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The book of the most precious substance : a novel / by Gran, Sara,author.;
A mysterious book that promises unlimited power and unrivaled sexual pleasure. A down-on-her-luck book dealer hoping for the sale of a lifetime. And a twist so shocking, no one will come out unscathed. After a tragedy too painful to bear, former novelist Lily Albrecht has resigned herself to a dull, sexless life as a rare book dealer. Until she gets a lead on a book that just might turn everything around. The Book of the Most Precious Substance is a 17th century manual on sex magic, rumored to be the most powerful occult book ever written--if it really exists at all. And some of the wealthiest people in the world are willing to pay Lily a fortune to find it--if she can. Her search for the book takes her from New York to New Orleans to Munich to Paris, searching the dark corners of power where the world's wealthiest people use black magic to fulfill their desires. Will Lily fulfill her own desires, and join them? Or will she lose it all searching for a ghost? The Book of the Most Precious Substance is an addictive erotic thriller about the lengths we'll go to get what we need--and what we want.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Paranormal fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Book collectors; Magic; Rare books; Young women;
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Jane Austen's bookshelf : a rare book collector's quest to find the women writers who shaped a legend / by Romney, Rebecca,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Long before she was a rare book dealer, Rebecca Romney was a devoted reader of Jane Austen. She loved that Austen's books took the lives of women seriously, explored relationships with wit and confidence, and always, allowed for the possibility of a happy ending. She read and reread them, often wishing Austen wrote just one more. But Austen wasn't a lone genius. She wrote at a time of great experimentation for women writers -- and clues about those women, and the exceptional books they wrote, are sprinkled like breadcrumbs throughout Austen's work. Every character in Northanger Abbey who isn't a boor sings the praises of Ann Radcliffe. The play that causes such a stir in Mansfield Park is a real one by the playwright Elizabeth Inchbald. In fact, the phrase "pride and prejudice" came from Frances Burney's second novel Cecilia. The women that populated Jane Austen's bookshelf profoundly influenced her work; Austen looked up to them, passionately discussed their books with her friends, and used an appreciation of their books as a litmus test for whether someone had good taste. So where had these women gone? Why hadn't Romney -- despite her training -- ever read them? Or, in some cases, even heard of them? And why were they no longer embraced as part of the wider literary canon? Jane Austen's Bookshelf investigates the disappearance of Austen's heroes -- women writers who were erased from the Western canon -- to reveal who they were, what they meant to Austen, and how they were forgotten. Each chapter profiles a different writer including Frances Burney, Ann Radcliffe, Charlotte Lennox, Charlotte Smith, Hannah More, Elizabeth Inchbald, Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, and Maria Edgeworth -- and recounts Romney's experience reading them, finding rare copies of their works, and drawing on connections between their words and Austen's. Romney collects the once-famed works of these forgotten writers, physically recreating Austen's bookshelf and making a convincing case for why these books should be placed back on the to-be-read pile of all book lovers today. Jane Austen's Bookshelf will encourage you to look beyond assigned reading lists, question who decides what belongs there, and build your very own collection of favorite novels"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Literary criticism.; Personal narratives.; Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840; Radcliffe, Ann, 1764-1823; Lennox, Charlotte, approximately 1729-1804; Smith, Charlotte, 1749-1806; More, Hannah, 1745-1833; Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821; Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821; Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849; English literature; Literature; Women novelists, English; Women novelists, English; Women novelists, English; Women novelists, English;
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The Marsh madness / by Abbott, Victoria.;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Bingham, Jordan (Fictitious character); Books; Swindlers and swindling; Book collectors;
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The booksellers [videorecording] / by Bergman, David,on-screen participant.; Cummins, James,1981-on-screen participant.; Lebowitz, Fran,1963-on-screen participant.; Posey, Parker,1968-on-screen participant.; Talese, Gay,on-screen participant.; Young, D. W.,film director.; Kino Lorber, Inc.,film distributor.;
Parker Posey, Fran Lebowitz, Gay Talese, David Bergman, James Cummins.D.W. Young's elegant and absorbing documentary is a lively tour of New York's book world, populated by an assortment of obsessives, intellects, eccentrics and dreamers, past and present: from the Park Avenue Armory's annual Antiquarian Book Fair, where original editions can fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars; to the Strand and Argosy bookstores, still standing against all odds; to the beautifully crammed apartments of collectors and buyers.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Book collecting; Antiquarian booksellers; Rare books; Book collectors;
For private home use only.
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Unitt's book of marks : antiques & collectables / by Unitt, Peter,1914-; Worrall, Anne.;
Includes bibliographical references: p. 214.Bibliography: p. 214.
Subjects: Hallmarks.; Pottery; Glassware;
© c1990., Fitzhenry and Whiteside,
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It came from the basement / by Pelletier, Dominique.; Ginzburg, Dina.;
On Tia's first day at Pleasant Valley Elementary, she joins the Philately Club where she meets the only other member, Leo, who has been sent there for detention. Together, they discover that Mr. Bob, the school janitor, is keeping a very strange creature in the basement. Could it really be an alien? And can the Philately Club save the world?LSC
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Science fiction comic books, strips, etc.; Students; Stamp collectors; Space ships; Human-alien encounters;
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Outpost / by Gear, W. Michael,author.;
Subjects: Science fiction.; Life on other planets;
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Night's master / by Lee, Tanith.;
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Subjects: Fantasy fiction.;
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One way witch / by Okorafor, Nnedi,author.;
"Set in the universe Africanfuturist luminary Nnedi Okorafor first introduced in the World Fantasy Award-winning Who Fears Death, One Way Witch is the second in the She Who Knows trilogy"--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Afrofuturist fiction.; Novels.; Grief; Magic; Memory; Mothers and daughters;
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Direct descendant / by Huff, Tanya,author.;
"This cozy stand-alone horror novel set in modern-day Toronto is the perfect balance of dark and delightful; a charming love story about a small-town baker, a quick-witted PI, and, yes, an ancient evil"--
Subjects: Lesbian fiction.; Queer fiction.; Monster fiction.; Horror fiction.; Novels.; Bakers; Blessing and cursing; Good and evil; Missing persons; Monsters; Small cities; Woman-woman relationships; Women private investigators;
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