ruby-alibris 0.1.0

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+.DS_Store
+.idea
+.rvmrc
+
+coverage
+rdoc
+
+*.gem
+.bundle
+Gemfile.lock
+pkg/*

data/Gemfile

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+source "http://rubygems.org"
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in ruby-alibris.gemspec
+gemspec

data/LICENSE

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+Copyright (c) 2011 Rupak Ganguly
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

data/README.markdown

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+# ruby-alibris
+
+Wrapper for [Alibris](http://developer.alibris.com/) API, the premier online marketplace for independent sellers of new
+and used books, music, and movies, as well as rare and collectible titles.
+
+## Installation
+
+    gem install ruby-alibris
+
+## Features
+
+  The Alibris API consists of three main features, namely:
+  * Search method
+  * Recommendations method
+  * Reviews method
+
+  This wrapper library provides access to that functionality in an easy and intuitive manner.
+
+### The Search method
+  The Search object wraps up the [Search method[(http://developer.alibris.com/docs/read/Search_Method) of the Alibris API.
+  The results that are returned are called 'works' in Alibris' terminology. The 'works' are of types books, music and videos.
+  The Search object can search across all types of works or specifically against books, music or videos. The search object
+  provides convenient helper methods for other operations like search by author, by title and by topic.
+
+  You can find more about the [Search method[(http://developer.alibris.com/docs/read/Search_Method) at Alibris' site.
+
+### Usage
+
+  The Search object can be instantiated by providing the Alibris API key, and optionally the output type and the number of
+  results that the search should return. The allowed output types are xml and json, xml being the default, while the default
+  number of results returned is 25.
+
+  Require the wrapper library:
+    require 'alibris'
+
+  For example, to create a Search object with output type set to 'json', and limit number of results returned to the default value of 25, do:
+    s = Alibris::Search.new(:api_key => "your_alibris_api_key_here", :output_type => "json")
+
+  And, to create a Search object with output type set to 'json' and limit number of results returned to 10, do:
+    s = Alibris::Search.new(:api_key => "your_alibris_api_key_here", :output_type => "json", :num_results => 10)
+
+  Let's see some examples, for searching books:
+
+    # search for books by search term
+    results = s.books("photography")
+    results.work.first.title    # => "Making Movies"
+    results.work.first.author   # => "Lumet, Sidney"
+
+    # search for books by author
+    results = s.books_by_author("Dan Brown")
+    results.work.first.title    # => "The Lost Symbol"
+
+    # search for books by title
+    results = s.books_by_title("The Fountainhead")
+    results.work.first.author   # => "Rand, Ayn"
+
+    # search for books by topic
+    results = s.books_by_topic("Religion")
+    results.work.last.author   # => "Hardwick, Susan"
+    results.work.last.title    # => "God of freedom"
+
+  The Search object adds some functionality by taking values passed via options, as follows:
+
+  a) sorting options: {:qsort => value}, which can be,
+  * r = rating/price (books searches only), default
+  * t = title, tr = title reverse
+  * a = author, ar = author reverse
+  * p = price, pr = price reverse
+  * d = date (year), dr = date reverse
+
+  b) number of results returned: {:chunk => integer}
+
+  c) number of results to skip: {:skip => integer}
+
+  And, some more examples using options as described above:
+
+    # search for books by author and sorted by title
+    results = s.books_by_author("Dan Brown", {:qsort => 't'})
+    results.work.last.author   # => "Brown, Dan, and Spence, Cathryn"
+    results.work.last.title    # => "Bath: City on Show"
+
+    # search for books by author and sorted by title in reverse
+    results = s.books_by_author("Dan Brown", {:qsort => 'tr'})
+    results.work.last.author   # => "Brown, Dan"
+    results.work.last.title    # => "The Da Vinci Code: Illustrated Screenplay"
+
+    # search for books by author and sorted by title, with only 10 results returned
+    results = s.books_by_author("Dan Brown", {:qsort => 't', :chunk => 10})
+    results.work.last.author   # => "Birlew, Dan, and Brown, Damon"
+    results.work.last.title    # => "Resident Evil 4"
+
+  Similarly, some examples, for searching music:
+
+    # search for music by search term
+    results = s.music("rock")
+    results.work.first.title    # => "Live at the Troubadour"
+    results.work.first.author   # => "Carole King & James Taylor"
+
+    # search for music by author
+    results = s.music_by_author("The Beatles")
+    results.work.last.title    # => "With the Beatles"
+
+  Similarly, some examples, for searching videos:
+
+    # search for videos by search term
+    results = s.videos("kids")
+    results.work.first.title    # => "The Kids Are All Right"
+    results.work.first.author   # => "Lisa Cholodenko"
+
+    # search for videos by author
+    results = s.videos_by_author("Lisa Cholodenko")
+    results.work.last.title    # => "Laurel Canyon"
+
+  Note: You can apply the options for sorting, number of results returned and number of results skipped as described
+  for books to music and videos as well.
+
+## Roadmap
+  1. Implement the other methods from Alibris API:
+  * Recommendations method
+  * Reviews method
+  2. Update the wrapper library to work with output type 'xml'. Currently, only 'json' is supported.
+
+## Note on Patches/Pull Requests
+
+* Fork the project.
+* Make your feature addition or bug fix.
+* Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a future version unintentionally.
+* Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but
+  bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
+* Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.
+
+## Copyright
+
+Copyright (c) 2011 [Rupak Ganguly](http://rails.webintellix.com). See LICENSE for details.

