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"Miss Z, a mysterious billionaire and a collector of rare photographs, is sending her four recruits back in time on a mission to capture, for the first time, one of the most important moments in American history--Abraham Lincoln giving his famous Gettysburg address"--Provided by publisher.
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"Amish bishop Henry Lapp eagerly awaits the annual arrival of 20,000 sandhill cranes to the San Luis Valley of Colorado. But his visit to the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge reveals more than just a miracle of God's creation. Hidden among the bulrushes and cattails is the body of Sophia Johnson--one of Monte Vista's newest residents and a waitress at the local diner. As the local authorities attempt to unravel the mystery, Henry finds himself...
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In this Part 2 of the 1980 interview for Spanish television, Nobel Prize for Literature winner Jorge Luís Borges, Argentine writer, poet and philosopher, expresses his ideas on literature and writers, past and present. Borges discusses his family, ancestors, and his blindness. He recalls verses and quotes from his prodigeous memory. His fantastical stories collected in "Fictions" and "The Aleph and Other Stories" are credited as precursors of the...