Memorias de una Geisha (MTI): Una novela

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Una sensación literaria y bestseller internacional presenta con perfecta autenticidad y exquisito lirismo las fieles confesiones de una de las geishas más famosas de Japón.

En Memorias de una geisha entramos a un mundo donde las apariencias son de suma importancia; donde la virginidad de una niña es subastada al mejor postor; donde las mujeres son entrenadas para seducir a los hombres más poderosos; y donde el amor es desdeñado como una mera ilusión. Es una obra de ficción única y triunfal– al mismo tiempo romántica, erótica y de suspenso –absolutamente inolvidable.

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Evolving experience.......2007-01-18

Desde un principio, y al estrenarse la película acá en Lima, solamante el título me creó la curiosidad de leer antes el libro...Luego de bastante tiempo, pude hacerlo, y debo decir que la experiencia fue simplemente increible.
La manera en que el autor pone en detalle la narración de la historia, los nombres, los datos históricos, la descripción de los sucesos, lugares, personas, nombres y apellidos....me hicieron creer que en realidad, era una biografía de una geisha, y que todos los personajes eran reales. En una oportunidad, traté de buscar el famoso pintor que retrató a Sayuri....y me dí con la mala noticia de que todo era ficticio. Sin embargo, este libro a despertado en mi una curiosidad y fascinación por la cultura japonesa, y cada día me encuentro a mi misma investigando más sobre las geishas, Gion, y Kioto en el internet.
Recomiendo este libro a todas las personas, a quienes les gusta los libros tipo documentales, a los eternos románticos, a los que les gusta la cultura japonesa, a los fans de las geishas....en realidad se que a todos los va a cautivar.

Un viaje a un mundo magico!!.......2006-01-20

Fantastico libro... una traduccion excelente! Hace tiempisimo que un libro no me permitia dejarlo hasta acabarlo. Cautivadora narracion que facilita no solo el sumergirse dentro del mundo tan privado de las geishas, sino indudablemente en el de la cultura japonesa. Se lo recomiendo con los ojos cerrados...disfrutelo!

No puedes dejar de leerlo!.......2004-08-18

Aprendi bastante acerca de la vida de las Geishas, de sus costumbres, rituales etc... super divertido. Te lleva a un mundo diferente, te hace vivir la historia muy de cerca.

UN BUEN LIBRO.......2002-10-24

MEMORIAS DE UNA GEISHA ES UN LIBRO EXCELENTE! LA NARRATIVA TE TRANSPORTA AL JAPON DE ESA EPOCA. ESTE ESCRITO TE HACE CONOCER LA VIDA DE MUCHAS MUJERES QUE SU UNICA OPCION FUE EL SER GEISHAS. NOS DEJA CONOCER A TRAVES DE ELLAS, UNA PARTE IMPORTANTE Y TAL VEZ TRISTE DE SUS VIDAS. ME ENCANTO Y ME HUBIERA GUSTADO CONOCER LA PROTAGONISTA Y SU VISION EN ESTOS TIEMPOS DE LA MUJER EN JAPON. LE RECOMIENDO ESTO LIBRO A AQUELLAS PERSONAS QUE GUSTAN DE LA HISTORIA.

A Wonderful Novel.......2002-10-04

This novel is not just the story of Sayuri, a 9 years old peasant girl sold into slavery to a Kyoto okiya as a servant girl, but a complete story of the geisha culture at Gion, a Kyoto neighborhood, before WWII. This novel give us a lot of details about the geishas make up, dressing code, education, rituals and rules, behavior, rivalries and envies between them, their expectations and dreams, etc. An excellent narrative which discover the unknown world of the geishas in the first half of the xx century Imperial Japan.

