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After Midnight
by Teresa Medeiros

ISBN 0060762993 (0-06-076299-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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"Our sister is marrying a vampire."
When the ever practical Caroline Cabot first hears those words from the lips of her fanciful youngest sister, she accuses Portia of having a wild imagination.
But when she discovers their sister Vivienne is actually being courted by Adrian Kane, the mysterious viscount rumored to be a vampire, she decides to accept his invitation to a midnight supper and do some sleuthing of her own. To both her delight and her dismay, she soon finds herself falling under Kane's bewitching spell.
After all, what's a proper young lady to do when her sister's suitor arouses more than just her suspicions? [via]
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Bleak House
by Charles Dickens, Norman Page

ISBN 0140430636 (0-14-043063-6)
Softcover, Penguin USA

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Bleak House is a satirical look at the Byzantine legal system in London as it consumes the minds and talents of the greedy and nearly destroys the lives of innocents--a contemporary tale indeed. Dickens's tale takes us from the foggy dank streets of London and the maze of the Inns of Court to the peaceful countryside of England. Likewise, the characters run from murderous villains to virtuous girls, from a devoted lover to a "fallen woman," all of whom are affected by a legal suit in which there will, of course, be no winner. The first-person narrative related by the orphan Esther is particularly sweet. The articulate reading by the acclaimed British actor Paul Scofield, whose distinctive broad English accent lends just the right degree of sonority and humor to the text, brings out the color in this classic social commentary disguised as a Victorian drama. However, to abridge Dickens is, well, a Dickensian task, the results of which make for a story in which the author's convoluted plot lines and twists of fate play out in what seems to be a fast-forward format. Listeners must pay close attention in order to keep up with the multiple narratives and cast of curious characters, including the memorable Inspector Bucket and Mr. Guppy. Fortunately, the publisher provides a partial list of characters on the inside jacket. (Running time: 3 hours; 2 cassettes) [via]
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Children of the Storm
by Elizabeth Peters

ISBN 0061032484 (0-06-103248-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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Return once again with New York Times bestselling Grand Master Elizabeth Peters to a remarkable land of mystery, deception, and danger, where murderous intrigues swirl in the desert wind. . . .
The Great War has ended at last. No longer must archaeologist Amelia Peabody and her husband, Emerson, the distinguished Egyptologist, fear for the life of their daring son, Ramses, now free from his dangerous wartime obligations to British Intelligence. The advent of a season of joy and peace marks a time of new beginnings in Luxor, with delightful additions to the growing Emerson family and fascinating wonders waiting to be discovered beneath the shifting Egyptian sands.
But in the aftermath of conflict, evil still casts a cold shadow over this violence-scarred land. The theft of valuable antiquities from the home of a friend causes great concern in the Emerson household. Ramses's strange encounter with a woman costumed in the veil and gold crown of a goddess only deepens the mystery. And the brutal death of the suspected thief washes the unsettling affair in blood.
Amelia's investigation sets her on a terrifying collision course with an adversary more fiendish and formidable than any she has ever encountered. And in her zeal to make things right, the indomitable Amelia may be feeding the flames of a devastating firestorm that threatens the fragile lives of the tender and the innocent.
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Crimen Y Castigo / Crime and Punishment
by Fedor Dostoievski

ISBN 8437614031 (84-376-1403-1)
Softcover, Catedra Ediciones

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Una visita de Balzac a San Petersburgo le sugirio al joven alferez ingeniero Fiodor Dostoievski la idea de traducir «Eugenie Grandet». La traduccion hizo mucho mas que sacarle de un apuro economico; desperto su fiebre creativa y su vocacion. Entonces, decidio solicitar la excedencia y dedicarse a la literatura.Obra realmente genial, «Crimen y castigo» es una de las mas grandes creaciones de la literatura mundial. Todo el dolor humano palpita y nos contempla desde los estremecedores cuadros de miseria, de vejacion personal, de soledad y de asfixia moral propios de una gran ciudad. Contradiciendo su propia teoria de que no existen motivos sociales para justificar el crimen, se diria que Dostoievski ha puesto en esta novela todo su afan de acumular y sacar a la luz precisamente las circunstancias sociales que, a cada paso, empujan a la persona a llegar al crimen, aunque sea para afirmar su yo y probarse a si mismo que es un hombre. [via]
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A Dead Man in Deptford
by Anthony Burgess

