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1) The fraud
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"From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story—and who gets to be believed It is 1873. Mrs. Eliza Touchet is the Scottish housekeeper—and cousin by marriage—of a once-famous novelist, now in decline, William Ainsworth, with whom she has lived for thirty years. Mrs. Touchet is a woman of many interests:...
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HarperPerennial
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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"The Essential Schopenhauer delivers the first comprehensive English anthology of the seminal philosopher’s writings, edited by Wolfgang Schirmacher, president of the International Schopenhauer Association. This indispensable collection affords readers a uniquely accessible gateway into the monolithic thinker’s prodigious body of work. Just as the Harper Perennial Basic Writings seriesrenders the work of Heidegger and Nietzsche accessible for...
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"From the award-winning author comes a gripping account of one of the most scandalous murder in modern Irish history, at once a propulsive work of true crime and an act of literary subversion. Malcolm MacArthur was a well-known Dublin socialite and heir. Suave and urbane, he passed his days mingling with artists and aristocrats, reading philosophy, living a life of the mind. But by 1982, his inheritance had dwindled to almost nothing, a desperate...
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Hitchhiker volume 1
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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This is the story of Arthur Dent, who, seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, is plucked off the planet by his friend, Ford Prefect, who has been posing as an out-of-work actor for the last fifteen years but is really a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Together they begin a journey through the galaxy aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, with the words...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"An Amazon Best Books of the Month pick for September! A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection pick! From the critically acclaimed author of Yonder and The Ethan I Was Before, Ali Standish, comes a thrilling middle grade tale featuring hair-raising adventures, new friendships, secret societies, and the mind behind one of the greatest detectives of all time: Sherlock Holmes. When young Arthur Conan Doyle is offered a spot at Baskerville...
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English
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"A deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead better, more fulfilling and authentic lives, from America's preeminent death doula"--
''A deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead better, more fulfilling and authentic lives, from America's most visible death doula. "A truly unique, inspiring perspective on the time we have, what we do with it,...
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Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
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English
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A couple is very much in love, but their basic differences are tearing them apart.
The romance and marriage of opposites-- the love that binds them together and the differences that tear them apart. A love story from college to Hollywood in the thirties, forties, and fifties.
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Once and Future volume 5
Publisher
Boom! Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"The final volume and Battle of the iconic Arthurian fantasy series where the fate of kings and England is sealed! It's the day before Christmas and the Kings all converge on Excalibur, each determined to be the true ruler. Chaos arises! What if no one has the strength to take the sword? Will there finally be peace after so much conflict, or will an unexpected figure claim the throne? Rituals, bombs, and battles ensue, while the final fate of Mary,...
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Once and Future volume 4
Publisher
Boom! Studios
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A rival king rises to confront Arthur, plunging the land into civil war...and both pursue Bridgette, Duncan, and Rose as they travel across the land, desperately trying to find a way to return Britain to its senses"--
"Bridgette, Duncan, and Rose fight to rescue the entirety of Britain from the Otherworld, and itself, in this fourth chapter of the Hugo and Eisner Award nominated series! WAR OF THE KINGS! Bridgette, Duncan, and Rose, – along...
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