| TITLE: |   This Alien Shore by C. S. Friedman |
| DESCRIPTION: | This "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year explores the second age of space colonization, when one of Earth's first colonies has restored humanity at a high price--a monopoly over all human commerce. When a satellite is attacked by corporate raiders, a woman flees to a ship bound for the Up-and-Out and is about to discover a secret the universe may not be ready to face. |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | Vampire Taxonomy by Meredith Woerner |
| DESCRIPTION: | Now that millions have read and seen Twilight, where do they turn for vampire advice? This wry, witty, fully illustrated, and bloody essential guide. Vampires are all around-books, movies, TV, comics- infiltrating our culture like never before. But what happens if one should run into a real vamp on the street? Vampire Taxonomy is the best defense against a fatal encounter in the dark. For the reader's protection, Meredith Woerner reveals the truth about: *Sunlight sensitivity-Do vamps venture out in the day or stick solely to the evening hours? *Physiology-When ready to feed, do they change appearance or simply lure with the seductive flash of a fang? *Dress-Are they decked out in leather with aspirations of becoming the first vampire rock stars or do they cling to Gothic robes and ruffled collars? *Diet-Are they waging a never-ending struggle against the temptation of human blood or do they view the world as their personal blood buffet? |
| CATEGORY: | Humor |
| PRICE: | $13.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Magic Toybox by Denise Little |
| DESCRIPTION: | 13 all-new tales about the magic of childhoodIn this exciting short story collection, toys come to life through the love and belief of the children who play with them. Thirteen authors take up the challenge of filling readers' fantastical toyboxes with intriguing playthings. A tiny Mr. Magoo yearns to escape the Old Things Roadshow and get home to the woman he'd been stolen from. A child slave in Rome dreams of owning a wooden gladiator. Could an act of magic fulfill his dream? Can a ghost who's found refuge in a what-not doll solve a case of unrequited love? |
| CATEGORY: | Fantasy |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | Novel Ideas-Fantasy by Brian Thomsen |
| DESCRIPTION: | Eight award-winning stories that served as the genesis for some of the most memorable novels and series in fantasy. Includes authors' introductions. |
| CATEGORY: | Fantasy |
| PRICE: | $7.50 |
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| TITLE: | Prince of Dreams by Curt Benjamin |
| DESCRIPTION: | Here is Volume Two of Seven Brothers-a magnificent fantasy saga of kingdoms lost, nobles enslaved, families reunited and gods reborn... Llesho has succeeded in finding several of his brothers and winning the aid of allies such as the trickster god, the emperor, two gladiators, a young witch and a goddess. But can he discover the truth about his own identity? And can he survive the ultimate masters of evil? |
| CATEGORY: | Fantasy |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Gates of Heaven by Curt Benjamin |
| DESCRIPTION: | The evil sorcerer Markko has sworn to capture the last of Prince Llesho's brothers. If Markko succeeds, Llesho will not be able to save Thebin, or reopen the Gates of Heaven. As murder and dark magic threaten Llesho's alliances, he realizes his only chance lies in finding his brothers first. So begins a desperate hunt that will lead the prince from the slave market to a sea voyage fraught with perils, and an incredible discovery about the sorcerer who seems bent on his destruction. |
| CATEGORY: | Fantasy |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Prince of Shadow by Curt Benjamin |
| DESCRIPTION: | This first novel in the Seven Brothers series draws upon the rich legends, cultures, and traditions of the East to create an epic tale. Llesho was only seven years old when the Harn invaded Thebin, slaying his father and selling the boy into slavery. On Pearl Island, he was trained as a diver-until a vision changed his life completely. The spirit of his long-dead teacher revealed the truth about Llesho's royal family-his brothers were alive, but enslaved, living in distant lands. Now, to free his brothers-and himself-Llesho must become a gladiator. He must go face to face with sorcerers. And gods. And more. |
| CATEGORY: | Fantasy |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Return of Nightfall by Mickey Zucker Reichert |
| DESCRIPTION: | Nightfall--gifted with a power any sorcerer would kill to possess--makes his triumphant return in this long-awaited sequel to "The Legend of Nightfall" in a spellbinding new adventure. |
| CATEGORY: | Fantasy |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | Aunt Dimity Digs In by Nancy Atherton |
| DESCRIPTION: | The latest in this enchanting and fast-selling series, featuring the beloved ghost Aunt Dimity, opens in a picturesque English cottage where the lovable Lori Shepherd is up to her elbows in pureed carrots and formula bottles, striving to be the perfect mother to twins! Luckily, a beautiful Italian nanny arrives just in time?so Lori can help settle the local civil war stirred up by a visiting archaeologist's excavation.With Reginald, the stuffed pink rabbit and Edmond Terrance, the stuffed tiger in tow, Lori hunts down a missing document, and the archaeologist digs up a lot more than artifacts. It is Aunt Dimity's magic blue notebook that provides the key to buried secrets and domestic malice, and shows all the residents of Finch that even the darkest acts can be overcome by forgiveness. |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: |  Pirate Latitudes: A Novel by Michael Crichton |
| DESCRIPTION: | From one of the best-loved authors of all time comes an irresistible adventure of swashbuckling pirates in the New World, a classic story of treasure and betrayal.
The Caribbean, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, its capital, is a cutthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses.
In this steamy climate there's a living to be made, a living that can end swiftly by disease?or by dagger. For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those ruthless enough to make it.
Word in port is that the galleon El Trinidad, fresh from New Spain, is awaiting repairs in a nearby harbor. Heavily fortified, the impregnable harbor is guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself. With backing from a powerful ally, Hunter assembles a crew of ruffians to infiltrate the enemy outpost and commandeer El Trinidad, along with its fortune in Spanish gold. The raid is as perilous as the bloodiest tales of island legend, and Hunter will lose more than one man before he even sets foot on foreign shores, where dense jungle and the firepower of Spanish infantry stand between him and the treasure. . . .
Pirate Latitudes is Michael Crichton at his best: a rollicking adventure tale pulsing with relentless action, crackling atmosphere, and heart-pounding suspense. |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| PRICE: | $21.99 |
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| TITLE: | Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories by Algernon Blackwood |
| DESCRIPTION: | By turns bizarre, unsettling, spooky, and sublime, Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories showcases nine incomparable stories from master conjuror Algernon Blackwood. Evoking the uncanny spiritual forces of Nature, Blackwood's writings all tread the nebulous borderland between fantasy, awe, wonder, and horror. Here Blackwood displays his best and most disturbing work-including "The Willows," which Lovecraft singled out as "the single finest weird tale in literature"; "The Wendigo"; "The Insanity of Jones"; and "Sand." |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| PRICE: | $15.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Listener: A Novel by Shira Nayman |
| DESCRIPTION: | Shira Nayman's riveting and haunting first novel of madness and passion is set in a psychiatric hospital just after World War II. |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| PRICE: | $25.00 |
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| TITLE: | Bird in Hand by Christina Baker Kline |
| DESCRIPTION: | Four people, two marriages, one lifelong friendship: everything is about to change It was an accident. It was dark, it was raining, Alison had only had two drinks. And the other car ran the stop sign. But Alison finds herself trapped under the crushing weight of grief and guilt, feeling increasingly estranged from her husband ... Charlie, who has his own burdens. He's in a job he doesn't love so that Alison can stay at home with the kids (and why isn't she more grateful for that?); he has a house in the suburbs and a long commute to and from the city. And the only thing he can focus on these days is his secret, sudden affair with ... Claire, Alison's best friend. Bold where Alison is reserved, vibrant where Alison is cautious, Claire has just had her first novel published, a thinly veiled retelling of her childhood in North Carolina. But even in the whirlwind of publication, Claire can't stop wondering if she should leave her husband ... Ben, an ambitious architect who is brilliant, kind, and meticulous. And who wants nothing more than a baby, or two?exactly the kind of life that Charlie and Alison seem to have.... In each of her novels, Christina Baker Kline has explored how people tell the stories of their lives and what those stories reveal about who they are. As they set out on their individual journeys, Alison, Charlie, Claire, and Ben explore the idea?each in his or her own way?that every moment of loss contains within it the possibility of a new life. Alternating through these four intertwined perspectives, Bird in Hand is a searing novel about friendship, love, marriage, loss, and the choices we make that irrevocably alter everything we believe to be true. |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| PRICE: | $19.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff |
| DESCRIPTION: | A stunning first novel that probes the mysteries of sex, gender, and love with insight and subtletyInspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener and his California-born wife, this tender portrait of a marriage asks: What do you do when someone you love wants to change? It starts with a question, a simple favor asked of a husband by his wife on an afternoon chilled by the Baltic wind while both are painting in their studio. Her portrait model has canceled, and would he mind slipping into a pair of women's shoes and stockings for a few moments so she can finish the painting on time. "Of course," he answers. "Anything at all." With that, one of the most passionate and unusual love stories of the twentieth century begins. |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| PRICE: | $15.00 |
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| TITLE: | Forever Waiting by DeVa Gantt |
| DESCRIPTION: | The gripping saga of the Duvoisins?an extraordinary American family both blessed and cursed?reaches a stunning conclusion. . . .In the wake of heartbreaking tragedy and volatile revelations, the once-great Duvoisin family of Virginia teeters on the brink of disintegration. And trusted governess, Charmaine Ryan, suffers with them.Their world has exploded?and aging patriarch, Frederic Duvoisin, desperately tries to salvage what remains of his shattered family. His mercurial son John has left, vowing never to return, taking a piece of Charmaine's heart with him. Paul, the roguish, illegitimate son and aspiring heir to the Duvoisin shipping empire, offers love to the vulnerable Charmaine. And Agatha, Frederic's shrewish wife, plots to destroy anyone who stands in her way. Haunted by the past, John returns, inadvertently unearthing the most devastating scheme of all. |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| PRICE: | $10.99 |
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| TITLE: | This Bitter Earth by Bernice L. McFadden |
| DESCRIPTION: | Sugar Lacey is on her way out of Bigelow, Arkansas, where she plans to break with the past. But a pit-stop at her childhood home teaches her the truth about her parentage and the black magic that curses the whole family. |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| PRICE: | $15.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Chisellers by Brendan O'carroll |
| DESCRIPTION: | The Mrs. Browne trilogy became an instant bestselling success in author Brendan O'Carroll's native Ireland. Similarly, when Plume introduced The Mammy (the first book in the series, May 1999) in the United States, it was greeted with overwhelming enthusiasm from American readers. Fans of Agnes Browne craving further hilarious and heartwarming adventures will be delighted with The Chisellers. Agnes, the lovable and determined heroine, returns with her seven children?whom she affectionately calls "the chisellers"?all struggling to make their way in the world with varying degrees of success. To make matters more difficult, as Agnes struggles along the bumpy road of parenting, she learns that the family is about to be forced out of their tenement home in the name of urban renewal. Pierre, Agnes' persistent suitor, is thankfully on hand to console her. Like all good Irish stories, The Chisellers includes a wedding and a funeral, much laughter and some tears?and it is sure to please newcomers as well as loyal fans of this terrific series. |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| PRICE: | $14.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Wrong Mother by Sophie Hannah |
| DESCRIPTION: | A chilling exploration of a mother's unspeakable betrayal from the author of Little Face Sally Thorning is watching the news with her husband when she hears an unexpected name?Mark Bretherick. It's a name she shouldn't know, but last year Sally treated herself to a secret vacation?away from her hectic family life?and met a man. After their brief affair, the two planned to never meet again. But now, Mark's wife and daughter are dead?and the safety of Sally's own family is in doubt. Sophie Hannah established herself as a new master of psychological suspense with her previous novel, Little Face. Now with accomplished prose and a plot guaranteed to keep readers guessing, The Wrong Mother is Hannah's most captivating work yet. |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| PRICE: | $15.00 |
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| TITLE: | Lexi James and the Council of Girlfriends by Melissa Jacobs |
| DESCRIPTION: | Meet the Council of Girlfriends: Grace, the relentless romantic; La Diva Lola, a celebrity chef with a secret sex life; Mamma Mia, who took the Husband & Children exit to the suburbs; the fabulous Ellie Archer, a journalist who follows her heart to Paris; and Mistress of the Universe/PR exec Lexi James, a heroine more Jo March than Bridget Jones.Lexi has a lot of women in her life, but no man. She was engaged to Mr. Almost Perfect, but called off the wedding after she had a meltdown in a suburban supermarket. Still dealing with the debris of that failed relationship, Lexi is terrified of making another committment, and another mistake. Fortunately everyone--from the members of the COG to the bubbies at the Jewish Retirement home where she volunteers--has some advice for Lexi on what she should do next. |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| PRICE: | $10.99 |
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| TITLE: | Love, Life and Linguine by Melissa Jacobs |
| DESCRIPTION: | A unique voice, Melissa Jacobs delivers a second fun?filled, food?filled novel. Mimi's life is an open book, or rather, an open menu.A restaurant consultant, she's helped launch some of the best restaurants in Philly and around the world. And she even managed to turn her boyfriend Nick into the nation's hottest celebrity chef. But when she comes home and discovers that Nick's got a secret tongue?pierced girl on the side, Mimi realizes she doesn't have the secret to success after all. Needing a change of pace, Mimi heads home to New Jersey. The family restaurant is failing and her brother, unknown to anyone, has made plans to sell. The ultimate Restaurant Diva, Mimi sets out to save the family business??a decision thatt leads her to two potentially perfect new men.All her life Mimi has believed that everyone has one true Soul Mate, but now she's thinking that idea should be tossed out with last night's leftovers. Maybe it's time to select her men the way she selects pastries and produce and sample all there is to offer. |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| PRICE: | $10.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Sweethearts' Knitting Club by Lori Wilde |
| DESCRIPTION: | "Throw a penny in the fountain of the Twilight town square, and you'll be married to your first love ... " For ten years, pretty Flynn MacGregor has been turning down the same solid, upright man's marriage proposal. Her friends at the Sweethearts' Knitting Club tell her they're a match made in heaven, but Flynn knows there's only one dangerous reason why she keeps saying no: high school sweetheart Jesse Calloway. She was just sixteen when Jesse was forced out of town under a cloud of suspicion ... but he's never left her heart. Now Jesse is back, and every time she turns the corner he's there?gazing at her with his smoldering eyes and tempting her with his kisses. Jesse has never played by the rules, and he's made it clear that he's not going to now. And Flynn, who's always done just what her family, friends, and fellow knitters have told her to do, must finally break free and claim the love that binds Jesse to her heart. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister |
| DESCRIPTION: | Aisling Grey is a courier enjoying a free, work-related trip to Paris when she learns she's a Guardian. That's a keeper of the Gates of Hell, for those who don't know. She finds this out from Drake Vireo, who's scrumptiously sexy-at least in his human form. Now Drake has stolen the package Aisling was sent to deliver, and she must track him down, get the package, and try to resist the passion boiling inside her. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | Dark Side of Dawn by Kathryn Smith |
| DESCRIPTION: | Life can be a nightmare. Literally. On the surface, it might seem like I, Dawn Riley, have it all. I've got a great job, a boyfriend who loves me ... but my family life is a different story. As the mortal daughter of the King of Dreams, I have an ability to exist between both worlds ... which is terrifying to some. Now the Nightmare Council claims I've broken their laws and is threatening to have me "unmade." And if that's not bad enough, I need to track down a vicious criminal responsible for several savage attacks?before he finds me. I'm lucky enough to have Noah by my side, and he'll do whatever it takes so that we can have a future together. In the end, though, this is my battle. The fate of a world rests upon my shoulders, and it seems the best that I can hope for is not to die in my sleep . . . |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | Sold to a Laird by Karen Ranney |
| DESCRIPTION: | An Indecent Proposal ... When Douglas Eston arrives at the home of the Duke of Herridge, he expects to leave with an investment?not a wife! With his brilliant ideas attracting attention all over London, Douglas does not need to rely on the duke. But when he meets Lady Sarah Baines, the stubborn beauty whose virtue her father would willingly sell, Douglas finds himself utterly entranced and desperate to protect her. Lady Sarah Baines always knew her father was cruel. But this time he's gone too far. Demanding that she marry a complete stranger?even an absurdly handsome one with eyes the color of a dawn sky?is utterly ridiculous. She swears she'll never submit to the wanton delights of the marriage bed. But soon Douglas's considerable charms prove impossible to resist ... and the decadent ecstasy he offers shows Sarah that an affair that began with business can end with the ultimate pleasure. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | For Your Arms Only by Caroline Linden |
| DESCRIPTION: | He'd never been shot by a woman ... He was once a distinguished army officer, a man of honor and heroism. But that was before Alexander Hayes was wrongly accused of treason. Forced to abandon everything he held dear, Alec became a spy for England in an attempt to clear his name. His latest commission sounds simple: locate a retired soldier gone missing. But it also sends him back home, to a family who'd thought him dead for five years?and a woman who'd like to shoot him. Everything Cressida Turner's ever heard about Alec tells her that he's a traitor of the worst kind, and yet this enigmatic, infuriating, and utterly captivating man may be the only person she can trust?and the only one who can find her missing father. With nowhere else to turn, she reluctantly joins forces with Alec, unprepared for both the dangerous secrets that threaten them and the relentless passion that drives them into each other's arms. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | Skin Game by Ava Gray |
| DESCRIPTION: | Kyra's a con woman and a thief who can steal her target's strongest skill. But when she becomes the target of a hit man, she won't be able to hide from the passion that engulfs them. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | How Good People Make Tough Choices Rev Ed by Rushworth M. Kidder |
| DESCRIPTION: | Should you take a much-needed vacation or save money for the kids' education? Protect the endangered owl or maintain jobs for loggers? Have a heart-to-heart with a lying employee or fire him on the spot?All of us face ethical choices. Sometimes they're easy: One side is wrong and the other is right. But how do we handle the really tough "right vs. right" dilemmas, where each side has strong moral arguments and we can't do both? This book helps us build Ethical Fitness ?a values-based decision-making process so definitive that it's now a registered trade mark.Rushworth M. Kidder, founder of the Institute for Global Ethics, teaches us how to think for ourselves in order to resolve ethical dilemmas ranging from the intimately personal to the broadly philosophical. Unique in its approach and rich with illustrative anecdotes?updated with examples of real-world conflicts from today's political realm and from Dr. Kidder's own observations?How Good People Make Tough Choices is an indispensable resource for spotting, understanding, and resolving our toughest decisions. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $11.99 |
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| TITLE: | Unleashed by John Levitt |
| DESCRIPTION: | Mason is an enforcer, keeping magical practitioners on the straight and narrow. His ?dog? Louie, is a faithful familiar who's proven over and over that he's a practitioner's best friend. But this time, Louie's in the line of fire when practitioners in San Francisco accidentally unleash a monster into the world. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | Ravensong by Catherine Feher-Elston |
| DESCRIPTION: | From the raven's role as trickster in Native American religion to its capacity to captivate ornithologists and biologists, the raven is an archetype in myth, dream, song, and ritual. In this beautifully illustrated study, Catherine Feher-Elston looks at ravens and crows in the contexts of Native American folklore, history, and science. Through interviews with Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest and other native peoples, and drawing on the most recent ornithological research, Feher-Elston offers a well-rounded consideration of this enigmatic species, bringing to light its roles as messenger, symbol, harbinger, and totem. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $15.95 |
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| TITLE: | Rescue Tails: Portraits of Dogs and Their Celebrities by Brian Nice |
| DESCRIPTION: | The love between dogs and their people is a bond so exceptional it can be hard to put into words. So Brian Nice uses photographs instead--nearly one hundred and fifty beautiful portraits of noted celebrities with the special dogs they love--in a book that will delight both your eyes and your heart. The pictures and the quotes that accompany them are tributes to the countless ways a dog can make any person's life special, and Brian Nice has caught his celebrity subjects (both human and canine) as you may never have seen them before: relaxed, goofy, blissfully happy, and completely in love with their four-legged friends. Brian Nice's own pug, Buster, whose enchanting photo graces the cover, is the inspiration for the book. After Buster was saved from blindness by a doctor recommended by the Humane Society of New York, Brian wanted to do something in return. This book is a special gift of thanks to them, and the author's proceeds will go to benefit both the Humane Society of New York and Much Love Animal Rescue in Los Angeles, both no-kill animal shelters. A very special book about some very special dogs, Rescue Tails is a book to treasure, reminding us each and every day not only how much love and happiness dogs give us, but also what we can do in return, and of the opportunity we all have to make a difference in a dog's life. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $22.00 |
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| TITLE: | Fear of Fifty by Erica Jong |
| DESCRIPTION: | Seducing the Demon has introduced Erica Jong to readers who hadn't been born when Fear of Flying was published in 1973. Now one of her finest works of nonfiction -and a New York Times bestseller-is back in print with a new afterword. In Fear of Fifty, a New York Times bestseller when first published in 1994, Erica Jong looks to the second half of her life and "goes right to the jugular of the women who lived wildly and vicariously through Fear of Flying" (Publishers Weekly), delivering highly entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and motherhood. "What Jong calls a midlife memoir is a slice of autobiography that ranks in honesty, self-perception and wisdom with [works by] Simone de Beauvoir and Mary McCarthy," wrote the Sunday Times (U.K.). "Although Jong's memoir of a Jewish American princess is wittier than either." |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $16.95 |
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| TITLE: | How She Does It by Margaret Heffernan |
| DESCRIPTION: | Redefining power and the nature of success for the 21st century. The numbers are staggering. Between 1997 and 2004, privately held, women-owned businesses grew at three times the rate of all American privately held firms; women's companies are creating jobs at twice the rate of all firms; women's companies are growing profits faster than all firms. Five-time CEO and contributor to Real Business and Fast Company Margaret Heffernan asks, Why are these women so successful? In How She Does It, Heffernan finds a striking congruence between the things that women excel at and the demands of the new economy. After interviewing hundreds of women running businesses of all sizes and in all markets, she discovers a few attributes that hold true across the board. Women have a tremendous need to achieve. Women don't feel they have a safety net or can turn back. They are smart about markets and timing. They practice diversity. They place values at the heart of their business and take culture very seriously. And women work from a different concept of power than men. The result is a unique style of leadership that challenges conventional wisdom: Soft skills are getting hard results. This is an inspiring workplace manifesto that reveals a new standard of excellence, a new way for any company to get from good to great that is fast becoming the new norm. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $25.95 |
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| TITLE: | The House of Rothschild by Niall Ferguson |
| DESCRIPTION: | In his rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family, Oxford scholar and bestselling author Niall Ferguson uncovers the secrets behind the family's phenomenal economic success. He reveals for the first time the details of the family's vast political network, which gave it access to and influence over many of the greatest statesmen of the age. And he tells a family saga, tracing the importance of family unity and the profound role of Judaism in the lives of a dynasty that rose from the confines of the Frankfurt ghetto and later used its influence to assist oppressed Jews throughout Europe. A definitive work of impeccable scholarship with a thoroughly engaging narrative, The House of Rothschild is a biography of the rarest kind, in which mysterious and fascinating historical figures finally spring to life. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $25.00 |
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| TITLE: | Googled by Ken Auletta |
| DESCRIPTION: | A revealing, forward-looking examination of the outsize influence Google has had on the changing media Landscape. There are companies that create waves and those that ride or are drowned by them. As only he can, bestselling author Ken Auletta takes readers for a ride on the Google wave, telling the story of how it formed and crashed into traditional media businesses?from newspapers to books, to television, to movies, to telephones, to advertising, to Microsoft. With unprecedented access to Google's founders and executives, as well as to those in media who are struggling to keep their heads above water, Auletta reveals how the industry is being disrupted and redefined. Using Google as a stand-in for the digital revolution, Auletta takes readers inside Google's closed-door meetings and paints portraits of Google's notoriously private founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, as well as those who work with?and against?them. In his narrative, Auletta provides the fullest account ever told of Google's rise, shares the ?secret sauce? of Google's success, and shows why the worlds of ?new? and ?old? media often communicate as if residents of different planets. Google engineers start from an assumption that the old ways of doing things can be improved and made more efficient, an approach that has yielded remarkable results? Google will generate about $20 billion in advertising revenues this year, or more than the combined prime-time ad revenues of CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX. And with its ownership of YouTube and its mobile phone and other initiatives, Google CEO Eric Schmidt tells Auletta his company is poised to become the world's first $100 billion media company. Yet there are many obstacles that threaten Google's future, and opposition from media companies and government regulators may be the least of these. Google faces internal threats, from its burgeoning size to losing focus to hubris. In coming years, Google's faith in mathematical formulas and in slide rule logic will be tested, just as it has been on Wall Street. Distilling the knowledge accrued from a career of covering the media, Auletta will offer insights into what we know, and don't know, about what the future holds for the imperiled industry. |
| CATEGORY: | Business |
| PRICE: | $27.95 |
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| TITLE: | Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt |
| DESCRIPTION: | Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? How much do parents really matter? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the riddles of everyday life?from cheating and crime to parenting and sports?and reaches conclusions that turn conventional wisdom on its head. Freakonomics is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. They set out to explore the inner workings of a crack gang, the truth about real estate agents, the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan, and much more. Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, they show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives?how people get what they want or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. |
| CATEGORY: | Business |
| PRICE: | $12.99 |
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| TITLE: | How to Make $1,000,000 in the Stock Market Automatically by Robert Lichello |
| DESCRIPTION: | You don't need to be a stock market expert.You don't need to be a math whiz.You don't even need a big bankroll.All you need is AIM.Automatic Investment Management. The money machine that takes the uncertainty out of investing?and teaches you how to make money in the market.Trusted by thousands of investors worldwide since 1977, this bestselling classic reveals Robert Lichello's revolutionary formula for earning profits in stocks and mutual funds?automatically. Unlike other investment strategies that focus on stock selection, AIM relies on timing?and is designed to work in any kind of market with any size investment.Lichello originally developed AIM in response to the heartbreaking collapse of the great bull market of the 1960s?and today his ideas are more relevant than ever. AIM is easy, dependable, and it works. Simply put, it's a money machine?just waiting to be turned on.Now Lichello has updated AIM for today's market. Reformulated as AIM-HI (AIM High Intensity), AIM-HI will do for you what it has already done for millions? |
| CATEGORY: | Business |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson |
| DESCRIPTION: | From the author of the #1 bestseller Three Cups of Tea, the continuing story of this determined humanitarian's efforts to promote peace through education In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where Three Cups of Tea left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005; and the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding Afghan warlords and surviving an eight-day armed abduction by the Taliban. He shares for the first time his broader vision to promote peace through education and literacy, as well as touching on military matters, Islam, and women-all woven together with the many rich personal stories of the people who have been involved in this remarkable two-decade humanitarian effort. Since the 2006 publication of Three Cups of Tea, Mortenson has traveled across the U.S. and the world to share his vision with hundreds of thousands of people. He has met with heads of state, top military officials, and leading politicians who all seek his advice and insight. The continued phenomenal success of Three Cups of Tea proves that there is an eager and committed audience for Mortenson's work and message. |
| CATEGORY: | Education |
| PRICE: | $26.95 |
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| TITLE: | Sharpe's Enemy (#6) by Bernard Cornwell |
| DESCRIPTION: | A band of renegades led by Sharpe's vicious enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, holds a group of British and French women hostage on a strategic mountain pass. Outnumbered and attacked from two sides, Sharpe must hold his ground or die in the attempt. |
| CATEGORY: | Suspense/Thriller |
| PRICE: | $14.00 |
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| TITLE: | Sharpe's Honor (#7) by Bernard Cornwell |
| DESCRIPTION: | An unfinished duel, a midnight murder, and the treachery of a beautiful prostitute lead to the imprisonment of Sharpe. Caught in a web of political intrigue for which his military experience has left him totally unprepared, Sharpe becomes a fugitive--a man hunted by ally and enemy alike. |
| CATEGORY: | Suspense/Thriller |
| PRICE: | $14.00 |
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| TITLE: | Sharpe's Regiment (#8) by Bernard Cornwell |
| DESCRIPTION: | A corrupt political plot threatens to put an end to the South Essex regiment and the life of Major Richard Sharpe when he investigates and discovers an illegal recruiting ring selling soldiers like cattle to other divisions. |
| CATEGORY: | Suspense/Thriller |
| PRICE: | $14.00 |
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| TITLE: | Sharpe's Siege (#9) by Bernard Cornwell |
| DESCRIPTION: | Sharpe's mission seems simple: capture a small unguarded French coastal fort, cripple Napoleon's supply lines, and retreat across the sea. But behind the lines, Sharpe's old enemy, Pierre Ducos, awaits with a battalion of French soldiers and a vicious commanding general who keeps the scalps of his dead enemies as trophies. |
| CATEGORY: | Suspense/Thriller |
| PRICE: | $14.00 |
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| TITLE: | Bloodroot by Bill Loehfelm |
| DESCRIPTION: | The brilliantly ambitious thriller? frightening, twisted, and filled with secrets and heartbreak? from the author of Fresh Kills. Kevin Curran wants to unite his family, but he's ready to give up on his younger brother, Danny? three years lost to heroin addiction and hard, desperate living on the streets of New York. When Danny shows up on Kevin's Staten Island doorstep, looking clean, fit, and prosperous, Kevin can't help but be overjoyed that his brother has escaped his past life. But at what price? Not even Kevin's worst nightmares could have prepared him for the horrors he'll discover about his brother's dark history. After a brief reunion, Danny offers Kevin a role in an underworld plot revolving around the Bloodroot Children's Hospital, an abandoned juvenile asylum with a nefarious past. Hoping to rescue Danny from his criminal life after years ago failing to save him from his addiction, Kevin accepts. While Danny's plan unfolds, Kevin is drawn into a world of murder, Mafia hit men and dangerous espionage. The halls of Bloodroot reveal one horrifying secret after another: about the building's history, about Danny's life of addiction and crime, and about the true roots of the Curran family. At the end of the maze of monsters, the brothers make a discovery so horrific it may force them to destroy each other. |
| CATEGORY: | Suspense/Thriller |
| PRICE: | $25.95 |
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| TITLE: | Creation (Movie Tie-In) by Randal Keynes |
| DESCRIPTION: | Soon to be a major motion picture The moving, personal story of Charles Darwin and his revolutionary views on nature, evolution, and the human condition. As Darwin's theories continue to shape much of our thinking about the roots of human nature, Creation (formerly Darwin, His Daughters, and Human Evolution) reveals the personal experiences from which he drew his most deeply held ideas. In a chest of drawers bequeathed by his grandmother, author Randal Keynes, a great-great-grandson of Darwin, found the writing case of Charles Darwin's beloved daughter Annie, who died at the age of fifteen. Offering rare insight into the family's private world, Keynes gives us a fuller picture of one of our most original thinkers, as well as a wealth of previously unseen material. |
| CATEGORY: | Technology/Science |
| PRICE: | $16.00 |
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| TITLE: | How to Settle an Estate by Charles K. Plotnick |
| DESCRIPTION: | The most complete and up-to-date estate-planning guide available...Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the latest tax codes, the third edition of How to Settle an Estate is the essential step-by-step guide to lead readers through the complex and daunting process of settling an estate. In clear and practical lay terms, authors Charles K. Plotnick, L.L.B., and Stephan R. Leimberg, J.D., both experts in estate planning, provide readers with invaluable advice, including:# How to raise cash for immediate estate expenses# Dealing with insurance claims# Knowing when to hire a lawyer, an accountant, and a stock broker# Managing real estate# Distributing assetsAnd much more... |
| CATEGORY: | Personal Finance |
| PRICE: | $16.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Future Church: How Ten Trends are Revolutionizing the Catholic Church by John L. Jr Allen |
| DESCRIPTION: | One of the world's foremost religion journalists offers an unexpected and provocative look at where the Catholic Church is headed--and what the changes will mean for all of us. What will the Catholic Church be like in 100 years? Will there be a woman pope? Will dioceses throughout the United States and the rest of the world go bankrupt from years of scandal? In THE FUTURE CHURCH, John L. Allen puts forth the ten trends he believes will transform the Church into the twenty-second century. From the influence of Catholics in Africa, Asia, and Latin America on doctrine and practices to the impact of multinational organizations on local and ethical standards, Allen delves into the impact of globalization on the Roman Catholic Church and argues that it must rethink fundamental issues, policies, and ways of doing business. Allen shows that over the next century, the Church will have to respond to changes within the institution itself and in the world as a whole whether it is contending with biotechnical advances--including cloning and genetic enhancement--the aging Catholic population, or expanding the roles of the laity. Like Thomas Friedman's The World Is Flat, THE FUTURE CHURCH establishes a new framework for meeting the challenges of a changing world. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $28.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Sell Your Novel Tool kit by Elizabeth Lyon |
| DESCRIPTION: | In this book, Elizabeth Lyon offers novelists the wisdom of her experience as an author, book editor, writing instructor, and marketing consultant. Step-by-step, she details what editors want, what questions to ask them, and how to develop a marketing strategy. |
| CATEGORY: | Reference |
| PRICE: | $14.95 |
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| TITLE: | Writer's Guide to Nonfiction by Elizabeth Lyon |
| DESCRIPTION: | This first book in the Writer's Compass series from professional writing instructor Elizabeth Lyon helps writers navigate the art and craft of writing nonfiction, including:--essays--memoirs--how-to--travel--technical--feature articles--food/recipes--and more This informative guide also addresses the business side of writing, including targeting your audience, drafting cover letters, and marketing advice. |
| CATEGORY: | Reference |
| PRICE: | $14.95 |
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| TITLE: | Firsts by Wilson Casey |
| DESCRIPTION: | For anyone who ever wanted to know the history of the chocolate chip cookie, earmuffs, and Daylight Savings? Firsts?history through the milestones of human achievement?are fun. And Wilson Casey, trivia expert, has collected over 500 firsts in nearly every major category of culture: from fashion to food, politics to science, entertainment to art to architecture. Each ?first? is a full explanation of the topic at hand, written in a humorous yet authoritative style. It includes: *The true history of the golf tee *How a blind man came up with cruise control *The myth behind the origins of the Caesar salad *Why and how the first dieter dieted |
| CATEGORY: | Reference |
| PRICE: | $12.95 |
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| TITLE: | Official Prisoner Companion by Matthew White |
| DESCRIPTION: | It is called, with deceptive simplicity. The Village. It is the world of tomorrow, or today. A man known only as Number 6 enters its storybook-like confines. He will learn, over and over again, that inside it there is no freedom, and from it there is no escape. He is without defenses, except for one invisible weapon: his uncrushable spirit. |
| CATEGORY: | Reference |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Inventor's Apprentice 2 by Tracey West |
| DESCRIPTION: | Gary the Gadget Guy is always creating new inventions that will make penguins? lives easier?and more fun! In this book, kids help Gary with his latest invention. Will they help him come up with a fantastic invention, or will the project go terribly awry? The choice is the reader?s! |
| CATEGORY: | Children's Fiction |
| PRICE: | $3.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe |
| DESCRIPTION: | "So tempting an opportunity of solving the great problem in regard to an Antarctic continent had never yet been afforded to man?"A stowaway aboard the whaling ship Grampus, Arthur Gordon Pym finds himself bound on an extraordinary voyage to the high southern latitudes. Poe's remarkable novel recounts the "incredible adventures and discoveries" of Pym and his companions. There is mutiny, appalling butchery, and the "exquisite horror" of cannibalism; premature burial within an impenetrable seaborne labyrinth; a corpse-ridden ghost ship, gigantic polar bears, and uncharted islands peopled by barbarian hordes.It was Poe's unique genius, however, that imbued this Gothic adventure tale with such allegorical richness that readers have been fascinated ever since. In his illuminating introduction and notes to this new edition of Poe's masterpiece, Richard Kopley reveals hidden layers of meaning involving both Poe's family and biblical prophecy. |
| CATEGORY: | Historical Fiction |
| PRICE: | $11.00 |
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| TITLE: | Believe by Victoria Alexander |
| DESCRIPTION: | All she had to do was believe. . .Tessa St. James thinks that true love is nothing more than a fairy tale, and she is absolutely certain she will never encounter someone worthy of her attention ... until she meets her knight in shining armor. His eyes are blue, the set of his chin is defiant, and he carries himself with unquestioned confidence. And when he kisses her, he sends a wicked desire through her body. Tessa, the beautiful skeptic, has no choice but to join forces with this man. Together they begin a quest that might restore her faith in the power of love ... even if it costs both their lives.And happily ever after could only be the stuff of fairy tales after all. |
| CATEGORY: | Historical Fiction |
| PRICE: | $11.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Priest's Madonna by Amy Hassinger |
| DESCRIPTION: | In 1896, a priest in southern France suddenly gained immense wealth. This much is historically true-but no one knows where the money came from. At his death, the priest's secret was buried with him. But there was a young woman-his housekeeper and lover, Marie D?narnaud-who may have known the truth. Marie D?narnaud is only a girl when the charismatic priest B?renger first captivates her. As a woman, she becomes his housekeeper and struggles with guilt over their illicit relationship. But as their affection deepens, B?renger grows secretive, and Marie has to learn why. What she discovers is a shocking secret that she becomes responsible for concealing. |
| CATEGORY: | Historical Fiction |
| PRICE: | $14.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Emerald Tablet by Dennis William Hauck |
| DESCRIPTION: | The Emerald Tablet?an ancient document that contains the essence of the alchemical teachings?has had an important influence on many Western spiritual and religious traditions. Ostensibly concerned with turning base metals into gold, alchemy was in fact dedicated to transforming the lead of self into the gold of spirit. This brilliant history of alchemy traces its sources back to ancient Egypt, and presents alchemy as a useful, practical system of self-transformation. Each of the seven steps of alchemical transformation is explained, with hands-on techniques and exercises, treating alchemy as a living discipline for achieving a spiritual awakening. |
| CATEGORY: | Self Improvement |
| PRICE: | $16.95 |
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| TITLE: | Take Yourself to the Top by Laura Berman Fortgang |
| DESCRIPTION: | An updated and expanded edition of the classic career book from a pioneer in the personal-coaching field. If you're looking for job search advice, this book is not for you. If you want to know about writing a résumé, creating a cover letter, honing interview skills, or dressing for success, you're in the wrong place. But if you're willing to take charge of your career like never before, if you're prepared to be responsible for the choices you make and have the guts to ask for what you really want, then get ready to take yourself to the top. In this updated and expanded edition of Laura Berman Fortgang's exemplary business/self-help book, readers will learn:--how to leap out of that mid-career rut--how to completely and honestly assess your career's progress--how to identify obstacles that keep you from reaching your goals--how to turn your back on what many people might call "success" to discover your true life calling |
| CATEGORY: | Self Improvement |
| PRICE: | $15.95 |
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| TITLE: | Rudolf Steiner by Gary Lachman |
| DESCRIPTION: | The first truly popular biography of the influential twentieth-century mystic and educator who-while widely known for founding the Waldorf schools and other educational and humanitarian movements-remains a mystery to many who benefit from his ideas. People everywhere have heard of Waldorf schools, Biodynamic farming, Camphill Villages, and other innovations of the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925). Indeed, Steiner-as an architect, artist, teacher, and agriculturalist-ranks among the most creative and prolific figures of the early twentieth century, pioneering work in alternative education, holistic health, and environmental research. While his accomplishments are felt all over the world, few people understand this unusual figure. Steiner's own writings and lectures fill several bookcases, intimidating those who would like to know more. Works on Steiner are often dense and "insider" in tone, further deterring the curious. No popular biography, written by a sympathetic but critical outsider, has been available. Gary Lachman's Rudolf Steiner provides this missing introduction. Along with telling Steiner's story and placing Steiner in his historical context, Lachman's book presents Steiner's key ideas in a readable, accessible manner. In particular, Lachman considers the spread of Steiner's most popular projects, which include Waldorf schools-one of the leading forms of alternative education-and Biodynamic farming-a popular precursor to organic farming. He also traces Steiner's beginnings as a young intellectual in the ferment of fin de si\x8Fcle culture, to his rise as a thought leader within the influential occult movement of Theosophy, to the founding of his own metaphysical teaching called Anthroposophy. Finally, the book illustrates how Steiner's methods are put into practice today, and relates Steiner's insights into cosmology to the work of current thinkers. Rudolf Steiner is a full-bodied portrait of one of the most original philosophical and spiritual luminaries of the last two centuries, and gives those interested in the history of ideas the opportunity to discover one of the most underappreciated figures of the twentieth century. |
| CATEGORY: | Self Improvement |
| PRICE: | $16.95 |
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| TITLE: | What Your Doctor Hasn't Told You and the Health-Store Clerk by Edward Schneider |
| DESCRIPTION: | A discerning guide to alternative therapies for common health problems. Millions of Americans turn to alternative medicine to treat chronic health problems when conventional medicine fails. Yet few doctors-or health store clerks and alternative practitioners-know what treatments are safe and effective. In this book, Edward Schneider, a leading researcher and clinician at the University of Southern California, arms readers with an overview of the latest medical research, then offers a proven formula for the best integrative therapy available to treat the most common health issues. From supplements and herbs, to acupuncture and yoga, What Your Doctor Hasn't Told You and the Health Store Clerk Doesn't Know outlines the myriad therapies used for:--sleep problems--joint, back, and neck pain--depression and anxiety--PMS and menopause--prostate health--heart disease and cancer--memory loss, and more An authoritative yet friendly guide, complete with hard-to-find dosage guidelines and advice on what therapies are just not worth your money, and packed with the type of information readers can take to the health store aisles and to their doctor, this book is essential reading for anyone considering alternative remedies |
| CATEGORY: | Health/Fitness |
| PRICE: | $19.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Well After Weight Loss by Margaret Furtado, MS, RD, LDN, RYT |
| DESCRIPTION: | Essential info for the quarter million people a year adjusting to life after weight loss surgery... With an increasing array of weight-loss procedures to choose from, more and more are opting for it. But once patients return home, they need guidance for keeping the weight off, while nourishing themselves. Included here are the challenges they face, how to overcome them, meal plans, and 150 recipes tailored for them. |
| CATEGORY: | Health/Fitness |
| PRICE: | $18.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Essential Enneagram by David Daniels |
| DESCRIPTION: | The First and Only Scientifically Determined Enneagram Personality Test and Guide A centuries-old psychological system with roots in sacred tradition, the Enneagram can be an invaluable guide in your journey toward self-understanding and self-development. In this book, Stanford University Medical School clinical professor of psychiatry David Daniels and counseling psychologist Virginia Price offer the only scientifically developed Enneagram test based upon extensive research combined with a self-discovery and personal-development guide. The most fundamental guide to the Enneagram ever offered, this book features effective self-tests to determine simply and accurately what your personality type is. Daniels and Price provide step-by-step instructions for taking inventory of how you think, what you feel, and what you experience. They then guide you in your discovery of what your type means for your personal well-being and your relationships with others, and they show you how to maximize your inherent strengths. Brimming with empowering information for each of the nine personality types?Perfectionist, Giver, Performer, Romantic, Observer, Loyal Skeptic, Epicure, Protector, and Mediator?this one-of-a-kind book equips you with all the tools you need to dramatically enhance your quality of life. |
| CATEGORY: | Health/Fitness |
| PRICE: | $10.99 |
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| TITLE: | Brain Lock by Jeffrey M. Schwartz |
| DESCRIPTION: | An estimated 5 million Americans suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and live diminished lives in which they are compelled to obsess about something or to repeat a similar task over and over. Traditionally, OCD has been treated with Prozac or similar drugs. The problem with medication, aside from its cost, is that 30 percent of people treated don't respond to it, and when the pills stop, the symptoms invariably return. In Brain Lock, Jeffrey M. Schwartz presents a simple four-step method for overcoming OCD that is so effective, it's now used in academic treatment centers throughout the world. Proven by brain-imaging tests to actually alter the brain's chemistry, this method doesn't rely on psychopharmaceuticals. Instead, patients use cognitive self-therapy and behavior modification to develop new patterns of response to their obsessions. In essence, they use the mind to fix the brain. Using the real-life stories of actual patients, Brain Lock explains this revolutionary method and provides readers with the inspiration and tools to free themselves from their psychic prisons and regain control of their lives. |
| CATEGORY: | Health/Fitness |
| PRICE: | $11.99 |
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| TITLE: | The American by Henry James |
| DESCRIPTION: | In this classic collision of the New World with Old Europe, James weaves a fable of thwarted desire that shifts between comedy, tragedy, romance, and melodrama. |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $7.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Best of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde |
| DESCRIPTION: | An extraordinary volume for fans and students Including The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, A Woman of No Importance, Lady Windermere's Fan, and Salomé, this collection showcases Wilde's brilliance and timeless wit. |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $5.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli |
| DESCRIPTION: | A new translation of the infamous Renaissance classic, in a striking deluxe edition The original blueprint for realpolitik, The Prince shocked sixteenth-century Europe with its advocacy of ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abandonment of conventional morality. For this treatise on statecraft, Machiavelli drew upon his own experience of office under the turbulent Florentine republic, rejecting traditional values of political theory and recognizing the complicated, transient nature of political life. Concerned not with lofty ideals, but with a regime that would last, this seminal work of modern political thought retains its power to alarm and to instruct. |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $13.00 |
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| TITLE: | Quicksand by Nella Larsen |
| DESCRIPTION: | Born to a white mother and an absent black father, and despised for her dark skin, Helga Crane has long had to fend for herself. As a young woman, Helga teaches at an all-black school in the South, but even here she feels different. Moving to Harlem and eventually to Denmark, she attempts to carve out a comfortable life and place for herself, but ends up back where she started, choosing emotional freedom that quickly translates into a narrow existence. Quicksand, Nella Larsen's powerful first novel, has intriguing autobiographical parallels and at the same time invokes the international dimension of African American culture of the 1920s. It also evocatively portrays the racial and gender restrictions that can mark a life. "Fine, thoughtful and courageous. It is, on the whole, the best piece of fiction that Negro America has produced since the heyday of [Charles] Chesnutt." (W. E. B. Du Bois) |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $11.00 |
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| TITLE: | Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace |
| DESCRIPTION: | A bestseller since 1880... The classic saga of the Roman Empire From a thrilling sea battle to its famous chariot race to the agony of the Crucifixion, this is the epic tale of a prince who became a slave and by a twist of fate and his own skill-won a chance at freedom. |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $7.95 |
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| TITLE: | Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs by Yvonne Mccalla Hodari, Askhari Johnson / Sobers & Askhari Johnson Hodari |
| DESCRIPTION: | This little book contains the wisdom of the ages, and is guaranteed to produce a smile of appreciation at the sheer sense of the proverbs you will find inside. From advice you wish your mother had given you, to things you probably suspected, but had never put into words, Lifelines is a book to be read, absorbed and treasured.--Pearl Cleage, New York Times best selling author of What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day This illustrated treasury of proverbs unites the timeless wisdom of Black communities in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas, while speaking to the triumphs and challenges of everyday life. Lifelines: The Black book of Proverbs travels to all corners of the globe to reclaim and preserve African wisdom. This book offers the remarkably wise heart of Africa and her children to readers experiencing career changes, new births, weddings, death, and other rites of passage. Readers will find truth in the African saying, “When the occasion arises, there is a proverb to suit it.” Proverbs are presented in vibrant story-poem form; and are uniquely arranged by key life cycle events such as birth, initiation, marriage, and death. The proverbs can be found under themes such as “wealth”, “parenting”, “change” and “strength.” Inspired illustrations introduce each section along with beautiful vignettes showing how African proverbs comfort, inspire and instruct during different phases of life. Lifelines illuminates how traditions, civilization and spirit survive and thrive, despite centuries of loss of freedom, family, identity, language, land, and wealth. The proverbs offer wisdom for every stage of our lives. Collected in one place as never before, it is the perfect addition to the book shelves of families large and small, from Nairobi to New Orleans and every city in between. From Birth: Every cackling hen was an egg at first. -Rwanda to Marriage: A woman's clothes are the price her husband pays for peace. -Central Africa, East Africa, and Southern Africa (Bantu) and Elderhood: Every time an old man dies it is as if a library has burnt down. -West Africa as well as every stage of life in between, the proverbs found in Lifelines offer the guidance and wisdom to last a life time. Unlike other collections of proverbs, Lifelines hews closely to the cycle of life and draws inspiration from the authors combined 110 years of experience. Askhari Johnson Hodari and Yvonne McCalla Sobers have set out to let their proverbs both tell a story and stand alone. So whether you flip it open to a random page, read it through from start to finish, or go searching for a proverb to match your unique circumstance, you'll find just the right lifeline to provide the comfort and guidance you're looking for. |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $19.99 |
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| TITLE: | Snow Queen by Emma Harrison |
| DESCRIPTION: | Chamberlain Ski Resort and SpaWelcome to the 10th Annual Snow Queen competition!I can't believe I got roped into this.Snow Princesses must attend all pageant rehearsals, with appropriate outfits.Well, no matter what it takes, I'm going to wipe that smirk off Layla Chamberlain's face.Our rehearsal space can be booked to practice your talent.Um, does "looking dumb in a dress" count as a talent?See Grayson Chamberlain, the assistant director, with any questions.If you insist! First question: How can someone so sweet (and hot!) be a Chamberlain?Good luck! One of you will soon be our new Snow Queen!Oh joy.Unless Grayson comes with the tiara . . . |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $4.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman |
| DESCRIPTION: | DOING HOMEWORK BECOMES A THING OF THE PAST The unlikely foursome made up of a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker--Brenton, Sam "Snick,", Judy and Kelsey, respectively,--are bound together by one very big secret: the homework machine. Because the machine, code named Belch, is doing their homework for them, they start spending a lot of time together, attracting a lot of attention. And attention is exactly what you don't want when you are keeping a secret. Before long, members of the D Squad, as they are called at school are getting strange Instant Messages from a shady guy named Milner; their teacher, Miss Rasmussen, is calling private meetings with each of them and giving them pop tests that they are failing; and someone has leaked the possibility of a homework machine to the school newspaper. Just when the D Squad thinks things can't get any more out of control, Belch becomes much more powerful than they ever imagined. Soon the kids are in a race against their own creation, and the loser could end up in jail...or worse! |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | What Mr. Mattero Did by Priscilla Cummings |
| DESCRIPTION: | Told from the points of view of two girls, this novel takes readers into the private middle-school world as the girls struggle to discover the truth when their music teacher--father of one of the narrators--is accused of improper conduct with three girls. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $16.99 |
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| TITLE: | Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson |
| DESCRIPTION: | Philadelphia high school who doesn't care about the prom. It's pretty much the only good thing that happens there, and everyone plans to make the most of it?especially Ash's best friend, Natalia, who's the head of the committee and has prom stars in her eyes. Then the faculty advisor is busted for taking the prom money and Ash finds herself roped into putting together a gala dance. But she has plenty of help?from her large and loving (if exasperating!) family, from Nat's eccentric grandmother, from the principal, from her fellow classmates. And in making the prom happen, Ash learns some surprising things about making her life happen, too. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $8.99 |
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| TITLE: | Warriors: Omen of the Stars #1: The Fourth Apprentice by Erin Hunter |
| DESCRIPTION: | After the sharp-eyed jay and the roaring lion, peace will come. . . .Four warrior Clans have shared the land around the lake as equals for many moons. But a prophecy foretells that three ThunderClan cats will hold the power of the stars in their paws. Jayfeather and Lionblaze know that they are two of the cats in the prophecy. Now the brothers must wait for a sign from StarClan to discover the identity of the third cat.Meanwhile, Dovekit and Ivykit?kin of the great leader Firestar?are poised to become ThunderClan apprentices. Soon one sister will have an ominous dream?and will begin to realize that she possesses mystical skills unmatched by any other cat.In the midst of a cruel season that threatens the lives of all four warrior Clans, bonds will be forged, promises made, and three young cats will start to unravel the secrets that bind them together. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $12.99 |
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| TITLE: | Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle by Kirby Larson |
| DESCRIPTION: | Nubs, an Iraqi dog of war, never had a home or a person of his own. He was the leader of a pack of wild dogs living off the land and barely surviving. But Nubs's life changed when he met Marine Major Brian Dennis. The two formed a fast friendship, made stronger by Dennis's willingness to share his meals, offer a warm place to sleep, and give Nubs the kind of care and attention he had never received before. Nubs became part of Dennis's human "pack" until duty required the Marines to relocate a full 70 miles away--without him. Nubs had no way of knowing that Marines were not allowed to have pets. So began an incredible journey that would take Nubs through a freezing desert, filled with danger tofind his friend and would lead Dennis on a mission that would touch the hearts of people all over the world. Nubs and Dennis will remind readers that friendship has the power to cross deserts, continents, and even species. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $17.99 |
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| TITLE: | LBD: It's a Girl Thing by Grace Dent |
| DESCRIPTION: | Ronnie, Fleur, and Claude are the LBD&150Les Bambinos Dangereuses. These inseparable best friends are hip, feisty, and ready to take on the world. Except for one thing&150their fun- hating ogre parents won't let them go to the Astlebury Music Festival. Are their social lives ruined forever? Not if they can help it! The girls soon come up with a brilliant plan. They'll put on a concert of their own, featuring the finest talent (and hottest guys) that Blackwell School has to offer. But staging a music festival isn't as easy as it looks, especially when the LBD's sworn enemy, Panama Goodyear, is the headline act. Now it's up to the LBD to use their grace, poise, and humor to make Blackwell Live a huge success, complete with post-concert snogging and all. With LBD in charge&150it's not just a girl thing; it's the best thing! |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | Behind You by Jacqueline Woodson |
