Summary: Murder, betrayal, office politics, temptation ... it's all in a day's work for Detective Salvo Montalbano. With his always loyal and sometimes effective police squad, he solves crimes in the town of Vigata, crossing paths with Mafia dons, priests, housewives, liars and saints. All the while he confronts his personal demons, which war against his professional ideals, his commitment to his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Castle Dux, Bohemia, 1798. Casanova, now a penniless librarian in his seventies, tells Edith, a young kitchen maid in the castle, his remarkable life story, and about falling in love with Henriette.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CASSummary: The original unedited British version, this mini series alternates between the gripping love triangle involving the young Casanova and the swan song of the world's most notorious lothario.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Home Video 2006
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CASDunant, Sarah.
Summary: Renowned for her bright and disciplined way with Renaissance Italy, New York Times best-selling novelist Dunant again visits the Borgias, to whom she recently paid court in Blood and Beauty. As Cesare ruthlessly seeks to unite all of Italy's city-states under Borgia control, Florence counters by sending one Niccolo Machiavelli to Rome as envoy and Lucrezia learns the family business of...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC DUDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Dunant 2017Summary: Farewell, Salvo! In this final episode of Detective Montalbano, we're back with the gang at Vigata's police station one last time, solving another confounding crime. Seeing them together has never looked so good bumbling Catarella, loyal Fazio, skirt-chasing Mimì, and the ever-pragmatic Salvo. What they have on their hands, discovered by Mimì while 'visiting' a lady friend, is an enigma....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DETSimon, Christine
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...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC SIMSummary: Based on the best-selling series of novels by Antonio Manzini, Rocco Schiavone: Ice Cold Murders is a devilishly entertaining Italian crime series that follows the idiosyncratic adventures of cranky and unorthodox detective Rocco Schiavone (Marco Giallini). In Seasons 3 and 4, the irascible Schiavone becomes increasingly isolated in the Alpine town of Aosta, investigating bizarre murders far...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROCSummary: The Other End Of The Line - The Vigata police are working exhausting nights assisting immigrants arriving by boat to Sicily. Just as they get a break, a terrible local crime also comes to their attention. A Diary From 1943 - A long-hidden diary opens a window to tragic events from the Allies' occupation of Sicily during WWII. While Montalbano tries to decipher the diary's references, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DETSummary: "Murder, betrayal, office politics, temptation ... it's all in a day's work for Detective Salvo Montalbano. With his always loyal and sometimes effective police squad, he solves crimes in the town of Vigata, crossing paths with Mafia dons, priests, housewives, liars and saints. All the while he confronts his personal demons, which war against his professional ideals, his commitment to his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by MHz Networks 1999
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DETSummary: Bizarre kidnappings of young women in Vigata are happening for incomprehensible reasons. Montalbano also investigates an arson and the disappearance of a young business owner known for being a playboy and big spender. Montalbano is out of his depth when it comes to matters of the heart, so the disappearance of beautiful Michela Prestia leaves him totally stumped.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DETSummary: Detective Salvo Montalbano solves crimes in Vigata with his always loyal, and sometimes effective, police squad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Detective Salvo Montalbano solves crimes in Vigata with his always loyal and sometimes effective police squad.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MHZ Networks Home Entertainment 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An American writer in Italy becomes an amateur sleuth when he witnesses a failed attempt by a serial killer to take the life of the wife of a wealthy gallery owner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BIRSummary: "The Benedetti family has been haunted by a curse for generations. On a long drive to visit their reclusive grandfather in Tuscany, Luigi Benedetti tells his children the mysterious story of their ancestors -- a tragic tale filled with forbidden love, passion, vengeance and betrayal"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Koch Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FIOSummary: Murder, betrayal, office politics, temptation, it's all in a day's work for Detective Salvo Montalbano. With intuition and a cadre of police officers, Montalbano solves crimes in the fictional small city of Vigata. This work brings him across the paths of unforgettable characters who could only come from Sicily. He also wages a personal war with his own demons, which fight against his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DETSummary: Murder, betrayal, office politics, temptation; it's all in a day's work for Detective Salvo Montalbano. With his always loyal and sometimes effective police squad, he solves crimes in Vigata, crossing paths with homemakers and priests, liars, saints and Mafia dons. He also wages a personal war with his own demons, which fight against his professional ideals and personal commitment to beautiful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DETSummary: Detective Salvo Montalbano solves crimes in the town of Vigata, crossing paths with Mafia dons, priests, housewives, liars and saints.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MHZ Networks Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DETSummary: Detective Salvo Montalbano solves crimes in Vigata with his always loyal and sometimes effective police squad.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Murder, betrayal, office politics, temptation... it's all in a day's work for Detective Salvo Montalbano. With intuition and a cadre of police officers, Montalbano solves crimes in the fictional small city of Vigata. This work brings him across the paths of unforgettable characters who could only come from Sicily. He also wages a personal war with his own demons, which fight against his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Detective Salvo Montalbano solves crimes in Vigata with his always loyal, and sometimes effective, police squad.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013