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1) The weeds
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Two women botanists, connected across time, confront desire, ambition, and the seeming inevitability of violence"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When he's apprised at the last minute of a mandatory meeting abroad, Stone Barrington rushes off to Europe for a whirlwind tour of business and, of course, pleasure. But from the start the trip seems to be cursed, plagued by suspicious "accidents" and unfortunate events, and some of Stone's plans go up in flames--literally. Not a believer in coincidence, Stone sets out to learn the true source of his curious misfortune and finds that what appeared...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Toby O'Dare, former government assassin, is summoned by the angel Malchiah to fifteenth-century Rome--the city of Michelangelo and Raphael, of Leo X and the Holy Inquisition--to solve a terrible crime of poisoning and to uncover the secrets of an earthbound restless spirit, a diabolical dybbuk.
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Language
English
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Description
"A Little Lumpen Novelita percolates with a young writer's fierce ambitions and intensely tender love of women. "Now I am a mother and a married woman, but not long ago I led a life of crime": so Bianca begins her tale of growing up the hard way in Rome in A Little Lumpen Novelita. Orphaned overnight as a teenager--"our parents died in a car crash on their first vacation without us"--she drops out of school, gets a crappy job, sees a terrible brightness...
9) Rampant
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
After sixteen-year-old Astrid Llewelyn survives a vicious unicorn attack, she learns that she is a descendant of the most famous unicorn hunter of all time and she must travel to Rome, Italy, to train in the ancient arts in order to carry on her family legacy and save the world from the threat posed by the reemergence of lethal unicorns.
10) Woman of God
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Language
English
Description
"St. Peter's Square, Rome. White smoke signals that a new Pope has been chosen. Is it possible that the new Pope is a woman? The world is watching as historic crowds gather in Rome, waiting for news of a new Pope, one who promises to be unlike any other in the Church's history. Some followers are ecstatic, but the leading candidate has made a legion of powerful enemies. From a difficult childhood with drug addled parents, to a career as a doctor on...
Author
Series
Mandie book volume 16
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Paolo the dachshund is trapped. Though he lives in Rome, a city filled with history and adventure, he is confined to a hair salon. Paolo dreams of the sweet life--la dolce vita--in the Eternal City. And then, one day, he escapes! Paolo throws himself into the city, finding adventure at every turn. Join our hero as he discovers the wonders of Rome: the ruins, the food, the art, the opera, and--of course--the cats. Readers will cheer the daring of...
Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
"Una conmovedora y romántica historia que nos invita a buscar el amor desde un bar del pintoresco barrio del Trastevere Han pasado dos años desde que una joven francesa a quien no pudo o no supo retener rompió el corazón de Massimo, el dueño de un pequeño café en el centro del Trastevere. Desde entonces, en la vida de Massimo han cambiado muchas cosas, pero en el bar Tiberi, pese a las despedidas y los recién llegados, el ambiente sigue siendo...
14) Ciao from Rome
Author
Series
Hannah Montana on tour volume 1
Publisher
Penworthy
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Miley Stewart is spending the summer on Hannah Montana's world tour. Her first stop is Rome, where she meets a girl named Daniella who helps her track down the perfect outfit for her concert finale. But will Miley's adventures make her late for the concert?
16) Roman stories
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Nine mesmerizing stories saturated in the details of Roman life that showcase Jhumpa Lahiri's extraordinary range and virtuosity"--
Rome--metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysical--is the protagonist, not the setting, of these nine stories: the first short story collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning master of the form since her number one New York Times best seller Unaccustomed Earth. In "The Boundary,"...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Gabriel Allon has slipped quietly into Venice for a much needed holiday with his wife and two young children. But when Pope Paul VII dies suddenly, Gabriel is summoned to Rome by the Holy Father's loyal private secretary, Archbishop Luigi Donati. A billion Catholic faithful have been told that the pope died of a heart attack. Donati, however, has two good reasons to suspect his master was murdered. The Swiss Guard who was standing watch outside the...
18) Beach music
Author
Publisher
Dial Press Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
The story of Jack McCall, an American expatriate in Rome, who has been scarred by tragedy and betrayal. His desperate desire to find peace after his wife's suicide draws him into a painful, intimate search for the one haunting secret in his family's past that can heal his anguished heart. Spanning three generations and two continents, from the contemporary ruins of the American South to the ancient ruins of Rome, from the unutterable horrors of the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Silver Empire Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Murder in the Vatican! As the head of Vatican security, Giovanni Figlia must protect a new, African Pope who courts controversy every other day. The Pope's latest project is to make Pius XII, "Hitler's Pope," a saint. Things haven't gotten better since the Pope employed American mercenary Sean Ryan. Then a body fell onto the Vatican doorstep. Mercenaries, spies, beautiful women, international intrigue and ancient secrets - The Pius Trilogy has it...
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