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• Author : Donna Leon
• Publisher : Arrow Books
• Release : 09 March 2017

In The Waters of Eternal Youth, the twenty-fifth instalment in the bestselling Brunetti series, our Commissario finds himself drawn into a case that may not be a crime at all. Brunetti is investigating a cold case by request of the grand Contessa Lando-Continui, a friend of Brunetti's mother-in-law. Fifteen years ago the Contessa's teenage granddaughter, Manuela, was found drowning in a canal. She was rescued from the canal at the last moment, but in many ways it was too late;

• Author : Donna Leon
• Publisher : Random House
• Release : 07 April 2016

'There is no one better than Donna Leon at showing the ripple effects of a single traumatic event . . . Leon has recast the city in her own venerable image: full of surprises and hidden beauty.' Evening Standard Fifteen years ago the teenage granddaughter of the grand Contessa Lando-Continui was rescued at the last moment from drowning in the canals. But young Manuela's life was never the same again. Now aged thirty, she lives trapped in an eternal youth. The Contessa,

• Author : Donna Leon
• Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
• Release : 05 March 2019

The New York Times bestseller: “Venice shines through the pages of this novel. . . . Coupled with unexpected twists and turns [it] doesn’t disappoint” (Tulsa Book Review). A Los Angeles Times Bestseller • A Library Journal Mystery Bestseller • A Booklist Best Crime Novel of the Year • A Crime Reads Most Anticipated Book of the Year Guido Brunetti is urged by his father-in-law to investigate—and preferably intervene in—the seemingly innocent plan of the elderly Gonzalo Rodríguez de Tejeda to adopt

• Author : Donna Leon
• Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
• Release : 29 December 2009

The Italian police detective’s latest case hits close to home, in this novel in the New York Times–bestselling series. For Commissario Brunetti, it began with an early morning phone call. In the chill of the Venetian dawn, a sudden act of vandalism shatters the quiet of the deserted city. But Brunetti is shocked to find that the culprit waiting to be apprehended at the scene is someone from his own family. Meanwhile, Brunetti is under pressure from his

• Author : Catherine Obianuju Acholonu
• Publisher : Chinazor Onianwah
• Release : 06 January 2014

"EDEN IN SUMER ON THE NIGER" provides archeological, linguistic, genetic, and inscribed evidence of the West African origin of mankind, language, religion and civilization. It provides multidisciplinary evidence of the actual geographical location in West Africa of the Garden of Eden, Atlantis and the original homeland of the Sumerian people before their migration to the "Middle East". By translating hitherto unknown pre-cuneiform inscriptions of the Sumerians, Catherine Acholonu and Sidney Davis have uncovered thousands of years of Africa's lost pre-history

• Author : Donna Leon
• Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
• Release : 01 December 2007

A wall of silence surrounds a cadet’s death at an elite military academy: “Superb . . . This is an outstanding book.” —Publishers Weekly Detective Commissario Guido Brunetti has been called to investigate a parent’s worst nightmare. A young cadet has been found hanged, a presumed suicide, in Venice’s elite military academy. Brunetti’s sorrow for the boy, so close in age to his own son, is rivaled only by his contempt for a community that is more concerned with

• Author : Janet Valenza
• Publisher : University of Texas Press
• Release : 01 February 2023

This book chronicles a fascinating aspect of Texas history ... So much of the history of tourism has focused on the grand places that have retained some appeal - such as Saratoga Springs or Newport News - or on the grand dames of the National Park system. This work focuses on the many small-scale, individual entrepreneur operations of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This is an important reflection of the scale of operations at the time, of the critical

• Author : George Lippard
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 01 February 2023

• Author : Donna Leon
• Publisher : Penguin Paperbacks
• Release : 01 February 2023

Commissario Brunetti investigates the death of an animal lover whose decomposed body was found in a Venice canal.

• Author : Donna Leon
• Publisher : Random House
• Release : 01 February 2023

Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti mysteries have won legions of fans for their evocative portraits of Venetian life. "The Girl of His Dreams" offers a spectacular, heart-wrenching addition to the series.

• Author : Donna Leon
• Publisher : Pan Macmillan
• Release : 01 February 1998

Maria Testa, better known to Brunetti as the nun who once cared for his mother, turns up at the Commissario's door. Maria has left her nursing convent after the suspicious deaths of five patients. Is she creating fears to justify abandoning her vocation, or is there a more sinister scenario?

• Author : Donna Leon
• Publisher : Grove Press
• Release : 09 June 2015

In the sixth book featuring Donna Leon’s ever-charming and sympathetic protagonist, Commissario Guido Brunetti comes to the aid of a young nursing sister who has had five patients unexpectedly die and decides to leave her convent. In the course of his inquiries, Brunetti encounters an unusual cast of characters but discovers nothing that seems criminal. Is the nun simply creating a smoke screen to justify abandoning her vocation? Or has she stumbled onto something very real and very sinister—

• Author : Robert Twigger
• Publisher : Hachette UK
• Release : 23 May 2013

A rip-roaring yet intimate biography of the mighty Nile by Robert Twigger, award-winning author of ANGRY WHITE PYJAMAS. 'A tour de force' FINANCIAL TIMES. So much begins on the banks of the Nile: all religion, all life, all stories, the script we write in, the language we speak, the gods, the legends and the names of stars. This mighty river that flows through a quarter of all Africa has been history's most sustained creator. In this dazzling, idiosyncratic journey from

• Author : Donna Leon
• Publisher : Penguin Group USA
• Release : 01 February 2023

The discovery of a badly decomposed corpse at a home not far from Venice reopens an infamous case of kidnapping that involves one of Venice's most important aristocratic families, as Commissario Brunetti races against time to uncover the truth about a chilling crime. Original.

• Author : Dr Djemal U. Sindeli
• Publisher : Lulu.com
• Release : 01 August 2007

The path to better health and well-being feels more like a burden or a chore, than the simple journey of adventure and discovery it should be. Life becomes more complicated and hectic as each day passes, eroding your energy and vitality. The fight for your optimum health and well-being starts here. The Health-Warrior will give you the tools and practical solutions, to transform your life and reclaim and rejuvenate what is rightfully yours: a healthy mind and body, full of