Scacchi, GretaOverview
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Greta Scacchi
The red violin
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13 editions published between 1998 and 2003 in English and Multiple languages and held by 1,264 libraries worldwide An appraiser of rare musical instruments traces the history of a blood-red violin and everyone whose lives it touched.
The odyssey
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16 editions published between 1997 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,261 libraries worldwide Aided by the goddess Athena, warrior-king Odysseus braves the terrors and temptations of a fantastic array of creatures as his return from the Trojan War becomes a decade-long quest to reach his homeland and his faithful wife, Penelope.
Emma
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1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 1,229 libraries worldwide Emma Woodhouse is a young woman who, having engineered the marriage of her companion, turns her attention toward making a match for the local vicar and her new protegée, Harriet Smith. Her one voice of reason and restraint is Mr. Knightley, who has known her since she was a child and who watches her behaviour with wry amusement and sometimes with real anger. Emma presides over the small provincial world of Highbury with enthusiasm, but she will find it is all too easy to confuse good intentions with self-gratification.
The player
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38 editions published between 1992 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 1,225 libraries worldwide A celebrity-studded thriller of murderous obsession among Hollywood's glamorous elite.
Beyond the sea
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4 editions published between 2004 and 2005 in English and held by 1,140 libraries worldwide A look at the life and career of American singer-songwriter Bobby Darin, one of the most popular musicians of the late 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s.
Brideshead revisited
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1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 1,140 libraries worldwide When the charming aristocrat Sebastian invites Charles Ryder to his family's estate, Charles becomes seduced by the opulent lifestyle of the Marchmain family, and by Julia, Sebastian's sister. As their romance deepens, repercussions follow, and Charles discovers that at Brideshead, love, money and power come at a price.
Emma
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12 editions published between 1996 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 1,040 libraries worldwide Emma Woodhouse is a young woman who, having engineered the marriage of her companion, turns her attention toward making a match for the local vicar and her new protegée, Harriet Smith. Her one voice of reason and restraint is Mr. Knightley, who has known her since she was a child and who watches her behaviour with wry amusement and sometimes with real anger. Emma presides over the small provincial world of Highbury with enthusiasm, but she will find it is all too easy to confuse good intentions with self-gratification.
Broken trail
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5 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 1,022 libraries worldwide During a horse drive to Wyoming, a man and his estranged nephew meet a man transporting five Chinese girls to a brothel; the next morning he is gone with the drovers' money, leaving the girls behind. The intended buyer sends a hired gun out to retrieve her property, as the cowboys try to keep the girls safe, and deliver the herd of horses.
Sense & sensibility
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2 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 944 libraries worldwide Sense and sensibility: Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve when she falls in love with the charming but unsuitable John Willoughby, ignoring her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behavior leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Elinor, sensitive to social convention, struggles to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Will the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love?
Jefferson in Paris
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6 editions published between 1995 and 2004 in English and German and held by 517 libraries worldwide Thomas Jefferson visits France where he meets a beautiful woman. Because he promised his dead wife that he wouldn't marry again, he must resist this worldly and mysterious woman, but he then falls for another.
Daniel Deronda
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5 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in English and held by 485 libraries worldwide Daniel Deronda, a sensitive young Englishman of indistinct parentage, is forced to choose between the love of two very different women.
Daniel Deronda
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 476 libraries worldwide Daniel Deronda is sensitive and charming, the illegitimate son of an aristocrat, haunted by the secrets that shroud his birth. Beautiful, vivacious Gwendolen Harleth is a gambler and short on cash. When they meet at the roulette table, sparks fly. But above all, Gwendolen needs money, and the icy aristrocrat Henleigh Grandcourt is more than happy to provide. As her situation becomes more and more oppressive, she turns to Daniel for help-- only to discover his involvement with the young Jewish singer Mirah Lapidoth. Torn between his attraction to Gwendolen and his passion for Mirah and the plight of her people, Daniel is forced to look at his own mysterious past and find out who he really is-- and who he wants to be.
Presumed innocent
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6 editions published between 1990 and 1998 in English and held by 426 libraries worldwide Rusty Sabich is an up-and-comer in the county prosecutor's office. He's intelligent, hard working, dependable. And, just maybe, he's also a murderer.
Presumed innocent an Alan J. Pakula film
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1 edition published in 1990 in English and held by 345 libraries worldwide Rusty Sabich is an up-and-comer in the county prosecutor's office. He's intelligent, hard working, dependable. And, just maybe, he's also a murderer.
Heat and dust
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14 editions published between 1982 and 2008 in English and held by 323 libraries worldwide In the 1970s, a woman travels to India to find the truth about her great-aunt, who left her British husband for an Indian prince in the 1930s.
Camille
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4 editions published in 1984 in English and held by 309 libraries worldwide A French courtesan with a passion for life and romance sacrifices her happiness to prove her love for a young man whose family disapproves of their relationship.
Persuasion
by Jane Austen
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11 editions published between 1995 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 289 libraries worldwide Anne Elliot has brought her misfortunes upon herself. Her mistaken decision to break her engagement with Captain Wentworth -- to which she was persuaded by a dear friend of the family, Lady Russell -- let worldly prudence outweigh love. 'Persuasion' takes up the story over seven years later, with the reappearance of Wentworth, in what is Jane Austen's most mature, profound and delicate comedy of love and marriage.
Country life
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14 editions published between 1991 and 2002 in 4 languages and held by 276 libraries worldwide Spring fever runs wild when a snooty native son returns to his hometown - and brings along his voluptuous new wife.
Shattered
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8 editions published between 1991 and 2008 in English and German and held by 260 libraries worldwide A disfigured amnesic struggles to reconstruct his life, and is haunted by nightmarish and erotic memories which lead him to a shocking and horrifying truth.
The Coca-cola kid
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15 editions published between 1985 and 2009 in English and French and held by 202 libraries worldwide Becker, a wiz-kid marketing man, is sent to Australia to boost the famous soft drink's wavering sales. T. George McDowell is the ruling soda czar in this mini "pop monopoly." When Becker's offer to merge in the hope of tripling profits is rejected, an unlikely chain of events ignites and leads to an amusing solution to the cola war. more
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Alternative Names
Gracco, Greta
Gracco, Greta, 1960-
Languages
English
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French (54) German (38) Spanish (27) Undetermined (21) Multiple languages (20) No Linguistic content (11) Italian (10) English, Middle (5) Turkish (2) Dutch (1) Covers
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