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"August 1939: London prepares for war as Hitler's forces sweep across Europe. Grace Bennett has always dreamed of moving to the city, but the bunkers and drawn curtains that she finds on her arrival are not what she expected. And she certainly never imagined she'd wind up working at Primrose Hill, a dusty old bookshop nestled in the heart of London. Through blackouts and air raids as the Blitz intensifies, Grace discovers the power of storytelling...
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Camino Island novels volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 14
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A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a secure vault deep below Princeton Universitys Firestone Library. Their loot is priceless, but Princeton has insured it for twenty-five million dollars. Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books. Very few people know that he occasionally dabbles in the black market of...
3) Camino winds
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Camino Island novels volume 2
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English
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Welcome back to Camino Island, where anything can happen--even a murder in the midst of a hurricane, which might prove to be the perfect crime ... Just as Bruce Cable's Bay Books is preparing for the return of bestselling author Mercer Mann, Hurricane Leo veers from its predicted course and heads straight for the island. Florida's governor orders a mandatory evacuation, and most residents board up their houses and flee to the mainland, but Bruce decides...
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Harper Muse
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Independent bookstore owner Sophie Bernstein is burned out on books. Mourning the death of her husband, the loss of her favorite manager, her only child’s lack of aspiration, and the grim state of the world, she fantasizes about going into hiding in the secret back room of her store. Meanwhile, renowned poet Raymond Chaucer has published a new collection, and rumors that he’s to blame for his wife’s suicide have led to national cancellations...
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Vintage Espanol
Pub. Date
2021.
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Español
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Bienvenido de nuevo a Camino Island, donde cualquier cosa puede suceder, incluso un asesinato en medio de un huracan, que podria resultar ser el crimen perfecto. . . Justo cuando Bay Books de Bruce Cable se prepara para el regreso del exitoso autor Mercer Mann, el huracan Leo se desvia de su curso previsto y se dirige directamente a la isla. El gobernador de Florida ordena una evacuacion obligatoria, y la mayoria de los residentes suben a bordo de...
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