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The Good Earth: Oprah Book Club #6
The Good Earth: Oprah Book Club #6
by Pearl S. Buck
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Pearl S. Buck's epic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a China that was -- now in a Contemporary Classics edition. Though more than sixty years have passed since this remarkable novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of... (read more)

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The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
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Despite a long and varied literate life, I somehow made it to 2010 without having ever read Hemingway, even compulsory high-school Hemingway. Intimidated by his bravado and bullfighting, I steered clear of ol' Papa. It only hit me a few months ago, after... (read more)

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For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway
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In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from "the good fight," For Whom the Bell Tolls. The story of Robert Jordan, a... (read more)

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Catch-22
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
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If your only experience with Catch-22 was reading it for a class in high school — or if you haven't even read it at all — you owe it to yourself to revisit this book. It's a comic masterpiece, yes, but more than that: Catch-22 is a blast of anarchic... (read more)

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Brave Companions
Brave Companions
by David McCullough
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The bestselling author of Truman and John Adams, David McCullough has written profiles of exceptional men and women past and present who have not only shaped the course of history or changed how we see the world but whose stories express much that is... (read more)

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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge (Touchstone Books)
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge (Touchstone Books)
by David McCullough
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This monumental book tells the enthralling story of one of the greatest accomplishments in our nations history, the building of what was then the longest suspension bridge in the world. The Brooklyn Bridge rose out of the expansive era following the... (read more)

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The Jungle (Bantam Classics)
The Jungle (Bantam Classics)
by Upton Sinclair
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Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a vivid portrait of life and death in a turn-of-the-century American meat-packing factory. A grim indictment that led to government regulations of the food industry, The Jungle is Sinclair's extraordinary contribution to... (read more)

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The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan has been acclaimed by generations of readers... (read more)

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A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
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The best American novel to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse.... (read more)

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Lies My Teacher Told Me
Lies My Teacher Told Me
by James W Loewen
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Winner of the 1996 American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship Americans have lost touch with their history, and in this thought-provoking book, Professor James Loewen shows why. After surveying twelve... (read more)

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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
by Tony Horwitz
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Blue Latitudes is an enjoyable and often hilarious journey into the amazing life and adventures of Captain James Cook and his crew. There is no better way to learn nautical history than to bring an Aussie, and a bottle of grog, along.... (read more)

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The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
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The Sun Also Rises was Ernest Hemingway's first big novel, and immediately established Hemingway as one of the great prose stylists, and one of the preeminent writers of his time. It is also the book that encapsulates the angst of the post-World War I... (read more)

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Merriam Websters Collegiate Dictionary 11TH Edition
Merriam Websters Collegiate Dictionary 11TH Edition
by Merriam Webster
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The new Eleventh Edition of America's best-selling dictionary merges print, CD-ROM, and Internet-based formats to deliver unprecedented accessibility and flexibility at one affordable price. Fully revised print content features more than 225,000 clear... (read more)

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Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch
by William S. Burroughs
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Naked Lunch is the unnerving tale of a monumental descent into the hellish world of a narcotics addict as he travels from New York to Tangiers, then into Interzone, a nightmarish modern urban wasteland in which the forces of good and evil vie for control... (read more)

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Heart of a Dog (68 Edition)
Heart of a Dog (68 Edition)
by Mikhail Bulgakov
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An amusing story about a stray dog who is surgically transported into the body of a criminal and later becomes the director of the animal control department that is responsible for ridding the city of cats. His animal tendencies and criminal antics cause... (read more)

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Pinduli (04 Edition)
Pinduli (04 Edition)
by Janell Cannon
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Janell Cannon's newest picture book about an unloved animal features an endearing young hyena named Pinduli.... (read more)

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Illustration Now!
Illustration Now!
by Julius Wiedemann
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Von Zeitschriften und Tageszeitungen über Anzeigenwerbung, CD-Cover bis hin zum Handy-Wallpaper - Illustration ist heute maßgeblicher Bestandteil der visuellen Kommunikation. Wie der Fantasie selbst, stehen der Illustration unbegrenzte... (read more)

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The Art of Discworld
The Art of Discworld
by Terry Pratchett and Paul Kidby
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The Discworld floats through space on the backs of four elephants standing on a giant turtle (once there were five elephants, but that's another story). It's a world bursting with magic, a land of contrasts and extremes, from the bustling metropolis of... (read more)

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Robota
Robota
by Orson Scott Card and Doug Chiang
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An illustrated science fiction book from award-winning artist Doug Chiang and the popular fantasy writer Orson Scott. Review coverage in men's magazines and national newspapers. 75 colour illus.... (read more)

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Alexander Hamilton: A Life
Alexander Hamilton: A Life
by Willard Ste Randall
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Chapter One The Wish of My Heart Alexander Hamilton realized instantly that he would die. Before he even heard the shot, the oversize lead ball had torn into his right side just above the hip, crashed through a rib, sliced through his liver, shattering a... (read more)

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