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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 House on Mango Street (Vintage Contemporaries) The House on Mango Street (Vintage Contemporaries)
by Sandra Cisneros

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Told in a series of vignettes stunning for their eloquence, The House on Mango Street is Sandra Cisneros's greatly admired novel of a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Acclaimed by critics, beloved by children, their parents and... (read more)

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The Creative Photographer: A Complete Guide to Photography The Creative Photographer: A Complete Guide to Photography
by John Ingledew

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"The Creative Photographer" is a complete introduction to the modern medium of photography, designed to meet the needs of photography, art, and design students, as well as beginners who want a broad overview of the field. It approaches photography as an... (read more)

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Scien-Trickery: Riddles in Science Scien-Trickery: Riddles in Science
by J Patrick Lewis

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These clever riddle-rhymes cover everything from dinosaurs to gravity. The illustrations incorporate clues about the riddles, and the answers themselves are subtly included for anyone who needs a little extra help.      Endnotes... (read more)

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Red Mars (Mars Trilogy) Red Mars (Mars Trilogy)
by Kim S Robinson

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Chronicles the colonization of Mars in the year 2026.... (read more)

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The Prophet The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran

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The Godfather The Godfather
by Mario Puzo

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The Godfather is a supercharged account of a family that uses guns, axes, and the psychology of fear to achieve dominance over the whole Mafia network in the United States. The Godfather is Don Vito Corleone, a Sicilian-American patriarch, already one of... (read more)

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Mystery

The Gun Seller The Gun Seller
by Hugh Laurie

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The Gun Seller reminds me of a well-made gin and tonic — crisp, hip, and refreshing, with a droll twist of lime. Recommended by Carrie, Powells... (read more)

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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
by Frank Miller

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A tour de force of powerful storytelling and intense characterization, "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" is the tale of a tortured man's effort to save a city spiraling into chaos. An aging, time-worn Batman struggles with the acceptance of a new Robin... (read more)

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Westerns

The Walking Drum The Walking Drum
by Louis Lamour

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Travelling across Europe and through the Byzantine wonders of Constantinople, the adventurer Kerbouchard encounters the passions and violence of an ancient world.... (read more)

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World History

The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller
by Carlo Ginzburg

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"A wonderful book... Ginzburg is a historian with an insatiable curiosity, who pursues even the faintest of clues with all the zest of a born detective until every fragment of evidence can be fitted into place." -- New York Review of... (read more)

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Sports and Fitness

Nutrition Applied to Injury Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine (Nutrition in Exercise and Sport) Nutrition Applied to Injury Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine (Nutrition in Exercise and Sport)
by Luke R Bucci

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This timely and exciting new book brings together for the first time the readily available choices of dietary supplements and their relationship to injury rehabilitation. Nutrition Applied to Injury Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine supports the... (read more)

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Foreign Languages

Al Corriente Al Corriente
by Robert J Johnson

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The core of this proficiency-based worktext is more than 250 expressions that help students learn conversational "survival" Spanish. In the first part of the book, students learn the phrases and practice them in fun activities and games. The second part... (read more)

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Humor

Yiddish with George and Laura Yiddish with George and Laura
by Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman

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Yiddish with Dick and Jane fans now have a new Yiddish-speaking WASP family story to thoroughly enjoy. George the macher, Bar the farbisseneh, and the whole mishpocha express themselves. Recommended by Emma, Powells.com... (read more)

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