Genoa

http://www.goworldtravel.com/ex/aspx/art...

The title of a novel set in Liguria is:
Extra Virgin: A young woman Discovers The Riviera, Where Every Month is Enchanted by Annie Hawes (probably “Extra Virgin” is a kind of pun, because we call our best oil extra-virgin oil)

May be next spring we run into each other without knowing we chatted a little on the web,
For the moment all my best for your quest .
So long.
grelobe

lisatud grelobe poolt Oct 16, 2009 kell 6:22 am (EST)

(grazie mille) de nada

My wife tought one thing, when you are in Italy you could do some phone calls, saying something like this: sorry to bother you, but I am from USA , my name is Montessoro and I'm doing a genealogy reaserch. By any chance is it
of your knowledge some of your forbears sailed to America about...(?)
( one hundred or fifty or one hundred and fifty) years ago?

As far as the Asian art museum is concerned, I don’t know anything about it; I guess you’re refering to a Japanese museum, but I haven’t ever seen it. I remember my former English teacher (Canadian), once told me she went to visit it and was rather disappointed, she told me it was filled with really cheap stuff, not worth seeing it. (and as far as I was concerned , I haven’t ever known there was a Japanese museum in Genoa, and I still don’t kniw where is it.)
Worth seeing in Genoa, it is its Historical centre, that, is the biggest in Europe.
In May there’s not any particular national holiday (only Labour day; May 1st) but remember you’re in Italy , since the country is not in a great shape, like the rest of the western countries, a strike can be called at any time without warning, from every categories of worker:)
I think you need a couple of days to visit Genoa and one for both Bologna, and Parma and Faenza

I saw that you asked for some literature set in Genoa in the thread “Where are you in the world”, I know a few of them, but they are only in Italian.

In the past Mark Twain and Charles Dickensen visited the city you can read what they said about Genoa in project gutenburg
Here the link , in case you didn’t known it already.

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Mark Twain mentions Genoa in The “Innocent Abroad” part 2 chapter XVI

Charles Dickens wrote “Pictures from Italy” He dwelled for a while in Genoa, and you can find his words about Genoa in Chapter III

Of course the city is rather different from their days

Once my English teacher told me about a book, can’t remember whether it was fiction or no-fiction, written by an English .. (man? Woman?) set in Liguria.
The day after tomorrow I meet her and I let you know
All my best.

lisatud grelobe poolt Oct 12, 2009 kell 8:12 am (EST)

Montessoro is not a little town on its own, but it is a Isola del Cantone’s hamlet.
I tried to type your last name on the white pages online (pagine bianche) these are the results

Novi Ligure 33 Montessoro out of 28.500 inhabitants
Gavi 3 Montessoro out of 4.500 inhabitants
Isola del Cantone (Montessoro) 0 out of 1.500 inhabitants

I tried also a few other little town , each of them under 3000 even 1000 inhabitants

Cabella Ligure 1
Tassarolo 0
San Cristoforo 0
Parodi Ligure 0
Voltaggio 0
Borghetto Borbera 0
Cassano Spinola 0
Vignole Borbera 0
Bosio 0
Cassano Spinola 0
Basaluzzo 0
Tornese 0

At least there are not on the white pages

Usually in May we already wear shirt with short sleeves

During week-ends I rarely am on the web, so if something dawn on you out of the blue , or if you want to ask something, and I don’t answer unti monday or tuesday, don’t think I’m impolite :)

lisatud grelobe poolt Oct 9, 2009 kell 8:06 am (EST)

First of all, please accept my apology for my broken English but I will not see my teacher until next week.

Probably most of the things I’m going to tell you, are already of your knolowedge. Anyway.
If you already know the town your kins lived, you can go to the graveyard with a pen and a pad, and write down the surname your looking for and the dates birth and death, etched on the gravestone.
Then you can consult the marital status kept by the municipality, that starts since 1866 through our times. If you want an extract of it , you’ve got to fill a form in two copies where you have to say why you need that document (genealogy research is fine) afterward you have to take it to the tribunal court of the county , and after a few days it will be returned to you and now you can return to the town hall in order to get it (but in my opinion in a little town as Gavi Ligure) you dont’have to go through all this ordeal, I think they hand it out to you almost immediately)
If you don’t know neither the birthdate nor other dates, you can ask for an appointment with the chief in charge of this kind of office, and generally he help you to track down the dates you need. Then fill the form and eccetera.

