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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Language
English
Description
A miraculous healing serum, kept secret by an ancient puzzle and buried with the mummified remains of Alexander the Great--in a tomb lost to the ages for more than 1,500 years--is the coveted prize for a cunning despot unless Cotton Malone, former U.S. Justice Department agent turned rare-book dealer, can beat her to it.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd (est. 1761) to apply for a job. Allured by the smell of old books and the temptation of a management-approved afternoon nap, Darkshire was soon unteetering stacks of first editions and placating the store's resident ghost (the late Mr. Sotheran, hit by a tram). By turns unhinged and earnest, Once Upon a Tome is the colorful story of life in one of the world's...
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Series
Cemetery of forgotten books volume 3
Publisher
HarperLuxe
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A heartening and uproariously funny novel of high hopes, bad choices, book love, and one woman's best-and worst-intentions. Without question, Fawn Birchill knows that her used bookstore is the heart of West Philadelphia, a cornerstone of culture for a community that, for the past twenty years, has found the quirkiness absolutely charming. When an amicable young indie bookseller invades her block, Fawn is convinced that his cushy couches, impressive...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espa�nola
Pub. Date
2009
Language
Español
Description
Un amanecer de 1945 un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el coraz�on de la ciudad vieja: El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. All�i, Daniel Sempere encuentra un libro maldito que cambiar�a el rumbo de su vida y le arrastrar�a a un laberinto de intrigas y secretos enterrados en el alma oscura de la ciudad. Un misterio literario ambientado en la Barcelona de la primera mitad del siglo XX, desde los �ultimos...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espa�nol
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Language
Español
Description
Barcelona, 1957. Daniel Sempere y su amigo Ferm�in, los h�eroes de La Sombra del Viento, regresan de nuevo a la aventura para afrontar el mayor desaf�io de sus vidas. Justo cuando todo empezaba a sonre�irles, un inquietante personaje visita la librer�ia de Sempere y amenaza con desvelar un terrible secreto que lleva enterrado m�as de dos d�ecadas en la oscura memoria de la ciudad. Al conocer la verdad, Daniel comprender�a que su destino...
