The Emperor's Pearl: A Judge Dee Mystery, Paperback - Robert Van Gulik

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Reducere. Judge Dee, the master detective of seventh-century China, sets out to solve a puzzling double murder and discovers complex passions lurking beneath...

Reducere. A chance encounter with Autumn Moon, the most powerful courtesan on Paradise Island, leads Judge Dee to investigate three deaths. Although he final...

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Long before Western writers had even conceived the idea of writing detective stories, the Chinese had developed a long tradition of literary works ...

Reducere. In this, the second book in Robert van Gulik's classic mystery series of ancient China, Judge Dee must look into the murder of his predecessor. His...

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Reducere. Brought back into print in the 1990s to wide acclaim, re-designed new editions of Robert van Gulik's Judge Dee Mysteries are now available. Written...

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Published on the hundredth anniversary of Van Gogh's death, this is the first full-length biography of this undying man in twenty years and surely ...

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Publisher: Ippon BooksAuthor(s): Robert Van De WalleIllustration(s): 350ill.Number of pages: 112Collection: Judo Masterclass TechniquesPublication ...

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In book ten of the Tales of Sasha series, Sasha must solve a riddle to discover the contents of a special message When flying horses from the Royal...

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The fifth novel in Steve Martini's series of legal thrillers, featuring Paul Madriani; 'Martini has again written a winner. Highly recommended' Lib...

Reducere. Early summer, Portland, Maine... Eleven months after young policewoman Dee Rommel's mysterious and life-altering on-the-job injury. Her medical lea...

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Desperate to salvage their reputation, the cousins turn to Albert Campion - but will his investigations clear the Barnabas family name, or besmirch...

Reducere. The Aldens and Cousin Soo Lee are off to Hawaii to help Mary on her plantation, Pineapple Place, but as weird things begin to happen, Soo Lee wonde...

Reducere. It all started with a huge footprint . . .Eight-year-old Jimmy and his moose friend Mortimer join the rest of the Trailblazers on a camping trip to...

Reducere. Jilted grooms, sudden deaths, broken hearts and threatening letters. All in a day's work for super sleuth Kate Palmer!Nurse Kate Palmer thought the...

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The irrepressible judge presides over five new cases, dealing with bigamists, chefs at odds with each other and fraudulent astrologists. For fans o...

Reducere. Early summer, Portland, Maine... Eleven months after young policewoman Dee Rommel's mysterious and life-altering on-the-job injury. Her medical lea...

Resident judge Charlie Walden returns to preside over further criminal cases at Bermondsey Crown Court, contending with business interests stretchi...

Reducere. For decades the controversy has raged: Was the Pearl Harbor disaster a result of criminal negligence by military officers in the Pacific theater? W...

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Reducere. In Day of Deceit, Robert Stinnett delivers the definitive final chapter on America's greatest secret and our worst military disaster. Drawing on tw...

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Reducere. It's a cold, snowy December in the upstate New York town of Millers Kill, and newly ordained Clare Fergusson is on thin ice as the first female pri...