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    Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel

    Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett
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    Sookie Stackhouse Set

    Charlaine Harris
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    Home

    Marilynne Robinson
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    Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Deluxe Edition

    Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

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Kitchen, Home, and Garden
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Introduction to Permaculture
Introduction to Permaculture
by B. C. Mollison
Publisher Comments
Written to introduce readers to Permaculture concepts and design strategies. Topics include: energy efficient site analysis, planning and design methods, house placement, design for temperate, dry-land and tropical regions, urban Permaculture garden... (read more)

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General Gift Books
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Olive Kitteridge
Olive Kitteridge
by Elizabeth Strout
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At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn’t always... (read more)

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Moleskine Notebooks City Guides
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Moleskine Paris City Notebook
Moleskine Paris City Notebook
by Moleskine
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A special guidebook, to buy for your own use or as a gift for your friends. Ideal for those who travel, whether to see the sights or for work, as a way of organizing your trip and to preserve it for your memory and your records. Perfect for those... (read more)

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Moleskine Notebooks General
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Moleskine City Notebook Firenze (Florence) (Moleskine City Notebook)
Moleskine City Notebook Firenze (Florence) (Moleskine City Notebook)
by Chron
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The first guidebook you write yourself. The city of Florence takes its name from the word for 'flourishing'. Many centuries after its founding, the city continues to be a destination for art and culture. Collect your impressions in the Moleskine City... (read more)

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Gifts under $10
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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
by Edward Abbey
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"A passionately felt, deeply poetic book. It has philosophy. It has humor. It has its share of nerve-tingling adventures...set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKREVIEW Edward Abbey... (read more)

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Spirituality and Self Help
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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
by Sogyal Rinpoche
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This acclaimed spiritual masterpiece is widely regarded as one of the most complete and authoritative presentations of the Tibetan Buddhist teachings ever written. A manual for life and death and a magnificent source of sacred inspiration from the heart... (read more)

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Children and Young Adults
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The Polar Express
The Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsburg
Staff Pick
Could a bookseller's favorite book really be a children's Christmas picture book? I am often asked to name my favorite book — an impossible question to answer, really — and I find myself mentioning The Polar Express time and again (not without... (read more)

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Nonfiction
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Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players
Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players
by Stefan Fatsis
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Scrabble may be truly called America's game. But for every group of "living-room players" there is someone who is "at one with the board." In Word Freak, Stefan Fatsis introduces readers to those few, exploring the underground world of colorful... (read more)

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Magnetic Poetry
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The Poet Kit (Magnetic Poetry)
The Poet Kit (Magnetic Poetry)
by Magnetic Poetry
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This collection was specially selected from the lists of words sent to us by Magnetic Poets from around the world. Using these suggestions, we've created The Poet Kit, a set of words perfectly suited for creating evocative lines of poetry. This magnetic... (read more)

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Travel
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Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan
Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan
by Jamie Zeppa
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In 1989, Jamie Zeppa, a naïve, well-educated twenty-three-year-old from Sault Ste. Marie, commits to a two-year teaching contract in Bhutan against the wishes of both her fiancé, Robert, and her controlling grandfather. Following orientation here and... (read more)

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Sale Books
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The Interrogation
The Interrogation
by J M G Le Clezio
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From the original Atheneum edition jacket, 1964. "J.M.G. Le Clézio, revelation of the literary year" ran the headline of the Paris Express after last year's prizes had been awarded. The Goncourt jury was locked five to five until its president used... (read more)

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Used Books
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The Battle For God
The Battle For God
by Karen Armstrong
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"In The Battle for God, Armstrong brilliantly traces the struggle between the burgeoning Western secularism and the religious fundamentalism that has dogged its heels for the past five hundred years, culminating in that greatest of all fundamentalist... (read more)

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    by Hilary Mantel
  3. Olive Kitteridge
    by Elizabeth Strout
  4. The Elegance of the Hedgehog
    by Muriel Barbery
  5. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
    by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
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