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Viven!/ Alive: El Triunfo Del Espiritu Humano/ the Story of the Andes Survivors

Product Description: En el ano 1972 partio de Montevideo, con destino Santiago de Chile, un avion Fairchild F227 de las fuerzas aereas uruguayas en el que viajaba un equipo de rugby y sus acompanantes. Pero en realidad les aguardaba un destino muy distinto del que ellos habian proyectado...read more

By Piers Paul Read

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9788490702369 | Ediciones B, August 31, 2016, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: En el ano 1972 partio de Montevideo, con destino Santiago de Chile, un avion Fairchild F227 de las fuerzas aereas uruguayas en el que viajaba un equipo de rugby y sus acompanantes.

Scarpia

Product Description: It is the late 18th century and Sicilian nobleman Vitello Scarpia finds himself penniless and in disgrace on the streets of Rome. After leaving his home in pursuit of a military career, his fiery passion has seen him expelled from the Spanish royal guard and left to seek his fortune in Italy; a fortune inseparably bound to the Pope, whose rule is put in question by the French Revolution...read more

By Piers Paul Read

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9781632863249 | Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, March 1, 2016, cover price $27.00 | About this edition: It is the late 18th century and Sicilian nobleman Vitello Scarpia finds himself penniless and in disgrace on the streets of Rome.

Monk Dawson

By Piers Paul Read

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9781939140579 | Valancourt Books, July 31, 2013, cover price $14.99

Villa Golitsyn

By Piers Paul Read

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9781468306859, titled "The Villa Golitsyn" | Reprint edition (Overlook Pr, December 4, 2012), cover price $14.95

The Dreyfus Affair: The Scandal That Tore France in Two

By Piers Paul Read

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9781608194322 | Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, March 13, 2012, cover price $30.00

Alec Guinness: The Authorised Biography

Product Description: Sir Alec Guinness was one of the greatest actors of the twentieth century. With a talent recognised by discerning critics from his very first appearance on the stage, he gained a world-wide reputation playing roles on the screen such as Fagin in Oliver Twist and Sidney Stratton in The Man in the White Suit...read more

By Piers Paul Read

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9780743244985 | Pocket Star, June 21, 2005, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A portrait based on access to the late actor's personal writings offers insight into his experiences as a soldier in World War II, his stage and film achievements, and his fiercely private personal life.

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9781451636444 | Simon & Schuster, June 11, 2011, cover price $36.99 | About this edition: Sir Alec Guinness was one of the greatest actors of the twentieth century.

The Misogynist

Product Description: Jomier has reached the age of retirement, his children are grown up and his wife, after having an affair, has left him. Embittered and humiliated, he lives alone in London, mourning the disintegration of his marriage as he broods about the past and the present...read more

By Piers Paul Read

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9781408805657 | Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, July 5, 2010, cover price $28.70 | About this edition: Jomier has reached the age of retirement, his children are grown up and his wife, after having an affair, has left him.

Los Templarios / The Templars

Product Description: Drawing on the most recent scholarship, this account evaluates the legends and myths that have long surrounded the order of the Knights of the Templar. In 1099, the city of Jerusalem fell to an army of European knights intent on restoring the cross to the holy lands...read more

By Piers Paul Read

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9789501523270 | Ediciones B, June 13, 2006, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Drawing on the most recent scholarship, this account evaluates the legends and myths that have long surrounded the order of the Knights of the Templar.

Los templarios/ The Templars

Product Description: Alabados por su ascetismo, castidad y defensa a ultranza del cristianismo, denostados por herejes, sodomitas y traidores capaces de vender Tierra Santa a los infieles musulmanes, fuente de inspiracion del genio creativo de Wagner en Parsifal y de Walter Scott en Ivanhoe, los caballeros templarios formaron uno de los ejercitos mas temidos y poderosos de la historia...read more

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9789871402007, titled "Los templarios / The Templars" | Italian edition edition (Ediciones B, June 15, 2010), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Alabados por su ascetismo, castidad y defensa a ultranza del cristianismo, denostados por herejes, sodomitas y traidores capaces de vender Tierra Santa a los infieles musulmanes, fuente de inspiracion del genio creativo de Wagner en Parsifal y de Walter Scott en Ivanhoe, los caballeros templarios formaron uno de los ejercitos mas temidos y poderosos de la historia.

The Templars: Knights of Christ

By Regine Pernoud, Piers Paul Read (foreword by) and Henry Taylor (trans)

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9781586173029 | Reprint edition (Ignatius Pr, October 30, 2009), cover price $14.95

The Death of a Pope

By Piers Paul Read

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9781586172954 | Ignatius Pr, May 15, 2009, cover price $16.95

Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, the Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades

Examines the history and legacy of the warrior monks, discussing their successful capture of the city of Jerusalem during the Crusades, and their eventual demise.

By Piers Paul Read

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9780312555382, titled "The Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, the Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades" | 1 reprint edition (Griffin, January 6, 2009), cover price $17.99

9780306814969 | Da Capo Pr, March 13, 2006, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Examines the history and legacy of the warrior monks, discussing their successful capture of the city of Jerusalem during the Crusades, and their eventual demise.