data/Rakefile

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+require 'rubygems'
+require 'rake'
+require 'bundler'
+Bundler::GemHelper.install_tasks
+
+require 'rake/testtask'
+Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |test|
+  test.libs << 'lib' << 'test'
+  test.pattern = 'test/**/test_*.rb'
+  test.verbose = true
+end
+
+#task :test => :check_dependencies
+
+task :default => :test
+
+require 'rake/rdoctask'
+Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
+  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
+  rdoc.title = "ruby-alibris #{Alibris::VERSION}"
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README*')
+  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
+end

data/changelog.markdown

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+# Changelog
+
+## 0.1.0 - April 27th, 2011
+
+  * Support for the Search method, for all works.
+  * Convenient helper methods to search books, music and videos.
+  * Support for using sorting, skipping and chunking results.
+  * Updated README file with documentation and a lot of examples.
+  * Updated test suite to cover all functionality provided for the Search method.
+
+## 0.0.1 - April 20th, 2011
+
+  * Initial version

data/lib/alibris.rb

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+require 'rubygems'
+require 'hashie'
+require 'httparty'
+
+module Alibris
+  class Search
+    include HTTParty
+    base_uri 'api.alibris.com/v1/public/search/'
+    format :json
+
+    def initialize(options = {})
+      @api_key = options[:api_key]           # required
+      @output_type = options[:output_type]   # optional, valid values ['json', 'xml'], defaults to xml
+      @num_results = options[:num_results]   # optional, number of results returned, defaults to 25
+    end
+
+    def works(search_term=nil, author=nil, title=nil, topic=nil, options={})
+      if @api_key.nil?
+        # TODO: Create a custom exception
+        raise Exception.new("An API Key is required to use the Alibris API. Get a key from http://developer.alibris.com")
+      end
+      if (author.nil? && title.nil? && topic.nil? && search_term.nil?)
+        raise Exception.new("You either need to pass an author, a title, a topic or a search term, to perform searches.")
+      end
+      path = "/"
+      options.merge!({:apikey => @api_key}) unless @api_key.nil?
+      options.merge!({:outputtype => @output_type}) unless @output_type.nil?
+      options.merge!({:wauth => author}) unless author.nil?
+      options.merge!({:wtit => title}) unless title.nil?
+      options.merge!({:wtopic => topic}) unless topic.nil?
+      options.merge!({:wquery => search_term}) unless search_term.nil?
+      options.merge!({:chunk => @num_results}) unless @num_results.nil?
+      Hashie::Mash.new Alibris::Search.get(path, :query => options)
+    end
+    def books(search_term=nil, author=nil, title=nil, topic=nil, options={})
+      opts = options.merge({:mtype => 'B'})
+      works(search_term, author, title, topic, opts)
+    end
+    def books_by_author(author, options={})
+      books(nil, author, nil, nil, options)
+    end
+    def books_by_title(title, options={})
+      books(nil, nil, title, nil, options)
+    end
+    def books_by_topic(topic, options={})
+      books(nil, nil, nil, topic, options)
+    end
+    def music(search_term=nil, author=nil, title=nil, topic=nil, options={})
+      opts = options.merge({:mtype => 'M'})
+      works(search_term, author, title, topic, opts)
+    end
+    def music_by_author(author, options={})
+      music(nil, author, nil, nil, options)
+    end
+    def music_by_title(title, options={})
+      music(nil, nil, title, nil, options)
+    end
+    def music_by_topic(topic, options={})
+      music(nil, nil, nil, topic, options)
+    end
+    def videos(search_term=nil, author=nil, title=nil, topic=nil, options={})
+      opts = options.merge({:mtype => 'V'})
+      works(search_term, author, title, topic, opts)
+    end
+    def videos_by_author(author, options={})
+      videos(nil, author, nil, nil, options)
+    end
+    def videos_by_title(title, options={})
+      videos(nil, nil, title, nil, options)
+    end
+    def videos_by_topic(topic, options={})
+      videos(nil, nil, nil, topic, options)
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/alibris/version.rb

