Caletti, Deb
Summary: When Charlotte wins a scholarship to a writing workshop in Venice with the charismatic and brilliant Luca Bruni, it's a dream come true. Writing is her passion, she loves Bruni's books, and going to that romantic and magical sinking city gives her the chance to solve a long-time family mystery about a Venetian poet deep in their lineage, Isabella Di Angelo, who just might be the real author of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CALStilton, Geronimo
Summary: Geronimo is taking his Benjamin on a trip to Rome to learn the city's history (and keep him from failing fifth grade), but when they arrive they are immediately pulled into the investigation of the "ghost" of a gladiator that seems to be haunting the Colosseum and scaring tourists away.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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Summary: Vacuum repairman and self-appointed mayor of Prometto, Italy (population 212) Signor Speranza has a problem: unless he can come up with 70,000 euros to fix the town's pipes, the water commission will shut off the water to the village and all its residents will be forced to disperse. So in a bid to boost tourism, and revenue, he spreads a harmless rumor that movie star Dante Rinaldi will be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC SIMParis, Harper
Summary: In Venice, Italy, second graders Ethan and Ella hope to find a stolen gondola and a hidden mosaic before their parents realize they are missing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2014
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC PARScottoline, Lisa
Summary: Franco Fiorvanti is a handsome lemon grower toiling on the estate of a baron. He dreams of owning his own grove, but the rigid class system of Sicily thwarts his ambition. Determined to secure a better future, Franco will do anything to prove his loyalty to the baron. But when the baron asks him to kidnap a little boy named Dante, Franco makes a decision that will change his life--and even the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2023
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Summary: In the wake of a series of bizarre murders in which claw prints are found near each of the victims, agent Pendergast teams up with officer Vincent d'Agosta in an investigation with apparent ties to the supernatural.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PrestWoodhouse, Sarah.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WOOScottoline, Lisa
Summary: After the resounding success of Eternal, Lisa Scottoline delivers Loyalty, an emotional, action-packed epic set during the rise of the Mafia in Sicily. Franco dreams of owning a lemon farm, even though only noblemen own farms in the rigid class system of Palermo. He works hard and does whatever the Baron demands, including arranging the kidnapping of a little boy. Gaetano, an idealistic young...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "#1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline presents Loyalty, an emotional, action-packed epic of love and justice, set during the rise of the Mafia in Sicily"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction ScottolineBarnett, Mac
Summary: When Paolo the dachshund finally escapes the hair salon where he lives, he has adventures beyond his wildest dreams amid the beauty and culture of Rome.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2020
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Summary: When Dottoressa Donato calls the Questura to report that a dying patient at the hospice Fatebenefratelli wants to speak to the police, Commissario Guido Brunetti and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, waste no time in responding."They killed him. It was bad money. I told him no," Benedetta Toso gasps the words about her recently-deceased husband, Vittorio Fadalto. Even though he is not sure she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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Summary: A fictional account of the Buffalo Soldiers in World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "The minute she sets eyes on it, Molly Pargeter knows that the Tuscan villa she has found to lease is perfect for her family's summer holiday. She is powerfully drawn to its rustic beauty and to the enigma of its absentee landlord. Never mind that her husband and teenaged daughter are vocally unenthusiastic and that her outrageously extroverted father tricks them into taking him...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2005
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SUMAmmaniti, Niccol,̣
Summary: The economically depressed village of Varrano, where Cristiano Zena lives with his hard-drinking, out-of-work father, Rino, is a world away from the picturesque towns of travel brochure Italy. So when Rino and is cronies come up with a plan to reverse their fortunes, Cristiano wonders if maybe their lives are poised for deliverance after all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Cat 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AMMEjaita, Diana
Summary: Two cousins--one in Lagos, Nigeria, and the other in Milan, Italy--have different lives, but they share a dream of meeting and being together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rise x Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE EJAVecchini, Silvia
Summary: "Matteo, Guilia, and Federico have ordinary lives: they spend time with friends, help out their families, go to school, and deal with the many mood swings that come with growing up. Then, in a single night, everything changes. The ground shakes. An earthquake devastates their town and their security. But after everything is gone, life must go on. Anger and fear affect everyone in the community,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 VECBurt, Marissa
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Christa's plans for her favorite holiday are derailed when her parents announce their divorce and Christa spends Christmas in Europe with her mom, but even though her dad remains in Chicago, he sends Christa on a scavenger hunt made up of dares that send her all over Florence, Paris, and London.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BURAmin, Anita Nahta
Summary: Reeya Rai and her friend Finlay discover a priceless ivory peacock in a cave near the Roman site her parents are studying, and Reeya must come up with a way to retrieve the nearly inaccessible artefact before the greedy Dr. Acker finds it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE AMITrinchieri, Camilla
Summary: "The follow-up to Murder in Chianti finds ex-NYPD detective Nico Doyle recruited by Italian authorities to investigate the murder of a prominent wine critic. One year after moving to his late wife's Tuscan hometown of Gravigna, Nico Doyle has fully settled into life there, seeing friends in the course of daily errands and helping to serve and test recipes at his in-laws' restaurant. But the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TRIAmmaniti, Niccol,̣
Summary: To quell the anxiety of his concerned, socially conscious parents, Lorenzo tells them he's been invited on an exclusive ski vacation. His real plan: for one blessed week, Lorenzo will retreat to a forgotten cellar in his family's apartment building, where he will live in perfect isolation, keeping the adult world at bay. When his estranged half-sister, Olivia, shows up in the cellar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Cat 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AMMGrisham, John.
Summary: A former American football star joins the Parma Panthers to play football in a small town in Italy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GRIHawkins, Rachel
Summary: As kids, Emily and Chess were inseparable. But by their 30s, their bond has been strained by the demands of their adult lives. So when Chess suggests a girls trip to Italy, Emily jumps at the chance to reconnect with her best friend. Villa Aestas in Orvieto is a high-end holiday home now, but in 1974, it was known as Villa Rosato, and rented for the summer by a notorious rock star, Noel Gordon....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HAWLeon, Donna
Summary: When Dottoressa Donato calls the Questura to report that a dying patient at the hospice Fatebenefratelli wants to speak to the police, Commissario Guido Brunetti and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, waste no time in responding. "They killed him. It was bad money. I told him no," Benedetta Toso gasps the words about her recently deceased husband, Vittorio Fadalto. Even though he is not sure she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC LEORivière, William.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2002