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13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear

by Walter Moers

Published: 2006-08-29

Paperback: 704 pages

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"A bluebear has twenty-seven lives. I shall recount thirteen and a half of them in this book but keep quiet about the rest," says the narrator of Walter Moers's epic adventure. "What about the Minipirates? What about the Hobgoblins, the Spiderwitch, the Babbling Billows, the Troglotroll,...

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13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown

by Simon Johnson, James Kwak

Published: 2010-03-30

Hardcover: 320 pages

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Even after the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, America is still beset by the depredations of an oligarchy that is now bigger, more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever. Anchored by six megabanks?Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and...

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13 Little Blue Envelopes

by Maureen Johnson

Published: 2006-10-01

Paperback: 338 pages

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Inside little blue envelope 1 are $1,000 and instructions to buy a plane ticket. In envelope 2 are directions to a specific London flat. The note in envelope 3 tells Ginny: Find a starving artist. Because of envelope 4, Ginny and a playwright/thief/ bloke–about–town called K...

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13 Steps Down

by Ruth Rendell

Published: 2006-06-06

Paperback: 340 pages

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Mix Cellini has just moved into a flat in a decaying house in Nottinghill, where he plans to pursue his two abiding passions--supermodel Nerissa Nash, whom he worships from afar, and the life of serial killer Reggie Christie, hanged fifty years earlier for murdering at least eight women. G...

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13, rue Thérèse: A Novel

by Elena Mauli Shapiro

Published: 2011-02-02

Hardcover: 288 pages

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American academic Trevor Stratton discovers a box full of artifacts from World War I as he settles into his new office in Paris. The pictures, letters, and objects in the box relate to the life of Louise Brunet, a feisty, charming Frenchwoman who lived through both World Wars. As Trevor ...

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The 13th Apostle

by Raina C. Smith

Published: 2011-10-05

Paperback: 480 pages

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Father Joseph is a devout priest with a sad but inspirational backstory living in Rome when he stumbles upon a well guarded ancient scroll shrouded in secrecy at the Vatican. It was written, he learns, over two thousand years ago by a man believed by a select few to have been a mysterious thirteenth...

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The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire, and Phosphorus

by John Emsley

Published: 2002-01-04

Paperback: 352 pages

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The incredible "glowing" history of the "Devil's element "phosphorus Discovered by alchemists, prescribed by apothecaries, exploited by ninth-century industrialists, and abused by twentieth-century combatants, the chemical element phosphorus has fascinated us for more than three centu...

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The 13th Hour: A Thriller

by Richard Doetsch

Published: 2009-12-29

Hardcover: 352 pages

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A mesmerizing thriller -- told in reverse! The 13th Hour is the story of a man given the chance to go back in time in one-hour increments to prevent a vicious crime from destroying his life.Nick Quinn is being held in jail, accused of the murder of his beloved wife, Julia. He knows she's d...

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The 13th Tribe (An Immortal Files Novel)

by Robert Liparulo

Published: 2012-04-03

Paperback: 416 pages

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When a group of immortal vigilantes threatens millions, only one man is brave enough to stand in their way. Their story didn't start this year?or even this millennium. It began when Moses was on Mt. Sinai. Tired of waiting on the One True God, the twelve tribes of Israel began worshipping...

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by Peter Clines

Published: 2014-07-15

Paperback: 469 pages

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Chosen by Audible.com as the best sci-fi novel of 2012! Padlocked doors. Strange light fixtures. Mutant cockroaches. There are some odd things about Nate’s new apartment. Of course, he has other things on his mind. He hates his job. He has no money in the bank. No girlfriend. No plans f...