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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Remarkable Creatures Remarkable Creatures Tracy Chevalier In the year of the 150th anniversary of Origin of the Species, set in a town where Jane Austen was a frequent visitor, Tracy Chevalier once again shows her uncanny sense for the topical.In the early … OL15178365W
Remarkable creatures Remarkable creatures Tracy Chevalier On the windswept fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast Mary Anning learns that she has "the eye" - she finds what no one else can see. When Mary uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton she sets … OL15484230W
Girl with a pearl earring Girl with a pearl earring Tracy Chevalier This book "centres on Vermeer's prosperous household in Delft in the 1660s. The appointment of the quiet, perceptive heroine of the novel, the servant Griet, gradually throws the household into turmo… OL20832904W