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Truckers' blockades squeeze Rome

Globe and Mail - Jan 25, 2012
Strikes and road blockades that started in Sicily last week have reached Rome, disrupting food and fuel supplies to the city. The truckers have snarled traffic on the main highways and toll stations leading into Rome, and other big cities, ...

Encouraging Words: Marina living her dream in Valley

Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald - Jan 25, 2012
Many years ago, from her homeland of Sicily, a pot of golden tomato sauce beckoned Marina to the Roanoke Valley. She harkened the call and made her way here; and nine years ago, she opened her first trattoria (Sicilian for "small restaurant").

A Flavour of Sicily Savoured in Pune

Sommelier India (blog) - Jan 24, 2012
The Istituto Regionale della Vite e del Vino (IRVV) organized a master class titled "Sicily - Soil, Terroir and Wines" at the Hyatt Regency Pune on January 14, 2012. Subhash Arora, President, Indian Wine Academy, and Michèle Shah, wine consultant and ...

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Only Salt Remains

by: Meryl McQueen
Sicily, 1935. Destined for lonely work at the salt flats, brothers Antonio and Francesco struggle to find their way after the violent deaths of their parents. Sara is an orphan, too, sent to the village when her family drowns at sea. Three desperate lovers. One terrible accident. Regret, redemption, and family intrigue combine in this dark, triumphant story.
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The Rising Tide: A Novel of the Second World War

by: Jeff Shaara
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Jeff Shaara's The Steel Wave.

A modern master of the historical novel, Jeff Shaara has painted brilliant depictions of the Civil War, the Revolutionary War, and World War I. Now he embarks upon his most ambitious epic, a trilogy about the military conflict that defined the twentieth century. The Rising Tide begins a staggering work of fiction bound to be a new generation’ s most poignant chronicle of World War II. With you-are-there immediacy, painstaking historical detail, and all-inclusive points of view, Shaara portrays the momentous and increasingly dramatic events that pulled America into the vortex of this monumental conflict.
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Sicily

Ferries to Sicily: ferriessicily.com Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and an autonomous region of Italy. Minor islands around it are also considered to be part of Sicily. Throughout much of its history, Sicily has been considered a crucial strategic location due in large part to its importance for Mediterranean trade routes. The area was highly regarded as part of Magna Graecia, with Cicero describing Siracusa as the greatest and most beautiful city of all Ancient Greece. The island was once a city-state in its own right, and as the Kingdom of Sicily ruled from Palermo over southern Italy, Sicily, and Malta. It later became a part of the Two Sicilies under the Bourbons, a kingdom governed from Naples that comprised both the island itself and most of Southern Italy. The Italian unification of 1860 led to the dissolution of this kingdom, and Sicily became an autonomous part of the Kingdom of Italy. Sicily is today an autonomous region of Italy. Of all the regions of Italy, Sicily covers the largest land area at 25708 square kilometres (9926 sq mi) and currently has just over five million inhabitants. ( source Wikipedia ) Sicily has its own rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature, cuisine, architecture and language, having given birth to some of the greatest and most influential people in history. The Sicilian economy is largely based on agriculture (mainly orange and lemon orchards); this same rural countryside has ...

 

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Incredible Fashion Town in Sicily

Did you know that in the heart of Sicily is hidden the most fashionable town in the world? The ancient Town of Agira is populated by the coolest people ever seen. Corporate website: siciliafashionvillage.it Facebook Page www.facebook.com

 

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A Glass of Sicily

You probably already know how to open a bottle and drink a glass of wine... But do you know how to drink a glass OF Sicily? Check the Interactive Map on bit.ly Creativity and Production by mosaicoon.com

 

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Folk music from Sicily by Arany Zoltán

www.aranyzoltan.hu Sunshine, sea and mandolin...

 

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Sensational Sicily

Sicily is directly adjacent to the region of Calabria via the Strait of Messina to the east. The early Roman name for Sicily was Trinacria, alluding to its triangular shape. The Sensational Sicily Project www.SensationalSicily.com is a collaboration with the Region of Sicily, The Italian Chamber of Commerce, Alessandro Sorbello Productions http and New Realm Media www.newrealm.com.au The volcano Etna, situated close to Catania, is 3320 m (10900 ft) high, making it the tallest active volcano in Europe. It is also one of the world's most active volcanoes. The Aeolian islands to the north are administratively a part of Sicily, as are the Aegadian Islands and Pantelleria Island to the west, Ustica Island to the north-west, and the Pelagian Islands to the south-west. Sicily has been noted for two millennia as a grain-producing territory. Oranges, lemons, olives, olive oil, almonds, and wine are among its other agricultural products. The mines of the Enna and Caltanissetta district became a leading sulfur-producing area in the 19th century but have declined since the 1950s. http Sicily is divided into nine provinces: Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Catania, Enna, Messina, Palermo, Ragusa, Syracuse (Siracusa), Trapani History The original inhabitants of Sicily, long absorbed into the population, were tribes known to Greek writers as the Elymians, the Sicani and the Siculi or Sicels. Of these, the last were clearly the latest to arrive on this land and were related to other Italic ...