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  Godfather: Book 1

  The Godfather

  by Mario Puzo

  More than thirty years ago, a classic was born. A searing novel of the Mafia underworld, The Godfather introduced readers to the first family of American crime fiction, the Corleones-and became the definitive novel of the virile, violent subculture that remains steeped in intrigue, in controversy, and in our collective consciousness.
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  The Shape of Water (Inspector Maltalbano Mysteries)

  by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli

  Andrea Camilleri's novels starring Inspector Montalbano have become an international sensation and have been translated from Italian into eight languages, ranging from Dutch to Japanese. The Shape of Water is the first book in this sly, witty, and engaging series with its sardonic take on Sicilian life. Early one morning, Silvio Lupanello, a big shot in the village of Vigàta, is found dead in his car with... (more)
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  The Paper Moon

  by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli

  The latest mystery in Andrea Camilleri’s internationally bestselling Inspector Montalbano series With their dark sophistication and dry humor, Andrea Camilleri’s classic crime novels continue to win more and more fans in America. The latest installment of the popular mystery series finds the moody Inspector Montalbano further beset by the existential questions that have been plaguing him of late. But he... (more)
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  The Leopard (Everyman's Library Classics)

  by Di lampedus, Archibald Colquhoun

  A classic of modern fiction. Set in the 1860s, THE LEOPARD is the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution.
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  August Heat

  by Andrea Camilleri

  When a colleague extends his summer vacation, Inspector Salvo Montalbano is forced to stay in Vigàta and endure the August heat. Montalbano’s long-suffering girlfriend, Livia, joins him with a friend—husband and young son in tow—to keep her company during these dog days of summer. But when the boy suddenly disappears into a narrow shaft hidden under the family’s beach rental, Montalbano, in pursuit of the child,... (more)
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  The Patience of the Spider

  by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli

  The latest mystery in Andrea Camilleri’s internationally bestselling Inspector Montalbano series Winning fans in Europe and America for their dark sophistication and dry humor, Andrea Camilleri’s crime novels are classics of the genre. Set once again in Sicily, The Patience of the Spider pits Inspector Montalbano against his greatest foe yet: the weight of his own years. Still recovering from the... (more)
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  Excursion to Tindari: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery

  by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli

  Following the long-running success he has enjoyed on bestseller lists in Europe, Inspector Salvo Montalbano is now winning over American readers and critics alike as "one of the most engaging protagonists in detective fiction" ( USA Today ). Now, in Excursion to Tindari, Andrea Camilleri’s savvy and darkly comic take on Sicilian life leads Montalbano into his most bone- chilling case yet. In two seemingly... (more)
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  The Terra-Cotta Dog (Inspector Montalbano Mysteries)

  by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli

  Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano has garnered millions of fans worldwide with his sardonic take on Sicilian life. Montalbano's latest case begins with a mysterious têtê à têtê with a Mafioso, some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist, and dying words that lead him to an illegal arms cache in a mountain cave. There, the inspector finds two young lovers, dead for fifty years and still... (more)
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  The Smell of the Night: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery (Unabridged)

  by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli

  The number of Inspector Montalbano fans will continue to grow with this ingenious new novel featuring the earthy and urbane Sicilian detective. Half the retirees in Vig`ata have invested their savings with a financial wizard who has disappeared, along with their money. As Montalbano investigates this labyrinthine financial scam, he finds himself at a serious disadvantage: a hostile superior has shut him... (more)
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  Rounding the Mark

  by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli

  A dazzling new book in Andrea Camilleri’s international bestselling mystery series The earthy and urbane Sicilian detective Inspector Montalbano casts his spell on more and more fans with each new mystery from Andrea Camilleri. Two seemingly unrelated deaths form the central mystery of Rounding the Mark . They will take Montalbano deep into a secret world of illicit trafficking in human lives, and... (more)
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  In the Arms of Immortals: A Novel of Darkness and Light (Chronicles Of The Scribe)

