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The Andromeda Strainby Michael CrichtonISBN 0060541814 (0-06-054181-4)
Softcover, Avon Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Andromeda Strain'Book summary:Some biologists speculate that if we ever make contact with extraterrestrials, those life forms are likely to be--like most life on earth--one-celled or smaller creatures, more comparable to bacteria than little green men. And even though such organisms would not likely be able to harm humans, the possibility exists that first contact might be our last.
That's the scientific supposition that Michael Crichton formulates and follows out to its conclusion in his excellent debut novel, The Andromeda Strain.
A Nobel-Prize-winning bacteriologist, Jeremy Stone, urges the president to approve an extraterrestrial decontamination facility to sterilize returning astronauts, satellites, and spacecraft that might carry an "unknown biologic agent." The government agrees, almost too quickly, to build the top-secret Wildfire Lab in the desert of Nevada. Shortly thereafter, unbeknownst to Stone, the U.S. Army initiates the "Scoop" satellite program, an attempt to actively collect space pathogens for use in biological warfare. When Scoop VII crashes a couple years later in the isolated Arizona town of Piedmont, the Army ends up getting more than it asked for.
The Andromeda Strain follows Stone and rest of the scientific team mobilized to react to the Scoop crash as they scramble to understand and contain a strange and deadly outbreak. Crichton's first book may well be his best; it has an earnestness that is missing from his later, more calculated thrillers. --Paul Hughes [via]
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Avengerby Frederick ForsythISBN 0312997221 (0-312-99722-1)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Avenger'Book summary:Avenger is the latest international thriller by Frederick Forsyth, who needs no introduction: his past bestsellers in this vein include The Day of the Jackal and The Odessa File.
The avenger is Calvin Dexter, outwardly a small-town US lawyer, who was shaped into a formidable killing machine by Vietnam. There are horrific flashbacks to his war career as a "Tunnel Rat", fighting the Vietcong at close quarters in their own deadly underground labyrinths. After taking the law into his own hands for a bitter personal revenge on a Central American mobster, Dexter hires out his expertise to grab untouchable criminals from safe havens and deliver them into the clutches of US justice.
His latest assignment is the toughest of all. A young American aid worker in fractured Yugoslavia met a revolting death at the hands of an ethnic-cleansing squad led by a Serbian war criminal. The boy's billionaire grandfather can afford an expensive revenge, but the trail seems cold... until, step by step, face-to-face investigation, lucky breaks, unstinting bribery and advanced computer hacking techniques trace the links from Serbia to the United Arab Emirates, a private plane, and a corrupt banana republic where the now very rich villain has the president and secret police on his payroll. Assaulting his massively guarded fortress--whose layers of defence include piranha, attack dogs and sharks deliberately given a taste for blood--would be one hell of a job even if Dexter had surprise on his side. But there are complications in high places. The CIA wants to use that Serbian killer as a stalking-horse in an elaborate operation against Al Qaeda, and issues an urgent warning that the avenger is coming...
Dexter plans an elegant, witty and almost bloodless coup, a sting in the style of Leslie Charteris's Saint rather than a Bond-type frontal assault. With the whole country mobilised against him, though, what chance does he have? Dexter, and Forsyth, may surprise you. The author has a knack for making background information vitally interesting: potted life histories of the characters (including big wheels in the FBI and CIA) are almost as compulsively readable as the major action scenes. Surprises and unmaskings continue until the final pages of this superior thriller. --David Langford [via]
The Bean Treesby Barbara KingsolverISBN 0060915544 (0-06-091554-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bean Trees'Book summary:STANDARD GOOD USED CONDITION WITH ANY FLAWS NOTED. [via]
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Bethlehem Roadby Anne PerryISBN 0312042663 (0-312-04266-3)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bethlehem Road'Book summary:The gentleman tied to the lamppost on Westminster Bridge is most elegantly attiredfresh boutonniere, silk hat, white evening scarfand he is quite, quite dead, as a result of his thoroughly cut throat. Why should anyone kill Sir Lockwood Hamilton, the kindest of family men and most conscientious member of Parliament? Before Inspector Thomas Pitt can even speculate on the reasons, a colleague of Sir Lockwoods meets the same fate in the same spot. Public indignation is boundless, and clever Charlotte Pitt, Thomass wellborn wife, cant resist helping her hard-pressed husband, scouting societys drawing rooms for clues to these appalling crimes. Meanwhile, the Westminster Bridge Cutthroat stalks another victim.
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Black Dreamsby Kate GreenISBN 0061091030 (0-06-109103-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Dreams'Book summary:Theresa Fortunato receives psychic messages from an abducted child and soon gets a call from a distraught mother whose child was kidnapped from a hospital--but Theresa senses that the mother has only three days to live. [via]
Blindsightedby Karin SlaughterISBN 0060759720 (0-06-075972-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Body in the Basementby Katherine Hall PageISBN 0312114702 (0-312-11470-2)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Bourne Legacyby Eric Van LustbaderISBN 0312999526 (0-312-99952-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bourne Legacy'Book summary:Once, Jason Bourne was notorious in the clandestine world of covert-ops as one of the CIA's most expert international killers for hire. Out of the ashes of his violent past he's emerged today as a Georgetown professor, living a quiet life, retired from danger-until he narrowly escapes the bullet of a faceless assassin. And when two of Bourne's closest associates are murdered, Bourne knows that his legacy has followed him-and set him up as prime suspect for the brutal crimes.[via]
The quicksand of lies and betrayals is deeper than Bourne ever imagined. Hunted by the CIA as a dangerous rogue agent, he has only one option to stay alive-and one last chance to stay one step ahead of an unseen assailant whose vengeance is personal. Pursued across the globe, Bourne's on the run, and on the edge of discovering the truth-that he's become the expendable pawn in an international terrorist plot. One that's taking every living witness with it and plunging Bourne one step closer to the world-shattering consequences of... 