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+module Alibris
+  VERSION = "0.1.0"
+end

data/ruby-alibris.gemspec

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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+$:.push File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
+require "alibris/version"
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name        = "ruby-alibris"
+  s.version     = Alibris::VERSION
+  s.platform    = Gem::Platform::RUBY
+  s.authors     = ["Rupak Ganguly"]
+  s.date        = %q{2011-04-27}
+  s.email       = ["rupakg@gmail.com"]
+  s.homepage    = %q{http://github.com/rupakg/ruby-alibris}
+  s.summary     = %q{Wrapper for Alibris API}
+  s.description = %q{Wrapper for Alibris API, the premier online marketplace for independent sellers of new and used books, music, and movies, as well as rare and collectible titles.}
+  s.license     = 'MIT'
+
+  s.files         = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
+  s.test_files    = `git ls-files -- {test,spec,features}/*`.split("\n")
+  s.executables   = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
+  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+
+  s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<hashie>, ["~> 1.0.0"])
+  s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<httparty>, ["~> 0.7.0"])
+  s.add_development_dependency(%q<shoulda>, [">= 2.10.1"])
+  s.add_development_dependency(%q<jnunemaker-matchy>, ["= 0.4.0"])
+  s.add_development_dependency(%q<mocha>, ["~> 0.9.12"])
+  s.add_development_dependency(%q<fakeweb>, ["~> 1.3.0"])
+
+end