ISBN 0091779774 (0-09-177977-4)
Hardcover, Hutchinson

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Set in Elizabethan England, Burgess's first novel for four years centres on the life of Christopher Marlowe, who was killed in suspicious circumstances in a tavern brawl in Deptford 400 years ago. It portrays a theatre genius riven by sexual and political conflicts. By the author of "Any Old Iron". [via]
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Don Quijote
by Not Available

ISBN 9707700610 (970-770-061-0)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc

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Contenidos: Presentación; Un Novela Para El Siglo XXI por Mario Vargas Llosa; La Invención Del "Quijote" por Francisco Ayala; Cervantes Y El "Quijote" por Martin de Riquer; Nota Al Texto por Francisco Rico; Don Quijote De La Mancha, Edición y notas de Francisco Rico; La Lengua De Cervantes Y El "Quijote" por Jose Manuel Blecua, Guillermo Rojo, Jose Antonio Pascual, Margit Frank, Claudio Guillen; Glosario. [via]
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Don Quijote De LA Mancha
by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

ISBN 8471664577 (84-7166-457-7)
Softcover, Edaf Antillas

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La novela más moderna, crítica, tierna, mordaz y divertida de la literatura española. Hay Quijotes para lucir en la estantería, Quijotes para investigar, Quijotes para leer por obligación...Esta Edición Cultural está hecha para disfrutar leyendo el Quijote como lo hicieron sus primeros lectores: Porque incluye anotaciones al margen que proporcionan claves para la interpretación del texto sin entorpecer la continuidad de la lectura. Porque incluye 60 temas culturales desarrrollados en formato visual, que permiten acceder de forma rápida a la información del contexto cultural de la época. Un Quijote para leer y entender. [via]
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Don Quijote De La Mancha / Don Quixote Man of La Mancha
by Miguel Saavendra De Cervantes, Eduardo Alonso, Victor G. Ambrus, Martin de Riquer

ISBN 8431673966 (84-316-7396-6)
Softcover, Vicens-Vives Editorial S.A.

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Don Quijote de la Mancha: Edicion Especial IV Centenario
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Alberto Blecua, Andres Pozo

ISBN 8467016906 (84-670-1690-6)
Hardcover, Espasa Calpe, S.A.

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This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography, book analysis and quotations. This book features the table of contents linked to every part and chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the Kindle, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including the Kindle, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.

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Don Quijote de la Mancha (ortografia y titulo original: El ingenioso hidalgo Don Qvixote de la Mancha) es una novela escrita por el español Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Editado en 1605, es una de las obras mas destacadas de la literatura española y la literatura universal, y una de las mas traducidas.

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Dracula
by Bram Stoker

ISBN 0140367179 (0-14-036717-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Awareness of Dracula as a masterly gothic thriller has increased ever since its publication in 1897, and the novel is regarded as one of the most seminal horror stories ever written, having inspired countless copycat tales and literary spin-offs. The tale of young Englishman Jonathan Harker's journey to Transylvania, into the very heart of Count Draculas evil realm, is compelling, but it is perhaps the journey of the vampire to Englandand the dangers he poses to Jonathans beloved Minathat is more horrifying.
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Duke of Sin
by Adele Ashworth

ISBN 0060528400 (0-06-052840-0)
Softcover, Avon Books

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El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha/The ingenious nobleman Don Quijote de la Mancha
by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, Andres Amoros

ISBN 8434865947 (84-348-6594-7)
Hardcover, Ediciones Sm

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La novela más moderna, crítica, tierna, mordaz y divertida de la literatura española. Hay Quijotes para lucir en la estantería, Quijotes para investigar, Quijotes para leer por obligación...Esta Edición Cultural está hecha para disfrutar leyendo el Quijote como lo hicieron sus primeros lectores: Porque incluye anotaciones al margen que proporcionan claves para la interpretación del texto sin entorpecer la continuidad de la lectura. Porque incluye 60 temas culturales desarrrollados en formato visual, que permiten acceder de forma rápida a la información del contexto cultural de la época. Un Quijote para leer y entender. [via]
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El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote De LA Mancha
by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

ISBN 8437601177 (84-376-0117-7)
Softcover, Grupo Anaya Comercial

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Don Quijote de la Mancha, escrito por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, editado en 1605, es una de las obras más destacadas de la literatura española y la literatura universal, y una de las más traducidas

La novela consta de dos partes: la primera, El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha, fue publicada en 1605; la segunda, El ingenioso caballero don Quijote de la Mancha, en 1615. [via]
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El mundo de Sofia
by Joslein Gaarder

ISBN 8478448152 (84-7844-815-2)
Softcover, Grupo Anaya Comercial

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Esta extraordinaria obra de divulgacion que se ha convertido ya en una obra de culto aporta una coherente vision de conjunto sobre aquellos aspectos imprescindibles para comprender la historia de la filosofia occidental. El mundo de Sofia tiene el merito de haber conjugado, acertadamente, rigor y amenidad en una narracion donde una joven ira conociendo su propia identidad mientras descubre la capacidad humana de hacer preguntas. «Si no sabemos en todo momento a donde vamos, puede resultar util saber de donde venimos. Para manejar mi propia vida tambien necesito entender mis raices en la historia. La mision de la filosofia es estimular el analisis critico para poder ayudar en el avance de la comprension de aquello que tiene valor y por lo cual merece la pena luchar.» [via]
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El Mundo de Sofia/ Sophie's World: Novela Sobre La Historia De La Filosofia / a Novel About the History of Philosophy
by Jostein Gaarder

ISBN 8478443223 (84-7844-322-3)
Softcover, Siruela

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Esta extraordinaria obra de divulgacion que se ha convertido ya en una obra de culto aporta una coherente vision de conjunto sobre aquellos aspectos imprescindibles para comprender la historia de la filosofia occidental. El mundo de Sofia tiene el merito de haber conjugado, acertadamente, rigor y amenidad en una narracion donde una joven ira conociendo su propia identidad mientras descubre la capacidad humana de hacer preguntas. [via]
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Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States from the Original Text of Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison
by Alexander Hamilton

ISBN 0075536447 (0-07-553644-7)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College

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The Federalist Papers
by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison, Isaac Kramnick

ISBN 0140444955 (0-14-044495-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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"This country and this people seem to have been made for each other, and it appears as if it was the design of Providence, that an inheritance so proper and convenient for a band of brethren ... should never be split into a number of unsocial, jealous, and alien sovereignties." So wrote John Jay, one of the revolutionary authors of The Federalist Papers, arguing that if the United States was truly to be a single nation, its leaders would have to agree on universally binding rules of governance--in short, a constitution. In a brilliant set of essays, Jay and his colleagues Alexander Hamilton and James Madison explored in minute detail the implications of establishing a kind of rule that would engage as many citizens as possible and that would include a system of checks and balances. Their arguments proved successful in the end, and The Federalist Papers stand as key documents in the founding of the United States. [via]
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A Fine Passion: A Bastion Club Novel
by Stephanie Laurens

ISBN 0060593318 (0-06-059331-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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The Foundling
by Georgette Heyer

ISBN 0061004731 (0-06-100473-1)
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Tasha Tudor

ISBN 006440188X (0-06-440188-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books

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After losing her parents and being shipped from India to the Yorkshire Moors, Mary Lennox is terribly lonely. Living in her uncle's gloomy mansion, she has nobody to play with. But one day, she learns of a secret garden somewhere in the grounds that her uncle won't allow anyone to enter. Then Mary uncovers an old key in a flowerbed - and a gust of magic leads her to the hidden door. Slowly, she turns the key and enters a world she could never have imagined... [via]
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Home for the Holidays
by Johanna Lindsey

ISBN 0060199091 (0-06-019909-1)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited

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The Ideal Bride
by Stephanie Laurens

ISBN 0060505745 (0-06-050574-5)
Softcover, Avon Books

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La Piel Del Tambor/the Seville Communion
by Arturo Perez-Reverte

ISBN 8484500012 (84-8450-001-2)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc

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A hacker breaks into the Vatican's system. A baroque church in Seville kills to protect itself. A beautiful Andalusian aristocrat, a handsome priest/agent who handles the Church's dirty work, a jealous banker and his gambling secretary, a seventy-year-old woman who only drinks coke, a postcard from a woman dead a hundred years ago, and the mysterious legacy of Xaloc-the last Spanish privateer, who vanished from the Cuban coast in 1898-are the building blocks for this ingenious, complex and fascinating novel. Description in Spanish: Un pirata informatico que se infiltra en el Vaticano. Una iglesia barroca, en Sevilla, que mata para defenderse. Tres pintorescos malvados que aspiran a mantener viva la copla espanola. Una bella aristocrata andaluza. Un apuesto sacerdote-agente especialista en asuntos sucios. Un banquero celoso y su secretario ludopata. Una septuagenaria que bebe coca-cola. La tarjeta postal de una mujer muerta un siglo atras. Y el misterioso legado del capitan Xaloc, ultimo corsario espanol, desaparecido frente a las costas de Cuba en 1898. Con esos ingredientes, Arturo Perez-Reverte construye en La piel del tambor una ingeniosa, compleja y fascinante trama novelesca. Con su imaginacion desbordante, su espectacular dominio de la ingenieria narrativa y de los diversos generos superpuestos -misterio, policiaco, historia, romanticismo, aventura, folletin- el autor nos sumerge sin aliento en una historia que corta al lector cualquier posible retirada, arrastrandolo a un enigma cuya clave se esconde a la sombra de los viejos muelles del Guadalquivir; donde todavia hoy, en las noches de luna llena, sombras de mujer agitan sus panuelos y goletas tripuladas por fantasmas siguen zarpando rumbo a las Antillas. [via]
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Longitude
by Dava Sobel

ISBN 0140258795 (0-14-025879-5)
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Dava Sobel's Longitude tells the story of how 18th-century scientist and clockmaker William Harrison solved one of the most perplexing problems of history--determining east-west location at sea. This lush, colorfully illustrated edition adds lots of pictures to the story, giving readers a more satisfying sense of the times, the players, and the puzzle. This was no obscure, curious difficulty--without longitude, ships often found themselves so far off course that sailors would starve or die of scurvy before they could reach port. When a nationally-sponsored contest offered a hefty cash prize to the person who could develop a method to accurately determine longitude, the race was on. In the end, the battle of accuracy--and wills--fought between Harrison and arch-rival Maskelyne was ruthless and dramatic, worthy of a Hollywood feature film. Longitude's story is surprising and fascinating, offering a window into the past, before Global Positioning Satellites made it look easy. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Love and the Single Heiress
by Jacquie D'Alessandro

ISBN 0060536713 (0-06-053671-3)
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An anonymous author has turned English society upside down, and only one man can protect her identity from being revealed, and her life from being destroyed, in this sexy new romance from reader favourite Jacquie DAlessandro.
The scandalous book, A Ladies Guide to the Pursuit of Personal Happiness and Marital Fulfilment has taken English society by storm. The slim but erotically explicit volume was penned by an unknown author, and now all of London is trying to discover the mysterious writers true identity. But the search doesnt scare Catherine Ashfield, Viscountess Bickley, the proper woman who transcribed the book for her dear friend, a very elderly and experienced widow. Disgusted by the shallow values and morals of the town, Catherine was excited to help her friend and set the uppity nobility on its ear. And maybe by giving women a little more knowledge they could finally have happier marriages, instead of loveless unions as she had her with her own late husband.
But Catherine didnt anticipate the violent backlash against the book. With threats being made against the unknown author, Catherine fears for her safety and that of her son. When she is the victim of a near fatal accident, she wonders how hidden her identity truly is.
Knowing she needs protection, she turns to her brothers best friend, an accomplished pugilist and fencer. She invites him to stay at her country estate under the guise of a simple visit, not realizing that she has invited a fugitive with a dangerous past into her home--a man she soon finds herself powerfully attracted to...
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The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.
by Sandra Gulland

