Henry's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 26 Sep 2023 18:19:02 -0700 60 Henry's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories]]> 6482478
The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde --
The Suicide Club --
The bottle imp --
The body-snatcher --
Olalla.]]> Robert Louis Stevenson Henry 4 3.89 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories
author: Robert Louis Stevenson
name: Henry
average rating: 3.89
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rating: 4
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]]> Savages (Savages #2) 8008928
When they refuse to back down, the cartel escalates its threat, kidnapping Ophelia, the boys' playmate and confidante. O's abduction sets off a dizzying array of ingenious negotiations and gripping plot twists that will captivate readers eager to learn the costs of freedom and the price of one amazing high.]]> 302 Don Winslow 1439183368 Henry 3 3.84 2010 Savages (Savages #2)
author: Don Winslow
name: Henry
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2010
rating: 3
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date added: 2023/07/28
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]]> Tales 36313 Weird Tales and Astounding Stories—and in the work that remained unpublished until after his death, including some of his best writing—H. P. Lovecraft adapted the conventions of horror stories and science fiction to express an intensely personal vision, cosmic in its ramifications and fearsome in its shuddering view of human destiny.

In this Library of America volume, the best-selling novelist Peter Straub brings together the very best of Lovecraft’s fiction in a treasury guaranteed to bring fright and delight both to longtime fans and to readers new to his work. Early stories such as “The Outsider,� “The Music of Erich Zann,� “Herbert West–Reanimator,� and “The Lurking Fear� demonstrate Lovecraft’s uncanny ability to blur the distinction between reality and nightmare, sanity and madness, the human and non-human. “The Horror at Red Hook� and “He� reveal the fascination and revulsion Lovecraft felt for New York City; “Pickman’s Model� uncovers the frightening secret behind an artist’s work; “The Rats in the Walls� is a terrifying descent into atavistic horror; and “The Colour Out of Space� explores the eerie impact of a meteorite on a remote Massachusetts valley.

In such later works as “The Call of Cthulhu,� “The Whisperer in Darkness,� “At the Mountains of Madness,� “The Shadow Over Innsmouth,� and “The Shadow Out of Time,� Lovecraft developed his own nightmarish mythology in which encounters with ancient, pitiless extraterrestrial intelligences wreak havoc on hapless humans who only gradually begin to glimpse “terrifying vistas of reality, and our frightful position therein.� Moving from old New England towns haunted by occult pasts to Antarctic wastes that disclose appalling secrets, Lovecraft’s tales continue to exert a dread fascination.

Table of Contents:
The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Outsider
The Music of Erich Zann
Herbert West—Reanimator
The Lurking Fear
The Rats in the Walls
The Shunned House
The Horror at Red Hook
He
Cool Air
The Call of Cthulhu
Pickman’s Model
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Colour Out of Space
The Dunwich Horror
The Whisperer in Darkness
At the Mountains of Madness
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Dreams in the Witch House
The Thing on the Doorstep
The Shadow Out of Time
The Haunter of the Dark]]> 838 H.P. Lovecraft 1931082723 Henry 5 4.35 1935 Tales
author: H.P. Lovecraft
name: Henry
average rating: 4.35
book published: 1935
rating: 5
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]]> Status Quo 21568724
"Honorable Mention (2014) - San Francisco Book Festival"
"Honorable Mention (2014) - Florida Book Festival"
"Honorable Mention (2015) - Pacific Rim Book Festival"]]> 390 Henry Mosquera 0991660102 Henry 0
"(Status Quo) never loses its sense of humor, and the commentary is incisive. Ultimately, it's an uplifting and hopeful novel, which solidifies Mosquera as a major writer to watch." - Self-Publishing Review

"Henry Mosquera has set pen to paper and ignited a fire of fantastic reading in his latest novel, Status Quo." - Feathered Quill

"STATUS QUO is a wry, funny book which manages to blend metaphor and message without being preachy or pretentious." - IndieReader

"Because success isn't always all it's cracked up to be and sometimes getting what you want really isn't what you want at all. Status Quo by Henry Mosquera will keep you guessing what is the perfect part of life." - Readers' Favorite

"Status Quo by Henry Mosquera is an introspective look at the dark side of the creative spark, as well as the consequence of getting what you wished for." - San Francisco Book Review

"The dialogue is superb, the narrative divine, and it just flows the way it’s supposed to flow. This is the way writers are supposed to write, dragging the reader in and keeping them in, whether by stranglehold or breathless wondering." - The Jelly Bomb Review

"Seriously � don’t make plans to go anywhere when you start reading Status Quo by Henry Mosquera... I recommend Status Quo for a great weekend treat. Curl up and get ready for the ride. This author knows how to set the stage for a great read." - Blogcritics]]> 4.54 2014 Status Quo
author: Henry Mosquera
name: Henry
average rating: 4.54
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2017/02/15
shelves: fiction, venezuela, literary-fiction, art, creativity, satire, humor, drama, writing, latino, south-america, offbeat, quirky, indie
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"Author and artist Mosquera (Sleeper's Run, 2011) offers a witty black comedy featuring a struggling writer who learns firsthand about life in the spotlight." - Kirkus Reviews

"(Status Quo) never loses its sense of humor, and the commentary is incisive. Ultimately, it's an uplifting and hopeful novel, which solidifies Mosquera as a major writer to watch." - Self-Publishing Review

"Henry Mosquera has set pen to paper and ignited a fire of fantastic reading in his latest novel, Status Quo." - Feathered Quill

"STATUS QUO is a wry, funny book which manages to blend metaphor and message without being preachy or pretentious." - IndieReader

"Because success isn't always all it's cracked up to be and sometimes getting what you want really isn't what you want at all. Status Quo by Henry Mosquera will keep you guessing what is the perfect part of life." - Readers' Favorite

"Status Quo by Henry Mosquera is an introspective look at the dark side of the creative spark, as well as the consequence of getting what you wished for." - San Francisco Book Review

"The dialogue is superb, the narrative divine, and it just flows the way it’s supposed to flow. This is the way writers are supposed to write, dragging the reader in and keeping them in, whether by stranglehold or breathless wondering." - The Jelly Bomb Review

"Seriously � don’t make plans to go anywhere when you start reading Status Quo by Henry Mosquera... I recommend Status Quo for a great weekend treat. Curl up and get ready for the ride. This author knows how to set the stage for a great read." - Blogcritics
]]> Red April 6276247 , Red April is a grand achievement in contemporary Latin American fiction, written by the youngest winner ever of the Alfaguara Prize–one of the most prestigious in the Spanish-speaking world–and translated from the Spanish by one of our most celebrated literary translators, Edith Grossman. It evokes Holy Week during a cruel, bloody, and terrifying time in Peru's history, shocking for its corrosive mix of assassination, bribery, intrigue, torture, and enforced disappearance–a war between grim, ideologically-driven terrorism and morally bankrupt government counterinsurgency.

Mother-haunted, wife-abandoned, literature-loving, quietly eccentric Felix Chacaltana Saldivar is a hapless, by-the-book, unambitious prosecutor living in Lima. Until now he has lived a life in which nothing exceptionally good or bad has ever happened to him. But, inexplicably, he has been put in charge of a bizarre and horrible murder investigation. As it unfolds by propulsive twists and turns–full of paradoxes and surprises–Saldivar is compelled to confront what happens to a man and a society when death becomes the only certainty in life.

Stunning for its self-assured and nimble clarity of style–reminiscent of classic noir fiction–the inexorable momentum of its plot, and the moral complexity of its concerns, Red April is at once riveting and profound, informed as it is by deft artistry in the shaping of conflict between competing venalities. As the New York Times declares, "Lima is once again one of Latin America’s brightest literary scenes."]]> 288 Santiago Roncagliolo 0375425446 Henry 5 3.32 2002 Red April
author: Santiago Roncagliolo
name: Henry
average rating: 3.32
book published: 2002
rating: 5
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date added: 2017/01/07
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]]> Redeployment 18114068
In "Redeployment", a soldier who has had to shoot dogs because they were eating human corpses must learn what it is like to return to domestic life in suburbia, surrounded by people "who have no idea where Fallujah is, where three members of your platoon died." In "After Action Report", a Lance Corporal seeks expiation for a killing he didn't commit, in order that his best friend will be unburdened. A Morturary Affairs Marine tells about his experiences collecting remains - of U.S. and Iraqi soldiers both. A chaplain sees his understanding of Christianity, and his ability to provide solace through religion, tested by the actions of a ferocious Colonel. And in the darkly comic "Money as a Weapons System", a young Foreign Service Officer is given the absurd task of helping Iraqis improve their lives by teaching them to play baseball. These stories reveal the intricate combination of monotony, bureaucracy, comradeship and violence that make up a soldier's daily life at war, and the isolation, remorse, and despair that can accompany a soldier's homecoming.

