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"Jewels and their lapidaries and have all but passed into myth. Jorit, broke and branded a thief, just wants to escape the Far Reaches for something better. Ania, a rumpled librarian, is trying to protect her books from the Pressmen, who value knowledge but none of the humanity that generates it. When they stumble upon a mysterious clock powered by an ancient jewel, they may discover secrets in the past that will change the future forever."--Provided...
467) Bear
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Nonpareil book volume 47
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Marian Engel, who died in 1985 after a tragic struggle with cancer, was among Canada's most celebrated and beloved novelists. Her last, best known, and most controversial book was Bear (winner of the Governor-General's Award) in which a mousy, timid librarian is summoned to a remote Canadian island to inventory the estate of Colonel Cary, who, she learns soon enough, had any number of secrets. But the most surprising and enduring secret is a pet bear....
468) The raven's head
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Vincent is an apprentice librarian who stumbles upon a secret powerful enough to destroy his master. With the foolish arrogance of youth, he attempts blackmail but the attempt fails and Vincent finds himself on the run and in possession of an intricately carved silver raven's head. Any attempt to sell the head fails ...until Vincent tries to palm it off on the intimidating Lord Sylvain - unbeknown to Vincent, a powerful Alchemist with an all-consuming...
469) Mister Librarian
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Mister volume 1
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"Honey Williams doesn't trust men. Between her father and last lover, a part of her struggles with resenting the entire species. She's spent the past six months hidden in the safety of her parents' home hoping her kind heart will never be the cause of pain and misfortune again. That seems possible until a cranky client causes chaos... which leads to her meeting Mr. Librarian. A natural protector, Kahlil Roberts feels like less of a man if he can't...
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Polish
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Alice czuje się jak wybrakowana wersja samej siebie. Szybki ślub z przystojnym Amerykaninem okazuje się pomyłką. W domu rządzi teść, który książki inne niż Biblia uznaje za stratę czasu. Na dodatek plotkuje o niej całe Baileyville, tylko dlatego że przybyła z dalekiej i równie nudnej Anglii. Otwarcie konnej biblioteki prowadzonej przez kobiety burzy spokój miasteczka. Na jej czele staje Margery, która brzydzi się hipokryzją i,...
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Who killed Hieronymus Wild? Was it his archenemy, his mistress, his wife or women in his past? When his body is found dead in the reference and reading room at the Midwestern University Library, on the floor of Violetta Aristotle's department, all hell breaks loose. Why would anyone want to murder a librarian? The answer to this hinges on one of Sherlock Holmes' most famous cases. Sherlockian clues are stashed throughout the book with dashes...
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When Abigail Merchant discovers the journal of an eccentric scholar, she is determined to prove her worth as a librarian at the British Musem. She sets off on her to Casablanca, where her quest becomes entangled with the fate of Apollo Smith, a handsome ex-legionnaire with a murky past and a questionable future.
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Harlequin presents volume 3862
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Having failed to find Mr. Right, plain librarian Hannah Meeks decided to start the family she's desperately wanted on her own. Only to discover that her miracle baby is actually the heir to the throne of Baaqi... Sheikh Akin Sarraf was the unwanted spare. Now, finding out his late brother had unknowingly fathered a child, Akin's duty is to bring Hannah to his palace and make her his wife! Marrying for love was always out of the question. But Hannah's...
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Español
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París, 1939. La joven Odile Souchet lo tiene todo: un atractivo novio oficial de policía y un trabajo de ensueño en la Biblioteca Americana de París. Pero cuando estalla la guerra y los nazis marchan sobre París, Odile se expone a perder todo lo que le importa, incluida su querida biblioteca. Sabe que en los momentos difíciles los templos de la cultura peligran porque los libros contienen palabras e ideas prohibidas que deben destruirse. Odile...
476) Pride and publishing
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Best-selling author Camilla Courtenay is in Lighthouse Bay to judge a Regency romance writing contest. As librarian Faith Newberry is helping the contestants with their research, unusual incidents begin to occur. Are they simply accidents, or is someone attempting to permanently end Camilla's career?
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Jane Jameson novels volume 3
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"Nothing sucks the romance out of world travel like a boyfriend who may or may not have broken up with you in a hotel room in Brussels. Jane Jameson's sexy sire Gabriel has always been unpredictable, but the seductive, anonymous notes that await him at each stop of their international vacation, coupled with his evasive behavior over the past few months, finally push Jane onto the next flight home to Half Moon Hollow--alone, upset, and unsure whether...
478) The moon rock
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When Elliot takes his grandfather's moon rock, he's not really stealing, just borrowing it for further study. But the rock launches him into an adventure beyond his wildest imagination--it launches him clear to the moon! Elliot must then find a magical key to end the civil war between the Librarians and the Defiers on the moon, while also saving his family from disaster on earth.
480) Tidings of joy
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Christmas in Evergreen volume 3
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English
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A big-city reporter and one of Evergreen's librarians find a fifty-year-old time capsule that leads to a remarkable discovery in this sweet holiday romance.
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