Brotherhood of the Tombby Daniel EastermanISBN 0061002062 (0-06-100206-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Butterfly Lostby David ColeISBN 0061013943 (0-06-101394-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Cat Raise the Deadby Shirley Rousseau MurphyISBN 0061056022 (0-06-105602-2)
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The Chinese Bell Murders: A Judge Dee Detective Storyby Robert Hans Van GulikISBN 0060728884 (0-06-072888-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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City on Fireby Walter J. WilliamsISBN 0061054429 (0-06-105442-9)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'City on Fire'Book summary:In the Nebula-nominated Metropolitan, Aiah and Constantine won the war for their world-city, Caraqui, by overthrowing the corrupt Keremaths. Their ace-in-the-hole was an unlimited supply of plasm, the geomantic substance that gives the world its power. Now Constantine has paired Aiah with their dangerous "ally," the hanged man Taikoen who lives in the plasm. For Constantine needs help to defeat the Silver Hand and protect his New Regime, no matter how much it will cost Aiah. In the process Aiah may finally reach beyond the Shield, an impenetrable barrier created by the Ascended Ones that seals Caraqui from the stars. [via]
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City on Fireby Walter Jon WilliamsISBN 0061052132 (0-06-105213-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'City on Fire'Book summary:In the Nebula-nominated Metropolitan, Aiah and Constantine won the war for their world-city, Caraqui, by overthrowing the corrupt Keremaths. Their ace-in-the-hole was an unlimited supply of plasm, the geomantic substance that gives the world its power. Now Constantine has paired Aiah with their dangerous "ally," the hanged man Taikoen who lives in the plasm. For Constantine needs help to defeat the Silver Hand and protect his New Regime, no matter how much it will cost Aiah. In the process Aiah may finally reach beyond the Shield, an impenetrable barrier created by the Ascended Ones that seals Caraqui from the stars. [via]
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Cold White Furyby Beth AmosISBN 0061010057 (0-06-101005-7)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cold White Fury'Book summary:Jennifer Bolton fears for her young son's safety after she realizes that he hears strange voices and can predict the future, and she soon discovers that the fate of millions rests on his small shoulders. [via]
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Company Manby Joseph FinderISBN 0312939426 (0-312-93942-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Coyote Waitsby Tony HillermanISBN 0061099325 (0-06-109932-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Crossfireby David HagbergISBN 0312851626 (0-312-85162-6)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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D Is for Deadbeatby Sue GraftonISBN 0312939027 (0-312-93902-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Dante Gameby Jane LangtonISBN 0140138870 (0-14-013887-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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E Is for Evidenceby Sue GraftonISBN 0312939035 (0-312-93903-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'E Is for Evidence'Book summary:[via]Being a twice-divorced, happily independent loner has worked like a charm for P.I. Kinsey Millhoneuntil holiday weekends like this one roll around. What she needs is a little diversion to ward off the blues. She gets her much-needed distraction with a case that places her career on the line. And if that isnt enough to keep her busy, her ex-husband, who walked out on her eight years ago, pops back on the radar...
It all begins with a $5,000 deposit made into Kinseys bank account. Problem is shes not the one who deposited the money. But when shes accused of being on the take in an industrial arson case, Kinsey realizes someone is framing her&
Now Kinseys working for herself. But with new evidenceand corpsessurfacing around her, shes going to have to act quickly to clear her name before she loses her career, her reputationand quite possibly her life&More editions of E Is for Evidence:
El Club Dante/The Dante Clubby Matthew PearlISBN 8432296325 (84-322-9632-5)
Softcover, Seix Barral
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El Halcon Maltesby Dashiell HammettISBN 8420666890 (84-206-6689-0)
Hardcover, Alianza Editorial Sa
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El Hijo De Stalinby Robert Harris, Random House MondadoriISBN 849793833X (84-9793-833-X)
Softcover, Debolsillo
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El Misterio De Salem's Lot/Salem's Lotby Stephen KingISBN 8497931025 (84-9793-102-5)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Misterio De Salem's Lot/Salem's Lot'Book summary:Veinte años atrás, por una apuesta infantil, Ben Mears habáa entrado en la casa de los Marsten. Y lo que vio entonces aún poblaba sus pesadillas. Ahora, como escritor consagrado, había vuelto a Salem's Lot para exorcisar sus fantasmas. Salem's Lot era un pueblo tranquilo y adormilado donde nunca pasaba nada, excepto la vieja tragedia de la casa de los Marsten. Y el perro muerto colgado de la verja del cemeterio. Y el misterioso hombre que se instaló en la casa de los Marsten. Y los niños que desaparecían, los animales que morían desangrads. Y la espantosa presencia de ellos, quienesquiera que fuesen. Ellos. [via]
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El pendulo de foucaultby Umberto EcoISBN 9872060940 (987-20609-4-0)
Softcover, Sudamericana
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El pendulo de foucault/Foucault's Pendulumby Umberto Eco, Ricardo Pochtar, Helena Lozano MirallesISBN 8497592670 (84-9759-267-0)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El pendulo de foucault/Foucault's Pendulum'Book summary:En un primer momento dicha relación se mantiene estrictamente profesional, pero poco apoco van estrechándose los lazos. Editores y autores inventan juntos, por puro juego, un complejo «plan», urdido supuestamente por los templarios siete siglos atrás. Pero alguien toma demasiado en serio el juego, y todos ellos se verán inmersos en una inquietante pesadilla. [via]
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El Talento De Mr Ripleyby Patricia HighsmithISBN 8433902997 (84-339-0299-7)
