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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.

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 Last Chairlift

Author : John Irving
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501189298
Total Pages : 1096 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Last Chairlift written by John Irving and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Irving’s fifteenth novel is “powerfully cinematic” (The Washington Post) and “eminently readable” (The Boston Globe). The Last Chairlift is part ghost story, part love story, spanning eight decades of sexual politics. In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, he will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, Adam will meet some ghosts; in The Last Chairlift, they aren’t the first or last ghosts he sees. John Irving has written some of the most acclaimed books of our time—among them, The World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules. A visionary voice on the subject of sexual tolerance, Irving is a bard of alternative families. In the “generously intertextual” (The New York Times) The Last Chairlift, readers will once more be in his thrall.

My Funeral Gondola

Author : Fiona Sze-Lorrain
Publisher : El Leon Literary Arts
ISBN 13 : 9780983391982
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (919 download)

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Download or read book My Funeral Gondola written by Fiona Sze-Lorrain and published by El Leon Literary Arts. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poems.

Gondola

Author : Donna Leon
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802192521
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Gondola written by Donna Leon and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The international bestselling author delivers “a delightful look at the gondola as cultural icon, marvel of construction and object of romance and mystery” (Judith Malafronte, Opera News). Of all the trademarks of Venice—and there are many, from the gilded Basilica of San Marco to the melancholy Bridge of Sighs—none is more ubiquitous than the gondola. In Gondola, the acclaimed “American with the Venetian heart,” tells the fascinating story of this famous boat, complete with gorgeous full-color illustrations (The Washington Post). First used in medieval Venice as a deftly maneuverable getaway boat, the gondola evolved over the centuries into a floating pleasure palace, bedecked in silk, that facilitated the romantic escapades of the Venetian elite. Sumptuary laws turned it black—a gleaming, elegant hue for a boat manned by robust gondolieri in their iconic black-and-white-striped shirts and straw hats. Each boat is carefully fashioned in a maestro’s workshop—though Leon also recounts a tale of an American friend who attempted to make a gondola all on his own. Once its arched prow pushes off from the dock, the single Venetian at its oar just might break out in a barcarole, the popular songs sung by gondolieri. Please note this ebook edition does not include audio recordings.

The Gondola Philadelphia and the Battle of Lake Champlain

Author : John R. Bratten
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585441471
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (414 download)

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Download or read book The Gondola Philadelphia and the Battle of Lake Champlain written by John R. Bratten and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this work, archaeologist John Bratten details the gunboat's history, construction, armament, tools, utensils, personal items, and rigging elements. He takes advantage of contemporary records to describe the Philadelphia's artifacts and presents for the first time an analysis of photographs taken during the 1935 recovery of the boat. Finally, he assesses the replica Philadelphia II, built at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum during 1989-91 in order to provide an opportunity to evaluate how the gondola was constructed, manned, sailed, and propelled by sweeps."--Jacket.

The Guggenheims

Author : John H. Davis
Publisher : SP Books
ISBN 13 : 9781561713516
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book The Guggenheims written by John H. Davis and published by SP Books. This book was released on 1989-12 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This definitive portrait of one of America's wealthiest, most influential dynasties traces their dynamic and often tragic lives. 'The Guggenheims': Meyer Guggenheim, the penniless immigrant whose genius for business and penchant for taking risks made the family fortune; Solomon Guggenheim, the pioneer art patron who commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to build the revolutionary piece of modern architecture, The Guggenheim Museum, opening the doors of contemporary art to America; Peggy Guggenheim, self-styled 'first liberated woman' who built a Venetian palace for her art but lost both her daughter and her lover to suicide; Daniel & Harry Guggenheim, whose financial interest in rocket science supported the Apollo moon landing and the growth of America's modern space program; Roger W Straus Jr, grandson of Daniel Guggenheim, who became America's foremost literary publisher, bringing numerous Nobel Prize Winning authors to the world's bookshelves. Updated with the latest from the heirs to the Guggenheim dynasty and illustrated throughout with rare family photos, John Davis has chronicled the saga of one of America's first families of philanthropy.

Railroad Car Shortage

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1014 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Railroad Car Shortage written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 1014 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cosmopolitan

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 786 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cosmopolitan written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Seductive Venice

Author : Kathleen Ann González
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (658 download)

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Download or read book Seductive Venice written by Kathleen Ann González and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-03 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seductive Venice takes readers on seven walking tours of Venice to over 90 locations Giacomo Casanova visited--churches, bridges, statues, alleys, and canals, all with helpful maps. Discover where this famous lover gambled, drank, cajoled, loved, spied, and seduced. Historical sidebars and Casanova's own words punctuate this entertaining romp through the life of Venice's most famous lover.

Discord in Harmony

Author : A. G. Copeland
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465314687
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book Discord in Harmony written by A. G. Copeland and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2004-01-12 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheriff Cletus Haley knows that nothing unusual ever happens in his little town of Harmony until that fateful morning in 1937 when unusual things begin to happen. A series of thefts begins to unnerve the town and frustrate the sheriff. But when a tin of arsenic powder is stolen from the towns doctor, Sheriff Haley realizes that much more might be at stake. And after the hooligan son of the towns most prominent family suddenly disappears, Sheriff Haley must figure out exactly what is going on in his town before the forces of man and nature come together to rend it asunder.

