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Pendergast novels volume 8
Pub. Date
p2007
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12 CDs (12 hrs. 56 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
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In medieval Ireland, Theophane's boredom with his duties as a scribe distracts the other monks, but when he is sent to the kitchens he discovers that he can make inks of many colors from plants, allowing the others to illustrate their work. Includes facts about the history of monasteries, scriptoriums, and illuminated manuscripts.
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
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289 pages ; 24 cm.
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"When Shan Tao Yun and his old friend Lokesh are abruptly dragged away by Public Security, he is convinced that their secret, often illegal, support of struggling Tibetans has brought their final ruin. But his fear turns to confusion as he discovers he has been chosen to fill a vacancy on a special international commission investigating Tibetan suicides. Soon he finds that his predecessor was murdered, and when a monk sets himself on fire in front...
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Spanning two thousand years, follow four characters whose struggles resonate across the centuries: an early Christian child martyr; a medieval monk on crypt duty in a church; a Medici princess of Moorish descent; and a contemporary field biologist conducting an illicit affair. As their dramas unfold amid the brick, marble, and ghosts of Rome, they each must decide what it means to be good.
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Origen
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 22 cm
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Desde las polvorientas calles de Jerusalen hasta los pasillos oscuros del Kremlin en Moscu, La Marca lleva a los lectores por un emocionante viaje a traves de la historia, la religion y la politica, con una combinacion perfecta entre accion, suspenso y misterio que mantienen la tension hasta el final del libro. La Marca es una novela intrigante donde las paginas pasan volando, ya que entrelaza los sucesos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial con el presente...
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