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My Italian bulldozer / by McCall Smith, Alexander,1948-author.;
"When food writer Paul Stuart heads to the idyllic Italian hill town of Montalcino to finish his latest manuscript, it seems like the perfect escape from complicated city life, and his recent heartbreak. Upon landing, however, things quickly take a turn for the worse when he discovers his rental car is nowhere to be found. With no record of any reservation and no other cars available, Paul is stuck at the airport until an enterprising stranger offers him an unheard-of alternative. While there may be no cars available, there is something else on offer: a bulldozer. With little choice in the matter, Paul accepts and so begins a series of surprising adventures in food, wine, Tuscan history and modern romance as Paul rumbles through the countryside on his Italian bulldozer, pursued soon after by unplanned visitors from home."--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Authors; Food writers; Bulldozers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Lucrezia Borgia : life, love, and death in Renaissance Italy / by Bradford, Sarah,1938-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480-1519.; Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503; Nobility;
© c2004., Viking,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Eternal [sound recording] / by Scottoline, Lisa,author.; Campbell, Casssandra,narrator.; Ballerini, Edoardo,1970-narrator.; Penguin Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Cassandra Campbell and Edoardo Ballerini ; author's note read by the author."Elisabetta, Marco, and Sandro grow up as the best of friends despite their differences. Elisabetta is a feisty beauty who dreams of becoming a novelist; Marco the brash and athletic son in a family of professional cyclists; and Sandro a Jewish mathematics prodigy, kind-hearted and thoughtful, the son of a lawyer and a doctor. Their friendship blossoms to love, with both Sandro and Marco hoping to win Elisabetta's heart. But in the autumn of 1937, all of that begins to change as Mussolini asserts his power, aligning Italy's Fascists with Hitler's Nazis and altering the very laws that govern Rome. In time, everything that the three hold dear--their families, their homes, and their connection to one another--is tested in ways they never could have imagined.As anti-Semitism takes legal root and World War II erupts, the threesome realizes that Mussolini was only the beginning. The Nazis invade Rome, and with their occupation come new atrocities against the city's Jews, culminating in a final, horrific betrayal. Against this backdrop, the intertwined fates of Elisabetta, Marco, Sandro, and their families will be decided, in a heartbreaking story of both the best and the worst that the world has to offer. Unfolding over decades, Eternal is a tale of loyalty and loss, family and food, love and war--all set in one of the world's most beautiful cities at its darkest moment. This moving novel will be forever etched in the hearts and minds of readers"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Jews; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Tuscan daughter / by Harris, Tessa,author.;
Tuscany, 1942: having moved from England to the beautiful city of Lucca before the outbreak of war, Lizzie Thornton adores her job as tutor to eight-year-old Cristo - despite the fact that his father, Count Antonio de Falco, is a notable fascist and supporter of Mussolini. Then war is declared, and Lizzie is suddenly regarded as an enemy in the country she loves so much. When new tutor Vincenzo Baldini arrives, Lizzie is exposed to a new secret world; Vincenzo is actually a member of the Italian resistance, running an anti-fascist propaganda magazine. Lizzie, desperate to be part of the fight, joins Vincenzo's unit, and soon she is head over heels in love.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; British; Man-woman relationships; Tutors and tutoring; Undercover operations; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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House of Gucci [videorecording] / by Lady Gaga,actor.; Carney, Reeve,actor.; Cottin, Camille,actor.; Driver, Adam,actor.; Ghenea, Madalina,actor.; Hayek, Salma,1966-actor.; Huston, Jack,1982-actor.; Irons, Jeremy,1948-actor.; Leto, Jared,1971-actor.; Pacino, Al,1940-actor.; Scott, Ridley,film director.; Universal Studios, Inc.,film distributor.;
Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Salma Hayek, Jared Leto, Jack Huston, Madalina Ghenea, Camille Cottin, Reeve Carney.Inspired by the shocking true story of the family behind the Italian fashion empire. When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately, murder.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Crime films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Gucci, Maurizio, 1948-1995; Gucci family; Gucci (Firm); Businessmen; Clothing trade; Man-woman relationships; Murder for hire; Trials (Murder);
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The courtesan duchess / by Shupe, Joanna.;
Subjects: Regency fiction.; Historical fiction.; Love stories.; Nobility; Spouses; English; Historical romance.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The tale of Baboushka / by Pasquali, Elena.; Mongioj, Lucia.;
LSC
Subjects: Befana (Legendary character); Christmas; Tales;
© 2010., Lion Hudson,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The legend of Old Befana : an Italian Christmas story / by DePaola, Tomie,1934-;
Because Befana's household chores kept her from finding the baby King, she searches to this day, leaving gifts for children on the Feast of the Three Kings.Ages 4-8LSC
Subjects: Befana (Legendary character); Christmas; Tales;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Death in the floating city / by Alexander, Tasha,1969-;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Aristocracy (Social class); Murder;
© 2012., St. Martin's Minotaur,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Kill the angel : a novel / by Dazieri, Sandrone,1964-author.; Shugaar, Antony,translator.; translation of:Dazieri, Sandrone,1964-Angelo.English.;
"From the wildly inventive mind of thriller master Sandrone Dazieri, whose first novel featuring investigators Colomba Caselli and Dante Torre, Kill the Father, was an international bestseller, comes the ingenious second novel in the series, Kill the Angel. In Rome, a high-speed train hurtles into the city's main station with a carriage full of dead bodies, the macabre discovery of which falls to Deputy Police Commissioner Colomba Caselli. Subsequently, the police receive a claim of responsibility and the threat of more murders to come. But neither Caselli nor her eccentrically brilliant ally, Dante Torre, are yet ready to buy the terrorist link. As the two maverick investigators puncture the facade of what the perpetrator wants everyone to believe, they come close to dying several times. Not for the first time, Dante's bizarre childhood, during which he was kept confined for years in a concrete silo, enables him to see what others miss, and in this case, to connect with a kindred spirit of sorts, a woman named Giltine who experienced an equally bizarre childhood from which she emerged damaged, lethal, and full of murderous intent. Adding to Giltine's eerie fierceness is that, as the victim of a rare mental illness, she believes she's already dead. She's unacquainted with fear. And that makes her the most formidable foe Colomba and Dante have faced yet. As the story climaxes, the duo finds themselves utterly on their own, on the outs with law enforcement and the only ones with a chance to make sure the waters of Venice don't turn red with blood"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Mentally ill offenders; Serial murder Investigation;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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