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1 online resource (834 pages) : illustrations |
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Cover; Title Page; Welcome; Dedication; Note to the Reader; Map; Character Chart; I: A Sphere within a Sphere; Mercury in Sagittarius; Jupiter in Sagittarius; Mars in Sagittarius; Saturn in Libra; Midnight Dawns in Scorpio; Moon in Taurus, Waxing; Sun in Capricorn; Medium Coeli / Imum Coeli; True Node in Virgo; Venus in Capricorn; Conjunctions; Mercury in Sagittarius; II: Auguries; Ecliptic; Aries in the Third House; Jupiter in Sagittarius; Mercury in Capricorn; The Lesser Malefic; Sun in Aquarius; Saturn in Libra; Mars in Capricorn; Cardinal Earth; A Month Without a Moon; Venus in Aquarius |
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III: The House of Self-UndoingMercury in Aquarius; Sun in Pisces; Saturn in Virgo; Venus in Pisces; Jupiter in Capricorn; Moon in Aries, Crescent; Mars in Aquarius; NGA Potiki a Rehua / The Children of Antares; The Greater Malefic; Equinox; IV: Paenga-wha-wha; First Point of Aries; Mercury in Pisces; Saturn Conjunct Moon; Venus is a Morning Star; Exalted in Aries; The House of Many Wishes; Crux; Combust; Mercury Sets; Sun & Moon in Conjunction (New Moon); V: Weight and Lucre; Silver; Gold; Copper; Wu Xing; Iron; Tin; Tar; Makeweights; VI: The Widow and the Weeds; Fixed Earth; Mars in Cancer |
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Te-Ra-O-TainuiAccidental Dignity; Aries, Ruled by Mars; Sun in Gemini; Scorpio, Ruled by Mars; VII: Domicile; Cancer & The Moon; The Leo Sun; Aquarius & Saturn; Jupiter's Long Reign; Inherent Dignity; The Ascendant; VIII: The Truth About Aurora; Saturn in Virgo; Jupiter in Sagittarius; Moon in Leo, New; Sun in Leo; Another Kind of Dawn; IX: Mutable Earth; Moon in Virgo, Crescent; Sun in Virgo; A Partial Eclipse of the Sun; Papa-Tu-A-Nuku; X: Matters of Succession; Detriment; Fall; The Descendant; XI: Orion Sets when Scorpio Rises; Moon in Taurus (Orion's Reach); Sun in Scorpio |
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XII: The Old Moon in the Young Moon's ArmsThe Luminaries; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Praise for "The Luminaries"; Also by Eleanor Catton; Reading Group Guide; A conversation with Eleanor Catton; Eleanor Catton on New Zealand, the land of the long white cloud; Questions and topics for discussion; Newsletters; Table of Contents; Copyright |
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Arriving in New Zealand in 1866 to seek his fortune in the goldfields, Walter Moody finds himself drawn into a series of unsolved crimes and complex mysteries. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
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1853-1876 |
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Criminal investigation -- Fiction.
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Criminal investigation. |
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Gold mines and mining. |
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New Zealand -- History -- 1853-1876 -- Fiction.
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New Zealand -- Gold discoveries -- Fiction. |
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New Zealand -- Gold discoveries -- Fiction.
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New Zealand. |
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Historical fiction.
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Electronic books. |
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Fiction.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Catton, Eleanor, 1985- Luminaries New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2013 9780316074315 (NjBwBT)bl2013034347 (OCoLC)827082565 |
| ISBN |
9780316174459 : $81.00 |
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0316174459 : $81.00 |
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