Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. I Don’t Know Why I Love Lisbon 1
5. So Who Says Objects Are Inanimate? 6
6. 365 Days of Pork Surprise 12
7. Alchemy: From a Rube to a Local 17
8. Bread, Bread; Cheese, Cheese 23
9. Let’s Throw a Festival! 29
10. Isn’t There a Law against Filching a Calçada? 34
11. The Moon, Come to Earth 39
12. Those Tricky Subgestures 44
13. Nearly the Same Substance 50
14. Go, Whatchamacallits! 57
15. Chama-me Ismail 65
16. Another History Lesson 71
17. We Capture the Castle 76
18. Salvage 84
19. Light for Light 92
20. Este espectáculo cruél 100
21. Three Churches 109
22. Particle and Wave 117
23. Fairly Medieval 125
24. Goodbye, Good Luck 131
25. Sip by Sip 137
26. On This Side of the Ocean 141
27. Epilogue 145
28. End Notes / Mini-dispatches 147
29. Sources of Literature Quoted 157