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The invisible library / by Cogman, Genevieve,author.;
"Collecting books can be a dangerous prospect in this fun, time-traveling, fantasy adventure from a spectacular debut author. One thing any Librarian will tell you: the truth is much stranger than fiction. Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, a shadowy organization that collects important works of fiction from all of the different realities. Most recently, she and her enigmatic assistant Kai have been sent to an alternative London. Their mission: Retrieve a particularly dangerous book. The problem: By the time they arrive, it's already been stolen. London's underground factions are prepared to fight to the death to find the tome before Irene and Kai do, a problem compounded by the fact that this world is chaos-infested--the laws of nature bent to allow supernatural creatures and unpredictable magic to run rampant. To make matters worse, Kai is hiding something--secrets that could be just as volatile as the chaos-filled world itself. Now Irene is caught in a puzzling web of deadly danger, conflicting clues, and sinister secret societies. And failure is not an option--because it isn't just Irene's reputation at stake, it's the nature of reality itself."--
Subjects: Action and adventure fiction.; Alternative histories (Fiction); Science fiction.; Steampunk fiction.; Librarians; Rare books; Secret societies;
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The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections : a novel / by Jurczyk, Eva,author.;
"Liesl Weiss has been (mostly) happy working in the rare books department of a large university, managing details and working behind the scenes to make the head of the department look good. But when her boss has a stroke and she's left to run things, she discovers that the library's most prized manuscript is missing. Liesl tries to sound the alarm and inform the police about the missing priceless book but is told repeatedly to keep quiet to keep the doors open and the donors happy. But then a librarian goes missing as well. Liesl must investigate both disappearances, unspooling her colleagues' pasts like the threads of a rare book binding as it becomes clear that someone in the department must be responsible for the theft. What Liesl discovers about the dusty manuscripts she has worked among for so long-and about the people who preserve and revere them-shakes the very foundation on which she has built her life"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Book thefts; Librarians; Missing persons;
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The art of the steal [videorecording] / by Baruchel, Jay,1982-; Russell, Kurt.; Sobol, Jonathan.; Winnick, Katheryn.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Weinstein Company.;
Kurt Russell, Katheryn Winnick, Jay Baruchel.A third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Art thieves; Brothers; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Rare books;
© c2014., Distributed by Entertainment One,
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Ink blood sister scribe : a novel / by Törzs, Emma,1987-author.;
"Two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family's library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collection--a tale of familial loyalty and betrayal, and the pursuit of magic and power."--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Estranged families; Family secrets; Magic; Rare books; Sisters;
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The lost Book of the White / by Clare, Cassandra.; Chu, Wesley.;
Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood must recover a book stolen by warlocks Ragnor Fell and Shinyun Jung, who are being controlled by a Greater Demon.Ages 14 up.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Paranormal romance stories.; Warlocks; Gay men; Magic; Cults; Demonology; Rare books;
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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;
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American animals [videorecording] / by Abrahamson, Jared,1987-actor.; Butler, Katherine,film producer.; Doganis, Dimitri,film producer.; Dowd, Ann,actor.; Jenner, Blake,1992-actor.; Keoghan, Barry,1992-actor.; Kier, Udo,actor.; Layton, Bart,film director,screenwriter.; Peters, Evan,1987-actor.; Schlesinger, Derrin,film producer.; Skalski, Mary Jane,film producer.; AI Film,production company.; FilmFour (Firm),production company.; Lava Bear Films,production company.; Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; MoviePass Ventures,production company.; Orchard (Firm),production company.; Raw Films,production company.;
Music, Anne Nikitin ; costume designer, Jenny Eagan ; production design, Scott Dougan ; editor, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill ; director of photography, Ole Bratt Birkeland.Evan Peters, Ann Dowd, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Udo Kier, Jared Abrahamson.In this crime drama, four bright and well-off college students in Kentucky plot to steal some rare books from their university's Special Collections Library in a misguided quest for personal glory.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language throughout, some drug use and brief crude/sexual material.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Caper films.; Crime films.; Feature films.; Book thefts; Rare books; Academic libraries; Thieves;
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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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The bookseller's promise / by Wiseman, Beth,1962-author.;
"In the first novel of Beth Wiseman's new Amish Bookstore series, a rare, old book may hold answers to a present-day romance. Yvonne Wilson makes the trek from Texas to Indiana with just one goal in mind: to convince Amishman Jake Lantz to sell her client a rare book from his collection. But Jake is as strong-willed as Yvonne. On the eve of his grandfather's death, Jake vowed never to sell the book, and he intends to keep that promise. But he can't say more than that, having never read it and not knowing why it was so dear to his grossdaadi. Eva Graber has loved Jake since he hired her to work in his bookstore years ago, but he doesn't seem to notice she's blossomed into a beautiful woman. When Yvonne shows up and seems like she might turn Jake's eye, Eva suggests she and Jake should read the book together. What happens after that surprises them all, and the book leads the trio deep into mysterious questions about life and death, love and loss, and the impenetrable purposes of God."--
Subjects: Religious fiction.; Novels.; Amish; Bookstores; Man-woman relationships; Rare books;
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The dark archive / by Cogman, Genevieve,author.;
"A professional spy for a mysterious Library that harvests fiction from different realities, Irene faces a series of assassination attempts that threaten to destroy her and everything for which she has worked. Irene is teaching her new assistant the fundamentals of a Librarian's job, and she is finding that training a young Fae is more difficult than she expected. But when they are the targets of kidnapping and assassination attempts, she decides that learning by doing is the only option they have left. In order to protect themselves, Irene and her friends must do what they do best: search for information to defeat the overwhelming threat they face and identify their unseen enemy. To do that, Irene will have to delve deeper into her own history than she ever has before, face an ancient foe, and uncover secrets that will change her life and the course of the Library forever"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Librarians; Imaginary books and libraries; Kidnapping; Assassination; Secret societies; Rare books;
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