Orem Library

You probably know that Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. Did you know that he also invented an early version of a helicopter and a tank, and that he planned to execute the Time Warp Trio for spying on his inventions? Sam's bright idea to look for the inventor of the Book takes the guys to 15th century Italy to meet up with Leonardo. But it's going to take at least three more bright ideas, two magic tricks, and one great invention to get them...

Después de la muerte de Lorenzo de Medici en Italia se avecina una guerra ante la presencia del rey francés Carlos VIII, quien se ha apoderado del reino de Nápoles. Es 1493 y Ludovico Sforza, el Moro, es el regente de Milán. A pesar de la situación, Ludovico le pide a Leonardo da Vinci una escultura de su padre Francisco Sforza. El reto no es fácil pues, pese a la habilidad del genio, la fundición en bronce implica grandes desafíos. De improviso,...

Tightly paced and atmospheric, The Secret Supper is a dazzling historical thriller with a unique vision of both Leonardo da Vinci's genius and his masterpiece -- which you will never look at in the same way again. Milan, 1497: Leonardo is completing The Last Supper. Pope Alexander VI is determined to execute him after realizing that the painting contains clues to a baffling -- and blasphemous -- message that he is driven to decode. The Holy Grail...

Born into wealth amid the political and artistic foment of the Italian Renaissance, worldly and ambitious Isabella and naïve Beatrice d'Este, sisters and rivals, compete for the attentions of Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan.

Milan, 1492: When a sixteen-year old beauty becomes the mistress of the Duke of Milan, she must fight for her place in the palace, and against those who want her out. Soon, she finds herself sitting before Leonardo da Vinci, who wants to ensure his own place in the ducal palace by painting his most ambitious portrait to date. Munich, World War II: After a modest conservator unwittingly places a priceless Italian Renaissance portrait into the hands...