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41) Faking it
Author
Series
Dido Hoare mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
42) Three monkeys
Author
Series
Dido Hoare mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Boston rare-book dealer Peter Fallon and his girlfriend, Evangeline Carrington, are headed to California, where their search for a lost journal takes them into the history of Gold Rush. The journal follows young James Spencer, of the Sagamore Mining Company, on a spectacular journey from staid Boston, up the Sacramento River to the Mother Lode. During his search for a "lost river of gold," Spencer confronts vengeance, greed, and racism in himself...
49) The antiquarian
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Three years have passed since Gustavo, a renowned psycholinguist, last spoke to his closest friend, Daniel, who has been interned in a psychiatric ward for murdering his fiancée. When Daniel unexpectedly calls to confess the truth behind the crime, Gustavo's long buried fraternal loyalty resurfaces and draws him into the center of a quixotic, unconventional investigation through an underground network of antiquarian dealers. While Daniel reveals...
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The funny and fascinating memoir of Bythell's experiences at the helm of The Bookshop, Scotland's largest second hand bookstore--and the delightfully unusual staff members, eccentric customers, odd townsfolk and surreal buying trips that make up his life there"--
When Bythell first thought of taking over the bookstore in the remote Scottish village of Wigtown, it seemed like a book-lover's paradise. Here he details his experiences at the helm of...
51) Die once
Author
Series
Dido Hoare mysteries volume 6
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2003, c2002
Language
English
52) Books: a memoir
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Prolific writer, avid reader, and ardent book collector, Larry McMurtry discusses his lifelong love affair with the written word. Leading the reader through the span of his experience with literature, from childhood through the present, McMurtry traces the connection between the books he chooses to read and his own writing style. Engaging, witty and smart, this is a tome to be cherished.
Author
Series
Cass Neary novels volume 4
Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Photographer Cass Neary is desperate to get home, and she's already lost her camera--like losing a limb. Now her only chance is to cash in on a deal that a friend is about to cut for a legendary illuminated manuscript: The Book of Lamps and Banners. Rumored to have been rescued from the Library at Alexandria, the Book is said to contain ancient esoteric knowledge, even an otherworldly power. So when an intruder brazenly steals the manuscript, Cass...
Author
Publisher
Distributed by North Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"C.J. Floyd, the streetwise, Denver-based bail bondsman and Vietnam vet, gets embroiled in an investigation that reaches back to the building of the transcontinental railroad, leads him to a famous photograph, and has him tangled with eccentric power brokers and collectors who are after a slice of priceless American history"--Provided by publisher.