Another important sources are the parish churches, where you can consult
The book of the souls
The book of the births
The book of weddings
Since 1590 on
Once you have tracked down one or more names and dates, you could pay a visit to the notaries officies, who were working in those years to see if your kinship had ever done some will or bougt or sold houses or other deeds.

Out of curiosity: Gavi Ligure and Novi Ligure , once upon a time, where both under Genoa County , but in 1857 there was a rearrangement of various county, and they and other towns were passed under Piedmont region

Besides my mother was born in a town between Novi Ligure and Gavi Ligure, when she married my grandparents moved to Gavi Ligure, and I still have an aunt living there (age 82/83) and two cousins and... you never know maybe they might to know a little piece of your family story.

lisatud grelobe poolt Oct 8, 2009 kell 7:51 am (EST)

(about your genealogy research)

Yes there are more than one source you can make use of, but at the moment I am at work and I can't be very accurate. But I've got a book at home about genealogy research. I will go trough it this evening and tomorrow or the day after I'll be able to give you the tips you need
hoping to be of any help in the future
all my best

lisatud grelobe poolt Oct 6, 2009 kell 3:41 am (EST)

Hi, you asked for my thoughts on Tokyo Year Zero by David Peace in the Where in the World are you now thread. Well, I've got to say that I didn't like this book at all. The style of the writing together with the setting of post WWII Japan really left me cold. I will not be picking up any more of his works any time soon.

lisatud AHS-Wolfy poolt Aug 30, 2009 kell 9:34 am (EST)

http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/User:Christiguc

The Virago catalog. You already own a lot of them in different editions.

http://www.persephonebooks.co.uk/books.asp

The Persephone catalog.

Happy hunting!

lisatud romain poolt Aug 24, 2009 kell 9:30 am (EST)

Catarina

Thanks for your message. I presume you find my library interesting because I have a small smattering of Japanese and Chinese books. I'm afraid they're mostly generic titles but I did do a year of Chinese and Japanese History at University level so I have a little knowledge of the countries. What is your interest in the Far East?

Barbara

lisatud romain poolt Aug 19, 2009 kell 6:48 pm (EST)

Hi Catarina, nice to hear that you appreciate my profile!

Nice to see you are also interested in Japan. We lived there 1986-89 so that is the reason for my books on Japan. I used to read Japanese grammars in bed, before going to sleep...

Good luck with retirement. Finally a time to enjoy your otium! It's great. I think "work" is a bit overrated...

Gambatte kudasai!

Hans

lisatud hnn poolt Jul 20, 2009 kell 3:41 pm (EST)

Well, I was born on August 6, 1980, the 35th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. My dad is a WWII buff, so I learned early about what that meant and why it was important. He also had movies like Godzilla playing all the time, which got me interested in Japanese movies, which got me interested in the language and culture. So Japan was my thing from an early age, and there's always more to learn about it. Unfortunately there isn't much call for books about Japan around here (although my library is in the early stages of applying for a grant to purchase more Japan materials), so if I want something I have to buy it...which is why my wishlist is so big and my owned books are so few! :)

lisatud julieshedd poolt Jul 1, 2009 kell 11:28 am (EST)

Hi catarina1,

Thanks for adding my library to your list; I'm very impressed by yours, as well! I'm interested in learning about your favorite Japanese authors and books, and anything else you've especially enjoyed.

Best wishes,

Darryl (kidzdoc)

lisatud kidzdoc poolt May 17, 2009 kell 7:33 am (EST)

Hello Caterina,

This week's is a little harder - to challenge your little grey cells!

- TT

lisatud TheTortoise poolt Mar 15, 2009 kell 7:05 am (EST)

caterina,

You are the winner of this week's book quiz - congratulations.

Contact vintage-books to obtain your prize.

- TT

lisatud TheTortoise poolt Mar 14, 2009 kell 6:48 am (EST)

Thanks for deeming my library interesting. Yours is too.