Softcover, Ld Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Talento De Mr Ripley'Book summary:Esta es la mas celebre novela de esta autora. Aparece aqui su mas fascinante personaje, el inquietante y amoral Tom Ripley, figura prototipica de un genero que ella ha inventado, y que se situa entre la novela policiaca y la novela negra. Un millonario americano que le pide a Tom Ripley, que intente convencer a su hijo Dickie para que regrese al hogar. Tom acepta el encargo y de paso pone tierra por medio a posibles problema spoliciales, y encuentra a Dickie y a su amiga Marge, con quienes establece una turbia y compleja relacion. [via]
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F Is for Fugitiveby Sue GraftonISBN 0312939043 (0-312-93904-3)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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A Grave Talentby Laurie R. KingISBN 0312088043 (0-312-08804-3)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Grave Talent'Book summary:Assigned, along with her new partner, to the murders of three little girls, homicide detective Casey Martinelli closes in on a colony of mismatched people living in the wooded hills near the city. A first novel. [via]
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High Fiveby Janet EvanovichISBN 0312971346 (0-312-97134-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'High Five'Book summary:"Uncle Fred was someone I saw at weddings and funerals and once in a while at Giovichinni's Meat Market, ordering a quarter pound of olive loaf. Eddie Such, the butcher, would have the olive loaf on the scale and Uncle Fred would say, 'You've got the olive loaf on a piece of waxed paper. How much does that piece of waxed paper weigh? You're not gonna charge me for that waxed paper, are you? I want some money off for the waxed paper.'"
The speaker is Stephanie Plum, the glamorous if slightly ditzy bounty hunter from Trenton, New Jersey, and one of the most original creations in recent mystery fiction.
In this fifth entry in Janet Evanovich's increasingly popular series, Stephanie's problems are many and varied. She's not making enough money picking up FTAs (Failures to Appear) for her cousin Vinnie, of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds; her red-hot love affair with Detective Joe Morelli has cooled off; and her giant extended family is no help at all. For instance, Uncle Fred the cheapskate has disappeared, leaving behind some suspicious photographs of body parts in garbage bags and links to some really dangerous people.
When Stephanie turns to her friend and mentor, Ranger, for financial advice, he gets her involved in a gang of toughs doing instant evictions for landlords. (She complains to Ranger about the job and its dangers, prompting one of the hired thug to say, "Man, you don't like to get shot. You don't like to get arrested. You don't know how to have fun at all.")
Most of Stephanie's charm, of course, comes from her attitude--a combination of the brazen bravado that turns a failed lingerie model into a bounty hunter in the first place and the normal fears of a person in over her head.
Other Plums in paperback, by the numbers: One for the Money, Two for the Dough, Three to Get Deadly, and Four to Score. --Dick Adler [via]
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The Historianby Elizabeth KostovaISBN 0316011770 (0-316-01177-0)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Historian'Book summary:If your pulse flutters at the thought of castle ruins and descents into crypts by moonlight, you will savor every creepy page of Elizabeth Kostova's long but beautifully structured thriller The Historian. The story opens in Amsterdam in 1972, when a teenage girl discovers a medieval book and a cache of yellowed letters in her diplomat father's library. The pages of the book are empty except for a woodcut of a dragon. The letters are addressed to: "My dear and unfortunate successor." When the girl confronts her father, he reluctantly confesses an unsettling story: his involvement, twenty years earlier, in a search for his graduate school mentor, who disappeared from his office only moments after confiding to Paul his certainty that Dracula--Vlad the Impaler, an inventively cruel ruler of Wallachia in the mid-15th century--was still alive. The story turns out to concern our narrator directly because Paul's collaborator in the search was a fellow student named Helen Rossi (the unacknowledged daughter of his mentor) and our narrator's long-dead mother, about whom she knows almost nothing. And then her father, leaving just a note, disappears also.
As well as numerous settings, both in and out of the East Bloc, Kostova has three basic story lines to keep straight--one from 1930, when Professor Bartolomew Rossi begins his dangerous research into Dracula, one from 1950, when Professor Rossi's student Paul takes up the scent, and the main narrative from 1972. The criss-crossing story lines mirror the political advances, retreats, triumphs, and losses that shaped Dracula's beleaguered homeland--sometimes with the Byzantines on top, sometimes the Ottomans, sometimes the rag-tag local tribes, or the Orthodox church, and sometimes a fresh conqueror like the Soviet Union.
Although the book is appropriately suspenseful and a delight to read--even the minor characters are distinctive and vividly seen--its most powerful moments are those that describe real horrors. Our narrator recalls that after reading descriptions of Vlad burning young boys or impaling "a large family," she tried to forget the words: "For all his attention to my historical education, my father had neglected to tell me this: history's terrible moments were real. I understand now, decades later, that he could never have told me. Only history itself can convince you of such a truth." The reader, although given a satisfying ending, gets a strong enough dose of European history to temper the usual comforts of the closing words. --Regina Marler [via]
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Il Pendolo Di Foucaultby Umberto EcoISBN 884524749X (88-452-4749-X)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Il Pendolo Di Foucault'Book summary:...questo romanzo magico sulla magia, questo romanzo misterioso sul segreto e sulla creatività della finzione, questo romanzo tumultuoso, questo romanzo luminoso su un mondo sotterraneo...Jacques Le Goff, L'espresso [via]
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Judge & Juryby James Patterson, Andrew GrossISBN 0316013935 (0-316-01393-5)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Judge & Jury'Book summary:Andie DeGrasse, an aspiring actress and single mom, is not your typical juror. Hoping to get dismissed from the pool, she tells the judge that most of her legal knowledge comes from a bit part curling around a stripper's pole in The Sopranos. But she still ends up as juror #11 in a landmark trial against a notorious mob boss.
