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Western Europe Region this Region includes: Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, and Austria
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The labyrinth of the spirits : a novel
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
A conclusion to the best-selling series finds enigmatic Alicia Gris, supported by the Sempere family, uncovering one of the most shocking conspiracies in Spanish history. By the award-winning author of The Angel's Game. 50,000 first printing
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Liberty : the lives and times of six women in revolutionary France
by Lucy Moore
A historical evaluation of the role of women in the French Revolution presents the stories of six individuals, including 1791 Constitution co-writer Germaine de Stal, freedom-fighting courtesan Théroigne de Méricourt, and sexual revolutionary Thérésia Tallien. By the author of Maharanis. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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The high mountains of Portugal
by Yann Martel
An allegorical novel in three parts is set in the fictional High Mountains of 17th-century Portugal and beyond, where characters explore questions of loss and faith while on a quest, while tackling ghosts and in the contemporary world. By the award-winning author of Life of Pi. (historical fiction). Simultaneous.
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The ventriloquists
by E. R. Ramzipoor
A tale based on true events finds a misfit journalist, a forger and a street urchin joining a band of resistance fighters who risk their lives to publish a satiric newspaper mocking the Nazis. A first novel. 75,000 first printing.
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Mozart's starling
by Lynn Haupt, Lyanda
A naturalist describes how Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was enchanted by the intelligence and playful spirit of a starling in a Viennese shop and took it home for a family pet and discusses a natural history of the frequently reviled bird. 40,000 first printing.
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Sisi : empress on her own : a novel
by Allison Pataki
A tale inspired by the life of Empress Sisi in nineteenth-century Vienna places the tumult in Europe leading up to World War I against a backdrop of imperial court temptations, rivalries, and cutthroat intrigues
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