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The Gondola Maker

Author : Laura Morelli
Publisher : Laura Morelli
ISBN 13 : 098936710X
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book The Gondola Maker written by Laura Morelli and published by Laura Morelli. This book was released on 2014-03-03 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning historical fiction set in 16th-century Venice -Benjamin Franklin Digital Award -IPPY Award for Best Adult Fiction E-book -National Indie Excellence Award Finalist -Eric Hoffer Award Finalist -Shortlisted for the da Vinci Eye Prize From the author of Made in Italy comes a tale of artisanal tradition and family bonds set in one of the world's most magnificent settings: Renaissance Venice. Venetian gondola-maker Luca Vianello considers his whole life arranged. His father charted a course for his eldest son from the day he was born, and Luca is positioned to inherit one of the city’s most esteemed boatyards. Soon he will marry the daughter of an artisan prow-maker, securing a key business alliance for the family. But when Luca experiences an unexpected tragedy in the boatyard, he believes that his destiny lies elsewhere. Soon he finds himself drawn to restore an antique gondola with the dream of taking a girl for a ride. The Gondola Maker brings the centuries-old art of gondola-making to life in the tale of a young man's complicated relationship with his master-craftsman father. Lovers of historical fiction will appreciate the authentic details of gondola craftsmanship, along with an intimate first-person narrative set against the richly textured backdrop of 16th-century Venice. "I'm a big fan of Venice, so I appreciate Laura Morelli's special knowledge of the city, the period, and the process of gondola-making. An especially compelling story." --Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan Sun "Laura Morelli has done her research, or perhaps she was an Italian carpenter in another life. One can literally smell and feel the grain of finely turned wood in her hands." --Pamela Sheldon Johns, author of Italian Food Artisans "Romance, intrigue, family loyalty, pride, and redemption set against the backdrop of Renaissance Italy." --Library of Clean Reads "Beautiful, powerful evocation of the characters, the place, and the time. An elegant and thoroughly engaging narrative voice." --Mark Spencer, author of Fiction Club: A Concise Guide to Writing Good Fiction

The Night Portrait

Author : Laura Morelli
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062993585
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book The Night Portrait written by Laura Morelli and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today Bestseller "This is a truly original novel that has earned its place among my favorite works of historical fiction."--Jennifer Robson, USA Today bestselling author of The Gown An exciting, dual-timeline historical novel about the creation of one of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous paintings, Portrait of a Lady with an Ermine, and the woman who fought to save it from Nazi destruction during World War II. Milan, 1492: When a 16-year old beauty becomes the mistress of the Duke of Milan, she must fight for her place in the palace—and against those who want her out. Soon, she finds herself sitting before Leonardo da Vinci, who wants to ensure his own place in the ducal palace by painting his most ambitious portrait to date. Munich, World War II: After a modest conservator unwittingly places a priceless Italian Renaissance portrait into the hands of a high-ranking Nazi leader, she risks her life to recover it, working with an American soldier, part of the famed Monuments Men team, to get it back. Two women, separated by 500 years, are swept up in the tide of history as one painting stands at the center of their quests for their own destinies.

The Water Mirror

Author : Kai Meyer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 143910879X
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Water Mirror written by Kai Meyer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Venice, magic is not unusual. Merle is apprenticed to a magic mirror maker, and Serafin—a boy who was once a master thief—works for a weaver of magic cloth. Merle and Serafin are used to the mermaids who live in the canals of the city and to the guards who patrol the streets on living stone lions. Merle herself possesses something magical: a mirror whose surface is water. She can reach her whole arm into it and never get wet. But Venice is under siege by the Egyptian Empire; its terrifying mummy warriors are waiting to strike. All that protects the Venetians is the Flowing Queen. Nobody knows who or what she is—only that her power flows through the canals and keeps the Egyptians at bay. When Merle and Serafin overhear a plot to capture the Flowing Queen, they are catapulted into desperate danger. They must do everything they can to rescue the Queen and save the city—even if it means getting help from the Ancient Traitor himself.