The case quickly becomes the new Trial of the Century. Mafia don Dominic Cavello, known as the Electrician, is linked to hundreds of gruesome, unspeakable crimes. Senior FBI agent Nick Pellisante has been tracking him for years. He knows Cavello's power reaches far beyond the courtroom, but the FBI's evidence against the ruthless killer is iron-clad. Conviction is a sure thing.
As the jury is about to reach a verdict, the Electrician makes one devastating move that no one could have predicted. The entire nation is reeling, and Andie's world is shattered. For her, the hunt for the Electrician becomes personal, and she and Pellisante come together in an unbreakable bond: they will exact justice-at any cost.
James Patterson spins an all-out heart-pounding legal thriller that pits two people against the most vicious and powerful mobster since John Gotti. Judge & Jury is a stunning feat by "one of America's most influential authors" (New York Times). [via]More editions of Judge & Jury:
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Jurassic Parkby Michael CrichtonISBN 9871138806 (987-1138-80-6)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jurassic Park'Book summary:En esta espectacular novela, los dinosaurios vuelven a conquistar la Tierra. En una isla remota, un grupo de hombres y mujeres emprende una carrera contra el tiempo para evitar un desastre mundial provocado por la desmedida ambicion de comercializar la ingenieria genetica. Pero todos los esfuerzos resultaran vanos cuando el inescrupuloso proyecto quede fuera de control y el mundo a merced de unas bestias monstruosas... Parque Jurasico, la novela mas celebre de Michael Crichton y una de las mas leidas en los ultimos anos, fue adaptada al cine por Steven Spielberg en una pelicula que se convirtio en el gran acontecimiento cinematografico de 1993 y en el origen del fenomeno de masas llamado ""dinomania"". [via]
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The Kinby Peter Dickson, Ian P. AndrewISBN 0142501204 (0-14-250120-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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La Caverna/the Caveby Jose Saramago, Pilar Del RioISBN 846630679X (84-663-0679-X)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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La cena Secreta / The Secret Supperby Javier SierraISBN 9506440581 (950-644-058-1)
Softcover, Sudamericana
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La cena Secreta / The Secret Supper'Book summary:Un monje dominicano, Agustín Leyre, escribe sus memorias, de acontecimientos que ocurrieron hace muchos años cuando fue enviado a investigar el fresco de la última cena que estaba pintando Leonardo da Vinci en el convento de Santa Maria delle Grazie en Milan.
A finales del año 1496 los monjes habían empezado a recibir cartas anónimas, firmadas el Agorero . Hablaban de la magia diabólica de la escena, de las símbolos esotéricos y heréticas que contiene, de una conspiración que pervertirá a muchos y dañará a la santa iglesia si nadie lo frenara.
No era la primera vez que las obras de Leonardo llamaban la atención de la inquisición pero esta vez la iglesia se encontraba en una situación muy delicada. La pintura era un encargo del poderoso duque de Milán y lo está pintando en la pared del refectorio del convento del cual es el benefactor.
Agustín consiguió la llave del refectorio y cuando Leonardo no está, se dedicó contemplar su obra cuya belleza le deslumbró totalmente pero a la vez le preocuparon y luego horrorizaron muchos detalles que al principio no entendió.
Pero las pistas fueron pocas y la investigación se complicó con unos cuantos asesinatos. El simpático bibliotecario se suicidó, otro fraile empezó a predicar doctrinas cátaras para luego prenderse fuego. Un peregrino se encontró asesinado en la iglesia.... [via]More editions of La cena Secreta / The Secret Supper:
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La Citacion / the Summonsby John Grisham, Maria Antonia MeniniISBN 8466616403 (84-666-1640-3)
Softcover, Ediciones B
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Citacion / the Summons'Book summary:At one time Judge Atlee was a powerful figure in Clanton, Mississippia pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for forty years. Now the judge is a sick, lonely old man who has withdrawn to his sprawling ancestral home. Knowing the end is near, Judge Atlee issues a summons for his two sons, Ray and Forrest, to return to Clanton to discuss his estate. When Ray arrives he finds his father lying dead beside his will, and three million dollars hidden in an armoiremoney that threatens to tarnish the judge's shining reputation. Furthermore, Ray begins to suspect that he is not the only keeper of his father's secret.[via]Ray Atlee, profesor de Derecho, tiene una relación muy distante con su padre, el Juez Atlee, una figura emblemática en Clanton, Misisipí, por liderar durante cuarenta años la vida legal y política del condado. Viejo y enfermo, recluido en su decadente mansión, el Juez presiente que su final se acerca y convoca a sus hijos. Ray acude a la llamada, pero al llegar se encuentra a su padre muerto junto a un conciso testamento y tres millones de dólares en metálico escondidos en un armario, dinero que cuestiona la intachable trayectoria profesional del ex magistrado. Y Ray sospecha que alguien más conoce su secreto.More editions of La Citacion / the Summons:
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La cuna caera / The Cradle Will Fallby Mary Higgins Clark, Clara JanesISBN 8497599667 (84-9759-966-7)
Softcover, Debolsillo
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La cuna caera / The Cradle Will Fall'Book summary:Mary Higgins Clark , reina de la intriga y el suspenso, consigue aquí una de sus novelas más impactantes, [via]
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LA Dalia Negraby James Ellroy, Albert SoleISBN 8466617027 (84-666-1702-7)
Softcover, Ediciones B
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› Find signed collectible books: 'LA Dalia Negra'Book summary:El 15 de enero de 1947, en un solar de Los Angeles, aparecio el cadaver desnudo y seccionado en dos de una mujer joven. El medico forense determino que la habian torturado durante dias. Elizabeth Short, de 22 anos, llamada la Dalia Negra, llevara a los detectives a los bajos fondos de Hollywood, para asi involucrar a ciertas personas adineradas de Los Angeles. Ambos estan obsesionados por lo que fue la vida de la Dalia Negra, y, sobre todo, por capturar al individuo que la asesino. [via]
