How to travel with a salmon & other essays. (1995)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Secondo diario minimo.
• Further Information: Note: Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by William Weaver.
• Other Names: Eco, Umberto; Weaver, William, 1923-2013
• Contents: How to travel with a salmon -- How to replace a driver's license -- How to eat in flight -- How to go through customs -- How to travel on American trains -- How to take intelligent vacations -- How to use the taxi driver -- How not to talk about soccer -- How to use the coffeepot from hell -- How to react to familiar faces -- How to be a TV host -- How not to know the time -- Stars and stripes -- Conversation in Babylon -- On the impossibility of drawing a map of the empire on a scale of 1 to 1 -- How to eat ice cream -- How it begins, and how it ends -- How to justify a private library -- How to compile an inventory -- How to spend time -- How to buy gadgets -- How to follow instructions -- How to become a Knight of Malta -- How to deal with telegrams -- How not to use the fax machine -- How not to use the cellular phone -- Three owls on a chest of drawers -- Editorial revision -- Sequels -- How to use suspension points -- How to write an introduction -- How to write an introduction in an art catalogue -- How to set the record straight -- How to watch out for widows -- How to organize a public library -- How to speak of animals -- How to play Indians -- How to recognize a porn movie -- How to avoid contagious diseases -- How to choose a remunerative profession -- The miracle of San Baudolino.
• Publisher Details: San Diego, CA : Harcourt Brace
• Publication Date: 1995
• Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 248 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 854/.912; Italian essays -- Translations into English; Humorous stories, Italian; Italian wit and humor; LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays; Italian essays; Electronic books; Translations; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780547540436; 0547540434; 1299898041; 9781299898042; 9781448181995; 1448181992
• Related ISBNs: 015600125X; 9780156001250; 0151001367; 9780151001361
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.