| DESCRIPTION: | Even though Miah was black and Ellie is white, they made sense together. Then Miah was killed. It was the end of their relationship, but it was the beginning of grief for the many people who loved him. Now Miah's mother has stopped trying, his friends are lost, and Ellie does not know how to move on. And then there is Miah, watching; unable to let go. This beautiful novel explores the experiences of those left behind after a tragedy. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | Hush by Jacqueline Woodson |
| DESCRIPTION: | After Toswiah Green's father testifies against a fellow police officer in a murder case, the Greens are forced to enter the Witness Protection Program and give up all traces of their past. For Toswiah?now Evie Thomas?her new life is completely different. Her defeated father spends his days sitting by the window, all her mother's energy goes to their new church, and her only sister is making secret plans to leave. Evie is left wondering who she is and how she can make her future as bright as her past once was. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | Lena by Jacqueline Woodson |
| DESCRIPTION: | At the end of I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, Lena and her younger sister, Dion, set off on their own, desperate to escape their abusive father. Disguised as boys, they hitchhike along, traveling in search of their mother's relatives. They don't know what they will find, or who they can trust along the way, but they do know that they can't afford to make even one single mistake. Dramatic and moving, this is a heart-wrenching story of two young girls in search of a place to call home. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Wishing Moon by Michael O. Tunnell |
| DESCRIPTION: | Aminah is an orphan living on the streets of Al-Kal'as. When she appeals to the princess for help, the black-hearted wife of Aladdin throws an old lamp at her head. The lamp holds an obstreperous jinni who informs Aminah that she can make three wishes after each full moon. With the jinni's magic, Aminah regains security and comfort, and she even assembles a makeshift family. Still, Aminah cannot achieve true happiness until she has improved the lives of the people she left behind. Meanwhile, the power-hungry princess hunts down Aminah and the lamp. Will Aminah's good deeds lead to her demise? This fanciful yarn about what happens to the lamp after Aladdin will enchant readers who relish action, adventure, fantasy, and humor. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $17.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Shadowmancer Returns: The Curse of Salamander Street by G.P. Taylor |
| DESCRIPTION: | The sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Shadowmancer. In this thrilling, much-anticipated sequel to the runaway hit Shadowmancer, G. P. Taylor once again takes readers on a gripping journey. Kate and Thomas have barely escaped the evil sorcerer Demurral, and are sailing to London to make a fresh start. But someone knows they are coming, and is lying in wait to lure them into the darkest heart of the city. Meanwhile, Raphah, who has had a narrow escape of his own, sets out on a terrifying journey to find his friends, all the time haunted by a shadowy beast. Eventually, the friends' paths meet on a cursed street, hidden from the world-a place where fates are decided and old enemies seek revenge. They thought it was over ... but can evil ever be destroyed? |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $17.99 |
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| TITLE: | Hannah West in Deep Water by Linda Johns |
| DESCRIPTION: | Hannah West may look like any other funky, artistic, street-smart Seattle twelve-year-old, but there's more to her than meets the eye. In addition to being a detective, adopted, and having a sixth sense for bus schedules, Hannah's also homeless, a fact that she and her single mom deal with by moving from one house-sitting job to the next. This time, they're taking care of a houseboat on the tranquil waters of Lake Washington. Before long, someone starts making waves, and before you can blink an eye, Hannah West is on the case. Hannah's not sure who is dumping chemicals in the water?or why?but one thing's for sure: if Hannah doesn't get to the bottom of things soon, they'll all be in deep water! |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Black Room by Gillian Cross |
| DESCRIPTION: | Robert has come back from a horrible ordeal in a strange parallel world. Now he can't stop thinking about the people he left behind to face a winter that most won't survive. When Robert sees a chance to save his friend Lorn, he is desperate to succeed. But is he prepared for the realities of her world? Meanwhile, Lorn struggles to lead the little band of survivors, even as she feels herself drawn to a secret tunnel where an unknown menace lurks. Seamlessly blending fantasy with a hard-hitting survival tale, Gillian Cross has created a completely original psychological thriller. Praise for The Dark Ground: ?Stark but rich, this novel offers readers an unusual and vivid experience." ?The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $16.99 |
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| TITLE: | Anatopsis by Chris Abouzeid |
| DESCRIPTION: | Princess Anatopsis Solomon wants to be a knight-errant. But her mother, chairwoman of Amalgamated Witchcraft Corporation, plans for her immortal daughter to take over the family business. The Queen has even hired a new tutor: a demigod named Mr. Pound. But Mr. Pound's plans go far beyond completing Ana's education. He is searching for the mysterious and powerful Os Divinitas. And if he finds it, nothing will survive. A shocking and powerful gift will catapult the Princess into an unlikely quest through the rich worlds of Anatopsis, inhabited by magic immortals, a rebel army, and the last dog in the Universe. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $16.99 |
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| TITLE: | Bartleby of the Big Bad Bayou by Phyllis Shalant |
| DESCRIPTION: | Bartleby, the red-eared turtle, and Seezer, the American alligator, have swumthe Mighty Mississippi to reach bayou country, their true home. But when they find the creek where Seezer was born, they discover it's ruled by Old Stump?a giant gator with a gargantuan appetite. Fortunately, Bartleby has a knack for making friends, and there is soon a new crew to count on, including a red-ear named Lucky Gal. Still, life in bayou country is full of challenges. Does Bartleby have what it takes to make this strange new world his own? Readers will cheer for the tiny but tough hero in this pageturning sequel to Bartleby of the Mighty Mississippi. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $17.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin |
| DESCRIPTION: | When an eccentric millionaire dies mysteriously, sixteen very unlikely people are gathered together for the reading of the will ... and what a will it is! |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | Mary Margaret, Center Stage by Christine Cole Maclean |
| DESCRIPTION: | Mary Margaret likes to do things her way. The problem is, her way isn't always perfect, but Ellie's is. When a community play of Cinderella is announced, Mary Margaret comes up with the best fund-raising idea and even convinces some VIPs to help out. So she figures she's a ?shoe-in? for the part of Cinderella. But the shoe goes on Ellie's foot instead. Fans of unforgettable girl characters like Junie B. Jones, Amber Brown, and Ramona will enjoy seeing how Mary Margaret gets her fifteen minutes of fame and discovers that it is sometimes better not to be perfect. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $15.99 |
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| TITLE: | Getting the Boot by Peggy Guthart Strauss |
| DESCRIPTION: | Studying abroad isn't at all like Kelly thought it would be.Instead of shopping for fine Italian leather and living in an apartment with a view of the Colosseum, she is stuck in a stuffy dorm room with three other girls, and is sharing one shower with the entire floor! This is not the bella Roma that she'd dreamed of. But there is one part of Italy that Kelly doesn't mind?Joe, a really cute guy who's in the study abroad program too. Joe's into staying up late and partying hard, two things that Kelly used to love doing. Bad habits are hard to break, and she soon finds herself on thin ice with the program coordinators. If Kelly's not careful, she might just get the boot? |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | Asking About Sex & Growing Up (revised edition) by Joanna Cole |
| DESCRIPTION: | What do you want to know about sex? Information about sex is everywhere. But what you learn from TV, movies, the internet, and friends is not always a healthy or accurate view of sexuality. Now revised and updated with current facts, Joanna Cole's Asking About Sex & Growing Up is the perfect book to provide answers to questions about sex. Writing especially for preteens, the author uses a question-and-answer format to offer straightforward information on a wide variety of subjects related to sex and puberty. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $4.99 |
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| TITLE: | Mafia by None |
| DESCRIPTION: | Some time in the early 1960s, during the golden age of organized crime in America?the era that would inspire The Godfather; Goodfellas, and even The Sopranos?federal investigators pulled every known piece of information on more than 800 Mafia members worldwide into a thick, phone-book-sized directory. From old-school gangsters like Lucky Luciano and Mickey Cohen to young turks like Paul Castellano and Vinny "The Chin" Gigante, the guide offered at-a-glance profiles of small-time thugs and major dons alike... and was allegedly the book Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy used to investigate the mob. Recently discovered, and published for the first time, Mafia is a treasure trove of info on the underworld in mid-century America?a revelatory artifact and an irresistible read. |
| CATEGORY: | True Crime |
| PRICE: | $27.99 |
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| TITLE: | In Her Prime by Glenn Puit |
| DESCRIPTION: | State controller Kathy Augustine was one of Nevada's best known politicians, and had plenty of enemies. So when the healthy, vibrant, fifty-year-old with no history of heart trouble suddenly stopped breathing, investigators wanted to know why. One nurse had a theory?and it involved Kathy's husband. |
| CATEGORY: | True Crime |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Secret Lives of Toddlers by Jana Murphy |
| DESCRIPTION: | Why do they rub food in their hair? Why do they want to hear the same book over and over? Why do they love being naked? Between the ages of one and three, children can be delightful, affectionate, intelligent explorers of their newfound world. They can also be holy terrors. Grounded in up-to-date research, The Secret Lives of Toddlers demystifies 52 common behaviors of toddlers, while helping parents appreciate the miraculous development of their children. An entertaining, reassuring guide to toddler behavior, this book shows parents how to get through their kids' toddlerhood with affection, humor, and authority. With explanations from pediatricians, child development experts, and behavioral psychologists, parents will learn to:--Understand the world from a child's point of view--Learn which bad behaviors need intervention and which can be ignored--Cultivate good manners and reward good behavior--Reduce their own frustration--Play, speak, read, and interact with their toddler in healthy ways |
| CATEGORY: | Family/Relationships |
| PRICE: | $14.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Truth About Children and Divorce by Robert E. Emery |
| DESCRIPTION: | Nationally recognized expert Robert Emery applies his twenty-five years of experience as a researcher, therapist, and mediator to offer parents a new road map to divorce. Dr. Emery shows how our powerful emotions and the way we handle them shape how we divorce?and whether our children suffer or thrive in the long run. His message is hopeful, yet realistic?divorce is invariably painful, but parents can help promote their children's resilience. With compassion and authority, Dr. Emery explains: * Why it is so hard to really make divorce work * How anger and fighting can keep people from really separating * Why legal matters should be one of the last tasks * Why parental love?and limit setting?can be the best ?therapy? for kids * How to talk to children, create workable parenting schedules, and more ?Finally, an internationally respected scholar tells parents the absolute truth about divorce and its effect on children." ?John Gottman, PhD, author of The Heart of Parenting: Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child |
| CATEGORY: | Family/Relationships |
| PRICE: | $16.00 |
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| TITLE: | Stalingrad by Antony Beevor |
| DESCRIPTION: | This gripping history is the definitive account of the battle that shifted the tide of World War II, conveying the experience of soldiers on both sides as they fought in inhuman conditions, and of civilians trapped on an urban battlefield. |
| CATEGORY: | History |
| PRICE: | $18.00 |
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| TITLE: | FGT Lake Monsters Sea Serpents Other myst Denizens Deep by Loren Coleman |
| DESCRIPTION: | From the serpentine "Champie" of Lake Champlain to the venerable "Nessie" of Loch Ness, extraordinary-and un-explained-creatures of the deep have been reported in sightings throughout the twentieth century. Now, two of the world's leading cryptozoological investigators provide a globetrotting field guide to when, where, and what kind of mysterious aquatic beasts have gripped the public-and sometimes the scientific-imagination. Filled with comprehensive drawings, classifications, and maps, their book offers an invaluable and unusual resource for the intrepidly curious to investigate these sightings firsthand or to simply enjoy the fascinating accounts that others have given. |
| CATEGORY: | History |
| PRICE: | $16.95 |
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| TITLE: | The First World War by Hew Strachan |
| DESCRIPTION: | It will soon be close to a century since the outbreak of the First World War, yet as military historian Hew Strachan argues in this brilliant and authoritative one-volume history, the legacy of the ?war to end all wars? is with us still. Written in crisp, compelling prose and enlivened with vivid photographs?including early color photographs?The First World War re-creates this world-altering conflict both on and off the battlefield. Strachan offers a fresh and truly global perspective on how the Great War not only redrew the map of the world but also set in motion the most dangerous conflicts of today, especially in such hot spots as the Middle East and the Balkans. Deeply learned and powerfully written, The First World War is a landmark work of contemporary history. |
| CATEGORY: | History |
| PRICE: | $18.00 |
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| TITLE: | Shadows at Dawn by Karl Jacoby |
| DESCRIPTION: | A masterful reconstruction of one of the worst Indian massacres in American history In April 1871, a group of Americans, Mexicans, and Tohono O'odham Indians surrounded an Apache village at dawn and murdered nearly 150 men, women, and children in their sleep. In the past century the attack, which came to be known as the Camp Grant Massacre, has largely faded from memory. Now, drawing on oral histories, contemporary newspaper reports, and the participants' own accounts, prize-winning author Karl Jacoby brings this perplexing incident and tumultuous era to life to paint a sweeping panorama of the American Southwest-a world far more complex, diverse, and morally ambiguous than the traditional portrayals of the Old West. |
| CATEGORY: | History |
| PRICE: | $17.00 |
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| TITLE: | One Hundred Butterflies by Harold Feinstein |
| DESCRIPTION: | In One Hundred Butterflies, photographer Harold Feinstein showcases butterfly varieties from around the world, turning exquisite details into mesmerizing works of art. Feinstein's breathtaking photographs capture the color, vibrancy, and infinite variety of patterns that occur on the wings of these ornate insects. One hundred impeccably reproduced, oversized photographs allow viewers to appreciate the Blue Morpho of Central America, the African Birdwing, and the Asian Swallowtail at a scale and depth impossible to experience in nature. An elegantly printed deluxe gift book, it is a treasure for butterfly enthusiasts and art lovers alike. |
| CATEGORY: | Fantasy |
| PRICE: | $50.00 |
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| TITLE: | Iced!: The 2007 Journal of Nick Fitzmorgan [Crime Through Time #5] by Bill Doyle |
| DESCRIPTION: | Welcome to the crime-solving world of the famous Fitzmorgan and Moorie detective families! Each of the books in the Crime Through Time series is hosted by a young sleuth who must work against all odds to unravel a compelling mystery. Every few pages, you can take a break from the suspense and learn about real-life investigative techniques so that you, too, can become a detective! In Iced!, Nick Fitzmorgan's father has disappeared, and it takes all Nick's detective skills to decipher the clues he left behind. Before long, Nick is racing up the cold, slippery slopes of Mount Everest to find his father and a missing camera that could solve the mystery of who was really the first person to reach the summit. But can Nick find them before it's too late? |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Nabbed!: The 1925 Journal of G. Codd Fitzmorgan [Crime Through Time #2] by Bill Doyle |
| DESCRIPTION: | Each book in the Crime Through Time series is hosted by a different child member of the famous Fitzmorgan detective family. While the young sleuth unravels a fictional mystery, readers learn about the real historical setting and actual crime-solving methods from the different eras. In sidebar activities, readers take on the role of assistant, helping to crack the case. Breathtakingly suspenseful but never violent and always age-appropriate, the books read like private investigative journals, with photos, maps, news clippings and crime scene sketches. G. Codd Fitzmorgan arrives at a storm-battered mansion for a party. But more than an engagement celebration seems to be afoot, as our detective unravels a mystery involving a seance, a reckless aviator, and sale of liquor banned under Prohibition. |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Trapped!: The 2031 Journal of Otis Fitzmorgan [Crime Through Time #6] by Bill Doyle |
| DESCRIPTION: | Each book in the Crime Through Time series is hosted by a different child member of the famous Fitzmorgan detective family. While the young sleuth unravels a fictional mystery, readers learn about the real historical setting and actual crime-solving methods from the different eras. In sidebar activities, readers take on the role of assistant, helping to crack the case. In Trapped!, Otis Fitzmorgan fins himself in the middle of an evil art fraud mystery in space. On his way back to earth via the new space elevator Otis is forced to use his outlawed private detective skills to get to the bottom of the mystery that is threatening to kill all of those on board. |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | A Woman of Passion by Virginia Henley |
| DESCRIPTION: | Sweeping us into glittering, intrigue-riddled Elizabethan England, bringing to vivid life an actual heroine in the queen's court, New York Times bestselling author Virginia Henley blends rich historical detail with sumptuous romance in her latest novel--a dazzling feast of romantic fiction.... Young Bess Hardwick knew that the only way to escape a commoner's life was to serve in a noble family and marry well. So the headstrong beauty set out for London and the Tudor court, the arena for the richest, most ambitious men, none more powerful than the four men who would claim her. None more dangerous than Princess Elizabeth, who made Bess friend, confidante, then lady-in-waiting in her own glittering court... Dangerously seductive, William Cavendish, the king's dashing financial adviser, vowed to have Bess at any cost. Frail, adoring Robert Barlow offered a marriage she couldn't refuse. Newly crowned Queen Elizabeth bade her marry courtly Sir William St. Loe. But reckless passion drove Bess into the arms of George Talbot, the devastating Earl of Shrewsbury, whose wicked daring ignited in Bess the passion of a lifetime--even as it sparked the jealous interest of the most perilous ally of all: the Virgin Queen.... |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| PRICE: | $7.50 |
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| TITLE: | A Year and a Day by Virginia Henley |
| DESCRIPTION: | With over five million copies of her novels in print, New York Times bestselling author Virginia Henley has enchanted readers worldwide.Now she sweeps us back to an intensely romantic, tumultuous time in Scottish history.... When Lynx de Warenne, Edward Plantagenet's most prized warrior, invaded Dumfries castle, he took possession of Jane Leslie's home--and soon wanted something more from the headstrong lass.Desperate for an heir, he proposed a handfasting: a Scottish custom whereby a man can lawfully take a woman into his bed, then, after a year and a day, the couple can either wed or part.Any child of that union is deemed legitimate.Jane had no choice but to surrender to the invader's knowing touch.... Fearless on the battlefield, Lynx was afraid to love.But Jane slowly stole into his heart.And as the fires of war raged around them, amid treacherous foes and brilliant intrigues, who would have thought that two such unlikely partners would fall in love--or that their breathless passion for each other would outlast ... Virginia Henley is the author of fourteen romantic novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Seduced and Desired.Her work has been translated into ten languages.A recipient of the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award, she lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Ontario, Canada. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | Seduced by Virginia Henley |
| DESCRIPTION: | Shorn of her glorious raven tresses and dressed as a man, Lady Antonia Lamb became Lord Anthony Lamb, desperate to keep the property entailed to her twin brother, who is missing at sea. Trappedand liberatedby her masquerade, Tony meets her new guardian, the devastatingly dangerous Adam Savage, who has returned from his plantation in Ceylon, determined to turn the innocent "boy" into a worldly man. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $7.50 |
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| TITLE: | The Raven and the Rose by Virginia Henley |
| DESCRIPTION: | Her hair was black and silk against her ivory skin; her gray eyes burned with opal fire.The love child of King Edward IV, Roseanna was pledged to her father's most prized warrior.He was dark, strong, and commanding, and in the bedchamber, where he forced her to honor her marriage vows, she learned not to crave his intoxicating touch.And still she swore not to love him even as she surrendered to the dark rapture of...the Raven. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $7.50 |
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| TITLE: | The Area 51 Option by Michael A. Kechula |
| DESCRIPTION: | Zombies have invaded the U.S., but one political party is hoping to promote brotherly love. A young girl sells nice dreams for a nickel, but be sure to read the fine print. Gorillas teach kindergarten, or deliver unexpected refrigerators. Magical gypsies deliver predictions that have uncomfortable ways of coming true. People unhappy with their own lives can enjoy someone else's past for a cheap price...but be careful of the sudden ending. In the land of the novel-writers, poets beware. From zombies to space aliens to fortune-telling gypsies to ancient and magical statues, author Michael Kechula delivers 71 complete stories of speculative fiction. Kechula has become a leader in 'flash fiction,' super-short stories that contain characters, dialogue, and a complete plot, all within a very small number of words. In THE AREA 51 OPTION AND 70 MORE TALES OF SPECULATIVE FICTION, Kechula shows why he's been so successful. THE AREA 51 OPTION joins the earlier FULL DECK OF ZOMBIES as a truly substantial collection of charming and often weird tales. |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| LENGTH: 58555 words; Reading time: 167-234 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.99 |
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| TITLE: | On The Way to New Isosceles by Leigh Wood |
| DESCRIPTION: | JJ was as hard nosed as they come-and then some. But, hey, the destruction of earth did that to everyone. Humanity fractioned into three groups. Affectionately known as 'the Shitters', the Shipper Brigade manufactures the best space faring vehicles for themselves. Skilled fighters and martial artists Combatants like JJ fight the Shippers for what they can-even though Combatant numbers were severely depleted by the third faction. The Nukes rescued chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons from earth's doom and aren't afraid to use them. You can imagine JJ's surprise when she meets the Nuke Lieutenant Rub. Their initial meeting didn't rub either the right way. Despite her Nuke anxiety-JJ has to put it all aside. Her Captain and the Nuke Colonel have struck a deal to defeat the Shippers once and for all. The Nukes leave their tiny outpost on a far flung, degrading planet and join the Combatants in taking the lush planet protected by the Shippers. It's a long, tough journey on the way to New Isosceles, and the animosity between Rub and JJ gets hotter by the day... |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| LENGTH: 80138 words; Reading time: 228-320 minutes
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| PRICE: | $6.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Chosen One [Demon Hunter] by Cynthia Vespia |
| DESCRIPTION: | Do you know what horrors lie beyond these pages? Costa Calabrese has just uncovered the truth about his past. Some truths should never be revealed. When you learn you're the son of the worlds foremost and feared hunter of demons, life's rules inevitably change. Now Costa has been chosen to walk in his famed father's footsteps and take up the role his bloodline demands of him...whether he wants to or not. He is a killer of killers, laying waste to the scourge of evil that threatens the existence of mankind. He is the chosen one. He is the Demon Hunter. |
| CATEGORY: | Horror |
| LENGTH: 61052 words; Reading time: 174-244 minutes
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| PRICE: | $6.00 |
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| TITLE: | Beauty and his Beast by Vera Nazarian |
| DESCRIPTION: | One of the heedless young ladies of the court persuaded Beauty to pick her a flower from the Queen's garden, but neither of them would ever have guessed how this would change his life. |
| CATEGORY: | Fantasy |
| LENGTH: 4776 words; Reading time: 13-19 minutes
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| PRICE: | $0.69 |
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| TITLE: | The Thrill Kids by Vin Packer |
| DESCRIPTION: | The Thrill Kids by Vin Packer A Classic Novel of Juvenile Delinquency from 1955. Four kids from decent homes, roaming the streets and looking for kicks. Four kids who--one lovely summer night--wandered into Central Park, first molested a girl, and then brutally murdered an old vagrant they found asleep in a gully there! Author of Spring Fire and Look Back to Love |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| LENGTH: 46087 words; Reading time: 131-184 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.99 |
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| TITLE: | Fiddler's Lament by Donna H. Parker |
| DESCRIPTION: | Constancy Grace Stafford, fed up with murder, dreams of living a normal, peaceful life. But death at a music show, the clammy darkness of an unmapped Ozarks cave system, and a desperate fiddler's lament threaten to destroy that dream--and the two most precious people in her life. |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| LENGTH: 79292 words; Reading time: 226-317 minutes
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| PRICE: | $6.00 |
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| TITLE: | Fate by Thomas Lewis & Lois Ann Lewis |
| DESCRIPTION: | When Krystal Cooper looks into the bathroom mirror one day and sees a stranger starring back at her, she concludes that either she is going crazy or a ghost is trying to haunt her. Neither option is very compelling. As it turns out, Krystal is not crazy and Katrina, the reflection in the mirror, is not a ghost and intends no harm. In truth, Krystal and Katrina are kindred spirits, connected by more than just fate. The villain in this tale is a fallen angel named Apollyon who murdered Katrina twenty-seven years ago. Satan gave Apollyon the keys to hell with the admonition to roam the earth planting demon seeds and harvesting souls. Katrina awakens from her final rest because she has unfinished business. The awakening reunites the two kindred spirits and together with Krystal's sister Sari, they set off on an adventure to beat the devil. |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| LENGTH: 77492 words; Reading time: 221-309 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.99 |
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| TITLE: | Long Way Down by Paul Carr |
| DESCRIPTION: | Candi Moran is drop-dead beautiful, but she's also in trouble. Vince La Salle, a Miami loan shark, wants her dead because she knows too much about his secret in the Caribbean. Candi is shot by one of La Salle's men and turns to Sam Mackenzie for help. Sam, who is good with a gun, takes on the job, but he soon learns that Candi left out some dangerous details as he unravels La Salle's sordid past. La Salle is involved in a high-stakes project in the Caribbean, but where he's getting his money from is the big mystery. Sam dodges bullets, missiles, karate kicks, and sharks in his quest to protect the beautiful Candi. He gets help from an associate, John Templeton Smith III (J.T.), but Sam worries that J.T.'s greed might get them both killed as they navigate a serpentine trail of assassins, con artists and deadly financiers. |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| LENGTH: 79960 words; Reading time: 228-319 minutes
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| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | A Child Stalks the Shadows by S. B. Redstone |
| DESCRIPTION: | George and Lenore Marr are brutally murdered in Pittsburgh. Detective Lieutenant Joshua Greenberg investigates the crime, but has no suspect or motive, and it becomes a cold case. Three months later, in a suburb of Baltimore, a Chadwick Hospital clerk is murdered in Medical Records. Days later, a retired judge is tortured and killed. Despite more than enough clues, but no motive, Detective Sergeant Aubrey McKensie must rely on her paranormal ability that has been invaluable in solving crimes, but a disaster to her social life. Fate links up Aubrey with Josh Greenberg, and together, these two masterful young detectives must discover the identity of this elusive maniac with a secret past and an equally secretive motive before further lives are destroyed. Evolving out of the story is a heartfelt and combative romance between these two radically opposite detectives, each with their own deeply personal secrets and fears of intimacy. |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| LENGTH: 129742 words; Reading time: 370-518 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.99 |
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| TITLE: | One Minute Past Eight by George Harmon Coxe |
| DESCRIPTION: | A suspense thriller from Mystery Grand Master, George Harmon Coxe. At approximately eight o'clock private detective Harry Baker stumbled onto something big. At exactly one minute past eight, Baker was dead. The local police had figured that out for themselves. Now they wanted to know the rest from Jeff Lane. But what could Jeff tell them? He had sent Baker to locate his missing step-brother in Caracas. When Baker cabled he had news, Jeff went to Venezuela himself. Now Baker was dead. And, a few days later, so was Lane's step-brother. Jeff was struck b a sudden cold conviction. He was in a strange land, among strange people and up to his neck in murder. The search for a missing heir leads to two murders and too many suspects. |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| LENGTH: 64732 words; Reading time: 184-258 minutes
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| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | Waiting for an Eclipse: Book 2 Wounded Warrior Series by Karen Wiesner |
| DESCRIPTION: | Steve Thomas has a self-destructive wife, three kids, more guilt than one man can handle...and a chance at true love for the first time in his life--if only he can allow himself to take it. |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| LENGTH: 114200 words; Reading time: 326-456 minutes