Redeployment is poised to become a classic in the tradition of war writing. Across nations and continents, Klay sets in devastating relief the two worlds a soldier inhabits: one of extremes and one of loss. Written with a hard-eyed realism and stunning emotional depth, this work marks Phil Klay as one of the most talented new voices of his generation.]]> 288 Phil Klay 1594204993 Henry 5 3.95 2014 Redeployment
author: Phil Klay
name: Henry
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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date added: 2015/06/17
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]]> Ubik 22590
Esta mordaz comedia metafísica de muerte y salvación (que podrá llevar un cómodo envase) es un tour de force de amenaza paranoica y comedia absurda, en la cual los muertos ofrecen consejos comerciales, compran su siguiente reencarnación y corren el riesgo continuo de volver a morir.]]> 288 Philip K. Dick 8498000831 Henry 2 4.11 1969 Ubik
author: Philip K. Dick
name: Henry
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1969
rating: 2
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date added: 2014/06/19
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]]> <![CDATA[American Gods (American Gods, #1)]]> 4407
Together they embark on a profoundly strange journey across the heart of the USA, whilst all around them a storm of preternatural and epic proportions threatens to break.

Scary, gripping and deeply unsettling, American Gods takes a long, hard look into the soul of America. You'll be surprised by what - and who - it finds there...

This is the author's preferred text, never before published in the UK, and is about 12,000 words longer than the previous UK edition.

]]> 635 Neil Gaiman Henry 2 4.10 2001 American Gods (American Gods, #1)
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Henry
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2001
rating: 2
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date added: 2014/06/19
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]]> <![CDATA[The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)]]> 6892870
Lisbeth Salander - the heart of Larsson's two previous novels - lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She's fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she'll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. And, on her own, she will plot revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and the corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life.

Once upon a time, she was a victim. Now Salander is fighting back.

~from the jacket]]> 566 Stieg Larsson 030726999X Henry 3 4.23 2007 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
author: Stieg Larsson
name: Henry
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2007
rating: 3
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date added: 2014/06/02
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]]> <![CDATA[The Girl Who Played With Fire (Millennium #2)]]> 5060378 Millenium publisher Mikael Blomkvist has made his reputation exposing corrupt establishment figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with an investigation into sex trafficking, Blomkvist cannot resist waging war on the powerful figures who control this lucrative industry.

The Murder
When a young couple is found dead in their Stockholm apartment, it's a straightforward job for Inspector Bublanski and his team. The killer left the weapon at the scene - and the fingerprints on the gun point in only one direction.

The Girl Who Played with Fire
Ex-security analyst Lisbeth Salander is wanted for murder. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behaviour makes her an official danger to society - but no-one can find her. The only way Salander can be reached is by computer. But she can break into almost any network she chooses...]]> 503 Stieg Larsson 0307269981 Henry 4 4.25 2006 The Girl Who Played With Fire (Millennium #2)
author: Stieg Larsson
name: Henry
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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date added: 2014/06/02
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]]> <![CDATA[The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)]]> 2429135
An international publishing sensation, Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo combines murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel.]]> 480 Stieg Larsson 0670069019 Henry 4 4.17 2005 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)
author: Stieg Larsson
name: Henry
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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date added: 2014/06/02
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]]> <![CDATA[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]]> 7082 244 Philip K. Dick Henry 4 4.08 1968 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
author: Philip K. Dick
name: Henry
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1968
rating: 4
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date added: 2014/05/21
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]]> Jaws (Jaws, #1) 126232 368 Peter Benchley Henry 3 3.97 1974 Jaws (Jaws, #1)
author: Peter Benchley
name: Henry
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1974
rating: 3
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date added: 2014/05/04
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]]> The Minority Report 581125 112 Philip K. Dick 0375421874 Henry 4 3.85 1956 The Minority Report
author: Philip K. Dick
name: Henry
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1956
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2014/05/01
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)]]> 1 652 J.K. Rowling Henry 4 4.57 2005 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Henry
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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date added: 2014/04/29
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]]> King Rat (Asian Saga, #4) 9827 368 James Clavell 0385333765 Henry 4 4.15 1962 King Rat (Asian Saga, #4)
author: James Clavell
name: Henry
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1962
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2014/02/05
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]]> Sleeper's Run 12399753
Winner of the 2011 Reader Views Literary Awards in the Global-South American category.

2012 ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Award finalist.

War on Terror veteran, Eric Caine, is found wandering the streets of Miami with no memory of the car accident that left him there. Alone and suffering from PTSD, Eric is on a one-way road to self-destruction. Then a chance meeting at a bar begins a series of events that helps Eric start anew. When his new job relocates him to Venezuela-the land of his childhood-things, however, take an ominous turn as a catastrophic event threatens the stability of the country. Now Eric must escape an elite team of CIA assassins as he tries to uncover an international conspiracy in which nothing is what it seems.

5-Star "Mosquera pulls readers in with intoxicating descriptions of his country, capturing Venezuela's allure even as he portrays its violence and poverty. He also includes shrewd commentary about the nature of the Venezuelan government and its relations with that of the United States. He weaves these points deftly into the story line without bogging down the plot. Indeed, the novel keeps one guessing until the very end, with enough layers to satisfy even the most staunch conspiracy theorists. Sleeper's Run will be of interest to anyone who enjoy international intrigue." - ForeWord Clarion Reviews]]> 352 Henry Mosquera 1937563057 Henry 0
"In addition to a compelling protagonist, the intriguing, well-developed plot filled with international politics, conspiracy theories and modern science, together with a crisp narrative make for a suspense-filled, fast-paced thriller. SLEEPER’S RUN boasts a riveting plot and compelling protagonist worthy of becoming a sleeper hit." IndieReader

"Henry Mosquera has written one of the most fast-paced books I have ever read. You will be enthralled with the action and adventure." - Readers Favorite

"... [Sleeper's Run] plot is phenomenal. The constant threats and reveals left me furiously flipping the pages, reading for hours on end because I "had" to know how it all turns out. If you like spy thrillers at all, you should pick this book up, but I recommend you only start reading if you have lots of time on your hands. This is one that you will not be able to put down." - San Francisco Book Review

"Mosquera pulls readers in with intoxicating descriptions of his country, capturing Venezuela's allure even as he portrays its violence and poverty. He also includes shrewd commentary about the nature of the Venezuelan government and its relations with that of the United States. He weaves these points deftly into the story line without bogging down the plot. Indeed, the novel keeps one guessing until the very end, with enough layers to satisfy even the most staunch conspiracy theorists. Sleeper's Run will be of interest to anyone who enjoys international intrigue." - ForeWord Clarion Reviews

"'Sleeper's Run' may be a book that many will find so compelling that they will read it in one sitting. For me, the rapid pace of the action was so intense I had to take breathers, however, I found myself quickly drawn back into the mêlée." - Reader Views

"Right off the bat, Sleeper's Run had me on the edge of my seat. The plot is extremely dynamic, full of energy, at times surprising, and adamant that the reader continue reading." - Scriptshark

"Sleeper’s Run is a debut novel that is full of suspenseful non-stop action, intrigue, espionage, the blackest of black ops. I fell headlong into the story and didn’t want to come back to reality until it I closed the back cover. Mr. Mosquera has an eye for detail and a deep knowledge of politics, security, IT, weapons, PTSD, and seemingly every other subject that makes up a great thriller of this type. The characters were fully developed and they felt so alive that you felt they were right next to you. An intense and compelling novel, Sleeper’s Run will make you look twice at the people around you. Mr. Mosquera has created a novel that will be a guaranteed sensation!" - The Bibliophilic Book Blog

