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Maya's Notebook
Maya's Notebook
by Isabel Allende
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Neglected by her parents, nineteen-year-old Maya Nidal has grown up in a rambling old house in Berkeley with her grandparents. Her grandmother Nidia, affectionately known as Nini, is a force of nature — willful and outspoken, unconventionally wise... (read more)

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Pro Digital Photographer's Handbook (Lark Photography Book)
Pro Digital Photographer's Handbook (Lark Photography Book)
by Michael Freeman
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Michael Freeman has a well-deserved reputation for effectively explaining the concepts behind digital picture-taking to a variety of audiences. Here, he turns his attention to the professionals and advanced hobbyists who are making the move from... (read more)

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Children's
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Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle #4)
Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle #4)
by Christopher Paolini
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Not so very long ago, Eragon — Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider — was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders. Long months of... (read more)

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Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Changes (Dresden Files #12)
Changes (Dresden Files #12)
by Jim Butcher
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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)

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Religion Eastern
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Musashi's Book of Five Rings
Musashi's Book of Five Rings
by Stephen F. Kaufman
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Often used to explain Japanese business competition, Musashi's Book of Five Rings is more properly a definitive treatise on mortal combat from one of Japan's most formidable warriors - the martial arts luminary Miyamoto Musashi. Famed martial artist... (read more)

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Popular Fiction
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The Mission Song
The Mission Song
by John Le Carre
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Hailed everywhere as a masterpiece of suspense, John le Carr 's return to Africa is the story of Bruno Salvador (aka Salvo), the 25-year-old orphaned love child of an Irish missionary and a Congolese woman. Quickly rising to the top of his profession as... (read more)

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Mystery
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The Man Who Smiled (Kurt Wallander Mysteries # 4)
The Man Who Smiled (Kurt Wallander Mysteries # 4)
by Henning Mankell
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After killing a man in the line of duty, Kurt Wallander resolves to quit the Ystad police. However, a bizarre case gets under his skin. A lawyer driving home at night stops to investigate an effigy sitting in a chair in the middle of the highway. The... (read more)

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YuYu Hakusho #01: Goodbye, Material World!
YuYu Hakusho #01: Goodbye, Material World!
by Yoshihiro Togashi
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Yusuke, a teenage ghost with a mission, is the star of one of Japan's most popular graphic novels. Illustrations throughout.... (read more)

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Westerns
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Brionne
Brionne
by Louis Lamour
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Major James Brionne brought Dave Allard to trial for murder. Just before the hanging, Dave swore his brothers would take vengenance. . .Four year later the Allard boys retumed to settle the score. Only Brionne's son escaped. They murdered his wife... (read more)

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World History
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The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation
The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation
by Mark Kurlansky
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From Mark Kurlansky, the bestselling author of Cod, Salt, and Birdseye—the illuminating story of an ancient and enigmatic people Straddling a small corner of Spain and France in a land that is marked on no maps except their own, the Basques are a... (read more)

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Sports and Fitness
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Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: A Rock 'n' Roller's 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict
Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: A Rock 'n' Roller's 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict
by Alice Cooper
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The man who invented shock rock tells the amazing and, yeah, shocking story of how he slayed his thirsty demonswith a golf club. It started one day when Cooper was watching a Star Trek rerun between concerts, bored and drunk on a quart-of-whiskey-a-day... (read more)

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Foreign Languages
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Teach Yourself Serbian Complete Course (Book Only) (Teach Yourself Language Complete Courses)
Teach Yourself Serbian Complete Course (Book Only) (Teach Yourself Language Complete Courses)
by Teach Yourself
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Learning Serbian as easy as 1-2-3 With this book, Serbian is attainable for any beginning student. You can use Teach Yourself Serbian Complete Course at your own pace or as a supplement to formal courses. This complete course is based on the very latest... (read more)

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Humor
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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
by Steve Martin
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At times uproarious, often sentimental, and always laced with the wit and charm we've come to expect from Steve Martin, this is a warm and enjoyable portrait of his life in stand-up from childhood to his last show in 1981.... (read more)

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