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| TITLE: | Not Your Everyday Housewife by Mary Campisi |
| DESCRIPTION: | A wise and humorous tale of living large after 40, targeted at women 35-90 as they re-mold and reconsider their lives, and finally, finally make peace with themselves- wrinkles, blubber, neuroses, exes, and all |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| LENGTH: 74539 words; Reading time: 212-298 minutes
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| TITLE: | Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet No. 14 by Gavin J. Grant & Kelly Link |
| DESCRIPTION: | Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet is a twice-yearly zine of eclectic fiction and so on. Issue 14 includes wonderful stories from David J. Schwartz, Jay Lake, Richard Butner, Douglas Lain and more. Table of Contents fiction Douglas Lain--Music Lessons David Nahm--Sitting on a Bench in the Park Susan Mosser--Ragdog James Sallis--Two Stories Richard Butner--Pete and Earl Jay Lake--A Conspiracy of Dentists Matthew Latkiewicz--Felix Soutre, Puppeteer J. Cox--The Half-Fey House Devon Monk--Beer with a Hamster Chaser V. Anne Arden--Sun Bret Fetzer--Careless Liza Deborah Roggie--The Enchanted Trousseau poetry David Blair--Two Poems Trent Walters--The Coyotl Sally Bayley--The Blue Period nonfiction William Smith--The Film Column: Greaser's Palace Matthew Latkiewicz--Felix Soutre, Puppeteer Christoph Meyer--Projection Gwenda Bond--Dear Aunt Gwenda DAvId J. ShUUArtz A NOtE AbOUt thE TYpE |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| LENGTH: 46546 words; Reading time: 132-186 minutes
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| TITLE: | Payback by A.W. Lambert |
| DESCRIPTION: | While investigating what appears to be a series of tit for tat racial attacks in the back streets of Norwich, Theo Stern is asked to help in the search for gangster, Benny Lyle, said to have been kidnapped from his London home. But there is something cynically methodical about the Norwich attacks and Lyle is recently reported to have been seen in Norfolk's tiny Georgian town of Holt. So are the Norwich attacks simply retaliatory and has Lyle really been abducted? Stern has his doubts about both and when his investigations reveal that the two cases are inextricably linked in the most macabre way, his belief in the rule of law is tested to the extreme |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| LENGTH: 86166 words; Reading time: 246-344 minutes
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| TITLE: | Something that Happened in Pepperville by Joann Keder |
| DESCRIPTION: | Pepperville is a quaint, sleepy town where nothing ever seems to change... but that's probably because no one ever leaves. In fact, an outsider would probably think that everyone in Pepperville is just a little bit eccentric--from the policeman on his bicycle to the postal worker who will only deliver mail at night. Jenna Thompson has lived all of her 19 years in a cottage behind the Ashton Mansion. Like everyone else in Pepperville, Jenna's entire day is predictable--from what she will buy at the store to the footwear she will use to walk there. Then one day during a routine trip to the Shoppe & Walke, Jenna is horrified to discover that a vagrant has taken up residence in the biggest tree in town. No one knows why he is there, but the citizens of Pepperville do their best to make the glum young man as comfortable and welcome as possible. Everyone, that is, except for Jenna, who is determined to rid her town of this strange and silent squatter. Little does she know that her schemes will set off a series of events that will change Pepperville forever. |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| LENGTH: 48153 words; Reading time: 137-192 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.95 |
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| TITLE: | Morin Anthology by Marie Morin |
| DESCRIPTION: | The Djinn Dark, dangerous, exotic, and all too irresistible, the djinn, Raheem wreaks havoc on Elise Beauchamp's ordered, uncomplicated life the moment he appears. There's no doubt in Elise's mind that he can create a fire in her blood, but can he grant her the one wish her heart truly desires? Rating: Spicy/Carnal. Contains graphic sexual content, explicit language, and some violence. The Quirin Stone The disturbing dreams begin to haunt Cassandra Wallace almost from the moment she first looks upon the portrait of the woman that hangs in Thor Severnson's office. They're waking dreams, however, and in them she lives another woman's life, the wife of the Duc du Maurier, the man everyone believes is in league with the devil. What disturbs Cassie most, however, is the fact that the Duc du Maurier doesn't just look like the man she loves. In her dreams, he wears the same suit of armor that stands by Thor's fireplace and he wields the identical sword. And why is it that Thor possesses the documents supporting so many different identities? Identities that date back for centuries? Rating: Contains graphic sexual content, explicit language, and graphic violence. Fallen Angel Before the dawn of man they walked the Earth. In time they passed through the gateway where no man could follow, but the Fallen, those who have lost favor, are banished to Earth until they can redeem themselves? Throughout time man has seen them as gods, above themselves, but despite their powers, they are a warlike race and once more a battle has begun for power. When Kylee's quest for justice leads her into the dark underworld of the city, two worlds collide and the Elumi, Gabriel, drawn unwittingly and unwillingly into her private war, becomes her sword of vengeance. But is the price too high? Rating: Spicy. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 96974 words; Reading time: 277-387 minutes
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| TITLE: | A Lady of Talent by Evelyn Richardson |
| DESCRIPTION: | The Earl of Charrington fell in love with the spirited lady in a portrait he purchased. But believing that no such real person existed, he settled for a suitable match, becoming engaged to the lovely Barbara Wyatt, daughter of his business partner. But when he arranged to have her portrait painted by C. A. Manners, he found that Cecilia Manners had done a self-portrait. Regency Romance by Evelyn Richardson; originally published by Signet |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 67354 words; Reading time: 192-269 minutes
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| TITLE: | Night Hunter by Laura Shinn |
| DESCRIPTION: | Marcus had decided to end his 597 years of loneliness, knowing he would never find a mate. After all, who could love a vampire? Until he hears cries from within a dark church and draws one of the members into helping him save a small child.... |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 47212 words; Reading time: 134-188 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.95 |
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| TITLE: | Doorways by Goldie McBride & Catherine Paige |
| DESCRIPTION: | The Fairy Ring Chloe Monroe asked the Fairies for her heart's desire--her soul mate, a man who would love her, passionately, forever. Unfortunately, she found the wish fell under the jurisdiction of Murphy's Law. Her soul mate just happened to be a Scottish Lord by the name of Sean Frazier--who lived in medieval Scotland. Sensuality: CARNAL The Dark One The Chateaux du Beauchamp is reputedly haunted by Gerard, Count du Beauchamp, once considered one of the most powerful warlocks in Europe. Samantha Lancaster discovers he's a bit more real than that. Sensuality: SPICY |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 62131 words; Reading time: 177-248 minutes
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| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | Trinity Secrets [Sequel to Trinity Magic] by Amber Carlton |
| DESCRIPTION: | In this sequel to Trinity Magic, Ryder Kendall returns to the present to find an exact duplicate of his past wife. He claims Ashleigh Dwyer for his own, but magic has a way of interfering with Ryder's life. While he wakes up to discover her missing, Ashleigh wakes up in the 18th century in the arms of yet another Kendall. Robin is not what he seems. The country farmer holds a secret and Ashleigh must make a choice between life in the past or returning to her own world. As Ashleigh adjusts to her new life and falls in love with Robin, she finds herself surrounded by witches and faeries, Ganconors and bantees, as well as a pirate queen named Nick Swan who holds a special place in the family. But the biggest obstacle to her happiness is Robin himself and the secrets he holds. When his past lover, Elizabeth Trahern, threatens to tell the world of Robin's secret life and destroy everything he loves, Robin and Ashleigh must fight to keep the family safe, with the help of their friends, both human and magical, and a little Trinity magic. [Erotic Historical Time-Travel Romance. Warning: Contains graphic sexual content and adult language.] |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 142501 words; Reading time: 407-570 minutes
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| PRICE: | $6.50 |
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| TITLE: | Dangerous Hauntings by Jo Barrett |
| DESCRIPTION: | Sequel to Jo Barrett's Chaste Kiss... Debi Cummings and Mick Wise have been at odds since the day they met. The attraction between them is unrelenting, but neither is willing to give in, until Debi's past comes back to haunt her--literally. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 28419 words; Reading time: 81-113 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.50 |
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| TITLE: | Forbidden: The Revolution by Samantha Sommersby |
| DESCRIPTION: | Forbidden, Book 3 Twenty-five years ago Dell Renfield's father started a revolution, and Dell plans to finish it. Sorcerer, vampire, secret weapon, he's spent a lifetime training for his fate. The one distraction he isn't equipped for? Special Agent Alexandria Sanchez. A woman he desires above all others--and a woman he dare not get close to. Alex's love life is already cursed. She doesn't need the added complication of a sexy new partner. Especially one who's touch is literally magic. Posing as his lover for the sake of their investigation is pure hell--and pure heaven. Now if she can just get him to quit casting spells long enough to prove she's capable. And keep her hands to herself in the process. As they infiltrate a dangerous culture, temptation becomes too much to resist. And their torrid affair triggers an epic battle for power that could forever alter the future for them?and their kind. This book has been previously published and has been revised and expanded from its original release. Warning: This book contains spectacular magical ass-kickings, copious amounts of blistering sex, one super-sexy, gun-toting heroine, and a very delicious, very powerful sorcerer?who sometimes sports fangs. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 55886 words; Reading time: 159-223 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.50 |
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| TITLE: | To Protect A Prince by Candy Nicks |
| DESCRIPTION: | When the Lady Shula and the young Prince Cristan of Aluderia need urgent transport off-planet, there's only one man for the job. Unfortunately, Captain Daniels, ace-pilot and super-stud extraordinaire, is just about to be beaten to a pulp by a creature three times his size for not paying his brothel-bill. To his great surprise, Shula steps forward and offers the credits he needs. To his even greater surprise she announces that she's his wife and the child she's holding is his. The last thing Captain Daniels needs is a woman and a baby on board. Particularly one being chased across the galaxy by the most elite bounty hunters in the business. He has enough problems trying to stay one step ahead of the gangsters out to recover the debts he owes them. Shula will do anything to save the child and when she offers sex in return for passage she activates the Aluderian marker, a hormone that can put men in thrall. Now Shula and Captain Daniels find themselves fighting to outrun their pursuers and the effect of the marker. Dan wants her on his own terms, not because he can't help himself. In order for prince Cristan to grow into a warrior capable of reclaiming his throne, Dan must make a difficult decision. But, in doing so, he may just rediscover a man he thought lost and find a love he never thought would be his. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 30885 words; Reading time: 88-123 minutes
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| PRICE: | $2.99 |
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| TITLE: | Can't Say No [The Improper Ladies 3] by Emma Wildes |
| DESCRIPTION: | Helen Richmond, the daughter of the infamous Earl of Charbeau, is privileged, aristocratic, and pledged to a man she loathes. There is only one way she can think of to get her point across about her upcoming unwanted marriage and that is to lose her virginity in the most scandalous way possible. It doesn't matter that he doesn't deserve his reputation as London's most celebrated libertine, Wade 'Wicked" Warrick knows how everyone sees him. He finds the whispers an irritant until one night a beautiful young woman climbs into his carriage and offers him her body. Normally, he would refuse outright, but something about her is unique and somehow he just can't say no. [Erotic Historical Romance. Warning: Contains graphic sexual content and adult language.] |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 46481 words; Reading time: 132-185 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.99 |
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| TITLE: | Seering Order by Viola Grace |
| DESCRIPTION: | Reva has spent her life in servitude, her commanding voice her largest asset. When an Enjel swoops her off and away from her life as a nanny, she has a choice. Blinding and unfocused freedom, or life as a Sector Guard. Seer is her companion, and he wants to move up to lover, but as Order becomes comfortable with her new job, she has to think things through. She has to face her lack of education, social skills and romantic entanglements, and she has to do it fast before her Enjel loses patience. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 15701 words; Reading time: 44-62 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.99 |
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| TITLE: | A Mistaken Identity by Fenella Miller |
| DESCRIPTION: | When Emma Ellison met two unknown gentlemen in the plum orchard she guessed one of them was Lord Denver. She disliked his companion on sight. But Lord Denver improved on acquaintance and Emma believed that he returned her affections--until he treated her cruelly. She left the vicarage broken-hearted. Would Richard find a way to change her mind? Regency Romance novella by Fenella Miller; originally published by DC Thomson's My Weekly Pocket Novel |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 29931 words; Reading time: 85-119 minutes
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| TITLE: | Flames On The Sky by Linda LaRoque |
| DESCRIPTION: | The Anasazi whispered of his evil and of the woman who could defeat it. Fire, sky, and stone must unite to fulfill an ancient prophecy. Madison Evans inherits a turquoise locket, travels to New Mexico, and discovers the stone dates back to the Chacoan Anasazi. When she's attacked, parks ranger Lonan Stone, of Chacoan ancestry, fears Madison's turquoise is a missing twin of the revered Fallen Skystone, an egg size piece of turquoise on display in Albuquerque. The mystical stone is missing two slivers--one's in Madison's necklace, the others whereabouts unknown, but if united by evil they can destroy. Madison and Lonan are part of a 1000 year old prophecy to save Chaco Canyon. Thrust back in time, they meet a witch, solve a murder, fall in love, and imprison a 1000 year old evil spirit. Their mission complete, can these two people from different cultures blend their lives as the prophecy predicted? |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 73828 words; Reading time: 210-295 minutes
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| PRICE: | $6.00 |
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| TITLE: | Satin Spar by Kim Knox |
| DESCRIPTION: | A prehensile tail has its advantages? Scar's marbled skin and stunted tail aren't all that make her stand out. Her Caraniae DNA has a strange effect on the male of the species, which makes her career as a pilot perfect. The less interaction she has with people--with men--the better. She won't risk her wayward pheromones bonding her forever to one man. Then there's her boss's new bodyguard, Anthony Tyler. The pure-human is tight-lipped about his sketchy past. He also seems determined to work her prehensile tail off. Once imprisoned and drummed out of the Corps for conduct unbecoming, Tyler is intrigued with his ship's unheard-of, human-Caraniae hybrid. He spent his career fighting her kind, but when a message from home throws Scar into a tailspin, he finds himself drawn to help her in any way he can. Even if it means risking life and limb to help her sweat out her anger. Their sparring session turns into something else. Something wildly sexual. Something so wrong as to be suicidal--if Scar's father discovers she's bonded with anyone other than the husband he's forcing her to marry? Warning: This book contains violence, nekkid wrestling and hot, alien-human naughtiness. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 24384 words; Reading time: 69-97 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.50 |
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| TITLE: | A Case of Love by Wendy Stone |
| DESCRIPTION: | Mackenzie Hunter was a small feisty woman with the will and drive, to do something her family wasn't happy about. Gideon Hawkins was a narcotics cop with a chip on his shoulder and the attitude to keep it there. What happens when Mackenzie goes undercover to find out information on the biggest Narc operation in the city? Will Hawk be able to save Mac when a serial arsonist decides he's her biggest fan? Will this become a murder case, or will it be their own, Case of Love? |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 76697 words; Reading time: 219-306 minutes
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| PRICE: | $6.95 |
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| TITLE: | Full Throttle by Candace Morehouse |
| DESCRIPTION: | Phoenix is hot but the bikers are even hotter and Samantha finds this out firsthand after partnering with her cousin to run Dr. Doug's Mobile Dyno. Spurned by an ex-fiancé and resolved to taking care of her aging father, romance is the last thing Samantha's looking for. Along comes opportunity in the form of Linc Montgomery, a tough, business-savvy, ex-Harley racer and new owner of Full Throttle Custom Cycles in Phoenix. Linc is used to having gorgeous women fall at his feet. When he meets Samantha and agrees to contract her company, he quickly realizes she isn't one of those brainless bimbos he normally dates. The challenge is on for Linc as he sets out to seduce Samantha just to prove he can. He doesn't plan on the interference of his ex-wife and her ex-fiancé--both of whom serve to make him realize that along the way, he has fallen head over heels in love. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 73519 words; Reading time: 210-294 minutes
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| TITLE: | Creighton Manor by Karen M. Nutt |
| DESCRIPTION: | The last thing that Gillian Metcalf remembers before she passes out is being aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, where she witnessed a dog disappearing as if it were a phantom. Now she's aboard the riverboat, Ida Belle, traveling down the muddy Mississippi. It is 1870, where men carry guns and throw knives. It is a time where reputations mean everything. Before she can determine how she's miraculously stepped from one world into another, she is being forced to marry Zachary Creighton. Trouble follows the man and it looks like she's along for the ride. As she attempts to understand why she was sent back to 1870, she struggles to come to terms with her own desires that tempt her to surrender to a man she barely knows. Zachary Creighton, a gambler with one goal: to win back Creighton Manor. Marriage was not part of this plan. To keep peace with his reluctant bride, he makes a bargain with her. He needs someone to tutor his nephew Tyler, and she needs a roof over her head until they can annul their sham of a marriage. Never did he expect his bride to be embraced into the family fold by his grandmother, Lotti. However, the biggest surprise of all is that he finds himself falling for her charms. When the reason for Gillian's appearance into Zachary's world is finally revealed, their love for each other will be tested. Gillian will have to make a difficult decision before she can find happiness. The stakes are high, but Zachary will risk it all to win Gillian's heart. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 101676 words; Reading time: 290-406 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.99 |
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| TITLE: | Proof of Life [Super Agent Series Book 3] by Misty Evans |
| DESCRIPTION: | Blood ties run deepest--and deadliest. Super Agent Series, Book 3 No matter how many times he patches the holes in the wall, CIA Deputy Director Michael Stone can't forget the night a terrorist took him hostage in his own home. Or the mistakes that transformed him into an overwhelming force to keep his country safe. And now that his niece, the daughter of the Republican candidate for President, has been kidnapped just days from the election, Michael vows to do whatever it takes to get her back. Dr. Brigit Kent, a consultant for the Department of Homeland Security, knows this particular kidnapper well. Exposing him, however, will reveal her sister's secret ties to a terrorist group. The only way to keep her sister safe is to blackmail the sexy, rock-solid deputy director. A move that puts her directly in his line of fire. Brigit is undeniably beautiful, brilliant, cunning. But is she friend or foe? The answer to that question could break Michael's personal code of honor--and his heart. Warning: Bullets and blackmail, good luck and laughter. Surprises and secrets and love ever after? |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 101433 words; Reading time: 289-405 minutes
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| PRICE: | $5.50 |
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| TITLE: | Miss Dower's Paragon by Gayle Buck |
| DESCRIPTION: | Miss Evelyn Dower could not accept Mr. Peter Hawkins' proposal--though she loved him--because she knew he only made it at his grandmother's insistence. Peter was not the only man to seek her hand. There was sportsman Lord Waithe and exquisite Sir Charles Reginald. How could she accept either of them when she loved the elusive Peter? Regency Romance by Gayle Buck; originally published by Signet |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 74021 words; Reading time: 211-296 minutes
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| PRICE: | $5.00 |
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| TITLE: | Her Captain Surrenders by Eliza Knight |
| DESCRIPTION: | Captain Nathaniel Cruise always puts duty first. But a beautiful woman tempts him from his duties to pursue more? pleasurable diversions. Beyond her physical charms, Lady Blackburn has wit and intelligence. He'll have to stay one step ahead of the seductive widow to keep from falling under her spell. Lady Juliette Blackburn knows what she wants and she wants Captain Cruise. A wealthy widow in her own right, she decides to take her love life into her own hands. However, at every turn, the man of her dreams runs away from her. She'll have to keep up a subtle chase to discreetly reel him in. Despite their mutual attraction, something darker pulls them together, threatening both their lives. Together they'll fight the villain and perhaps along the way, Juliette's captain will surrender? to love. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 29037 words; Reading time: 82-116 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.50 |
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| TITLE: | Love Thy Neighbor by Patricia Bates |
| DESCRIPTION: | Rylee Parys, like her father and grandfather is a small time rancher with a big time problem. Embroiled in a bitter war over water and land, she stands alone against her neighbors who are dismayed to have a woman in control. Ex-cavalry officer, Tom Duncan has returned home after the bloody civil war only to find himself in the middle of another war. Pitted against a slim, boyish looking woman, he's uncertain who to believe. When the hostility boils over and becomes physical, Tom must make a stand. As the clues add up these two bitter opponents must rely on each other to save not only their way of life--but the love that has grown between them. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 86692 words; Reading time: 247-346 minutes
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| PRICE: | $6.00 |
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| TITLE: | A Home for Christmas by Deborah Staley |
| DESCRIPTION: | In the tradition of acclaimed storyteller Debbie Macomber, this sweet holiday romance is warm, sentimental, and set in a small town filled with likable characters. A Home For Christmas is author Deborah Grace Staley's second novel in her Angel Ridge series (see Book One, ONLY YOU.) The heroine, a cynical doctor, comes home for the holidays, never expecting to fall in love with one of the town's most handsome and rakish bachelors. Visit the author at deborahgracestaley.com and bellbridgebooks.com |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 71798 words; Reading time: 205-287 minutes
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| PRICE: | $12.95 |
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| TITLE: | Free Falling [Damaged Heroes Book 2] by Sandy James |
| DESCRIPTION: | Workaholic Ross Kennedy never learned to enjoy life until he meets the woman of his dreams. If only Laurie Miller can convince him that's exactly who she is. A psychologist with empathic abilities, Laurie rescues Ross, who has been stranded in the middle of a Montana blizzard. The two strangers are completely snowed in and out of contact. In just a few days, their attraction to each other is overwhelming, but Laurie is troubled. Her empathic gift seems to have vanished. Fascinated by his pretty rescuer, Ross struggles to open up his heart enough to let this woman in. When the two return home to Chicago, they try to solve a mystery revolving around a Prohibition Era journal they discovered in Montana. Will they find the missing treasure the journal points to? And as a former boyfriend begins to stalk Laurie, how will Ross be able to protect her? |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 109234 words; Reading time: 312-436 minutes
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| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | Black Ribbon Affair by Casey Clifford |
| DESCRIPTION: | Caitlin Donnelly's life is exactly how she wants it--except for the threatening notes. Deciphering who's after her, and why, isn't easy when the suspects include all her co-workers, along with a man from her past. Caitlin isn't sure who she can trust and danger escalates at a pace equaling her attraction to Mike. Mike Rafferty's life is in a mess. When his personal life disintegrates, he grasps an opportunity: a challenging new job and relocation to a different state. Finally, he has something to look forward to. He discovers an unexpected benefit in his new co-worker, a woman who turned him down years ago. Mike welcomes this unexpected chance to pick up a relationship worth waiting for. When Caitlin is kidnapped, Mike struggles to save the woman he loves while she learns to trust in his love to keep her alive. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 84886 words; Reading time: 242-339 minutes
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| TITLE: | Forbidden Heart [Talaenian Fae, Book 1] by Kara Wills |
| DESCRIPTION: | The moment Shaye sees Moira, he is sure she will break his two hundred-year-old curse. It doesn't take long for Shaye to fall in love with this magnificent human woman, but proving his love is more difficult. Moira is piecing her broken heart and broken life together when Shaye storms in and whisks her away on a fairytale adventure. Accepting his mythological nature--half human, half faerie--is disturbingly easy. Accepting his promise of forever seems ludicrous, as much as her heart beats to believe in him. Daeanna is the daughter of Dagda, king of the Tuatha de Danann, and she is hell-bent on keeping what is rightfully hers: Shaye. Rejecting any possibility that Moira might be his true soul mate, Daeanna is determined to keep them apart...whatever the cost. Love has never been so powerful, greed never so hideous. In worlds infused with beauty, magic and peace, can nightmares be banished and deceit be justified? Can love truly conquer all? |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 121837 words; Reading time: 348-487 minutes
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| TITLE: | Black Velvet by Antonia Tiranth Delilah K. Stephans |
| DESCRIPTION: | Always in battle, always alone... A prophecy that cannot be denied. Determined to avoid a forced marriage, Amara hops a plane to find and recruit Jett, the only man her fellow shifters believe can save them. Jett cares little for Amara's cause, and an ancient prophecy has told him he must always fight alone. But when the plucky lass shows up in his life and refuses to leave, the last thing he expects is the turbulent emotions her presences brings. When she's not busy hating him, Amara kind of likes Jett, and Jett can't deny that he's falling for her. But when love ignites between them, can they deny their destiny? Content warning: Sexual innuendo, explicit sexual situations, language. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| LENGTH: 45824 words; Reading time: 130-183 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.50 |
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| TITLE: | Madrigal: A Novel of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera by Jennifer Linforth |
| DESCRIPTION: | Years earlier Erik faked his death and vowed the Phantom would never again haunt the Opera Garnier. But strange packages left by Anna, an unwanted Samaritan turned unlikely friend, cause him to desire the unattainable--love. Battling the nobleman determined to lock him away, Erik must control his demons and tame a heart unexpectedly beating for two opposite women: Christine, who he longs to love, and Anna the woman who saw beyond his bitter soul to the man beneath the mask. In the midst of a brutal manhunt, can he be loved for himself or is he condemned to be The Phantom of the Opera? Murderer, Maestro, Magician, Mastermind. |
| CATEGORY: | Historical Fiction |
| LENGTH: 104113 words; Reading time: 297-416 minutes
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| PRICE: | $7.95 |
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| TITLE: | Busting Loose: Cancer Survivors Tell You What Your Doctor Won't by Cheryl Swanson |
| DESCRIPTION: | Cheryl Swanson was inspired to write Busting Loose when a confluence of events had her undergoing treatment for breast cancer, adopting a child from Guatemala and writing her first suspense novel--all at the same time. More than a quarter-million women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year in the United States. Many of these women will succumb to the passive role of a medical victim, not realizing that alone might kill them. Busting Loose shows women how they can use the light of their cancer experience to climb the mountains in their lives. It explains how to deal with fear in a positive way. Most of all, it encourages women to never let their diagnosis limit them and to get back quickly to what ignites their passions and brings them balance and peace. |
| CATEGORY: | Health/Fitness |
| LENGTH: 75085 words; Reading time: 214-300 minutes
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| TITLE: | Son of the Revolution by June Venable |
| DESCRIPTION: | Caleb Fields joined the Militia to help America win the Revolutionary War. Now which one of the two young women in his life will win his heart? Orphaned at fifteen, Caleb Fields joins the South Carolina Militia to fight the British. When he's separated from his unit, he finds help at the home of Abby Williams and her family. When he's captured by the Red Coats, Abby helps him escape. He's unable to locate his own unit, so he joins another and makes a friend, Seth Larkin. Seth is wounded in battle, and when Caleb accompanies him home he meets the Larkin family, including Seth's saucy younger sister, Elizabeth. She wants nothing more than to join the fight. Leaving Seth to recuperate, Caleb is kidnapped by a loyalist group headed up by the famous Swamp Fox, Francis Marion. The goal of his ragged band is to steal British weapons in Charleston Harbor and destroy a bridge vital to the Red Coats. Caleb plays a vital part in this mission. Caleb and Seth meet up again, and after months of skirmishes with the enemy, the two wind up in a decisive battle against the notorious Lieutenant Banestre Tarlton--Bloody Ban. As the British flee the battlefield Caleb is wounded. Seth brings Caleb to the nearby Williams' farmhouse where he is happy to see Abby, but he also learns the severity of his injuries. He may never walk again. A fierce spring storm brings a miracle that Caleb needs to finally put his life together. With the war ending, Caleb must make a decision to stay in service to his country or return to his farm. He's torn between the two young women in his life, but when he makes his decision, he knows it is right, and what he has wanted all along. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| LENGTH: 37785 words; Reading time: 107-151 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.99 |
