Parks, Tim

Medici money : banking, metaphysics, and art in fifteenth-century Florence by Tim Parks ( Book )
12 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 1,026 libraries worldwide
Their name is a byword for immense wealth and power, but before their renown as art patrons and noblemen, the Medicis built their fortune on banking. Banking in the fifteenth century, even at the height of the Renaissance, meant running afoul of the Catholic Church's prohibition against usury. It required more than merely financial skills to make a profit, and the legendary Medicis--most famously Cosimo and Lorenzo ("the Magnificent")--were masterly at the political, diplomatic, military, and even metaphysical tools that were needed to maintain their family's position. Parks uncovers the intrigues, dodges, and moral qualities that gave the Medicis their edge. Evoking the richness of the Florentine Renaissance and the Medicis' glittering circle, replete with artists, popes, and kings, Medici Money is a look into the origins of modern banking and its troubled relationship with art and religion. --From publisher description.

Europa by Tim Parks ( Book )
23 editions published between 1997 and 2006 in 6 languages and held by 952 libraries worldwide
A comedy on Jerry Marlow, suffering the torment of physical proximity to a woman who jilted him and whom he still loves. The two are among a group of teachers from Milan, making a bus trip to the European parliament in Strasbourg. By the author of Tongues of Flame.

Cleaver : a novel by Tim Parks ( Book )
22 editions published between 2006 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 874 libraries worldwide
Why would a man who has it all suddenly turn his back on the world at the height of his power?

Rapids : a novel by Tim Parks ( Book )
14 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and German and held by 865 libraries worldwide
A group of English canoeists arrive in Italy for white water rafting camp. There are six adults and nine adolescents in the group and are set on enjoying the experience. But the holiday cannot be entirely separated from the larger world, the experience brings out qualitites and failings, provokes sudden conflicts, unexpected shifts of alliance etc.

Destiny by Tim Parks ( Book )
19 editions published between 1999 and 2003 in 4 languages and held by 819 libraries worldwide
The suicide of his teenage son causes British journalist Christopher Burton to examine his own life.

Tongues of flame by Tim Parks ( Book )
13 editions published between 1985 and 1999 in English and held by 784 libraries worldwide

Judge Savage by Tim Parks ( Book )
13 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and German and held by 780 libraries worldwide
Daniel Savage har kostskolebaggrund og flot uddannelse - og han er sort. Men hans fine udnævnelse til Crown Court-dommer bringer ham ikke nærmere til konen og teenagebørnene. Og mens han optrevler indviklede sager i retten, bliver hans eget liv mere og mere kompliceret i en verden han ikke længere kan overskue.

Numbers in the dark : and other stories by Italo Calvino ( Book )
10 editions published between 1995 and 1996 in English and held by 754 libraries worldwide
Several dozen stories by the late Italian writer. In Nothing and Not Much, a creature which witnessed the birth of the world describes the event, Henry Ford is an analysis of a captain of capitalism, and in Beheading the Heads, politicians are regularly executed to keep them on their toes.

Shear by Tim Parks ( Book )
15 editions published between 1993 and 1996 in English and held by 744 libraries worldwide
On a Mediterranean island, geologist Peter Nichols must do a lot of juggling as he investigates the death of a quarry employee. There is the mistress he brought along, there is the daughter of the quarry owner--who seduces him so he will write an exonerating report--there is the dead man's beautiful widow and there are the faxes from Nichols' pregnant wife. By the author of Juggling the Stars.

Italian neighbors, or, A lapsed Anglo-Saxon in Verona by Tim Parks ( Book )
9 editions published between 1992 and 1994 in English and held by 732 libraries worldwide
Author's account of ten years living in an Italian village just outside the city of Verona.