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Author: Garfield, SimonSummary:Genre: Art and architecture -
Author: Mason, PaulSummary:Over the past two centuries, capitalism has undergone profound changes from which it has always emerged transformed and strengthened. Paul Mason's Postcapitalism argues that we are on the brink of...
Genre: Business and economics -
Author:Summary:With this anthology, bestselling author Brad Meltzer introduces twenty-one original stories from today's most prominent mystery writers. These sometimes terrifying, sometimes funny, and always...
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Author:Summary:The Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have enthralled generations of readers--and writers. Now Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger have assembled a stellar group of contemporary...
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Author: Chesteron, G. K.Summary:Set in early 1900s London, this metaphysical thriller follows undercover officer Gabriel Syme and his secret involvement with Scotland Yard's task force that attempts to take down underground...
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Author: Kipling, RudyardSummary:The Second Jungle Book is the sequel to Rudyard Kipling's acclaimed collection of stories about the Indian jungle. These new stories were published a year after the original, and mostly focus on...
Genre: Classic fiction, Fantasy fiction, Short stories -
Author: Kipling, RudyardSummary:Rudyard Kipling's thrilling science fiction novella follows the exploits of an intercontinental mail dirigible battling foul weather. Meanwhile, a planet-wide Aerial Board of Control enforces a...
Genre: Classic fiction, Science fiction -
Author: Buruma, IanSummary:A reckoning with the great drama that ensued after war came to an end in 1945. Regime change had come on a global scale, creating the greatest power vacuum in history. Out of the vicious power...
Genre: History and geography -
Author: Holmes, RichardSummary:When young Joseph Banks stepped onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, he hoped to discover Paradise. Inspired by the scientific ferment sweeping through Britain, the botanist had sailed with Captain Cook...
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Author: McGowan, AnthonySummary:Monty was just like any other dog. A scruffy and irascible Maltese terrier, he enjoyed barking at pugs and sniffing at trees. But after Monty has yet another dramatic confrontation with the local...
Genre: Humour, Pets and animals, Philosophy -
Author: Green, Simon R.Summary:At an unveiling of Ancient Egyptian artifacts, Ishmael Jones finds a body next to the empty sarcophagus. Ishmael rejects the theory that the mummy's curse is to blame. But he can't...
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Author: Green, Simon R.Summary:
The Organization has learned that an attempt is to be made on Sir Dennis Gregson's life as he travels to Bath. But when a body is found on the train, Ishmael Jones has just 56 minutes to...
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Author: Green, Simon R.Summary:
Ishmael Jones is plunged into a baffling investigation involving the wedding of an old friend's daughter, murder, an ancient curse, and Ishamel's memories of before he was human.
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Author: Green, Simon R.Summary:
Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny are attending the reopening of Tyrone's Castle when a guest vanishes. Skeptical of ghosts, Ishmael believes the key to the mystery lies in the present.
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Author: Green, Simon R.Summary:
Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny have been despatched to assist a group of scientists who are investigating a mysterious black hole which has appeared on a Somerset hillside.