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Michaelangelo's career is traced from his promising boyhood apprenticeships to the painter Ghilandajo and the sculptor Bertoldo through all the years of his genius.
Irving Stones classic biographical novel of Michelangelo. the #1 New York Times bestseller in which both the artist and the man are brought to vivid, captivating life. His timethe turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring Popes, and the all-powerful de'Medici family......
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Sandro Cellini mysteries volume 1
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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"In Death and Judgment, the fourth novel in Donna Leon's best selling Commissario Guido Brunetti series, a truck crashes and spills its dangerous cargo on a treacherous road in the Italian Dolomite Mountains. Meanwhile, a prominent international lawyer is found dead aboard an intercity train bound for Venice. Brunetti suspects a connection between the two tragedies. Digging deep for an answer, he stumbles upon a seedy Venetian bar that holds the key...
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Neapolitan novels volume 2
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Lila and Elena are now in their twenties. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile, Elena continues her journey of self-discovery. The two young women share a complex and evolving bond that brings them close at times, and drives them apart at others. Each vacillates between hurtful disregard and profound love for the other. With this complicated and meticulously portrayed friendship at the center of their emotional lives, the two girls...
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Praise for the Billy Boyle series:
“The brash kid from Southie is still open, direct and fearless in his manner (and in his wonderfully loose-jointed use of the English language) and in no danger of losing his cover as a ‘happy-go-lucky Yank.’ But even amid the excitement of the spirited wartime storytelling, Benn allows Boyle’s experiences to change him in ways both subtle and dramatic.”—Marilyn Stasio, The...
“The brash kid from Southie is still open, direct and fearless in his manner (and in his wonderfully loose-jointed use of the English language) and in no danger of losing his cover as a ‘happy-go-lucky Yank.’ But even amid the excitement of the spirited wartime storytelling, Benn allows Boyle’s experiences to change him in ways both subtle and dramatic.”—Marilyn Stasio, The...
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Good thief's guide volume 4
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Minotaur Books
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[2011]
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English
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Retiring from his life of crime to write novels in Venice, gentleman thief Charlie is blackmailed into committing a dastardly deed in order to reclaim a prized rare book that has been stolen by a femme-fatale burglar.
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Andrea Camilleri's novels starring Inspector Montalbano have become an international sensation in eight different languages. This funny and fast-paced Sicilian page-turner will be a delicious discovery for mystery afficionados and fiction lovers alike.
Early one morning, Silvio Lupanello, a big shot in the village of Vigàta, is found dead in his car with his pants around his knees. The car happens to be parked in a rough part of town frequented
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Lake Union Publishing
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[2021]
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"Fiona travels to Italy, where the family is shocked to learn of her existence and desperate to contest her share of the will. While the mystery of her mother's affair is slowly unraveled, Fiona must navigate through tricky family relationships and tense sibling rivalries. Fiona both fears and embraces her new destiny as she searches for the truth about the fateful summer her mother spent in Italy and the father she never knew." -- Amazon.com
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Literature professor Rose Asher can't shake the feeling: Robin Weiss, a talented and ambitious student at her New York City college, definitely reminds her of Bruno Brunelli, the man Rose came to love years ago during a semester in the Italian countryside. But soon Robin dies under mysterious circumstances and in a farewell letter directs his teacher to a library archive in Florence. Returning to the rustic Italian villa where she first met Bruno,
...91) Irish stew!
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Nuala Anne McGrail novels volume 7
Pub. Date
c2002
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HarperEntertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
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English
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The life story of Andrea Bocelli, told through eyes of a fictitious boy named Amos.
Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli recounts his life in the form of a story, changing his name to Amos Bardi and describing Amos's childhood, blindness, and rise to stardom, as well as his family relationships, his marriage, and fatherhood.
94) The burial hour
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When the murder of a businessman has ties to a case in Naples, Italy, Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs don't hesitate to join the search that has turned into a complex case of international cooperation.
"A businessman snatched from an Upper East Side street in broad daylight. A miniature hangman's noose left at the scene. A nine-year-old girl, the only witness to the crime. With a crime scene this puzzling, forensic expertise of the highest order is...
95) Earthly remains
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"Donna Leon's bestselling mystery novels have won a multitude of fans for their insider's portrayal of Venice. From family meals to vaporetti rides, the details and rhythms of everyday life are an integral part of this beloved series. But so are the never-ending influx of tourists and the suffocating corruption. Through it all, Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti, a good man who loves his family and his city, has been an enduring figure, but in Earthly...
96) Willful behavior
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Guido Brunetti investigates a string of deaths that seem to involve an extraordinary art collection and Italian Nazi collaborators.
100) Last bite: a novel
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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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