I'll poke around in it a bit when time allows. (And I share your desire to be retired. Or to find a patron. Neither will happen soon, alas.)

lisatud dcozy poolt Mar 12, 2009 kell 3:54 am (EST)

The Highly-Rated Book Group has begun a Group Read of The Blind Assassin. Sign up here: http://www.librarything.com/groups/theblindassassinearl

and don’t forget to join in my Book Quiz.

- TT

lisatud TheTortoise poolt Mar 10, 2009 kell 12:14 pm (EST)

yes... So there's also Korean pottery, African, Chinese...

www.warrenfrederick.com

and my wife's (who is also a potter)

www.catherinewhite.com

take care

Warren

lisatud warrenf poolt Mar 7, 2009 kell 2:47 pm (EST)

Catarina -- to add bookstores and libraries, click on LOCAL tab, then on the toolbar just below the tags, click on ADD VENUE -- that will take you to a page that lets you put in the information about bookstores and libraries. If the bookstore or library is already on your local page, all you have to do is star it.

Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries!

lisatud janeajones poolt Mar 7, 2009 kell 2:44 pm (EST)

Catarina,

The Japanese books came via an online bookstore that no longer exists. The following book is in English and is only $20 available from Paragon Books in Chicago. You might be able to get the Japanese ones via Amazon.jp

www.paragonbook.com

Living National Treasures of Japan
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
9.75 x 9.5", 286 pp., 245 color illustrations, glossary, paper, Boston, 1983. (o.p.; some wear to corners, crease marks mid point of top cover edge)
Catalog of the grand exhibition featuring masterpieces of ceramics, textiles, lacquer, dolls, swords and sword fittings from Japanese museum collections.




Price $20.00
Item # 29231
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

lisatud warrenf poolt Mar 7, 2009 kell 2:27 pm (EST)

We lived over there on and off from 1980 to 2001. We really enjoy Japan and the Japanese culture. You should check for quilting shows whenever you're over there -- they do some fantastic work. Much more "creative" and not so "correct" as you might expect.

Frigid and blustery on Cape Cod right now. It would be perfect weather to run off to the onsen for a weekend and lie around in the hot springs...

lisatud Larxol poolt Jan 17, 2009 kell 7:54 pm (EST)

That's an impressive collection of books on Japan. When were you there? My wife was a member of quilting group in Tokyo -- did you do any quilting there?

lisatud Larxol poolt Jan 15, 2009 kell 9:08 am (EST)

I see you added Oliver Statler's Japanese Pilgrimage. I really loved his books, although I read them about 20 years ago which was a bit early in my Japan learning curve. Hope you like Japanese Pilgrimage.

lisatud nobooksnolife poolt Jan 10, 2009 kell 3:41 am (EST)

Hi Catarina, I was just exploring some of the 'recent' users with my books and came across you - welcome to LT. We share a wonderful, eclectic list of 118 books! There is some incredibly good reading on that list - but then, you know this already:-)

I see you are a "Japanophile", did you know that the Reading Globally group is doing Japan for their theme read this month? I'll send you an invite to the group so you can find us easily. There are two threads in the groups related to this month's theme. 1. The discussion and recommendation of books for the theme, also readers tend to talk about what they intend to read for it. 2. the discussion itself. Since we all read different books, we post our thoughts on what we have read here. There are also some questions at the beginning that give us some common things to talk about. I know there is also an Asian literature group but I don't know how active it is.

I am also a quilter (and probably would be a Bonsai killer), just bought a new Elna yesterday! There is a quilting group on here somewhere, but since I also knit, embroider...etc, I prefer the needlearts group.

Reading Globally group invite coming! Again, welcome and I hope you enjoy LT as much as I have.
Best, Lois

lisatud avaland poolt Jan 9, 2009 kell 10:40 am (EST)

hi catarina - thanks for your offer of friendship. it looks like we share quite a high proportion of books! it would be nice to talk to you. i can usually be found on my blog http;//thebookaholic.blogspot.com or on facebook (sharon bakar)

lisatud bibliobibuli poolt Jan 2, 2009 kell 5:09 am (EST)

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