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Retired San Francisco cop Brad Lyon is settling into a quieter life with his wife, Ashleigh, in Virginia's mountain country, where they collect and create teddy bears. But even here, stuff happens ..

The day is here-and Brad Lyon is helping his wife put the finishing touches on her best bears, just in time for the Shenandoah Valley Teddy Bear Extravaganza. The event will draw fur-ball fanatics from near and far to buy, sell, or simply ogle the bears. But the main event will be the showing of the Mourning Bear, made to commemorate the sinking of the Titanic-and worth a hefty $150,000.

Then a local also meets a watery grave-and Brad Lyon spots the body floating in the Shenandoah. Old habits die hard, so Brad starts investigating like a homicide cop and finds the deceased might have had a connection to the Mourning Bear. But the local law would prefer that Brad keep his mouth sewn shut....
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This book explores the uncanny, traumatic weaving together of the living and the dead in art, and the morbid fascination it holds for modern philosophical aesthetics. Beginning with Kant, the author traces how aesthetic theory has been drawn back repeatedly to the moving power of the undead body of the work of art..
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Princess Elena is delighted to find a treasure on the seashore—a beautiful comb that tames and softens her frizzy hair. However, she soon starts dreaming of a green-haired maiden who cries that she can't live without her comb. The princesses all want to help. But will they be able to find the maiden before it's too late?

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From the internationally acclaimed writer Josef Skvorecky comes the first in a series of linked detective tales featuring a highly intelligent member of theCzechoslovak police force and his agreeable colleagues..
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