The Giant

Author : Laura Morelli (author)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781942467403
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book The Giant written by Laura Morelli (author) and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a colossal statue takes shape in Renaissance Florence, the lives of a master sculptor and a struggling painter become stunningly intertwined. Florence, 1500. Fresco painter Jacopo Torni longs to make his mark in the world. But while his peers enjoy prestigious commissions, his meager painting jobs are all earmarked to pay down gambling debts. When Jacopo hears of a competition to create Florence's greatest sculpture, he pins all his hopes on a collaboration with his boyhood companion, Michelangelo Buonarroti. But will the frustrated artist ever emerge from the shadow of his singularly gifted friend? From the author of THE PAINTER'S APPRENTICE and THE GONDOLA MAKER comes a gorgeously crafted, immersive tale of Renaissance Italy. Based on a true story.

The Stolen Lady

Author : Laura Morelli
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062993607
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book The Stolen Lady written by Laura Morelli and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed author of The Night Portrait comes a stunning historical novel about two women, separated by five hundred years, who each hide Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa—with unintended consequences. France, 1939 At the dawn of World War II, Anne Guichard, a young archivist employed at the Louvre, arrives home to find her brother missing. While she works to discover his whereabouts, refugees begin flooding into Paris and German artillery fire rattles the city. Once they reach the city, the Nazis will stop at nothing to get their hands on the Louvre’s art collection. Anne is quickly sent to the Castle of Chambord, where the Louvre’s most precious artworks—including the Mona Lisa—are being transferred to ensure their safety. With the Germans hard on their heels, Anne frantically moves the Mona Lisa and other treasures again and again in an elaborate game of hide and seek. As the threat to the masterpieces and her life grows closer, Anne also begins to learn the truth about her brother and the role he plays in this dangerous game. Florence, 1479 House servant Bellina Sardi’s future seems fixed when she accompanies her newly married mistress, Lisa Gherardini, to her home across the Arno. Lisa’s husband, a prosperous silk merchant, is aligned with the powerful Medici, his home filled with luxuries and treasures. But soon, Bellina finds herself bewitched by a charismatic monk who has urged Florentines to rise up against the Medici and to empty their homes of the riches and jewels her new employer prizes. When Master Leonardo da Vinci is commissioned to paint a portrait of Lisa, Bellina finds herself tasked with hiding an impossible secret. When art and war collide, Leonardo da Vinci, his beautiful subject Lisa, and the portrait find themselves in the crosshairs of history.

The Family You Make

Author : Jill Shalvis
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063025507
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Family You Make written by Jill Shalvis and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today Bestseller “Fall in love with Jill Shalvis! She’s my go-to read for humor and heart.”— Susan Mallery, New York Times bestselling author Beloved New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis begins a new series—Sunrise Cove—set near beautiful Lake Tahoe, with a heartwarming story of found family and love. During the snowstorm of the century Levi Cutler is stranded on a ski lift with a beautiful stranger named Jane. After strong winds hurl the gondola in front of them into the ground, Levi calls his parents to prepare them for the worst…but can’t bring himself to say goodbye. Instead, wanting to fulfill his mother’s lifelong wish, he impulsively tells her he’s happily settled and Jane is his girlfriend—right before his phone dies. But Levi and Jane do not. Now Levi’s family is desperate to meet “The One.” Though Jane agrees to be his pretend girlfriend for just one dinner, she’s nervous. After a traumatic childhood, Jane isn’t sure she knows how to be around a tight-knit family that cherishes one another. She’s terrified, and a little jealous. But an unexpected series of events and a host of new friends soon show Jane that perhaps this is the life she was always meant to have. As Jane and Levi spend more time together, pretend feelings quickly turn into real ones. Now all Jane has to do is admit to herself she can’t live without the man she’s fallen in love with and the family she has always dreamed of.

