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The pillars of the earth
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272 editions published between 1989 and 2011 in 21 languages and held by 5,016 libraries worldwide Set in twelfth-century England, this epic of kings and peasants juxtaposes the building of a magnificent church with the violence and treachery that often characterized the Middle Ages.
Code to zero
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136 editions published between 2000 and 2011 in 16 languages and held by 3,747 libraries worldwide Top secret information about the United States first satellite launch in 1958 has been erased from the mind of American scientist Luke Lucas who must cure his own amnesia if he wants any chance to make the space shot successful.
On wings of eagles
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116 editions published between 1983 and 2009 in 18 languages and held by 3,740 libraries worldwide The true story of a former Green Beret commander who led a group of businessmen on a daring rescue mission to free two men from an Iranian jail.
Eye of the needle
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151 editions published between 1900 and 2010 in 17 languages and held by 3,614 libraries worldwide An extraordinary World War II German agent with secret information about the Allied D-Day landing waits at an English lighthouse to be picked up by a submarine and becomes sidetracked by an affair with a paraplegic's wife.
Lie down with lions
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140 editions published between 1985 and 2010 in 18 languages and held by 3,599 libraries worldwide An American man, a French physician, and a English woman are terrorized by the Russian invasion of Afghanistan.
Night over water
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118 editions published between 1991 and 2010 in 20 languages and held by 3,592 libraries worldwide As England and Germany engage in battle, the world's most luxurious airline, takes off for its final flight to neutral America, but two ruthless passengers are determined to prevent the plane from reaching its destination.
World without end
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118 editions published between 2001 and 2010 in 14 languages and held by 3,556 libraries worldwide Two centuries after the building of the elaborate Gothic cathedral in Kingsbridge, its prior finds himself at the center of a web of ambition and revenge that places the city at a crossroad of commerce, medicine, and architecture.
The key to Rebecca
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167 editions published between 1980 and 2010 in 20 languages and held by 3,418 libraries worldwide Alex Wolff, a master spy, is on a mission to steal British military plans in World War II Cairo, and British officer Major Vandam must thwart him.
A dangerous fortune
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135 editions published between 1983 and 2011 in 20 languages and held by 3,375 libraries worldwide In his extraordinary new novel, master storyteller Ken Follett weaves a breath-taking tale set amid the wealth and decadence of Victorian England.
Whiteout
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124 editions published between 1984 and 2010 in 20 languages and held by 3,320 libraries worldwide A missing canister containing a deadly virus forms the center of a storm that traps Stanley Oxenford, director of a medical research firm, and a violent trio of thugs in a remote house during a Christmas Eve blizzard.
The man from St. Petersburg
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132 editions published between 1982 and 2011 in 23 languages and held by 3,308 libraries worldwide Feliks Kechessinsky, who has become a brutal Russian anarchist, is sent to England on the eve of World War I to assassinated the Czar's representative, but his mission is complicated by a love from his distant past.
Jackdaws
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117 editions published between 2000 and 2009 in 18 languages and held by 3,282 libraries worldwide In his own best tradition of "Eye of the Needle" and "The Key to Rebecca, " Follett follows his major bestseller, "Code to Zero, " with a breathtaking novel of suspense set in the most dangerous days of World War II.
Hornet flight
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104 editions published between 2002 and 2011 in 12 languages and held by 3,239 libraries worldwide It is June 1941 and the war is not going well for England. Somehow, the Germans are anticipating the RAFUs flight paths, and shooting down British bombers with impunity. Filled with knife-edge suspense and rich, tantalizing characters, this is Ken Follett writing at the top of his form -- unforgettable storytelling from an unforgettable writer.
The third twin : a novel
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109 editions published between 1006 and 2010 in 22 languages and held by 3,211 libraries worldwide A thriller on genes manipulation. By chance a woman scientist comes across twins who were born of different mothers and so discovers a secret U.S. government project to produce the perfect soldier. The discovery of these experiments, in which women without knowing gave birth to test-tube clones, puts her life in danger.
A place called freedom
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92 editions published between 1995 and 2011 in 17 languages and held by 3,130 libraries worldwide In 18th Century Scotland, Mack MacAsh, a rebellious youth who tried to escape from a slave mine, is caught and deported in chains to America. On the same boat is the mine owner's son, travelling to his plantation in Virginia, and with him is his fiancee, Lizzie Hallim, who helped MacAsh escape. She and MacAsh will meet again and love will bloom.
The hammer of Eden : a novel
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90 editions published between 1997 and 2010 in 15 languages and held by 3,102 libraries worldwide A group of eco-terrorists threaten to start an earthquake and destroy San Francisco unless the government abandons plans to create a dam. They are ignored until the earth trembles and FBI agent Judy Maddox discovers that the technology for a man-made earthquake is available. At which point a race against time gets underway.
Fall of giants
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39 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in 9 languages and held by 2,914 libraries worldwide Follows the fates of five interrelated families--American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh--as they move through the dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage.
Triple : a novel
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147 editions published between 1979 and 2011 in 15 languages and held by 2,841 libraries worldwide With a dangerous KGB operative on his trail, Nat Dickstein, British expatriate and Israeli intelligence agent, penetrates the control bureau of Euratom to steal uranium oxide and is forced to put his faith in an attractive woman.
Paper money
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89 editions published between 1977 and 2008 in 13 languages and held by 2,242 libraries worldwide A suicidal member of Parliament, a greedy tycoon, and a criminal combine to pass money around at an unprecedentedly rapid rate, while a reporter tries to solve the multiple mysteries of the day.
The Modigliani scandal
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90 editions published between 1976 and 2011 in 12 languages and held by 1,997 libraries worldwide The frenzy surrounding the rumored discovery of an unknown Modigliani canvas increases when another rumor suggests that there are actually two "lost" paintings, and that one is an undetectably perfect fake. more
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Follett.
Follett, Kenneth Martin.
Follett, Kenneth Martin, 1949-
Myles, Simon 1949-....
Myles, Symon.
Myles, Symon 1949-
Stone, Zachary.
Stone, Zachary 1949-....
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