Download or read book The Sicilian Affair written by May Mackintosh and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Sicilian Affair written by Susan Lewis and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2024-04-11 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t miss the latest utterly emotional thriller, brimming with family drama from Sunday Times bestseller Susan Lewis!
Download or read book The Sicilian s Marriage Arrangement and The Greek s Virgin Bride written by Lucy Monroe and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-04-21 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sicilian's Marriage Arrangement by Lucy Munroe Hope Bishop is stunned when darkly sexy Sicilian tycoon Luciano di Valerio proposes marriage. Brought up by her wealthy but distant grandfather, she is used to fading into the background. But Luciano's sensual lovemaking makes her feel vibrantly alive. Hope falls in love with her husband and is blissfully happy—until she discovers that Luciano married her to fulfill his own ruthless agenda…! The Greek's Virgin Bride by Julia James As the illegitimate granddaughter of a famous Greek billionaire, Andrea Fraser was disowned at birth and grew up in poverty. Now, at the age of twenty-five, she is unexpectedly called to Greece, where shocking news awaits her—Andrea's grandfather has found her a husband! She's promised to tycoon Nikos Vassilis as part of a business deal. But Andrea has no intention of meekly accepting a marriage of convenience. Nikos may be the most sophisticated man she's ever met, but she'll be leaving him the first chance she gets…won't she?
Download or read book The Sicilian written by Mario Puzo and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2004-09-28 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Mario Puzo wrote his internationally acclaimed The Godfather, he has often been imitated but never equaled. Puzo's classic novel, The Sicilian, stands as a cornerstone of his work—a lushly romantic, unforgettable tale of bloodshed, justice, and treachery. . . . The year is 1950. Michael Corleone is nearing the end of his exile in Sicily. The Godfather has commanded Michael to bring a young Sicilian bandit named Salvatore Guiliano back with him to America. But Guiliano is a man entwined in a bloody web of violence and vendettas. In Sicily, Guiliano is a modern day Robin Hood who has defied corruption—and defied the Cosa Nostra. Now, in the land of mist-shrouded mountains and ancient ruins, Michael Corleone's fate is entwined with the dangerous legend of Salvatore Guiliano: warrior, lover, and the ultimate Siciliano. Praise for The Sicilian “Puzo is a master storyteller.”—USA Today “The Balzac of the mafia.”—Time “An accomplished and imaginative writer.”—Los Angeles Times
Download or read book Cosa Nostra A History of the Sicilian Mafia written by John Dickie and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Italian-American mafia has its roots in a mysterious and powerful criminal network in Sicily. While the mythology of the mafia has been widely celebrated in American culture, the true origins of its rituals, laws, and methods have never actually been revealed. John Dickie uses startling new research to expose the secrets of the Sicilian mafia, providing a fascinating account that is more violent, frightening, and darkly comic than anything conceived in popular movies and novels. How did the Sicilian mafia begin? How did it achieve its powerful grip in Italy and America? How does it operate today? From the mafia's origins in the 1860s to its current tense relationship with the Berlusconi government, Cosa Nostra takes us to the inner sanctum where few have dared to go before. This is an important work of history and a revelation for anyone who ever wondered what it means to be "made" in the mob.
Download or read book The Sicilian s Ruthless Marriage Revenge written by Carole Mortimer and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First in the trilogy of three Sicilians of aristocratic birth who seek passion—at any price. From the USA Today–bestselling author. For Sicilian billionaire Cesare Gambrelli, the death of his sister was the fault of reckless Simon Ingram. The feud between the two families could only be settled by vengeance! It was Ingram’s sister Robin who would pay the price. Cesare’s plan of revenge demanded marriage and motherhood. It was the last part Cesare savored—with passionate pleasure . . .
Download or read book The Bears Famous Invasion of Sicily written by and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dino Buzzati's classic tale chronicles the terrible winter that sent the starving bears down into the valley in search of food, as well as their struggles with an army of wild boars, a wily professor who may or may not be a magician, snarling Marmoset the Cat, and, worse still, treachery within their own ranks. Over all this, the bears triumph with bravery, ingenuity, humility, and high spirits.
