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The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
by Muriel Barbery
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The enthralling international bestseller. We are in the center of Paris, in an elegant apartment building inhabited by bourgeois families. Renée, the concierge, is witness to the lavish but vacuous lives of her numerous employers. Outwardly she... (read more)

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Material World : Global Family Portrait (94 Edition)
Material World : Global Family Portrait (94 Edition)
by Peter (photographer) Menzel
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In an unprecedented effort, sixteen of the world’s foremost photographers traveled to thirty nations around the globe to live for a week with families that were statistically average for that nation. At the end of each visit, photographer and... (read more)

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One Million Things: A Visual Encyclopedia
One Million Things: A Visual Encyclopedia
by DK Publishing
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This book made me giddy — in a good way — the first time I looked through it. I longed to stretch out on my belly on the floor and thumb through this fascinating book for hours. I grabbed everyone around me to show them my favorite pictures (check... (read more)

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Reliquary
Reliquary
by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
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Hidden deep beneath Manhattan lies a warren of tunnels, sewers, and galleries, mostly forgotten by those who walk the streets above. There lies the ultimate secret of the Museum Beast. When two grotesquely deformed skeletons are found deep in the... (read more)

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Religion Eastern
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Yoga: The Path to Holistic Health (Yoga for Living)
Yoga: The Path to Holistic Health (Yoga for Living)
by B K S Iyengar
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Around the world, increasing numbers of people are turning to yoga as a means of keeping fit and reducing stress. In this comprehensive and highly illustrated guide B.K.S. Iyengar, the world's leading teacher of yoga, shares his unique, holistic approach.... (read more)

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Rainbow Six
Rainbow Six
by Tom Clancy
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Ex-Navy SEAL John Clark is the newly named head of Rainbow, an international task force dedicated to combating terrorism. In a trial by fire, he must stop a terrorist group of men and women so extreme that their success could literally mean the end of... (read more)

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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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Rebirth #02
Rebirth #02
by Kang-Woo Lee
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Shadows are born from Light ... Born of noble blood, Deshwitat Rudbich became an outcast after being infected by the Vampire curse. Now he's reduced to drinking the blood of his former countrymen in order to survive. ... but the Light can always... (read more)

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Westerns
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Plainsmen #05: Devil's Backbone: The Modoc War, 1872-3
Plainsmen #05: Devil's Backbone: The Modoc War, 1872-3
by Terry Johnston
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The Modoc Indians and American officials had been flirting with war in the Oregon Territory for some time. When Modoc chief Keintpoos murdered a Civil War hero during negotiations, the U.S. Army launched a deadly offensive against the rebel tribe... (read more)

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World History
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Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
by Jon Lee Anderson
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Che Guevara's face can seem ubiquitous these days. Knowing very little about him, I decided to pick up this rather hefty biography by Jon Lee Anderson. I was planning on scanning the 832-page book for the highlights, but after only twenty pages I was... (read more)

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Sports and Fitness
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A Golfer's Life
A Golfer's Life
by Arnold Palmer
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There has never been a golfer to rival Arnold Palmer. He's the most aggressive, most exciting player the game has ever known, a dynamo famous for coming from behind to make bold last-minute charges to victory. To the legions of golf fans known around... (read more)

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Foreign Languages
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1001 Most Useful Spanish Words (Beginners' Guides)
1001 Most Useful Spanish Words (Beginners' Guides)
by Seymour Resnick
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Indispensable learning aid includes definitions of common Spanish words arranged by such categories as foods, numbers, days of the week, months, colors, seasons and family. At the book's heart is a dictionary, from a to zapato, where each word is used in... (read more)

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Humor
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Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life
Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life
by Neil Strauss
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Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. Domestic crackdowns. Economic collapse. Riots. Wars. Disease. Starvation. What can you do when it all hits the fan? You can learn to be self-sufficient and survive without the system. "I've started to... (read more)

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