Donna Tartt
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A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. Alone and abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by a friend's family and struggles to make sense of his new life. In the years that follow, he becomes entranced by one of the few things that reminds him of his mother: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the art underworld.
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Richard Papen had never been to New England before his nineteenth year. Then he arrived at Hampeden College and quickly became seduced by the sweet, dark rhythms of campus life -- in particular by an elite group of five students, Greek scholars, worldly, self-assured, and at first glance, highly unapproachable.
3) El jilguero
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Random House Spanish
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1148 pages
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Al acercarnos a El jilguero, vamos enfocando una habitaci?n de hotel en Amsterdam. Theo Decker lleva m?s de una semana encerrado entre esas cuatro paredes, fumando sin parar, bebiendo vodka y masticando miedo. Es un hombre joven, pero su historia es larga y ni ?l sabe bien por qu? ha llegado hasta aqu?. ¿C?mo empez? todo? Con una explosi?n en el Metropolitan Museum hace unos diez a?os y la imagen de un jilguero de plumas doradas, un cuadro espl?ndido...
4) True grit
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Pursuing a murderer who has escaped into Indian Territory, U.S. Marshal Rooster J. Cogburn teams up with a bounty-hunting Texas Ranger and Mattie Ross, a cantankerous young lady who is bent on revenge.