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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge (Public Television Storytime Books) by Mem Fox Staff Pick This beautiful picture book can be enjoyed as much by an adult as a child. It's a sweet story that avoids turning saccharine, created by two favorites: Fox is a wonderful author and Vivas's work in watercolor is both vibrant and whimsical. Read the book... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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My Family and Other Animals (04 Edition) by Gerald Durrell Staff Pick This autobiographical work takes place on the island of Corfu when Durrell was a boy. He was pretty much a wild English boy who ended up with a lot of time on his hands, a lot of rugged land to explore, and as a result, a lot of critter friends the likes... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Dragon's Keep by Janet Carey Staff Pick Dragon's Keep is an interesting read. The people around Princess Rosalind are not necessarily all nice. I rooted for the dragons thinking that they would kidnap/rescue her, but discovered that the dragons are so not nice either. Rosalind manages to... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Something Rotten (Thursday Next Novels) by Jasper Fforde Staff Pick Thursday Next is back and this time she's gone transcontinental! Something Rotten, the fourth book in the series, continues to follow the Goliath Corporation and contains Fforde's usual time-/book-jumping that he so expertly interweaves — the story... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter #07) by J. K. Rowling Staff Pick I couldn't imagine a better ending for this extraordinary series. J. K. Rowling, thank you for staying true to your vision.... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Grave Secrets by Kathy Reichs Staff Pick Kathy Reichs would appear to be one of the busiest authors out there — she's a forensic anthropologist, a teacher, and she writes books, too! And, Reichs's career mirrors the life of her main character, Dr. Temperance Brennan. In Grave Secrets... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Mass Market
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Blind Descent:: An Anna Pigeon Mystery (Anna Pigeon Mysteries) by Nevada Barr Staff Pick In Blind Descent, Nevada Barr takes you to a place which, unless you go spelunking, you've probably never been before: Lechuguilla Cave in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Her main character, Anna Pigeon, is claustrophobic but determined to do her job and... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Inkheart by Cornelia Funke Staff Pick Meggie loves books more than just about anything. Her father, Mo, is a book binder and introduced her to reading at an early age; now she has a shoe box filled with her special books (so that she can grab them at a moment's notice). Meggie soon comes to... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Changes (Dresden Files #12) by Jim Butcher Staff Pick Jim Butcher takes risks with Changes, his 12th Harry Dresden novel. Darker than usual, it lives up to the title. The risks pay off: This is undoubtedly Butcher's best Dresden book. Harry faces his worst enemies and battles his darkest internal demons to... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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With Red Hands by Stephen Woodworth Staff Pick Stephen Woodworth's "bad guys" are some of nastiest characters I've ever encountered in print (very creepy!). In this the second installment in the series, Natalie (a Violet) has broken from the government and it's rigid control and has gone freelance... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Merchant Princes #01: The Family Trade by Charles Stross Staff Pick I love stories about alternate universes, and this one is just so well done that Charles Stross makes it seem like a fresh idea. On the cover is a young woman with a pistol in hand, approaching a formidable castle — how's that for an attention... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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Ghost Story (Dresden Files #13) by Jim Butcher Staff Pick Woo hoo! Jim does it again. This Butcher only serves up prime cuts.... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Warriors: The New Prophecy #1: Midnight (Warriors: The New Prophecy) by Erin Hunter Staff Pick This is a really great start to the next series. Discover what the "New Prophecy" is and what Star Clan has in store for its warriors. The two-leggers are up to something, as well. All our friends are back but it's the next generation of cats that have... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black Staff Pick A dark, twisting faerie adventure in modern-day New Jersey, featuring a dysfunctional teen living an illusion, Tithe is filled with haunting characters, from a beautiful man she can't seem to get rid of (and isn't sure she wants to) to her childhood... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Key to Aten by Lynn Sinclair Staff Pick Within the first couple of pages, the story catapults the reader into the dream world called Aten. But is it a dream? Could something this real be a dream? Read the book to find out.... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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Dragon Bones by Patricia Briggs Staff Pick Ward of Hurog (heir apparent of Hurog's ruling family) has played the idiot for so long, in order to protect himself from his abusive father, that even after the old tyrant dies, he's still afraid to reveal his true self. Ward's father reaches from the... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Mass Market
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We Few by David Weber and John Ringo Staff Pick Well, I started writing a review for this book and it got really long-winded and ungainly, as you might expect in trying to describe a Space Opera (and I mean Space Opera in the very best sense of the term). So, here goes again, attempt number two... The... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Dragon's Breath: Book Two in the Tales of the Frog Princess by E D Baker Staff Pick Take one of each: a feather from an old horse, a girl who sneezes, a crab who chatters, and an otter (who's not). Add a castle with a cellar full of ghosts and a mean ol' grandmother. Mix together. Stir in a sprinkling of wit and a pinch of classic tales... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Trickster's Queen by Tamora Pierce Staff Pick Alianne of Pirate's Swoop, plotting the end of the Rittevon line of oppressors to place a young queen on the throne in their stead, is in the middle of a world of intrigue, spies, rebels, and unexpected foreign dignitaries. As the raka rebellion's spy... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Silver Bough by Lisa Tuttle Staff Pick Beautiful — full of magic, love, books... and apples. Finish the book then buy an apple (heirloom if you can find it); it couldn't possibly be as good as Appleton's Fairest, but it will have to do.... (read more) Your price: $11.75 New - Trade Paper
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