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Literature
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
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Perfect for book groups, a charming series of letters make up this short novel set in post-WWII Europe. The correspondents, drawn together by their love of books and affection for each other, collectively tell a moving tale of endurance and friendship in... (read more)

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Photography
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The New Manual of Photography
The New Manual of Photography
by John Hedgecoe
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Authoritative and easy-to-understand, John Hedgecoe's New Manual of Photography features practical advice on every element of the photographic process, from how to choose the right equipment and specialist techniques to inspirational guidance on the art... (read more)

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Children's
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The Mysterious Benedict Society (Mysterious Benedict Society #01)
The Mysterious Benedict Society (Mysterious Benedict Society #01)
by Trenton Lee Stewart
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Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities? When this peculiar ad appears in the newspaper, dozens of children enroll to take a series of mysterious, mind-bending tests. (And you, dear reader, can test your wits right alongside them... (read more)

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Remnant Population
Remnant Population
by Elizabeth Moon
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For forty years, Colony 3245.12 has been Ofelia’s home. On this planet far away in space and time from the world of her youth, she has lived and loved, weathered the death of her husband, raised her one surviving child, lovingly tended her garden... (read more)

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Religion Eastern
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Magic and Mystery in Tibet
Magic and Mystery in Tibet
by Alexandr David Neel
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A practicing Buddhist and Oriental linguist recounts supernatural events she witnessed in Tibet during the 1920s. Intelligent and witty, she describes the fantastic effects of meditation and shamanic magic -- levitation, telepathy, more. 32 photographs.... (read more)

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Prince of Fire
Prince of Fire
by Daniel Silva
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Gabriel Allon faces his most determined enemy-and greatest challenge-in the stunning novel from the world-class practitioner of spy fiction.... (read more)

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Transfer of Power
Transfer of Power
by Vince Flynn
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What if America's most powerful leader was also its prime target? On a busy Washington morning, the stately calm of the White House is shattered as terrorists gain control of the executive mansion, slaughtering dozens of people. The president is... (read more)

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Graphic Novels
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Spawn Collection Volume 3
Spawn Collection Volume 3
by Todd Mcfarlane
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Spawn, the archetypal anti-hero, is featured in pivotal confrontations with The Violator, The Freak, Cy-gor and The Curse. Complete your Spawn library with 20 issues of pulse pounding sequentials.... (read more)

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Westerns
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Sacketts #12: The Skyliners: The Sacketts
Sacketts #12: The Skyliners: The Sacketts
by Louis Lamour
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The Sackett boys weren't out to make a reputation -- it just happened that way. They had crossed Black Fetchen and lived to tell about it. Now Fetchen was coming for them with the most expensive hired guns in the country. But the Sacketts were no... (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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Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World
Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World
by Glenn Stout
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In 1926, before skirt lengths inched above the knee and before anyone was ready to accept that a woman could test herself physically, a plucky American teenager named Trudy Ederle captured the imagination of the world when she became the first woman to... (read more)

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Foreign Languages
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Jazz Chants (Jazz Chants)
Jazz Chants (Jazz Chants)
by Carolyn Graham
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Jazz Chants are Carolyn Graham's snappy, upbeat chants and poems that use jazz rhythms to illustrate the natural stress and intonation patterns of conversational American English. Her first book, Jazz Chants, was published in 1978, followed by Jazz... (read more)

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Humor
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F U, Penguin: Telling Cute Animals What's What
F U, Penguin: Telling Cute Animals What's What
by Matthew Gasteier
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Attention, all you clumsy pandas, lovable puffins, huggable bunnies, and penguins that elicit ooohs and aaahs: The jig is up We have lived under your furry fists for too long. There is a cute and present danger lurking out there-in the wild, in the zoos,... (read more)

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