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50 Things You're Not Supposed to Knowby Russ KickISBN 1932857028 (1-932857-02-8)
Softcover, Disinformation Co
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Anne FrankTagebuchby Anne Frank, Fassung Von Otto H. FrankISBN 3596803802 (3-596-80380-2)
Softcover, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne FrankTagebuch'Book summary:Dieses lebendige, Einblick gewährende Tagebuch ist seit seiner ersten Veröffentlichung 1947 ein geliebter Klassiker und ein passendes Denkmal für den begabten jüdischen Teenager, der 1945 im Konzentrationslager Bergen-Belsen ums Leben kam. 1929 geboren, bekam Anne Frank zu ihrem 13. Geburtstag ein neues, unbeschriebenes Tagebuch geschenkt, nur wenige Wochen bevor sie und ihre Familie im von den Nazis besetzten Amsterdam untertauchen mußten. Ihre wunderbar detaillierten persönlichen Eintragungen zeichnen 25 anstrengende Monate klaustrophobischer, streitgeladener Intimität mit ihren Eltern, ihrer Schwester, einer zweiten Familie und einem älteren Zahnarzt nach, der wenig Toleranz für Annes Lebhaftigkeit zeigt. Der universelle Reiz des Tagebuchs beruht auf seiner fesselnden Mischung aus den schmuddeligen Besonderheiten des Lebens im Krieg (karge, schlechte Mahlzeiten; schäbige Kleider, aus denen man längst herausgewachsen ist, die aber nicht ersetzt werden können; die ständige Angst, entdeckt zu werden) und der offenherzigen Auseinandersetzung über Gefühle, die jedem Heranwachsenden bekannt sind: "Jeder kritisiert mich, niemand erkennt meine wahre Natur, wann werde ich endlich geliebt?" Aber Anne Frank war kein gewöhnlicher Teenager: Die späteren Eintragungen verraten einen für eine kaum 15jährige bemerkenswerten Sinn für Mitgefühl und spirituelle Tiefe. Ihr Tod verkörpert den Wahnsinn des Holocaust, aber für die Millionen, die Anne durch ihr Tagebuch kennengelernt haben, ist er auch ein sehr persönlicher Verlust. --Wendy Smith [via]
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Atonement: A Novelby Ian McEwanISBN 038572179X (0-385-72179-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Atonement: A Novel'Book summary:On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her older sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching Cecilia is their housekeeper's son Robbie Turner, a childhood friend who, along with Briony's sister, has recently graduated from Cambridge.
By the end of that day the lives of all three will have been changed forever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had never before dared to approach and will have become victims of the younger girl's scheming imagination. And Briony will have committed a dreadful crime, the guilt for which will color her entire life.
In each of his novels Ian McEwan has brilliantly drawn his reader into the intimate lives and situations of his characters. But never before has he worked with so large a canvas: In Atonement he takes the reader from a manor house in England in 1935 to the retreat from Dunkirk in 1941; from the London's World War II military hospitals to a reunion of the Tallis clan in 1999.
Atonement is Ian McEwan's finest achievement. Brilliant and utterly enthralling in its depiction of childhood, love and war, England and class, the novel is at its center a profound-and profoundly moving-exploration of shame and forgiveness and the difficulty of absolution. [via]More editions of Atonement: A Novel:
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Cryptonomiconby Neal StephensonISBN 0060512806 (0-06-051280-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cryptonomicon'Book summary:Neal Stephenson enjoys cult status among science fiction fans and techie types thanks to Snow Crash, which so completely redefined conventional notions of the high-tech future that it became a self-fulfilling prophecy. But if his cyberpunk classic was big, Cryptonomicon is huge... gargantuan... massive, not just in size (a hefty 918 pages including appendices) but in scope and appeal. It's the hip, readable heir to Gravity's Rainbow and the Illuminatus trilogy. And it's only the first of a proposed series--for more information, read our interview with Stephenson.
Cryptonomicon zooms all over the world, careening conspiratorially back and forth between two time periods--World War II and the present. Our 1940s heroes are the brilliant mathematician Lawrence Waterhouse, cryptanalyst extraordinaire, and gung ho, morphine-addicted marine Bobby Shaftoe. They're part of Detachment 2702, an Allied group trying to break Axis communication codes while simultaneously preventing the enemy from figuring out that their codes have been broken. Their job boils down to layer upon layer of deception. Dr. Alan Turing is also a member of 2702, and he explains the unit's strange workings to Waterhouse. "When we want to sink a convoy, we send out an observation plane first.... Of course, to observe is not its real duty--we already know exactly where the convoy is. Its real duty is to be observed.... Then, when we come round and sink them, the Germans will not find it suspicious."
