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The dark heart of Florence [sound recording] / by Alexander, Tasha,1969-author.; Amato, Bianca,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Bianca Amato."In the next Lady Emily Mystery The Dark Heart of Florence, critically acclaimed author Tasha Alexander transports readers to the legendary city of Florence, where Lady Emily and Colin must solve a murder with clues leading back to the time of the Medici. In 1903, tensions between Britain and Germany are starting to loom over Europe, something that has not gone unnoticed by Lady Emily and her husband, Colin Hargreaves. An agent of the Crown, Colin carries the weight of the Empire, but his focus is drawn to Italy by a series of burglaries at his daughter's palazzo in Florence-burglaries that might have international ramifications. He and Emily travel to Tuscany where, soon after their arrival, a stranger is thrown to his death from the roof onto the marble palazzo floor. Colin's trusted colleague and fellow agent, Darius Benton-Stone, arrives to assist Colin, who insists their mission must remain top secret. Finding herself excluded from the investigation, Emily secretly launches her own clandestine inquiry into the murder, aided by her spirited and witty friend, Cécile. They soon discover that the palazzo may contain a hidden treasure dating back to the days of the Medici and the violent reign of the fanatic monk, Savonarola-days that resonate in the troubled early twentieth century, an uneasy time full of intrigue, duplicity, and warring ideologies. Emily and Cécile race to untangle the cryptic clues leading them through the Renaissance city, but an unimagined danger follows closely behind. And when another violent death puts Emily directly in the path of a killer, there's much more than treasure at stake ..."--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Audiobooks.; Hargreaves, Emily, Lady (Fictitious character); Murder; Upper class;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Owning the sun : a people's history of monopoly medicine from aspirin to COVID-19 vaccines / by Zaitchik, Alexander,1974-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Owning the Sun tells the story of one of the most contentious fights in human history: the legal right to control the production of lifesaving medicines. Medical science began as a discipline geared toward the betterment of all human life, but the merging of research with intellectual property and the rise of the pharmaceutical industry warped and eventually undermined its ethical foundations. Since the Second World War, federally funded research has facilitated most major medical breakthroughs, yet these drugs are often wholly controlled by price-gouging corporations with growing international ambitions. Why does the U.S. government fund the development of medical science in the name of the public, only to relinquish exclusive rights to drug companies, and how does such a system impoverish us, weaken our responses to global crises, and, as in the case of AIDS and COVID-19, put the world at risk? Outlining how generations of public health and science advocates have attempted to hold the line against Big Pharma and their allies in government, Alexander Zaitchik's first-in-kind history documents the rise of medical monopoly in the United States and its subsequent globalization. From the controversial arrival of patent-wielding German drug firms in the late nineteenth century, to present-day coordination between industry and philanthropic organizations-including the influential Gates Foundation-that stymie international efforts to vaccinate the world against COVID-19, Owning the Sun tells one of the most important and least understood histories of our time"--
Subjects: Medical care, Cost of; Medicine;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The forgotten affairs of youth / by McCall Smith, Alexander,1948-;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Dalhousie, Isabel (Fictitious character); Women philosophers;
© c2011., Knopf Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency / by McCall Smith, Alexander,1948-;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; Women private investigators;
© c1998., Random House,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The right attitude to rain / by McCall Smith, Alexander,1948-;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; Housekeepers; Stockbrokers; Women editors; Dalhousie, Isabel (Fictitious character); Mystery fiction;
© c2006., A. A. Knopf Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Blue shoes and happiness / by McCall Smith, Alexander,1948-;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization); Ramotswe, Precious (Fictitious character); Women private investigators; Mystery fiction;
© c2006., A.A. Knopf,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Saturday big tent wedding party / by McCall Smith, Alexander,1948-;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization); Ramotswe, Precious (Fictitious character); Weddings; Women private investigators;
© c2011., Knopf Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Sunday philosophy club / by McCall Smith, Alexander,1948-;
When Scottish-American philosopher Isabel Dalhousie, a single woman of independent means who edits the esteemed Review of Applied Ethics and presides over the titular club, witnesses fund manager Mark Fraser fall from a balcony after a performance at an Edinburgh concert hall, she feels obliged to investigate the gentleman's demise.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Detective and mystery stories.; Dalhousie, Isabel (Fictitious character); Stockbrokers; Women editors; Women philosophers; Housekeepers;
© 2005, c2004., Vintage Canada,
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The forever girl / by McCall Smith, Alexander,1948-author.;
Subjects: Humorous stories.; Love stories.; Families;
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The novel habits of happiness / by McCall Smith, Alexander,1948-author.;
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Dalhousie, Isabel (Fictitious character); Women philosophers;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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