"All I have to say is wow! I was pleasantly surprised by the book and how much I really enjoyed it. Its fast paced and it literally sucks you in from the get go. I actually managed to read this in a day and a half and trust me when I say I had a hard time putting it down and really wanted to stay up to read it until I finished it but I couldn't. Those are my kind of books when it sucks you in and you can't put it down.
I have to say that I could actually see this being made as a movie because I think it would be fantastic on the big screen. Henry's writing is perfect with just enough description to make you feel like its real." - Cindy's Love of Books

"Sleepers Run by Henry Mosquera really took me by surprise! It’s the most fast paced intrigue I’ve read in a long time. Truly from page one I was anxious to see what would happen next." - Babas Farm Life

"I highly recommend that you pick it up. Henry Mosquera writes with a driving intensity and continues an exciting pace until a surprisingly poignant ending. Two thumbs way up!" - Simply Stacy

"The book is 350 pages filled with suspense! Right from the start of the book you will be on the edge of your seat. It’s filled with surprises, energy and great dynamic. Henry describes location and fight scenes in such great detail that you really feel like you are there watching Eric Caine go through his journey. It’s a great freshman book from the author and I really wish it hadn’t ended, I could have just kept reading it! I’ll be on the lookout from more from Mosquera because I see big things in his future!" - Being Alison

"For those of you who enjoy this genre, Mosquera is definitely an author to keep an eye on. This is his first novel, but I foresee several more in the future. He writes like a veteran and keeps the suspense rolling from cover to cover." - Minding Spot

"My Thoughts: Wow! This book is very intense--I simply couldn't put it down. I read way into the night but I simply wanted to know what was going to happen next. I felt the author did his research when he wrote this book for he was able to write intelligently about a variety of topics and tie them all together perfectly. He develops the characters so effectively and intimately." - My Springfield Mommy

"I found “Sleeper’s Run� to have an interesting plot and intriguing characters. Mosquera does a good job with character development, most particularly with the main character, Eric Caine. I was drawn in right away to the story in the opening pages and my interest was held throughout." - Rebecca's Reads

"The author does a fantastic job of keeping this book very fast-paced. It is hard to put down as it contains everything, including how to run from the law and how to bring the law to you. The book will remind readers of early Clive Cussler novels when his hero, Dirk Pitt, got in and out of trouble in record time but kept the reader’s attention at all times. Eric Caine is a real hero who isn't full of bluster - this is a man who doesn’t know, or care, that he is a hero." - Feathered Quill Book Reviews]]> 3.60 2011 Sleeper's Run
author: Henry Mosquera
name: Henry
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2011
rating: 0
read at: 2010/01/01
date added: 2014/02/04
shelves: politiical-thriller, action, techno-thriller, military, martial-arts, conspiracies, hackers, technology, history, fiction, venezuela, south-america, latino, latin-america, intrigue, black-ops, special-operation-forces, espionage, award-winning
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"Mosquera weaves a tale of suspense through a clandestine world, crafting an engaging read that's not easily put down." - Kirkus Indie

"In addition to a compelling protagonist, the intriguing, well-developed plot filled with international politics, conspiracy theories and modern science, together with a crisp narrative make for a suspense-filled, fast-paced thriller. SLEEPER’S RUN boasts a riveting plot and compelling protagonist worthy of becoming a sleeper hit." IndieReader

"Henry Mosquera has written one of the most fast-paced books I have ever read. You will be enthralled with the action and adventure." - Readers Favorite

"... [Sleeper's Run] plot is phenomenal. The constant threats and reveals left me furiously flipping the pages, reading for hours on end because I "had" to know how it all turns out. If you like spy thrillers at all, you should pick this book up, but I recommend you only start reading if you have lots of time on your hands. This is one that you will not be able to put down." - San Francisco Book Review

"Mosquera pulls readers in with intoxicating descriptions of his country, capturing Venezuela's allure even as he portrays its violence and poverty. He also includes shrewd commentary about the nature of the Venezuelan government and its relations with that of the United States. He weaves these points deftly into the story line without bogging down the plot. Indeed, the novel keeps one guessing until the very end, with enough layers to satisfy even the most staunch conspiracy theorists. Sleeper's Run will be of interest to anyone who enjoys international intrigue." - ForeWord Clarion Reviews

"'Sleeper's Run' may be a book that many will find so compelling that they will read it in one sitting. For me, the rapid pace of the action was so intense I had to take breathers, however, I found myself quickly drawn back into the mêlée." - Reader Views

"Right off the bat, Sleeper's Run had me on the edge of my seat. The plot is extremely dynamic, full of energy, at times surprising, and adamant that the reader continue reading." - Scriptshark

"Sleeper’s Run is a debut novel that is full of suspenseful non-stop action, intrigue, espionage, the blackest of black ops. I fell headlong into the story and didn’t want to come back to reality until it I closed the back cover. Mr. Mosquera has an eye for detail and a deep knowledge of politics, security, IT, weapons, PTSD, and seemingly every other subject that makes up a great thriller of this type. The characters were fully developed and they felt so alive that you felt they were right next to you. An intense and compelling novel, Sleeper’s Run will make you look twice at the people around you. Mr. Mosquera has created a novel that will be a guaranteed sensation!" - The Bibliophilic Book Blog

"All I have to say is wow! I was pleasantly surprised by the book and how much I really enjoyed it. Its fast paced and it literally sucks you in from the get go. I actually managed to read this in a day and a half and trust me when I say I had a hard time putting it down and really wanted to stay up to read it until I finished it but I couldn't. Those are my kind of books when it sucks you in and you can't put it down.
I have to say that I could actually see this being made as a movie because I think it would be fantastic on the big screen. Henry's writing is perfect with just enough description to make you feel like its real." - Cindy's Love of Books

"Sleepers Run by Henry Mosquera really took me by surprise! It’s the most fast paced intrigue I’ve read in a long time. Truly from page one I was anxious to see what would happen next." - Babas Farm Life

"I highly recommend that you pick it up. Henry Mosquera writes with a driving intensity and continues an exciting pace until a surprisingly poignant ending. Two thumbs way up!" - Simply Stacy

"The book is 350 pages filled with suspense! Right from the start of the book you will be on the edge of your seat. It’s filled with surprises, energy and great dynamic. Henry describes location and fight scenes in such great detail that you really feel like you are there watching Eric Caine go through his journey. It’s a great freshman book from the author and I really wish it hadn’t ended, I could have just kept reading it! I’ll be on the lookout from more from Mosquera because I see big things in his future!" - Being Alison

"For those of you who enjoy this genre, Mosquera is definitely an author to keep an eye on. This is his first novel, but I foresee several more in the future. He writes like a veteran and keeps the suspense rolling from cover to cover." - Minding Spot

"My Thoughts: Wow! This book is very intense--I simply couldn't put it down. I read way into the night but I simply wanted to know what was going to happen next. I felt the author did his research when he wrote this book for he was able to write intelligently about a variety of topics and tie them all together perfectly. He develops the characters so effectively and intimately." - My Springfield Mommy

"I found “Sleeper’s Run� to have an interesting plot and intriguing characters. Mosquera does a good job with character development, most particularly with the main character, Eric Caine. I was drawn in right away to the story in the opening pages and my interest was held throughout." - Rebecca's Reads

"The author does a fantastic job of keeping this book very fast-paced. It is hard to put down as it contains everything, including how to run from the law and how to bring the law to you. The book will remind readers of early Clive Cussler novels when his hero, Dirk Pitt, got in and out of trouble in record time but kept the reader’s attention at all times. Eric Caine is a real hero who isn't full of bluster - this is a man who doesn’t know, or care, that he is a hero." - Feathered Quill Book Reviews
]]> Animal Farm 7613
The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon.

One night, all the animals at Mr. Jones' Manor Farm assemble in a barn to hear old Major, a pig, describe a dream he had about a world where all animals live free from the tyranny of their human masters. Old Major dies soon after the meeting, but the animals � inspired by his philosophy of Animalism � plot a rebellion against Jones.

