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Children's

Magic Tree House #37: Magic Tree House #37: Dragon of the Red Dawn Magic Tree House #37: Magic Tree House #37: Dragon of the Red Dawn
by Mary Pope Osborne

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Merlin the Magician will not eat or sleep or speak to anyone in Camelot. What can be done? The enchantress Morgan knows who to ask for help: young Jack and Annie of Frog Creek, Pennsylvania The brother-and-sister team quickly head off in the magic tree... (read more)
 
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Mystery

Cezanne's Quarry Cezanne's Quarry
by Barbara Pope

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A young woman is found murdered ...and the clues to her death point to her spurned lover, Paul Cézanne. In this richly atmospheric novel, a mysterious young woman named Solange Vernet arrives in Aix-en-Provence with her lover, a Darwinian scholar... (read more)
 
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DVDs

Dario Argento Box Set (Do You Like Hitchcock / Phenomena / Tenebre / The Card Player / Trauma) Dario Argento Box Set (Do You Like Hitchcock / Phenomena / Tenebre / The Card Player / Trauma)

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Following the success of his hallucinatory horror hit Suspiria, writer/director Dario Argento returned to the genre that had launched his international career and earned him the title of "The Italian Hitchcock." In these acclaimed "giallo" thrillers... (read more)
 
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Large Print

Made in the U.S.A. (Large Print) Made in the U.S.A. (Large Print)
by Billie Letts

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The bestselling author of WHERE THE HEART IS returns with a heartrending tale of two children in search of a place to call home. Lutie McFee's history has taught her to avoid attachments...to people, to places, and to almost everything. With her mother... (read more)
 
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Erotica

Pornocracy Pornocracy (Semiotext(e) / Native Agents) Pornocracy Pornocracy (Semiotext(e) / Native Agents)
by Catherine Breillat

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As celebrated as it is reviled, internationally acclaimed filmmaker Catherine Breillat's novel Pornocracy viscerally enacts the dramatic confluence of mystery, desire, and shame that lies at the heart of sexuality. In Pornocracy, a beautiful woman... (read more)
 
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Audio Books

Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips to Better Writing Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips to Better Writing
by Mignon Fogarty

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Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a. Grammar Girl, is determined to wipe out bad grammar—but she’s also determined to make the process as painless as possible. One year ago, she created a weekly podcast to tackle some of the most common mistakes people... (read more)
 
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Photography

Dog Gallery Calendar Dog Gallery Calendar
by Workman Publishing Company

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A tiny Chihuahua perched on a cushion. A basset hound, ever droll. An elegant and expressive Italian greyhound, a dalmatian bounding across a field, and a shar-pei puppy sniffing a purple flower. Featuring hundreds of beautifully composed and reproduced... (read more)
 
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World History

Brainwash: The Secret History of Mind Control Brainwash: The Secret History of Mind Control
by Dominic Streatfeild

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Behind the front lines of every war in the world, prisoners are forced to sit for interrogation: manipulated, coerced, and sometimes tortured--often without ever being touched. Brainwash is a history of the methods intended to destroy and reconstruct... (read more)
 
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Special

The Host Signed
by Stephenie Meyer

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The author of the Twilight series of #1 bestsellers delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity at stake. Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded... (read more)
 

Mystery

Pussyfoot (Midnight Louie Mysteries)
by Carole Nelson Douglas

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Midnight Louie is aprowl again--and the game is definitely afoot when petite public relations freelancer Temple Barr finds herself at a striptease convention, up to her spike heels in muscle-bound males, siliconed females...and murder.  As Temple... (read more)
 
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available July 29, 2008

Romance

Wet & Wild
by Sandra Hill

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A very confused Viking finds himself hurtled through time to face the rigorous ordeals of the Navy SEALs. Yet while his brawn allows him to easily adapt to the military, he's no match for one of the most difficult challenges of all--the modern-day woman.... (read more)
 
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available July 29, 2008

Crime

Blood Will Tell (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
by Carlton Smith

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They Were The Perfect Family. . . For twenty years, Ken and Kristine Fitzhugh and their two sons had lived lives of comfortable middle-class normality in the university town of Palo Alto, California. Then came the shocking news that Kristine Fitzhugh was... (read more)
 