Rick Steves Italy

Author : Rick Steves
Publisher : Rick Steves
ISBN 13 : 1641714603
Total Pages : 1307 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Rick Steves Italy written by Rick Steves and published by Rick Steves. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 1307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now more than ever, you can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling through Italy. From the Mediterranean to the Alps, from fine art to fine pasta, experience it all with Rick Steves! Inside Rick Steves Italy you'll find: Fully updated, comprehensive coverage for planning a multi-week trip to Italy Rick's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with rankings of his must-see favorites Top sights and hidden gems, from the Colosseum and Michelangelo's David to corner trattorias and that perfect scoop of gelato How to connect with local culture: Walk in Caesar's footsteps through the ruins of the Forum, discover the relaxed rhythms of sunny Cinque Terre, or chat with fans about the latest soccer match (calcio, to locals) Beat the crowds, skip the lines, and avoid tourist traps with Rick's candid, humorous insight The best places to eat, sleep, and experience la dolce far niente Self-guided walking tours of lively neighborhoods and museums Vital trip-planning tools, like how to link destinations, build your itinerary, and get from place to place Detailed maps, including a fold-out map for exploring on the go Over 1,000 bible-thin pages include everything worth seeing without weighing you down Coverage of Venice, Padua, the Dolomites, Lake Country, Milan, the Italian Riviera, Florence, Pisa, Lucca, Hill Towns of Central Italy, Siena, Tuscany, Rome, Naples, Pompeii, Capri, the Amalfi Coast, and much more Covid-related travel info and resources for a smooth trip Make the most of every day and every dollar with Rick Steves Italy. Planning a one- to two-week trip? Check out Rick Steves Best of Italy.

Skiing

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Skiing written by and published by . This book was released on 1978-10 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Treasure of the Soul

Author : Scott Charles Bradley
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1491798521
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (917 download)

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Download or read book Treasure of the Soul written by Scott Charles Bradley and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2016-07-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are some who might say adventure is a young mans gamebut is age the only indicator of youth? Can someone be brave and wild at an older age, as well, especially if filled with passion? Along the beaches of the Dead Sea, a group of varied archaeologists come together to seek adventure, no matter the cost. Jon and his team are mostly young, but aging Professor Craft isnt one to let the young people take charge. Its been years since his last big find, and hes hungry for glory once again, perhaps in the form of a Dead Sea Scroll. But the team soon stumbles upon ancient puzzles and mystery that could very well end in death. The professor might be weaker in body but he is strong in mind and wiser than his younger cohorts. As the dig unearths secret after secret, he feels a great find is close at hand. Yet, how far are these scientists willing to go to be the one to make the big discovery? Will ambition and intrigue turn to murder in the name of greed?

Sorgegondolen

Author : Tomas Tranströmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781933382449
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Sorgegondolen written by Tomas Tranströmer and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first collection of poetry Nobel Prize winning Transtromer completed after the debilitating stroke he suffered in 1990. Since its publication, it has sold over 30,000 in Sweden alone. This new bilingual edition offers readers Transtromer's seminal work for the first time as a single version. Transtromer is one of the world's most translated poets with books appearing in numerous editions in over fifty languages, and the recipient of a plethora of literary awards, most recently the Nobel Prize for Literature 2011.

Venetian Dreaming

Author : Paula Weideger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439122334
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Venetian Dreaming written by Paula Weideger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who hasn't longed to escape to the enchanting canals and mysterious alleyways of Venice? Globetrotting writer Paula Weideger not only dreamed the dream, she took the leap. In Venetian Dreaming, she charts the course of her love affair with one of the world's most treasured cities. Weideger's search for a place to live eventually takes her to the Palazzo Donà dalle Rose, one of the rare Venetian palaces continuously inhabited by the family that built it. She weaves the past lives of the family Donà with her own adventures as she threads her way through the labyrinthine city. Art and architecture are a constant presence. Yet even more strongly felt is the passage of time, the panorama of the seasons as reflected in special events -- Carnival, the Film Festival, September's historic regatta, midnight mass at San Marco. We follow Weideger as she explores the Ghetto, the expatriate community, and the lives of locals from noblemen to boatmen. Along the way she encounters everyone from the ghost of Peggy Guggenheim to the Merchant Ivory crowd, and experiences some high drama with the Contessa, her landlady. The resulting memoir is a wry and illuminating, intelligent and tender account of the once grand heritage and now imperiled future of Venice.

The Liszt Companion

Author : Ben Arnold
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313092141
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Liszt Companion written by Ben Arnold and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-06-30 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Franz Liszt is most well-known for his compositions for piano and orchestra, but his influence is also strong in chamber music, choral music, and orchestral transcriptions. This new collection of essays presents a scholarly overview of all of the composer's work, providing the most comprehensive and current treatment of both his oeuvre and the immense amount of secondary literature written about it. Highly regarded critics and scholars write for both a general and academic audience, covering all of Liszt's major compositions as well as the neglected gems found among his choral and chamber works. Following an outline of the subject's life, The Liszt Companion goes on to detail Liszt's critical reception in the German press, his writings and letters, his piano and orchestral works, his neglected secular choral works, and his major organ compositions. Also explored here are his little-known chamber pieces and his songs. An exhaustive bibliography and index of works conclude the volume. This work will both elucidate aspects of Liszt's most famous work and revive interest in those pieces that deserve and require greater attention.