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City of silver City of silver Annamaria Alfieri In the midst of a Grand Inquisition, Mother Maria Santa Hilda finds herself at odds when the daughter of a wealthy man mysteriously dies in her care. Despite the fact that it looks as though the girl… OL13770091W
Tombs of terror Tombs of terror T. Lynn Adams A young man accompanying his archaeologist father to Machu Picchu falls through a rotted plank, landing in an Inca tunnel deep inside the Andes mountains. OL15452465W
The Ugly One The Ugly One Leanne Statland Ellis "At the height of the Incan empire, a girl called the Ugly One because of a disfiguring scar on her face, seeks to have the scar removed and instead finds a life path as a shaman" OL16671761W
Pacazo Pacazo Roy Kesey First Edition OL16799411W
El héroe discreto El héroe discreto Mario Vargas Llosa "La novela cuenta la historia paralela de dos personajes: el ordenado y entran able Feli cito Yanaque , un pequen o empresario de Piura que es extorsionado, e Ismael Carrera, un exitoso hombre de neg… OL16807833W
Sharpshooter Sharpshooter Cynthia Eden "Two years ago Gunner Ortez saved Sydney Sloan's life on a mission gone wrong. And ever since then, he's been watching her back. Now a hostage-rescue mission is about to blow the Elite Ops agents' li… OL17799551W
The book of human skin The book of human skin Michelle Lovric 13 May 1784, Venice Minguillo Fasan, heir to the decaying gothic Palazzo Espagnol is born. Yet Minguillo is no ordinary child he is strange, devious, and all those who come near him are fearful. Twel… OL17903402W
A blind spot for boys A blind spot for boys Justina Chen After a bad breakup and the discovery that her father is quickly going blind, sixteen-year-old photographer Shana and her parents travel to Machu Picchu for an adventure, where Shana meets Quattro, a… OL17915359W
Chasing the sun Chasing the sun Natalia Sylvester "For fans of Laura Lippman and Marisa de los Santos, a tense family drama about a husband's quest to save his wife, who has been kidnapped by terrorists in Lima, Peru in 1992. How far will he go to s… OL17922686W
The first story ever told The first story ever told Erik Jendresen An explorer goes in search of the Inca's legendary lost city of gold, but discovers instead a more spiritual treasure. OL1809968W
Go and come back Go and come back Joan Abelove Alicia, a young tribeswoman living in a village in the Amazonian jungle of Peru, tells about the two American women anthropologists who arrive to study her people's way of life. OL19222887W
Summer Days Summer Days Elizabeth Bass, Mary Carter, Holly Chamberlin Lisa Jackson **His Bride To Be, Lisa Jackson** The job perks: a two-week luxury cruise in the company of one of the most eligible bachelors on the West Coast. But posing as Hale Donovan's fiancée to finesse a … OL20330471W
The society's traitor The society's traitor V. K. Finnish Eleven year old adventurer Arthur Grey is thrilled when he discovers a hidden society in Peru, until a sneaky inside traitor threatens the society's mythical creatures. OL23255565W
Paddington Paddington R. W. Alley,Michael Bond,Robert W. Alley,Tatjana Kröll Adopting for their own the lost bear they find in Paddington Station, the Browns have some exciting first moments with him. OL261401W
Green House Green House Gregory Rabassa,Mario Vargas Llosa 405 p. ; 23 cm OL27421815W
Alejandro y los pescadores de Tancay Alejandro y los pescadores de Tancay Braulio Muñoz In a series of tales fashioned as an old fisherman's reflections, Peruvian-American author and sociologist Muñoz ("The Peruvian Notebooks") offers an elegiac lament for a disappearing way of life alo… OL4298608W
Bare witness Bare witness Katherine Garbera Once upon a time, there were three little girls. Charity. Justine. Anna. Individually, they’re lethal weapons. Together? They’re the force to be reckoned with at Liberty Investigations. Their bodies … OL5690762W
Lima nights Lima nights Marie Arana From a National Book Award finalist--for her memoir American Chica--and the author of the acclaimed novel Cellophane comes this spare, powerful story of sexual obsession and its consequences.Carlos B… OL8051918W
Investigating Machu Picchu Investigating Machu Picchu Emily Sohn "In graphic novel format, follows the adventures of Isabel Soto as she explore the history and culture behind the Inca city of Machu Picchu"--Provided by publisher. OL8410012W
Pantaleón y las visitadoras Pantaleón y las visitadoras Mario Vargas Llosa This farce opens as the prim and proper Captain Pantoja learns he is to be sent to Peru's Amazon frontier on a secret mission for the army--to provide females for the amorous recruits. Side-splitting… OL857652W
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