ISBN 0006481027 (0-00-648102-7)
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Since completing high school history, few of us have managed to keep straight the details of the French Revolution. Beyond suggestions of eating cake and the effectiveness of the guillotine, this sordid time period has remained--for many--somewhat obscure. Now, through the novel The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B., not only do we learn of the many differences between Robespierre and Rousseau, but we gain insight into the marriage of one of history's greatest political couples: Napoleon and Josephine.
Standing beside the charismatic Napoleon, Josephine's own importance and fascinating history have often been overshadowed. In a fictionalized account of Josephine's diaries and her correspondence, author Sandra Gulland has shed light on Josephine's pre-Napoleon life. This, the first of three books about Josephine, covers her childhood in Martinique, her first marriage, the birth of her children, her life during the revolution, and her marriage to Napoleon.
A poor Creole outsider as well as a rising socialite, Josephine experienced both the horrors of imprisonment and the privilege of connections. Utilizing these different perspectives, Gulland takes special care to bring forth the reality of life in late 18th-century France. Though she can only theorize on Josephine's emotions and desires, Gulland's talented writing and the restrained use of footnotes keep the reader properly informed on pertinent details, whether they be obscure political events or voodoo beliefs. While professional historians may bristle at the artistic license Gulland employs, most readers will find her novel a satisfying and engaging introduction to this dramatic period. --Nancy R.E. O'Brien [via]
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On a Wicked Dawn
by Stephanie Laurens

ISBN 0060002050 (0-06-000205-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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Orlando: A Biography
by Virginia Woolf

ISBN 8435007529 (84-350-0752-9)
Hardcover, Edhasa

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The Pale Horseman
by Bernard Cornwell

ISBN 0060878924 (0-06-087892-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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A New York Times Bestselling Author
The sequel to the New York Times bestseller The Last Kingdom continues the exhilarating adventures of Uhtred and King Alfred the Great. Uhtred has always been a Dane at heart, and has always believed that given the chance, he would fight for the men who raised him and taught him their ways. But when Iseult, a powerful sorceress, enters Uhtred's life, he is forced to consider feelings he's never confronted before - and Uhtred discovers, in his moment of greatest peril, a new-found loyalty and love for his native country and ruler. [via]
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Pandora
by Anne Rice

ISBN 8466302948 (84-663-0294-8)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc

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Anne Rice, creator of the Vampire Lestat, the Mayfair witches and the amazing worlds they inhabit, now gives us the first in a new series of novels linked together by the fledgling vampire David Talbot, who has set out to become a chronicler of his fellow Undead.

The novel opens in present-day Paris in a crowded café, where David meets Pandora. She is two thousand years old, a Child of the Millennia, the first vampire ever made by the great Marius. David persuades her to tell the story of her life.

Pandora begins, reluctantly at first and then with increasing passion, to recount her mesmerizing tale, which takes us through the ages, from Imperial Rome to eighteenth-century France to twentieth-century Paris and New Orleans. She carries us back to her mortal girlhood in the world of Caesar Augustus, a world chronicled by Ovid and Petronius. This is where Pandora meets and falls in love with the handsome, charismatic, lighthearted, still-mortal Marius. This is the Rome she is forced to flee in fear of assassination by conspirators plotting to take over the city. And we follow her to the exotic port of Antioch, where she is destined to be reunited with Marius, now immortal and haunted by his vampire nature, who will bestow on her the Dark Gift as they set out on the fraught and fantastic adventure of their two turbulent centuries together.

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Patience and Sarah
by Isabel Miller

ISBN 0070420351 (0-07-042035-1)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill

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Set in the nineteenth century, Isabel Miller's classic lesbian novel traces the relationship between Patience White, an educated painter, and Sarah Dowling, a farmer, whose romantic bond does not sit well with the puritanical New England farming community in which they live. Ultimately, they are forced to make life-changing decisions that depend on their courage and their commitment to one another. First self-published in 1969 in an edition of 1,000 copies, it garnered increasing attention to the point of receiving the American Library Association's first Gay Book Award. Patience & Sarah is a historical romance that was a touchstone for the burgeoning gay and women's activism of the late 1960s and early 1970; it celebrates the joys of an uninhibited love between two strong women with a confident defiance that remains relevant today. This edition features an appendix of supplementary materials, as well as an introduction by Emma Donoghue, whose numerous books include Stirfry, Hood, and Life Mask, which was shortlisted for a 2005 Lambda Literary Award and the Ferro-Grumley Award. [via]
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The Prince
by Niccolo Machiavelli, George Anthony Bull, Anthony Grafton

