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Bestselling Used Books for July 18

  1. American Heritage Dictionary 4TH Edition by American Heritage
  2. Harpercollins Student Notebook Spanish Dictionary (04 Edition) by Harper Collins Publishing Staff
  3. Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
  4. Twilight (Twilight Saga #1) by Stephenie Meyer
  5. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
  6. First Part Last (03 Edition) by Angela Johnson
  7. The New Best Recipe (Best Recipe) by Cooks Illustrated
  8. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
  9. Touching Spirit Bear (05 Edition) by Ben Mikaelsen
  10. Practicing College Learning Strategies (4TH 07 Edition) by Carolyn H. Hopper
  11. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
  12. The Shack by William P Young
  13. Graphic Guide To Frame Construction Rev Edition by Rob Thallon
  14. Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper
  15. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
  16. The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross
  17. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
  18. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
  19. Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim
  20. Merriam Webster Dictionary New Edition by Merriam Webster

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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye
by J D Salinger

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Ever since it was first published in 1951, this novel has been the coming-of-age story against which all others are judged. Read and cherished by generations, the story of Holden Caulfield is truly one of America's literary treasures.... (read more)

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Mastering Composition with Your Digital Slr Mastering Composition with Your Digital Slr
by Chris Rutter

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Mastering Composition with Your Digital SLR is a master class in creative composition techniques. With step-by-step workshops on portraits and people shots, landscapes and action, action images and specialized techniques, this book shows photographers... (read more)

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Math Curse Math Curse
by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith

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From the inventive team that created "The Stinky Cheese Man," comes a tale of a girl in the relentless grip of math-mania.... (read more)

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Star Wars Clone Wars Adventures Volume 6 Star Wars Clone Wars Adventures Volume 6
by Fillbach Brothers

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Four more thrilling tales of planets in peril and Jedi in jeopardy! The Clone Wars grind through the galaxy, shaking every system to its core and testing loyalties on both sides of the conflict. The last days of the Jedi at hand, but if their Order is to... (read more)

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The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
by Dalai Lama

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"Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, the very purpose of our life is happiness, the very motion of our life is towards happiness." – H.H. the Dalai Lama, from The Art of Happiness So... (read more)

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Popular Fiction

Takedown: A Thriller Takedown: A Thriller
by Brad Thor

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After years without a terrorist attack on American soil, one group has picked the 4th of July weekend to pull out all the stops. In a perfectly executed attack, all of the bridges and tunnels leading into and out of Manhattan are destroyed just as... (read more)

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The Mystery Dollar Mystery Book The Mystery Dollar Mystery Book
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Case File #123 I had tailed Mrs. Mullray to the City of Books, a top notch kind of a joint just about a hundred miles south of nowhere. It had been raining pretty hard that night but I didn't need to use the brights or the wipers to keep tabs on... (read more)


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Graphic Novels

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
by Marjane Satrapi

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Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black... (read more)

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Westerns

Callaghen Callaghen
by Louis Lamour

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Callaghen’s business is soldiering. For twenty years he’d fought all over the world, from China to the deserts of California; now he’s a private in the U.S. Cavalry, poorly paid, his enlistment about to run out. He’s ready to move... (read more)

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World History

Along the Silk Road Along the Silk Road
by Elizabeth Ten Grotenhuis

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This richly illustrated, lively book is keynoted by Yo-Yo Ma's candid insights into contemporary music and the Silk Road routes of Asia. Other contributors explore the Silk Road in their roles as archaeologists, photographers, scientists and film critics.... (read more)

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Sports and Fitness

The Junction Boys: How Ten Days in Hell with Bear Bryant Forged a Champion Team Exa The Junction Boys: How Ten Days in Hell with Bear Bryant Forged a Champion Team Exa
by Jim Dent

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The legendary Paul "Bear" Bryant is recognized nationwide as one of the greatest coaches ever. So why did he always cite his 1-9 A&M team of 1954 as his favorite? This is the story of a remarkable team – and the beginning of the legend. The... (read more)

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Foreign Languages

Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar
by Seiichi Makino and Michio Tsutsui

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This book offers a new approach to the interpretation of Japanese grammar and provides a convenient dictionary of grammar-related expressions. It constitutes a standard reference for Japanese and is indispensable to the study of the language. This work... (read more)


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Humor

The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes Ppb The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes Ppb
by Bill Watterson

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Calvin, the six-year-old dirty tricksmeister and master of indignation and his warm, cuddly philosopher sidekick and Hobbes, a tiger whose idea of adventure is to lie on his back by the fire and have his stomach rubbed. This unlikely due captured the... (read more)

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