Two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, prove themselves important figures and planners of this dangerous enterprise. When Jones forgets to feed the animals, the revolution occurs, and Jones and his men are chased off the farm. Manor Farm is renamed Animal Farm, and the Seven Commandments of Animalism are painted on the barn wall...]]> 129 George Orwell Henry 5 3.90 1945 Animal Farm
author: George Orwell
name: Henry
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1945
rating: 5
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date added: 2014/01/31
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Brilliant, timeless & universal.
]]> 1984 5470 328 George Orwell Henry 5 4.15 1949 1984
author: George Orwell
name: Henry
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1949
rating: 5
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]]> El francotirador paciente 18642372 Almeno all’inizio, è per questo che Lex lo insegue da Madrid a Lisbona, da Verona a Napoli, immergendosi sempre più nel mondo dei “graffitari�, nei loro codici e nei loro valori. Anche qualcun altro, però, sta cercando Sniper, con tutt’altre intenzioni. E pedina Lex per arrivare fino a lui. Quello che allora si scatena è un appassionante duello di intelligenze, un gioco di specchi tra cacciatori e prede, tra schermitori che cercano il fianco debole dell’avversario.
E poi colpiscono. Sempre. Perché “il Fato è un cacciatore paziente� che non perdona. Mai.]]> 302 Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1622633520 Henry 4 3.27 2008 El francotirador paciente
author: Arturo PĂ©rez-Reverte
name: Henry
average rating: 3.27
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)]]> 375802
But Ender is not the only result of the experiment. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway almost as long. Ender's two older siblings, Peter and Valentine, are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. While Peter was too uncontrollably violent, Valentine very nearly lacks the capability for violence altogether. Neither was found suitable for the military's purpose. But they are driven by their jealousy of Ender, and by their inbred drive for power. Peter seeks to control the political process, to become a ruler. Valentine's abilities turn more toward the subtle control of the beliefs of commoner and elite alike, through powerfully convincing essays. Hiding their youth and identities behind the anonymity of the computer networks, these two begin working together to shape the destiny of Earth-an Earth that has no future at all if their brother Ender fails.]]> 324 Orson Scott Card 0812550706 Henry 4 4.31 1985 Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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average rating: 4.31
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]]> <![CDATA[Forging the Darksword (The Darksword Trilogy, #1)]]> 29118 is life.

Born without magical abilities and denied his birthright, Joram is left for dead. Yet he grows to manhood in a remote country village, hiding his lack of powers only through constant vigilance and ever more skillful sleight-of-hand.

Forced to kill a man in self-defense, Joram can keep his secret from the townspeople no longer: he has no magic, no life. Fleeing to the Outlands, Joram joins the outlawed Technologists, who practice the long forbidden arts of science. Here he meets the scholarly catalyst Saryon, who has been sent on a special mission to hunt down a mysterious "dead man" and instead finds himself in a battle of wits and power with a renegade warlock of the dark Duuk-tsarith caste.

Together, Joram and Saryon begin their quest toward a greater destiny—a destiny that begins with the discovery of the secret books that will enable them to overthrow the evil usurper Blachloch...and forge the powerful magic-absorbing Darksword.]]> 391 Margaret Weis 0553268945 Henry 4 3.69 1988 Forging the Darksword (The Darksword Trilogy, #1)
author: Margaret Weis
name: Henry
average rating: 3.69
book published: 1988
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Robopocalypse (Robopocalypse, #1)]]> 9634967
In the months leading up to this, sporadic glitches are noticed by a handful of unconnected humans—a single mother disconcerted by her daughter's menacing "smart" toys, a lonely Japanese bachelor who is victimized by his domestic robot companion, an isolated U.S. soldier who witnesses a "pacification unit" go haywire—but most are unaware of the growing rebellion until it is too late.

When the Robot War ignites—at a moment known later as Zero Hour—humankind will be both decimated and, possibly, for the first time in history, united. Robopocalypse is a brilliantly conceived action-filled epic, a terrifying story with heart-stopping implications for the real technology all around us ... and an entertaining and engaging thriller unlike anything else written in years.]]> 368 Daniel H. Wilson 0385533853 Henry 2 3.70 2011 Robopocalypse (Robopocalypse, #1)
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rating: 2
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]]> El tango de la Guardia Vieja 16161136 Un extraño desafío entre dos músicos, que lleva a uno de ellos a Buenos Aires en 1928; un asunto de espionaje en la Riviera francesa durante la Guerra Civil española; una inquietante partida de ajedrez en el Sorrento de los años sesenta...
El tango de la Guardia Vieja narra con pulso admirable una turbia y apasionada historia de amor, traiciones e intrigas, que se prolonga durante cuatro décadas a través de un siglo convulso y fascinante, entre la luz crepuscular de una época que se extingue.]]> 497 Arturo Pérez-Reverte 8420413097 Henry 5 3.90 El tango de la Guardia Vieja
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]]> Avenger 563795
Or so it would seem. For in a world that has forgotten right and wrong, there are few like Cal Dexter who can settle the score. And so, years later, a worldwide chase is on and Dexter begins to draw a net around the killer. But this time CIA agent Paul Devereux must find a way to stop Dexter before his quest for vengeance throws the world into chaos.

A heart-stopping novel of murder and mystery, double-cross and triple-cross, old loyalties and new hatreds, Avenger has all of Frederick Forsyth's page-turning trademarks.]]> 352 Frederick Forsyth 0312319517 Henry 5 3.93 2003 Avenger
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name: Henry
average rating: 3.93
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[El caballero de la armadura oxidada]]> 3360761 El caballero de la armadura oxidada trata de una fantasía adulta que simboliza nuestra ascensión por la montaña de la vida. Nos sentimos reflejados en el viaje del caballero, que está plagado de esperanzas y desesperanzas, de ilusiones y desilusiones, de risas y lágrimas. Las profundas enseñanzas contenidas en la historia son impartidas con un toque de humor muy sutil. El caballero de la armadura oxidada es mucho más que un libro: es una experiencia que expande nuestra mente, que nos llega al corazón y alimenta nuestra alma. El libro nos enseña, de una forma muy amena, que debemos liberarnos de las barreras que nos impiden conocernos y amarnos a nosotros mismos para poder ser capaces de dar y recibir amor.]]> 98 Robert Fisher 8477204055 Henry 5 3.81 1987 El caballero de la armadura oxidada
author: Robert Fisher
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]]> The Dogs of War 460717
The man selected to plan and carry out the sack of Zangaro is Cat Shannon, a 33-year-old Anglo-Irishman from Nigeria. If the goal is clear, the means are not, for there are no up-to-date manuals on overthrowing governments by force. By the time he has set forth this sinister venture in all its ramifications, Frederick Forsyth has fashioned that manual and given us a classic of terror and enthrallment.]]> 400 Frederick Forsyth 0553268465 Henry 3 3.99 1974 The Dogs of War
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rating: 3
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]]> The Fifth Mountain 4005 The Fifth Mountain. A stunning novel in the tradition of the highly acclaimed The Alchemist, this is Coelho's daring retelling of the prophet Elijah. During the chaos of the ninth century B.C., Jezebel, wife to Israel's ruler, orders the execution of all prophets who refuse to worship the pagan god Baal. The young prophet Elijah, commanded by an angel of God to flee Israel, seeks safety in the land of Zarephath, where he unexpectedly finds true love with a young widow. But this new-found rapture is to be cut short, and Elijah sees all of his hopes and dreams irrevocably erased. What follows is sure to be viewed as Coelho's literary milestone: the quietly moving account of a man touched by the hand of God who must triumph over his frustrations in a soul-shattering trial of faith. Inspired by a circumstance that forever altered Coelho's own life, The Fifth Mountain is a testament to the truth that tragedy in life should not be considered a punishment but a challenge of the spirit. Gorgeous in its narrative and unforgettable in its prose, The Fifth Mountain teaches without being sanctimonious. This is a timeless story for the ages, a tale of the past that resonates powerfully for today's readers.]]> 244 Paulo Coelho 0722536542 Henry 3 3.65 1996 The Fifth Mountain
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]]> Shibumi 1059
Nicholai Hel is the world’s most wanted man. Born in Shanghai during the chaos of World War I, he is the son of an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father and is the protégé of a Japanese Go master. Hel survived the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the world’s most artful lover and its most accomplished—and well-paid—assassin. Hel is a genius, a mystic, and a master of language and culture, and his secret is his determination to attain a rare kind of personal excellence, a state of effortless perfection known only as shibumi.

Now living in an isolated mountain fortress with his exquisite mistress, Hel is unwillingly drawn back into the life he’d tried to leave behind when a beautiful young stranger arrives at his door, seeking help and refuge. It soon becomes clear that Hel is being tracked by his most sinister enemy—a supermonolith of international espionage known only as the Mother Company. The battle lines are drawn: ruthless power and corruption on one side, and on the other . . . shibumi .]]> 472 Trevanian 1400098033 Henry 3 4.17 1979 Shibumi
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average rating: 4.17
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rating: 3
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]]> El prisionero del cielo 13252317 La Sombra del Viento regresan a la aventura para afrontar el mayor desafĂ­o de sus vidas.

