Download or read book The Venice Adriana written by Ethan Mordden and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek-American opera singer Adriana Grafanas is the most famous opera singer of her time and her scandals, temperament, and cancellations were the stuff of international headlines. Now, in her early 60s, her voice is in shreds and she is near retirement. Sent to Venice to "pull together" her autobiography, American Mark Trigger is drawn into the compelling world of Adriana and of Venice itself. Trying to uncover the truth about Adriana's life, Mark instead discovers his own passions--men and Adriana's music. Bold, sensual, and evocative of a forgotten time and place, The Venice Adriana is Ethan Mordden at his finest.
Download or read book The Venice Adriana written by Ethan Mordden and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-08-20 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An American writer sent to Venice to do the autobiography of a famous Greek-American opera singer's scandalous life discovers instead his own passions: men and music.
Download or read book The Violinist of Venice written by Alyssa Palombo and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like most 18th century Venetians, Adriana d'Amato adores music—except her strict merchant father has forbidden her to cultivate her gift for the violin. But she refuses to let that stop her from living her dreams and begins sneaking out of her family's palazzo under the cover of night to take violin lessons from virtuoso violinist and composer Antonio Vivaldi. However, what begins as secret lessons swiftly evolves into a passionate, consuming love affair. Adriana's father is intent on seeing her married to a wealthy, prominent member of Venice's patrician class—and a handsome, charming suitor, whom she knows she could love, only complicates matters—but Vivaldi is a priest, making their relationship forbidden in the eyes of the Church and of society. They both know their affair will end upon Adriana's marriage, but she cannot anticipate the events that will force Vivaldi to choose between her and his music. The repercussions of his choice—and of Adriana's own choices—will haunt both of their lives in ways they never imagined. Spanning more than 30 years of Adriana's life, Alyssa Palombo's The Violinist of Venice is a story of passion, music, ambition, and finding the strength to both fall in love and to carry on when it ends.
Download or read book The Violinist of Venice written by Alyssa Palombo and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping historical novel of composer and priest Antonio Vivaldi, a secret wealthy mistress, and their passion for music and eachother
Download or read book Some Men Are Lookers written by Ethan Mordden and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 1997-05-15 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some Men Are Lookers, Ethan Mordden's much lauded fourth volume in his "Buddies" cycle, follows the exploits of his best-loved characters-Dennis Savage, Little Kiwi, Carlo, the 'elf-child' Cosgrove, and narrator Bud. Mordden lays bare the emotional landscape of the city within a city that is Gay Manhattan. Blending the comic, the sexy, and the at once idealistic and realistic, these stories represent Ethan Mordden at his very best.
Download or read book Venice Preserved written by Thomas Otway and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Masquerade in Venice written by Velda Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1880, Sara Randall flees to her grandmother's ancestral home in Venice where events lead the police to suspect her of murder.
Download or read book The Venice Apartment and Other Stories written by Erna Cooper and published by Trafford on Demand Pub. This book was released on 2006 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artists, travelers and truth-seekers learn about power, possession and freedom through nature and art, haunted houses and unburied treasures that unravel mysteries about love, the living and the dead.
Download or read book The Venice Sketchbook written by Rhys Bowen and published by . This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caroline Grant is struggling to accept the end of her marriage when she receives an unexpected bequest. Her beloved great-aunt Lettie leaves her a sketchbook, three keys, and a final whisper . . . Venice. Caroline's quest: to scatter Juliet "Lettie" Browning's ashes in the city she loved and to unlock the mysteries stored away for more than sixty years.
Download or read book A Thousand Days in Venice written by Marlena De Blasi and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: De Blasi, a chef and food writer from St. Louis, begins a whirlwind romance with a man in Venice.
