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The Sky Fisherman
The Sky Fisherman
by Craig Lesley
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The lives of young Culver, his twice-married mother, and his charismatic uncle Jake have been always overshadowed by the death of Culver's father in a fishing accident. When a suspicious fire destroys the town mill and three murders occur, Culver is... (read more)

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Creative Camera Control
Creative Camera Control
by Peter Laytin
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The fundamentals of film photography are presented in a step-by-step approach in this book, where the reader is guided to understand the interrelationship of the camera, lens, and film. This updated edition also offers important information for the... (read more)

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The Giving Tree
The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein
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'Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy.' So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from... (read more)

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was published in 1968. Grim and foreboding, even today it is a masterpiece ahead of its time. By 2021, the World War had killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet... (read more)

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Religion Eastern
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Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings (Translations from the Asian Classics)
Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings (Translations from the Asian Classics)
by Chuang Tzu
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Chuang Tzu (369?-286? BC) was a leading Taoist philosopher. Using parable and anecdote, allegory and paradox, he set forth in this book the early ideas of what was to become the Taoist school. This collection includes the seven "inner chapters," three of... (read more)

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Popular Fiction
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Hard Rain (John Rain Thrillers)
Hard Rain (John Rain Thrillers)
by Barry Eisler
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In his critically acclaimed Rain Fall, Barry Eisler introduced half-Japanese, half-American freelance hitman John Rain, a dashing and dangerous hero...as likable as he is lethal. Now Eisler's back. So is Rain, the master of death by natural causes whose... (read more)

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The Leopard
The Leopard
by Jo Nesbo
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Two young women are found murdered in Oslo, both drowned in their own blood. Media coverage quickly reaches fever pitch: Could this be the work of a serial killer? The crime scenes offer no coherent clues, the police investigation is stalled, and the... (read more)

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Graphic Novels
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Good-Bye, Chunky Rice
Good-Bye, Chunky Rice
by Craig Thompson
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This here be the first ever “graphical novel book” by Craig Thompson. It was winnning a Harvey Award, no less. It documentates the once upon a time in our fishing village town and a short turtle lad name of Chunky, last name Rice. Mister... (read more)

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Westerns
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Shane
Shane
by Jack Schaefer
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A gunman helps the homesteaders break the power of the Wyoming cattlemen.... (read more)

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World History
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Children of Cain
Children of Cain
by Tina Rosenberg
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An honest judge in Medellin, a Maoist guerilla of Peru's Shining Path, the fair-haired Angel of Death in Argentina's Dirty War, the pool-party rich of El Salvador, the disabused revolutionaries of Nicaragua, and the ordinary Chileans who became silent... (read more)

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Sports and Fitness
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Queen of Ice, Queen of Shadows
Queen of Ice, Queen of Shadows
by Raymond Strait
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Reveals the hard edge of this skating star.... (read more)

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Foreign Languages
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Tartuffe and the Bourgeois Gentleman (Dual-language) (Dual-language Book)
Tartuffe and the Bourgeois Gentleman (Dual-language) (Dual-language Book)
by Moliere
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Two timeless comedies by one of France's greatest playwrights: Tartuffe, a 1664 verse comedy concerning a scoundrel who impersonates a holy man, and the 1670 prose farce The Bourgeois Gentleman, a lampoon about the superficial characteristics of Parisian... (read more)

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Humor
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Forbidden Knowledge: 101 Things Not Everyone Should Know How to Do
Forbidden Knowledge: 101 Things Not Everyone Should Know How to Do
by James Gusto
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Want to know how to . . . start a riot? make moonshine? beat a lie detector test? True, if everyone know how to do such things, the world may not be a better place. But for you, this is just the sort of Forbidden Knowledge that can transform... (read more)

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