Capri Reviews

This book will allow you to take your mustang apart and put it back together. It's only limitations are: the electronics section should be more extensive, there should be part numbers with every item, factory paint colors, emissions could use some more detail, etc. But overall, this is a great book for the 1979-88 mustang, because we all spend at least a few hours a month doing maintenence to keep them from falling apart.

I found the answers to each and every problem. This is a very good manua

I used this guide on a recent vacation in Salerno. It is by far the best guide book I have seen for covering the really interesting, small towns south of Naples. It is also very interesting and frank about Naples' fading allure as a tourist destination itself. Highly recommended.

Another outstanding volume in this series. It is chock full of information. The book is accurate and up to date on major subjects including History, Culture, Sites and Attractions. The maps are superb. It is a must for all travellers who, like myself, are interested in the history of the destination as well as its must see sites. I highly reccommend this book to all prospective travellers to Naples and vicinity.

this little book is full of information about the house, architect, and owner. the drawings wonderful, the pictures really sets the house back in the time of Malparte, and the ideas that went behind the house is not hidden in the book.

"THIS BOOK COMES AS GOOD NEWS. Anything that simplifies navigation through all the official government references is a real asset. A neat feature is that each sub-topic shows its appropriate part number in the customs regulations for easy back and forth reference. Another nice touch is the use of symbols for time frames, money savers, tips, information, customs forms and cautionary remarks.

IMPORTING INTO THE USA is useful as both an introduction to importing and a compliance tool."

Frank Reynolds, The Journal of Commerce

My wife is stationed here in Naploi, so naturally we are always looking at guides and suffing the net for sights to see. I checked this book out of the library here and could not believe the photography, this artist has captured the essence of Napoli. And the descriptions of Napoli are so true, I couldn't have presented the city any better. Although the city is dirty, overcrowded, and with criminal element, it is a wonderful opportunity to be here, the people are very spirited and extroverted, the food is tremendous, and there is a lot to see and do here. If you can not come and see for yourself, this book is the next best thing. I highly recommend this guide and I'll be looking for other Insight Guides for our travels.

The greatest annoyance with foreign travel is most often confusion and inefficiency.

If you could easily whisk from point A to point B, make decisions on what to do next with great ease, lodge and dine ONLY in those places that leave you with the feeling of having been somewhere and experienced something truly unique and delighful... your trip abroad would be simply delightful, nothing else.

I'm telling you, if you want to eliminate the fuss, the missed opportunities, and the wasted time, and the frustration, get yourself a Michelin guide to WHEREVER you are going... particularly those places with a penchant for confusion (read: Naples!)

The Michelin guide practically reads your mind... just flip the page and it tells you EXACTLY what you wanted to know... where best to go, how best to get there, what best to eat and where best to sleep.

Michelin guide is simply the best.

It's 100% efficient. It's 100% quality. And, most importantly, it makes one's vacation 100% success!

Highly recommended.

-John Perri

thrilling, well designed adventure in one of the most beautiful places on earth. I highly reccomend if you want to evade and find yourself in an enchanted place at the center of the life of the island. I wish the soundtrack would be sold separately so that I can enjoy its fine tunes.

My friends and I recently returned from Naples and the surrounding area. We used this book and it provided valuable information on everthing from how to get there to what to see when you get there to choice little tidbits such as how to pronounce "Capri". For those of us who enjoy language, there's a glossary of terms that gives some of that extra knowledge that really adds to the enjoyment of exploring a new or even oft-visited area. The book also contains several good maps - even a street index to the Naples map, not always included with guidebook maps. There are also several inserts containing either a story about a historical figure or more in-depth information about a particular point of interest. It's amazing how much information is packed into such a small book. You can visit the region with this book alone and be well-equipped. I have purchased Time-Out magazines in London but I didn't know of the guidebooks until I purchased this one. For my next trip I'll certainly look for another of these guides. Good pictures too!

Eighty or ninety years ago, Axel Munthe was a famous doctor.

He left behind a few modest and charming reminiscences, of which "The story of the San Michele" is, in my opinion, the most interesting.

The writer deliberately leaves outsides large zones of his existence; he only highlights those pertaining to his work.

The unity of this book in which memories mingle according to his fancy, is achieved through the presence of two underlying motifs: his love for the nature of the south and the battle against death.

A cholera epedemic in Naples, an earthquake in Messina, anywhere a doctor is needed, Munthe is present.

Even in his passion for archeology, gathering ancient statues and coins, building in Capri a new home from the fragments of an illustrious past - with the architecture inspired by dreams rather than mathematics - his spirit finds a new way of celebrating the beauty of life.

The book is filled with vivid and unforgettable portraits (don Antonio the priest; Maria Porta-Lettere the messenger; Rozalia, the caretaker; Mamsell Agata, the housekeeper with the putrid smile of Lazarus; Norstrom, his friend; Madame Requin, the delinquent midwife; Arcangelo Fusco, the sweeper; the Countess and the Viscount Maurice; John, the child who never laughed - and a lot many others.

But the most interesting character is the doctor himself - because of the special quality of his humanity.

I came to this strange and wonderful book without the slightest inkling of what it was about -- simply because it was in the recommended reading for many guidebooks about Italy. First and foremost, it is an autobiography of a great physician and animal lover who just happened to spend some years of his life on Capri.

Autobiographies can make for strange reading, especially when there are obvious omissions. Although Axel Munthe frequently accuses himself of being a ladies' man, there is no mention of any love interest by name or even generic description. (That reminds me of film director Josef von Sternberg's FUN IN A CHINESE LAUNDRY, where we learn in passing that the author was married because of a cryptic mention in a subordinate clause 300 pages into the book.) Also missing is any mention of Munthe's childhood, although I understand there is at least one other autobiography written by him (MEMORIES AND VAGARIES), which I have not read.

There is, however, one section that does not appear in any autobiography that I have ever seen: An anticipation of Munthe's Last Judgment in Heaven following his death, with St. Peter, Moses, Athanasius, and St. Francis joining in the discussion.

STORY OF SAN MICHELE ranges from Paris to Lapland, Rome, Naples, Calabria, and Capri. We see duels, medical cases of wealthy women with imaginary diseases, demonic housekeepers, quacks, midwives, prostitutes, victims of cholera and earthquakes, brigands, shamans, and even an alcoholic ape. Munthe is a magnificent raconteur, and his book is a joy to read and reread.

My father had mentioned this book to me as a teenager. I read portions of it then, but have always wanted to read it in full. Finally, I found a paperback edition and found an absorbing and thought stimulating book. Dr. Munthe's care of the sick, his love of animals and the characters he describes, all will stay in my memory. This is not a book that you read once. I plan to read it again and again. Hopefully I will be able to visit Villa St. Michele some day and see the beauty of the place that he saw. I hope to find a bound edition with the photographs.

If you go Napoli's gulf you should visit Capri. Don't make the mistake i made by following herds of tourists to Capri. All that you'll be able to see is a kind of disney village and a lot of postcard shops and eat unbelievably expensive ice cream.
And you'll probably miss a landmark of architecture which is Malaparte's house.
The book is not only a great bargain, it is an intelligent tribute to Malaparte. You should also read Malaparte's The Skin.

The book is amazing. It captures the dialogue of the house and Mr. Malaparte! The play of form, thought, nature, and politics. The graphic collection is presented is a collage of layers and frames.

more like a scrapbook, this art book was most enjoyable, voyering into a fascinating life