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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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Life of Pi Life of Pi
by Yann Martel

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Mass market edition of Martel's Booker-winner which looks set to be a huge seller for the Edinburgh-based independent publisher, and for the rest of us. A spellbinding allegory with a wrenching literary twist - this is a modern classic in the making. "A... (read more)

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The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
by Corinne May Botz

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A fascinating book for anyone interested in criminal investigation and forensics. Frances Glessner Lee founded the Department of Legal Medicine at Harvard in 1936. By the 1940s, she was building detailed doll houses that replicated unsolved crime scenes... (read more)

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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Aladdin Fantasy) Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Aladdin Fantasy)
by Robert C Obrien

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Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be... (read more)

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Anathem Anathem
by Neal Stephenson

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As a novelist of ideas, Neal Stephenson is known for writing books that are thematically dense. Anathem is no exception. In a world where mathematical philosophers live isolated like monks, the appearance of an orbiting alien spaceship — which has a... (read more)

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Religion Eastern

Dharma Punx Dharma Punx
by Noah Levine

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Fueled by the music of revolution, anger, fear, and despair, we dyed our hair or shaved our heads ... Eating acid like it was candy and chasing speed with cheap vodka, smoking truckloads of weed, all in a vain attempt to get numb and stay numb. This is... (read more)

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The Pillars of the Earth The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett

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Ken Follett, internationally-acclaimed master of split-second suspense, author of six #1 bestsellers, reaches beyond the expected to achieve his most brilliant and remarkable novel. The epic story of the building of a cathedral in 12th century England... (read more)

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Mystery

The Wheel of Darkness The Wheel of Darkness
by Douglas Preston

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FBI Special Agent Pendergast is taking a break from work to take Constance on a whirlwind Grand Tour, hoping to give her closure and a sense of the world that she's missed. They head to Tibet, where Pendergast intensively trained in martial arts and... (read more)

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Graphic Novels

V for Vendetta V for Vendetta
by Alan Moore

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Superbly illustrated by David Lloyd, this terrifying, sharply drawn portrait of totalitarianism and resistance cemented Alan Moore's reputation as perhaps the greatest comics writer of his time. Now a major motion picture directed by James McTeigure and... (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

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder

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Beautifully told, and entirely inspiring, Mountains Beyond Mountains is an exceptional look at the heroic life of Dr. Paul Farmer. Providing health care for hundreds of thousands in a remote, impoverished region of Haiti, Farmer's incomparable dedication... (read more)

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Sports and Fitness

My Losing Season My Losing Season
by Pat Conroy

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PAT CONROY—AMERICA’S MOST BELOVED STORYTELLER—IS BACK! “I was born to be a point guard, but not a very good one. . . .There was a time in my life when I walked through the world known to myself and others as an athlete. It was... (read more)

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Foreign Languages

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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Humor

Daily Afflictions: The Agony of Being Connected to Everything in the Universe Daily Afflictions: The Agony of Being Connected to Everything in the Universe
by Andrew Boyd

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Revolutionizing a bestselling genre, this thinking man's parody hijacks the format of "daily affirmations" by offering "daily afflictions" to give readers inspiration, practical advice, and food for thought.... (read more)

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