manuscripts

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The celestine prophecy

an adventure
1993
The journey of a man in Peru as he joins in the search for the 9th insight, part of a manuscript reported to hold the key to life on Earth, as well as an explanation of how man is finally ready to attain his fullest potential, both spiritually and emotionally.

How the Irish saved civilization

the untold story of Ireland's heroic role from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe
1995
The story of how Irish scholars preserved Greek and Roman classics, Jewish and Christian writings, and other writings that might have otherwise been lost when the Roman Empire collapsed.

On the road

the original scroll
2008
Presents the previously unpublished original scroll edition of Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road" which Kerouac wrote over a three-week period in 1951 on eight sheets of tracing paper that he taped together to form a 120-foot scroll, and includes the real names of the friends that inspired the book's storyline.

12.21

a novel
2012
While Gabriel Stanton attempts to diagnose a new, terrifying disease, Chel Manu comes into possession of artifacts that suggest the true reason the Mayan civilization vanished so quickly. Soon, these two realize their situations are connected, and as December 21, 2012 approaches, they realize they must work together to prevent the end of the world.

On the road

the original scroll
2007
Presents the previously unpublished original scroll edition of Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road" which Kerouac wrote over a three-week period in 1951 on eight sheets of tracing paper that he taped together to form a 120-foot scroll, and includes the real names of the friends that inspired the book's storyline.

The sixteen pleasures

1995
Margot Harrington, an expert at book conservancy, discovers a volume of sixteen erotic drawings by Giulio Romano accompanying sixteen steamy sonnets by Pietro Aretino in a convent library. When published over four centuries earlier, the Vatican had insisted all copies be destroyed. This one--now unique--volume has survived.

How the Irish saved civilization

the untold story of Ireland's heroic role from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe
1996
How Irish scholars preserved Greek and Roman classics, Jewish and Christian writings, and other writings that might have been lost when the Roman Empire collapsed.

The Bront? project

a novel of passion, desire, and good PR
2005
After her fiance leaves her, scholar Sara Frost is forced to re-examine her views on love and romance and question her life's work, searching for the lost love letters of Charlotte Bronte.

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