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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter #4) by J. K. Rowling Publisher Comments The paperback edition of the legendary, record-breaking, best-selling fourth Harry Potter novel. Harry Potter is midway through his training as a wizard and his coming of age. Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter Publisher Comments This groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize-winning book sets the standard for interdisciplinary writing, exploring the patterns and symbols in the thinking of mathematician Kurt Godel, artist M.C. Escher, and composer Johann Sebastian Bach.... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum Publisher Comments Jason Bourne. He has no past. And he may have no future. His memory is blank. He only knows that he was flushed out of the Mediterranean Sea, his body riddled with bullets. There are a few clues. A frame of microfilm surgically implanted beneath the... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Mass Market
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Everyone Poops (My Body Science) by Taro Gomi Publisher Comments With a straightforward text and illustrations showing beasts and bugs doing it, younger children are shown a natural part of life. "Elephants and mice, fish and raccoons, grown-ups and children, all in their own style do it. The candor is refreshing and... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter #3) by J. K. Rowling Publisher Comments For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort. Now he has escaped, leaving only... (read more) List Price $10.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg Staff Pick Could a bookseller's favorite book really be a children's Christmas picture book? I am often asked to name my favorite book an impossible question to answer, really and I find myself mentioning The Polar Express time and again (not without... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Series of Unfortunate Events #09: The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket Publisher Comments Everybody loves a carnival! Who can fail to delight in the colourful people, the unworldly spectacle, the fabulous freaks? A carnival is a place for good family fun - as long as one has a family, that is. For the Baudelaire orphans,... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $1.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Dog Listener: A Noted Expert Tells You How to Communicate with Your Dog for Willing Cooperation by Jan Fennell Publisher Comments Jan Fennell's remarkable gifts have earned her the nickname "the dog whisperer." Her unique knowledge of the canine world and its instinctive language has enabled her to bring even the most desperate and troubled dogs to heel. This easy-to-follow guide... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Brothers Karamazov (Bantam Classics) by Fyodor M Dostoevsky Publisher Comments In 1880 Dostoevsky completed The Brothers Karamazov, the literary effort for which he had been preparing all his life. Compelling, profound, complex, it is the story of a patricide and of the four sons who each had a motive for murder: Dmitry, the... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford Publisher Comments A "New York Times" Notable Book, this landmark biography uncovers for the first time the dark side of Edna St. Vincent Millay, the most famous poet of the Jazz Age. Chosen by "Entertainment Weekly" as the #1 nonfiction book of the year.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene Staff Pick Many books have been written in an attempt to explain quantum physics to the layperson. Considering that most physicists still have problems coming to grips with the counter-intuitive implications of quantum theory, it is easy to understand why they do... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Little Big Man by Thomas Berger Publisher Comments The story of Jack Crabbe, raised by both a white man and a Cheyenne chief. As a Cheyenne, Jack ate dog, had four wives and saw his people butchered by General Custer's soldiers. As a white man, he participated in the slaughter of the buffalo and tangled... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas by Edward Gorey Publisher Comments Gorey has never been funnier or more “impossible to resist” (Boston Herald) than in this peculiar retelling of Charles Dickenss A Christmas Carol.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Skipping Christmas by John Grisham Publisher Comments Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. Thats just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, theyll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $1.50 Used - Hardcover
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Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words by Bill Bryson Publisher Comments One of the English language’s most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage. As usual Bill Bryson says it best: “English is a dazzlingly idiosyncratic tongue, full of quirks and irregularities that often... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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American Gods by Neil Gaiman Publisher Comments Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she's been killed in a terrible accident.Flying home for the funeral, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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Sword of Truth #07: The Pillars of Creation by Terry Goodkind Publisher Comments Sequel to the New York Times bestselling Faith of the Fallen New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind has created his most lavish adventure yet. Tormented her entire life by inhuman voices, a young woman named Lauren seeks to end her intolerable... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson Publisher Comments Sloan Wilson's searing indictment of a society that favours wealth and power over spiritual integrity.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson Publisher Comments National Bestseller September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan by Jamie Zeppa Publisher Comments Jamie Zeppa was 24 when she left a stagnant life at home and signed a contract to teach for two years in the Buddhist hermit kingdom of Bhutan. Much more than just a travel memoir, Beyond the Sky and the Earth is the story of her... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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