The Solitaire Mystery (Jostein Gaarder)

The Solitaire Mystery

Jostein Gaarder

Blurb: Twelve-year-old Hans Thomas and his father are on a journey to Greece in search of the boy's mother when a series of unusual incidents occurs: a dwarf gives Hans Thomas a magnifying glass; a baker gives him a bun containing a miniature book that tells the story of a sailor shipwrecked on a desert island; a pack of playing cards seem to have a life of their own and what of the Joker who looks too deeply and too much?

ISBN: 1857998650 (Paperback)

Year: 1990

Publisher: Phoenix 

Pages: 319 (Fiction)

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1. Wikipedia page for the book

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4. Blog on the book

5. Review of the book

Through My Eyes - The Autobiography of Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton (Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton)

Through My Eyes - The Autobiography of Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton

Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton

Blurb: 'This is the story of a little girl who lived, and breathed, and loved, and was loved. She was part of me. She grew within my body and when she died, part of me died, and nothing will ever alter that fact. This is her story, and mind.' - Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton

'Page after page demolishes the myth and fables that have been spun around a nation's obsession with the baby's disappearance.' - The Sydney Morning Herald

'What first struck me on meeting Lindy was her sense of humour and surprising lack of bitterness. Here is a woman who has been under such macabre and intense public scrutiny and yet through all the tabloid hysteria they haven't managed to capture the real Lindy at all. There are so many myths about Lindy and the Chamberlain case that have still not been dispelled and to read this book is to get closer to the truth behind the story that has continued to fascinate Australia for the past 24 years.' - Miranda Otto, Actress

ISBN: 0975114530 (Paperback)

Year: 1990/2004

Publisher: East Street Publications

Pages: 804 (Non-Fiction)

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3. Publisher's page for the book

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Gold Coast (Nelson DeMille)

Gold Coast

Nelson DeMille

Blurb: Long Island is upmarket and salubrious. It's the stamping ground for a dying breed of America's super-rich. It's also the residence of top-drawer layer John Sutter - old money, right clubs - and his sensual wife, Susan.

When a new neighbour arrives on the block, their lives are turned dramatically upside down. For the des-res suburb becomes the home of Mr Frank Bellarosa, top Mafia don and manipulator. It is he who will impress upon them a rule much older than the archaic etiquette of the old-money set: a favour accepted is a favour owed.

ISBN: 9780751531213 (Paperback)

Year: 1990

Publisher: Sphere

Pages: 637 (Fiction)

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Crumbs! (Emily Rodda)

Crumbs!

Emily Rodda

Blurb: 'Now that I'm a bit older, I can see why my parents didn't believe me. I can even see why they thought I was crazy...'

Pete likes his four-month-old baby sister, Ellie. She's cute and funny and no bother at all... until one dreadful Saturday morning, when everything changes.

Why is Ellie acting so strangely? What can Pete do about it? He's in big trouble, and it's all Ellie's fault...

Oh, crumbs!

ISBN: 1862910596 (Paperback)

Year: 1990

Publisher: Omnibus Books

Pages: 61 (Fiction)

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1. Author's official site

2. Review of the book

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4. Author bio

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