The Villa Golitzsyn

By Piers Paul Read

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9781585679539 | Overlook Pr, October 1, 2009, cover price $23.95

Hell And Other Destinations: A Novelist's Reflections on This World And the Next

By Piers Paul Read

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9781586171612 | Ignatius Pr, June 29, 2006, cover price $15.95

Hell: And Other Essays

By Piers Paul Read

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9780232526516 | Gardners Books, January 1, 2006, cover price $20.00

Alive: Sixteen Men, Seventy-Two Days, And Insurmountable Odds--The Classic Adventure Of Survival In The Andes

Records the struggles and sufferings of a team of young Uruguayan rugby players as they battled for survival during the ten weeks following an airplane crash in the Andes, in a harrowing, true-life adventure. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

By Piers Paul Read

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9780060778668 | Reprint edition (Perennial, July 1, 2005), cover price $13.99 | About this edition: Records the struggles and sufferings of a team of young Uruguayan rugby players as they battled for survival during the ten weeks following an airplane crash in the Andes, in a harrowing, true-life adventure.

Alice in Exile

Product Description: London, 1913. Alice Fry, the independent-minded daughter of a radical publisher, is keen to test the boundaries of what is possible in work and love. Falling for Edward Cobb, the eligible son of a baronet, she goes against her political views and accepts his proposal in marriage...read more

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9780753167410 | Large print edition (Isis Large Print Books, April 30, 2005), cover price $35.50 | About this edition: London, 1913.

9780312303983 | 1 edition (Thomas Dunne Books, November 1, 2002), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Alice Fry, a free-thinking woman who is rejected by Edward Cobb, the eligible son of an ambitious baronet, builds a new life for herself in Russia during the Russian Revolution and World War I.

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9780312325787 | Reprint edition (Griffin, March 1, 2004), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A grand historical epic introduces Alice Fry, a free-thinking woman modeled on Anna Karenina, who is sold out by love by Edward Cobb, the eligible son of an ambitious baronet, and builds a new life for herself in Russia during the Russian Revolution and World War I.

The Templars

Examines the history and legacy of the warrior monks, discussing their successful capture of the city of Jerusalem during the Crusades, and their eventual demise. (view table of contents)

By Piers Paul Read

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9780312266585 | 1 edition (St Martins Pr, September 1, 2000), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Examines the history and legacy of the warrior monks, discussing their successful capture of the city of Jerusalem during the Crusades, and their eventual demise.

9780297842675 | Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, November 1, 1999, cover price $30.00

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9780306810718 | Da Capo Pr, September 1, 2001, cover price $18.00

9780753810873 | Phoenix, September 1, 2000, cover price $7.99

Anne Atkins Recommends: On the Third Day

Product Description: A challenging and ultimately faith-strengthening story. Suppose Christ did not rise from the dead. What would the implications be for those who are devoted to his service?

By Piers Paul Read

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9780340756256 | Hodder & Stoughton, May 1, 2001, cover price $11.99 | About this edition: A challenging and ultimately faith-strengthening story.

The Gospel of St. John: The Story of the Son of God

Presented along with commentary from a well-known biblical scholar, the story of Jesus's life as told by John is reprinted here, with notes about the context of the writings and how they relate to the Old Testament and the Creation story. Original. (view table of contents)

By John Drane and Piers Paul Read (introduced by)

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9780312220778 | Palgrave Macmillan, June 16, 1999, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Presented along with commentary from a well-known biblical scholar, the story of Jesus's life as told by John is reprinted here, with notes about the context of the writings and how they relate to the Old Testament and the Creation story.

Ablaze

By Piers Paul Read

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9780831778682 | Smithmark Pub, December 1, 1998, cover price $4.98

Knights of the Cross

Product Description: A European conspiracy and a fanatic Catholic sect are behind Piers Paul Reads superb new novel both a thriller and a love story.

By Ric Jerrom (narrator) and Piers Paul Read

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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780754001294 | Unabridged edition (Chivers Audio Books, May 1, 1998), cover price $84.95 | About this edition: A European conspiracy and a fanatic Catholic sect are behind Piers Paul Reads superb new novel both a thriller and a love story.

The Patriot

From a double murder to the disappearance of a rogue ex-KGB agent, American art historian Francesca McDermott and Russian art expert Serotkin find danger, romance, and moral turmoil in post-cold war Berlin

By Piers Paul Read

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Hardcover:

9780517199565, titled "Patriot" | Random House Value Pub, February 1, 1998, cover price $4.99

9780745154220 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, June 1, 1997), cover price $20.01

9780679445449 | Random House Inc, February 1, 1996, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: From a double murder to the disappearance of a rogue ex-KGB agent, American art historian Francesca McDermott and Russian art expert Serotkin find danger, romance, and moral turmoil in post-cold war Berlin

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9780745187327 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, June 1, 1997), cover price $10.01 | About this edition: The author of Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors draws from a palette of love, theft, politics, and murder to create a thrilling new novel.

9780786208326 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, April 1, 1997), cover price $22.95

Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors

A detailed account of the cruel hardships and daily struggles endured by the Uruguayans whose airplane crashed in the Andes in October, 1972

By Piers Paul Read

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9781885283085 | Adventure Library, December 1, 1996, cover price $30.00

9780397010011 | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, April 1, 1974, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: A detailed account of the cruel hardships and daily struggles endured by the Uruguayans whose airplane crashed in the Andes in October, 1972

A Patriot in Berlin

This is a novel about love, faith and patriotism, told from three different viewpoints: Andrei Orlov is the rogue KGB officer, art thief and murderer; Francesca McDermott is the art expert and Andrei's lover; and Gerasimov is the KBG officer given the job of tracking Orlov down.

By Piers Paul Read

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9781857994100 | New edition (Orion Pub Co, October 7, 1996), cover price $11.35 | About this edition: This is a novel about love, faith and patriotism, told from three different viewpoints: Andrei Orlov is the rogue KGB officer, art thief and murderer; Francesca McDermott is the art expert and Andrei's lover; and Gerasimov is the KBG officer given the job of tracking Orlov down.

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