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Laravel: Passing a sub-element of an object from one controller method to another

I am working on an app that uses Google Books API. The call to the API returns an object that contains arrays for each book which also includes other data (subtitle, authors, descriptions, etc.). I am able to search for a list of books and display them using the following function in my controller:

 public function newBookSearch(Google $google)
    {
        if(Input::has('bookSearch')){
            $bookSearch = Input::get('bookSearch');
            $results = $google->getBooks($bookSearch);
            return view('bookshelves.search_results',['results' => $results]);
        }else{
            return redirect()->back();
        }        
    }

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The list is displayed using a loop in the blade template. What I want to do is select one book from the list object, pass it to another function in the controller...showBookDetail()..., and display the details from the element in a new view. While this strikes me as a simple and obvious application of a object list, I can't seem to figure out how to do it. How do I grab a sub-element (a single book) of this list and display it in a new view without sending another request to the Google API?

Here is a sample of the list object:

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Finally, here's how I'm displaying the list in the blade view:

<table class="table table-hover">
              <thead>
                  <th>#</th>
                  <th>Cover</th>
                  <th>Title</th>
                  <th>Author(s)</th>
                  <th>Action</th>
              </thead>
              <tbody>
                @if($results->totalItems == 0)
                <h4>No results found.  Please try again.</h4>
                @else               
                @for($i = 0; $i < count($results); $i++)
                  <tr>
                    <td>{{ $i + 1 }}</td> 
                    <td>
                        @if(!$results[$i]->volumeInfo->imageLinks)
                            <img src="{{ URL::to('src/images/noCover.png') }}" alt="">
                        @else
                            <img src="{{ $results[$i]->volumeInfo->imageLinks->thumbnail }}" alt="">
                        @endif
                    </td>
                    <td>{{ $results[$i]->volumeInfo->title }} <br> {{ $results[$i]->volumeInfo->subtitle }}</td>
                    <td>
                        @if(count($results[$i]->volumeInfo->authors) == 1)
                            {{ $results[$i]->volumeInfo->authors[0] }}
                        @elseif(count($results[$i]->volumeInfo->authors) > 1)
                            @foreach($results[$i]->volumeInfo->authors as $author)
                                {{ $author}} <br>
                            @endforeach
                         @endif
                    </td>
                    <td>
                        
                    </td>  
                  </tr>
                  @endfor
                  @endif
              </tbody>
          </table>

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