bookshelf
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It feels like the opening chapter of a spy novel from Jakob’s bookshelf.
From Literature
On Tadeo’s bookshelf, I notice a photo in an old silver frame.
From Literature
Behind his desk, a bookshelf displays artifacts and gifts people have given him during his travels around the world.
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The room was dark wood, with a wall of built-in bookshelves and a couple of leather armchairs on a slightly worn rug.
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Meanwhile, the rest of her titles will line UK bookshelves for the first time from 20 January.
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