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| TITLE: | Unpredictable by Julie Kimbrell |
| DESCRIPTION: | When a strange man, Frank Jenkins, begins to stalk Sophie Allender, her normal teenage life comes to a halt. She's in love with her brother's best friend, Dillon Stewart and dealing with this psychotic man, all at the same time. Frank gets jealous of Dillon and after several strange things happen to both Sophie and Dillon, she realizes he's not playing around and someone might get hurt. Frank Jenkins continues to haunt Sophie and eventually he gets an opportunity to hurt her then Frank disappears. Can Dillon save her? Where will Frank turn up next? Will Sophie be ready for him if he shows up? |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| LENGTH: 49812 words; Reading time: 142-199 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.99 |
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| TITLE: | White Elephant by Penny Dreadful |
| DESCRIPTION: | Jayne Symon seems like a normal teenage girl. She loves music and movies and tries really hard to be just like everyone else. Blessed with the Gift of Tongues, Jayne is anything but average and hates every moment of it. It's hard to be ordinary when you can to talk to house cats. Gregory Hanson already knows how hard it is to be normal, especially when you're the only son of the wealthiest family in the city. Years of being sheltered have left him socially clumsy, and nothing seems to help him fit in. Gregory would give everything up just to have some real friends and a normal life. Everything changes when Jayne finds Gregory hiding in her kitchen closet and they discover that both friendship and love can come in packages that are far from normal. But their relationship goes from curious to complicated when Jayne becomes the next target for a murderer who wants her tongue and her Gift. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| LENGTH: 102584 words; Reading time: 293-410 minutes
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| PRICE: | $7.50 |
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| TITLE: | The Zone by Barbara Karmazin |
| DESCRIPTION: | Captain Axel needs a med tech in order to stop the authorities on Luma from grounding and impounding his spaceship. When advertisements on the local net fail to secure any prospects, he and his men search the Zone for a new crewmate. Pinned by the blaster fires of a drug war, Jeresa accepts the spacers' offer of a job and the chance to escape off-planet from capture and enslavement. To her surprise, the offer to join the crew includes sex with the four men who've rescued her. Escaping the blaster flames, she has jumped into the carnal fire of erotic love. Is her heart strong enough to survive the searing sexual attentions of four randy spacers? Long, long ago in a world far, far away, pieces of this book once existed in another form. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 25044 words; Reading time: 71-100 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.49 |
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| TITLE: | Room for One More: My Bisexual Fantasies by Sascha Illyvich |
| DESCRIPTION: | Sometimes Three is Not a Crowd! Is bisexuality the new norm? Of this sensational, timely new collection, the author says: "What could be better than two men and one woman? Maybe two women and one man? I have daydreamed about it. Haven't you? This collection contains a few new stories and some old ones from that deal with the wonderful topic of mĂ nage. In "Emerald Green," we meet the sexy Naomi who dares Alex to fulfill his fantasy of being with a guy, going so far as to sweeten the deal with her own hot body. In "Madison's Cure," we have the traditional workaholic who often fantasizes about the woman he stays with. Can she think of a way to get him away from his work long enough to focus on something more interesting? In "Lashway's Lease," Lindsey desperately wants something from an on-again off-again fling who controls prime real estate, so she tries something unusual to get the apartment she wants! These six short stories were fun to write and arousing as well. I hope you enjoy reading about My Bisexual Fantasies where there is always room for one more. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 25174 words; Reading time: 71-100 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.99 |
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| TITLE: | Pure Jaide by Jaide Fox |
| DESCRIPTION: | Forbidden Fruit: With his lands cursed to wither and die, Lord Dominic Rainier learns from a witch that the only way to save his people is to capture the lovely Lady Lilith Somerset--and impregnate her before the next full moon ?. Rating: Carnal--forced seduction. Earth Girls Aren't Easy: Rebel Earthling, Chyna Lin has just been "presented" the "opportunity" by alien King Darion Jatara to bear his children. She has two problems with that. One--he's a real ass. Two--she has every intention of escaping. Rating: Spicy/Carnal. Contains graphic language, explicit sexual content, and violence. Ppreviously released in an anthology print Tripping Through the Universe. Archangel: When scientist Danielle Logan inadvertently breaches the gateway, Archangel Kirin, guardian of the gate, must stop her from opening the gates of Pearthen to human invasion-or die. He discovers, though, that Danielle is surprisingly determined to protect her invention. She will take convincing--and he can think of many very pleasurable ways to accomplish that. Rating: Spicy/Carnal. Demon Huntress-Sacrificed: For years Nari has struggled with the knowledge that there is something different about her, and as her nightmares increase, leaving physical proof on her body, she realizes there is more to the mystery of her birth. But is she too late? Sensuality: Spicy--Forced seduction/rape by a demon. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 78966 words; Reading time: 225-315 minutes
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| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | Combustion by Denise A. Agnew |
| DESCRIPTION: | A little heat... Former smoke jumper Autumn MacAllister returns to Montana after tragedy almost takes her life. She doesn't expect the chubby insecure boy she once knew to have turned into a virile man with a mind-blowing smile. A little flame... Firefighter Jack Dillon never forgot his childhood crush on Autumn, or the devastating blaze that melded their lives together. Now she's back and creating havoc in his heart, and he can't ignore the banked tension between them that threatens to ignite. Combustion! Now they must combine forces when an arsonist threatens to burn their city, and an old enemy threatens to create a flashover that may consume all they hold dear. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 104270 words; Reading time: 297-417 minutes
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| PRICE: | $6.10 |
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| TITLE: | Kyla's Basic Training by J. W. McKenna |
| DESCRIPTION: | When Kyla, a divorced woman from America, met Sean, a former child soldier from Uganda, she never imagined he would soon become her lover and then her absolute master. Yet something about Sean made Kyla want to obey him from he beginning. He wasn't cruel or unkind--in fact, his mastery of her gave her total love and devotion, something she had never felt before. Soon she was undergoing basic training in submission at his hands. And their love-making was extraordinary. The only flaw in their relationship was their age difference. Sean claimed to be nineteen, but no one knew for sure. When Sean suggested they add a younger woman to their relationship, Kyla was shocked, but agreed it did make some sort of sense. Can their relationship survive? Here is an erotic romance that asks: Can two women share one man? "Kyla's Basic Training" is a look at modern relationships through the prism of BDSM. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 42431 words; Reading time: 121-169 minutes
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| TITLE: | The Fire Inside by Julia Talbot |
| DESCRIPTION: | Nick is just a working man, trying to get his job done. When a routine job goes sour, though, he knows just who to blame; the guy who threw himself in front of Nick's car. Ty. Ty's in trouble, and he's hoping Nick will help him. He's not sure what forces brought them together, but he knows they're meant to be, and he's willing to use his talent for generating heat to keep Nick at his side, ready for more of his special gifts. And ready to defend him from anyone who wants to hurt him. Will these two be overcome by the fire inside? |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 36670 words; Reading time: 104-146 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.95 |
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| TITLE: | Myths and Legends (Collection) by Judy Mays |
| DESCRIPTION: | Myths... Legends... What is true? What isn't? Deep in the Central American jungles beings roamed freely--half human, half cat. For three such cats, a jaguar, a puma, and an ocelot, life is easy and uncomplicated--until humans cross their paths--specific humans, humans who will need their help, their protection, their love. Balam, Karak, and Raina must choose between the uncomplicated life denizens of the jungle lead or a life with a human with all its complications. Sanika, Mireya, and Hans must also make a choice, one that is far harder and more uncertain. Can each of them find it in themselves to love a being that is more than human, that is half animal? Myths... Legends... What is love? What isn't? This collection contains the previously released novellas Jaguar, Puma, and Ocelot. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 66150 words; Reading time: 189-264 minutes
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| PRICE: | $8.99 |
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| TITLE: | Marcel Manor by Mandy M. Roth |
| DESCRIPTION: | Giselle Beauchamp is a woman gifted with the ability to sense the dead. With the rise and popularity of haunted houses, many towns are vying to have one to call their own. Painesville isn't one of those towns. Its people seem reluctant to speak about Marcel Manor-long rumored to be haunted. Marcel Duprat IV, a creature of the night who is centuries old, sweeps Giselle into his home thinking she'll safe for the time being. He's wrong. Rating: Carnal. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 12106 words; Reading time: 34-48 minutes
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| PRICE: | $2.50 |
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| TITLE: | The Anwar Collection by Celeste Anwar |
| DESCRIPTION: | Voyeur: Miranda liked staying safe inside her home. She would never have dreamed she could enjoy watching someone else having fun so much--until she discovered Bryce, the yummy Cajun she'd settled next door to. Bryce was actually 'in' to exhibitionism, she discovered--and lot more. Rating: CARNAL. Voyeurism. Exhibitionism. Cajun Heat: Yveline is after the story that's going to launch her career in journalism--sex slaves in Cajun country, but after watching the rendezvous for days without a break in the story, she decides to go in for a snoop. Unfortunately, the sex god she's been watching through her binoculars is lying in wait. Yveline is a journalist to her toes, though. Without a blink she immediately decides to go with the flow and write her Sex Slave story from an insider's point of view. Rating: CARNAL. Frank adult language and situations. The Color of Twilight: For ten long years, the dark fey prince, Frost Tamann, has searched for his chosen. The chase that has left him hollow inside has finally ended, for at the Mystery Ball, he has found the woman who crushed his heart so long ago. Tonight, she will feel the agony of unquenched desire ... the burn of ice ... the brand of his mouth. He will see her beg before he takes her, and never will she flee him again. Rating: Contains graphic, explicit sex and potentially offensive language and sexual situations. Resurrection: It cost her a pint of blood, literally, to gain membership, and Tara is determined to get her money's worth--however terrified she is of getting caught visiting the bordella. Her 'host', Michel, who is to be her midnight lover, fulfills her secret fantasy in a way she hadn't dreamed possible. Rating: Graphic, explicit sex and language. Born of Night: Jessica Talvert came to New Orleans looking for her roots and the mystery of her past. But some secrets were meant to stay buried. Little did she realize her arrival in the sultry city would spell her own doom. Feral, dangerous, and oozing lethal charm, he captured Jessica with a kiss, but the Cajun rogue, Gabriel Benoit, is not what he seems. Danger follows him, exciting her beyond imagining, until she's swept into a world she never dreamed existed. Rating: Contains graphic, explicit sex and violence, profanity, and harsh language. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 71607 words; Reading time: 204-286 minutes
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| TITLE: | Wild Thing by Lena Austin |
| DESCRIPTION: | When Dr. Lee Porter returns to his old family homestead for some much-needed R&R from the fugue states that have plagued him and ruined his career as a professor of geology, he finds a sick feral man in the barn one cold night, and nurses him back to health. The attraction once Will recovers is mutual, but Will is more feral than Lee thinks. Will loves his new packmate, even if the poor human can't grasp what being a pack member means. Then, when Will witnesses what really happens during one of Lee's fugues, he knows it's much worse than Lee thinks. He's shifter sick, and must embrace his heritage as a shifter of an unknown type, and learn to live as a Wild Thing. Or he will die... possibly in the jaws of his lover. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 17297 words; Reading time: 49-69 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.99 |
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| TITLE: | Begging Ivory by M. Christian |
| DESCRIPTION: | From an acclaimed author of erotic fiction comes two tales of titillating suspense. Begging Ivory: An antique object not only brings pleasure to it new owner, but assists in freeing her from an abusive relationship. Thicker Than Ink: Some tattoos are beautiful, others intricate and ornate. Still others provoke a variety of emotions--arousal, ecstasy, even a desire for revenge. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 7830 words; Reading time: 22-31 minutes
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| PRICE: | $2.00 |
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| TITLE: | Lone Huntress by A. P. Miller |
| DESCRIPTION: | In the distant but not too unforeseeable future, humanity has colonized the stars. The Federation exists as a defense against the true tyranny of alien oppressors by the safeguarding of civil liberties and the championing of freedom for security. But with freedom comes dangers and uncertainties, as some seek to abuse their freedom and oppress others in turn. Originally hailing from the planet Gaia, whose hunter-gatherer natives claim descent from twenty-first century environmentalists and nature lovers, Lisa Huntress was literally born and raised to the profession she claims as her surname. Her skills at tracking prey, be it in an alien jungle or in a high-tech urban landscape, even in the endless void of space, are unmatched. Her specialized ordnance strikes terror into the hearts of pirates and the dreaded Fey alike. But her cutting-edge armor and her powerful musculature hide a shattered heart mourning over the loss of those she has loved. Behind those predatory eyes gleams the will of a young woman longing for love and companionship. Be it with a telepathic con artist fleeing a wealthy victim, a brilliant beauty from the fabled Planet of Ten Thousand Universities, or a therapist whose heart aches for his client, Lisa cannot help but yearn for what she lost to the deadly arsenal of the Fallen Angels. But through it all, Lisa remains courageous and professional. No matter what the job calls for, she can get it done. Need someone to track down terrorists seeking to win a gender war that no one else cares even to fight? Are the Fey plotting another conspiracy by playing games with the hearts of the powerful and influential? Has a BEM worldship carrying a colony of the spacefaring vermin slammed into your world and unleashed nonsentient monstrosities eager to ravish your planet of natural resources in a mindless and unending quest to consume, reproduce, and expand? Just check out the Huntress' website for contact information. FIA approved for handling assignments rated as critical, she'll take down the bad guys, rescue the hostages, and track down the answers to the puzzles. Creative financing is available for those of diminished means or those with contracts on space pirates. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 62206 words; Reading time: 177-248 minutes
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| TITLE: | Heartbeat by Belita Renn |
| DESCRIPTION: | Advertising agent, Tammy Sinclair, is sent to a small mountain town to gain the advertising account for a fast growing company that makes a cure for erection dysfunction. A heavy rain washing out the road traps her at the local gas station with the sexy owner, Blake, and roommate, Ken, who live beneath the store. A quickly developing relationship is knocked off course when a werewolf molests Tammy while asleep. When new lover, Blake, covers up for the werewolf, it makes her suspicious. When everyone else backs him on the cover-up, she fears she is in trouble. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 30494 words; Reading time: 87-121 minutes
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| TITLE: | Coyote's Woman by Ann Vremont |
| DESCRIPTION: | ucy Suther is a bartered woman who hates the sight of dust rising up on the road into the Double Nought Ranch. It accompanied her on her bound arrival and bore silent witness to her marriage to a smuggler of flesh and drugs. Now her husband is two months missing and hoped dead, she's trapped on the remote ranch, and the coyote that killed off her chickens is growing bolder. So, when a sexy stranger claiming to be her brother-in-law drives in on a cloud of dust, she has to wonder--will trusting him earn her a way off the Double Nought or an express ride to a moonlit grave? |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 14696 words; Reading time: 41-58 minutes
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| TITLE: | Passionate Protector by Jan Minter |
| DESCRIPTION: | Raised in cloistered luxury, Patricia Alverez, "LittleToot" to her friends, is hiding out to escape her father's control and to live her own life. An attack by kidnappers brings her old bodyguard back into her life. When all her careful plans for a new identity crumble, only Joe can save her. He stirs her newly awakened sexual urges. That's when she begins a deliberate campaign of seduction. Joe Logan is determined to keep Toot safe, but hadn't counted on his uncontrollable lust for the grown up, delectable morsel. He tries to think of her as still nine years old, like when he was first hired to protect her. He thinks he can save her from the kidnappers, but who will save her from him? Or Him from her? This is a thrilling sequel to THE AMAZON PROJECT. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 19939 words; Reading time: 56-79 minutes
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| PRICE: | $5.49 |
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| TITLE: | Timeless by Nix Winter |
| DESCRIPTION: | Different worlds, different expectations, but when a Captain saves a Prince, it may be the Prince's love that saves the Captain. Blurb: There are three main characters, it's a love triangle, where they could all end up in a trio. They are Captain Faith Denen, Yee the Leche, Nathaniel Lath Rizen Vin Rayn, Duke of the Emerald Coast, Lord of Trimern, Crown Prince of Elestrian. The world is a far future world, where landfall was made on a distant planet and technology not retained... so that the people are living much closer to the level of Europe in the 1700's. The culture is split between High Town and Low Town. Nathaniel is the heir to the throne. Faith is the captain of a merchant ship with a disreputable family history. In Timeless, Faith and Nathaniel are trying to escape the palace and Faith comes into possession of some very ancient magic that will make him the ultimate protector of his prince. It'll make him immortal, but every immortal life starts somewhere. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 12674 words; Reading time: 36-50 minutes
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| PRICE: | $2.80 |
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| TITLE: | Immortally Theirs by Ann Cory |
| DESCRIPTION: | When Shayla McDormand first moved into her parent's old mansion, she had no idea the property was already occupied by two very handsome vampires, Bastian Trabor and Armand Coudray. Over time, she gave into their affections and enjoyed all they had to offer. Bastian is all about powerful strokes and bringing her to a fierce orgasm every time. Armand believes sex should be artistic and savors her body with his tongue. Spoiled but satisfied, Shayla loves everything about their time together. Until they demand that she choose between them or they will leave and never return. Can Shayla make up her mind before it's too late? Or will fate make the decision for her? |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 16277 words; Reading time: 46-65 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.50 |
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| TITLE: | The Three Day Hump by Willsin Rowe |
| DESCRIPTION: | 34-year-old Luther Prescott has a solid career as a lawyer and is married to a world-famous lingerie model. Despite the verve of his youth, his life has grown comfortable and he drifts from day to day without dreams or aspirations. He can't remember how it felt to truly want something?anything. One night after work he meets Opal, the younger sister of a workmate, and despite their differences, they begin to spark off each other like shards of flint. Opal is 25, debatably single, and has lived a life poor in everything but experience. She has a lush and fiery darkness emanating from within and it pulls Luther to her like a black hole. He suddenly remembers what want feels like. The sharp desire in his eyes slices through Opal's prematurely jaded heart, and they begin to flirt shamelessly. When the flirting inevitably turns physical, they each strive to escape the gravity of their lust, but lust turns to obsession, obsession to addiction. They can't see a future, but they can think of nothing but the present. Even when careers and lives are in the balance, they can't fight their craving. The sex is so potent and consumptive that every time, as soon as it's over, they feel hollow. They don't know how to stop, they only know they need to. An urban myth tells that three days of abstinence will break the back of an addiction. They hole up together in a hotel for a long weekend. Naked. The ultimate test. Can their addiction be beaten? Maybe. But first, they need to make it over the three-day hump. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 13712 words; Reading time: 39-54 minutes
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| TITLE: | His Secret Self by Alex Jordaine |
| DESCRIPTION: | Mark Wright is living a lie. A closet submissive, he feels unable to reveal his secret self to his wife Lauren for fear it might destroy their relationship. Instead he visits a professional dominatrix, Mistress Simone, who caters expertly to his masochistic needs. But Lauren has her own dark secret. She is having a clandestine affair with a business client, Sam Lowell. When she leaves her husband for Sam, Mark's life spirals out of control. He develops a drink problem, which leads to him being sacked from his high-flying job. As he struggles to rebuild his shattered life he dreams desperately of somehow getting Lauren to return to him. Warnings: This title contains graphic language, anal sex, domination, bondage, and sadomasochism. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 25969 words; Reading time: 74-103 minutes
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| TITLE: | Surrender in Moonlight by Stella and Audra Price |
| DESCRIPTION: | Book two in the Knossos West Series The plan was to steal his bike and ride outta town. She didn't count of him stealing her freedom, or her heart. Reece Evans, the nest bad boy and only male Anaconda in the NY nest, is NOT looking for a mate, but he is looking for a wild ride. When he goes to Dry Ice one night, he meets Carmen--a viper and a rogue--and the attraction is beyond hot. When she steals his motorcycle from under his nose and then calls him to bail her out, Reece sees his opportunity for a very satisfying tryst still within his grasp. He agrees, on the condition that she stays with him a month, and becomes his sexy plaything. Little does he know he's sealed his fate, Carmen is exactly the snake he never knew he couldn't live without. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 28430 words; Reading time: 81-113 minutes
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| PRICE: | $5.11 |
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| TITLE: | The Seeking Kiss [Midnight Playground Book 1] by Eden Bradley |
| DESCRIPTION: | Two vampires, one woman, an eternity of love and desire?if only she's strong enough? Midnight Playground, Book 1 London 2069 For as long as Nissa has known about Midnight Playground, the most exclusive of a world-wide network of vampire sex clubs, she has yearned to gain entrance--and to become one of them. Orphaned and alone from a young age, she has nothing to lose and nothing to stop her from indulging in her darkest fantasies. Hex and his maker, Aleron, have enjoyed many play partners at the club and have often shared in the euphoria of the Seeking Kiss, that sensual blood exchange between vampires and their lovers. But Nissa's beauty, intelligence and strength is a siren call he can't resist.. His desire for her and her willingness to let herself be drawn by their mental pull compels Hex to consider offering to her something he's never given another mortal--the treasured Turning Kiss. The beautiful vampire pair entice Nissa into an intimate sexual realm beyond her wildest dreams--and she revels in it. But when she finds herself falling for one of the powerful duo, it could mean the end of her deepest fantasies. Or a new beginning she never dared to imagine? Warning: Three-way vampire sex, voyeurism, exhibitionism, anal sex, oral sex, simultaneous anal and oral sex (oh, yes, it's possible!), drinking blood, drinking blood while having sex, political unrest, and a hot French accent. Keep a fan and some holy water nearby! |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 23510 words; Reading time: 67-94 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.50 |
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| TITLE: | Cat's Eye by Will Belegon |
| DESCRIPTION: | Life is not a pleasant thing. It is something you survive, not enjoy. This is what Bonnie knows and what she has lived. Hope is something for politicians, preachers and salespeople. That's what life has taught her. Reality is pain. When Todd Lundquist extended his hand and offered something else, Bonnie reacted the way life had taught her. By defending what she had and ignoring the hope of something better. But she never forgot what he did and she never forgave herself for saying no. And she most certainly never forgot what she saw? In the blink of an eye, everything that Bonnie knew about life changed. Five years have passed. And now, beyond hope, she has another chance to take that outstretched hand. But why is Todd back? What is so special about her? And most important of all?what is so special about him? |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 13579 words; Reading time: 38-54 minutes
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| PRICE: | $2.00 |
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| TITLE: | Marine Biology by Diane Merlin |
| DESCRIPTION: | When you rescue an injured child from the Atlantic Ocean, you expect a little gratitude from the relatives. But all Isabo gets from Staal is attitude--and great sex--when he shows up to retrieve his niece. Just because the kid has a tail is no reason to over react! |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 14834 words; Reading time: 42-59 minutes
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| PRICE: | $0.99 |
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| TITLE: | Redemption [Swithin Spin 2] by Sharon Maria Bidwell |
| DESCRIPTION: | Once part of a political plot, Crimm is now captive. Worse, he's made to work for a woman and as every Kita man knows, women exist to please men and bear children. Tihea was Crimm's woman, trained for pleasure. Now she's experiencing a different way of life. People thank her rather than merely give her orders. The idea of free will intrigues her, while the vision of Crimm in chains is rather...stimulating. The tables have turned and quite unexpectedly the first time she gives him an order, it sends a thrill through her that is almost erotic. Tihea is looking to seek her own pleasure, and may yet slip her bonds. Having always believed her sole purpose was to pleasure a man, Tihea now has the man who gave her orders chained and at her disposal. Having always believed her sole purpose in life was to pleasure a man, Tihea is now in charge of the man who gave her orders, and it's time these two stubborn lovers learned that true pleasure is best shared. With the man she loves chained and at her disposal, the question is which one of them will enjoy this new kind of freedom. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 48663 words; Reading time: 139-194 minutes
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| PRICE: | $6.00 |
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| TITLE: |  Trinity by Lauren Dane |
| DESCRIPTION: | One witch, one cat shifter. Add one wolf. Blend. Safety glasses recommended. Renee Parcell loves her life. Her smoothie/coffee cart business is successful, and she's deeply in love with her boyfriend, Galen. He makes her laugh, he's gainfully employed, and he satisfies her as only a sexy cat shifter can. He even puts the toilet seat down. Yet they both sense something in the air. An anticipation that leaves them both unsettled. Tall, blond and gorgeous Jack Meyers, Enforcer of National Pack and one of the most beautiful men Renee and Galen have ever seen, stumbles into Renee's life and the riddle of their expectation is solved--Renee is Jack's mate. What surprises them all is when the three of them touch, magick creates an unexpected triple bond of witch, cat and wolf. Even as they learn to navigate the steamy intricacies of their bond, a threat looms over Renee. First in the form of resurrected memories, then in the shape of darker magicks someone is aiming at her. Set on stealing her inherent powers--even her life. Renee can stand to lose almost anything, except her mates. But there seems to be no talking them out of laying everything on the line for her? Warning: All kinds of alpha maleness going on up in here and the woman responsible for keeping them in line. Sexin in many varied settings and positions, including sexy times between dudes. Bad words. Tight butts in worn denim. Some violence here and there. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 87587 words; Reading time: 250-350 minutes
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| PRICE: | $5.50 |
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| TITLE: | Starting Over by Annmarie McKenna |
| DESCRIPTION: | Aaron lost his lover and almost his life to a motorcycle accident. He's trying to move on, but he can't let go of the past. Life-partners Dane and Garrett have been looking for a third, and they think they're exactly the help Aaron needs in starting over. Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play, BDSM (mild), male/male sexual practices, menage (m/m/m). |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 22163 words; Reading time: 63-88 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.99 |
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| TITLE: | Lessons Learned [Eldritch Legacy 2] by Katrina Strauss |
| DESCRIPTION: | Stefan is known for his provocative verse, more so for his wild soirees. One luxury eludes him--the woman who can match him in both wits and in bed. Until he meets Camille. Together they find the path of the Magi, and romance turns reckless abandon. Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, BDSM theme and content, ménage and moresome (m/f/m, m/f/f/m, partner swapping), same-sex interaction (f/f), voyeurism. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 62350 words; Reading time: 178-249 minutes
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| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | To Die For by Victor J. Banis & P. A. Brown & Patric Michael |
