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"Una banda de ladrones consigue robar algo que, pese a no tener precio, está asegurado en veinticinco millones de dólares: los cinco manuscritos originales de las novelas de Francis Scott Fitzgerald, que hasta hacía poco yacían en una cámara acorazada bajo la biblioteca de la Universidad de Princeton. Un botín imposible de resistir. Bruce Cable regenta una prestigiosa librería en la ciudad de verano de Santa Rosa, en Camino Island. No obstante,...
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"A timeworn book opens up the past for one woman in this gripping exploration of love, fate and independence from the acclaimed author of Some of It Was Real. Constance Sparks always says yes... when her capricious best friend needs money; when her boss gives her more responsibility without a raise; and when her boyfriend, Hayden, who is very kind but also secretive, asks her to marry him. While planning their wedding -- and struggling with anxiety...
49) Wyspa Camino
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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 stolen books and manuscripts. Mercer Mann is a young novelist with a severe case of writer's block who has recently been laid off from her teaching position. She is approached by an elegant, mysterious...
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C. J. Floyd mysteries volume 5
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"C.J. Floyd, the streetwise, Denver-based bail bondsman and Vietnam vet, gets embroiled in an investigation that reaches back to the building of the transcontinental railroad, leads him to a famous photograph, and has him tangled with eccentric power brokers and collectors who are after a slice of priceless American history"--Provided by publisher.
51) The antiquarian
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Three years have passed since Gustavo, a renowned psycholinguist, last spoke to his closest friend, Daniel, who has been interned in a psychiatric ward for murdering his fiancée. When Daniel unexpectedly calls to confess the truth behind the crime, Gustavo's long buried fraternal loyalty resurfaces and draws him into the center of a quixotic, unconventional investigation through an underground network of antiquarian dealers. While Daniel reveals...
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"Richard Blanzac, a San Francisco-based rare book dealer, opens a box of consignment items and encounters the unexpected. There, among an assortment of literary rarities, he discovers a manuscript in verse, an Ace Double Novel, and a scattering of very old cigarette butts. These commonplace objects serve as catalysts for an extraordinary-- and unpredictable-- adventure. Without warning, Blanzac finds himself traversing a 'circle of discontinuity'...
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"Welcome to the Magick Bookshop. Precious medieval manuscripts and rare occult tomes clothed in vellum and layers of mystery greet customers at Malynowsky's antiquarian bookshop in Oxford, England. From spirit possessions to magickal attacks, Qabalistic coincidences to wise witches, the employees and customers of the store find themselves enacting modern versions of myths and archetypes. Stop in for a spell, for there is never a mundane moment inside...
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Bienvenido de nuevo a Camino Island, donde cualquier cosa puede suceder, incluso un asesinato en medio de un huracán, que podría resultar ser el crimen perfecto. . . Justo cuando Bay Books de Bruce Cable se prepara para el regreso del exitoso autor Mercer Mann, el huracán Leo se desvía de su curso previsto y se dirige directamente a la isla. El gobernador de Florida ordena una evacuación obligatoria, y la mayoría de los residentes suben a bordo...
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"Wróćmy do pytania o Twoją miłość do książek. Skoro masz je głęboko w sercu, na pewno nie wyobrażasz sobie sytuacji, w której miałyby one nagle zniknąć. I o tym właśnie jest ta opowieść... Rozpoczynając czytanie przeniesiesz się do niezwykłego miejsca, antykwariatu Natsuki. To tutaj właśnie pasjonaci czytania odnajdują książki z duszą i spokój idealny, by zanurzyć się w lekturze. Gdy nagle umiera właściciel tego schronienia...
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La epopeya de Rintaro, el joven heredero de una entrañable librería de viejo, y de Tora, un sabio e ingenioso gato atigrado, se ha convertido en un fulgurante éxito internacional. Su emocionante misión consiste nada más y nada menos que en salvar los libros que están en peligro y extender así el amor por estos objetos, bellos e inigualables, que son parte imprescindible de nuestra vida.
"From the #1 bestselling author in Japan comes a...
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