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Series Book 1 - Temptation in Florence
Have you met the Mantonis? This eccentric Italian family has a fatal tendency to fall over dead bodies, and their unique reactions to murder will keep you giggling all through the night.In this first book of the series, the sudden death of the grandfather, Nico, threatens to put a stop to Emma's opulent wedding. Unacceptable, says the bride, and in true Mantoni style, she hides the body until the ... Read more

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Have you met the Mantonis? This eccentric Italian family has a fatal tendency to fall over dead bodies, and their unique reactions to murder will keep you giggling all through the night.In this first book of the series, the sudden death of the grandfather, Nico, threatens to put a stop to Emma's opulent wedding. Unacceptable, says the bride, and in true Mantoni style, she hides the body until the
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Reclaiming the Spirituality of Birth in the Modern World

by Marianne Delaporte, Morag Martin, Pamela Hunt, Kristin Brig, Claire de LaBrusse, Cara Delay, Andrea L. DeMaria, Gökçen B. Dinç0, Anna M. Fedele1, Tracy Humphrey2, Sara MacLennan3, Sharifah Huseinah Madihid4, Dunen Kaneybia Muelas Izquierdo5, Tatiana Novikova6, Florence Pasche Guignard7, Anne Sylvie Ramelet8, Camila Rangel9, Angela Santamaria0, Amba J. Sepie1, Beth Sundstrom2, Ogechukwu Ezekwem Williams3, Angela Castañeda4 ...

This edited volume explores the intersection of spirituality with childbirth from 1800 to the present day from a comparative perspective. It illustrates how over this time period in much of the world, traditional practices, home births, and midwives have been overshadowed and undermined by male dominated obstetrics, hospitalization, and ultimately the medicalization of the birthing process itself. ... Read more

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This edited volume explores the intersection of spirituality with childbirth from 1800 to the present day from a comparative perspective. It illustrates how over this time period in much of the world, traditional practices, home births, and midwives have been overshadowed and undermined by male dominated obstetrics, hospitalization, and ultimately the medicalization of the birthing process itself.
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Mischief in Italy

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All Henry wants is a serious talk with his grown-up son Josh about the wrong women in Josh's life. However, the conversation immediately spins out of control and somehow, they reach a compromise that leaves Henry highly uncomfortable. Has he really promised to place a personal ad in a newspaper to have more fun in his life? And why on earth did he agree to put the words “house with pool at Lake ... Read more

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All Henry wants is a serious talk with his grown-up son Josh about the wrong women in Josh's life. However, the conversation immediately spins out of control and somehow, they reach a compromise that leaves Henry highly uncomfortable. Has he really promised to place a personal ad in a newspaper to have more fun in his life? And why on earth did he agree to put the words “house with pool at Lake
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Stormy Times

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Joanna Damanti is a vet in Stony Brook, Long Island going through a hard time. Half a year ago, her beloved dog died, and two months later, she separated from her fiancé because he cheated on her. Now she works like a demon to forget her feelings.Returning from a difficult foaling in the middle of a late November night, she gets stuck in an early blizzard. With her last ounce of strength, she ... Read more

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A New Life

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Anne has just been acquitted of murder due to lack of evidence and hopes to build up a new life in Florence, Italy. Through family connections, she obtains a job in the prestigious Garibaldi Hotel, but the attractive hotel manager Peter is not pleased to have a secretary foisted onto him who has no working experience in a hotel and doesn't even speak Italian.Anne in turn believes that Peter knows
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Masculinity, fast-changing and regularly declared to be in the throes of crisis, is attracting more popular and scholarly debate in China than ever before. At the same time, Chinese literature since 1989 has been characterized as brimming with countercultural ‘attitude’. This book probes the link between literary rebellion and manhood in China, showing how male writers, as they critique the ... Read more

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Masculinity, fast-changing and regularly declared to be in the throes of crisis, is attracting more popular and scholarly debate in China than ever before. At the same time, Chinese literature since 1989 has been characterized as brimming with countercultural ‘attitude’. This book probes the link between literary rebellion and manhood in China, showing how male writers, as they critique the
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Falling in love on his eightieth birthday was not one of the planned party surprises, but Cupid's arrow hits Uncle Teo hard. The rest of the Mantoni family, however, is in an uproar because the new girlfriend, Olga, has an astonishing talent for making enemies.Before long, the family is ripe for murder, and when Olga is indeed found dead at the foot of the historical San Niccolò Tower, the ... Read more

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Seaside Death (Temptation in Florence #5)

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Series Book 5 - Temptation in Florence
The Mantonis are going on vacation! Carlina & Stefano are looking forward to relaxing in Italy's Forte dei Marmi, the elegant seaside resort on the Ligurian Sea, but the holidays have hardly begun when their hotel manager is shot.For once, Florentine policeman Stefano Garini isn't responsible for investigating the crime, but when the local police become convinced that Carlina's young cousin, ... Read more

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The Mantonis are going on vacation! Carlina & Stefano are looking forward to relaxing in Italy's Forte dei Marmi, the elegant seaside resort on the Ligurian Sea, but the holidays have hardly begun when their hotel manager is shot.For once, Florentine policeman Stefano Garini isn't responsible for investigating the crime, but when the local police become convinced that Carlina's young cousin,
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Charmer's Death (Temptation in Florence #2)

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Series Book 2 - Temptation in Florence
Everybody knows the Mantoni girls are attractive, and theoretically, that's a good thing, right? Only this time, a charming but older millionaire desires the most beautiful Mantoni, Annalisa, as his lover for the Christmas season. Her cousin, Carlina, is disgusted by the liaison and says she'd rather see him dead than at Annalisa's side.The next day, her wish is fulfilled. The charmer is dead, ... Read more

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Everybody knows the Mantoni girls are attractive, and theoretically, that's a good thing, right? Only this time, a charming but older millionaire desires the most beautiful Mantoni, Annalisa, as his lover for the Christmas season. Her cousin, Carlina, is disgusted by the liaison and says she'd rather see him dead than at Annalisa's side.The next day, her wish is fulfilled. The charmer is dead,
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What if you inherited an umbrella that matchmade you with the first person who shares it with you?"Grandma must have been out of her mind." This is the prevailing sentiment among the four cousins in the Lemont family when they hear that their only heirloom is an ancient umbrella--and each of them must carry it around for three months to receive their inheritance. However, they stick to the rules
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Series Book 8 - Temptation in Florence
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