William Weaver
A spectacular best seller and now a classic, The Name of the Rose catapulted Umberto Eco, an Italian professor of semiotics turned novelist, to international prominence. An erudite murder mystery set in a fourteenth-century monastery, it is not ... [... more]
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The Name of The Rose
 Not a status symbol: I am confused by those who wrote that people only say they read this book because they want to sound smart. I hate to break it to you, but this book is actually good and enjoyable, and I hope you will try again. This book is for [... more]
CDN$33.99
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Nice Girls Finish Last A Robin Hudson Mystery
What a great read and character... I'll be reading the rest: Some time back, someone recommended Sparkle Hayter to me as an author. She writes in the female amateur detective genre, much like Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. I was low on [... more]
CDN$8.99
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An Instance of the Fingerpost
From Amazon.com: An Instance of the Fingerpost is that rarest of all possible literary beasts--a mystery powered as much by ideas as by suspects, autopsies, and smoking guns. Hefty, intricately plotted, and intellectually ambitious, Fingerpost has drawn [... more]
CDN$27.99
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My Name Is Red
Closet Orientalist and Palace Mysteries: Pamuk has created an elaborate masterpiece. The book is a murder mystery on the surface. Like some of his books though it has many layers interwoven expertly. The setting, old Istanbul and Topkapi Palace grounds, [... more]
CDN$39.95
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An Instance of the Fingerpost
From Amazon.com: An Instance of the Fingerpost is that rarest of all possible literary beasts--a mystery powered as much by ideas as by suspects, autopsies, and smoking guns. Hefty, intricately plotted, and intellectually ambitious, Fingerpost has drawn [... more]
CDN$21.95
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The Slynx
Riddley Walker's dystopia clumped with Gogol's satire: Having thoroughly enjoyed much of this novel, I wish I could give it a higher rating. It's the ending that deflates what could've ended with a bang: not literally but dramatically. Tolstaya loves her [... more]
CDN$19.95
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The Name of the Rose
Not a status symbol: I am confused by those who wrote that people only say they read this book because they want to sound smart. I hate to break it to you, but this book is actually good and enjoyable, and I hope you will try again. This book is for [... more]
CDN$33.00
Amazon CA |
Name of the Rose
Artist: Ten Binding: Audio CD EAN: 4001617518328 Original Release Date: 1997-09-02 Release Date: 1997-09-02 Tracks: The Name Of The Rose Wildest Dreams Don't Cry Turn Around The Pharaoh's Prelude: As Wait For You The Rainbow Through The Fire Goodnight [... more]
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The Name of the Rose
Not a status symbol: I am confused by those who wrote that people only say they read this book because they want to sound smart. I hate to break it to you, but this book is actually good and enjoyable, and I hope you will try again. This book is for [... more]
CDN$16.95
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The Key to the Name of the Rose: Including Translations ...
excellent resource for artists: i am hoping to do an intricate performance art piece based on the novel "the name of the rose;" however, many of the lush details and layers were lost on me, because i am not a historian or a scholar well-versed [... more]
CDN$17.66
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The Name of the Rose
moody historical whodunit: Faithful to the book by Umberto Eco, this film is a lot of fun -- dark labyrinthine passages and strange characters populate this isolated setting. Sean Connery is terrific as the visiting cleric, and a very young Christian [... more]
CDN$16.20
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