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- There are rivers in the sky : a novel / by Shafak, Elif,1971-author.;
In the ruins of Nineveh, that ancient city of Mesopotamia, hidden in the sand, lie the fragments of a long-forgotten poem: the Epic of Gilgamesh. In Victorian London, an extraordinary child is born at the edge of the dirt-black Thames. Arthur's only chance of escaping poverty is his brilliant memory. When his gift earns him a spot as an apprentice at a printing press, Arthur's world opens up far beyond the slums, with one book soon sending him across the seas: Nineveh and Its Remains. In 2014 Turkey, Narin, a Yazidi girl living by the River Tigris, waits to be baptized with water brought from the holy city of Lalish in Iraq. The ceremony is cruelly interrupted, and soon Narin and her grandmother must journey across war-torn lands in the hope of reaching the sacred valley of their people. In 2018 London, brokenhearted Zaleekhah moves to a houseboat on the Thames to escape the wreckage of her marriage. Zaleekhah foresees a life drained of all love and meaning--until an unexpected connection to her homeland changes everything.- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Gilgamesh; Apprentices; Granddaughters; Grandmothers; Hydrologists; Rivers; Voyages and travels;
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- Of mutts and men / by Quinn, Spencer,author.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: HEART OF BARKNESS, ISBN 9781250297723. In this 10th entry of the 'Chet and Bernie' mystery series, Chet and Bernie arrive to a meeting with hydrologist Wendell Nero only to find Wendell has come to a violent and mysterious end. Chet and Bernie begin to look into Wendells work, a search that leads to a struggling winemaker who has received an offer he cant refuse. Meanwhile, Chet is smelling water where there is no water, and soon Chet and Bernie are in danger like never before.- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Dogs; Private investigators; Murder;
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