All of this secrecy resonates in the present-day story line, in which the grandchildren of the WWII heroes--inimitable programming geek Randy Waterhouse and the lovely and powerful Amy Shaftoe--team up to help create an offshore data haven in Southeast Asia and maybe uncover some gold once destined for Nazi coffers. To top off the paranoiac tone of the book, the mysterious Enoch Root, key member of Detachment 2702 and the Societas Eruditorum, pops up with an unbreakable encryption scheme left over from WWII to befuddle the 1990s protagonists with conspiratorial ties.
Cryptonomicon is vintage Stephenson from start to finish: short on plot, but long on detail so precise it's exhausting. Every page has a math problem, a quotable in-joke, an amazing idea, or a bit of sharp prose. Cryptonomicon is also packed with truly weird characters, funky tech, and crypto--all the crypto you'll ever need, in fact, not to mention all the computer jargon of the moment. A word to the wise: if you read this book in one sitting, you may die of information overload (and starvation). --Therese Littleton [via]
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The Da Vinci Codeby Dan BrownISBN 1400079179 (1-4000-7917-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Da Vinci Code'Book summary:With The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown masterfully concocts an intelligent and lucid thriller that marries the gusto of an international murder mystery with a collection of fascinating esoteria culled from 2,000 years of Western history.
A murder in the silent after-hour halls of the Louvre museum reveals a sinister plot to uncover a secret that has been protected by a clandestine society since the days of Christ. The victim is a high-ranking agent of this ancient society who, in the moments before his death, manages to leave gruesome clues at the scene that only his daughter, noted cryptographer Sophie Neveu, and Robert Langdon, a famed symbologist, can untangle. The duo become both suspects and detectives searching for not only Neveu's father's murderer but also the stunning secret of the ages he was charged to protect. Mere steps ahead of the authorities and the deadly competition, the mystery leads Neveu and Langdon on a breathless flight through France, England, and history itself.
Brown (Angels and Demons) has created a page-turning thriller that also provides an amazing interpretation of Western history. Brown's hero and heroine embark on a lofty and intriguing exploration of some of Western culture's greatest mysteries--from the nature of the Mona Lisa's smile to the secret of the Holy Grail. Though some will quibble with the veracity of Brown's conjectures, therein lies the fun. The Da Vinci Code is an enthralling read that provides rich food for thought. --Jeremy Pugh [via]
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- The Da Vinci Code: ISBN 0307277674 (0-307-27767-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc - The Da Vinci Code: ISBN 0739326740 (0-7393-2674-0)
Softcover, Ballantine Books - The Da Vinci Code: ISBN 076792603X (0-7679-2603-X)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group - The Da Vinci Code: ISBN 0385504209 (0-385-50420-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group - The Da Vinci Code: ISBN 0385513755 (0-385-51375-5)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group - The Da Vinci Code: ISBN 0375432302 (0-375-43230-2)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print - The Da Vinci Code: ISBN 7208050031 (7-208-05003-1)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc - The Da Vinci Code: ISBN 1400079179 (1-4000-7917-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
- The Da Vinci Code: ISBN 0307277674 (0-307-27767-4)
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Diarioby Ana FrankISBN 9871138679 (987-1138-67-9)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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El Club De LA Buena Estrellaby Amy TanISBN 8472231631 (84-7223-163-1)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Club De LA Buena Estrella'Book summary:En 1949, cuatro mujeres chinas emigradas a San Francisco se reunen regularmente para comer dim sum,jugar al mah-jong y hablar. Unidas por sentimientos de perdida y esperanza, se hacen llamar El Club de laBuena Estrella. Amy Tan explora la conexion entre las protagonistas y sus hijas, ya nacidas en Estados Unidos, un mundo totalmente distinto al suyo. [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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Fall on Your Knees: Library Editionby Ann-Marie MacDonaldISBN 1587242583 (1-58724-258-3)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fall on Your Knees: Library Edition'Book summary:Fall on Your Knees, award-winning actor and playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald's sprawling and powerful first novel, reads like a literary soap opera, but one whose mature themes are far from the pulp and clichés of daytime television. Its episodic rises and falls have the same sort of page-turning, cliff-hanging appeal of that lesser medium. It never drags, never over-burdens the reader, and, most importantly, remains likeable and believable despite the many--and sometimes magical--twists and turns of its tale.