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Memorias De Una Geisha
Arthur Golden
Manufacturer: Vintage
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OSYK7W

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Memorias De Una Geisha Suma
Unknown
Manufacturer: UNKNOWN
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 8496463214

Un mundo secreto.(Memorias de una geisha, libro; reseña)(TT: A secret world.)(TA: Memoirs of a Geisha, book; review)(Reseña): An article from: Letras Libres

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Un mundo secreto.(Memorias de una geisha, libro; reseña)(TT: A secret world.)(TA: Memoirs of a Geisha, book; review)(Reseña): An article from: Letras Libres
Fabienne Bradu
Manufacturer: Editorial Vuelta, S.A. de C.V.
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Letras Libres, published by Editorial Vuelta, S.A. de C.V. on December 1, 1999. The length of the article is 1471 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Un mundo secreto.(Memorias de una geisha, libro; reseña)(TT: A secret world.)(TA: Memoirs of a Geisha, book; review)(Reseña)
Author: Fabienne Bradu
Publication: Letras Libres (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 1999
Publisher: Editorial Vuelta, S.A. de C.V.
Volume: 1 Issue: 12 Page: 90

Article Type: Reseña

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In this dazzling prequel to the New York Times bestsellers The Cowboy and The Texan, Joan Johnston takes us back to a time when Texas was a young and wild republic, and three strong-willed sisters carved out a destiny that would spawn two legendary dynasties. Here is the spellbinding tale of a woman captured by Comanches--and of the proud warrior who vows to make her love him.

Comanche Woman

Born to a white father and his Indian bride, Long Quiet believed his destiny lay with his Comanche brothers. But his heart secretly belonged to Bayleigh Stewart, daughter of the richest cotton planter in Texas, who’d been abducted by a marauding brave and sold to the highest bidder. For years he’d searched for the violet-eyed beauty, and now a strange twist of fate led him to her.

Called Shadow by her captors, Bay had almost given up hope of rescue, when a rugged stranger in buckskins appeared, risking his life to bring her home...and awakening a passion that burned hot and true. Bay knew her place was with her family. But Long Quiet hadn’t found her only to lose her again. He had to convince this woman--his woman--that her true home was with him... as together they would fight for a love strong enough to bridge two worlds....

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Born to a white father and his Indian bride, Long Quiet believed his destiny lay with his Comanche brothers. But his heart secretly belonged to Bayleigh Stewart, daughter of the richest cotton planter in Texas, who'd been abducted by a marauding brave and sold to the highest bidder. For years he'd searched for the violet-eyed beauty, and now a strange twist of fate led him to her. Called Shadow by her captors, Bay had almost given up hope of rescue, when a rugged stranger in buckskins appeared, risking his life to bring her home...and awakening a passion that burned hot and true. Bay knew her place was with her family. But Long Quiet hadn't found her only to lose her again. He had to convince this woman--his woman--that her true home was with him... as together they would fight for a love strong enough to bridge two worlds....

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Ugh........2007-09-24

This book was painful to finish. I kept hoping that it would get better (it didn't). As others have mentioned, there were too many storylines that were completely undeveloped, apparently in a deliberate attempt to get you to read prequels and sequels.

However, the worst part of the book for me was the "character" of Bayleigh Stewart, a/k/a "Shadow." Her character was completely annoying, as she seemed to behave completely inconsistently and irrationally. For example, when a misunderstanding arises between Bayleigh and the hero, Long Quiet, rather than explain her situation and clear up all the problems, Bayleigh keeps "forgetting" to talk to him, or missing her opportunity. Very clumsily handled overall; none of the characters are believable in their motivations or behaviors.

Also, no author should use the word "manroot" in what is intended to be a serious love scene. I actually laughed out loud.

Just didn't draw me in.......2005-12-31

I tried to like this book, but I felt like I came into it with the story already half told. Perhaps I should have read Frontier Woman first, since it told of Bay's kidnapping and her history. I just didn't feel like I got to know the characters; they seemed 2 dimensional. It also didn't make sense that Long Quiet was so in love based upon his glimpse of Bay in Boston. I wanted to know why he loved her so. I found this book hard to finish.

Not a western, just another romance novel.......2004-12-06

I was disappointed when I found this was just a romance novel dressed up in Western clothing. All the time and attention is on feelings,sex and antisapation of sex. Change the names and location and it is just like all the rest.

What a GREAT BOOK!.......2004-11-07

I read the negative reviews on Comanche Woman so I was a little apprehensive but I read Frontier Woman so I decided to go for it. I did not feel at all like some of the other reviewers. I thought it was a wonderful love story. Long Quiet is a strong yet tender man who is torn between two worlds. Being half comanche he has stayed true to that side of his heritage. But Bay Stewart changes all that. She has always been tender hearted and has now been in captivity for 3 year but was bought by a kind comanche named Many Horses. Lone Quiet ends up taking her as his bride and because of many threats against her life he decides that she won't be safe in even his own village. So he takes her to her home and decides that she should forget him and that he will return to his village after the business he has to take care of. But...will he really be able to stay in his village or will he return to try to claim Bay as his wife and live in the white world. Through lots of ups and downs it does have a happy ending and there are lots of tender moments that I really enjoyed. So take a chance. I'm so glad I did. For me this is a keeper. I am looking forward to reading Texas Woman.

I really wanted to like this series, BUT............2004-10-27

Bayleigh and Long Quiet had the potential for a great romance, but they did too many improbable things and their passion was unconvincing. Some of the characters are impossible to like, especially Bay's father Rip. The author attempts to convince the reader that underneath the crust, he's really a loving father, but it doesn't wash. This man sets impossible standards and is, quite frankly, a CHILD ABUSER. I kept hoping somebody would off him in a justifiably gruesome manner. Long Quiet spends YEARS secretly loving Bayleigh and seizes the chance to claim her, even insisting that she share his bed, then inexplicably dumps her. After all these years and miles searching for her, he doesn't even bother to see her safely home - he just abandons her on the road! They finally get together, but in a stereotypical manner - shotgun wedding and he thinks she only wants his money. The last straw for me was naming his son Whipp - a dumb name at the least and horridly insensitive at the worst since his wife is forever scarred from beatings and abuse as an Indian captive! If ever a child's name conjured up negative images....

There are also NUMEROUS mistakes with Numunuu (Comanche) culture, ESPECIALLY the language. About the only word Johnston got right was Pia (mother) Others are misspelled or just COMPLETELY wrong - for example, Long Quiet proposes to Bay and asks her to become his Paraiboo, which is the Numu (Comanche) word for chief, not wife! Wife is kwuhu, not even close! Bay's easy abandonment of her foster daughter, which a Comanche mother would never do, is appalling. Comanche medicine men also did not have as much authority as was depicted here. If one is going to write about Native Americans, one should make an effort for accuracy. Anything else is just plain exploitive to the culture and heritage.

I wanted to like this series, but found it anything but truly romantic. Sorry, only two stars.

I highly recommend Lucia St. Clair Robson's "Ride the Wind" instead of this book, as it accurately depicts Numu (Comanche) culture and language, and is based on the true story of Cynthia Ann Parker.

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Intriguing account of a fascinating woman's life
Outstanding book, outstanding professor
interesting learning about the comanche, and the pabukut

Sanapia: Comanche Medicine Woman
David E. Jones
Manufacturer: Waveland Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0881330418

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An intimate portrait of the last surviving Comanche Eagle doctor! Life histories are an excellent means of crosscultural understanding. In detailing the life of a Comanche medicine woman who wanted her methods recorded, Jones demonstrated such an intense interest in her training and experiences as a shaman that Sanapia not only accepted him as a valued biographer but also adopted him as a son. Readers will enjoy this intimate portrait of the last surviving Comanche Eagle doctor, revealed in descriptive accounts of her ritual behavior, her attitude toward the profession, the paraphernalia she employed, and her function in Comanche society.

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Intriguing account of a fascinating woman's life.......2004-08-14

David Jones gives an overview of Comanche history and a biography of Sanapia and her tradition training in Comanche doctoring and lore. Highly interested for historians as well as anthropologists, or anyone interested in Native American life and custom.

Outstanding book, outstanding professor.......2001-11-27

I took Dr. Jones in 1997, for the Indians of the High Plains class, at UCF, Orlando. He is, without a doubt, one of the most articulate, fascinating, and knowledgable people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. Sanapia is based on the time he spent with a Comanche woman of the same name, and it is a fascinating glimpse into the customs of the Comanche tribe. He spends a great deal of time discussing the spiritual concepts of the Comanches, as well as the use of various plants for ritualistic purposes. I recommend this book to anybody not only to anthropology students, but also to anybody with even a slight interest in Native American beliefs/culture.

interesting learning about the comanche, and the pabukut.......1999-02-17

In reading about the eagle doctor,Sanapia is very concern about the comanche losing their idenity, and theri traditional ways. The book explains her going through to become a eagle doctor as her mother and grandmother before her. I'm still interested in the Pabukut.

A Woman of the People (Texas Tradition Series)

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Great intro to Southwest Indian Culture

A Woman of the People (Texas Tradition Series)
Benjamin Capps
Manufacturer: Texas Christian University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 087565195X

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Great intro to Southwest Indian Culture.......1998-12-13

I read this book when I was in the eigth grade, that was 1969. It was spellbinding.....an account of cative torture was probably too unsettling for a thirteen year old, but otherwise, awesome. It introduced me to Comanche culture and started an interest in American Indian history that has continued to this day. Fabulous read!

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The Comanche's Woman (Slocum Series #5)
Jake Logan
Manufacturer: Playboy Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: 0872165752

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Beautiful Laura kenton, the bitch of Fort Hades, was scandalizing the other women living there by her haughty, wanton manner. The day Slocum found her bathing alone, blonde hair fanned across her nude back, he knew he had to have her. She dropped into his life like a blast of dynamite. And between Laura, her husband and the raging Comanches, an avalanche of blood and hate was busting loose. It was only a matter of time before someone would be killed -but Slocum was willing to risk it all for Captain Kenton's wife. She was one hell of a woman.

7 Silhouette Desire Titles by Sheri Whitefeather: (1) A Kept Woman; (2) Cherokee Baby; (3) Cherokee Dad; (4) Cherokee Marriage Dare; (5) Cheyenne Dad; (6) Comanche Vow; (7) Heart of a Stranger

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7 Silhouette Desire Titles by Sheri Whitefeather: (1) A Kept Woman; (2) Cherokee Baby; (3) Cherokee Dad; (4) Cherokee Marriage Dare; (5) Cheyenne Dad; (6) Comanche Vow; (7) Heart of a Stranger
Sheri Whitefeather
Manufacturer: Silhouette Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000VFULZS

Comanche Woman [Sisters of the Lone Star]

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Comanche Woman [Sisters of the Lone Star]
Joan Johnston
Manufacturer: Pocket
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000LOMJXQ

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THE COMANCHE'S WOMAN

Manufacturer: Playboy Paperbacks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HQXJQE

The Comanche's Woman (Slocum Series #40)

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The Comanche's Woman (Slocum Series #40)
Jake Logan
Manufacturer: Berkley Publishing Group
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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The Comanche's Woman (Slocum Series #40)
Jake Logan
Manufacturer: Playboy Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000RAXWUS

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The Comanche's Woman (Slocum Series #5)
Jake Logan
Manufacturer: Playboy Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000HOV2MY

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Dr. Cassandra Kingsley is about to discover that neither her marriage nor her job is what she thought. And when she sets out to find the truth, it may just kill her.

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A series of mysterious deaths rocks the preeminent hospital of Boston Memorial and Dr. Cassandra Kingsley's most frightening suspicions are realized.

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One of my top 3 favorite Robin Cook thrillers!!!.......2007-10-08

Godplayer, along with Chromosome 6 and Mutation, are my 3 top favorite Robin Cook medical thrillers to date (and I've read about 50% of his novels so far). This story takes an in-depth look into the life of a cardiac surgeon whose life is torn by narcissism, egoism, power, greed, adultery, and drugs.

Similar storyline.......2007-03-30

I previously read "Marker" by Robin Cook, and "Godplayer" has a very similar storyline in that people are being 'offed' in a comparable manner. I enjoyed "Marker" much more, so if you like "Marker", you will probably be disappointed by this book.

Just to have fun.......2005-04-26

Let me tell you that you'll read this book in no-time. But the end of the book is worthless, I think that the last pages RC said to his child to finish the book and he finished at his will. In the book are many loose ends that when you're reading the book seems important, but when you finish the book and you see that those stories never ended you'll be disappointed. I won't give you here these examples just in case you want to read the book. As always with all RC's books you'll think twice before going to an hospital.
Despite all of the above, you'll have a good time reading this book but don't expect an excellent end. Thinking better, don't expect anything at the book's end (the last two chapters and the epilogue.)

Formulaic.......2004-08-22

I was bored - really bored, which is why I picked this book to read from the free book trade shelves at work. It has a good basic story but is so formulaic that I was able to predict the ending after the second or third chapter. Being a medical professional, it was difficult to read about procedures that are outdated now and remember when they were cutting edge. Perhaps it's also a bit scary to remember those I've worked with in the past who have had the same narcissistic outlooks.

I think I'll pass up the other books by Dr. Cook that I have not read as of yet. This is the second one of his that, in my opinion, bombed miserably.

deciding who should live or die.......2004-01-17

I enjoyed the book. The storyline was good but I thought the characters could have been developed a little more. This is a medical mystery. Cassandra Kinsley, who had been a pathologist resident but had switched to psychiatry because of her failing eyesight, is married to the top heart surgeon at the hospital. Their marriage is getting a little rocky and Cassandra thinks its her fault and then she discovers that her husband is taking drugs to help keep him going with his hectic schedule. To top it off, patients have been dying off that she and her former pathologist partner think is suspicious, but they haven't been able to discover how it is being done, then the pathologist dies after he has surgery and then when she has eye surgery she is almost killed. The book is action packed to the end.

Godplayer, The Suitcases, The Time of the Hunter's Moon, Stalking Point (Readers Digest Condensed Books, Vol 5-1983)

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Godplayer, The Suitcases, The Time of the Hunter's Moon, Stalking Point (Readers Digest Condensed Books, Vol 5-1983)
Robin Cook , Anne Hall Whitt , Victoria Holt , and Duncan Kyle
Manufacturer: Reader's Digest Association
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HBQ7WM

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Four stories condensed into one volume.

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Godplayer
Robin Cook
Manufacturer: G. P. Putnam's Sons
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0333353277

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Godplayers
Damien Broderick
Manufacturer: Thunder's Mouth Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1560256702

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August Seebeck is in his twenties, a man of average looks and intellect. Then comes the claim of his great-aunt Tansy that she has been finding corpses each Saturday night in her bath (they vanish by morning). August dismisses this tale as elderly fantasy until he stumbles upon a corpse being shoved into the second-floor bathroom window of his aunt's house. Even that wouldn't faze him, but then someone steps out of the mirror....

August suddenly discovers he is a Player in the multi-universe Contest of Worlds and that his true family is quarrelsome on a mythic scale. His search for understanding follows a classic quest pattern of the Parsifal kind, except that August is nobody's fool.

An epic quest that is funny and engrossing, Godplayers is in the best tradition of Zelazny, Van Vogt, and the Knights of the Round Table, from one of science fiction's hottest up-and-coming writers.

6 Titles By Robin Cook - Coma - Sphinx - Brain - Fever - Harmful Intent - Godplayer

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6 Titles By Robin Cook - Coma - Sphinx - Brain - Fever - Harmful Intent - Godplayer
Robin Cook
Manufacturer: various
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000LO1CSY

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6 Titles By Robin Cook - Coma - Sphinx - Brain - Fever - Harmful Intent - Godplayer

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Como Si Fuera Dios/Godplayer
Robin Cook
Manufacturer: Plaza & Janes Editories Sa
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Condensed Books Vol 5, 1983: Godplayer; the Suitcases; the Time of the Hunter's Moon; Stalking Point

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Condensed Books Vol 5, 1983: Godplayer; the Suitcases; the Time of the Hunter's Moon; Stalking Point

Manufacturer: Reader's Digest
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000FFA866

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GODPLAYER
ROBIN COOK
Manufacturer: Putnam
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OAISRI

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Godplayer
Robin Cook
Manufacturer: G.P. Putnam's Sons
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ASIN: B000OEKR32

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Godplayer
Robin Cook
Manufacturer: Pan Books
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ASIN: B000U51B3A

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The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580, Second Edition
Eamon (Author) Duffy
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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