Justo cuando todo empezaba a sonreírles un inquietante personaje visita la librería de Sempere y amenaza con un terrible secreto que lleva enterrado dos décadas en la oscura memoria de la ciudad. Al conocer la verdad Daniel comprenderá que su destino lo arrastra inexorablemente a enfrentarse con la mayor de las sombras: la que esta creciendo en su interior.

Rebosante de intriga y emociĂłn El Prisionero del Cielo es una novela magistral donde los hilos de La Sombra del Viento y El Juego del Ăngel convergen a travĂ©s del embrujo de la literatura y conduce al lector hacia el enigma que se oculta en el corazĂłn del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados.]]> 384 Carlos Ruiz ZafĂłn 9504927572 Henry 4 3.98 2011 El prisionero del cielo
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]]> Die Trying (Jack Reacher, #2) 220969 Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

In a Chicago suburb, a dentist is met in his office parking lot by three men and ordered into the trunk of his Lexus. On a downtown sidewalk, Jack Reacher and an unknown woman are abducted in broad daylight by two men - practiced and confident - who stop them at gunpoint and hustle them into the same sedan. Then Reacher and the woman are switched into a second vehicle and hauled away, leaving the dentist bound and gagged inside his car with the woman's abandoned possessions, two gallons of gasoline. . . and a burning match. The FBI is desperate to rescue the woman, a Special Agent from the Chicago office, because the FBI always - always - takes care of its own, and because this woman is not just another agent. Reacher and the woman join forces, against seemingly hopeless odds, to outwit their captors and escape. But the FBI thinks Jack is one of the kidnappers - and when they close in, the Bureau snipers will be shooting to kill.]]> 567 Lee Child 0515142247 Henry 1 4.04 1998 Die Trying (Jack Reacher, #2)
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> The Old Man and the Sea 2165 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

This short novel, already a modern classic, is the superbly told, tragic story of a Cuban fisherman in the Gulf Stream and the giant Marlin he kills and loses—specifically referred to in the citation accompanying the author's Nobel Prize for literature in 1954.]]> 96 Ernest Hemingway 0684830493 Henry 4 3.81 1952 The Old Man and the Sea
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name: Henry
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rating: 4
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]]> Brave New World 8700746 196 Aldous Huxley 0795311249 Henry 5 4.12 1932 Brave New World
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average rating: 4.12
book published: 1932
rating: 5
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]]> Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 18989 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy begins George Smiley's chess match of wills and wits with Karla, his Soviet counterpart.

It is now beyond a doubt that a mole, implanted decades ago by Moscow Centre, has burrowed his way into the highest echelons of British Intelligence. His treachery has already blown some of its most vital operations and its best networks. It is clear that the double agent is one of its own kind. But which one? George Smiley is assigned to identify him. And once identified, the traitor must be destroyed.]]> 379 John Le Carré 0743457900 Henry 3 4.04 1974 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
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name: Henry
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Rainbow Six (John Clark, #2; Jack Ryan Universe, #10)]]> 6482719 Tom Clancy's genius for big, compelling plots and his natural narrative gift (The New York Times Magazine) have mesmerized hundreds of millions of readers and established him as one of the preeminent storytellers of our time. Rainbow Six, however, goes beyond anything he has done before. At its heart is John Clark, the ex-Navy SEAL of Without Remorse and well-known from several of Clancy's novels as "the dark side of Jack Ryan," the man who conducts the secret operational missions Ryan can have no part of. Whether hunting warlords in Japan, druglords in Colombia, or nuclear terrorists in the United States, Clark is efficient and deadly, but even he has ghosts in his past, demons that must be exorcised. And nothing is more demonic than the peril he must face in Rainbow Six: a group of terrorists like none the world has ever encountered before, a band of men and women so extreme that their success could literally mean the end of life on this earth as we know it. It is Tom Clancy's most shocking story ever--and closer to reality than any government would care to admit. As Clancy takes us through the twists and turns of Rainbow Six, he blends the exceptional realism and authenticity that are his hallmarks with intricate plotting, knife-edge suspense, and a remarkable cast of characters. This is Clancy at his best--and there is none better.




]]> 912 Tom Clancy Henry 2 4.34 1998 Rainbow Six (John Clark, #2; Jack Ryan Universe, #10)
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average rating: 4.34
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rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[El puente de los asesinos (Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste, #7)]]> 12935189
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Follow Arturo Pérez-Reverte's audacious characters in a new and exciting adventure. Cross the Assassin's Bridge and become a part of the quest to assassinate the Doge of Venice. Naples, Rome, and Milan are some of the backdrops in Captain Alatriste's latest exploit. Accompanied by young Íñigo Balboa, Alatriste is given orders to intervene in a conspiracy critical to the Spanish Crown—a swift attack to assassinate the Doge of Venice during the Christmas Mass and to forcibly place a new head of government more conducive to the Catholic King's interests in this Italian region. For Alatriste and his comrades—veteran soldier Sebastián Copons and the dangerous Moor Gurriato, among others�, the mission rapidly becomes difficult, risky and full of surprises. Suicidal certainly, but not impossible.]]> 384 Arturo Pérez-Reverte 6071113652 Henry 5 3.83 2011 El puente de los asesinos (Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste, #7)
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]]> <![CDATA[Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)]]> 9646229

From the Paperback edition.]]> 353 Anne Rice Henry 3 3.91 1976 Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
author: Anne Rice
name: Henry
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1976
rating: 3
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]]> Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) 22328 Alternate cover for ISBN: 9780441569595

Case was the sharpest data thief in the Matrix, until an ex-employer crippled his nervous system. Now a new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run against an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence. With a mirror-eyed girl street-samurai riding shotgun, he's ready for the silicon-quick, bleakly prophetic adventure that upped the ante on an entire genre of fiction.]]> 271 William Gibson Henry 4 3.87 1984 Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
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name: Henry
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1984
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)]]> 40024
The newly appointed police commissioner, Theodore Roosevelt, in a highly unorthodox move, enlists the two men in the murder investigation, counting on the reserved Kreizler's intellect and Moore's knowledge of New York's vast criminal underworld. They are joined by Sara Howard, a brave and determined woman who works as a secretary in the police department. Laboring in secret (for alienists, and the emerging discipline of psychology, are viewed by the public with skepticism at best), the unlikely team embarks on what is a revolutionary effort in criminology-- amassing a psychological profile of the man they're looking for based on the details of his crimes. Their dangerous quest takes them into the tortured past and twisted mind of a murderer who has killed before--and will kill again before the hunt is over.

Fast-paced and gripping, infused with a historian's exactitude, The Alienist conjures up the Gilded Age and its untarnished underside: verminous tenements and opulent mansions, corrupt cops and flamboyant gangsters, shining opera houses and seamy gin mills. Here is a New York during an age when questioning society's belief that all killers are born, not made, could have unexpected and mortal consequences.]]> 498 Caleb Carr 0812976142 Henry 4 4.06 1994 The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
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average rating: 4.06
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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]]> La tabla de Flandes 45813 Book by Perez-Reverte, Arturo 416 Arturo PĂ©rez-Reverte 0679760903 Henry 5 3.58 1990 La tabla de Flandes
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average rating: 3.58
book published: 1990
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]]> Un día de cólera 2825644 En Un día de cólera, Arturo P´rrez-Reverte convierte en historia colectiva las pequeñas y oscuras historias particulares registradas en archivos y libros. Lo imaginado, por tanto, se reduce a la argamasa narrativa que une las piezas. Con las licencias mínimas que la palabra novela justifica, estas páginas pretenden devolver la vida a quienes durante doscientos años sólo han sido personajes anónimos en grabados y lienzos contemporáneos, o escueta relación de nombres en los documentos oficiales.]]> 394 Arturo Pérez-Reverte 9870409067 Henry 5 3.79 2006 Un día de cólera
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average rating: 3.79
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1)]]> 7869 Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

Who is Jason Bourne? Is he an assassin, a terrorist, a thief? Why has he got four million dollars in a Swiss bank account? Why has someone tried to murder him?...