| DESCRIPTION: | Through snow, storms and fire, love is strong and protects. These three stories tell tales of lasting love, old love, family love and new love through it all. Victor J. Banis, Patric Michael and P.A. Brown bring us three tales of love that endures and protects. LORIN'S BACK by Victor J. Banis has a self-centered ghost that shows his past love that old friends can burn fire bright as lovers. Family love and a new love conquer the glowing hell during a storm in A LIGHT OF DIFFERENT MOON by Patric Michael. And P.A. Brown's ghost shines his love through the snow to protect and guide a new love to his partner left behind in ANGEL LIGHT. Through snow, storms and fire, love is strong and protects. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 70109 words; Reading time: 200-280 minutes
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| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | Amanda and Simon [Dark Guardian book 3] by T. S. Walker |
| DESCRIPTION: | Amanda Duncan thought she knew what love was, but the thought of falling in love terrified her. When she finally opens up to Luke Reeves, she thought they would make the perfect match. But she quickly finds out he's cheating on her with every woman that comes his way. Simon Baldwin's job is to protect the world from evil. He never expected that the woman he would have to protect would need to be protected from him. Neither Amanda nor Simon is ready for commitment. They can do nothing but accept their destinies and work together to end the threat of a werewolf trying to kill them. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 109397 words; Reading time: 312-437 minutes
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| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Retreat by Portia Da Costa |
| DESCRIPTION: | Ben Chambers is the perfect boyfriend, the perfect lover, the perfect man. Sarah adores him, but she knows that despite the deliciousness of their lovemaking, their shared interests, and the fun they have together, there's a certain special something missing in their relationship. And then, arriving for a hedonistic weekend of luxury at an English country house hotel, something happens that changes everything between them. A momentary, inconsequential pat on the bottom opens the door to a breathtaking world of daring and transgressive sexual pleasure...and forges a bond that's both profoundly physical and a melding of their souls. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 12314 words; Reading time: 35-49 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.47 |
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| TITLE: | Bound by Tinsel [A Red Garters, Snow and Mistletoe Tale] by Melinda Barron |
| DESCRIPTION: | BBW court reporter Fallon Nichols supplements her income by working as a phone sex artist. When she gets a phone call from three guys looking to play a joke on a friend of theirs, she gladly auditions, letting the dominant "Mr. X" run the show and doing exactly as he asks. It turns out to be an exhilarating experience, one that she's eager to repeat. San Diego attorney Burke Gordon is shocked by the attraction he feels for Serendipity, after all he's only heard her voice and doesn't know what she looks like. But that doesn't matter to him. She's awakened something inside him that has to be fed, and she's the only woman he wants on the menu. When Burke discovers Serendipity's real identity he's thrilled. Fallon, however, thinks Burke is way above her station in life, and it takes a little thing like tinsel to convince her that they belong together. Forever. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 19372 words; Reading time: 55-77 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.50 |
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| TITLE: | Come As You Are by Melinda Barron |
| DESCRIPTION: | Tempest Gandy needs a change. After leaving her job as a television news producter, she purchased a house in the French Quarter and is now working to turn it into a B&B. Unfortunately, she's not sleeping well at night and she's pretty sure something paranormal is going on in her house. When her fatigue starts to interfere with her work during the day, she contacts her friend Quinn, who works with the New Orleans Ghost Seekers. Franco LeBeau can read minds. When the Ghost Seekers meet at his French Quarter establishment to discuss a new case, he meets Tempest and is thrilled to discover that her thoughts match his own: instant attraction. But after hearing Tempest's story, his attraction instantly turns to worry. He knows it's not a ghost disturbing Tempest's sleep, but an incubus. The Seekers agree to help Tempest battle the sex demon, and Franco offers to act as a bodyguard during the night. Of course, Tempest hopes Franco will do more with her body than guard it. Only one thing stands in their way: a demon that may be too powerful to kill, and who wants Tempest for himself. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 23892 words; Reading time: 68-95 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.00 |
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| TITLE: | Laid by A. J. Llewellyn |
| DESCRIPTION: | Cover Design by John Bruno. Images of Hinter Marx and Matt Murdock provided by Massive Studio. Jack Cannon is an elite member of LAPD's new Violent Crimes Unit. He's tough, he's smart...he's also gay. Jack's a guy who deals with pressure and stress by cruising. When he has a fling with a hot guy, one even hotter night in Los Angeles, it's no casual coupling. This guy is great. Jack wouldn't mind seeing him again except he's discovered he'll be seeing a lot of him. This is the guy he's supposed to tail--Lucio Natale, the most violent mob boss ever to land in the city of angels. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 19767 words; Reading time: 56-79 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.99 |
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| TITLE: | Out Of The Blue by Josh Lanyon |
| DESCRIPTION: | France, 1916. The Great War. High above the carnage in the trenches, British and German aces joust like knights of old for control of the skies. The strain and tension of living every day on the edge of death leads to dangerous choices and wild risks. When British ace Bat Bryant's past catches up with him, he strikes out in panic and kills the man threatening him with exposure. But there's a witness: the big, handsome American pilot Cowboy Cooper. Cowboy, it seems, has his own ideas of rough justice. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 25549 words; Reading time: 72-102 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.50 |
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| TITLE: | Yellowstone Wild by India Masters |
| DESCRIPTION: | On a quest to photograph America's wilds, Libby runs into her high school tormenters, Bobby and Ty Cade. The identical twins plan to show her they're sorry, and that Yellowstone's scenery isn't the only thing in Wyoming that will leave her breathless. Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, Domination/submission, menage (m/f/m, twin brothers sharing partner), spanking. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 32153 words; Reading time: 91-128 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.99 |
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| TITLE: | Exploring Irresistible by Anastasia Amor |
| DESCRIPTION: | Hot sultry Puerto Rico--a place fantasies become reality. It should have been the perfect place for Aleese to explore romance. After all, she was with an attractive man with a great job--perfect husband material. But an accidental meeting with Arman makes her forget about everything she values. Sinfully-delicious Arman is irresistible--like chocolate. Luring him in is easy enough, but keeping this spontaneous lover is a problem, especially after he finds out she's lied about everything that matters. Aleese pulls out all the stops to win him back, only to discover that deception is a two-way street. Has she made the wrong choice? Can she go on without him? A tiger is unleashed inside Aleese. A fight for control over her life surges into a burning adventure of love and desire. With each wild unexpected fantasy, Aleese comes closer to finding the man of her dreams. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 47424 words; Reading time: 135-189 minutes
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| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | Island of Eros by C. K. Ralston |
| DESCRIPTION: | Rachael Hunter finds herself suddenly alone; her husband of eighteen years having been killed in a plane. She decides to spend a week at Caribe Imperiale, a posh resort geared to the discrete and wealthy nestled on its own island in the Caribbean. There, amid the tropical palms and tropical men's arms, she discovers a whole new, sexy, risk-taking Rachael lying dormant within her normally shy, reserved personality! For Caribe Imperiale is a place where a girl like Rachael can revive her diminished libido and re-stoke her sexual fires! Soon finds herself in hot ménage a trois with her gorgeous "host," Todd, and even more shocking situations. To her everlasting surprise, Rachel finds that she loves all of it! She discovers deeply buried, ignored facets to herself that she never suspected, and becomes a brand new Rachael with a sexy new girlfriend, a billionaire hedonist for a boyfriend, and a chance for a whole new life! Will she have the nerve to take it? |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 74537 words; Reading time: 212-298 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.99 |
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| TITLE: | Bittersweet by Sommer Marsden |
| DESCRIPTION: | Rayka's just looking for a peace offering for an offended client when she goes into The Good, The Sweet, and the Yummy. What she finds instead is a very intoxicating man. Deacon James is more sinful than the candy he sells, and Rayka soon finds out that he can push her farther than she every thought she could go. Mentally, creatively, emotionally and yes--sexually. Rayka must remember it's okay to let him have her body, let him test her limits, but she can't let him have her heart. Besides, he's made it perfectly clear he doesn't want it anyway... *Author's Note: story originally appeared at Ruthie's Club; Warnings: This title contains explicit sex, graphic language, spanking, bondage and humiliation. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 29748 words; Reading time: 84-118 minutes
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| TITLE: | Midnight Falls [Children of the Goddess Book 4] by R. G. Alexander |
| DESCRIPTION: | His life was stolen to keep their secrets? Children of the Goddess, Book 4 It has taken years for Liz to lay the past to rest. Now she has been called to find the missing Jasyn Dydarren, the only man who can save her friend Nicolette from the Shadow's mark. Tracking him means chasing down a secret the Shadow Wolves want buried forever--and another man they want dead. A man with an eerily familiar face, whom she craves with an intensity she can't explain. Hannah, an Unborn, never considered herself anything special, but she and Jasyn have something that is. Now her Were has been snatched away. She's not a fighter, but she's willing to do whatever it takes to find her heart's desire and force him to see her as an equal at last. Or die trying. With alliances on the line and lives in danger, these two very different women must save their men, and come together to discover the truth?and destroy the Shadow once and for all. Warning: This book contains explicit sex. Sex on the stairs, sex in a tree, sex with two, (and sex with three). Vampires mating. Werewolves mating. And a lot of gratuitous ass kicking. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 56500 words; Reading time: 161-226 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.50 |
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| TITLE: | Past Shadows by Charlie Cochrane & Jardonn Smith & Stevie Woods |
| DESCRIPTION: | Through the centuries, lives and loves have been lost to the shadows. Stevie Woods brings redemption and a new love in DEATH'S DESIRE; Jardonn Smith has a frisky ghost showing two men the pleasures of love in GREEN RIVER; and Charlie Cochrane's tale of future love is predicted by a ghost in THE SHADE ON A FINE DAY. In these three stories spanning from 18th century England to the Post-Depression Ozarks, love shines through the shadows. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 68855 words; Reading time: 196-275 minutes
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| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | Third Rail by Giselle Renarde |
| DESCRIPTION: | Perhaps it is a touch unusual to have a girlfriend and boyfriend both living in the same body, but Kokoro doesn't classify her relationship with Fiona and Martin as strange. Kokoro rides the third rail, a dutifully subservient lover to both aspects of her transgendered partner's psyche. Blurb: "When did I become my own rival for your affections?" Perhaps it is a touch unusual to have a girlfriend and boyfriend both living in the same body, but Kokoro doesn't classify her relationship with Fiona and Martin as strange. Kokoro rides the third rail, a dutifully subservient lover to both aspects of her transgendered partner's psyche. She goes home with Fiona at night, a transformation takes place, and she leaves the house with Martin the next morning. In between, Kokoro discovers that the dynamics of domination and submission aren't necessarily rooted in black leather. The emotional interplay, "this game of wills," as Fiona calls it, is a greater aphrodisiac than toy-shop trappings. Fiona is a willful Domme, even in her flowing white skirt and plain cotton panties. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 6880 words; Reading time: 19-27 minutes
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| PRICE: | $2.00 |
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| TITLE: | Ribbons Not Included [A Red Garters, Snow and Mistletoe Tale] by Demi Alex |
| DESCRIPTION: | Just when I thought I had it all together, just when I thought my life was perfect, Christian comes out and accuses me of only wanting him as a stud horse! Not true. I love him. I do. It's Christmas, and I'm searching for the perfect present to convince him that he's my number one priority. I'm trying everything to spice up our love life-from sexy lingerie, to new positions, to different locations. But then he pushes me too far. I'm not sure I can do it. Giving it all I have, I shiver with the thrill of being exposed. Really exposed. What if someone sees me naked at the very moment I can only see shooting stars? Will they think I'm a total slut? Or will they get turned on and join in? My mind says no, but my body can't refuse. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 15385 words; Reading time: 43-61 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.50 |
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| TITLE: | Savage Need by Moira Rogers |
| DESCRIPTION: | Zahra has devoted her life to serving Luna. The savage needs of the werewolf warriors can take their toll, and she serves as a healer, treating not only her fellow priestesses but anyone in need. Still, she's never seen anyone so wounded as Jarek, an old friend who's been through hell--and who doesn't seem to remember her. Jarek was always considered the most civilized wolf in his unit, a rare healer trained in werewolf magic as well as the medicine of their human enemies. When an injury shatters his self-control, the beast inside him takes over, leaving only the wolf. A wolf who remembers the scent of the mate he always needed... and is determined to claim her at any cost. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 16274 words; Reading time: 46-65 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.99 |
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| TITLE: | Wired Hard 4: Erotica for a Gay Universe by Lauren P. Burka & Cecilia Tan |
| DESCRIPTION: | The fourth volume of gay male sexuality and erotica, viewed through the lens of erotic science fiction and fantasy. Masculine tales of kings and castles, futuristic rentboys, phallic magic, and sexual technology. Eight stories in all of unbridled, raw sexuality and flights of imagination that can only exist in the realms of science fiction and fantasy. Includes: Introduction by Xan West -*- When the Angels Fall by Helen E. H. Madden -*- Slavery By Degree by Gavin Atlas -*- Parts by Kal Cobalt -*- Balance of Power by Jamie Maguire -*- Nectar by Diane Kepler -*- Royal Catamite by Tom Cardamone -*- Beneath Sea and Sky by Shanna Germain -*- The Succession of Knoorikios Khnum by Zachary Jernigan |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 35808 words; Reading time: 102-143 minutes
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| PRICE: | $7.49 |
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| TITLE: | The Ghost and Mr. Moore by Ryan Field |
| DESCRIPTION: | When a famous child actor, Dexter Moore, leaves Hollywood and moves to Provincetown, MA, with his daughter and his longtime housekeeper, he doesn't expect to find that his new house is haunted. And especially not with the ghost of a strong, virile young sea captain who looks like Hugh Jackman and makes love like no other living man Dexter has known. But Dexter must deal with more important things than ghosts. He soon discovers that his ex-partner lost all his money in a bad investment and Dexter is forced to go back to work. So he reluctantly agrees to do an intrusive TV show, where he is followed with cameras for three months. If he doesn't, he'll have to sell his magnificent new home and move back to Hollywood. In order to make the TV show more interesting, Dexter's new best friend gets him involved in a heated town dispute. The new president of the chamber of commerce wants to cancel a town tradition and start something new, and half the town is against him. But Dexter doesn't get involved with this for the TV show or ratings. He's only interested in helping people and saving an important fundraiser from being canceled. While all this is happening, Dexter slowly gets to know the ghost of handsome Captain Lang. He's the only one who can see and hear Lang. They make passionate love together, they spend long hours talking about Dexter's strong feelings, and they start working on a series of books about Captain Lang's notorious adventures at sea that will ensure Dexter's financial future. But when the books are finished and the two men finally admit they are in love, how will they reconcile their feelings with reality? |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 56566 words; Reading time: 161-226 minutes
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| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | Lust, Lies and Tinsel Ties [A Red Garters, Snow and Mistletoe Tale] by Mia Jae |
| DESCRIPTION: | Bree Connor thinks she's volunteered to be a cocktail waitress at a benefit party for the homeless, donating her tips to the shelter--until the end of the night when she gets auctioned off to the highest bidder. The buyer? A man who has been giving her eyes all evening. He also happens to be the partner of the man Bree had an extremely unforgettable sexual encounter with a few months earlier, and has been avoiding all evening. Oh, what a tinseled web we weave... With 24 hours to do her buyer's bidding, she finds herself draped in tinsel and bound to a humongous antique bed, awaiting her Christmas Eve fate, only to find that she's been purchased as a gift for the man she's been trying to avoid. Unfortunately, her buyer orders them to 'get each other out of their systems' so they can go on with their lives... or not. Thing is, while blindfolded and securely bound, Bree is pretty sure she feels two sets of hands on her body instead of just one... |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 20416 words; Reading time: 58-81 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.00 |
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| TITLE: | Chocolate Covered Cheri by Marteeka Karland |
| DESCRIPTION: | Jedadiah Blackheart has had one thing on his mind since the company Christmas party and that's getting his assistant, Cheri Dodson, armpit deep in a vat of chocolate so he can lick it all off. When his company lands the Choco Chocolate campaign, Jedadiah finds a way to live out his ultimate fantasy. Cheri knows Jedadiah is up to something when she sees his inner sanctum turned into a chocolate lover's paradise. And she's sure whatever it is, it's certainly no good for her. Or is it? Sex and chocolate is always a good thing. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 16170 words; Reading time: 46-64 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.99 |
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| TITLE: | Love and Loyalty by Tere Michaels |
| DESCRIPTION: | Screenwriter Griffin Drake needs to win over sexy and stoic Detective James "Jim" Shea in order to get the story of a lifetime, but he finds himself wanting Jim's heart. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 52669 words; Reading time: 150-210 minutes
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| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Elves and I [A Red Garters, Snow and Mistletoe Tale] by Catrina Calloway |
| DESCRIPTION: | Marni Sands is spoiled, pampered and has never done a day's work in her life. Arrested for speeding through a small town traffic circle, Marni's defiant attitude makes the judge think long and hard about her punishment. He assigns her 'community service' in Christmas Town, where she's to (horror of all horrors!) work with the elves that live there and help them create toys for some very needy children. Meet Kip, Noel, and Eldan, the three hot, hunky elves assigned to keep Marni in line. She needs a firm hand--on a very luscious part of her beautiful anatomy. It is hard to discipline such a gorgeous human, particularly when she divulges a painful secret--the mystery that has kept her miserable for most of her life. If tough-love won't work, the elves have only one solution: to turn Marni into a caring elf, capable of holiday cheer, they must make love to her as often as possible. Only then will they be able to convince her that good can triumph over evil, and love really does conquer all. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 22198 words; Reading time: 63-88 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.00 |
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| TITLE: | Pink Buttercream Frosting by Lissa Matthews |
| DESCRIPTION: | Desire: Blend sinful with sweet. Whip to perfection. Don't forget to lick the spoon? Aidn Greer is a much-sought-after Dominant in the BDSM lifestyle with an unusual problem. He hasn't owned a submissive in more years than he cares to think about. He's bored with unchallenging women, yet mentoring other Doms and training subs has left him cold as well. He's craving something other than plain old vanilla--a taste of something sinfully sweet that, for once, he can really sink his teeth into. Professional cake baker Bailey Harris wasted ten years bored to tears with her marriage, enduring a job she hated, and harboring a secret desire for something passionate, fulfilling and dark. Then she found it?in the world of BDSM. Exploring on her own brought the kind of mind-opening experiences that led her to declare her independence--and exposed a yearning to find the one Dom for whom she's willing to kneel. Permanently. When Aidn and Bailey meet, it's fire and ice. Sugar and spice. And an experience that satisfies every detail of both their fantasies. Almost. While the big, beautiful sub is everything Aidn wanted, her fierce independent streak could be more of a challenge than he bargained for? Warning: This book brings together scorching-hot counter sex, decadent pink frosting, and no-holds-barred BDSM play for a spanking good time. Be sure to bring an ice-cold drink along? |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 30435 words; Reading time: 86-121 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.50 |
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| TITLE: | Gay Like You by Kim Dare |
| DESCRIPTION: | Book two in the G-A-Y Series Cody's more than happy to have sex, he may even be willing to offer his submission, but experience has taught him that's as far as he can go as a gay man. Tristan disagrees? Tristan has being gay all worked out rather nicely. His biggest problem with his sexuality is his mother's persistent attempts to find a nice young man to marry him off to. And even that doesn't seem like such a terrible thing when he arrives to have dinner with his parents and finds Cody sitting at the table. Homosexuality isn't working out quite so well for Cody. As far as he can see, Tristan's appearance in his life is unlikely to make things any better. Nice guys rarely stay nice for long and dominants have a way of turning into complete psychos if he lets his guard down. Cody needs to walk away before Tristan tempts him into wanting the sort of happiness he knows he can't have. Tristan needs to stop him. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 15579 words; Reading time: 44-62 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.47 |
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| TITLE: | Bedknobs and Beanstalks: An Anthology of M-M Fairy Tales by EM Lynley |
| DESCRIPTION: | An erotic collection of m/m fairy tales! Once upon a time. As children, those four words told us we were about to enter a brand-new world: scarier, happier, more enchanted than our everyday life. No matter our own particular expectations and experience with fairy tales, we knew we were in for a wild ride. Handsome princes would save beautiful damsels in distress and the ogres never got the girl. Perhaps in our own stories, or in our own lives, we aren't quite satisfied with those happily-ever-afters. What sound-minded prince would choose any of those airheaded bosomy blondes that populate familiar animated versions of the original, much darker, and more ominous tales made famous by the Brothers Grimm? Not to mention, fairy tales were often used as bedtime stories. Well, put all that behind you and prepare for a new type of fairy tale. Not only are they guaranteed to get you into bed. though not for sleep, you won't find a single of those old-fashioned stereotypical characters. Instead enter a world where a magic cock ring can grow into a mighty peenstalk, or an unhappy shepherd can meet the sexiest wolf imaginable. A Japanese youth with the strength of a bear finds himself weak in the face of a beautiful samurai, and a young man in a ball gown can charm a prince to distraction. These are but a few of the adventures that await you, once upon a time |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 59639 words; Reading time: 170-238 minutes
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| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | Rocky Mountain Heat by Vivian Arend |
| DESCRIPTION: | Blake Coleman is old enough to know that acting on impulse causes nothing but a heap of trouble. But when trouble's a blonde wearing a cowboy hat with slim legs that go on forever, what's a man to do? Wanting the sweet girl next door is just wrong. Hell, he was the one that taught her to ride a horse and now all he can think about is riding her. The responsible thing to do is keep his hands off. Jaxi has other plans for his hands, and his heart. She may have considered Blake a big brother once but that was a long time ago. She's all grown up now and ready to convince him that she's just what he's been waiting for. Add the complication of two sexy younger brothers who have suddenly noticed Jaxi and things heat up fast. Blake's gonna have to decide if a little trouble is worth fighting for. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 41276 words; Reading time: 117-165 minutes
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| PRICE: | $5.75 |
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| TITLE: | Last Call Europe: Siberian Husky by Belinda McBride |
| DESCRIPTION: | When Plain Jane Genie wanders into the Last Call and casually orders a drink, she doesn't know it's a paranormal bar. She doesn't even have a clue her cocktail has a secret code that she's delivering to all interested parties. She just wants to spend her last night in London around music and people instead of staring at the walls in her hotel. As she sips her cocktail, she is stunned to hear a sexy voice whisper, "Let's play..." Luka and Quentin are shape-shifters, and when Genie crosses their radar, they don't care about her dull clothing or the fact that she seems to be a mundane human. Their Siberian Husky senses tell them that she is much more, and she is exactly what they want. The chase is on, but who catches who? Siberian Husky: Catch me if you can! |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 15459 words; Reading time: 44-61 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.99 |
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| TITLE: | Forever by Sherry King |
| DESCRIPTION: | Ever-ready medieval crusader Sir Dami loves his liege, the more reserved Lord Adam, with all his heart and soul. When Lord Adam dies, a rash promise binds Sir Dami to protect Lord Adam's widow, Lady Jordan. Sir Dami is also cursed with an unnaturally long life, thanks to a magical gift from Lord Adam. Can a man who is all heart keep a promise that separates him forever from the one he loves? When all else is gone, will Sir Dami's honor sustain him for all eternity? |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 12980 words; Reading time: 37-51 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.95 |
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| TITLE: | Hot Tin Roof by J.Hali Steele |
| DESCRIPTION: | Leron Wilder is a jaguar of the Kind species, big cat shifters infected with vampyre blood. Nothing has gone right for Leron since his best friend Jag mated with the owner of the local coffee shop. Stuck training a new cat shifter who's a badass wannabe, Leron stops by the coffee shop to seek his ex-partner's advice. Corinne Nelson loves her new home and her new job as a waitress at the Coffee Swirl, and she's really hoping she won't have to move on this time. Life's finally looking up--until the hottest man she's ever met walks into the shop--and licks her hand? Mating is not something Leron is looking forward to. Yet the minute he tastes the new waitress, he knows he's in serious trouble. She's a flavor he could find addictive. But she's not who she says she is, and everything's falling apart around them. He's starting to feel like a cat on a hot tin roof... |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 19625 words; Reading time: 56-78 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.49 |
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| TITLE: | The Collision [Guardian's Realm 2] by Crystal Kauffman |
| DESCRIPTION: | Genre: Vampire Menage. When former slave Gladiolas finds herself in a remote prison with two drop-dead sexy men, it's a dream come true. They're so protective it feels like she's no longer slave, but master. Now if only she can get them to stop fighting and start loving. Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, male/male sexual practices, menage (m/f/m, m/m/f) violence. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 58875 words; Reading time: 168-235 minutes
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| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | Cattle Valley: Fool's Gold by Jenna Byrnes |
| DESCRIPTION: | Adeline Murphy believes the Apple Valley Inn is the only thing waiting for her in Cattle Valley, and it's up to Melissa Danes to change her way of thinking. Adeline Murphy heads to Cattle Valley, Wyoming looking for a fresh start. She's invested every dime she has and purchased the local bed and breakfast. Arriving in town with a cranky girlfriend in tow, Addie's devastated to discover the inn has been vandalised. With the property uninhabitable, she has no source of income and a mounting stack of bills. Melissa Danes' quiet Cattle Valley existence is shaken by the arrival of the beautiful Addie and her surly tagalong, Chloe. She's captivated by Addie, but stays away thinking Addie and Chloe are in a committed relationship. When she discovers differently, all bets are off. Mel discovers Addie has several barriers to cross, including repairing the damaged inn and her even more wounded self-esteem. When Mel looks at Addie she sees more than Fool's Gold, but she needs to find a way for Addie to see it too. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 35050 words; Reading time: 100-140 minutes
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| PRICE: | $6.13 |
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| TITLE: | Dawn of The Seraphs by Adrianne Brennan |
| DESCRIPTION: | In a future where psychics called Seraphs belong to the ANGEL institute, Tamar must team up with Kir, an old rival, to save ANGEL from destructive forces. Can the two Seraphs find love and passion in a dark, bureaucratic world which seeks to manipulate and destroy their kind? Blurb: Tamar is a Seraph, a member of an influential organization of powerful psychics known as ANGEL. Seraphs are humans who have evolved to have varying psychic abilities. Possessing a greater lifespan and intelligence than ordinary humans, Seraphs within ANGEL grow to their full potential through study and practice. In the year 4287 on planet Earth, ANGEL has deteriorated to become the harbor of the bored elite. A small but passionate rebellion rises to take back the power they once held. In pursuit of his own dreams, Tamar is caught in the chaotic struggle for evolution, power, and to define the greater good. Kir, an old rival from his days as an apprentice within ANGEL, resurfaces, threatening to shred Tamar's world into bits...along with his heart. Their ideals clash, and a bitter fight ensues between them. Can Tamar's courage save Kir from the darkness which plagues him while remaining true to himself and what he holds dear? |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 12859 words; Reading time: 36-51 minutes