Fall on Your Knees tells the story of several generations of the Piper family of Cape Breton, beginning with the marriage of James Piper, the controlling, emotionally stunted son of Gaelic-speaking Scottish Canadians, and Materia Mahmoud, the 13-year-old daughter of wealthy Lebanese immigrants. Materia's father cuts her off from her family for marrying James, and James in turn forces her to deny both her heritage and her emotions. James, out of a spite even he fails to comprehend, focuses all his attention on Kathleen, his first-born and a musical prodigy. He dotes on her and sends her away to study opera in New York. However, Kathleen's unexpected return from New York, where she has made some discoveries that will ultimately turn her father against her, becomes the centre of an intricately plotted series of tragedies involving each of the Piper sisters. In a startlingly skilful manipulation of prose, MacDonald teases out clues, secrets, and revelations that are both delightful to discover and disturbing to consider. --Jonathan Dewar [via]
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- Fall on Your Knees: ISBN 0684838680 (0-684-83868-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Fall on Your Knees: Library Edition: ISBN 0743237188 (0-7432-3718-8)
Softcover, Touchstone Books - Fall on Your Knees: ISBN 0743466527 (0-7434-6652-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster, Incorporated - Fall on Your Knees: Library Edition: ISBN 0684833204 (0-684-83320-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - Fall on Your Knees: Library Edition: ISBN 0743237196 (0-7432-3719-6)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - Fall on Your Knees: Library Edition: ISBN 1587242583 (1-58724-258-3)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
- Fall on Your Knees: ISBN 0684838680 (0-684-83868-0)
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Tasha TudorISBN 006440188X (0-06-440188-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'Book summary: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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- Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0140366660 (0-14-036666-0)
Softcover, Puffin - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0142437050 (0-14-243705-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0141182180 (0-14-118218-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0141309318 (0-14-130931-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 006075771X (0-06-075771-X)
Hardcover, Harperfestival - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 006440188X (0-06-440188-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
- Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0140366660 (0-14-036666-0)
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Harry Potterby J. K. RowlingISBN 8478887423 (84-7888-742-3)
Hardcover, Salamandra Publicacions Y Edicions
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Harry Potter Y LA Camara Secreta / Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretsby J. K. Rowling, Nieves Martin Azofra, Adolfo Munoz GarciaISBN 8478886567 (84-7888-656-7)
Softcover, Emece
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter Y LA Camara Secreta / Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'Book summary:Harry está en su segundo año en la escuela de magia y hechicería. En este episodio Harry tiene que defender la escuela de los malvados que pretenden destruirla. Se tiene que enfrentar con arañas gigantes, serpientes encantadas y fantasmas enfurecidos. [via]
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- Harry Potter Y LA Camara Secreta / Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: ISBN 8478884955 (84-7888-495-5)
Hardcover, Emece - Harry Potter Y LA Camara Secreta / Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: ISBN 8478887601 (84-7888-760-1)
Hardcover, Salamandra Publicacions Y Edicions - Harry Potter Y LA Camara Secreta / Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: ISBN 8478886567 (84-7888-656-7)
Softcover, Emece
- Harry Potter Y LA Camara Secreta / Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: ISBN 8478884955 (84-7888-495-5)
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Harry Potter Y La Orden Del Fenix / Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenixby J. K. Rowling, Gemma Rovira OrtegaISBN 8478889019 (84-7888-901-9)
Hardcover, Lectorum Pubns
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Book Details:- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 2/1/2004
- Pages: 896
- Reading Level: Age 9 and Up
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Hollywood Babylonby Kathleen AngerISBN 0440153255 (0-440-15325-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hollywood Babylon'Book summary:Originally published in Paris, this is a collection of Hollywood's darkest and best kept secrets from the pen of Kenneth Anger, a former child movie actor who grew up to become one of America's leading underground film-makers. [via]
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Hollywood Babylonby Kenneth AnglerISBN 0517344084 (0-517-34408-4)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hollywood Babylon'Book summary:Originally published in Paris, this is a collection of Hollywood's darkest and best kept secrets from the pen of Kenneth Anger, a former child movie actor who grew up to become one of America's leading underground film-makers. [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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The Illustrated Jane Eyreby Charlotte Bronte, DarcyISBN 0142005142 (0-14-200514-2)
Softcover, Studio
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A devoted readership will recognize Dame Darcy as the creator of highly original and off-kilter comic books. Here she uses her lavishly detailed illustrations to bring the best-loved Victorian novel Jane Eyre back into the spotlight. Darkly elegant illustrations draw back the novels curtain, revealing the depths of human depravity, despair, and ultimate redemption. Sure to impress traditional fans and newcomers alike, The Illustrated Jane Eyre updates the classic for a new era.