data/test/fixtures/search_books_by_wauth.json

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+{ "message" : "Success",
+  "status" : "0",
+  "work" : [
+      { "author" : "Brown, Dan",
+        "basic" : "Fiction / Action & Adventure # Fiction / Thrillers # Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General",
+        "imageurl" : "http://images.alibris.com/isbn/9781400079148.gif",
+        "lc_subject" : "Freemasonry # Cryptographers # Symbolism # Suspense fiction # Washington (D.C.)",
+        "minprice" : "0.99",
+        "qty_avail" : "500",
+        "synopsis" : "WHAT WAS LOST WILL BE FOUND...Washington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned at the last minute to deliver an evening lecture in the Capitol Building. Within moments of his arrival, however, a disturbing object - gruesomely encoded with five symbols - is discovered at the epicentre of the Rotunda. It is, he recognises, an ancient invitation, meant to beckon its recipient towards a long-lost world of hidden esoteric wisdom. When Langdon's revered mentor, Peter Solomon - philanthropist and prominent mason - is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend's life is to accept this mysterious summons and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon finds himself quickly swept behind the facade of America's most historic city into the unseen chambers, temples and tunnels which exist there. All that was familiar is transformed into a shadowy, clandestine world of an artfully concealed past in which Masonic secrets and never-before-seen revelations seem to be leading him to a single impossible and inconceivable truth. A brilliantly composed tapestry of veiled histories, arcane icons and enigmatic codes, The Lost Symbol is an intelligent, lightning-paced thriller that offers surprises at every turn. For, as Robert Langdon will discover, there is nothing more extraordinary or shocking than the secret which hides in plain sight...",
+        "title" : "The Lost Symbol",
+        "work_id" : "11399816"
+      },
+      { "author" : "Brown, Dan",
+        "basic" : "Fiction / Thrillers # Fiction / Action & Adventure # Fiction / Suspense",
+        "imageurl" : "http://images.alibris.com/isbn/9780375433184.gif",
+        "lc_subject" : "Vatican City # Fiction # Suspense fiction # Adventure # Illuminati",
+        "minprice" : "0.99",
+        "qty_avail" : "500",
+        "synopsis" : "When a world renowned scientist is found brutally murdered in a Swiss research facility, a Harvard professor, Robert Langdon, is summoned to identify the mysterious symbol seared onto the dead man's chest. His baffling conclusion: that it is the work of the Illuminati, a secret brotherhood presumed extinct for nearly four hundred years - reborn to continue their bitter vendetta against their most hated enemy, the Catholic church. In Rome, the college of cardinals assembles to elect a new pope. Yet somewhere within the walls of the Vatican, an unstoppable bomb of terrifying power relentlessly counts down to oblivion. While the minutes tick away, Langdon joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to decipher the labyrinthine trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome to the long-forgotten Illuminati lair - a secret refuge wherein lies the only hope for the Vatican. But, with each revelation comes another twist, another turn in the plot, which leaves Langdom and Vetra reeling and at the mercy of a seemingly invisible enemy...Angels & Demons is a breathtakingly brilliant thriller which catapults the reader through the antiquity of Rome, through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals and even the most secret vault on earth. As the prequel to Dan Brown's worldwide bestseller, The Da Vinci Code, it has the distinction of introducing his readers to Harvard symbologist, Robert Langdon. Angels & Demons begins the journey of enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war.",
+        "title" : "Angels & Demons",
+        "work_id" : "322460"
+      },
+      { "author" : "Brown, Dan",
+        "basic" : "Fiction / Thrillers # Fiction / Action & Adventure # Fiction / Espionage",
+        "imageurl" : "http://images.alibris.com/isbn/9780385504201.gif",
+        "lc_subject" : "Adventure # Cryptographers # Mystery fiction # France # Crimes against",
+        "minprice" : "0.99",
+        "qty_avail" : "500",
+        "synopsis" : "Harvard professor Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call while on business in Paris: the elderly curator of the Louvre, Jacques Saunlere, has been brutally murdered inside the museum. Alongside the body, police have found a series of baffling codes. As Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, begin to sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Leonardo Da Vinci - and suggests the answer to a mystery that stretches deep into the vault of history. Langdon suspects the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion - a centuries old secret society - and has sacrificed his life to protect the Priory's most sacred trust: the location of a vastly important religious relic hidden for centuries. But it now appears that Opus Del, a clandestinesect that has long plotted to seize the Prirory's secret, has now made its move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code and quickly assemble the pleces of the puzzle, the Priory's secret - and a stunning historical truth - will be lost forever...Breaking the mould of traditional suspense novels, The Da Vinci Code is simultaneously lightning-paced, intelligent and intricately layered with remarkable research and detail. From the opening pages to the unpredictable and stunning conclusion, Dan Brown proves himself to be a master storyteller.",
+        "title" : "The Da Vinci Code",
+        "work_id" : "7584144"
+      },
+      { "author" : "Brown, Dan",
+        "basic" : "Fiction / Thrillers",
+        "imageurl" : "http://images.alibris.com/isbn/9780385513753.gif",
+        "language" : "English",
+        "lc_subject" : "Art museum curators # Grail # Paris (France) # Crimes against # Leonardo",
+        "minprice" : "0.99",
+        "qty_avail" : "304",
+        "synopsis" : "The murder of an elderly curator at the Louvre soon entangles Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon in a race against time to decipher a labyrinthine puzzle before an ancient secret--and an explosive historical truth--are lost forever.",
