Buchanans Catalogue of Great Books
Discover Buchanan's Catalogue of Great Books—a curated fiction list featuring Umberto Eco's *The Name of the Rose*, *The Swiss Family Robinson*, and *The Nautical Chart*. Explore must-read literary classics and thrilling adventures in this essential book collection.
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The Swiss Family Robinson, Or, The Adventures of a Shipwrecked Family on an Uninhabited Island
by Umberto Eco
Born a simple peasant in northern Italy, Baudolino narrates the story of his life, from his adoption by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and his education in Paris to his arrival in Constantinople during the turmoil of the Fourth Crusade.
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The Nautical Chart
by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Coy, a suspended sailor with time on his hands, meets the beautiful Tanger Soto in Barcelona at a maritime auction and embarks on an adventure to recover the "Del Gloria," a Jesuit ship sunk in the seventeenth century by pirates.
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The Eight
by Katherine Neville
Computer expert Cat Velis is heading for a job to Algeria. Before she goes, a mysterious fortune teller warns her of danger, and an antique dealer asks her to search for pieces to a valuable chess set that has been missing for years...In the South of France in 1790 two convent girls hide valuable pieces of a chess set all over the world, because the game that can be played with them is too powerful....
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The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
In 1327, finding his sensitive mission at an Italian abbey further complicated by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William of Baskerville turns detective.