@ToEyreIsHuman Romance, romance, this poppa Rochester wants to get in my pants!
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte BronteISBN 0140366784 (0-14-036678-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'Book summary:A new edition of one of Penguin's top ten Classics-the novel that has been "teaching true strength of character for generations"[via]
(The Guardian)
A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre has dazzled generations of readers with its depiction of a woman's quest for freedom. This updated edition features a new introduction discussing the novel's political and magical dimensions.Having grown up an orphan in the home of her cruel aunt and at a harsh charity school, Jane Eyre becomes an independent and spirited survivor-qualities that serve her well as governess at Thornfield Hall. But when she finds love with her sardonic employer, Rochester, the discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a choice. Should she stay with him whatever the consequences or follow her convictions, even if it means leaving her beloved?
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- Jane Eyre: ISBN 0141441143 (0-14-144114-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Jane Eyre: ISBN 0030957648 (0-03-095764-8)
Hardcover, Harcourt School - Jane Eyre: ISBN 0140351310 (0-14-035131-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Jane Eyre: ISBN 0140430113 (0-14-043011-3)
Softcover, Penguin USA - Jane Eyre: ISBN 0140434003 (0-14-043400-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Jane Eyre: ISBN 0141305371 (0-14-130537-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Jane Eyre: ISBN 0142437204 (0-14-243720-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Jane Eyre: ISBN 0142500909 (0-14-250090-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Jane Eyre: ISBN 0192100424 (0-19-210042-4)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Jane Eyre: ISBN 0140366784 (0-14-036678-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
- Jane Eyre: ISBN 0141441143 (0-14-144114-3)
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Jane Eyreby Margaret Smith, Charlotte BronteISBN 0192510177 (0-19-251017-7)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'Book summary:"Jane Eyre," Charlotte Brontë's most beloved novel, describes the passionate love between the courageous orphan Jane Eyre and the brilliant, brooding, and domineering Rochester. The loneliness and cruelty of Jane Eyre's childhood strengthens her natural independence and spirit, which prove invaluable when she takes a position as a governess at Thornfield Hall. But after she falls in love with her sardonic employer, her discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a heart-wrenching choice. Ever since its publication in 1847, "Jane Eyre" has enthralled every kind of reader, from the most critical and cultivated to the youngest and most unabashedly romantic. "Jane Eyre" lives as one of the great triumphs of storytelling and as a moving and unforgettable portrayal of a woman's quest for self-respect. "At the end we are steeped through and through with the genius, the vehemence, the indignation of Charlotte Brontë." -Virginia Woolf [via]
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La Joven De La Perla/girl With a Pearl Earringby Tracy Chevalier, Pilar VazquezISBN 8466307982 (84-663-0798-2)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Joven De La Perla/girl With a Pearl Earring'Book summary:La joven de la perla centers on Vermeer's prosperous Delft household during the 1660s. When Griet, the novel's quietly perceptive heroine, is hired as a servant, turmoil follows. First, the 16-year-old narrator becomes increasingly intimate with her master. Then Vermeer employs her as his assistant--and ultimately has Griet sit for him as a model. Chevalier vividly evokes the complex domestic tensions of the household, ruled over by the painter's jealous, eternally pregnant wife and his taciturn mother-in-law. At times the relationship between servant and master seems a little anachronistic. Still, La joven de la perla does contain a final delicious twist.
