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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Of rainbows and clouds	Yab Ugyen Dorji,Queen of Bhutan Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck	Memoirs of Yab Ugyen Dorji on his ancestors and decendants, a merchant family from Bhutan.	OL1044184W
Von Leipzig nach Japan	Wolfgang Michel	Life and achievements of the surgeon and merchant Caspar Schamberger whose activities in Japan (1649-51) mark the beginning of a lasting Japanese interest in Western medicine that gradually led to th…	OL13423198W
Blue-eyed devil	Robert B. Parker	The extraordinary new Western from the New York Times- bestselling author, featuring itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. Law enforcement in Appaloosa had once been Virgil Cole and me. Now…	OL14914290W
The Pindar diamond	Katie Hickman	Venice, 1604. When rumours of a spectacularly rare and priceless diamond begin to circulate amongst the gamblers and courtesans of the Venetian demi-monde, the Levant Company merchant, Paul Pindar, b…	OL14972759W
The merchant of Venice	Richard Appignanesi	In sixteenth-century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome pay…	OL15488711W
Bluegrass hero	Allie Pleiter	Dust-covered men who smell like horses are the norm at Gil Sorrent's farm, until a trip to Emily Montague's bath shop changes their lives.	OL15811945W
The seal hunter	Lari Don	After seeing the results of his work, a seal hunter vows to change his ways.	OL16215126W
Spice and Wolf, Vol. 6	Isuna Hasekura	When Lawrence and Holo take a ship downriver following Eve, they meet and help a boy named Col, who has run into trouble at a checkpoint, and learn shocking information about Holo's ancient home of Y…	OL16298686W
How to really ruin your financial life and portfolio	Stein, Benjamin	"Hilarious advice on what NOT to do with money, from financial funny man Ben Stein Everyone's searching for the secrets to financial success, but what about the best ways to lose money. fast?! In How…	OL16654630W
The Serpent of Venice	Christopher Moore	Venice, a long time ago. Three prominent Venetians await their most loathsome and foul dinner guest, the erstwhile envoy of Britain and France, and widower of the murdered Queen Cordelia: the rascal-…	OL17124775W
The Informers	Bret Easton Ellis	Los Angeles, 1980s. Centers on an array of characters who represent both the top of the heap - a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster - and the very bottom (a voyeuris…	OL1812924W
The salt merchants of Tianjin	Man Bun Kwan,Kwan Man Bun	"In this the first detailed study in English of the mercantile activities and social role of Tianjin's salt merchants, Kwan Man Bun reveals how they helped stabilize the city and assumed many civic r…	OL18461194W
The bargain from the bazaar	Haroon K. Ullah	"The story of one struggling middle-class Pakistani family, compellingly narrated by a young scholar and diplomat who has observed the traumas of the region firsthand. As a young boy, Awais Reza's fa…	OL19708340W
London's triumph	Stephen Alford	"The dramatic story of the dazzling growth of London in the sixteenth century. For most, England in the sixteenth century was the era of the Tudors, from Henry VII and VIII to Elizabeth I. But as the…	OL19729599W
The Rainborowes	Adrian Tinniswood	The period between 1630 and 1660 was one of the most tumultuous in Western history, witnessing the birth of New England and, in the mother country, a chaotic civil war that rent the very fabric of En…	OL19972522W
Yan shang yu Yangzhou	Yu Wang	Ben shu nei rong bao gua : yang zhou fan hua yi yan sheng, yang zhou yan shang de di yu gou cheng, yang zhou shang ren yi yan fu, yan shang yu yang zhou cheng shi jian she, yan shang yu yang zhou che…	OL20145633W
The Devil's mask	Christopher Wakling	"The Georgian terraces are rising. In the aftermath of the abolition of the slave trade, the port of Bristol is awash with the commercial gains of the Empire. But in the midst of all the grand buildi…	OL20858176W
The merchant	Wendy Mead	"Explores the life of a colonial merchant and his importance to the community, as well as everyday life responsibilities, and social practices during that time"--Provided by publisher.	OL22425515W
Love finds you in North Pole, Alaska	Loree Lough	"A former Marine is no match for the spunky Sam Sinclair. Bryce Stone has returned to his hometown of North Pole, Alaska and the self-admitted scrooge in not very happy about living in a town 'Where …	OL24283584W
Quicksilver	Michael of Kent, Princess	The final volume of the Anjou trilogy focuses on merchant Jacques Coeur, a man of humble beginnings but fiercely ambitious, who became one of the richest and most powerful men in fifteenth century Fr…	OL24294330W