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Animal Farm by George Orwell Publisher Comments Revisit Orwell’s classic satire Animal Farm As ferociously fresh as it was more than a half century ago, this remarkable allegory of a downtrodden society of overworked, mistreated animals and their quest to create a paradise of progress, justice... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Mass Market
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Aladdin Fantasy) by Robert C Obrien Publisher Comments Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ishmael by Daniel Quinn Staff Pick For those of us who have been in the rat race of modern culture long enough that we have stopped thinking, and for those of us who have never deeply examined our place in the world, this book is an awakening. It just may change the way you think about... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman Staff Pick Two powerful, definitive chronicles of modern atrocities — the perfect books for anyone who doubts comix have grown up. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus is a staggering personal depiction of the Holocaust, rendered all the stronger by Spiegelman's... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $18.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next #01) by Jasper Fforde Staff Pick The Eyre Affair took me a little time to really get into, but once Thursday Next a literary detective from the future enters Charlotte Bronte's novel and tries to save Jane and the story, the book is thoroughly fun, with all the digs at the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi Publisher Comments First came the storms.Then came the Fever.And the Wall. After a string of devastating hurricanes and a severe outbreak of Delta Fever, the Gulf Coast has been quarantined. Years later, residents of the Outer States are under the assumption... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Stardust, P. S. Edition (08 Edition) by Neil Gaiman Publisher Comments 12 yr old Cymbril is a slave on Thunder Rake, a gigantic wagon-city that rolls from town to town carrying goods to be sold by its resident merchants. The Rakes master purchases a new slave, a mysterious boy named Loric who is one... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $6.00 Used - Trade Paper
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Publisher Comments A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition featuring cover art by Thomas Ott Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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I Am Legend by Richard Matheson Publisher Comments Robert Neville may well be the last living man on Earth . . . but he is not alone. An incurable plague has mutated every other man, woman, and child into bloodthirsty, nocturnal creatures who are determined to destroy him. By day, he is a... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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Soulless (Parasol Protectorate #1) by Gail Carriger Synopsis "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" meets Jane Austen in this wickedly funny debut novel, which kicks off Carriger's new series set in an alternate 19th-century London that not only knows about vampires and werewolves, but accepts them into the upper tiers of... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Staff Pick I had many books on my to-read list, but this one jumped straight to the top as soon as I got my hands on a copy. It has everything I love about video games and cartoons and anime from the '80s. The pacing of the book is great, and it quickly became one... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams Staff Pick Bunnies, community, fantasy, adventure, danger — a classic pick for anyone who likes Brian Jacques, C. S. Lewis, or Erin Hunter.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials, Book I by Philip Pullman Publisher Comments We are releasing an updated trade-paper box set of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy with eye-catching new art from Cliff Nielsen. With glowing special effects, the new trade paperback editions will stand out on the shelves among other YA... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Host by Stephenie Meyer Staff Pick You may know Stephenie Meyer's name due to her wildly successful young adult vampire series, The Twilight Saga. She takes a break from that with her latest, The Host; touted as her first book for "adults," it's a fun science fiction novel, with just a... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Dog on It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery by Spencer Quinn Publisher Comments Chet, the wise and lovable canine narrator of Dog on It, and Bernie, a down-on-his-luck private investigator, are quick to take a new case involving a frantic mother searching for her teenage daughter. This well-behaved and gifted student may or may not... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman Staff Pick You've probably seen the movie, but you should definitely read the book, for it's a hilarious gem. Worth it for Goldman's asides about Morgenstern's "original text" alone.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Winking Cat Socks by Sock It to Me Publisher Comments Approximately fits women's shoe size 5... (read more) Your price: $10.00 Gifts - Miscellaneous
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The Eyes of the Dragon: A Story by Stephen King Publisher Comments Once Upon a Time, There Was Terror The Eyes of the Dragon A tale of archetypal heroes and sweeping adventures, of dragons and princes and evil wizards, here is epic fantasy as only Stephen King could envision it. A kingdom is in turmoil as... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik Publisher Comments Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain's defense by taking to the skies...not aboard aircraft, but atop the mighty backs of fighting dragons. When HMS Reliant captures a French... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Omnibus by Alan Moore Review At last, the original two LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN epics are collected in a single volume! In this amazingly imaginative tale, Allan Quatermain, Mina Murray, Captain Nemo, Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde, and Hawley Griffin, the Invisible Man... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Trade Paper
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