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The seventh sacrament The seventh sacrament David Hewson In the heat of a Rome summer, a seven-year-old boy vanishes in the dank catacombs beneath the city. Now fourteen years have passed, and in acclaimed author David Hewson's stunning new crime novel the… OL11415276W
The Mortal Storm The Mortal Storm Phyllis Bottome Pre-World War II Ficton. It is rebellious Fraulein Freya Toiler's birthday and she does not want to spend it with her cheeky brothers. She wants to do something special; something exciting and out of… OL1203214W
Obedience Obedience Will Lavender "With superb confidence, Lavender constructs a brilliant fictional web of lies, inventively warping the psychological thriller to fit the confines of a scholarly investigation." --Kirkus Reviews… OL12272897W
The Crazed The Crazed Ha Jin "In his new novel, the author of Waiting deepens his portrait of contemporary Chinese society while exploring the perennial conflicts between convention and individualism, integrity and pragmatism, l… OL14555W
The Voyeur The Voyeur Alberto Moravia Edoardo, ex-left-wing militant turned professor of French, is a voyeur of life and love. Family and other problems haunt him, and he discovers that he has been unable to see for looking. By the Itali… OL14857488W
The devil of Nanking The devil of Nanking Mo Hayder Now reissued as a B-format paperback, an extraordinary, electrifying thriller by one of Britain's bestselling crime-writers.Tokyo, 1990Grey Hutchins is in pursuit of an obsession. She is searching fo… OL14861541W
La Universidad de Puerto Rico La Universidad de Puerto Rico Arturo Torrecilla Arturo Torrecilla es autor de El espectro posmoderno (Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas: 1995) y La ansiedad de ser puertorriqueño (Vértigo: 2005), ha sido co-editor de las revistas independientes bordes… OL15609958W
Diana Lively is falling down Diana Lively is falling down Sheila Curran Trained as an architect in England, Diana Lively accompanies her second husband, Ted, on a trip to Arizona to assist in an American billionaire's project to construct a King Arthur Theme Park in the … OL15835783W
Monkey Puzzle (Jack Stryker #1) Monkey Puzzle (Jack Stryker #1) Paula Gosling Lieutenant Jack Stryker confronts a most frustrating case when Grantham University's most unpopular professor is murdered and more than one person will benefit from his bizarre death OL16062310W
A professor's rage A professor's rage Michele McPhee A devoted wife and mother and a Harvard-educated scientist working as a biology professor at the University of Alabama-Huntsville, Amy Bishop seemed to have it all. But when she was denied tenure, he… OL16464611W
The demonologist The demonologist Andrew Pyper During a visit to Venice, Professor David Ullman--one of the world's leading authorities on demonic literature--witnesses a terror in a tiny attic room. Then his 12-year-old daughter Tess disappears … OL16700095W
The perfect match The perfect match Kristan Higgins What if the perfect match is a perfect surprise? Honor Holland has just been unceremoniously rejected by her lifelong crush. And now -- a mere three weeks later -- Mr. Perfect is engaged to her be… OL17312156W
Small blessings Small blessings Martha Woodroof "Tom Putnam, an English professor at a Virginia women's college, has resigned himself to a quiet and half-fulfilled life. For more than ten years, his wife Marjory has been a shut-in, a fragile and f… OL17823005W
Bookmarked Bookmarked Wendy W. Fairey "Wendy W. Fairey grew up among books. Her mother, the famous Hollywood columnist Sheilah Graham, was F. Scott Fitzgerald's last love--he died in her living room in 1940. As part of a 'College of One'… OL17863249W
Death in the Latin quarter Death in the Latin quarter Raphael Cardetti Valentine Savi, a talented young restorer, receives a visitor offering a unique commission: to restore a priceless medieval manuscript whose pages promise to reveal the truth of a fascinating mystery… OL17880875W
Consequences Consequences Philippe Djian "Philippe Djian brings a buzzing urgency to this story set in a sleepy academic enclave in rural France, where Marc, a professor whose interest in women has filled the hole left by his failed literar… OL18149312W
The heart has its reasons The heart has its reasons María Dueñas "A talented college professor in Madrid, Blanca Perea seems to have it all. But her world is suddenly shattered when her husband of twenty years leaves her for another woman. Questioning the life she… OL18163171W
El Señor Mee El Señor Mee Andrew Crumey A New York Times Notable Book of the Year In this inventive novel, octogenarian book collector Mr. Mee discovers the Internet with life-changing results. Told from the points of view of the guileles… OL1833291W
The misadventures of Marvin The misadventures of Marvin Marvin Druger xi, 181 p. : 20 cm OL18817374W
The Center Cannot Hold The Center Cannot Hold Elyn R. Saks Elyn R. Saks is an esteemed professor, lawyer, and psychiatrist and is the Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California… OL1943090W
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