Download or read book Monteverdi in Venice written by Denis Stevens and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Monteverdi in Venice also contains a discussion of performance practice, shedding light on the odd distortions of the composer's musical habits produced by today's fads and fashions. His vocal works, meant to be performed one or two voices to a part, are consistently given by massed choirs. His music is willfully transposed, although there is not a shred of evidence to prove that they were ever interfered with. Most of the instruments used in modern renderings are hopelessly wrong from a tonal point of view."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Dusk in Venice written by Adriana Dean and published by . This book was released on 2023-12-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They met by chance. Could their love survive an ocean's distance and years apart? Oriana left her birthplace of Italy for America with her mother in 1947. Longing to return to the place of her birth and her extended family, she finally gets her chance as a young woman going on a deluxe European tour. Everything goes as planned except for an encounter with a handsome stranger on a train. Marcos is in the Argentinian Navy and is in Europe on business. His magical time with Oriana ends far too quickly, pulling them apart and making them question if what they felt for each other was real love or a momentary infatuation. Through their letters, they struggle to understand what the other is thinking and what's keeping them apart. Between her father's interference and his time-consuming business deal, it seems fate is conspiring to do so. Not able to forget their time spent together, will they surmount the obstacles?
Download or read book An Aria in Venice written by Kasonndra Leigh and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-03-13 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **This novel is a standalone with no cliffhanger.** His goal...One night with the ballerina. Her goal...To beat the player at his game. The outcome...Something completely unexpected. Adriana Dostov pegged Luca Martuccio from day one: gorgeous, talented, arrogant, a man who has had difficulty committing to one woman in the past. He is known in fashion circles as the player with a scandalous history. So when the girls in her ballet troupe suggest she gives up her virginity to him, she doesn't say no. But she's not sure that a 'yes' is the right answer either. Yet, she can't stop herself from making the offer...a one night stand in Venice. Luca wanted fiesty little Adriana the moment they first met - and he fully intends to have her, hence why he's agreed to accept her proposal. In the end, he'll get what he wants. No commitment. All sex. But, as Luca discovers, there's more to the ballerina with the overbearing mother - and he can't help but care about the frightened girl behind those sad eyes. Adriana discovers Luca isn't just walking sex on a stick - he has a wildly passionate side, a lost soul who has suffered just as much grief as her. And it could be, they're exactly what the other one needs.
Download or read book Homeless in Paradise Communicating with the Bohemian Venice Beach Subculture written by William G. O'Connell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-01-19 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take an eye-opening, thought provoking and captivating journey into the underbelly of this heart wrenching, riveting, lifestyle which takes place on Venice Beach, CA. Read fascinating stories by Professor O'Connell who captures the mood, spirit, and torturing thoughts of ten random homeless people ranging from people with mental illness to the consciousness of one of the most spiritual homeless, a Native American man who is an Astrophysicist with a PhD called "The Chief" who has been a civil rights activist through all of the movements against oppression, which transformed America in the 1960's, homeless twenty-seven years. Live the stories of broken lives with war torn Vietnam Veterans, homeless transsexuals and the chilling cruelty of public ridicule they face to the story of a homeless woman who has appeared on the show COPS, arrested more than 180 times after a horrific tragedy defines her life to which she has never been able to recover. She leads the author into the center of underground homeless.
Download or read book Venice Master Artisans written by Cristina Gregorin and published by Grafiche Vianello srl. This book was released on 2003 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology is a brand new, beautifully illustrated anatomy and physiology textbook program written and designed for high school students. The text includes thorough, accurate coverage of all the body systems in an inviting, accessible format that chunks chapter information into manageable lessons for the beginning anatomy and physiology student. An abundance of study aids, such as learning objectives, lesson summaries, vocabulary-building exercises, hands-on activities, real-world applications, and extensive assessment opportunities increase students' ability to succeed in this challenging course. An outstanding supplement package that includes a robust companion website, ExamView Assessment Suite CD, PowerPoint lecture slides, detailed lesson plans, and a variety of enrichment labs and activities, will minimize your preparation time.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States 2 volumes written by Emmanuel S. Nelson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page 827 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this two-volume work, hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries survey contemporary lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer American literature and its social contexts. Comprehensive in scope and accessible to students and general readers, Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States explores contemporary American LGBTQ literature and its social, political, cultural, and historical contexts. Included are several hundred alphabetically arranged entries written by expert contributors. Students of literature and popular culture will appreciate the encyclopedia's insightful survey and discussion of LGBTQ authors and their works, while students of history and social issues will value the encyclopedia's use of literature to explore LGBTQ American society. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and lists additional sources of information. To further enhance study and understanding, the encyclopedia closes with a selected general bibliography of print and electronic resources for student research.