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La Sombra Del Viento/ the Shadow of the Windby Carlos Ruiz ZafonISBN 950491036X (950-49-1036-X)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Sombra Del Viento/ the Shadow of the Wind'Book summary:Un amanecer de 1945, un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazón de la ciudad vieja: el Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. Allí encuentra La Sombra del Viento, un libro maldito que cambiará el rumbo de su vida y le arrastrará a un laberinto de intrigas y secretos enterrados en el alma oscura de la ciudad. Ambientada en la enigmática Barcelona de principios del siglo XX, este misterio literario mezcla técnicas de relato de intriga, de novela histórica y de comedia de costumbres, pero es, sobre todo, una tragedia histórica de amor cuyo eco se proyecta a través del tiempo. Con gran fuerza narrativa, el autor entrelaza tramas y enigmas a modo de muñecas rusas en un inolvidable relato sobre los secretos del corazón y el embrujo de los libros, manteniendo la intriga hasta la última página. [via]
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LA Tabla De Flandesby Arturo Perez-ReverteISBN 8420480797 (84-204-8079-7)
Hardcover, Alfaguara
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› Find signed collectible books: 'LA Tabla De Flandes'Book summary:A finales del siglo XV un viejo maestro flamenco introduce en uno de sus cuadros, en forma de partida de ajedrez, la clave de un secreto que pudo cambiar la historia de Europa. Cinco siglos después, una joven restauradora de arte, un anticuario homosexual y un excéntrico jugador de ajedrez unen sus fuerzas para tratar de resolver el enigma. La investigación les conducirá a través e una apasionante pesquisa en la que los movimientos del juego irán abriendo las puertas de un misterio que acabara por envolver a todos sus protagonistas. La tabla de Flandes es un apasionante juego de trampas e inversiones - pintura, música, literatura, historia, lógica matemática - que Arturo Perez-Reverte encaja con diabólica destreza. --- from book's back cover [via]
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Le Testament / the Testamentby John GrishamISBN 0099245027 (0-09-924502-7)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Testament / the Testament'Book summary:Troy Phelan, a 78-year-old eccentric and the 10th-richest man in America, is about to read his last will and testament, divvying up an estate worth $11 billion. Phelan's three ex-wives, their grasping spawn, a legion of lawyers, several psychiatrists, and a plethora of sound technicians wait breathlessly, all eyes glued to digital monitors as they watch the old man read his verdict. But Phelan shocks everyone with a bizarre, last-gasp attempt to redistribute the spoils, setting in motion a legal morality tale of a contested will, sin, and redemption.
Our hero, Nate O'Riley--a washed-up, alcoholic litigator with two ruined marriages in his wake and the IRS on his tail--is dispatched to the Brazilian wetlands in search of a mysterious heir named in the will. After a harrowing trip upriver to a remote settlement in the Pantanal, he encounters Rachel Lane, a pure-hearted missionary living with an indigenous tribe and carrying out "God's work." Rachel's grave dedication and kindness impress the jaded lawyer, so much that a nasty bout of dengue fever leads him to a vision that could change his life.
Back in the States, the legal proceedings drag on and Grisham has a high time with Phelan's money-hungry descendents, a regrettable bunch who squandered millions, married strippers, got druggy, and befriended the Mob. The youngest son, Ramble, is a multi-pierced, tattoo-covered malcontent with big dreams for his rock band, the Demon Monkeys. Will Nate get straight with Rachel's aid? Do the greedy heirs get theirs? What's the real legacy of a lifetime's work? The Testament is classic Grisham: a down-and-out lawyer, a lot of money, an action-packed pursuit, and the highest issues at stake. It's not just about great characters; it's about the question of what character is. --Rebekah Warren [via]
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Me Llamo Rojo / My Name Is Redby Orhan PamukISBN 8466368876 (84-663-6887-6)
Softcover, Punto De Lectura
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Me Llamo Rojo / My Name Is Red'Book summary:«Encuentra al hombre que me asesinó y te contaré detalladamente lo que hay en la otra vida.» Pamuk ha conseguido una novela total. A la sabiduría de la mejor narración histórica se une el ritmo trepidante de la novela negra y una seductora historia de amor. Me llamo Rojo nos introduce en el esplendor y la decadencia del Imperio Turco, una potencia que llegó hasta las puertas de Viena. Viajamos hasta el siglo XVI, el sultán desea inmortalizar su figura en un lienzo, pero la ley islámica lo prohíbe. La tentación vence y cuatro artistas trabajarán en secreto, elaborando un libro lleno de imágenes nunca antes pintadas. Hasta que uno de ellos desaparece. Después de El libro negro y La vida nueva, el lector en español puede adentrarse en otra novela "un puzzle filosófico y fantástico en el que se cruzan el arte, la religión, el amor, el sexo y el poder" de uno de los autores que despierta más expectación internacional. [via]
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Miseryby Stephen KingISBN 8484505073 (84-8450-507-3)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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Murder on the Orient Expressby Agatha ChristieISBN 0061002747 (0-06-100274-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Mystic Riverby Dennis LehaneISBN 0060185635 (0-06-018563-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mystic River'Book summary:Dennis Lehane's Mystic River takes the material of the ordinary police procedural thriller and shapes it into heart-break. As boys, Jimmy, Dave and Sean were friends, until one day Dave was abducted by two men pretending to be cops, and was never quite the same again. As men, Dave is a damaged fantasist, safe in a quietly happy marriage; Jimmy a retired criminal making a good respectable living for the sake of his children; and Sean is the homicide cop who finds himself investigating the murder of Jimmy's eldest daughter Katie. This is not just a book about what becomes of the children who grow into adults; it is about what happens to a neighbourhood when the rules change, when an old established working-class district acquires gentrified espresso bars at one end and the beats of the city's most dangerous whores at the other. It is also a book about the tragedy of all sudden violent deaths; we never forget our sense of Katie as she was, dancing on the last night of her life--she is never just the corpse here, never just the object of mourning and investigation. --Roz Kaveney [via]
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The Name of the Roseby Umberto Eco, William WeaverISBN 0156001314 (0-15-600131-4)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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Natural Enemyby Jane LangtonISBN 0140093451 (0-14-009345-1)
Softcover, Penguin Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Natural Enemy'Book summary:Edward Heron died gasping for breath, yellow-jackets swarming around him. Had his asthma finally killed him...or something more sinister?
