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By Arturo Perez-Reverte
The acclaimed author of The Club Dumas
delivers his most magnificent novel. A remarkable tale, The Queen
of the South spans continents,
from the streets of Mexico to the coast of Morocco, to Spain and
Gibraltar. A sweeping story set to the beat of drug smugglers'
ballads, it encompasses sensuality and cruelty, love and betrayal,
as its
heroine's story unfolds.
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By Blue
Balliett
This
great book for young readers by Chicago author Balliett
begins-
Dear Friend:
I would like your help in identifying a crime
that is now centuries old. This crime has
wronged one the world's
greatest painters...I have chosen you because of your discriminating
eye, your intelligence, and your ability to think outside of
convention. If you wish to help me, you
will be amply rewarded for any risks
you take.
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By John
Crowley
For the first time literary stylist John Crowley's
short fiction has been collected in one volume, demonstrating scope,
vision and wonder to be found in the work of one of America's
greatest storytellers. Be it a tale of the expulsion from Eden,
a journey through time, the dreams of a failed writer, or a dead
woman's ambiguous legacy, each story in Novelties
and Souvenirs is full of delights to be savored.
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Remembrance
of Things Paris |
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By Ruth
Reichl, Ed.
For 60 years the best food writers have been sending dispatches
from Paris to Gourmet magazine. Collected here for the first time,
their essays create a unique and timeless portrait of the world
capital of love and food. Beautifully written, these dispatches
from the past are intimate and immediate.
If you can't travel to the City of Lights in
body at least you can go in spirit.
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