Pansy in Venice

Author : Cynthia Bardes
Publisher : Octobre Llc
ISBN 13 : 9780692345542
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Pansy in Venice written by Cynthia Bardes and published by Octobre Llc. This book was released on 2015-10-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the third Pansy tale, the little chocolate poodle and her best friend Avery are summoned to Venice, Italy, to help find a parrot. Traveling by speedboat, gondola, and their own six feet, Pansy and Avery follow a mysterious trail all the way to a fancy costume ball. They solve the mystery and learn that loneliness can make people do naughty things, but good friends bring out the best in all of us.

The Glass Maker's Daughter

Author : V. Briceland
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 073872257X
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book The Glass Maker's Daughter written by V. Briceland and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-09-08 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic lies at the heart of Cassaforte, a medieval city resembling Venice. Risa Divetri will soon leave home to study the family craft—creating and enchanting glass objects. But when Cassaforte’s age-old magic unravels and corruption threatens their kingdom, Risa’s untapped powers rise to the surface—leading her toward her true fate.

The Gondola Maker

Author : Laura Morelli
Publisher : Scriptorium
ISBN 13 : 9781942467328
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (673 download)

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Download or read book The Gondola Maker written by Laura Morelli and published by Scriptorium. This book was released on 2021-02-11 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROM A USA TODAY BESTELLING AUTHOR Award-winning historical fiction set in 16th-century Venice Benjamin Franklin Digital Award IPPY Award for Best Adult Fiction E-book National Indie Excellence Award Finalist Eric Hoffer Award Finalist Shortlisted for the da Vinci Eye Prize From the author of Made in Italy comes a tale of artisanal tradition and family bonds set in one of the world's most magnificent settings: Renaissance VeniceVenetian gondola-maker Luca Vianello considers his whole life arranged. His father charted a course for his eldest son from the day he was born, and Luca is positioned to inherit one of the city's most esteemed boatyards. Soon he will marry the daughter of an artisan prow-maker, securing a key business alliance for the family. But when Luca experiences an unexpected tragedy in the boatyard, he believes that his destiny lies elsewhere. Soon he finds himself drawn to restore an antique gondola with the dream of taking a girl for a ride. The Gondola Maker brings the centuries-old art of gondola-making to life in the tale of a young man's complicated relationship with his master-craftsman father.Lovers of historical fiction will appreciate the authentic details of gondola craftsmanship, along with an intimate first-person narrative set against the richly textured backdrop of 16th-century Venice.

The Last Gondola

Author : Edward Sklepowich
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504001354
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Last Gondola written by Edward Sklepowich and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigating a few lost trinkets, Urbino Macintyre discovers a mysterious murder Samuel Possle is Venice’s oldest expatriate, a reclusive former playboy whose hedonistic youth would make the perfect subject for a book—that is, if any writer could make him talk. Biographer and amateur sleuth Urbino Macintyre has been trying for months to get an interview with Possle, and he is about to give up when his closest friend, the Contessa da Capo-Zendrini, offers to introduce him to Possle in exchange for a favor. Worthless items have gone missing from her home, and she wants Macintyre to find out if they were stolen or if her mind is beginning to slip. What appears to be an innocuous case will lead Macintyre down a treacherous canal. Interviewing Possle and searching for the contessa’s missing baubles draws the detective into the city’s gothic underbelly, where dark figures seem to lurk around every corner, and the fog conceals terrible secrets.

Liquid Desires

Author : Edward Sklepowich
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504001311
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Liquid Desires written by Edward Sklepowich and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summer in Venice is brutal, and the heat is beginning to drive the people of this quiet city mad. A woman storms into the galleries at the Biennale art fair and slashes a painting with a knife. A young girl is found raped and murdered in her own bed. And a model named Flavia Brollo appears at the home of Urbino Macintyre’s closest friend, the Contessa da Capo-Zendrini, to declare that she is the noblewoman’s illegitimate daughter. It is an outrageous declaration, and it will mean the contessa’s doom. When Flavia is found floating in the canal, Macintyre dedicates himself to finding the person who murdered this poor, disturbed woman. His inquiries lead him back to the Biennale, where the art world’s most powerful figures congregate to buy, sell, and indulge their darkest desires. Before the fair is over, Macintyre will discover that even murder can be a work of art.