Download or read book From Scratch written by Tembi Locke and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a limited Netflix series starring Zoe Saldana! This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller is “a captivating story of love lost and found” (Kirkus Reviews) set in the lush Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hours. It was love at first sight when actress Tembi met professional chef, Saro, on a street in Florence. There was just one problem: Saro’s traditional Sicilian family did not approve of his marrying a black American woman. However, the couple, heartbroken but undeterred, forged on. They built a happy life in Los Angeles, with fulfilling careers, deep friendships, and the love of their lives: a baby girl they adopted at birth. Eventually, they reconciled with Saro’s family just as he faced a formidable cancer that would consume all their dreams. From Scratch chronicles three summers Tembi spends in Sicily with her daughter, Zoela, as she begins to piece together a life without her husband in his tiny hometown hamlet of farmers. Where once Tembi was estranged from Saro’s family, now she finds solace and nourishment—literally and spiritually—at her mother-in-law’s table. In the Sicilian countryside, she discovers the healing gifts of simple fresh food, the embrace of a close knit community, and timeless traditions and wisdom that light a path forward. All along the way she reflects on her and Saro’s romance—an incredible love story that leaps off the pages. In Sicily, it is said that every story begins with a marriage or a death—in Tembi Locke’s case, it is both. “Locke’s raw and heartfelt memoir will uplift readers suffering from the loss of their own loved ones” (Publishers Weekly), but her story is also about love, finding a home, and chasing flavor as an act of remembrance. From Scratch is for anyone who has dared to reach for big love, fought for what mattered most, and those who needed a powerful reminder that life is...delicious.
Download or read book Family Affair written by Sam Giancana and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of the vicious Chicago underworld from a New York Times bestselling author. With a contract out on his life, Nicholas "Nicky Breeze" Calabrese turned government witness and revealed the truth about the murders of a notorious Mob enforcer and his brother-culminating in a criminal case that would challenge the Mob from the street to the highest seats of power.
Download or read book The Sicilian Marriage written by Sandra Marton and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009-07-08 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sicilian courtship: Fast and furious—the sex was fantastic. But Briana O'Connell's explosive encounter with wealthy Sicilian Gianni Firelli was just for the moment, not a lifetime—wasn't it? The Sicilian marriage:Formal and forever—Gianni has news for Briana: the tragedy that had brought them together in grief-fulled passion had also resulted in their both being named as joint guardians of a baby girl—for whose sake, Gianni insisted, they must marry!
Download or read book I Have Something to Tell You written by Susan Lewis and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t miss the captivating new book from the internationally bestselling author Susan Lewis!
Download or read book Sicily written by John Julius Norwich and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critically acclaimed author John Julius Norwich weaves the turbulent story of Sicily into a spellbinding narrative that places the island at the crossroads of world history. “Sicily,” said Goethe, “is the key to everything.” It is the largest island in the Mediterranean, the stepping-stone between Europe and Africa, the link between the Latin West and the Greek East. Sicily’s strategic location has tempted Roman emperors, French princes, and Spanish kings. The subsequent struggles to conquer and keep it have played crucial roles in the rise and fall of the world’s most powerful dynasties. Yet Sicily has often been little more than a footnote in books about other empires. John Julius Norwich’s engrossing narrative is the first to knit together all of the colorful strands of Sicilian history into a single comprehensive study. Here is a vivid, erudite, page-turning chronicle of an island and the remarkable kings, queens, and tyrants who fought to rule it. From its beginnings as a Greek city-state to its emergence as a multicultural trading hub during the Crusades, from the rebellion against Italian unification to the rise of the Mafia, the story of Sicily is rich with extraordinary moments and dramatic characters. Writing with his customary deftness and humor, Norwich outlines the surprising influence Sicily has had on world history—the Romans’ fascination with Greek civilization dates back to their sack of Sicily—and tells the story of one of the world’s most kaleidoscopic cultures in a galvanizing, contemporary way. This volume has been a long time coming—Norwich began to explore Sicily’s colorful history during his first visit to the island in the early 1960s. The dean of popular historians leads his readers through the millennia with the steady narrative hand of a master teacher or the world’s most learned tour guide. Like the island itself, Sicily is a book brimming with bold flavors that begs to be revisited again and again. Praise for Sicily “Suavely readable . . . The very model of a popular historian, [Norwich] writes to give pleasure to the common reader. And what pleasure it is.”