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En la segunda mitad del siglo XVII, el pintor holandés Johannes Vermeer inmortalizó en una tela a una bella muchacha adornada con un turbante y un pendiente de perla. Sus labios parecen esbozar una sonrisa sensual, pero sus ojos irradian la tristeza más profunda.Conocido como La Mona Lisa holandesa, detrás de ese enigmático rostro que esconde Griet, una joven de origen humilde que a los dieciséis años entra a trabajar como doncella en casa del artista a cambio de un mísero salario.Su extraordinaria sensibilidad y el cuidado que pone en todo lo que toca atraen al maestro, quien poco a poco la introduce en su mundo, un paraíso inundado por una luz mágica y poblado por criaturas femeninas de singular belleza. La joven de la perla es la historia de una fascinación, de cómo surge un sentimiento que se mueve entre la admiración y el amor. La luz en los ojos de Griet, la sirvienta convertida en musa, encierra el misterio más profundo en el proceso de creación de una obra de arte. Tracy Chevalier evoca la vida cotidiana en el siglo XVII holandés en esta hermosa novela sobre el despertar a la vida y al arte. [via]
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Las Correccionesby Jonathan Franzen, Ramon BuenaventuraISBN 9584203274 (958-42-0327-4)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Las Correcciones'Book summary:Las Correcciones / The Corrections (Spanish Edition) (View amazon detail page) ASIN: 9584203274 [via]
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A Little Princessby U. C. Knoepflmacher, Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0142437018 (0-14-243701-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess'Book summary:Sara Crewe, an exceptionally intelligent and imaginative student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies, is devastated when her adored, indulgent father dies. Now penniless and banished to a room in the attic, Sara is demeaned, abused, and forced to work as a servant. How this resourceful girl's fortunes change again is at the center of A Little Princess, one of the best-loved stories in all of children's literature.[via]
This unique and fully annotated edition appends excerpts from Frances Hodgson Burnett's original 1888 novella Sara Crewe and the stage play that preceded the novel, as well as an early story, "Behind the White Brick," allowing readers to see how A Little Princess evolved. In his delightful introduction, U. C. Knoepflmacher considers the fairy-tale allusions and literary touchstones that place the book among the major works of Victorian literature, and shows it to be an exceptionally rich and resonant novel.More editions of A Little Princess:
The Safe-Keeper's Secretby Sharon ShinnISBN 0142403571 (0-14-240357-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Laura F. MarshISBN 0060762128 (0-06-076212-8)
Softcover, Harperfestival
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The Secret Garden : A Young Reader's Edition of the Classic Storyby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Mary Collier, Tasha TudorISBN 0060278536 (0-06-027853-6)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret Garden : A Young Reader's Edition of the Classic Story'Book summary: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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The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throatby Bob WoodwardISBN 0743287169 (0-7432-8716-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Shadow of the Windby Lucia Graves, Carlos Ruiz ZafonISBN 0143034901 (0-14-303490-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Shadow of the Wind'Book summary:The Shadow of the Wind [Paperback] by Carlos Ruiz Zaf_n; Lucia Graves [via]
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The Thirteenth Taleby Diane SetterfieldISBN 158547892X (1-58547-892-X)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Thirteenth Tale'Book summary:Settle down to enjoy a rousing good ghost story with Diane Setterfield's debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale. Setterfield has rejuvenated the genre with this closely plotted, clever foray into a world of secrets, confused identities, lies, and half-truths. She never cheats by pulling a rabbit out of a hat; this atmospheric story hangs together perfectly.
There are two heroines here: Vida Winter, a famous author, whose life story is coming to an end, and Margaret Lea, a young, unworldly, bookish girl who is a bookseller in her father's shop. Vida has been confounding her biographers and fans for years by giving everybody a different version of her life, each time swearing it's the truth. Because of a biography that Margaret has written about brothers, Vida chooses Margaret to tell her story, all of it, for the first time. At their initial meeting, the conversation begins:
"You have given nineteen different versions of your life story to journalists in the last two years alone."
She [Vida] shrugged. "It's my profession. I'm a storyteller."
"I am a biographer, I work with facts."
The game is afoot and Margaret must spend some time sorting out whether or not Vida is actually ready to tell the whole truth. There is more here of Margaret discovering than of Vida cooperating wholeheartedly, but that is part of Vida's plan. The transformative power of truth informs the lives of both women by story's end, and The Thirteenth Tale is finally and convincingly told. --Valerie Ryan [via]
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The Tin Boxby Holly KennedyISBN 0765351048 (0-7653-5104-8)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Vanishing Actsby Jodi PicoultISBN 1416506705 (1-4165-0670-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vanishing Acts'Book summary:How do you recover the past when it was never yours to lose? Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her beloved, widowed father, she now has a young daughter, a handsome fiance, and her own search-and-rescue bloodhound, which she uses to find missing persons. But as Delia plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can't recall...until a policeman knocks on her door, revealing a secret about herself that changes the world as she knows it -- and threatens to jeopardize her future. With Vanishing Acts, Jodi Picoult explores how life -- as we know it -- might not turn out the way we imagined; how the people we've loved and trusted can suddenly change before our very eyes; how the memory we thought had vanished could return as a threat. Once again, Picoult handles an astonishing and timely topic with under-standing, insight, and compassion. [via]
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Absolon, Absolon / Absalom, Absalomby William FaulknerISBN 8420657204 (84-206-5720-4)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa
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El Codigo Da Vinci / The Da Vinci Codeby Dan Brown, Juanjo EstrellaISBN 8495618605 (84-95618-60-5)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Codigo Da Vinci / The Da Vinci Code'Book summary:Nº 1 en USA
¿ Qué misterio se oculta tras la sonrisa de Mona Lisa? Durante siglos, la Iglesia ha conseguido mantener oculta la verdad& hasta ahora.
