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Literature
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (Oprah's Book Club Selection #62)
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (Oprah's Book Club Selection #62)
by David Wroblewski
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Born mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents on their farm in remote northern Wisconsin. For generations, the Sawtelles have raised and trained a fictional breed of dog whose thoughtful companionship is... (read more)

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Learning to See Creatively
Learning to See Creatively
by Bryan F Peterson
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Almost everyone can "see" in the ordinary sense, but developing photographic vision takes practice. Learning to See Creatively teaches you how to recognize and avoid the visual prejudices that lead to dull, uninventive photographs. Bryan Peterson's... (read more)

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J K Rowling
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Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to hatch a dragon, and has never worn a cloak of invisibility. All he knows is a miserable life... (read more)

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Science Fiction and Fantasy
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The Protector's War
The Protector's War
by S M Stirling
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The national bestselling alternate history epic continues... Ten years after The Change rendered technology inoperable throughout the world, two brave leaders built two thriving communities in Oregon's Willamette Valley. But now the armies of the... (read more)

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Religion Eastern
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The Search for the Panchen Lama
The Search for the Panchen Lama
by Isabel Hilton
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The inside story of a seven-year-old Tibetan boy, believed to be the 11th incarnation of Buddhist spiritual leader Panchen Lama, who was taken from his home by Chinese authorities in 1995, and hasn't been seen since.... (read more)

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Dark Summer
Dark Summer
by Iris Johansen
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With an explosive pace, unforgettable characters, and gut-wrenching action, Dark Summer is compelling new terrain for #1 blockbuster bestselling author Iris Johansen It begins with a single shot. Devon Brady is a devoted veterinarian working in a... (read more)

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Angels and Demons
Angels and Demons
by Dan Brown
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When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol — seared into the chest of a murdered physicist — he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an... (read more)

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Magnetic North :ultimate Xmen Volume 13
Magnetic North :ultimate Xmen Volume 13
by Stuart Immonen
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Emma Frost, Alex Summers and the X-Men's greatest enemy star in an epic new storyline! When teenage mutant Lorna Dane accidentally commits a horrific crime, will the X-Men protect her, or leave her to the fury of S.H.I.E.L.D.? Collects Ultimate X-Men #61-... (read more)

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Westerns
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The Exile
The Exile
by Richard S Wheeler
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Thomas Francis Meagher was a disturber of the peace. Banished from his native Ireland for sedition and exiled to remote Van Diemen's Land, an island off the south Australian coast, he escaped imprisonment and reached New York in 1852. Feted as Meagher of... (read more)

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The Places In Between
The Places In Between
by Rory Stewart
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In January 2002, Rory Stewart survived a walk across Afghanistan by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. In this memoir, he writes about heroes and rogues, tribal elders and teenage soldiers... (read more)

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Sports and Fitness
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Levels of the Game
Levels of the Game
by John Mcphee
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This account of a tennis match played by Arthur Ashe against Clark Graebner at Forest Hills in 1968 begins with the ball rising into the air for the initial serve and ends with the final point. McPhee provides a brilliant, stroke-by-stroke description... (read more)

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French Stories : Contes Francais: A Dual-Language Book: With Translations, Critical Introductions, Notes, and Vocabulary by the Editor (Dual-Language Books)
French Stories : Contes Francais: A Dual-Language Book: With Translations, Critical Introductions, Notes, and Vocabulary by the Editor (Dual-Language Books)
by Wallace Fowlie
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10 unusual stories by French literary masters from Voltaire to Camus: "Micromégas," by Voltaire; "The Atheist’s Mass" by Balzac; "The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaler" by Flaubert; "Spleen of Paris" by Baudelaire; "Minuet" by de... (read more)

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Humor
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Porn for Women
Porn for Women
by Cambridge Women's Pornography Cooperative
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Prepare to enter a fantasy world. A world where clothes get folded just so, delicious dinners await, and flatulence is just not that funny. Give the fairer sex what they really want beautiful PG photos of hunky men cooking, listening, asking for... (read more)

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