The Atlantic Monthly

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 940 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Atlantic Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Year at Hotel Gondola

Author : Nicky Pellegrino
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 1409167690
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Year at Hotel Gondola written by Nicky Pellegrino and published by Orion. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Lyrical, heartrending and compelling' JOJO MOYES on Recipe for Life Kat is an adventurer, a food writer who travels the world visiting far-flung places and eating unusual things. Now she is about to embark on her biggest adventure yet - a relationship. She has fallen in love with an Italian man and is moving to live with him in Venice where she will help him run his small guesthouse, Hotel Gondola. Kat has lined up a book deal and will write about the first year of her new adventure, the food she eats, the recipes she collects, the people she meets, the man she doesn't really know all that well but is going to make a life with. But as Kat ought to know by now, the thing about adventures is that they never go exactly the way you expect them to... ****** 'Warm, engaging and truly delicious' Rosanna Ley, author of The Little Theatre by the Sea 'A delicious and sensual adventure' Fiona Gibson, author of The Woman Who Met Her Match 'Wonderfully evocative' Pamela Hartshorne, author of The Cursed Wife ****** Readers are loving Nicky Pellegrino! 'I could smell the fresh pasta, feel the sunshine, smell the sea breeze and feel my worries wash away.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Through Italy, through food, through heartbreak, through love, through family. Add in a pinch of karmic justice and you have the perfect read with a joyful ending!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Once again Nicky Pellegrino had me captivated with this amazing story. It made me laugh, made me cry. I read it in one afternoon' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Such a great escapism read, full of emotions and family drama with love' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Atlantic Monthly

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 888 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atlantic Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Once a Cigar Maker

Author : Patricia Ann Cooper
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252013331
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Once a Cigar Maker written by Patricia Ann Cooper and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patricia A. Cooper charts the course of competition, conflict, and camaraderie among American cigar makers during the two decades that preceded mechanization of their work. In the process, she reconstructs the work culture, traditions, and daily lives of the male cigar makers who were members of the Cigar Makers' International Union of America (CMIU) and of the nonunion women who made cigars under a division of labor called the "team system." But Cooper not only examines the work lives of these men and women, she also analyzes their relationship to each other and to their employers during these critical years of the industry's transition from hand craft to mass production."

The Violin Maker's Wife

Author : Dodie Bishop
Publisher : Next Chapter
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (661 download)

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Download or read book The Violin Maker's Wife written by Dodie Bishop and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2024-10-10 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three lives come together on the steps of a country church one fateful summer’s morning – two from backgrounds of wealth and privilege, the other an artisan already on his way to genius – each will know love and loss as the next twenty years unfold. Cremona, Italy. 1714. When thirteen-year-old Katarina Rota opens the door to the Guarneri workshop and Giuseppe plays a violin for her, neither can imagine what lies ahead. Though Giuseppe can teach her how to play, nurturing her talent until it surpasses his, he cannot see beyond that child he first knew. So, when Katarina meets Viennese army captain Johannes Horak and learns their families have arranged their marriage, she is ready to leave her romantic feelings for Giuseppe behind. But life has other plans, and both Giuseppe and Johannes have their parts to play in her story. Katarina must overcome heartache and struggle to find her path as a talented violin maker, drawing scorn and prejudice from Cremona’s patriarchal luthier hierarchy, before connections forged that summer long ago are finally played out. A story of love, friendship and forbidden liaisons, Dodie Bishop's THE VIOLIN MAKER'S WIFE is a compelling historical novel inspired by real-life characters, set in 18th century Italy.

A Mattress Maker's Daughter

Author : Brendan Dooley
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674369092
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book A Mattress Maker's Daughter written by Brendan Dooley and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In explaining an improbable liaison and its consequences, A Mattress Maker's Daughter explores changing concepts of love and romance, new standards of public and private conduct, and emerging attitudes toward property and legitimacy just as the age of Renaissance humanism gives way to the Counter Reformation and Early Modern Europe.