Patchett, Ann
Summary: "Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gun-wielding terrorists breaks in, taking the entire party hostage. But what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PATWilkinson, Gina
Summary: At night, in Huda's fragrant garden, a breeze sweeps in from the desert encircling Baghdad, rustling the leaves of her apricot trees and carrying warning of visitors at her gate. Huda, a secretary at the Australian embassy, lives in fear of the mukhabarat'the secret police who watch and listen for any scrap of information that can be used against America and its allies. They have ordered her to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing 2021
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WILCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WILPatchett, Ann
Summary: First published in 2001, Bel Canto is possibly Ann Patchett's most beloved novel. Set in an unnamed South American country, at the home of the vice president, it is the story of a lavish birthday party honoring Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has enthralled the international guests with a mesmerizing performance. The evening is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of Harpercollins Publishers 2001
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PATCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PATPryor, Mark
Summary: When his bookseller friend, a former Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter, is kidnapped and other booksellers are murdered, Hugo Marston, head of security for the U.S. embassy in Paris, discovers a shocking conspiracy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seventh Street Books 2012