italy

"This title highlights major destinations within Italy and the people who shape the nation's culture. Readers will learn about the geography, wildlife, history, people, and economy of Italy, gaining an understanding of what life looks like in the country today. Features include a glossary, a map, references, websites, source notes, and an index"--Provided by publisher.

"Stretching into the Mediterranean Sea, Italy is known for its cuisine, cities, and cultures. Learn about Italy's history from the Roman Empire to the present and uncover its geography and landscapes"--Provided by publisher.

Get to know Italy-- its land, animals, people, and way of life.

Mangus the Magician and his thirteen-year-old servant, Fabrizio, are commanded to go to Venice, on pain of death, to find a book by Friar Luca Pacioli that reportedly contains a magical means of making money; but Venice is a strange and dangerous city, and someone else is also after the book--then Mangus is arrested, and taken to the prison, and Fabrizio and Bianca, an orphan he has met, must find a way to secure the book, save Magnus, and themselves.

Two cousins--one in Lagos, Nigeria, and the other in Milan, Italy--have different lives, but they share a dream of meeting and being together.

When a greedy entrepreneur searching for a legendary pearl forces Hector's family to close their tourist expedition business in an Italian coastal town, Hector decides to thwart the man's plans and save the sea, his family, and his dream of becoming a deep-sea diver, just like his father.

A narrative history of the Italian Renaissance, discussing its influential families, artists, rulers, the colonisation of the Americas and the rise of the Ottoman empire and its effect on Italy and more during the fifteenth century.

Venetian police captain Kat Tapo investigates an eerie ritualistic murder with ties to a Cold War cover-up and a malevolent Internet virus.

When a woman's body is found wearing the sacred robes of a Catholic priest, a desecration known as the Abomination, Captain Kat Tapo of the Carabinieri unravels a dark conspiracy that tests her loyalties.

When a U.S. army officer's daughter is kidnapped from an American base in Venice, Second Lieutenant Holly Boland, Venetian police captain Kat Tapo, and a genius webmaster join forces to find the missing girl and unravel a nefarious plot that reaches back to Italy's dark wartime past.