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1984 (Signet Classics) 1984 (Signet Classics)
by George Orwell
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George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision of Negative Utopia is timelier than ever-and its warnings more powerful.... (read more)

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Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity
by Michelle Bates
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Take a tour of the burgeoning world of toy cameras and low-tech photography with Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity. Whether you're an experienced enthusiast or toy camera neophyte, you'll find Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativty chock full of... (read more)

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Peter and the Starcatchers Peter and the Starcatchers
by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
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Don???teven think of starting this bookunless you???re sitting in a comfortable chair and have lots of time. Afast-paced, impossible-to-put-down adventure awaits as the young orphan Peterand his mates are dispatched to an island ruled by the evil King... (read more)

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A Game of Thrones A Game of Thrones
by George R. R. Martin
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A Game of Thrones is a contemporary masterpiece of fantasy.  The cold is returning to Winterfell, where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime.  A time of conflict has arisen in the Stark family, as they are pulled from the... (read more)

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Religion Eastern

Everyday Zen: Love and Work Everyday Zen: Love and Work
by Charlotte Joko Beck
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Everyday Zenoffers a warm, engaging, uniquely American approach to using Zen to deal with the problems of daily living--love, relationships, fear, ambition, suffering. Beck shows how to live each moment to the fullest.... (read more)

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Popular Fiction

World Without End World Without End
by Ken Follett
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Ken Follett has 90 million readers worldwide. The Pillars of the Earth is his bestselling book of all time. Now, eighteen years after the publication of The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett has written the most-anticipated sequel of the year, World... (read more)

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Mystery

Playing for Pizza Playing for Pizza
by John Grisham
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Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship game, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game. With a 17-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provided what was... (read more)

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Graphic Novels

Maus, A Survivor's Tale II: And Here My Troubles Began Maus, A Survivor's Tale II: And Here My Troubles Began
by Art Spiegelman
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Two powerful, definitive chronicles of modern atrocities — the perfect books for anyone who doubts comix have grown up. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus is a staggering personal depiction of the Holocaust, rendered all the stronger by Spiegelman's... (read more)

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Westerns

Kid Rodelo Kid Rodelo
by Louis Lamour
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Harbin was the gunslinger.  All he wanted was the gold.  Badger was just a little weasel, waiting to see where the chips fell before he made his move.  Nora was an orphan search for news of her lost parents.  But... (read more)

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World History

Persian Fire Persian Fire
by Tom Holland
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A brilliant new account of the world's very first clash of civilisations between the Persians and the Greeks in 480BC. It was 2,500 years ago that East and West first went to war. In the early 5th century BC, a global superpower was determined to bring... (read more)

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Sports and Fitness

The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport
by Carl Hiaasen
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Ever wonder how to retrieve a sunken golf cart from a snake-infested lake? Or which club in your bag is best suited for combat against a horde of rats? If these and other sporting questions are gnawing at you, The Downhill Lie, Carl Hiaasen's hilarious... (read more)

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Foreign Languages

Vox Compact Spanish & English Dictionary 2ND Edition Vox Compact Spanish & English Dictionary 2ND Edition
by Vox
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Throughout the world, the Vox Dictionaries are acclaimed as the finest Spanish and English Dictionaries published. This new edition of the Vox Compact Spanish and English Dictionary is large enough to serve as the preferred reference for libraries, the... (read more)

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Humor

Opus: 25 Years of His Sunday Best Opus: 25 Years of His Sunday Best
by Berkeley Breathed
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At last, from one of the funniest minds and pens of recent times comes the definitive collection of the very best of Opus, everyone's favorite maladjusted penguin. In this collectible 25th anniversary compendium, Opus is joined by his hilarious... (read more)

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