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Joachim von Hartmann was born and raised in Buenos Aires by his loving German mother, inseparable from his identical twin. When Joachim moves to Paris with his mother in his late teens, his twin stays behind and enters a dark world. Meanwhile, Joachim begins training to be a butler, fascinated by the precision and intense demands, and goes on to work in some of the grandest homes in England. His brother never reappears. Olivia White has given ten...
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"In the dead of night, shots ring out over the grounds of a sprawling English estate. The world-weary butler Eustace recognizes the gunman-his longtime employer, Mr. Crowe-and knows he must think and act quickly. Who is the man lying dead on the lawn? Who is the woman in his company? Can he clean up his master's mess like he always has before? Or will this bring a new kind of reckoning? Mr. Crowe was once famed for his gifts-unaccountable gifts, known...
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Anthony Gowers assists guests at a high-end London hotel with the kind of requests that can't be filled from a room-service menu. His reward: lavish tips and a closet full of cashmere. Then a client's after-hours entertainment ends in a tabloid scandal, and Anthony quickly becomes the city's best-dressed unemployment person...
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Here is Kazuo Ishiguro's profoundly compelling portrait of Stevens, the perfect butler, and of his fading, insular world in post-World War II England. Stevens, at the end of three decades of service at Darlington Hall, spending a day on a country drive, embarks as well on a journey through the past in an effort to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving the "great gentleman," Lord Darlington. But lurking in his memory are doubts about...
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Wonderbooks at the Evergreen Park Public Library
Wonderbooks at the Evergreen Park Public Library
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Sixth-grader Carter must adjust to the unwelcome presence of a know-it-all butler who is determined to help him become a gentleman, and also to deal with burdens from the past.
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Tales of the city volume 10
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"The long-awaited tenth novel in Maupin's beloved and bestselling Tales of the City series, Mona of the Manor follows the adventures of Mona Ramsey--now the widowed Lady of a glorious old manor in the Cotswolds--and her fabulous butler-slash-adopted-son Wilfred, as they work to help an American visitor who has gotten herself in trouble"--
11) My Man Godfrey
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Irene, an eccentric, wealthy Manhattanite, wins a society-ball scavenger hunt after finding a "forgotten man" -- an apparent down-and-out drifter -- at a dump. She gives him work as the family butler and soon falls head over heels for him. Her attempts to both woo Godfrey and indoctrinate him in the household's dysfunction make for a string of madcap high jinks.
12) Ring for Jeeves
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"The only Jeeves story in which Bertie Wooster makes no appearance, involves Jeeves on secondment as butler and general factotum to William Belfry, ninth Earl of Rowcester (pronounced Roaster). Despite his impressive title, Bill Belfry is broke, which may explain why he and Jeeves have been working as Silver Ring bookies, disguised in false mustaches and loud check suits. All goes well until the terrifying Captain Brabazon-Biggar, big-game hunter,...
15) Black Butler: IV
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"Unos grotescos crímenes sacuden Londres. Ciel y su mayordomo Sebastian se encuentran con un joven indio que afirma ser hijo de un rey. Los guantes blancos de Sebastian no dejarán de moverse al competir contra el perfecto sirviente del príncipe."--page [4] of cover.
16) Black Butler: II
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"Un mayordomo que se precie debe ser capaz de conseguir que la mansión de su señor funcione como un reloj, sin importar que los criados sean torpes o necios. Tampoco ayuda tener como amo a un caprichoso adolescente, pero Sebastian es mucho Sebastian…"--bookseller's website.
17) Black Butler: VI
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"Hay niños desapareciendo por toda Inglaterra. Tras recibir la orden de solucionar el caso, Ciel y Sebastian investigan un extraño circo en el que se oculta la clave de misterio. Pelotas de malabres rojas giran y giran en manos de un inquietante payaso."--dust jacket.
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"Ciel y Sebastian se infiltran como acróbata en el circo y el mayordomo visita los carromatos de las mujeres para descubrir la identidad del misterioso benefactor del circo. Las puntas de sus dedos bailan y bailan, como plumas negras sobre la mesa de la domadora de bestias."--dust jacket.
19) Black Butler: V
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"Una Royal Warrant para convertirse en proveedores de la Corona está en juego en un concurso de curry en el que Sebastian debe enfrentarse a un indio que cuenta con "la mano de los dioses". Rodeado por una montaña de especias e infinitas posibilidades para combinarlas, mientras los cabellos plateados del difunto príncipe Alberto se enroscan más y más..."--dust jacket.
20) Black Butler: X
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"Una serie de asesinatos se producen después de que se celebrara un banquete en la mansión Phantomhive. El señor de la casa, que ha perdido a su mayordomo, organiza una investigación para descubrir al asesino. Cada vez se enfrenta a enigmas más enrevesados, mientras se escucha la risa de un clérigo y un manto de color caoba se extiende más y más."--dust jacket.