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Detective Linus and the Dishonourable Case of the Missing Honourable – vol. 4
The most famous young detective around. At least, according to him. Linus likes to work in the shadows, but he’s a detective so famous that he’s destined for glory! He claims to have a personal secretary, whom he refers to as Mum for convenience’s sake, and an assistant, Bagarre, a little dog whose potential Mum doesn’t seem to have understood…
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Detective Linus: His Enemies Hate Him, His Friends Put up with Him – vol. 3
The most famous young detective around. At least, according to him. Linus likes to work in the shadows, but he’s a detective so famous that he’s destined for glory! He claims to have a personal secretary, whom he refers to as Mum for convenience’s sake, and an assistant, Bagarre, a little dog whose potential Mum doesn’t seem to have understood…
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Detective Linus Incredibly Solves Another Case – vol. 2
The most famous young detective around. At least, according to him. Linus likes to work in the shadows, but he’s a detective so famous that he’s destined for glory! He claims to have a personal secretary, whom he refers to as Mum for convenience’s sake, and an assistant, Bagarre, a little dog whose potential Mum doesn’t seem to have understood…
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The Wind Thief – Da Mar 2
For many years, nothing important happened in the house. Then, Angela fished a body out of the canal. Venice, Early Middle Ages. When her once-powerful family falls into disgrace, Angela – the bold daughter of a merchant – disguises herself as a boy and boards a ship bound for Alexandria. Her mission: stop her father’s enemies and restore her family’s…
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The Boy, the Wolf and the Way Home
Giorgio is afraid of thunderstorms, wolves, and even his father, who came back a different man from the war. Only for Marianna, the girl he likes, he finds the courage to ride his bike at night, to get her some special shells from the seaside. But on his way there he finds a wounded wolf, who would probably die without…
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The Mysteries of Mercurio 1 – Giorgione: The Tempest
An old man who lives in the top of a tower in the heart of Florence challenges three friends to a dangerous mission: to discover and solve the hidden mysteries of the art world! In a dimly lit room in the Palatine Gallery, the blackbird Mercurio hands Nina, Jamal and Lorenzo a scroll with a dark mystery. When lightning rips…
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The Mysteries of Mercurio 9 – Raphael and the Mill Gang
An old man who lives in the top of a tower in the heart of Florence challenges three friends to a dangerous mission: to discover and solve the hidden mysteries of the art world! Catapulted to Perugia in 1504, Nina, Lorenzo and Jamal find themselves witnessing the gruesome discovery of a corpse caught in a mill wheel. In the crowd,…
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The Mysteries of Mercurio 8 – Palladio and the Secret of the Face
An old man who lives in the top of a tower in the heart of Florence challenges three friends to a dangerous mission: to discover and solve the hidden mysteries of the art world! While the feast of the Rifi colona with its colourful lanterns is being prepared in Florence, Nina, Jamal and Lorenzo are catapulted back to Vicenza in…
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The Mysteries of Mercurio 7 – Titian and the Wood of Shadows
An old man who lives in the top of a tower in the heart of Florence challenges three friends to a dangerous mission: to discover and solve the hidden mysteries of the art world! Mercurio is back! The room of the Venus of Urbino at the Uffizi is suddenly covered in moss and Nina, Jamal and Lorenzo find themselves in…
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The Mysteries of Mercurio 6 – Leonardo Da Vinci: The River of Time
An old man who lives in the top of a tower in the heart of Florence challenges three friends to a dangerous mission: to discover and solve the hidden mysteries of the art world! Nina, Lori and Jamal are in Urbino, in the middle of the Renaissance, just when Leonardo Da Vinci has decided to place his genius at the…
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The Mysteries of Mercurio 4 – Giotto: Rise Up to the Stars
An old man who lives in the top of a tower in the heart of Florence challenges three friends to a dangerous mission: to discover and solve the hidden mysteries of the art world! ‘Where’s Mercurio got to?’ wonder Nina, Jamal and Lorenzo, worried. They’re outside the Scrovegni Chapel, wearing leggings and ankle boots. The magical blackbird, who has just…
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The Mysteries of Mercurio 5 – Artemisia Gentileschi: The Light of the Muses
An old man who lives in the top of a tower in the heart of Florence challenges three friends to a dangerous mission: to discover and solve the hidden mysteries of the art world! A thunder, a gust of wind, the blackbird Mercurio spreads its wings and Nina, Jamal and Lori find themselves in the Eternal City: Rome. But… in…
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The Mysteries of Mercurio 3 – Caravaggio: Love Wins All
An old man who lives in the top of a tower in the heart of Florence challenges three friends to a dangerous mission: to discover and solve the hidden mysteries of the art world! To Nina, Caravaggio is the greatest painter of all. And she can hardly believe her eyes when she, Lori and Jamal come across the great maestro…
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The Mysteries of Mercurio 2 – Michelangelo: The Prisoner of Stone
An old man who lives in the top of a tower in the heart of Florence challenges three friends to a dangerous mission: to discover and solve the hidden mysteries of the art world! Who is trying to frame Michelangelo to stop him from finishing his David? In Renaissance Florence, Nina, Lorenzo and Jamal find themselves in the service of…
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The Secret of Rioba’s Nose
Venice, January 1945. Emma works as an apprentice at Sior Bepi’s bakery. Despite the anxiety caused by the presence of German soldiers in the streets, she enjoys her work—the delivery rounds, the smell of fresh bread, and Elio’s company. However, lately, the people around her seem to be keeping too many secrets. What is in the red notebook her brother…
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My Brother Who Speaks With Trees
Tommaso Biondo climbed Pizzo Sella, a hill in Palermo, and never came back. Since then, that barren hill, defaced by housing speculation, has greened up. A miracle? Thirty years later, when his brother Andrea receives an award in recognition of Tommaso’s service to the city, his speech brings the Botanical Garden Band back to life. The extraordinary adventure of five…
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Xenia Against Time
Xenia came into the world with a somersault, Alma the cat has a white fur coat. They chose each other, and yet one day, Alma finds the door open and runs away from home. Xenia together with Leone, her best friend, go out to look for her and come across the hermit, a mysterious woman who speaks in riddles and…
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Planet Earth is Calling Matt
Matt’s parents just had a revelation: he has what it takes to give a hand to the environment. With all the hands in the world, why does it have to be his? Indeed, the SOS Nature Park needs help: it is a wooded area so littered with rubbish that it would take the strength of a thousand people to clean it up. Be that…
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My Unexpected Life
Frances has a Mum-Forever #1, Mirella, whom she has not seen for years. And now, after her grandparents suddenly died, Frances is going to have a Mum-Forever #2, as she is going to live with her new foster family: Erica and Daniel Borisnietzov, costume designer and famous dancer respectively, with their three children. The three kids, plus Frances and also…
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The Ugly-Wonder
Leo is a young model, beautiful, charming and vain: he is used to having thousands of followers on his social media and crowds of adoring girls wherever he goes. When he starts a new school, though, something weird happens: during a visit at the museum, a weird fish bites him and after that Leo develops some very peculiar superpowers: when…
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