Antes de morir asesinado, Jacques Saunière, el último Gran Maestre de una sociedad secreta que se remonta a la fundación de los Templarios, transmite a su nieta Sofía una misteriosa clave. Saunière y sus predecesores, entre los que se encontraban hombres como Isaac Newton o Leonardo Da Vinci, han conservado durante siglos un conocimiento que puede cambiar completamente la historia de la humanidad. Ahora Sofía, con la ayuda del experto en simbología Robert Langdon, comienza la búsqueda de ese secreto, en una trepidante carrera que les lleva de una clave a otra, descifrando mensajes ocultos en los más famosos cuadros del genial pintor y en las paredes de antiguas catedrales. Un rompecabezas que deberán resolver pronto, ya que no están solos en el juego: una poderosa e influyente organización católica está dispuesta a emplear todos los medios para evitar que el secreto salga a la luz.
Un apasionante juego de claves escondidas, sorprendentes revelaciones, acertijos ingeniosos, verdades, mentiras, realidades históricas, mitos, símbolos, ritos, misterios y suposiciones en una trama llena de giros inesperados narrada con un ritmo imparable que conduce al lector hasta el secreto más celosamente guardado del inicio de nuestra era.
" Intriga y amenaza se mezclan en una de las mejores novelas de suspense que he leído jamás. Un sorprendente relato donde los enigmas se suceden a los secretos y éstos a las adivinanzas."
Clive Cussler.
" Un inteligente thriller lleno de enigmas y códigos que, sin duda, puede recomendarse con rotundo entusiasmo."
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El Codigo Da Vinci / The Da Vinci Code: El Illustrado / Illustradedby Dan Brown, Juanjo EstrellaISBN 8495618818 (84-95618-81-8)
Hardcover, Ediciones Urano
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Codigo Da Vinci / The Da Vinci Code: El Illustrado / Illustraded'Book summary:¿Qué misterio se oculta tras la sonrisa de la celebre Mona Lisa? Durante siglos, la Iglesia ha conseguido mantener oculta la verdad& hasta ahora.
Uno de los libros con mas tiempo en el tope de la lista de los Best Sellers del New York Times!.... El Código Da Vinci, ahora en un audiolibro narrado en español del bestseller internacional de Dan Brown, producido exclusivamente por FONOLIBRO, el cual no podrá dejar de escuchar hasta que llegue al inesperado final.
Mientras se encontraba en un viaje de negocios en Paris, Robert Langdon, experto en simbologia de la universidad de Harvard, recibe una llamada urgente a media noche. Jacques Saunière, el último Gran Maestre de una sociedad secreta que se remonta a la fundación de los Templarios, ha sido asesinado en el museo del Louvre. Saunière antes de morir transmite a su nieta Sofía una misteriosa clave. Saunière y sus predecesores, entre los que se encontraban hombres como Isaac Newton o Leonardo Da Vinci, han conservado durante siglos un conocimiento que puede cambiar completamente la historia de la humanidad. Ahora Sofía, con la ayuda Robert Langdon, comienza la búsqueda de ese secreto, en una trepidante carrera que les lleva de una clave a otra, descifrando mensajes ocultos en los más famosos cuadros del genial pintor y en las paredes de antiguas catedrales. Un rompecabezas que deberán resolver pronto, ya que no están solos en el juego: una poderosa e influyente organización católica está dispuesta a emplear todos los medios para evitar que el secreto salga a la luz.
