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  • Foul Deeds and Fine Dying

    A Pellegrino Artusi Mystery

    by Marco Malvaldi ...
    Translated by Howard Curtis ...
    Pellegrino Artusi, the great gastronome and amateur detective, is back.It is 1900 and Pellegrino's famed cookbook is in its fifth edition. Flushed from his fortune and success, our hero joins a weekend party at the Tuscan castle of the wealthy agricultural entrepreneur, Secondo Gazzolo.In this castle of winding corridors, secret passageways and clandestine meetings, Pellegrino finds a curious ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Measure of a Man

    A Leonardo da Vinci Novel

    by Marco Malvaldi ...
    Translated by Howard Curtis, Katherine Gregor ...
    The acclaimed Italian author spins a tale of Renaissance innovation, intrigue and murder in this historical novel about Leonardo da Vinci.October 1493. Florence is still mourning the death of Lorenzo the Magnificent. Columbus' ships have only recently reached the New World, and Milan is experiencing a renaissance under the leadership of Ludovico il Moro. Not far from Milan's Castle, a peculiar man ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Game for Five

    by Marco Malvaldi ...
    Translated by Howard Curtis ...
    Series Book 1 - The Bar Lume Mysteries
    "In this enjoyable series debut," four colorful old timers meet regularly a small-town bar in Tuscany, where they gossip, play cards, and solve murders ( Publishers Weekly).At Bar Lume, in a small resort village on the Tuscan coast, between shots of espresso and hands of cards, four old-timers and Massimo the barman wile away the time chatting, arguing, and theorizing about the murder of a young ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

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  • Three-Card Monte

    by Marco Malvaldi ...
    Translated by Howard Curtis ...
    Series Book 2 - The Bar Lume Mysteries
    When a Japanese scientist dies in a Tuscan resort town, four old card players and their favorite bartender investigate in this comic Italian mystery.In the Italian resort town of Pineta, along the Tuscan coast, one might find the sleepy Bar Lume inhabited by its owner Massimo and its elderly regulars engaged in a game of cards. But this is merely a cover for the true activities of this senile ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Death in the Floating City

    A Lady Emily Mystery

    by Tasha Alexander ...
    Series Book 7 - Lady Emily Mysteries
    The Huffington Post calls Tears of Pearl author Tasha Alexander "one to watch—and read" and her new Lady Emily mystery set in Venice proves it!Years ago, Emily's childhood nemesis, Emma Callum, scandalized polite society when she eloped to Venice with an Italian count. But now her father-in-law lies murdered, and her husband has vanished. There's no one Emma can turn to for help but Emily, who ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Second Mrs. Gioconda

    by E.L. Konigsburg ...
    Leonardo da Vinci’s irreverent young apprentice delights in mischief and defying the aristocracy in this historical fiction middle grade novel from E.L. Konigsburg, the Newbery Medal–winning author of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.The mystery of the “Mona Lisa!”Why did Leonardo da Vinci, the greatest artist of his time, devote three years on a painting of the second wife of ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Oil and Marble

    A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo

    by Stephanie Storey ...
    In her brilliant debut, Storey brings early 16th-century Florence alive, entering with extraordinary empathy into the minds and souls of two Renaissance masters, creating a stunning art history thriller. From 1501 to 1505, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti both lived and worked in Florence. Leonardo was a charming, handsome fifty year-old at the peak of his career. Michelangelo was a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Raphael, Painter in Rome

    A Novel

    by Stephanie Storey ...
    Another Fabulous Art History Thriller by the Bestselling Author of Oil and Marble, Featuring the Master of Renaissance Perfection: Raphael!Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling is one of the most iconic masterpieces of the Renaissance. Here, in Raphael, Painter in Rome, Storey tells of its creation as never before: through the eyes of Michelangelo’s fiercest rival—the young, beautiful, brilliant ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • La Bella Lingua

    My Love Affair with Italian, the World's Most Enchanting Language

    by Dianne Hales ...
    A celebration of the language and culture of Italy, La Bella Lingua is the story of how a language shaped a nation, told against the backdrop of one woman’s personal quest to speak fluent Italian.For anyone who has been to Italy, the fantasy of living the Italian life is powerfully seductive. But to truly become Italian, one must learn the language. This is how Dianne Hales began her journey. In ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Dark Heart of Florence

    A Lady Emily Mystery

    by Tasha Alexander ...
    Series Book 15 - Lady Emily Mysteries
    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 ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Leonardo da Vinci

    Annotated Paintings

    by Daniel Coenn ...
    Series series My Pocket Gallery
    Concise. Essential. Annotated. These three words describe what the books in My Pocket Gallery gives readers.This Art Book contains annotated reproductions of Leonardo da Vinci greatest masterpieces, date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all e-readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images ... Read more

    $2.32 USD

  • Da Vinci's Last Supper

    The Forgotten Tale

    by Paul Arrowsmith ...
    When Leonardo da Vinci is commissioned to paint 'The Last Supper' , he believes it will seal his reputation as the finest artist in Italy.Yet all does not go as planned. The notorious Papal emissary, Father Rodrigo of Salamanca accuses him of blasphemy over his decision to choose a lowly peasant, Alessandro, to be his model for Jesus.To Leonardo's horror, Alessandro takes on quasi-religious ... Read more

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