  by Ginger Garrett

  The Black Death sweeps through a Sicilian village in Book Two of Ginger Garrett's unforgettable Chronicles of the Scribe series. It starts when a strange ship docks in the village harbor. That night an old man falls ill … then the baker's wife … then a street urchin. By morning half the townspeople are dead and more are dying horribly. And no one in town has a clue how to stop it. Not the local priest. Not the... (more)
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  The Stone Boudoir: Travels through the Hidden Villages of Sicily

  by Teri Maggio

  From the acclaimed author of Mattanza , a remarkable collection of intertwined stories about the unknown hill towns and villages of Sicily. In this sparkling book, Theresa Maggio takes us on a journey in search of Sicily's most remote and least explored mountain towns. Using her grandparents' ancestral village of Santa Margherita Belice as her base camp, she pores over old maps to plot her adventure, selecting... (more)
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  The Voice of the Violin: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery

  by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli

  Inspector Montalbano, praised as "a delightful creation" ( USA Today ), has been compared to the legendary detectives of Georges Simenon, Dashiell Hammett, and Raymond Chandler. As the fourth mystery in the internationally bestselling series opens, Montalbano’s gruesome discovery of a lovely, naked young woman suffocated in her bed immediately sets him on a search for her killer. Among the suspects are... (more)
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  Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia

  by John Dickie

  Cosa Nostra is the compelling story of the Sicilian mafia, the world's most famous, most secretive and most misunderstood criminal fraternity. The mafia has been given many names since it was founded one hundred and forty years ago: the Sect, the Brotherhood, the Honoured Society, and now Cosa Nostra. Yet as times have changed, the mafia's subtle and bloody methods have remained the same. Now, for the first time,... (more)
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  The other conquest

  by John Julius Norwich

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  On Persephone's Island: A Sicilian Journal (Vintage Departures)

  by Mary Taylor Simeti

  Mary Taylor Simeti arrived in Sicily in 1962 to do volunteer work. Freshly graduated from Radcliffe College after growing up in a distinguished and privileged New York City family, the last thing she expected was to fall in love and marry a Sicilian. On Persephone's Island: A Sicilian Journal is the ambivalent love story of an intelligent, complex, and self-reflective woman. The book recounts the events of... (more)
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  Godfather: Book 2

  The Sicilian

  by P. R. Markland, Mario Puzo, T. D. Harding

  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... (more)
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  The Ruby in Her Navel: A Novel of Love and Intrigue in the 12th Century

  by Barry Unsworth

  Set in the Middle Ages during the brief yet glittering rule of the Norman kings, The Ruby in Her Navel is a tale in which the conflicts of the past portend the present. The novel opens in Palermo, in which Latin and Greek, Arab and Jew live together in precarious harmony. Thurstan Beauchamp, the Christian son of a Norman knight, works for Yusuf, a Muslim Arab, in the palace’s central finance office, a job which... (more)
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  Pomp and Sustenance: Twenty-Five Centuries of Sicilian Food

  by Mary Taylor Simeti

  Pomp and Sustenance is a celebration of one of the oldest, most varied, and best-loved cuisines of Europe, at once frugal and extravagant, robustly simple yet often handsomely ornate. For twenty-five centuries, the people of Sicily have been creating what is perhaps the basic cuisine of Europe on the beautiful island in the heart of the Meditteranean. Beginning with the oldest and most elementary components in... (more)
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  Bitter Victory: The Battle for Sicily July-August 1943

  by Carlo D'Este

  Bitter Victory illuminates a chapter of World War II that has lacked a balanced, full-scale treatment until now. In recounting the second-largest amphibious operation in military history, Carlo D'Este for the first time reveals the conflicts in planning and the behind-the-scenes quarrels between top Allied commanders. The book explodes the myth of the Patton-Montgomery rivalry and exposes how Alexander's inept... (more)