—The Wall Street Journal “Entertaining on every page . . . There is something ancient and sorrowful in Sicily, ‘some dark, brooding quality,’ just as captivating as its spellbinding history or its beautiful and varied landscapes, from beaches to lemon groves, pine forests to volcanoes. . . . The most amiable and freewheeling of guides, Norwich will always find time for the amusing anecdote.”—The Sunday Times “Utterly engrossing . . . written with passion about the art and architecture of this magical island, filled with gossipy tidbits and sweeping historical theories.”—The Daily Beast “Dazzling . . . Norwich is an elegantly graceful and entertaining storyteller.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch “Charming . . . richly nuanced history relayed with enormous fondness.”—Kirkus Reviews “A brisk and always-lively tour.”—Open Letters Monthly “Norwich is deeply in love with Sicily. [His] boundless affection has inspired a determined effort to understand its painful past. The result is impressionistic, as love often is.”—The Times “Norwich sketches personalities vividly. . . . He does the island and the reader a generous service in providing such an amiable introduction.”—The Sunday Telegraph “Norwich tells [Sicily’s] long, sad but fascinating story with sympathy and brio.”—Literary Review
Download or read book Mafia written by A.G.D. Maran and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-09-02 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pre-dawn arrests of the last remaining mafiosi in December 2008 signalled the end of the Sicilian Mafia as we know it. In Mafia: Inside the Dark Heart, A.G.D. Maran charts the complete history of the world's most infamous criminal organisation, from its first incarnation as an alternative form of local government in the Sicilian countryside and arguable force for 'good' to the more familiar form that has been immortalised in films such as The Godfather, and its final defeat after a long-awaited change of attitude by the Italian government. The author has used his many Italian contacts and a decade of exhaustive research to bring to life the story of the Sicilian Mafia while also exploring the links to the Cosa Nostra in America. Along the way, he asks many provocative questions, including: Why was Lucky Luciano, the father of modern organised crime, freed from a life sentence in America and deported to Italy, allowing him to organise the international drug trade? Was the Mafia involved in the death of Pope John Paul I? Why did the Mafia murder Roberto Calvi, known as God's Banker? What is the relationship between the Mafia and Freemasonry? Why did successive Italian governments fail to tackle the Mafia? Why did it take 40 years to find the Last Godfathers? These and many other riveting issues are covered in Maran's refreshing new take on a perennially enthralling subject.
Download or read book Sicilian Uncles written by Leonardo Sciascia and published by . This book was released on 2014-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The four novellas in this text show illusions being lost and ideas betrayed amid war and revolution. Each one has its own historical moment: the Allied invasion of Sicily, the Spanish Civil War, the death of Stalin and the revolution of 1848.
Download or read book The Sicilian s Innocent Mistress written by Carole Mortimer and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2008-08-21 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was Luc short for Lucifer? Darci wondered, because Luc Gambrelli was the most sinfully tempting man she'd ever encountered! Her plan was simple: she'd teach womanizer Luc a lesson by leading him on then dumping him. But the irresistible Sicilian turned the tables on Darci! Unable to resist Luc's seduction, Darci feared he'd discover she wasn't a sophisticated tease, but was an innocent—and in way over her head!
Download or read book The Sicilian s Forgotten Wife written by Caitlin Crews and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA TODAY bestselling author Caitlin Crews comes this intense revenge romance where power and redemption are up for grabs. Revenge is best served cold… But their passion is red-hot! Innocent Josselyn Christie agrees to conveniently wed the infamously powerful Cenzo Falcone to please her beloved father. But she soon realizes her new husband has only one thing on his mind: revenge against her family! Swept off to his remote Sicilian castle, Josselyn finds Cenzo arrogant, ruthless and dangerously compelling. But when an accident causes him to forget everything, the tables are turned. This Cenzo wants her as she’s always dreamed, but will he feel the same once he remembers? From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.
Download or read book The Sicilian s Marriage Arrangement written by Lucy Monroe and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hope Bishop is stunned when darkly sexy Sicilian tycoon Luciano di Valerio proposes marriage. Brought up by her wealthy but distant grandfather, she is used to fading into the background and being ignored. But Luciano's sensual lovemaking makes her feel vibrantly alive. Hope falls in love with her husband and is blissfully happy--until she discovers that Luciano ruthlessly married her...for convenience