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| PRICE: | $3.50 |
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| TITLE: | Bending the Rules by Jack Greene |
| DESCRIPTION: | The women at Zach's gym drool over his bulging muscles and defined body, but Zach only has eyes for the new yoga instructor--Kieran. Slim, charming, and oh so flexible, Kieran normally doesn't go for the sexually ambiguous type, but one look at Zach and he's ready for some one on one training. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 7818 words; Reading time: 22-31 minutes
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| PRICE: | $2.00 |
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| TITLE: | Bad Girls by R. Greco |
| DESCRIPTION: | Bad girls get their just deserts and are trained to behave in this brilliant new collection by R. Greco, bestselling author of Naughty Girls--Who Deserve to be Punished. Included are Greco's epic story of Age Play, "Daddy and His Girls," a tale of strict discipline, "Training," an account of a bad girl brought to heel publicly, "Blushing at Mel's," and five other unforgettable stories. R. Greco knows the bdsm scene inside-out. Greco is an internationally published writer whose erotica has been featured in zines like Oysters and Chocolate, Trajan, and Tassles and Tales, as well as anthologies such as Five Minute Fantasies and Chimeraworld. His books Naughty Girls and Naughty Boys have been published by SizzlerEditions.com. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 31522 words; Reading time: 90-126 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.99 |
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| TITLE: | Naughty Girls by R. Greco |
| DESCRIPTION: | Every Girl Misbehaves Sometimes--And When That Happens, They Need a Strong Man, or Even Daddy, or Mommy, or Aunt, or Friend to Take a Hand, or Whip, or Stout Rope And? R. Greco knows the bdsm scene inside-out. He knows what motivates girls to be naughty ... and how those who punish them go about it and why! Just read this dazzling collection by one of the internets hottest new authors, and you will find it's almost like being there. Like being the naughty girl--or like punishing her. Among the stories included are: Monitoring, Spanking is Fundamental, The Plan, Bonnie's Challenge, Quckly Jumped Hurtles, and others. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 26751 words; Reading time: 76-107 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.99 |
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| TITLE: | Passion Play [Eternal Affairs 2] by Caitlin West |
| DESCRIPTION: | Sasha Bolasko has lived a wild and fulfilling life. A Gypsy traveling the world, he has joined an acting troupe called The Friendly Crusaders as one of their star performers. The troupe has crisscrossed the world and are finally returning home to the small French town of Trevinogn. There, Sasha will encounter intrigue, confront rivalry and a woman that could change the way he looks at contentment and settling down forever. Will his destiny allow him a shred of happiness or will the forthcoming performance be his last? Welcome to Passion Play! |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 31066 words; Reading time: 88-124 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.99 |
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| TITLE: | Joe's Birthday Girl by Corinne Shaw |
| DESCRIPTION: | On her thirtieth birthday, Elena Lombardo is looking for only two things: a good time and a hot man to love her body. Fun with her friends is guaranteed, but a man to love her plus-sized figure might not be so easy to find. FBI agent Joe Flaherty is not the kind of man to hesitate when it comes to something or someone he wants. And what he wants is to have his hands all over the gorgeous curves of the Birthday Girl at the end of the bar. After a night of intense passion neither will soon forget, they are brought together once again by a crime that puts both their careers and their hearts on the line. But a darker force lies beneath the surface, threatening both the case and the passionate love developing between them. Can Joe end up living happily ever after with his Birthday Girl? |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 49861 words; Reading time: 142-199 minutes
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| PRICE: | $4.50 |
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| TITLE: | The Extremist by Juniper Bell |
| DESCRIPTION: | For Annie Swenson, only one cure works better than psychotherapy? Annie's afraid of heights, she's afraid of crowds, and she's not too crazy about flying. When her therapist orders her to take a vacation, she picks remote Cat Island in the Bahamas, hoping to hide away. Mortified to find she's the only single woman at the resort, she pretends the handsome, mysterious stranger behind her in the buffet line is her boyfriend. He goes along with the charade--for a price! The choice is simple: reveal her sham or go along with his erotic, boundary-pushing games. Annie's life will never be the same after her sensual encounters with The Extremist. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 30017 words; Reading time: 85-120 minutes
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| PRICE: | $5.50 |
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| TITLE: | Love's Immortal Pantheon: Becoming Persephone by Dagmar Avery |
| DESCRIPTION: | Story one in the Fated mistresses trilogy. Invited to the Eros Festival, Drea encounters many people calming to be gods, including Hades, a man that makes her body burn. Hades pursues her, but it isn't as easy as a normal hunt and chase. There are obstacles in the way, sexy, horny obstacles that want to keep them apart... and Drea has to decide... a night of meaningless pleasure at the hands of the gods, or a lifetime beside one, and only one, as Persephone. |
| CATEGORY: | Erotica |
| LENGTH: 7021 words; Reading time: 20-28 minutes
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| PRICE: | $1.99 |
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| TITLE: | Next Ice Age: Tomorrow by John T. Cullen |
| DESCRIPTION: | Global warming is a reality, not for the first time in the past 130,000 years. The only question is how much of it is caused by nature, and how much by mankind. We examine the counterintuitive possibility that global warming may lead to an ice age, starting as early as our lifetimes. Our current epoch, the Holocene, began about 12,000 years ago. The Holocene has witnessed at least two warming episodes and several coolings. The European Medieval Warming Period was an anomaly lasting from 850 to 1450, enabling England to be a net wine exporter. The Rhine and the Thames dried up during some summers, enabling people to walk from shore to shore. Not so during the Little Ice Age (1450 to 1900), when great rivers froze over, so that people in Charles Dickens' day could ice skate on the Thames in winter. Leading up to the Holocene were over 100,000 years of severe glaciation, during which modern humans appeared at least 50,000 years ago. From 130,000 to 116,000 years ago, there was a warming spell so hot that vegetation grew far above the Arctic Circle, and London was tropical--hippos bathed in the Thames. All of this seems to argue for the case that short warming spells punctuated by vast glacial periods are the norm. Are we really done with the Ice Ages? Or is the Pleistocene (2.85 million years and counting) still in effect? This article picks up a serious, ongoing scientific theory that global warming will quickly and inevitably spin out of control, causing the Earth to correct its climate--and the Global Ocean Temperature Conveyor would be the trigger. |
| CATEGORY: | History |
| LENGTH: 8100 words; Reading time: 23-32 minutes
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| PRICE: | $1.00 |
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| TITLE: | And Another Thing . . . by Eoin Colfer |
| DESCRIPTION: | An Englishman's continuing search through space and time for a decent cup of tea . . .Arthur Dent's accidental association with that wholly remarkable book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, has not been entirely without incident.Arthur has traveled the length, breadth, and depth of known, and unknown, space. He has stumbled forward and backward through time. He has been blown up, reassembled, cruelly imprisoned, horribly released, and colorfully insulted more than is strictly necessary. And of course Arthur Dent has comprehensively failed to grasp the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. Arthur has finally made it home to Earth, but that does not mean he has escaped his fate. Arthur's chances of getting his hands on a decent cuppa have evaporated rapidly, along with all the world's oceans. For no sooner has he touched down on the planet Earth than he finds out that it is about to be blown up ... again.And Another Thing ... is the rather unexpected, but very welcome, sixth installment of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. It features a pantheon of unemployed gods, everyone's favorite renegade Galactic President, a lovestruck green alien, an irritating computer, and at least one very large slab of cheese. |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| PRICE: | $19.99 |
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| TITLE: | Second Helpings: A Jessica Darling Novel by Megan McCafferty |
| DESCRIPTION: | “Knowing that I've just done something that will take decades off my parents' lives with worry, you'll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year.... The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don't have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn't need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she's already gotten the dirt from you know who.� Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to Sloppy Firsts. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can't seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica's parents won't get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany's pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today's fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of Sloppy Firsts will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess's life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years. |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| PRICE: | $13.95 |
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| TITLE: | Ice: A Novel by Linda Howard |
| DESCRIPTION: | 'Tis the season for mistletoe and holly, Santa ... and suspense. And the gift that keeps on giving is Ice: premier thriller author Linda Howard's breathless tale of a man, a woman, and a battle for survival against an unforgiving winter--and an unrelenting killer. Oh what fun it is to read. Gabriel McQueen has only just arrived home on holiday leave from the service when his county-sheriff father sends him back out again with new marching orders. A brewing ice storm, and a distant neighbor who's fallen out of contact, have the local lawman concerned. So he enlists Gabriel to make the long haul to the middle of nowhere, and make sure Lolly Helton is safe and sound. It's a trip the younger McQueen would rather not make given the bitter winter weather--and the icy conditions that have always existed between him and Lolly. But there's no talking back when your dad is the town's top cop. And there's no turning back when night falls just as Gabriel arrives--and discovers that the weather outside isn't the only thing that's frightful. Spotting strangers in Lolly's home--one of them packing a weapon--is all it takes to kick Gabriel into combat mode. And his stealth training is all he needs to extract Lolly from the house without alerting her captors. But when the escape is discovered, the heat--and the hunt--are on. And the winter woods are nowhere to be once the ice storm touches down, dropping trees, blocking roads, and trapping the fleeing pair in the freezing dark. |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| PRICE: | $22.00 |
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| TITLE: | Ants on the Melon by Virginia Adair |
| DESCRIPTION: | Already singled out by The New York Times and the subject of a feature in The New Yorker, Virginia Adair has, after decades of shunning book publication, decided to collect eighty of her best poems in a volume that will surely be hailed as among the most accomplished works of our time.Ants on the Melon includes poems that concern the author's childhood, that explore sensuality in candid terms, that starkly treat her husband's suicide and her own blindness, and that explore both her own emotional landscape and the universal mysteries of the human condition. Technically brilliant, using strict, classical prosody, yet entirely modern in sensibility, Virginia Adair's poetry will play a central role in the ongoing American poetry renaissance. |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| PRICE: | $15.00 |
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| TITLE: | Living on Fire by Virginia Adair |
| DESCRIPTION: | Returning to the range, structure, and lyric quality of the national bestseller Ants on the Melon, Virginia Hamilton Adair's new collection of poetry, Living on Fire, establishes more firmly than ever this writer's literary eminence. In clear, memorable poems--about love in its many variations, about music, about the American desert, about mortality, and about her own blindness--the poet speaks to her readers with a directness distinctly American, and with feeling enhanced and deepened by technical rigor. Of young love she writes, "Their arms bound them together like timbers/for a raft and they rocked a little, as if on water." Of her blindness: "Blind to abundance when I was not blind,/I breathe one rose and hold it in my mind." Of the Mojave she recalls "long purple robes trailing down the arroyos./As the sky dims into dusk." All the poems in Living on Fire create their own small worlds. During a long-ago trip down the Mississippi, the author recalls, "Sometimes our waterways became narrow and dim, dark mirrors/under live-oak branches hung with Spanish moss and snakes." A new love affair brings "this nighttime madness/in the backseat of a roadster." Later, she remarks with almost as much wonder as sadness, "Sightless,/I have become a stranger to my own person." Together, these poems articulate a sensibility at once distinctive and universal. Virginia Hamilton Adair has taken the specificities of her own sometimes joyous, sometimes tragic life and transformed them into powerful celebrations and elegies whose beauty and profundity will affect everyone who reads them. Even in the midst of despair, this is a poet whose work, in its sustained passion, indeed lives on fire. |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| PRICE: | $15.00 |
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| TITLE: | Building Suburbia by Dolores Hayden |
| DESCRIPTION: | For almost two centuries Americans have been moving to the suburbs in search of affordable family housing, unspoiled nature, and small-town sociability?only to find that their leafy new neighborhoods are part of the growing metropolitan sprawl. It is to this contested cultural landscape, where most Americans now live, that Dolores Hayden draws our attention.From nineteenth-century utopian communities and elite picturesque enclaves to early twentieth-century streetcar subdivisions and owner-built tracts to the vast postwar sitcom suburbs and the subsidized malls and office parks that followed (on a scale that earlier builders could never have imagined), Hayden reveals the cultural and economic patterns that have brought us to the present. She explores the interplay of natural and built environments, the complex antagonisms between real-estate developers and suburban residents, the hidden role of federal government, and the religious and ideological overtones of the ?American dream? embedded in the suburbs. Hayden asks hard questions about who has benefited from the suburban building process and about ?smart? growth and ?green? building. And she makes a strong case for the revitalization of existing neighborhoods in place of unchecked new growth on rural fringes. Few readers will see our ubiquitous suburbs in the same way again. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $16.95 |
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| TITLE: | 101 Best Home-Based Businesses for Women, 3rd Edition by Priscilla Huff |
| DESCRIPTION: | Can I be a stay-at-home mom and still earn extra income? Which home business is best for me? Where can I find expert advice on launching my own business? How much will it cost to get started?For nearly two decades, bestselling author and home-based business guru Priscilla Y. Huff has run a successful writing business out of her home while balancing her family life. In fact, this book, now in its third edition, is proof of her success. Her valuable advice on what works?and what doesn't?is available to you. From start-up costs to potential income, this book shows you how to:, Choose the perfect home-based business from 101 of the best: customer service, arts and crafts, entertainment, computer and high tech, mail order, home-based distributorships and franchises, and many others, Take the first steps to starting any business, Find and use valuable resources, including local, state, and federal government sources; business and professional associations; books, Web sites, and other publications, And much, much more!You'll also find inspiring stories from businesswomen who have achieved success and financial reward. If you've ever dreamed of owning your own business, this book should be your first investment. |
| CATEGORY: | Business |
| PRICE: | $15.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Highly Sensitive Person in Love by Elaine Aron |
| DESCRIPTION: | Do you fall in love hard, but fear intimacy? Are you sick of being told that you are ?too sensitive?? Do you struggle to respect a less-sensitive partner? Or have you given up on love, afraid of being too sensitive or shy to endure its wounds?Statistics show that 50 percent of what determines divorce is genetic temperament. And, if you are one of the 20 percent of people who are born highly sensitive, the risk of an unhappy relationship is especially high. Your finely tuned nervous system, which picks up on subtleties and reflects deeply, would be a romantic asset if both you and your partner understood you better. But without that understanding, your sensitivity is likely to be making your close relationships painful and complicated.Based on Elaine N. Aron's groundbreaking research on temperament and intimacy, The Highly Sensitive Person in Love offers practical help for highly sensitive people seeking happier, healthier romantic relationships. From low-stress fighting to sensitive sexuality, the book offers a wealth of practical advice on making the most of all personality combinations. Complete with illuminating self-tests and the results of the first survey ever done on sex and temperament, The Highly Sensitive Person in Lovewill help you discover a better way of living and loving. |
| CATEGORY: | Self Improvement |
| PRICE: | $14.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Daring Adventures of Penhaligon Brush by S. Jones Rogan |
| DESCRIPTION: | PENHALIGON BRUSH LONGS for adventure and finds it aplenty in the seaside village of Porthleven. Within hours of his arrival, he is captured by armed ferrets and thrown into the dungeon of Furball Manor. Happily, he is rescued by friends. Unhappily, they explain that the dastardly wildcat, Sir Derek, and his ferret army plan to sink the ships of the princess of Spatavia that very night! Can Penhaligon and his unlikely band of resistors save the princess? Of course they can!This is an old-fashioned adventure story, told with great verve and a fresh wit. Filled with more than 50 black and white illustrations, it's a perfect book to entice newly independent readers. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $6.50 |
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| TITLE: | The Peaceful Nursery by Alison Forbes |
| DESCRIPTION: | As a new parent, the nursery is the most important room in your home, and designing this special space is also an opportunity to prepare, mentally and physically, for the changes to come. In The Peaceful Nursery, home and lifestyle experts Laura Forbes Carlin and Alison Forbes show you how to apply the best principles of home decorating, Feng Shui, and healthy living (as well as their own parenting experience!) to create a warm and welcoming environment for your new baby.Also included: 12 Steps to Clearing Clutter?Tips for storage and organization?Colors that soothe? Arranging parent bedrooms?and much, much more!Featuring dozens of color photographs and helpful diagrams, plus a Quick Tips section at the end of each chapter, The Peaceful Nursery: Preparing a Home for Your Baby with Feng Shui is the ultimate guide to creating beautiful and nurturing surroundings for you and your baby. |
| CATEGORY: | Family/Relationships |
| PRICE: | $15.00 |
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| TITLE: | Moscow 1941 by Rodric Braithwaite |
| DESCRIPTION: | In 1941 close to one million Russian soldiers died defending Moscow from German invasion?more causalities than that of the United States and Britain during all of World War II. Many of these soldiers were in fact not soldiers at all, but instead ordinary people who took up arms to defend their city. Students dropped their books for guns; released prisoners exchanged their freedom for battle; and women fought alongside men on the bloody, mud-covered frozen road to Moscow. By the time the United States entered the war the Germans were already retreating and a decisive victory had been won for the Allies. With extensive research into the lives of soldiers, politicians, writers, artists, workers, and children, Rodric Braithwaite creates a richly detailed narrative that captures this crucial moment. Moscow 1941 is a dramatic, unforgettable portrait of an often overlooked battle that changed the world. |
| CATEGORY: | History |
| PRICE: | $15.95 |
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| TITLE: | Great Sky River by Gregory Benford |
| DESCRIPTION: | The third novel in the award-winning author's classic Galactic Center series is available once again. "A challenging, pacesetting work of hard science fiction that should not be missed."--"Los Angeles Times." |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Tides of Light by Gregory Benford |
| DESCRIPTION: | Now in a new, revised edition, the fourth book of the Nebula Award-winning author's Galactic Center series is a classic tale of man's future and fate--and the greatest mystery from outer space that humanity has ever encountered. |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Abyss by Troy Denning |
| DESCRIPTION: | Following a trail of clues across the galaxy, Luke Skywalker continues his quest to find the reasons behind Jacen Solo's dark downfall and to win redemption for the Jedi Order. Sojourning among the mysterious Aing-Tii monks has left Luke and his son Ben with no real answers, only the suspicion that the revelations they seek lie in the forbidden reaches of the distant Maw Cluster. There, hidden from the galaxy in a labyrinth of black holes, dwell the Mind Walkers: those whose power to transcend their bodies and be one with the Force is as seductive and intoxicating as it is potentially fatal. But it may be Luke's only path to the truth. Meanwhile, on Coruscant, the war of wills between Galactic Alliance Chief of State Natasi Daala and the Jedi Order is escalating. Outraged over the carbonite freezing of young Jedi Knights Valin and Jysella Horn after their inexplicable mental breakdowns, the Jedi are determined to defy Daala's martial tactics, override Council Master Kenth Hamner's wavering leadership, and deal on their own terms with the epidemic of madness preying on their ranks. As Han and Leia Solo, along with their daughter Jaina, join the fight to protect more stricken Knights from arrest, Jedi healers race to find a cure for the rapidly spreading affliction. But none of them realize the blaster barrel is already swinging in their direction–and Chief Daala is about to pull the trigger. Nor do Luke and Ben, deep in the Maw Cluster and pushing their Force abilities beyond known limits, realize how close they are–to the Sith strike squad bent on exterminating the Skywalkers, to a nexus of dark-side energy unprecedented in its power and its hunger, and to an explosive confrontation between opposing wielders of the Force from which only one Master–good or evil–can emerge alive. |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| PRICE: | $27.00 |
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| TITLE: | Burndive by Karin Lowachee |
| DESCRIPTION: | From the author of the acclaimed and bestselling debut novel "Warchild" comesa new action-packed adventure about a young man's journey into adulthood amidinterstellar war. Original. |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Forbidden Circle by Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| DESCRIPTION: | These two classic Darkover novels tell the epic tale of four people who challenged the ancient laws of the matrix towers. |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | Traitor's Sun by Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| DESCRIPTION: | Traitor's Sun continues the epic saga of Darkover, the award-winning series by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Her most brilliant and popular creation, the Darkover books take readers to a planet torn by rebellion--and struggling for freedom... |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | Clans of the Alphane Moon by Philip K. Dick |
| DESCRIPTION: | When CIA agent Chuck Rittersdorf and his psychiatrist wife, Mary, file for divorce, they have no idea that in a few weeks they'll be shooting it out on Alpha III M2, the distant moon ruled by various psychotics liberated from a mental ward. Nor do they suspect that Chuck's new employer, the famous TV comedian Bunny Hentman, will also be there aiming his own laser gun. How things came to such a darkly hilarious pass is the subject of Clans of the Alphane Moon, an astutely shrewd and acerbic tale that blurs all conventional distinctions between sanity and madness. |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| PRICE: | $13.95 |
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| TITLE: | Deus Irae by Philip K. Dick |
| DESCRIPTION: | In the years following World War III, a new and powerful faith has arisen from a scorched and poisoned Earth, a faith that embraces the architect of world wide devastation. The Servants of Wrath have deified Carlton Lufteufel and re-christened him the Deus Irae. In the small community of Charlottesville, Utah, Tibor McMasters, born without arms or legs, has, through an array of prostheses, established a far-reaching reputation as an inspired painter. When the new church commissions a grand mural depicting the Deus Irae, it falls upon Tibor to make a treacherous journey to find the man, to find the god, and capture his terrible visage for posterity. |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| PRICE: | $12.95 |
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| TITLE: | Solar Lottery by Philip K. Dick |
| DESCRIPTION: | The year is 2203, and the ruler of the Universe is chosen according to the random laws of a strange game under the control of Quizmaster Verrick. But when Ted Bentley, a research technician recently dismissed from his job, signs on to work for Verrick, he has no idea that Leon Cartwright is about to become the new Quizmaster. Nor does he know that he's about to play an integral part in the plot to assassinate Cartwright so that Verrick can resume leadership of a universe not nearly as random as it appears. Winner of both the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards for best novel, widely regarded as the premiere science fiction writer of his day, and the object of cult-like adoration from his legions of fans, Philip K. Dick has come to be seen in a literary light that defies classification in much the same way as Borges and Calvino. With breathtaking insight, he utilizes vividly unfamiliar worlds to evoke the hauntingly and hilariously familiar in our society and ourselves. |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| PRICE: | $12.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Minority Report by Philip K. Dick |
| DESCRIPTION: | In the world of The Minority Report, Commissioner John Anderton is the one to thank for the lack of crime. He is the originator of the Precrime System, which uses "precogs"--people with the power to see into the future--to identify criminals before they can do any harm. Unfortunately for Anderton, his precogs perceive him as the next criminal. But Anderton knows he has never contemplated such a thing, and this knowledge proves the precogs are fallible. Now, whichever way he turns, Anderton is doomed--unless he can find the precogs's "minority report"--the dissenting voice that represents his one hope of getting at the truth in time to save himself from his own system.A film version of The Minority Report, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, will be released this summer?further proof of the enduring appeal of Philip K. Dick's visionary fiction. |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| PRICE: | $12.95 |
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| TITLE: | Highlander(TM): The Path by Rebecca Neason |
| DESCRIPTION: | In The Path, published to tie-in with the fantasy adventure TV series Highlander, Scottish warrior Duncan McLeod meets the current Dalai Lama after having departed Tibet in 1781. He has to know whether the Dalai Lama remembers him or not. |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Ink by Hal Duncan |
| DESCRIPTION: | With his stunning debut novel, Vellum, Hal Duncan shattered the boundaries between genres. Fantasy, or science fiction, Vellum shocked with the boldness of its ideas, seduced with the sensual beauty of its prose, and astonished with its imaginative sweep. Now Duncan returns with another epic tour de force that surpasses all expectations.INK: The Book of All HoursOnce, in the depths of prehistory, they were human. But in a moment of brutal transfiguration, they became unkin, beings who possessed the power to alter reality by accessing the Vellum: a realm of eternity containing every possibility, every paradox, every heaven ... and every hell. The Vellum became a battleground where forces of order and chaos fought across time and space. The ultimate weapon in that bloody war spanning through history and myth, dreams and memory, was The Book of All Hours, a legendary tome within which the blueprint for all reality is inscribed, a volume long lost amid the infinite folds of the Vellum.Until, in 2017, it was found by Reynard Carter, a young man with the blood of unkin in his veins.Until Phreedom Messenger and her brother, Thomas, were swept up in an archetypal dance of death and rebirth. Until a hermit named Seamus Finnan found the courage to re-forge his broken soul, and a self-proclaimed angel called Metatron unleashed a plague of AI bitmites.Now, in the aftermath of the apocalypse, several survivors search desperately for the remnants of themselves scattered across the Vellum like torn pages, determined to use the blood of the unkin to rewrite The Book of All Hours, and to forge a new destiny for themselves and all humanity. Reality will never be the same. |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| PRICE: | $15.95 |
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| TITLE: | Death's Head: Day of the Damned by David Gunn |
| DESCRIPTION: | Fueled with high-octane testosterone and noteworthy for a kill rate more customary in computer games than in works of literature, David Gunn's novels take no prisoners and make no apologies. Like war itself, they are raw and violent, horrifying yet mysteriously moving. These qualities also characterize Gunn's hero and narrator, Lt. Sven Tveskoeg, a killing machine whose DNA marks him as less--or perhaps more--than human. Whatever he is, he is always as enthralling as he is lethal. Sven has survived everything a hostile universe can throw at him. But he'd be the first to admit that it isn't smarts that have kept him alive for so long. And it's not luck, either. Because luck wouldn't have seen him plucked out of obscurity to serve in the army of Emperor OctoV, a machine-human hybrid who appears to be a teenage boy but is actually immeasurably older. Maybe Sven has survived out of sheer orneriness--although his artificially intelligent, unmistakably sarcastic, and more or less sociopathic sidearm might argue otherwise--but Sven isn't one to ponder such questions. In Day of the Damned, Sven and his band of misfit auxiliaries have arrived at Farlight, capital of the Octavian Empire, for a little well-earned rest and relaxation. Sven visits his old friends Debro and Anton, whom he liberated from the prison planet of Paradise, and their teenage daughter Aptitude, whose husband he assassinated and who now has a major crush on him. But what begins as a respite quickly turns into a bloodbath as civil war erupts. And behind the double crosses and Byzantine betrayals threatening to topple OctoV from the throne he has held for thousands of years are the United Free, a galaxy-spanning empire with the technology of gods and the morals of schoolchildren. As usual, big trouble seems to be following Sven. Which is all right with him. He isn't that fond of vacations, anyway. |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| PRICE: | $26.00 |