Heron's death affects many people in his small New England community: spinster sisters, a real estate developer with an eye on Edward's property and a long time neighbor, Buddy Whipple.
Enter Homer Kelly, another neighbor, also a Thoreau scholar and an ex-detective. With the help of his nephew, an amateur naturalist, he goes to work on the case.
"Everything is just right. A wry perceptive talent at his best." (The New Republic) [via]
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One for the Moneyby Janet EvanovichISBN 0312362080 (0-312-36208-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One for the Money'Book summary:Stephanie Plum is so smart, so honest, and so funny that her narrative charm could drive a documentary on termites. But this tough gal from New Jersey, an unemployed discount lingerie buyer, has a much more interesting story to tell: She has to say that her Miata has been repossessed and that she's so poor at the moment that she just drank her last bottle of beer for breakfast. She has to say that her only chance out of her present rut is her repugnant cousin Vinnie and his bail-bond business. She has to say that she blackmailed Vinnie into giving her a bail-bond recovery job worth $10,000 (for a murder suspect), even though she doesn't own a gun and has never apprehended a person in her life. And she has to say that the guy she has to get, Joe Morelli, is the same creep who charmed away her teenage virginity behind the pastry case in the Trenton bakery where she worked after school.
If that hard-luck story doesn't sound compelling enough, Stephanie's several unsuccessful attempts at pulling in Joe make a downright hilarious and suspenseful tale of murder and deceit. Along the way, several more outlandish (but unrelentingly real) characters join the story, including Benito Ramirez, a champion boxer who seems to be following Stephanie Plum wherever she goes.
Janet Evanovich shares an authentic feel for the streets of Trenton in her debut mystery (she developed her talents in a string of romance novels before creating Ms. Plum), and her tough, frank, and funny first-person narrator offers a winning mix of vulgarity and sensitivity. Evanovich is certainly among the best of the new voices to emerge in the mystery field of the 1990s. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
Parque Jurasico / Jurassic Parkby Michael CrichtonISBN 9500410982 (950-04-1098-2)
Hardcover, Lectorum Pubns
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Predatorby Patricia Cornwell, Cristina MartinISBN 8466629114 (84-666-2911-4)
Softcover, Ediciones B
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Predator'Book summary:Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing with the National Forensic Academy in Florida, takes charge of a case that stretches from steamy Florida to snowbound Bostonone as unnerving as any she has ever faced. The teasing psychological clues lead Scarpetta and her team to suspect that they are hunting someone with a cunning and malevolent mind whose secrets have kept them in the shadows, until now.[via]More editions of Predator:
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Rum Punchby Elmore LeonardISBN 0060082194 (0-06-008219-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rum Punch'Book summary:Readers who come to Rum Punch after having seen Quentin Tarantino's 1997 film adaptation, Jackie Brown, are in for a few surprises. Mainly, Jackie Burke is a 44-year-old white woman (but just as hard-boiled as Pam Grier), bail bondsman Max Cherry has a much more prominent role in the proceedings, and the novel takes place in Miami--not Los Angeles. The core of the story, however, remains the same: when the cops try to use Jackie to get at Ordell Robbie, the gunrunner she's been bringing cash into the country for, she hatches a plan--with help from Max--to keep the money for herself. It all comes together in the traditional Elmore Leonard style, where the conversations are as crisply written and suspenseful as the action scenes. --Ron Hogan [via]
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Single & Singleby John Le CarreISBN 9871138628 (987-1138-62-8)
Softcover, Sudamericana
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El Bailarin De La Muerte/the Coffin Dancerby Jeffery DeaverISBN 8466306617 (84-663-0661-7)
Softcover, Punto De Lectura
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El Cardenal Del Kremlinby Tom ClancyISBN 9500415615 (950-04-1561-5)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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La Caverna/the Caveby Jose Saramago, Pilar Del RioISBN 8420442283 (84-204-4228-3)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Caverna/the Cave'Book summary:Una pequeña alfarería, un centro comercial gigantesco. Un mundo en rápido proceso de extinción, otro que crece y se multiplica como un juego de espejos donde no parece haber límites para la ilusión engañosa. Todos los días se extinguen especies animales y vegetales, todos los días hay profesiones que se tornan inútiles, idiomas que dejan de tener personas que los hablen, tradiciones que pierden sentido, sentimientos que se convierten en sus contrarios. Una familia de alfareros comprende que ha dejado de serle necesaria al mundo. Como una serpiente que muda de piel para poder crecer en otra que más adelante también se volverá pequeña, el centro comercial dice a la alfarería: «Muere, ya no necesito de ti». La caverna, una novela para cruzar el milenio. Con las dos novelas anteriores ¿Ensayo sobre la ceguera y Todos los nombres¿este nuevo libro forma un tríptico en que el autor deja escrita su visión del mundo actual. José Saramago (Azinhaga, 1922) es uno de los novelistas portugueses más conocidos y apreciados en el mundo entero. Desde 1993 vive en Lanzarote. En 1998 recibió el Premio Nobel de Literatura. [via]
