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  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 (01 Edition) by Ben Mikaelsen
  4. First Part Last (03 Edition) by Angela Johnson
  5. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
  6. The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross
  7. Practicing College Learning Strategies (4TH 07 Edition) by Carolyn H. Hopper
  8. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
  9. Graphic Guide To Frame Construction Rev Edition by Rob Thallon
  10. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
  11. Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper
  12. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
  13. Our White House by Natl Childrens Bk Al
  14. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
  15. Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim
  16. The House on Mango Street (Vintage Contemporaries) by Sandra Cisneros
  17. The Shack by William P Young
  18. Merriam Webster Dictionary New Edition by Merriam Webster
  19. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  20. Concrete Countertops by Fu Tung Cheng

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1984 (Signet Classics) 1984 (Signet Classics)
by George Orwell

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The Familial Gaze The Familial Gaze
by Marianne Hirsch

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The Sign of the Beaver The Sign of the Beaver
by Elizabeth George Speare

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Twelve-year-old Matt is left on his own in the Maine wilderness while his father leaves to bring the rest of the family to their new settlement. When he befriends Attean, an Indian chief’s grandson, he is invited to join the Beaver tribe and move... (read more)

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Reality Dysfunction #02: The Reality Dysfunction Part 2: Expansion Reality Dysfunction #02: The Reality Dysfunction Part 2: Expansion
by Peter F Hamilton

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In the far future, on a primitive world called Lalonde, two groups of humans clash in an epic confrontation. The Edenists are genetically engineered space-dwellers with a telepathic affinity to their homes and ships. The Adamists reject advanced... (read more)

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Zen and the Way of the Sword: Arming the Samurai Psyche Zen and the Way of the Sword: Arming the Samurai Psyche
by Winston King

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Zen--serene, contemplative, a discipline of meditation associated with painting, rock gardens, and flower arranging--seems an odd ingredient in the martial psyche of the Japanese samurai. "One who is a samurai must before all things keep constantly in... (read more)

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London Bridges London Bridges
by James Patterson

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In the tenth book in the Alex Cross series, the popular detective squares off against two of his most lethal enemies: the Wolf (from The Big Bad Wolf) and the Weasel (from Pop Goes the Weasel). As a special bonus, the mass market edition will include a... (read more)

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Mystery

Kiss the Girls Kiss the Girls
by James Patterson

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In Los Angeles, a reporter investigating a series of murders is killed. In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a beautiful medical intern suddenly disappears. Washington D.C.Us Alex Cross is back to solve the most baffling and terrifying murder case ever. Two... (read more)

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In the Shadow of No Towers In the Shadow of No Towers
by Art Spiegelman

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"Three years after the terrorist attacks, the once-incomprehensible has become part of our routine, a fact of our daily lives, perhaps taken for granted by those whose lives were not directly, irrevocably altered by the disaster. In the Shadow of No... (read more)

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Westerns

Dead Man's Walk Dead Man's Walk
by Larry Mcmurtry

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In Dead Man's Walk, the prequel to the bestselling books, Lonesome Dove and Streets of Laredo, McMurtry dazzles readers once more with the early adventures of two of the most memorable heroes in contemporary fiction--Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call... (read more)

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World History

World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age
by William Manchester

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From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative... (read more)

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Sports and Fitness

Sports Illustrated: Going Deep: 20 Classic Sports Stories Sports Illustrated: Going Deep: 20 Classic Sports Stories
by Sports Illustrated E

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For 25 years, the four-time winner of the National Magazine Award has left the readers of "Sports Illustrated" spellbound with his compelling long-form storytelling. This collection gathers 20 of Smith's stories that showcase the richness of his... (read more)

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Foreign Languages

Hebrew/English Dictionary Hebrew/English Dictionary
by Ehud Ben Yehuda

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Ben-Yehuda's POCKET ENGLISH-HEBREW, HEBREW-ENGLISH DICTIONARY derives from the eight-volume DICTIONARY AND THESAURUS OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the father of modern Hebrew, and from the new studies by his son, Ehud Ben-Yehuda, and... (read more)

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Humor

The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics
by Dennis O'Neil

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The authoritative resource on writing comics — illustrated with DC Comics' classic characters! A living legend in the comics industry, author Dennis O'Neil reveals the inside tricks and no-fail techniques for comic book storytelling. In The DC... (read more)

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