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HarperPerennial Modern Classics
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
165 pages, 24 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 21 cm
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"Ask the Dust is a virtuoso performance by an influential master of the twentieth-century American novel. It is the story of Arturo Bandini, a young writer in 1930s Los Angeles who falls hard for the elusive, mocking, unstable Camilla Lopez, a Mexican waitress. Struggling to survive, he perseveres until, at last, his first novel is published. But the bright light of success is extinguished when Camilla has a nervous breakdown and disappears . . ....
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At age nineteen, young Eton graduate Eric Blair set sail for India, dreading the assignment ahead. Along with several other young conscripts, he would be trained for three years as a servant of the British Empire, overseeing the local policemen in Burma. Navigating the social, racial, and class politics of his fellow British at the same time as he learned the local languages and struggled to control his men would prove difficult enough. But doing...
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Series
Heaven official's blessing novels volume 5
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
465 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Description
"Ghosts are converging on the cursed Mount Tonglu for a massive battle royale, the sole survivor of which may become a Ghost King, a being of unimaginable power. Xie Lian is sent to secretly infiltrate and try to prevent this--by destroying any ghosts strong enough to stand a chance. His heavenly powers are weakened near the cursed mountain, but he has one trump card on his side--Hua Cheng, who has survived Mount Tonglu before. As they struggle against...
5) Vladimir
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Series
Publisher
Lumen
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
171 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
"Guinea ve truncada su carrera como profesora en una universidadi de Estados Unidos tras salir a la luz su relaci�on con un alumno mucho m�as joven que ella. Huyendo del esc�andalo y en busca de una nueva vida llega al aeropuerto de Buenos Aires, donde des- cubre que se ha producido un apag�on general. Con el tel�efono sin red, es incapaz de localizar su destino. Un hombre inquietante- mente amable la conduce por la ciudad y le propone alojarse...
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Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
403 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Description
Body in abyss, heart in paradise. White No-Face, Xie Lian's greatest fear and most hated enemy, has arrived...or so it seems. While the ghost with the half-crying, half-smiling mask is somewhere nearby, the creature is elusive as always, taunting Xie Lian from just out of reach and promising the total destruction of everything he holds dear. As Xie Lian confronts the trauma of his last encounter with the terrifying ghost, Hua Cheng will do anything...
7) Beholder
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Publisher
Push, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 22 cm
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"No one survived the party at the penthouse. Except Athan. Athanasios "Athan" Bakirtzis has made it far in life relying on his charm and good looks, even securing an invitation to a mysterious penthouse soiree for New York City's artsy elite. But when he sneaks off to the bathroom, he hears a slam, followed by a scream. Athan peers outside, only to be pushed back in by a boy his age. The boy gravely tells him not to open the door, then closes Athan...
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"Benny Catspaw's perpetually sunny disposition is tested when he loses his job, his reputation, his fiancée, and his favorite chair. He's not paranoid. Someone is out to get him. He just doesn't know who or why. Then Benny receives an inheritance from an uncle he's never heard of: a giant crate and a video message. All will be well in time. How strange—though it's a blessing, his uncle promises. Stranger yet is what's inside the crate. He's...
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