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2004 Favorites by Established Authors
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The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Simon Winchester
Hardcover: Sep 2003
Paperback: 1 Oct 2004
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| A scintillating account of the creation of the greatest monument ever erected to a living language. Winchester's supple, vigorous prose illuminates this dauntingly ambitious seventy-year odyssey to create the grandfather of all word-books, the Oxford English Dictionary. Browse an exclusive excerpt at BookBrowse. |
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The Grim Grotto
by Lemony Snicket
Hardcover: 1 Sep 2004
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| In their desperate search for something lost, the Baudelaire children encounter new and terrible horrors, including mushrooms, a mechanical monster, a distressing message from a lost friend, and tap dancing. Ages 9+. |
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The Well of Lost Plots: A Thursday Next Novel
by Jasper Fforde
Hardcover: Feb 2004
Paperback: 1 Jul 2004
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| In this delicious sequel to The Eyre Affair and Lost in a Good Book, Fforde's redoubtable heroine Thursday Next once again does battle with philistine bibliophobes. |
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The Voice of The Violin: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery
by Andrea Camilleri
Hardcover: Nov 2003
Paperback: 1 Jul 2004
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| The Sicilian detective, Inspector Salvo Montalbano, is on the search for the killer of a young woman. Among the suspects are her aging husband, a famous doctor; a shy admirer (now disappeared) and her lover - an antiques dealer from Bologna. However, it is a mysterious, reclusive violinist who holds the key. |
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