venice (italy)

Jo-Jo is a very unhappy donkey who carries melons to the markets of Venice, Italy, every day, until his friendship with the daughter of the Doge leads him to become a hero.

When seventeen-year-old Jasmine Callihan is whisked off for an extended visit to Venice, Italy, at the start of her senior year, she tries her best to stay out of trouble but gets caught up in trying to solve a murder mystery.

Discusses the history, development, and social characteristics of the Venetians and describes their armor, ships, and some of the battles in which they engaged.

When Iago falsely tells Othello that his wife Desdemona is cheating on him, Othello kills her and then commits suicide upon learning the truth.

Prosperous merchant Master Ashby travels with his daughter, his clerk, and his sister from London to Venice to investigate pirate attacks, and, once he arrives, he also agrees to look into the disappearance of a Jewish girl who has vanished from the Venetian Ghetto, uncovering a link between the two cases and finding his life in danger.

Venice, a city steeped in a thousand years of history, art and architecture, teeters in precarious balance between endurance and decay. Its architectural treasures crumble--foundations shift, marble ornaments fall--even as efforts to preserve them are underway. This book opens in 1996, when a dramatic fire destroys the historic Fenice opera house, a catastrophe for Venetians. Arriving three days after the fire, Berendt becomes a kind of detective--inquiring into the nature of life in this remarkable museum-city--while gradually revealing the truth about the fire. He introduces us to a rich cast of characters, Venetian and expatriate, in a tale full of atmosphere and surprise which reveals a world as finely drawn as a still-life painting. The fire and its aftermath serve as a leitmotif, adding elements of chaos, corruption, and crime and contributing to the ever-mounting suspense.--From publisher description.

An alternative history in which half-brothers Marco and Benito Valdosta, posing as street urchins in order to hide from the enemies of their grandfather, the Duke of Ferrara, find themselves in the center of a multi-faceted battle to claim the city of Venice in the sixteenth century.

An incomparable magical cello, made from a Venetian instrument maker's beloved tree, is played during the Grand Carnival only after a famous young musician lets down his public facade and faces the instrument with honesty and heartfelt desire.

Traces the history of the city built on islands in the Adriatic Sea from its establishment in A.D. 452 to the height of its political and economic power as a colonial empire and cultural center in the 1400's to its conquest by Napoleon in 1797.

Presents Shakespeare's tragedy entitled "Othello" and includes an overview of Shakespeare's theatrical career, commentary on past and current productions, and interviews with leading directors.