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available June 3, 2008

Literature

Lost Orwell Lost Orwell
by Peter Davison

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A collection of George Orwell's previously unpublished letters, documents and photographs.... (read more)
 
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Humor

Everyday Encouragement 2009 Planner (2009 Planner) Everyday Encouragement 2009 Planner (2009 Planner)
by Pamela Mcquade

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Busy women can always use a little encouragement. . .and now the inspiring and confidence-building words--penned by Pamela McQuade--form the basis of a must-have yearly planner. Ideal for personal, home, business, or school use, the Everyday... (read more)
 
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Science Fiction and Fantasy

The Gods Awaken: The Timuras Trilogy, Book 3 (Timuras Trilogy) The Gods Awaken: The Timuras Trilogy, Book 3 (Timuras Trilogy)
by Allan Cole

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Wizard Safar Timura is trapped in the doomed world of Hadin, condemned to suffer and die over and over again. It's up to his wizard son, Palimak, to stop the disaster and free Safar by confronting the Demon Moon.... (read more)
 
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Music

1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die
by Tom Moon

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The musical adventure of a lifetime. The most exciting book on music in years. A book of treasure, a book of discovery, a book to open your ears to new worlds of pleasure. Doing for music what Patricia Schultzand#8212;author of the phenomenal 1,000... (read more)
 
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Graphic Novels

Fairy Cube #02: Fairy Cube, Vol. 2 Fairy Cube #02: Fairy Cube, Vol. 2
by Kaori Yuki

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Ian used to just see dead people. Now he is one. Trapped inside his own body by the Fairy Cube, Ian must now figure out how to stop the devious spirit Tokage from taking over his life, stealing his girl and ruining any chance he ever has of resurrection.... (read more)
 
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Romance

Caf' Au Lait Caf' Au Lait
by Liane Spicer

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After their misencounter on a plane from London to Trinidad, Michael and Shari meet again and try to untangle the threads that draw them together and apartand what is the true connection between Michael and his frequent companion, the beautiful but... (read more)
 
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Mathematics

Teach Yourself Basic Mathematics (Teach Yourself: Math & Science) Teach Yourself Basic Mathematics (Teach Yourself: Math & Science)
by Alan Graham

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Math as easy as 1-2-3 Teach Yourself Basic Mathematics gives you the confidence to handle the math you encounter in daily life: at work, while shopping, and in home life. It features puzzles andgames to make numbers interesting and to sharpen your skills.... (read more)
 
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Gender Studies

Women, Poverty and AIDS: Sex, Drugs and Structural Violence
by Paul Farmer

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"Moving beyond a simple biomedical model, this book compels us to view AIDS in women in a wholly new way, as an inescapable even in lives devalued by the forces of poverty, racism and sexism. This extraordinary multidisciplinary effort should serve as... (read more)
 
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available June 2008

Literary Criticism

Hellenic Studies #16: The Power of Thetis and Selected Essays
by Laura Slatkin

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Laura Slatkin's influential and widely admired book, here published in a second edition together with six additional essays, explores the superficially minor role of Thetis in theIliad. Highly charged allusions reverberate through the narrative and... (read more)
 
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available May 2008

Role Playing Games

4th Edition Core Rulebook Collection (Dungeons & Dragons Core Rulebooks)
by Wizards Rpg Team

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This gift set provides all three 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons core rulebooks ("Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide," and "Monster Manual") in a handsome slipcase that looks great on any bookshelf.... (read more)
 
Your Price $104.95
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available June 6, 2008

Popular Fiction

Nothing to Lose: A Jack Reacher Novel (Jack Reacher Novels #12)
by Lee Child

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Two lonely towns in Colorado: Hope and Despair. Between them, twelve miles of empty road. Jack Reacher never turns back. It's not in his nature. All he wants is a cup of coffee. What he gets is big trouble. So in Lee Child's electrifying new novel... (read more)
 
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available June 3, 2008

Poetry

Up the Line to Death: The War Poets, 1914-1918
by Brian Gardner

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The most complete and compelling anthology of First World War poetry, this book includes poems by Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Rupert Brooke, Edward Thomas, and many others who beautifully convey the horror, fear, and pity of war. Brian Gardnerwas a... (read more)
 
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available June 2008