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Las Coreccionesby Jonathan FranzenISBN 8432216461 (84-322-1646-1)
Hardcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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El Curioso Incidente Del Perro A Medianocheby Mark HaddonISBN 8478889108 (84-7888-910-8)
Softcover, Salamandra Publicacions Y Edicions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Curioso Incidente Del Perro A Medianoche'Book summary:2005 SALAMANDRA Spanish Edition SOFTCOVER [via]
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Diario / Diaryby Ana FrankISBN 8497593065 (84-9759-306-5)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Diario / Diary'Book summary:Anne Frank's diary is a modern classic, the living testimony of a Jewish girl caught in the nightmare horror of Hitler's Final Solution. Her extraordinary story can be read in over 50 languages, and millions of copies are in print in various editions throughout the world. [via]
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Diario De Ana Frank/Diary of Anne Frankby Anne FrankISBN 9681500555 (968-15-0055-5)
Softcover, Editores Mexicanos Unidos-Mex
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Diario De Ana Frank/Diary of Anne Frank'Book summary:Tras la invasion de Holanda, los Frank, comerciantes judios alemanes emigrados a Amsterdam en 1933, se ocultaron de la Gestapo en una buhardilla anexa al edificio donde el padre de Ana tenia sus oficinas. Estas ocho personas permanecieron recluidas desde junio de 1942 hasta agosto de 1944, fecha en que fueron detenidos y enviados a diversos campos de concentracion. En esta buhardilla y en las mas precarias condiciones, Ana, a la sazon una nina de trece anos, escribio un estremecedor Diario: un testimonio unico en su genero sobre el horror y la barbarie nazi, y sobre los sentimientos y experiencias de la propia Ana y de sus acompanantes. Ana murio en el campo de Bergen-Belsen en marzo de 1945. Su Diario nunca morira. [via]
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Expiacion / Atonementby Ian R. McewanISBN 8433969757 (84-339-6975-7)
Softcover, Editorial Anagrama
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Expiacion / Atonement'Book summary:La trama de esta fascinante y perfecta novela, sucede en la gran casa de campo de la familia Tallis. El padre está en Londres, la madre con migraña encerrada en su habitación, la hija menor desesperada por ser adulta y ya herida por la literatura, el hermano que finalizó sus estudios y regresa con un amigo, la hermana mayor que tambien ha regresado con notas no tan altas, una prima nínfula quinceañera y seductora que ha venido a vivir para la casa, y el brillante hijo de la criada, protegido de la familia, que finaliza con excelentes notas sus estudios. La precoz escritora y menor de los Tallis, cambia irremediablemente el curso de varias vidas cuando acusa al amante de su hermana mayor de haber cometido un crimen en el que no tuvo nada que ver. Todos ellos conforman una novela que va abriéndose a distintas novelas de géneros diferentes: una intensa novela de amor, una durísima novela de guerra, y la novela de una novela, la narración de esta Expiación de la cual la hija menor escribió varias versiones en su vida.Considerada la mejor novela de McEwan, ha sido llevada al cine por Joe Wright, con un estruendoso éxito de taquilla y crítica. [via]
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Harry Potter y el misterio del principe / Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Princeby J. K. RowlingISBN 8478889930 (84-7888-993-0)
Hardcover, Salamandra Publicacions Y Edicions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter y el misterio del principe / Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. As Harry faces his upcoming fifth year at Hogwarts Academy, there are increasing rumors of dark times coming and of Lord Voldemort's return to power, and a secret anti-Voldemort society, The Order of the Phoenix, begins meeting again. [via]
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Harry Potter Y La Orden Del Fenix / Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenixby J. K. Rowling, Gemma Rovira OrtegaISBN 8478888845 (84-7888-884-5)
Softcover, Emece Editores
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Book Details:- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 2/1/2004
- Pages: 896
- Reading Level: Age 9 and Up
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El Libro de Las Ilusiones / THE BOOK OF ILLUSIONSby Paul AusterISBN 8433969978 (84-339-6997-8)
Softcover, Ld Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Libro de Las Ilusiones / THE BOOK OF ILLUSIONS'Book summary:Novela cambiante como una sesion de magia, que explora los limites entre culpabilidad e inocencia, la obsesion y la locura. [via]
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LA Novena Revelacion/the Celestine Prophecyby James Redfield, Cristina SardoyISBN 9500826011 (950-08-2601-1)
Softcover, Downtown Book Center Inc
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El pendulo de foucaultby Umberto EcoISBN 8484502058 (84-8450-205-8)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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Posesion/ Possessionby A. S. ByattISBN 8433966855 (84-339-6685-5)
