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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
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A sensation across Europe — millions of copies sold! A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue. It's about the disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the... (read more)

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Photographers Market Guide To Building Your Photography Business
Photographers Market Guide To Building Your Photography Business
by Vik Orenstein
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Noted photographer Orenstein delivers practical advice for turning a hobby into a career with such core topics as developing a marketing plan, building a clientele base, networking and maintaining creativity.... (read more)

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Maniac Magee
Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
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Jeffrey Lionel Maniac Magee might have lived a normal life if a trolley accident hadn't made him an orphan. After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for eight years, he decides to run-and not just run away, but run. And this is where the... (read more)

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Science Fiction and Fantasy
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First Strike (Halo)
First Strike (Halo)
by Eric S Nylund
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The Human-Covenant war rages on as the alien juggernaut sweeps inexorably toward its final goal: destruction of all human life! Halo has been destroyed, and the threat it posed to sentient life, neutralized. But victory has come at a terrible cost for... (read more)

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Religion Eastern
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Yoga the Iyengar Way (90 Edition)
Yoga the Iyengar Way (90 Edition)
by Silva Mehta
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A comprehensive, practical, and authoritative guide to the method developed by Iyengar. 100 key postures with detailed step-by-step instructions and photographs. This is our most recently published yoga book and has quickly become a backlist bestseller.... (read more)

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Popular Fiction
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Angels & Demons
Angels & Demons
by Dan Brown
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From the #1 "New York Times bestselling author of "The Da Vinci Code comes the first breathless adventure featuring world-renowned symbologist Robert Langdon.... (read more)

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Mystery
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Dead Until Dark: Sookie Stackhouse Novel #1 (Southern Vampire Series)
Dead Until Dark: Sookie Stackhouse Novel #1 (Southern Vampire Series)
by Charlaine Harris
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Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana, but she keeps to herself and doesn't date much because of her "disability" to read minds. When she meets Bill, Sookie can't hear a word he's thinking. He's the type of guy she's waited for... (read more)

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Bigfoot: I Not Dead
Bigfoot: I Not Dead
by Graham Roumieu
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In my many years of gallivanting through the forest with my dear friend Sasquatch, we've often discussed fictional portrayals of him in books and on film. Somehow, these depictions always miss the essential bigfootiness of my huge, hairy companion. But... (read more)

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Westerns
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The Border Empire
The Border Empire
by Ralph Compton
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Nathan Stone, the Gunfighter, lies dead in the street, a victim of the ruthless Sandlin gang. Behind him he leaves his guns and the son he had hardly known--a former lawman who is about to teach these killers just what it means to be his father's son... (read more)

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World History
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
by Jung Chang
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The forces of history and the exceptional talents of this young writer combine to produce a work of nonfiction with the breadth and drama of the richest, most memorable fiction classics. Wild Swans is a landmark book, with the intimacy of memoir and the... (read more)

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Sports and Fitness
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The Handy Sports Answer Book (Handy Answer Books)
The Handy Sports Answer Book (Handy Answer Books)
by Kevin Hillstrom
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What makes a curveball curve? What was the longest basketball-winning streak of all time? What is the oldest surviving golf hole in the United States? What Supreme Court justice once won the NFL rushing title? How many horses have won the Triple Crown... (read more)

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Dias Llenos de Color (DK Readers Spanish)
Dias Llenos de Color (DK Readers Spanish)
by Dk Publishing
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Colorful Day introduces the world of colors - come kick the orange leaves and pick some beautiful red apples as we spend a colorful day together. Fun storylines will encourage children to read along with their parents, and, later, pick up the books on... (read more)

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Humor
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I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
by Tucker Max
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My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole. I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable, and... (read more)

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