Jason Bourne does not know the answer to any of these questions. Suffering from amnesia, he does not even know that he is Jason Bourne. What manner of man is he? What are his secrets? Who has he killed?]]> 566 Robert Ludlum 0752864327 Henry 3 4.06 1980 The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1)
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average rating: 4.06
book published: 1980
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Killing Floor (Jack Reacher #1)]]> 78129 474 Lee Child 0515141429 Henry 3 4.08 1997 Killing Floor (Jack Reacher #1)
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average rating: 4.08
book published: 1997
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)]]> 960
A devastating new weapon of destruction.
When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol -- seared into the chest of a murdered physicist -- he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati...the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy -- the Catholic Church.

Langdon's worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican's holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces they have hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival.
Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair...a clandestine location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation.

An explosive international thriller, Angels & Demons careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war.]]> 736 Dan Brown 1416524797 Henry 1 3.95 2000 Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)]]> 968 The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, and The da Vinci Code

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion -- an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others.

In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret -- and an explosive historical truth -- will be lost forever.

The Da Vinci Code heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightning-paced, intelligent thriller utterly unpredictable right up to its stunning conclusion.]]> 489 Dan Brown Henry 1 3.92 2003 The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)]]> 179780 385 William Peter Blatty Henry 5 4.20 1971 The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
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average rating: 4.20
book published: 1971
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Point of Impact (Bob Lee Swagger, #1)]]> 127712
But with consummate psychological skill, a shadowy military organization seduces Bob into leaving his beloved Arkansas hills for one last mission for his country, unaware until too late that the game is rigged.

The assassination plot is executed to perfection—until Bob Lee Swagger, alleged lone gunman, comes out of the operation alive, the target of a nationwide manhunt, his only allies a woman he just met and a discredited FBI agent.

Now Bob Lee Swagger is on the run, using his lethal skills once more—but this time to track down the men who set him up and to break a dark conspiracy aimed at the very heart of America.]]> 528 Stephen Hunter 0099453452 Henry 3 4.26 1993 Point of Impact (Bob Lee Swagger, #1)
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average rating: 4.26
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rating: 3
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]]> The Odessa File 149572 Odessa, a real-life fugitive known at the "Butcher of Riga", a young German journalist turned obsessed avenger...and ultimately, of a brilliant, ruthless plot to reestablish the worldwide power of SS mass murders and to carry out Hitler's chilling "Final Solution."]]> 334 Frederick Forsyth 0553271989 Henry 4 4.14 1972 The Odessa File
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]]> Treasure Island 295 Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From the moment young Jim Hawkins first encounters the sinister Blind Pew at the Admiral Benbow Inn until the climactic battle for treasure on a tropic isle, the novel creates scenes and characters that have fired the imaginations of generations of readers. Written by a superb prose stylist, a master of both action and atmosphere, the story centers upon the conflict between good and evil - but in this case a particularly engaging form of evil. It is the villainy of that most ambiguous rogue Long John Silver that sets the tempo of this tale of treachery, greed, and daring. Designed to forever kindle a dream of high romance and distant horizons, Treasure Island is, in the words of G. K. Chesterton, 'the realization of an ideal, that which is promised in its provocative and beckoning map; a vision not only of white skeletons but also green palm trees and sapphire seas.' G. S. Fraser terms it 'an utterly original book' and goes on to write: 'There will always be a place for stories like Treasure Island that can keep boys and old men happy.']]> 352 Robert Louis Stevenson 0753453800 Henry 5 3.84 1882 Treasure Island
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]]> <![CDATA[World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War]]> 8908
Ranging from the now infamous village of New Dachang in the United Federation of China, where the epidemiological trail began with the twelve-year-old Patient Zero, to the unnamed northern forests where untold numbers sought a terrible and temporary refuge in the cold, to the United States of Southern Africa, where the Redeker Plan provided hope for humanity at an unspeakable price, to the west-of-the-Rockies redoubt where the North American tide finally started to turn, this invaluable chronicle reflects the full scope and duration of the Zombie War.

Most of all, the book captures with haunting immediacy the human dimension of this epochal event. Facing the often raw and vivid nature of these personal accounts requires a degree of courage on the part of the reader, but the effort is invaluable because, as Mr. Brooks says in his introduction, "By excluding the human factor, aren't we risking the kind of personal detachment from history that may, heaven forbid, lead us one day to repeat it? And in the end, isn't the human factor the only true difference between us and the enemy we now refer to as 'the living dead'?"

Note: Some of the numerical and factual material contained in this edition was previously published under the auspices of the United Nations Postwar Commission.]]> 342 Max Brooks 0307346609 Henry 5 4.02 2006 World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)]]> 6411961
Washington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned at the last minute to deliver an evening lecture in the Capitol Building. Within moments of his arrival, however, a disturbing object - gruesomely encoded with five symbols - is discovered at the epicentre of the Rotunda. It is, he recognises, an ancient invitation, meant to beckon its recipient towards a long-lost world of hidden esoteric wisdom.

When Langdon's revered mentor, Peter Solomon - philanthropist and prominent mason - is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend's life is to accept this mysterious summons and follow wherever it leads him.

Langdon finds himself quickly swept behind the facade of America's most historic city into the unseen chambers, temples and tunnels which exist there. All that was familiar is transformed into a shadowy, clandestine world of an artfully concealed past in which Masonic secrets and never-before-seen revelations seem to be leading him to a single impossible and inconceivable truth.

A brilliantly composed tapestry of veiled histories, arcane icons and enigmatic codes, The Lost Symbol is an intelligent, lightning-paced thriller that offers surprises at every turn. For, as Robert Langdon will discover, there is nothing more extraordinary or shocking than the secret which hides in plain sight...]]> 509 Dan Brown 0385504225 Henry 1 3.75 2009 The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)
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]]> Frankenstein 6260806 208 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Henry 5 4.09 1818 Frankenstein
author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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average rating: 4.09
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rating: 5
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]]> Dracula 17245 You can find an alternative cover edition for this ISBN here and here.

When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client. Soon afterwards, various bizarre incidents unfold in England: an apparently unmanned ship is wrecked off the coast of Whitby; a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the 'Master' and his imminent arrival.

In Dracula, Bram Stoker created one of the great masterpieces of the horror genre, brilliantly evoking a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters and also illuminating the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire.

This Norton Critical Edition includes a rich selection of background and source materials in three areas: Contexts includes probable inspirations for Dracula in the earlier works of James Malcolm Rymer and Emily Gerard. Also included are a discussion of Stoker's working notes for the novel and "Dracula's Guest," the original opening chapter to Dracula. Reviews and Reactions reprints five early reviews of the novel. "Dramatic and Film Variations" focuses on theater and film adaptations of Dracula, two indications of the novel's unwavering appeal. David J. Skal, Gregory A. Waller, and Nina Auerbach offer their varied perspectives. Checklists of both dramatic and film adaptations are included.

Criticism collects seven theoretical interpretations of Dracula by Phyllis A. Roth, Carol A. Senf, Franco Moretti, Christopher Craft, Bram Dijkstra, Stephen D. Arata, and Talia Schaffer.

A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are included.]]> 488 Bram Stoker 0393970124 Henry 5 4.02 1897 Dracula
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]]> Stranger in a Strange Land 350 NAME: Valentine Michael Smith
ANCESTRY: Human
ORIGIN: Mars

Valentine Michael Smith is a human being raised on Mars, newly returned to Earth. Among his people for the first time, he struggles to understand the social mores and prejudices of human nature that are so alien to him, while teaching them his own fundamental beliefs in grokking, watersharing, and love.]]> 525 Robert A. Heinlein Henry 5 3.93 1961 Stranger in a Strange Land
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name: Henry
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1961
rating: 5
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]]> Pedro Páramo 38787
As one enters Juan Rulfo's legendary novel, one follows a dusty road to a town of death. Time shifts from one consciousness to another in a hypnotic flow of dreams, desires, and memories, a world of ghosts dominated by the figure of Pedro Páramo - lover, overlord, murderer.