Softcover, Ld Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Posesion/ Possession'Book summary:Esta extraordinaria novela, cuenta su autora, tiene su remoto origen en las reflexiones que le inspiro una biografa americana de Coleridge que habia dedicado toda su vida al estudio del poeta. Todo empieza con unas cartas robadas. Roland Mitchell, un oscuro graduado en literatura inglesa, descubre entre unos libros, dos cartas inconclusas y nunca enviadas a una desconocida mujer. Roland investiga la identidad de la misteriosa corresponsal y descubre que esta es Christabel LaMotte, oscura, ambigua poetisa de la epoca, reivindicada en la actualidad por feministas y lesbianas. Roland ha hecho un descubrimiento que puede lanzarle a una brillante carrera academica y constituir un hito en el estudio de la poesia victoriana. Y acompanado por una mas que atractiva especialista en la obra de Christabel, seguiran un rastro de poemas, diarios y cartas, y gradualmente poseidos por aquellos que buscaban poseer, reconstruiran una historia de pasiones alli donde nunca se supo que las hubiera. [via]
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Sputnik, Mi Amor / Sputnik, Sweetheartby Haruki MurakamiISBN 8483102161 (84-8310-216-1)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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Cinque Quartri D'Aranciaby Joanne HarrisISBN 8811685508 (88-11-68550-8)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Le Correzioniby Charles Frazier, Silvia PareschiISBN 8806160370 (88-06-16037-0)
Hardcover, Einaudi
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Il Pendolo Di Foucaultby Umberto EcoISBN 8845215911 (88-452-1591-1)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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I Sublimi Segreti Delle Ya-Yaby Rebecca WellsISBN 885152033X (88-515-2033-X)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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The Da Vinci Codeby Dan BrownISBN 2266144340 (2-266-14434-0)
Softcover, Presses Pocket
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UN Parfum De Cedreby Ann-Maire MacdonaldISBN 2290318159 (2-290-31815-9)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Tintenherzby Cornelia Caroline FunkeISBN 3791504657 (3-7915-0465-7)
Hardcover, Dressler
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tintenherz'Book summary:Meggie lebt mit ihrem Vater Mo, einem "Bücherarzt", in einem alten Haus. Da steht eines Nachts ein merkwürdiger Mann vor der Tür. Er warnt Mo vor jemandem namens Capricorn. Bei Nacht und Nebel fliehen die drei, und nach und nach findet Meggie heraus, dass ihr Vater allerlei Geheimnisse vor ihr verbirgt. Wieso hat er sich zum Beispiel immer geweigert, ihr vorzulesen? Und was ist mit Meggies Mutter wirklich geschehen, die vor vielen Jahren verschwand?
Meggie bekommt erste Antworten, als sie vom grausamen Capricorn gefangen genommen werden. Er tut alles, um von Mo das Buch "Tintenherz" zu bekommen. Denn Capricorn selbst -- und nicht nur er -- ist aus diesem Buch in unsere Welt gekommen, "herausgelesen" von Mo. Ein Albtraum wird lebendig, ein Buch erwacht zum Leben. Und Meggie wird zum Angelpunkt eines dunklen Kampfes zwischen Realität und allzu realer Fiktion.
Tintenherz ist ein fabelhaft erzähltes Buch über Bücher, über das Wunder des Lesens und über die Bedeutung, die Geschichten für unser Leben haben. Wer hätte sich nicht schon einmal gewünscht, dass die Figuren aus seinen Büchern lebendig werden? Funke lässt diesen Traum Wirklichkeit werden. Aber Meggie, Mo und alle anderen zahlen dafür einen hohen Preis. Denn wundersame Märchenwelt und finsterer Albtraum gehen Hand in Hand, und das Böse scheint von Anfang an die besseren Karten zu haben...
Mit ihrem neuen Buch wird Cornelia Funke nicht nur ihre Fangemeinde begeistern. Auch diejenigen, die ihre Bücher noch nicht kennen, werden "Funke-süchtig" werden, sobald sie einige Seiten gelesen haben. Und die einen wie die anderen werden am Ende erstaunt und betrübt feststellen, dass sie die fast 600 Seiten wie im Rausch verschlungen haben. Aber glücklicherweise gibt es ja noch andere Bücher von dieser außergewöhnlichen Autorin, die zu Recht seit ihrem Buch Herr der Diebe auch international bekannt ist. --Gabi Neumayer [via]
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Vernimm mein Flehenby Ann-Marie MacDonaldISBN 3492227287 (3-492-22728-7)
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Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secretsby J. K. RowlingISBN 702003344X (7-02-003344-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets'Book summary:Chilling, malevolent voices whisper from the walls only to Harry, and it seems certain that his classmate Draco Malfoy is out to get him. Soon it's not just Harry who is worried about survival, as dreadful things begin to happen at Hogwarts. The mysteriously gleaming, foot-high words on the wall proclaim, ""The Chamber of Secrets Has Been Opened. Enemies of the Heir, Beware."" But what exactly does it mean? [via]
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Het Achterhuis: Dagboekbrieven 12 Juni 1942-1 Augustus 1944by Anne Frank, Mirjam Pressler, Otto FrankISBN 9035125622 (90-351-2562-2)
Hardcover, B. Bakker
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