+        "title" : "The Da Vinci Code: Special Illustrated Edition",
+        "work_id" : "10819034"
+      },
+      { "author" : "Brown, Dan",
+        "basic" : "Fiction / Thrillers # Fiction / Action & Adventure # Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General",
+        "imageurl" : "http://images.alibris.com/isbn/9780671027377.gif",
+        "lc_subject" : "Arctic regions # Meteors # Scientists # Conspiracies # Adventure",
+        "minprice" : "0.99",
+        "qty_avail" : "500",
+        "synopsis" : "When a new NASA satellite spots evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory...a victory that has profound implications for U.S. space policy and the impending presidential election. With the Oval Office in the balance, the President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Milne Ice Shelf to verify the authenticity of the find. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic academic Michael Tolland, Rachel uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of scientific trickery -- a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy. But before Rachel can contact the President, she and Michael are attacked by a deadly team of assassins controlled by a mysterious power broker who will stop at nothing to hide the truth. Fleeing for their lives in an environment as desolate as it is lethal, their only hope for survival is to find out who is behind this masterful ploy. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all. In Deception Point, bestselling author Dan Brown transports readers from the ultrasecret National Reconnaissance Office to the towering ice shelves of the Arctic Circle, and back again to the hallways of power inside the West Wing. Heralded for masterfully intermingling science, history, and politics in his critically acclaimed, blockbuster thrillers Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code, Brown has crafted a novel in which nothing is as it seems -- and behind every corner is a stunning surprise. Deception Point is pulse-pounding fiction at its best.",
+        "title" : "Deception Point",
+        "work_id" : "1535116"
+      },
+      { "author" : "Brown, Dan",
+        "basic" : "Fiction / Thrillers # Fiction / Technological # Fiction / Espionage",
+        "imageurl" : "http://images.alibris.com/isbn/9780312263126.gif",
+        "language" : "English",
+        "lc_subject" : "Computer security # United States # Adventure stories",
+        "minprice" : "0.99",
+        "qty_avail" : "364",
+        "synopsis" : "When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves throughout the corridors of power.",
+        "title" : "Digital Fortress: A Thriller",
+        "work_id" : "7930151"
+      },
+      { "author" : "Brown, Dan",
+        "basic" : "Fiction / Action & Adventure # Fiction / Technological # Fiction / Thrillers",
+        "geo_code" : "United States",
+        "imageurl" : "http://images.alibris.com/isbn/9780312180874.gif",
+        "lc_subject" : "Adventure # Computer security # Suspense fiction # Cryptographers # Intelligence officers",
+        "minprice" : "0.99",
+        "qty_avail" : "500",
+        "synopsis" : "Before the phenomenal runaway bestseller The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown set his razor-sharp research and storytelling skills on the most powerful intelligence organization on earth--the National Security Agency (NSA), an ultra-secret, multibillion-dollar agency many times more powerful than the CIA. When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant and beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage...not by guns or bombs, but by a code so ingeniously complex that if released it would cripple U.S. intelligence. Caught in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies, Susan Fletcher battles to save the agency she believes in. Betrayed on all sides, she finds herself fighting not only for her country but for her life, and in the end, for the life of the man she loves. From the underground hallways of power to the skyscrapers of Tokyo to the towering cathedrals of Spain, a desperate race unfolds. It is a battle for survival--a crucial bid to destroy a creation of inconceivable genius...an impregnable code-writing formula that threatens to obliterate the post-cold war balance of power, Forever.",
+        "title" : "Digital Fortress",
+        "work_id" : "1718581"
+      },
+      { "author" : "Brown, Dan",
+        "basic" : "Fiction / Thrillers",
+        "imageurl" : "http://images.alibris.com/isbn/9780743275064.gif",
+        "language" : "English",
+        "lc_subject" : "Vatican City # Catholic # Signs and symbols # Crimes against # Secret societies",
+        "minprice" : "0.99",
+        "qty_avail" : "73",
+        "synopsis" : "Now available in this premium edition--the book that introduced Dr. Robert Langdon, the hero of Brown's phenomenal bestseller \"The Da Vinci Code,\" just in time for the May premiere of Columbia Pictures' film adaptation, directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks.",
+        "title" : "Angels & Demons: Special Illustrated Collector's Edition",
+        "work_id" : "8793820"
+      },
+      { "author" : "Brown, Dan",
+        "basic" : "Fiction / Thrillers",
+        "imageurl" : "http://images.alibris.com/isbn/9780385533829.gif",
+        "language" : "English",
+        "lc_subject" : "Freemasonry # Code and cipher stories # Suspense fiction # Washington (D.C.)",
+        "minprice" : "12.97",
+        "qty_avail" : "26",
+        "synopsis" : "This Special Illustrated Edition unveils a whole new level of intrigue and fascination within Brown's record-breaking bestseller \"The Lost Symbol.\" Over 100 full-color images are featured throughout this lavishly illustrated gift edition--an essential companion to the original.",
+        "title" : "The Lost Symbol: Special Illustrated Edition",
+        "work_id" : "14300049"
+      },
+      { "author" : "Brown, Dan",
+        "basic" : "Fiction / Thrillers # Fiction / Suspense # Fiction / Media Tie-In",
+        "imageurl" : "http://images.alibris.com/isbn/9788492516513.gif",
+        "lc_subject" : "Vatican City # Religious educators # Illuminati # Popes # Vendetta",
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