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Leon, Donna. Through a glass, darkly.


LEON, Donna. Through a glass, darkly. Read by David Colacci. 7 cds. 8.75 hrs. BBC BBC
 in full British Broadcasting Corp.

Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927.
 Audiobooks America. 2006. 0-7927-4013-0. $74.95. Vinyl; plot, author, reader notes. SA

Giovanni De Cal, a Murano glass Murano glass has been a famous product of the Venetian island of Murano for centuries. Located off the shore of Venice, Italy, Murano was a commercial port as far back as the 7th Century. By the 10th Century it had become a well-known city of trade.  manufacturer, is alleged to be unsafely disposing of his plant's dross. Environmentalist environmentalist

a person with an interest and knowledge about the interaction of humans and animals with the environment.
 protestors attract the attention of Guido Brunetti when, trying to do a favor for a friend of a friend arrested while picketing health and safety issues, the Commissario instead finds he has stepped into a De Cal family feud This article is about the American game show. For other versions, see Family Feud around the world. For rivalries between families, see Feud.

Family Feud
. He takes this personally, especially after De Cal's night watchman WATCHMAN. An officer in many cities and towns, whose duty it is to watch during the night and take care of the property of the inhabitants.
     2. He possesses generally the common law authority of a constable (q.v.
 is found lying dead in front of one of the plant's furnaces some days later. The death is ruled accidental and is of interest only to Brunetti, whose incentive to investigate is more a matter of his cynical curiosity than of his devotion to justice. For Brunetti, only slightly less so than other members of his largely idle Venetian bureaucracy, has other, more pressing things on his mind, like the wonderful local food and wines and maintaining the contacts that give him the standing and time to enjoy them. Leon's emphasis on characterization and local color is enhanced by Colacci, who reads expository passages in his own voice but performs all dialogue in convincing and highly expressive Italian accents. Francine Levitov, Attorney, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, NY

S--Recommended for senior high school students.

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Date:Sep 1, 2006
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