Rulfo's extraordinary mix of sensory images, violent passions, and unfathomable mysteries has been a profound influence on a whole generation of Latin American writers, including Carlos Fuentes, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Gabriel García Márquez. To read Pedro Páramo today is as overwhelming an experience as when it was first published in Mexico back in 1955.]]> 124 Juan Rulfo 0802133908 Henry 4 4.06 1955 Pedro Páramo
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name: Henry
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1955
rating: 4
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]]> American Psycho 28676 American Psycho is a bleak, bitter, black comedy about a world we all recognize but do not wish to confront.]]> 399 Bret Easton Ellis 0679735771 Henry 4 3.82 1991 American Psycho
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name: Henry
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1991
rating: 4
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]]> Sin noticias de Gurb 192364 144 Eduardo Mendoza 8432207829 Henry 5 3.78 1990 Sin noticias de Gurb
author: Eduardo Mendoza
name: Henry
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1990
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan]]> 12839
In 1961, a young anthropologist subjected himself to an extraordinary apprenticeship with Yaqui Indian spiritual leader don Juan Matus to bring back a fascinating glimpse of a Yaqui Indian's world of "non-ordinary reality" and the difficult and dangerous road a man must travel to become "a man of knowledge." Yet on the bring of that world, challenging to all that we believe, he drew back. Then in 1968, Carlos Castaneda returned to Mexico, to don Juan and his hallucinogenic drugs, and to a world of experience no man from our Western civilization had ever entered before.]]> 272 Carlos Castaneda 0671732498 Henry 4 4.09 1971 A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan
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]]> <![CDATA[The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge]]> 78250 A Separate Reality and Journey to Ixtlan. Includes the teachings and a structural analysis.]]> 288 Carlos Castaneda 0671227424 Henry 5 3.96 1968 The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
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average rating: 3.96
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]]> <![CDATA[Jerusalén (Caballo de Troya, #1)]]> 66632 Podemos revelar, por ejemplo, que en 1973 las fuerzas aéreas norteamericanas, después de varios años de preparación y tras un sinfín de peripecias, ejecutaron en pleno corazón de Israel uno de sus proyectos "supersecretos" que fue bautizado, precisamente, como "Operación Caballo de Troya". Pero no podemos avanzar al lector cómo se consiguió esa fascinante documentación "confidencial" por parte de J.J. Benitez, ni tampoco el asombroso desarrollo de la referida operación y su desconcertante final. Sería romper el encanto de Caballo de Troya, primer libro testimonio del periodista y escritor navarro...En palabras del autor: "...será el futuro, como sucedió con Julio Verne, quien pondrá de manifiesto si este relato fue o no verídico".]]> 941 J.J. Benítez 8408061909 Henry 4 4.02 1984 Jerusalén (Caballo de Troya, #1)
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name: Henry
average rating: 4.02
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]]> The Winner Stands Alone 5356711 � New Yorker From the bestselling author of The Alchemist , Paulo Coelho, comes an absorbing new novel that holds a mirror up to our culture’s obsession with fame, glamour, and celebrity.]]> 368 Paulo Coelho 0061750441 Henry 4 3.40 2008 The Winner Stands Alone
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name: Henry
average rating: 3.40
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]]> The Pilgrimage 4004 The Pilgrimage recounts the spectacular trials of Paulo Coelho and his mysterious mentor, Petrus, as they journey across Spain in search of a miraculous sword.

The Pilgrimage paved the way to Paulo Coelho's international bestselling novel The Alchemist. In many ways, these two volumes are companions—to truly comprehend one, you must read the other.

Step inside this captivating account of Paulo Coelho's pilgrimage along the road to Santiago. This fascinating parable explores the need to find one's own path. In the end, we discover that the extraordinary is always found in the ordinary and simple ways of everyday people. Part adventure story, part guide to self-discovery, this compelling tale delivers the perfect combination of enchantment and insight.]]> 226 Paulo Coelho 0722534876 Henry 5 3.70 1987 The Pilgrimage
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average rating: 3.70
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]]> Brida 68591 264 Paulo Coelho 9504915248 Henry 3 3.50 1990 Brida
author: Paulo Coelho
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average rating: 3.50
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rating: 3
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]]> The Devil and Miss Prym 4008
A novel of temptation by the internationally bestselling author Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym is a thought-provoking parable of a community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear—as it struggles with the choice between good and evil.]]> 205 Paulo Coelho 0060527994 Henry 5 3.65 2000 The Devil and Miss Prym
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]]> The Zahir 1427 The Zahir  is a bestselling novelist who lives in Paris and enjoys all the privileges money and celebrity bring. His wife of ten years, Esther, is a war correspondent who has disappeared along with a friend, Mikhail, who may or may not be her lover.

Was Esther kidnapped, murdered, or did she simply escape a marriage that left her unfulfilled? The narrator doesn’t have any answers, but he has plenty of questions of his own. Then one day Mikhail finds the narrator and promises to reunite him with his wife. In his attempt to recapture a lost love, the narrator discovers something unexpected about himself.]]> 336 Paulo Coelho 0060832819 Henry 2 3.61 2005 The Zahir
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]]> <![CDATA[By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept]]> 1428 The Alchemist, comes a poignant, richly poetic story that reflects the depth of love and life.

Rarely does adolescent love reach its full potential, but what happens when two young lovers reunite after eleven years? Time has transformed Pilar into a strong and independent woman, while her devoted childhood friend has grown into a handsome and charismatic spiritual leader. She has learned well how to bury her feelings... and he has turned to religion as a refuge from his raging inner conflicts.

Now they are together once again, embarking on a journey fraught with difficulties, as long-buried demons of blame and resentment resurface after more than a decade. But in a small village in the French Pyrenees, by the waters of the River Piedra, a most special relationship will be reexamined in the dazzling light of some of life’s biggest questions.]]> 180 Paulo Coelho 0061122092 Henry 3 3.63 1994 By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
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]]> Veronika Decides to Die 1431 The Alchemist addresses the fundamental questions asked by millions: What am I doing here today? and Why do I go on living?

Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything she could wish for: youth and beauty, plenty of attractive boyfriends, a fulfilling job, and a loving family. Yet something is lacking in her life. Inside her is a void so deep that nothing could possibly ever fill it. So, on the morning of November 11, 1997, Veronika decides to die. She takes a handful of sleeping pills expecting never to wake up.

Naturally Veronika is stunned when she does wake up at Villete, a local mental hospital, where the staff informs her that she has, in fact, partially succeeded in achieving her goal. While the overdose didn't kill Veronika immediately, the medication has damaged her heart so severely that she has only days to live.

The story follows Veronika through the intense week of self-discovery that ensues. To her surprise, Veronika finds herself drawn to the confinement of Villete and its patients, who, each in his or her individual way, reflect the heart of human experience. In the heightened state of life's final moments, Veronika discovers things she has never really allowed herself to feel before: hatred, fear, curiosity, love, and sexual awakening. She finds that every second of her existence is a choice between living and dying, and at the eleventh hour emerges more open to life than ever before.

In Veronika Decides to Die, Paulo Coelho takes the reader on a distinctly modern quest to find meaning in a culture overshadowed by angst, soulless routine, and pervasive conformity. Based on events in Coelho's own life, Veronika Decides to Die questions the meaning of madness and celebrates individuals who do not fit into patterns society considers to be normal. Poignant and illuminating, it is a dazzling portrait of a young woman at the crossroads of despair and liberation, and a poetic, exuberant appreciation of each day as a renewed opportunity.

]]> 285 Paulo Coelho Henry 4 3.75 1998 Veronika Decides to Die
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]]> The Alchemist 865 197 Paulo Coelho 0061122416 Henry 5 3.85 1988 The Alchemist
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]]> Coltan 6374272 240 Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa 1846942101 Henry 3 3.55 2008 Coltan
author: Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa
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average rating: 3.55
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rating: 3
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]]> No Man's Land 7663817
Kennesaw Tanner once fought a shadow war.
Now he's fighting for himself.

Soldier of fortune Kennesaw Tanner is approached by government operatives with an rescue the kidnapped heir of a powerful Persian Gulf sheik whose alliance with the U.S. has made him a target for terrorists.

But what Tanner doesn't know is that there are elements within the government who want him to fail, that the sands of politics are shifting against him-and that the job he's being paid to do may cost him more than he bargained for.]]> 304 Eric L. Haney 0425233006 Henry 4 3.72 2010 No Man's Land
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average rating: 3.72
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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]]> The Hobbit 6603019
This stirring adventure fantasy begins the tale of the hobbits that was continued by J.R.R. Tolkien in his bestselling epic The Lord of the Rings.]]> 322 J.R.R. Tolkien Henry 3 4.26 1937 The Hobbit
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average rating: 4.26
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)]]> 18512 here.

The Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures as the quest continues. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and took part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escaped into Fangorn Forest and there encountered the Ents. Gandalf returned, miraculously, and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman. Meanwhile, Sam and Frodo progressed towards Mordor to destroy the Ring, accompanied by SmEagol--Gollum, still obsessed by his 'precious'. After a battle with the giant spider, Shelob, Sam left his master for dead; but Frodo is still alive--in the hands of the Orcs. And all the time the armies of the Dark Lord are massing. J.R.R. Tolkien's great work of imaginative fiction has been labeled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail.]]> 404 J.R.R. Tolkien Henry 4 4.54 1955 The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)]]> 15241
Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs.

Now they continue the journey alone down the great River Anduin -- alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.]]> 322 J.R.R. Tolkien 0618346260 Henry 4 4.45 1954 The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)]]> 34
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkeness bind them

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.

In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
--back cover]]> 398 J.R.R. Tolkien 0618346252 Henry 4 4.36 1954 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)]]> 6 734 J.K. Rowling 0439139597 Henry 3 4.56 2000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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average rating: 4.56
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)]]> 2
Harry has had enough. He is beginning to think he must do something, anything, to change his situation, when the summer holidays come to an end in a very dramatic fashion. What Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his world upside down...]]> 912 J.K. Rowling Henry 4 4.50 2003 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)]]> 15881
And strike it does. For in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls� bathroom. But then the real trouble begins � someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects� Harry Potter himself!]]> 352 J.K. Rowling Henry 3 4.42 1998 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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average rating: 4.42
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)]]> 5 435 J.K. Rowling 043965548X Henry 4 4.57 1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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average rating: 4.57
book published: 1999
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)]]> 136251
In this final, seventh installment of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling unveils in spectacular fashion the answers to the many questions that have been so eagerly awaited.]]> 759 J.K. Rowling Henry 4 4.61 2007 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)]]> 3 309 J.K. Rowling 0439554934 Henry 5 4.47 1997 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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average rating: 4.47
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]]> ShĹŤgun (Asian Saga, #1) 402093
Powerful and engrossing, capturing both the rich pageantry and stark realities of life in feudal Japan, ShĹŤgun is a critically acclaimed powerhouse of a book. Heart-stopping, edge-of-your-seat action melds seamlessly with intricate historical detail and raw human emotion. Endlessly compelling, this sweeping saga captivated the world to become not only one of the best-selling novels of all time but also one of the highest-rated television miniseries, as well as inspiring a nationwide surge of interest in the culture of Japan. Shakespearean in both scope and depth, ShĹŤgun is, as the New York Times put it, "...not only something you read--you live it." Provocative, absorbing, and endlessly fascinating, there is only one: ShĹŤgun.]]> 1152 James Clavell Henry 5 4.38 1975 ShĹŤgun (Asian Saga, #1)
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average rating: 4.38
book published: 1975
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]]> <![CDATA[The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)]]> 19494 212 John Le Carré Henry 5 4.07 1963 The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> <![CDATA[Cuando Ă©ramos honrados mercenarios: artĂ­culos 2005 a 2009]]> 8094492 362 Arturo PĂ©rez-Reverte 6071103819 Henry 5 4.22 2009 Cuando Ă©ramos honrados mercenarios: artĂ­culos 2005 a 2009
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average rating: 4.22
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]]> Ojos azules 6398068 48 Arturo PĂ©rez-Reverte 8432243221 Henry 4 3.68 2009 Ojos azules
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average rating: 3.68
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]]> <![CDATA[No me cogeréis vivo: artículos 2001-2005]]> 11027 544 Arturo Pérez-Reverte 8420469432 Henry 5 4.23 2005 No me cogeréis vivo: artículos 2001-2005
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average rating: 4.23
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]]> <![CDATA[Con ánimo de ofender: artículos 1998-2001]]> 11029 592 Arturo Pérez-Reverte 8466312412 Henry 5 4.13 2001 Con ánimo de ofender: artículos 1998-2001
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average rating: 4.13
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]]> Un asunto de honor 54090 128 Arturo PĂ©rez-Reverte 8466300031 Henry 3 3.51 1995 Un asunto de honor
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average rating: 3.51
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Patente de corso: artĂ­culos 1993-1998]]> 1674020 656 Arturo PĂ©rez-Reverte 8466312315 Henry 5 4.01 1998 Patente de corso: artĂ­culos 1993-1998
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average rating: 4.01
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]]> <![CDATA[El oro del rey (Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste, #4)]]> 58530 278 Arturo Pérez-Reverte 8420442402 Henry 5 3.91 2000 El oro del rey (Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste, #4)
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average rating: 3.91
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]]> <![CDATA[El caballero del jubón amarillo (Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste, #5)]]> 90414 372 Arturo Pérez-Reverte 8466315896 Henry 4 3.93 2003 El caballero del jubón amarillo (Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste, #5)
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average rating: 3.93
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]]> <![CDATA[Corsarios de Levante (Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste, #6)]]> 66841 365 Arturo Pérez-Reverte 8420471011 Henry 5 3.87 2006 Corsarios de Levante (Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste, #6)
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average rating: 3.87
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]]> La sombra del águila 785481 A partir de este hecho real, Arturo Perez-Reverte desvela, con un sentido del humor especial y un tono entre divertido y tragico, una descarnada y mordaz vision de la guerra, el heroismo anonimo, el patriotismo, en definitiva, de la condicion humana.]]> 160 Arturo Pérez-Reverte 8420481327 Henry 5 3.91 1992 La sombra del águila
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]]> Cabo Trafalgar 11028 304 Arturo PĂ©rez-Reverte 8466316787 Henry 5 3.77 2004 Cabo Trafalgar
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]]> Territorio comanche 87186 128 Arturo PĂ©rez-Reverte 8422653184 Henry 4 3.85 1994 Territorio comanche
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rating: 4
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]]> El hĂşsar 54080 173 Arturo PĂ©rez-Reverte 8446018764 Henry 5 3.76 1986 El hĂşsar
author: Arturo PĂ©rez-Reverte
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average rating: 3.76
book published: 1986
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]]> El pintor de batallas 54076 304 Arturo PĂ©rez-Reverte 9870403409 Henry 3 3.66 2006 El pintor de batallas
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sun Over Breda (Adventures of Captain Alatriste, #3)]]> 66842 274 Arturo PĂ©rez-Reverte 0399153837 Henry 5 3.82 1998 The Sun Over Breda (Adventures of Captain Alatriste, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Purity of Blood (Adventures of Captain Alatriste, #2)]]> 11022 The second swashbuckling adventure in the internationally acclaimed Captain Alatriste series Captain Alatriste, Madrid’s most charismatic swashbuckler, returns in Perez-Reverte’s acclaimed international bestseller. The fearless Alatriste is hired to infiltrate a convent and rescue a young girl forced to serve as a powerful priest’s concubine. The girl’s father is barred from legal recourse as the priest threatens to reveal that the man’s family is “not of pure blood� and is, in fact, of Jewish descent—which will all but destroy the family name. As Alatriste struggles to save the young hostage from being burned at the stake, he soon finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into a conspiracy that leads all the way to the heart of the Spanish Inquisition. A literary thriller that delivers adventure and rich historical detail, Purity of Blood captivates to the final page.

]]> 268 Arturo PĂ©rez-Reverte 0452287987 Henry 4 3.79 1997 Purity of Blood (Adventures of Captain Alatriste, #2)
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average rating: 3.79
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]]> The Nautical Chart 11030 480 Arturo PĂ©rez-Reverte 0156029820 Henry 3 3.58 2000 The Nautical Chart
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average rating: 3.58
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]]> The Seville Communion 11033 The Seville Communion, Rome sends handsome Father Lorenzo Quart to investigate. He meets a feisty parish priest, a beautiful aristocrat, an ambitious banker, and three of the most touching, wonderfully ineffectual crooks to ever dabble in a life of crime. There are mysteries as well, from another death at the church to the secrets of the human heart.
-- Nancy Pate]]> 375 Arturo PĂ©rez-Reverte 0156029812 Henry 3 3.73 1995 The Seville Communion
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average rating: 3.73
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