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People of the book : a novel / Geraldine Brooks.

Brooks, Geraldine. (Author).

Summary:
In 1996, Hanna Heath, a young Australian book conservator is called to analyze the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, a priceless six-hundred-year-old Jewish prayer book that has been salvaged from a destroyed Bosnian library. When Hanna discovers a series of artifacts in the centuries' old binding, she unwittingly exposes an international cover up.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780143115007
  • ISBN: 0143115006
  • ISBN: 9781439598689
  • ISBN: 1439598681
  • ISBN: 9780670018215
  • ISBN: 067001821X
  • Physical Description: 372, 9 pages : map ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Readers guide at back of book (p. [1]-9).
Originally published: New York : Viking Penguin, 2008.
Formatted Contents Note:
Hanna: Sarajevo, spring 1996 -- An insect's wings, Sarajevo, 1940 -- Hanna: Vienna, spring 1996 -- Feathers and a rose: Vienna, 1894 -- Hanna: Vienna, spring 1996 -- Wine stains: Venice, 1609 -- Hanna: Boston, spring 1996 -- Saltwater: Tarragona, 1492 -- Hanna: London, spring 1996 -- A white hair: Seville, 1480 -- Hanna: Sarajevo, spring 1996 -- Lola: Jerusalem, 2002 -- Hanna: Arnhem land, Gunumeleng, 2002.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader UG 6.5 21 21 122407
Subject: Judaism > Prayers and devotions > Fiction.
Manuscripts, Hebrew > Fiction.
Judaism > Manuscripts > Fiction.
Books > Conservation and restoration > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 69 of 76 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 76 total copies.
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Abington Community Library FICTION BROOKS (Text) 50687010891326 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library FICTION BROOKS (Text) 50686013460097 Adult Fiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library F BRO (Text) 37268000956805 AHMFL Adult Fiction Available -
Bangor Public Library F BRO (Text) 75011000389749 Adult Fiction Available -
Bedford County Library F BRO (Text)
Memorial: Presented In Memory Of Marion Barnhart By Joyce Heckman And Mabel Mearkle.
35010000595981 Adult Fiction Checked Out 04/15/2024
Boone Area Library BRO (Text) 33249017232798 Fiction Available -
Cambria County Library FICTION Bro (Text) 85131001025544 CACM Fiction Available -
Cambria County Library PROFESSIONAL KIT Peo (Text) 85131001364000 CACM Prof Book Club Kit Available -
Carbondale Public Library FICTION BROOKS (Text) 50688010390699 Adult Fiction Available -
Coudersport Public Library FIC BRO (Text) 30183000619369 Adult Fiction Available -

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