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Consolation: A Novel

by Michael Redhill

Published: 2006-08-29

Hardcover: 480 pages

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?There is a vast part of this city with mouths buried in it . . . . Mouths capable of speaking to us. But we stop them up with concrete and build over them and whatever it is they wanted to say gets whispered down empty alleys and turns into wind. . . .? These are among the last words of ...

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The Consolations of Philosophy

by Alain De Botton

Published: 2001-04-03

Paperback: 272 pages

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From the internationally heralded author of How Proust Can Change Your Life comes this remarkable new book that presents the wisdom of some of the greatest thinkers of the ages as advice for our day to day struggles.Solace for the broken heart can be found in the words of Schopenhauer. The...

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Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story

by Kurt Eichenwald

Published: 2005-12-27

Paperback: 784 pages

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From an award-winning New York Times reporter comes the full, mind-boggling story of the lies, crimes, and ineptitude behind the spectacular scandal that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever . . .Enron was a $100-billion-a-year com...

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A Conspiracy of Friends. by Alexander McCall Smith (Corduroy Mansions 3)

by Alexander McCall Smith

Published: 2011-05

Hardcover: 368 pages

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Following on from the huge success of the 44 Scotland Street series, Alexander McCall Smith has 'moved house' to a crumbling four-storey mansion in Pimlico - Corduroy Mansions. It is inhabited by a glorious assortment of characters: among them, Oedipus Snark, the first ever nasty Lib Dem MP, who is so...

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Conspiracy of Paper

by David Liss

Published: 2001-05-03

Paperback: 512 pages

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Benjamin Weaver is an outsider in eighteenth-century London: a Jew among Christians; a ruffian among aristocrats; a retired pugilist who, hired by London's gentry, travels through the criminal underworld in pursuit of debtors and thieves. In A CONSPIRACY OF PAPER, Weaver must investigate a...

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A Conspiracy of Paper: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

by David Liss

Published: 2001-01-30

Paperback: 480 pages

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Benjamin Weaver, a Jew and an ex-boxer, is an outsider in eighteenth-century London, tracking down debtors and felons for aristocratic clients. The son of a wealthy stock trader, he lives estranged from his family—until he is asked to investigate his father’s sudden death. Thus Weaver ...

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The Constant Gardener

by John le Carre

Published: 2005

Paperback: 608 pages

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The Constant Gardener: A Novel

by John le Carre

Published: 2004-02-03

Paperback: 496 pages

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The Constant Gardener is a magnificent exploration of the new world order by one of the most compelling and elegant storytellers of our time.The novel opens in northern Kenya with the gruesome murder of Tessa Quayle -- young, beautiful, and dearly beloved to husband Justin. When Justin set...

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The Constant Princess (Boleyn)

by Philippa Gregory

Published: 2006-08-28

Paperback: 393 pages

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"I am Catalina, Princess of Spain, daughter of the two greatest monarchs the world has ever known...and I will be Queen of England." Thus, bestselling author Philippa Gregory introduces one of her most unforgettable heroines: Katherine of Aragon. Known to history as the Queen who was p...

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The Constant Princess

by Philippa Gregory

Published: 2005-12-06

Hardcover: 393 pages

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I am Catalina, Princess of Spain, daughter of the two greatest monarchs the world has ever known...and I will be Queen of England."Thus, bestselling author Philippa Gregory introduces one of her most unforgettable heroines: Katherine of Aragon. Daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand...