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253 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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A "body [found] in the snow is that of Ben Wylie, the heir to America's second-wealthiest business dynasty, and it is found in a remote patch of northern Canada. Far away, in post-crash New York, Jamie Cabot, the son of the Wylie family's housekeepers, must figure out how and why Ben died. He knows the answer lies in the tortured history of the Wylie family, who over three generations built up their massive holdings into several billion dollars' worth...
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392 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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"A bag of money drops out of the sky, literally, into the path of a cash-starved citizen named Graveyard. He carries it home to his wife, Ambience, and they embark on the adventure of their lives, finally able to have everything they've always thought they deserved: cars, guns, games, jewels, clothes -- and of course sex, travel, and time with friends and family. There is no limit except their imagination and the hours in the day, and even those seem...
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269 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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By 2013, capitalism has collapsed in Europe, and England has turned to protectionist policies, communal farms, and an intrusive National Unity Government that feeds its citizens National Meat Loaf and monitors people by street-corner CiviCams. In this bleak near-future, Frances Prideaux, once a successful writer of feminist novels and a proud product of the era of sexual liberation, is rehashing the sins of her past. As bailiffs try to repossess her...
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708 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 24 cm
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English
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A "novel in verse that inspired the ... West End and Off-Broadway play of the same name, [this book] follows the epic rise and fall of three generations of [the Lehman] family and through them tells the story of American ambition and hubris"--Publisher marketing.
" ... Spanning three generations and 150 years, The Lehman Trilogy is a moving epic that dares to tell the story of modern capitalism through the saga of the Lehman brothers and their descendants....
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430 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Español
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"Un manuscrito le llega a un famoso editor norteamericano. Tras mandarlo dictaminar, la conclusión es evidente: el libro es una suerte de autobiografía de Jorge Volpi, un famoso operador de fondos de inversión quien, tras la crisis inmobiliaria, huyó por haber defraudado cerca de diez mil millones de dólares. Luego, el libro. Jorge Volpi nació sin conocer a su padre, quien que murió mientras su esposa estaba embarazada. Su vida se decantó...
8) Your utopia
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241 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"Bora Chung's inimitable blend of horror, absurdity, and dark humor reaches its peak in these tales of loss and discovery, dystopia and idealism, death and immortality. In a thrilling translation by the acclaimed Anton Hur, readers will experience a variety of possible fates for humanity, from total demise via a disease whose only symptom is casual cannibalism to a world in which even dreams can be monitored and used to convict people of crimes. ...
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