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Giorgio's village Giorgio's village Tomie dePaola Giorgio and his cat Puffino enjoy a day's activities in their village in Italy at the time of the Renaissance. Includes six village scenes with moving parts. OL10489995W
The smile The smile Donna Jo Napoli In Renaissance Italy, Elisabetta longs for romance, and when Leonardo da Vinci introduces her to Guiliano de Medici, whose family rules Florence but is about to be deposed, she has no inkling of the … OL11787143W
Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio Marguerite Henry A story, based on real events, about a boy and a half-Arabian mare who enter the Palio, an annual race in Siena, Italy, with all the pageantry of a medieval contest. OL1480371W
Pretty Face Pretty Face Mary Hogan That's what I am. A funny girl. A friend. Nobody's girlfriend. The girl with the pretty face.Hayley wishes she could love living in Santa Monica, blocks from the beach, where every day — and everybod… OL14991462W
Inkheart Inkheart Sonia Sander A tie-in to the film. Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tr… OL15057172W
Darkness Darkness Dacia Maraini "The seeds for the twelve interconnected crime stories in Darkness came from the pages of the Italian daily papers. In sparse prose that echoes the files of a police report, Dacia Maraini gives a res… OL15087124W
Mendez's Mistress Mendez's Mistress Anne Mather Before meeting Joe Mendez, Rachel was a single mom coping with a difficult daughter and an irresponsible ex-husband.After meeting Joe Mendez, Rachel's life has been turned upside down! Joe's irresist… OL15174651W
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy Laurence Sterne In the persona of Yorick, Laurence Sterne constructs A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy to document, fictionalize and sentimentalize his own 1765 travels in Europe. The author enhances ea… OL15180759W
Raine: The Lords of Satyr Raine: The Lords of Satyr Elizabeth Amber The last in a fabled line of otherworldly aristocracy, the Lords of Satyr are born to wealth, power, and a talent for sensual delight that mere mortals only dream of. Commanded to marry, these passio… OL15187136W
Ardor Ardor Lily Prior When a lonely olive grower, Arcadio Carnabuci, sows his love seeds, he cannot imagine the chaos his magic fruit will bring. While Fernanda Ponderosa, the voluptuous woman of his dreams, evades his sp… OL15192451W
Bloody Valentine Bloody Valentine Melissa De La Cruz Presents three tale of love, passion, and heartbreak featuring various Blue Blood vampires and the Red Blood humans who keep them alive, including Oliver, Allegra, and Schuyler. OL15520757W
Death of the duchess Death of the duchess Elizabeth Eyre In the first of a new series of mysteries set in Renaissance Italy, the enigmatic Sigismondo, at once courtier, mercenary, and detective, makes his debut and finds an invaluable assistant in his inve… OL15842330W
Prince of Fire (Gabriel Allon #5) Prince of Fire (Gabriel Allon #5) Daniel Silva Gabriel Allon is back in Venice, when a terrible explosion in Rome leads to a disturbing personal revelation: the existence of a dossier in terrorist hands that strips away his secrets, lays bare his… OL15844673W
The mermaid garden The mermaid garden Santa Montefiore Ten-year-old Floriana is captivated by the beauty of the magnificent Tuscan villa that overlooks the sea just outside her small village. She likes to spy from the crumbling wall into the gardens and … OL15991208W
Timoleon Vieta come home Timoleon Vieta come home Dan Rhodes Meet the mongrel. Timoleon Vieta. A deeply loyal, undemanding and loving companion . . . with the most beautiful eyes. He's living an idyllic existence in the Italian countryside with Cockroft, a com… OL16027033W
Sins of the House of Borgia Sins of the House of Borgia Sarah Bower Violante isn't supposed to be here, in one of the grandest courts of Renaissance Italy. She isn't supposed to be a lady-in-waiting to the beautiful Lucrezia Borgia. But the same secretive politics th… OL16163229W
Assassin's creed Assassin's creed Oliver Bowden "Altair embarks on a formidable mission - one that takes him throughout the Holy Land and shows him the true meaning of the Assassin's Creed. To demonstrate his commitment, Altair must defeat nine de… OL16240605W
City of Swords (Stravaganza #6) City of Swords (Stravaganza #6) Mary Hoffman When desperately unhappy Laura, who secretly performs self-mutilation, finds her talisman and transports to Fortezza, a parallel world that resembles the Italian Renaissance city-state of Lucca, she … OL16442208W
Nonna tell me a story Nonna tell me a story Lidia Bastianich America's favorite Italian-American television chef and cookbook author, Lidia Bastianich, shares the story of the Christmases she used to celebrate in Italy with her five grandchildren. When Lidia w… OL16662444W
Nicolo Nicolo Sandra Marton ***Orsini Brothers #4*** Nicolo Orsini has better things to do than visit some ancient Tuscan vineyard! Yet, when family and business mix, he has little choice. Then he meets Alessia Antoninni--a … OL16772682W
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