ISBN 0140447520 (0-14-044752-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Rejecting the traditional values of political theory, Machiavelli drew upon his own experiences of office in the turbulent Florentine republic to write his celebrated treatise on statecraft. While Machiavelli was only one of the many Florentine "prophets of force," he differed from the ruling elite in recognizing the complexity and fluidity of political life. [via]
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The Promise in a Kiss
by Stephanie Laurens

ISBN 0061031755 (0-06-103175-5)
Softcover, Avon Books

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Retrato En Sepia
by Isabel Allende

ISBN 9500718863 (950-07-1886-3)
Softcover, Downtown Book Center Inc

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A finales del siglo XIX en Chile, Aurora del Valle sufre de un trauma brutal que borra de su mente los primeros cinco años de su vida. Criada por su ambiciosa abuela, Paulina del Valle, crece en un ambiente privilegiado, pero se ve atormentada por horribles pesadillas. Cuando debe afrontar la traición del hombre que ama, y la soledad, decide explorar el misterio de su pasado.
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The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Laura F. Marsh

ISBN 0060762128 (0-06-076212-8)
Softcover, Harperfestival

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The Secret Garden : A Young Reader's Edition of the Classic Story
by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Mary Collier, Tasha Tudor

ISBN 0060278536 (0-06-027853-6)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited

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Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Sharpe's Eagle
by Bernard Cornwell

ISBN 0140294309 (0-14-029430-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Sharpe's Regiment
by Bernard Cornwell

ISBN 0140294368 (0-14-029436-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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A corrupt politician is determined to disband the South Essex Regiment and to destroy Major Richard Sharpe. But Sharpe will risk charges of treason and death for a final chance at revenge. [via]
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Sharpe's Waterloo
by Bernard Cornwall

ISBN 0002236435 (0-00-223643-5)
Hardcover, Collins

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Featuring the character Richard Sharpe, this book describes his exploits at the Battle of Waterloo. Other books by this author include "Sharpe's Honour", "Sharpe's Regiment", "Sharpe's Siege" and "Sharpe's Rifles". [via]
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Sharpes Revenge
by Bernard Cornwell

ISBN 0140294384 (0-14-029438-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare

ISBN 0030573076 (0-03-057307-6)
Hardcover, Holt Rinehart & Winston

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Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson

ISBN 0002730162 (0-00-273016-2)
Softcover, Random House

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Climb aboard for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. Treasure Islandhas enthralled (and caused slight seasickness) for decades. The names Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins are destined to remain pieces of folklore for as long as children want to read Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous book. With it's dastardly plot and motley crew of rogues and villains, it seems unlikely that children will ever say no to this timeless classic. --Naomi Gesinger [via]
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe

ISBN 0060806184 (0-06-080618-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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Product Details Paperback Publisher: Penguin Books; Later Printing edition (1986) Language: English ISBN-10: 0140390030 ISBN-13: 978-0140390032 ASIN: B000KIVCLI Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.3 inches Shipping Weight: 1 pounds [via]
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Vampiro Pandora
by Anne Rice

ISBN 9500821427 (950-08-2142-7)
Softcover, Atlantida Editorial S.A.

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Waterloo
by Bernard Cornwell

ISBN 0140294392 (0-14-029439-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Bernard Corwell, author of Sharpe's Company, Sharpe's Seige, and Sharpe's Revenge, continues the saga of Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe in this, his final adventure. Just as he comes face-to-face with his estranged wife and her lover at a grand society ball, news comes that the British-Prussian link is under attack. In the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe once again plays a pivotal role in the outcome of a great British triumph. [via]
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Yours Until Dawn
by Teresa Medeiros

ISBN 0060513659 (0-06-051365-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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