Heel to Toe: Encounters in the South of Italy

Not many people go to the south of Italy. South of Naples, they say, belongs more to Africa than to Europe. But it is through this extraordinary region that Charles Lister travels, first by bicycle and then on an erratic moped forced on him by a bartender. Starting in Brindisi, at the foot of the Appian Way, he heads into a region with a glorious history, riven by contradictions and straining at its enforced union with the rest of Italy. In the course of his journey, Lister is nearly bombed by the local mafia, meets a number of tomb robbers, and is equally enchanted by the wine and the women of the region. The people he meets along the way are by turns warm, aloof, and curious, and the landscape is magnificent—the reminders of fallen empires and ancient wars ever present. A fascinating, utterly enjoyable portrait of a little–known part of Italy, belonging firmly to the best traditions of travel writing.

Heel To Toe: Encounters in the South of Italy

History

Lister, Charles

Europe

RANDOM HOUSE UK

The Syrian Crisis: What Everyone Needs to Know® (What Everyone Needs To KnowRG)

A concise, accessible overview of the maddeningly complex civil conflict in Syria and its destabilizing impact on both Middle Eastern politics and the broader international system.The Syrian Crisis began with political protest yet evolved into an open and brutal civil war. How did that come to pass? The Syrian Crisis: What Everyone Needs to KnowRG helps to explain how and why, serving as a comprehensive yet accessible guide to this hugely impactful yet little-understoodconflict. Drawing from nearly a decade of research and analysis of the Syrian crisis, Charles Lister provides a wide-angle view of an exceedingly complicated conflict that covers all of its different moving parts. After opening with a history of modern Syria, he shifts to the eruption of politicalprotest and its evolution into an open and brutal civil conflict. The civil war that resulted generated an unprecedented expansion of terrorism, including the rise of ISIS; the resurgence of Russia and Iran; an unparalleled humanitarian and refugee crisis that upended domestic European politics; andthe erosion of long-held international norms like the ban on the use of chemical weapons. The crisis in Syria has transformed not just the Middle East, but much of the rest of the world. This book helps to explain how and why.

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Oxford University Press

30 years ago Charles Lister walked the Appian Way from Rome to Brindisi. His encounters were many and varied - from professors and peasants to sellers of ancient artifacts. This is his account of that journey.

Between Two Seas: A Walk Down the Appian Way

Travel

Secker Warburg

Having walked down the Appian Way for his acclaimed book Between Two Seas, Charles Lister found himself irresistibly drawn to the land of contrasts that is the extreme south of Italy. Lister had planned to travel by bicycle, but an Italian said he was mad and insisted he take his moped. He travelled extensively, as engaged by the wines of the region and the beauty of the local women as by the plethora of temples and the weight of history. In captivating prose, he reveals it to be a place haunted by its extraordinary past—once great and famous, still beautiful, and in places, now tragically abandoned.

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

The story of Charles Lister's journey 30 years ago when he walked the Appian Way from Rome to Brindisi. In 1990 he retraced his steps and a postscript describes the changes wrought by time.

Between Two Seas

Sports & Outdoors

Minerva

Here is a concise up to date guide to legal remedies for the in justices that often confront gay men and women. The moment sexual orientation becomes an issue in employment, family relationships, housing, free speech, or public accommodations hard legal issues arise. This easy to understand, authoritative handbook describes the rights of gay people under present law, the common problems they face, and how the laws can and should develop. The Rights of Gay People includes an updated state-by-state review of criminal statutes relating to consensual homosexual acts between adults and a list of groups willing to assist gays in securing legal help.

The Rights of Gay People: A Concise, Authoritative Guide to the Legal Rights of Gay People (ACLU Handbook)

Stoddard, Thomas B.

Haft, Marilyn G.

Boggan, E. Carrington

Rupp, John P.

Reference

Southern Illinois University Press

Charles Lister; Letters and Recollections, With a Memoir by his Father, Lord Ribblesdale

Ribblesdale, Thomas Lister

Military

Legare Street Press

Since launching the so-called "War on Terror" in the aftermath of the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States has become adept at militarily quashing perceived terrorist threats. The U.S. homeland has arguably never been safer than it is today, and al-Qaeda's leadership has been forced into hiding, operating as a shadow of its former self. However, the onset of crippling instability that hit swathes of the Middle East and North Africa beginning in 2010 and 2011 created conditions in which terrorist organizations have not only recovered, but thrived. The dramatic growth of ISIS in Iraq and Syria in 2014 represented the emergence of the world's most powerful terrorist organization and facilitated its expansion across all corners of the world. Faced with new competition, al-Qaeda affiliates adapted, often experimenting with new modes of operation. Iran, meanwhile, empowered by its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah, has developed extensive militant networks in the region, transforming power dynamics in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. In the midst of this chaotic environment, in which terrorist threats have multiplied and diversified, the U.S. and its allies have won a great many battles, but are still losing the war.

Winning the Battle, Losing the War: Addressing the Drivers Fueling Armed Non-state Actors and Extremist Groups

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Independently published

With the Hoods: the Letters of an Officer with the Royal Naval Division at Gallipoli during the First World War, With an Extract on the Gallipoli Campaign from 'The Royal Naval Division'

With the Hood Battalion during the campaign in the DardanellesAlthough there remains much interest in the activities of the Royal Naval Division during the First World War, there is little original material on the subject readily available. The letters which form a substantial part of this book, may have been overlooked by many readers since they were originally published under a title that gave no indication that the book was about service with 'the sailors in khaki'. Charles Lister was a frequent correspondent with his family and friends while travelling abroad before the outbreak of war, and he continued this correspondence throughout his military service until he died of wounds sustained while serving with the Hood Battalion of the Royal Naval Division during the Gallipoli campaign. After his death, Lister's father, Lord Ribblesdale, published his son's letters as a memorial. Leonaur's editors are aware that their readers' principal interest lies in military matters and so in this edition Lister's letters commence in 1914, the first year of the war. Lister's descriptions of his progress through the war in the Dardenelles, give essential first-hand information. The author served with the poet Rupert Brooke who, of course, appears within these pages. To give context to Charles Lister's letters a brief outline of the Gallipoli Campaign from the perspective of the Royal Naval Division is also included in this edition. Illustrated with photographs and maps.Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.

JERROLD, DOUGLAS

Leonaur Ltd

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