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Running with Scissors: A Memoir Running with Scissors: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs
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 The #1 New York Times Bestseller An Entertainment Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year Now a Major Motion Picture Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to... (read more)

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Photography

SuicideGirls SuicideGirls
by Missy Suicide
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The SuicideGirls adult-entertainment website mixes the edginess, smarts, and attitude of the best alternative music and culture sites with an unapologetic, grassroots approach to sexuality. It is "empowered erotica," in which women outside of mainstream... (read more)

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Children's

Fablehaven Fablehaven
by Brandon Mull
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For centuries mystical creatures of all description were gathered into a hidden refuge called Fablehaven to prevent their extinction. The sanctuary survives today as one of the last strongholds of true magic. Enchanting? Absolutely. Exciting? You bet... (read more)

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Science Fiction and Fantasy

The Terror The Terror
by Dan Simmons
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The Terror is perhaps the perfect blend of exploration and horror writing. An expedition looking for the Northwest Passage becomes icebound for the winter, and then crew members begin to disappear. The book is a genuine page-turner, as the crew members... (read more)

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Religion Eastern

Scholar Warrior: An Introduction to the Tao in Everyday Life Scholar Warrior: An Introduction to the Tao in Everyday Life
by Ming Dao Deng
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In this beautifully illustrated offering of ancient wisdom, Deng Ming-Dao shares the secrets of the spiritual path handed down to him by Kwan Saihung, his Taoist master, as well as by herbalists, martial artists, and other practitioners of the ancient... (read more)

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Popular Fiction

The Mission Song The Mission Song
by John Le Carre
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Hailed everywhere as a masterpiece of suspense, John le Carre's return to Africa is the story of Bruno Salvador (aka Salvo), the 25-year-old orphaned love child of an Irish missionary and a Congolese woman. Quickly rising to the top of his profession as... (read more)

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Mystery

Shutter Island Shutter Island
by Dennis Lehane
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When it's too darn hot, open Shutter Island for a thoroughly chilling experience. Lehane describes the book as gothic noir. I'd say it was that, plus intelligent and riveting. Two policemen investigate a disappearance on a remote island psychiatric... (read more)

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Graphic Novels

Preacher #03: Proud Americans Preacher #03: Proud Americans
by Garth Ennis
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Jesse Custer heads for France to rescue Cassidy, the Irish vampire, from the clutches of religious fanatics. His search leads him into a no-holds-barred battle against the forces of the Grail. Also told here is the story of how Cassidy became a vampire... (read more)

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Westerns

Education of a Wandering Man Education of a Wandering Man
by Louis Lamour
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Shortly before his death in June 1988, Louis L’Amour completed writing his most unique adventure story: a personal reflection on his lifelong love affair with learning. Now Bantam Books proudly presents this special Centennial Edition of Education... (read more)

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World History

Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage
by Stephen Budiansky
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Queen Elizabeth I and England's First Spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham's official title was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, but in fact this pious, tight-lipped Puritan was England's first spymaster. A ruthless, fiercely loyal civil servant... (read more)

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Sports and Fitness

Pre: The Story of America's Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine Pre: The Story of America's Greatest Running Legend, Steve Prefontaine
by Tom Jordan
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The story of America's greatest running legend. For five years, no American runner could beat him at any distance over a mile. But at the age of 24, with his best years still ahead, long-distance runner Steve Prefontaine finally lost. Driving alone... (read more)

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Foreign Languages

501 Spanish Verbs 4TH Edition 501 Spanish Verbs 4TH Edition
by Christopher Kendris
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With more than 1 million copies in print, the new, updated edition of this all-time best selling language book of Spanish verbs is now printed in two colors for increased ease of reference. The most important and most commonly used Spanish verbs are... (read more)

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Humor

The Zombie Survival Guide The Zombie Survival Guide
by Max Brooks
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Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, "The Zombie Survival Guide"is one's key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking thestreets right now.... (read more)

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