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Endlich gibt es sie wieder, die legendären Moleskine-Notizbücher. Ernest Hemingway, Oscar Wilde und Bruce Chatwin bannten Ihre Gedanken zwischen zwei schwarze Umschläge aus Maulwurfshaut" (englisch: moleskin). Auch Vincent van Gogh und... (read more)

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The Garden Book is a comprehensive illustrated survey of 500 of the world's most influential garden makers — designers, patrons and owners — and their gardens. The selection gives an unrivalled overview of the world's gardens and landscapes... (read more)

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< h4 align=center> This is NOT your father's home repair book < /h4> < p> And it's not your husband's, your brother's, your boyfriend's, or the guy's next door. < i> Dare to Repair< /i> is a do-it-herself book for every... (read more)

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The Host, Stephenie Meyer's first book for an adult audience, is a fascinating story of love and betrayal set against the backdrop of an alien invasion. In this thought-provoking and captivating novel, in which alien parasites take over human bodies, the... (read more)

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The Rough Guide to World Music is the unchallenged reference work on sounds from around the globe. This third edition is more comprehensive than ever - updated and expanded throughout and with a number of new countries added. Volume 1: Africa andamp... (read more)

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A new holiday classic from the author of the bestselling Naked and Barrel Fever! Holidays On Ice collects six of David Sedaris's most profound Christmas stories into one slender volume perfect for use as a last-minute coaster or ice scraper. This... (read more)

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A compendium of information, legends, lore, superstition, and other approaches to understanding Earth's natural satellite. Color photographs and reproductions and quotations from literature comprise the core of the treatment, with the text filling in... (read more)

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Endlich gibt es sie wieder, die legendären Moleskine-Notizbücher. Ernest Hemingway, Oscar Wilde und Bruce Chatwin bannten Ihre Gedanken zwischen zwei schwarze Umschläge aus Maulwurfshaut" (englisch: moleskin). Auch Vincent van Gogh und... (read more)

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How many of us have caught ourselves gazing into the eyes of a pet, wondering what thoughts lie behind those eyes? Or fallen into an argument over which is smarter, the dog or the cat? Scientists have conducted elaborate experiments trying to ascertain... (read more)

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Could a bookseller's favorite book really be a children's Christmas picture book? I am often asked to name my favorite book — an impossible question to answer, really — and I find myself mentioning The Polar Express time and again (not without... (read more)