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El Club Dante/ The Dante Clubby Matthew Pearl, VICENTE VILLACAMPAISBN 8432217204 (84-322-1720-4)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Club Dante/ The Dante Club'Book summary:Una magistral obra de suspense mundialmente aclamada. Boston, 1865. Importantes personalidades est´n siendo brutalmente asesinadas por un criminal inspirado en los tormentos del Infierno de Dante. Sólo los miembros del club Dante --poetas y profesores de Harvard dirigidos por Henry Wadsworth Longfellow-- pueden anticiparse al asesino e identificarle. Mientras preparan la primera traducción americana de La divina comedia enfrentándose a la oposición de la puritana vieja guardia de Harvard, los intelectuales deberán convertirse en detectives y pasar a la acción. Nicholas Ray, el primer policía negro del departamento de Boston, dirigirá la investigación oficial mientras los miembros del club llevan a cabo sus insólitas pesquisas. Un dantesco infierno medieval se cierne sobre las calles de la ciudad, en una época que toca a su fin, convulsa por la recién terminada guerra civil, el asesinato del presidente Lincoln y los disturbios raciales. Comparada insistentemente con El nombre de la rosa, de Umberto Eco, aclamada por la crítica con una unanimidad asombrosa y refrendada por el público con su presencia en las listas de los libros más vendidos de New York Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, entre otros, El club Dante (http://www.seix-barral.es/club-dante) está a punto de ser publicada en veintiún países antes de ser llevada al cine. Matthew Pearl ha logrado un equilibrio perfecto entre realidad y ficción, una novela histórica de suspense que sorprende de principio a fin. [via]
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El Coleccionista De Huesos/the Bone Collectorby Jeffrey DeaverISBN 8466305130 (84-663-0513-0)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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La Estatua De Bronce / Shadows in Bronzeby Lindsey DavisISBN 8435016250 (84-350-1625-0)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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Maldad Bajo El Solby Agatha ChristieISBN 8427285396 (84-272-8539-6)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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Me Llamo Rojo/my Name Is Redby Orhan Pamuk, Orhan PamurISBN 8466313516 (84-663-1351-6)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Me Llamo Rojo/my Name Is Red'Book summary:In 16th-century Istanbul, master miniaturist and illuminator of books Enishte Effendi is commissioned to illustrate a book celebrating the sultan. Soon he lies dead at the bottom of a well. How he got there is the crux of this novel. Narrators give & the reader not only a nontraditional murder mystery but insight into the mores and customs of the time. & Description in Spanish: Me llamo Rojo nos introduce en el esplendor y la decadencia del Imperio Turco. Viajamos hasta el siglo XVI, el sultán desea inmortalizar su figura en un lienzo, pero la ley islámica lo prohíbe. La tentación vence y cuatro artistas trabajarán en secreto, elaborando un libro lleno de imágenes nunca antes pintadas. Hasta que uno de ellos desaparece. Pamuk ha conseguido una novela total. A la sabiduría de la mejor tradición histórica se unen el ritmo trepidante de la novela negra y una seductora historia de amor. [via]
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El Misterioso Caso De Stylesby Agatha ChristieISBN 8427285019 (84-272-8501-9)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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Nunca Me Abandonesby Not AvailableISBN 8433970798 (84-339-7079-8)
Softcover, Ld Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nunca Me Abandones'Book summary:Hailsham aparenta ser un agradable internado inglés, lejos de las influencias de la gran ciudad. La escuela se ocupa bien de sus estudiantes, enseñándoles arte y literatura y todo lo necesario para que se conviertan en el tipo de persona que la sociedad espera. Pero, curiosamente, en Hailsham no se enseña nada sobre el mundo exterior, un mundo con el que casi todo contacto está prohibido. Dentro de Hailsham, Kathy y sus amigos Ruth y Tommy crecen indiferentes ante el resto del mundo, pero será solamente cuando finalmente dejen la seguridad de la escuela que se darán cuenta de lo que Hailsham en realidad esconde.
Nunca me abandones rompe con los limites de la novela literaria. Es un misterio conmovedor, una hermosa historia de amor, una crítica mordaz de la arrogancia humana y también una investigación moral de cómo tratamos a la gente más vulnerable en nuestra sociedad. En su exploración del tema de la memoria y el impacto del pasado en un posible futuro, Ishiguro ha creado su libro más conmovedor hasta la fecha.
