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Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Of all the trademarks of Venice, none is more ubiquitous than the gondola. In this beautifully illustrated collection, internationally bestselling author Donna Leon tells fascinating stories about this famous boat. First used in medieval Venice as an easily maneuverable getaway boat, the gondola evolved over the centuries into a floating pleasure palace that facilitated the romantic escapades of the Venetian elite. Now a tourist favorite, the gondola...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Among their many pleasures, Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti novels have long been celebrated for their mouth-watering descriptions of food. Multicourse lunches at home with Paola and the children, snacks grabbed at a bar with a glass of wine or two, a quick sandwich during a busy day, or a working lunch at a neighborhood trattoria in the course of an investigation have all delighted Brunetti, as well as Leon's readers and reviewers. And then...
Publisher
MHZ Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
Deutsch
Description
Episodes include: Episode 17: Looks Are Deceiving - A ten-year-old Roma girl is found dead in a Venetian canal. Brunetti goes to the encampment where she lived, but his attempts to speak with the community there are futile. Episode 17: The Girl Of His Dreams - The murder of a trucking entrepreneur strikes close to home when Brunetti learns that the victim was involved in shady deals with a friend's husband.
Publisher
MHZ Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Episode 15: Through A Glass Darkly - The Venetian island of Murano is known for its artisans who specialize in the traditional craft of glassmaking. Episode 16: Suffer The Little Children - When an illegal Albanian immigrant gives birth, she's told that her baby has died and she should ask no further questions.
Publisher
MHz Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
Deutsch
Description
Fatal remedies : In nighttime Venice, a woman shatters the window of a travel agency. When the police arrive, she puts up no resistance. The woman is Paola Brunetti, Inspector Brunetti's wife. She is convinced that the agency caters to paedophiles seeking sex in poor Asian and African countries.
A noble radiance : Brunetti's search for justice puts him against a powerful Venetian family. The man whose skeleton is found in a field outside of Venice...
Publisher
MHz Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011, p2003
Language
Deutsch
Description
Death at La Fenice : After a famous conductor dies from cyanide poisoning during the intermission of his concert, Brunetti probes into the maestro's past, and uncovers a shocking picture of immorality and ruthlessness, as well as a legion of bitter enemies, some of whom have held a grudge for many decades. Based on Donna Leon's first Comissarrion Brunetti novel which introduced Guido Brunetti to crime fiction fans worldwide.--Container
Friends in...
Publisher
MHz Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011, p2004, 2003
Language
Deutsch
Description
Quietly in their sleep : Mysterious deaths in a Venice retirement community are brought to Inspector Brunetti's attention by a young nun who is then nearly killed herself. Brunetti's investigation turns up some unsettling connections to a secret church organization and to one of its charismatic members, a priest who is the community's resident confessor.--Container
Acqua alta : First a museum director and an antiquities dealer are murdered. Then...
Publisher
MHz Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011, p2006, 2004
Language
Deutsch
Description
Death In a strange country. The body of a young man found floating in a Venetian canal has been stripped of all valuables, except for a very visible packet of cocaine. When the man is identified as a health inspector at the U.S. military base in nearby Vicenza, Brunetti's boss Patta gets worried about political reverberations and is eager to dismiss the case as a drug-related murder.--Container
A sea of troubles. When the murder of two fishermen...
Publisher
MHz Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011, p2005
Language
Deutsch
Description
Doctored evidence. Signora Battestini is dead and to everyone who knew her, it wasn't a moment too soon. Her impoverished Romanian cleaning lady gets pegged for the crime and Brunetti's boss declares the case closed. What continues to mystify Brunetti is why the old woman had so much money with no visible means of income. And what exactly has her lawyer done with her many scattered bank accounts?--Container
Uniform justice. Brunetti is deeply affected...
Publisher
MHZ Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012, p2007
Language
Deutsch
Description
Willful behavior : A young woman is murdered, but Brunetti can find no sexual or financial motive. She was set to inherit a fortune from her grandmother, a woman very much alive and obsessed with clearing her husband's name from the accusation of art theft during the Mussolini years. The case draws Brunetti into a search for lost art and buried secrets from the bleakest days of modern Italian history.--Container
Blood from a stone : Fake designer...