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El pendulo de foucaultby Umberto EcoISBN 8484502058 (84-8450-205-8)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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LA Primera Detective De Botsuanaby Alexande McCallISBN 8495618389 (84-95618-38-9)
Softcover, Umbriel Editores
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› Find signed collectible books: 'LA Primera Detective De Botsuana'Book summary:En Botswana nunca había habido una mujer detective... hasta el día en que Mma Ramotswe decide abrir su pequeña oficina al pie del monte Kgale, cerca del desierto de Kalahari. Le basta con unas sillas, dos mesas, un teléfono y una secretaria... además de unas tazas para invitar a los clientes a tomar un té. ¿Qué otra cosa se requiere para resolver misterios? Al fin y al cabo, ¿no se han dedicado siempre las mujeres a escuchar y a intentar solucionar los problemas de los demás frente a una taza de té?
Mma Ramotswe no es una irónica intelectual ni una aguerrida ex policía, sino una mujer alegre y rolliza, cargada de sentido común y con un firme deseo de ayudar al prójimo. En su opinión, muchas personas no saben distinguir el bien del mal, y hay que enseñarles la diferencia. Huérfana, superviviente de un matrimonio infernal y madre por sólo cinco días, esta Miss Marple africana sabe reconocer el dolor ajeno, y quiere contribuir a aliviarlo. Sus métodos son tal vez poco ortodoxos, pero también lo son sus casos, así como sus atribulados clientes.
Con sus acertadas descripciones y sus sensatos comentarios, la protagonista de esta novela nos introduce paso a paso en la realidad de un país lejano y desconocido, donde la teconología convive con las tradiciones mágicas, y donde resulta más fácil conocer las noticias de boca de las vecinas que leyendo la prensa. [via]
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Sangre Inocenteby P. D. JamesISBN 8472232026 (84-7223-202-6)
Hardcover, Tusquets Editores
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LA Tabla De Flandes/the Flanders PanelISBN 8420427845 (84-204-2784-5)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
Find This BookBook summary:A secret that could have changed the history of Europe is hidden in the chess game depicted in a fifteenth-century painting. Five centuries later, a young art expert, a gay antiquarian, and a peculiar chess player team up to unveil the mystery. They are all pieces in a diabolic chess game in which pieces are taken and players are murdered. "Paradoxes and puzzles abound. A sleek, sophisticated, madly clever, chamber mystery about chess, life, and art."The New York Times Book Review [via]
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La Tabla De Flandes/the Flanders Panelby Arturo Perez-ReverteISBN 9681903722 (968-19-0372-2)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Tabla De Flandes/the Flanders Panel'Book summary:A secret that could have changed the history of Europe is hidden in the chess game depicted in a fifteenth-century painting. Five centuries later, a young art expert, a gay antiquarian, and a peculiar chess player team up to unveil the mystery. They are all pieces in a diabolic chess game in which pieces are taken and players are murdered. "Paradoxes and puzzles abound. A sleek, sophisticated, madly clever, chamber mystery about chess, life, and art."The New York Times Book Review [via]
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Telonby Agatha ChristieISBN 8427202970 (84-272-0297-0)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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La Forma Dell'acquaby Andrea CamilleriISBN 8838910170 (88-389-1017-0)
Hardcover, Sellerio
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La Gita a Tindariby Andrea CamilleriISBN 8838915741 (88-389-1574-1)
Hardcover, Sellerio
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Il Pendolo Di Foucaultby Umberto EcoISBN 8845215911 (88-452-1591-1)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Non Dirlo a Nessunoby Harlen Coben, Renato PeraISBN 8804505605 (88-04-50560-5)
Softcover, Mondadori
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L'odore Della Notteby Andrea CamilleriISBN 8838917299 (88-389-1729-9)
Hardcover, Sellerio
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La Voce Del Violinoby Andrea CamilleriISBN 8838914052 (88-389-1405-2)
Hardcover, Sellerio
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A Caverna: Romanceby Jose SaramagoISBN 9722113666 (972-21-1366-6)
Hardcover, Editorial Caminho
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Berenice Procuraby L. A. Garcia-RozaISBN 8535907203 (85-359-0720-3)
Hardcover, Companhia das Letras
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Benim Adm Krmzby Orhan PamukISBN 9754707111 (975-470-711-1)
Hardcover, Iletisim
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2006 Nobel Edebiyat Ödüllü Orhan Pamuk 100'ü askin ülkede 46 dilde okunuyor.
Orhan Pamuk'un "en renkli ve en iyimser romanim", dedigi "Benim Adim Kirmizi", 1591 yilinda istanbul'da karli dokuz kis gününde geçiyor. iki küçük oglu birbirleriyle sürekli çatisan güzel Seküre, dört yildir savastan dönmeyen kocasinin yerine kendine yeni bir koca, sevgili aramaya baslayinca, o sirada babasinin tek tek eve çagirdigi saray nakkaslarini saklandigi yerden seyreder. Eve gelen usta nakkaslar, babasinin denetimi altinda Osmanli Padisahi'nin gizlice yaptirttigi bir kitap için Frenk etkisi tasiyan tehlikeli resimler yapmaktadirlar. Aralarindan biri öldürülünce, Seküre'ye asik, teyzesinin oglu Kara devreye girer. istanbul'da bir vaizin etrafinda toplanmis, tekkelere karsi bir çevrenin baskilari, pahalilik ve korku hüküm sürerken, geceleri bir kahvede toplanan nakkaslar ve hattatlar sivri dilli bir meddahin anlattigi hikayelerle eglenirler. Herkesin kendi sesiyle konustugu, ölülerin, esyalarin dillendigi, ölüm, sanat, ask, evlilik ve mutluluk üzerine bu kitap, ayni zamanda eski resim sanatinin unutulmus güzelliklerine bir agit.
"Genç Türk Romancisi Orhan Pamuk, Avrupa'ya roman nasil yazilir, gösteriyor."
- Frankfurter Allegemeine, Almanya
"Orhan Pamuk'u herkes okumali."
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