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| TITLE: | Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith #2: Skyborn by John Jackson Miller |
| DESCRIPTION: | Don't miss Star Wars: Lost Tribe of The Sith: Skyborn a FREE original eBook short story, the second in a series that tell the untold story of the Fate of the Jedi's forgotten Sith castaways, their battle to survive, and their quest to re-conquer the galaxy! Skyborn includes an exclusive excerpt from Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Abyss (Del Rey Hardcover, available August 18th) and offers a unique look into the backstory of events that have begun to unfold in the Fate of the Jedi series. DECEIVE AND CONQUERA Jedi ambush leaves the Sith ship Omen marooned on a remote alien world, its survivors at the mercy of their desolate surroundings and facing almost certain death. But Sith will no more bow before the whims of fate than they will yield to the weapons of their enemies. And Omen's cunning commander Yaru Korsin, will let nothing keep him and his crew from returning to the stars and rejoining the Sith order's conquest of the galaxy. Murdering his own brother has proven Korsin's ruthless resolve?but now an entire race stands in his way.The primitive, superstitious Keshiri worship unseen gods called the Skyborn, shun science, and punish unbelievers with death. Branded a heretic the widowed young geologist Adari Vaal is running for her life. Among the mysterious Sith castaways she finds powerful sanctuary?and her saviors find the means of survival. With Adari as their willing pawn, the Skyborn as their Trojan horse, and the awesome power of the dark side of the Force at their command, the lost tribe of the Omen set out to subjugate a planet and its people?and lay the foundation for a merciless new Sith nation. |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| PRICE: | $1.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Transformer Trilogy by M. A. Foster |
| DESCRIPTION: | The classic science fiction trilogy in an omnibus edition. Back in print after two decades! In a society where change is the enemy, one BEING will create a revolution. To the totalitarian state of Oerlikon, change is the most fearsome enemy. So a secret weapon was created to preserve the status quo-the Morphodite. A bioengineered and laboratory-raised super assassin, the Morphodite was designed to scent out and destroy subversive conspiracies. A unique being, it can change its sex, identity, and even its genetic code as a defense. But its creators did not foresee that this untraceable, powerful assassin would morph into a true revolutionary hero-that would turn against the police state that created it. |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| PRICE: | $15.00 |
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| TITLE: | Bitter Angels by C.L. Anderson |
| DESCRIPTION: | An Imploding Star System. A Murdered Galactic Spy. A Woman Seeking the Truth--and Finding the Unbelievable… The Erasmus System is a sprawling realm of slavery, smugglers, spies--and constant, creeping decrepitude. Here everyone who is not part of the ruling Four Families is a slave of one kind or another. But the Guardians, a special-forces branch inside the United World Government for Earth, have deemed Erasmus a “hot spot.” Somehow, it is believed, this failing colony intends to launch a war upon the solar system. Ex-Field Commander Terese Drajeske, now a mother of three, has been called back to active duty and sent to Erasmus, ostensibly to investigate the murder of her colleague--and friend--Bianca Fayette. At first blush, the death defies explanation: Bianca was immortal. But beneath that single murder lies a twisted foundation of deceptions. Suddenly Terese is plunged into a vortex of shattered lives, endemic deceit, and one dreadful secret. In this society without hope, someone has put into motion a plan that will cast humanity into chaos. And Terese, who has given up her family and her sanity to prevent war, may be asked to make the ultimate sacrifice…. |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | Grasp the Stars by Jennifer Wingert |
| DESCRIPTION: | Pursued by members of every species, Meris-the most ancient and legendary of the Jadamiin-is a stowaway on a ship bound for the Port Earth space station. But the pursuit isn't over-and suddenly Port Earth is embroiled in high level intrigue that could annihilate the entire station. |
| CATEGORY: | Science Fiction |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary by Jeff Foxworthy |
| DESCRIPTION: | Hey, you! The one holding the book. Have you ever seen a volume like this? Well, whether you realize it or not, it's the one you've been waiting for. Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary will teach you how to speak this unique Southern dialect fluently. Whether you're blue-collar or hoity-toity, swimming in cash or betting your bottom dollar, a little bit country or a lot of city slicker, this practical reference to redneck words and turns of phrases will give you hours of laughs.So expand your horizons and learn another language with this fun, instructive, and hilariously illustrated book as your guide. After all, speaking redneck is a heck of a lot easier than speaking French! |
| CATEGORY: | Humor |
| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | How to Stay Single Forever by Jenny Lombard |
| DESCRIPTION: | With this handbook today's independant woman can easily avoid meaningful relationships with aplomb. The 101 strategies are fully explained, may be used alone or in combination and include tips such as using baby talk in bed and be brutally honest. |
| CATEGORY: | Humor |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Bro on the Go by Barney Stinson |
| DESCRIPTION: | A mini version of the wildly popular New York Times bestseller, THE BRO CODE, by How I Met Your Mother character and "ultimate bro," Barney Stinson. |
| CATEGORY: | Humor |
| PRICE: | $8.99 |
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| TITLE: | Entertainment Weekly Seinfeld Companion by Entertainment Weekly Inc. |
| DESCRIPTION: | The hottest personality in network television is celebrated in this illustrated guide to Seinfeld, featuring the expressions, situations, and idiosyncracies beloved by fans of this top-ten-rated sitcom. Fretts has written extensively about Seinfeld for Entertainment Weekly. 100 photos. |
| CATEGORY: | Humor |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | A Princess of Landover by Terry Brooks |
| DESCRIPTION: | After fourteen years, New York Times bestselling fantasy master Terry Brooks has returned to the magic kingdom of Landover. The remarkable realm of dragons, demons, wizards, and wonders that wove an irresistible spell in five classic novels throws open its gates at long last for a brand-new adventure featuring a dazzling cast of characters and creatures. Ben Holiday, Chicago lawyer and mere mortal turned monarch of enchanted Landover, has grappled with scheming barons, fire-breathing beasts, diabolical conjurers, and extremely wicked witches. None of whom have prepared him for the most daunting of challengers–a teenage daughter. Sent by Ben and his beloved sylph bride, Willow, to an exclusive girls' prep school, headstrong (and half-magical) Mistaya Holiday has found life in the natural world a less than perfect fit. And when her latest rebellious antics get her indefinitely suspended, she's determined to resume her real education–learning sorcery from court wizard Questor Thews–whether her parents like it or not. But back home in Landover, Mistaya's frustrated father is just as determined that the precocious princess learn some responsibility, and he declares her grounded until she successfully refurbishes the long-forsaken royal library. Mortified by the prospect of salvaging a king's ransom in moldy books–and horrified by word that repulsive local nobleman Lord Laphroig seeks to marry her–Mistaya decides that the only way to run her own life is to run away from home. So begins an eventful odyssey peppered with a formidable dragon, recalcitrant gnomes, an inscrutable magic cat, a handsome librarian, a sinister sorcerer, and more than a few narrow escapes as fate draws Landover's intrepid princess to the last place she expected to go, and into the thick of a mystery that will put her mettle to the test–and might bring the kingdom to its knees. |
| CATEGORY: | Fantasy |
| PRICE: | $26.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Magic Kingdom of Landover Volume 1: Magic Kingdom For Sale SOLD!--The Black Unicorn--Wizard at Large by Terry Brooks |
| DESCRIPTION: | Capture the fantasy, thrills, and far-flung adventure of the first three novels in Terry Brooks's enchanting Magic Kingdom of Landover series–now for the first time in one gripping volume. Chicago lawyer Ben Holiday can't fathom what lies ahead when he purchases Landover–a magical kingdom of chivalry and sorcery–from Meeks, the mysterious seller who placed the ad. Weary and jaded, Ben clings to the ad's promise: “Escape into your dreams.” But Landover is not the enchanted idyll he expected. The kingdom is in ruin. The barons refuse to recognize Ben as King, a dragon is decimating the countryside, and a demon lord has challenged any prospective ruler to a fatal duel. To make matters worse, the Paladin, renowned champion of the Kings of Landover, seems to be merely a legend. Ben's only allies are a bumbling court magician, a talking dog turned court scribe, and the beautiful Willow, who is part girl, part tree. With his friends in tow, Ben sets out to claim the throne. But when Meeks decides he wants Landover back, Ben will face supernatural foes of every stripe to prove himself worthy of the kingship. The question is: Can he survive? |
| CATEGORY: | Fantasy |
| PRICE: | $16.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Magic Kingdom of Landover Volume 2 by Terry Brooks |
| DESCRIPTION: | Now in one thrilling volume?experience the magic, the intrigue, and the exciting escapades of the final two novels in Terry Brooks's spellbinding Magic Kingdom of Landover seriesAll appears well with Ben Holiday. He's finally secured for himself the throne of Landover, and he and his wife, the exquisite sylph Willow, are expecting their first child. But their peaceful days are numbered.The conjurer Horris Kews returns to Landover and inadvertently releases an evil sorcerer from the Tangle Box, a magic chest used by the fairy folk to imprison wayward spirits. Now free, the sorcerer traps Ben inside the box's labyrinthine passages and plots to wreak havoc in Landover using Horris as his pawn. But Ben's greatest challenge comes when Rydall, a foreign king, issues Ben an ultimatum: defeat seven deadly champions, or Rydall's armies invade Landover. Complicating matters is the devastating fact that Ben and Willow's young daughter has been kidnapped?and her fate lies in Rydall's dangerous hands.Relying on his loyal friends, his steadfast wife, and no small amount of endurance and enchantment, Ben risks his life to save everything he loves. But this time, black magic may prove too powerful for even the most devoted heart. |
| CATEGORY: | Fantasy |
| PRICE: | $16.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Thirteenth Scroll by Rebecca Neason |
| DESCRIPTION: | At 17, Lysandra witnessed the brutal murder of her family and lost her sight. Ten years later, she is a master healer and clairvoyant. Lysandra encounters Father Renan, who explains that the two of them are chosen to install the rightful queen of Aghamore on the throne. If they fail, the kingdom will be plunged into a millennium of darkness and tyranny. |
| CATEGORY: | Fantasy |
| PRICE: | $4.95 |
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| TITLE: | Turned by Julie Kenner |
| DESCRIPTION: | From the national bestselling author of Tainted/I> and Torn. Three consecutive months-three explosive novels of The Blood Lily Chronicles. When Lily Carlyle died in an act of vengeance, she came back as an assassin for the light. But when she discovered her masters' true darkness, she decided to choose the right side for once... Her own. With her cover as a double agent inside the forces of evil blown, Lily has no choice but to go underground. She takes along a cadre of warriors: humans, angels, demons, and other trusted creatures. Their only hope is to stop the forces who are attempting to use the Ninth gate as a wedge that will unleash the fury of Hell. |
| CATEGORY: | Fantasy |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Devil's Alphabet by Daryl Gregory |
| DESCRIPTION: | From Daryl Gregory, whose Pandemonium was one of the most exciting debut novels in memory, comes an astonishing work of soaring imaginative power that breaks new ground in contemporary fantasy. Switchcreek was a normal town in eastern Tennessee until a mysterious disease killed a third of its residents and mutated most of the rest into monstrous oddities. Then, as quickly and inexplicably as it had struck, the disease–dubbed Transcription Divergence Syndrome (TDS)–vanished, leaving behind a population divided into three new branches of humanity: giant gray-skinned argos, hairless seal-like betas, and grotesquely obese charlies. Paxton Abel Martin was fourteen when TDS struck, killing his mother, transforming his preacher father into a charlie, and changing one of his best friends, Jo Lynn, into a beta. But Pax was one of the few who didn't change. He remained as normal as ever. At least on the outside. Having fled shortly after the pandemic, Pax now returns to Switchcreek fifteen years later, following the suicide of Jo Lynn. What he finds is a town seething with secrets, among which murder may well be numbered. But there are even darker–and far weirder–mysteries hiding below the surface that will threaten not only Pax's future but the future of the whole human race. |
| CATEGORY: | Fantasy |
| PRICE: | $15.00 |
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| TITLE: | Novel Ideas-Science Fiction by Brian M. Thomsen |
| DESCRIPTION: | For the first time in one volume, seven classic, award-winning stories which were the genesis for some of the most memorable novels and series in the field of science fiction. |
| CATEGORY: | Fantasy |
| PRICE: | $7.50 |
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| TITLE: | A Shadow on the Glass by Ian Irvine |
| DESCRIPTION: | With this stunning and original debut, Ian Irvine begins the saga of The View from the Mirror, a brilliant epic fantasy that rivals the works of Robert Jordan and J. V. Jones. "Once there were three worlds, each with its own human race. Then, fleeing from out of the void came a fourth race, the Charon. Desperate, on the edge of extinction, they changed the balance between the worlds forever..." The Tale of the Forbidding In ancient times the Way Between the Worlds was shattered, leaving bands of Aachim, Faellem, and Charon trapped with the old humans of Santhenar. Now Llian, a Chronicler of the Great Tales, uncovers a 3,000-year-old secret too deadly to be revealed-while Karan, a young sensitive, is compelled by honor to undertake a perilous mission. Neither can imagine they will soon meet as hunted fugitives, snared in the machinations of immortals, the vengeance of warlords, and the magics of powerful mancers. For the swelling deluge of a millennial war is rising, terrible as a tsunami, ready to cast torrents of sorcery and devastation across the land... |
| CATEGORY: | Fantasy |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Wolfbreed by S.A. Swann |
| DESCRIPTION: | In this captivating reinvention of the werewolf novel, S. A. Swann propels readers into the darkest days of the Middle Ages, weaving a rare blend of soaring romance, historical intrigue, paranormal thrills, and spiritual questioning to tell a story that forever changes those who hear it. When a monk inadvertently discovers a lair of werewolf young, he unleashes what will become the Church's most powerful–and secret–weapon. Clandestinely raised by the Teutonic Order, these lupine creatures serve as instruments of God against pagan unbelievers. Trained to slip into villages cloaked in human form, they are all but unstoppable. Only one, called Lilly, has cunningly fled her brutal master. Uldolf is too young to remember the massacre eight years earlier that claimed his village, his arm, and his kin. But he knows the pain of loneliness. When he sees what appears to be a beautiful young woman, injured and cowering in the woods, he races to her aid. Uldolf and his adoptive family will do anything to protect the terrified girl, but the danger is greater than they can possibly imagine. For death is the only life Lilly has ever known–and if their humanity can't pierce the darkness Lilly harbors in her soul, they'll soon come to know it, too. |
| CATEGORY: | Fantasy |
| PRICE: | $15.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Misbegotten King by Anne Kelleher Bush |
| DESCRIPTION: | An ancient prophecy tells Amanander that he is the real heir to the throne of Meriga presently held by King Abelard. He uses his magic to probe the king's mind but kills him instead. All is set for a final conflict between him and his half-brother Roderic. |
| CATEGORY: | Fantasy |
| PRICE: | $4.95 |
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| TITLE: | Three Days to Dead by Kelly Meding |
| DESCRIPTION: | They'll never see her coming.... When Evangeline Stone wakes up naked and bruised on a cold slab at the morgue--in a stranger's body, with no memory of who she is and how she got there--her troubles are only just beginning. Before that night she and the two other members of her Triad were the city's star bounty hunters, mercilessly cleansing the city of the murderous creatures living in the shadows, from vampires to shape-shifters to trolls. Then something terrible happened that not only cost all three of them their lives but also convinced the city's other Hunters that Evy was a traitor--and she can't even remember what it was. Now she's a fugitive, piecing together her memory, trying to deal some serious justice--and discovering that she has only three days to solve her own murder before the reincarnation spell wears off. Because in three days Evy will die again--but this time there's no second chance.... |
| CATEGORY: | Fantasy |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | Murder at the Foul Line: Original Tales of Hoop Dreams and Deaths from Today's Great Writers by Otto Penzler |
| DESCRIPTION: | Refereed by editor Otto Penzler, this anthology collects fourteen, original tales of buzzer-beating suspense and postgame mayhem. "In "Keller's Double Dribble," Lawrence Block tails a clueless hitman with courtside tickets to unplanned bloodshed ... Jeffery Deaver's power guard summons his formidable game instincts to thwart a pack of scammers in "Nothing but Net" ... a flagrant foul and a cruel betrayal send a star player crashing in Mike Lupica's "Mrs. Cash" ... George Pelecanos's "String Music" traces the dangerous escalation of a playground beef ... and in "Galahad, Inc.," by Joan H. Parker and Robert B. Parker, a college prodigy seeks unlikely defensive help against a sorority party sex rap."Other literary slam-dunk tales ask just how hard a former Olympic medalist will fight to get back his old glory ... what hustle will win you the dunk-or-die prison matchup ... and why the pride of the Knicks will never live to see the playoffs. You'll find all the answers inside these pages from acclaimed storytellers Sue DeNymme, Brendan DuBois, Parnell Hall, Laurie R. King, Michael Malone, R. D. Rosen, S. J. Rozan, Justin Scott, and Stephen Solomita. There's the whistle. Here's the tip-off. Let these great clutch shot-makers put you in the zone."--BOOK JACKET. |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | One Across, Two Down by Ruth Rendell |
| DESCRIPTION: | Two things interest Stanley Manning: crossword puzzles, and the substantial sum his wife Vera stands to inherit when his mother-in-law dies. Otherwise, life at 61 Lanchester Road is a living hell. For she lives with them now--and she will stop at nothing to tear his marriage apart. One afternoon, Stanley lends death a helping hand. But very soon after the deed is done, he finds that his actions may cost him. In One Across, Two Down, master crime writer Ruth Rendell describes a man whose strained sanity and stained reputation transform him from a witless loser into a killer afraid of his own shadow. |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| PRICE: | $12.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Fallen Curtain by Ruth Rendell |
| DESCRIPTION: | A stranger lures a child into his car with the promise of sweets. A young man spots his fianc?'s double in a public park of ill repute. An executive visits the secluded home of a former employee whose intentions are frightfully unclear. A modest soul weds the woman he rescues from suicide--only to fall victim to an unfathomable form of possessiveness?. In the eleven tales gathered in The Fallen Curtain, Ruth Rendell lays bare the twisted inner workings of the unbalanced mind. |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| PRICE: | $11.00 |
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| TITLE: | Bryant & May on the Loose: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Novel by Christopher Fowler |
| DESCRIPTION: | The Peculiar Crimes Unit is no more. After years of defying the odds and infuriating their embarrassed superiors, detectives Arthur Bryant and John May have at last crossed the line. This is the twenty-first century and not even their eccentric genius or phenomenal success rate solving London's most unusual crimes can save them. While Bryant takes to his bed, his bathrobe, and his esoteric books, the rest of the team take to the streets looking for new careers--leading one of them to stumble upon a gruesome murder. It isn't so much the discovery of the headless corpse that's potentially so politically explosive as where it's found. Still it takes the bizarre sightings of a great horned creature--half man, half stag--carrying off young women to convince Bryant that this is a case worth getting dressed and leaving the house to solve. The Home Office has reluctantly authorized the PCU to reunite for one last encore performance--in a rented office with no computer network, no legal authority, and a broken toilet. They've got until the end of the week to solve a murder with unlikely links to gangland crime, Slavic mythology, the 2012 London Olympics, and the sort of corruption only obscene amounts of money and power can buy. It's the kind of case that Bryant and May live to solve--and it could be just the case that kills them. |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| PRICE: | $25.00 |
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| TITLE: | Locked In by Marcia Muller |
| DESCRIPTION: | Shot in the head by an unknown assailant, San Francisco private eye Sharon McCone finds herself trapped by locked-in syndrome: almost total paralysis but an alert, conscious mind. Since the late-night attack occurred at her agency's offices, the natural conclusion was that it was connected to one of the firm's cases. As Sharon lies in her hospital bed, furiously trying to break out of her body's prison and discover her attacker's identity, all the members of her agency fan out to find the reason why she was assaulted. Meanwhile, Sharon becomes a locked-in detective, evaluating the clues from her staff's separate investigations and discovering unsettling truths that could put her life in jeopardy again. As the case draws to a surprising and even shocking conclusion, Sharon's husband, Hy, must decide whether or not to surrender to his own violent past and exact fatal vengeance when the person responsible is identified. |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| PRICE: | $24.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Coral Thief: A Novel by Rebecca Stott |
| DESCRIPTION: | Paris, 1815. Napoleon has just surrendered at Waterloo and is on his way to the island of St. Helena to begin his exile. Meanwhile, Daniel Connor, a young medical student from Edinburgh, has just arrived in Paris to study anatomy at the Jardin des Plantes–only to realize that his letters of introduction and a gift of precious coral specimens, on which his tenure with the legendary Dr. Cuvier depends, have been stolen by the beautiful woman with whom he shared a stagecoach. In the fervor and tumult of post revolutionary Paris, nothing is quite as it seems. In trying to recover his lost valuables, Daniel discovers that his beautiful adversary is in fact a philosopher-thief who lives in a shadowy world of outlaws and émigrés. Daniel's fall into this underworld is also a flight, for as he falls in love with the mysterious coral thief and she draws him into an audacious plot that will leave him with a future very different from the one he has envisioned for himself, Daniel discovers a radical theory of evolution and mutability that irrevocably changes his conception of the world in which he lives. The Coral Thief, as riveting and beautifully rendered as Ghostwalk, Rebecca Stott's first novel, is a provocative and tantalizing mix of history, philosophy, and suspense. It conjures up vividly both the feats of Napoleon and the accomplishments of those working without fame or glory to change our ideas of who we are and the world in which we live. |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| PRICE: | $25.00 |
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| TITLE: | Who Left that Body in the Rain? by Patricia Sprinkle |
| DESCRIPTION: | This brand new Thoroughly Southern Mystery from the author of Who Invited the Dead Man? finds Georgia magistrate MacLaren Yarbrough investigating the murder of a dear family friend-and uncovering more dark secrets about their lives than she ever wanted to know. |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | Expose! by Hannah Dennison |
| DESCRIPTION: | When the local celebrity, Scarlett Flemming, dies, Vicky learns of Scarlett's shaky finances-and marriage. While canvassing an entire town of suspects and juggling three eligible suitors, she must stay one step ahead of a killer once she realizes she's no longer writing an obituary, but an expose! |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | Do Unto Others by Jeff Abbott |
| DESCRIPTION: | Jordan Poteet has left the big city to work as a librarian in his hometown of Mirabeau, Texas. But his dream of the quiet life is shattered when he locks horns with Miss Beta Harcher, the town's prize religious fanatic, in a battle over censorship. When Jordan finds her murdered body in the library, he becomes the prime suspect. And when the police find a cryptic list stashed next to her fanatical heart, it seems as if Beta Harcher has the whole town in a death grip ... |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Reporter by Kelly Lange |
| DESCRIPTION: | Jack Nathanson's third wife Maxi is helping the police with their enquiries into Jack's murder. Many have a motive for killing him but for Maxi the spotlight must be beamed on to Jack's secret mistress who had a longer shelf life than anyone. |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Dead Man by Joe Gores |
| DESCRIPTION: | Once Eddie Dain had a life: a beautifl wife, a happy young son, and a thriving business catching soft-core bad guys by computer. Then he hung on to an odd-looking case and made a mysterious enemy--one whose calling cards were two men with shotguns. Now Eddie is reborn--as a dead man. Known by the single name of Dain, he pumps up his body and his psyche as he follows a trail of sweaty white-collar crime to the steamy Louisiana bayous. Here, in this torrid landscape, is a woman on the run who can lead him to what he wants more than anything; the man who took everything from Eddie Dain. |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Menaced Assassin by Joe Gores |
| DESCRIPTION: | It began with the murder of the adulterous wife of a mild-mannered professor. Then a corrupt cop was gunned down in a phone booth. After that, the killer who called himself Raptor moved through a list of players, playboys, and mobsters from Palm Springs to Minnesota. And the final truth about his death trip will not be revealed until the last victim is claimed. |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Distemper by Beth Saulnier |
| DESCRIPTION: | A serial killer declares hunting season in an upstate New York university town. The killer wants to keep the young reporter, Alex Bernier, well-informed, both as a journalist and as a potential victim. |
| CATEGORY: | Mystery/Crime |
| PRICE: | $4.95 |
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| TITLE: | True Blue by David Baldacci |
| DESCRIPTION: | A mysterious high-profile homicide in the nation's capital collides with the dark side of national security in David Baldacci's new, heart-stopping thriller. TRUE BLUE Mason "Mace" Perry was a firebrand cop on the D.C. police force until she was kidnapped and framed for a crime. She lost everything-her badge, her career, her freedom-and spent two years in prison. Now she's back on the outside and focused on one mission: to be a cop once more. Her only shot to be a true blue again is to solve a major case on her own, and prove she has the right to wear the uniform. But even with her police chief sister on her side, she has to work in the shadows: A vindictive U.S. attorney is looking for any reason to send Mace back behind bars. Then Roy Kingman enters her life. Roy is a young lawyer who aided the poor until he took a high-paying job at a law firm in Washington. Mace and Roy meet after he discovers the dead body of a female partner at the firm. As they investigate the death, they start uncovering surprising secrets from both the private and public world of the nation's capital. Soon, what began as a fairly routine homicide takes a terrifying and unexpected turn-into something complex, diabolical, and possibly lethal. |
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| TITLE: | Fashion Show, or, The Adventures of Bingo Marsh: A Novel by James Brady |
| DESCRIPTION: | In this sparkling comic novel by one of the most "inside" of fashion insiders, journalist John Sharkey recounts his career under that legendary tyrant of the fashion press Bingo Marsh. Heady as champagne, arch and funny as the best dinner partner you've ever had, Fashion Show is a completely captivating romp through the elegant wilds of style. |
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| TITLE: | Breathless: A Novel by Dean Koontz |
| DESCRIPTION: | #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz delivers a thrilling novel of suspense and adventure, as the lives of strangers converge around a mystery unfolding high in the Colorado mountains -- and the balance of the world begins to tilt... In the stillness of a golden September afternoon, deep in the wilderness of the Rockies, a solitary craftsman, Grady Adams, and his magnificent Irish wolfhound Merlin step from shadow into light -- and into an encounter with enchantment. That night, through the trees, under the moon, a pair of singular animals will watch Grady's isolated home, waiting to make their approach. A few miles away, Camillia Rivers, a local veterinarian, begins to unravel the threads of a puzzle that will bring all the forces of a government in peril to her door. At a nearby farm, long-estranged identical twins come together to begin a descent into darkness... In Las Vegas, a specialist in chaos theory probes the boundaries of the unknowable... On a Seattle golf course, two men make matter-of-fact arrangements for murder... Along a highway by the sea, a vagrant scarred by the past begins a trek toward his destiny... In a novel that is at once wholly of our time and timeless, fearless and funny, Dean Koontz takes readers into the moment between one turn of the world and the next, across the border between knowing and mystery. It is a journey that will leave all who take it Breathless. |
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| PRICE: | $28.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Sonnets and Other Poems by William Shakespeare |
| DESCRIPTION: | Shakespeare became famous as a dazzling poet before most people even knew that he wrote plays. His sonnets are the English language's most extraordinary anatomy of love in all its dimensions--desire and despair, longing and loss, adoration and disgust. To read them is to confront morality and eternity in the same breath. Produced under the editorial supervision of Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, two of today's most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, The Sonnets and Other Poems includes all of Shakespeare's sonnets, the long narrative poems "Venus and Adonis" and "The Rape of Lucrece," and several other shorter works. Incorporating definitive texts and authoritative notes from William Shakespeare: Complete Works, this unique volume also includes an expanded Introduction by Jonathan Bate that places the poems in literary and historical context and illuminates their relationship to Shakespeare's dramatic writing. Also featured are key facts about the individual selections; an index of the first lines of the sonnets; a chronology of Shakespeare's life and times; and recommendations for further reading. Ideal for students and general readers alike, this modern and accessible edition sets a new standard in Shakespearean literature for the twenty-first century. |
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| TITLE: | The Kissing Game by Kasey Michaels |
| DESCRIPTION: | Lady Allegra has made handling unpredictable situations and people an art form, particularly since her father, Oxie Nesbitt, is one of the greatest practical jokers in all of England. For the sinfully handsome and wickedly witty Armand, who loves to observe the world around him, Ally and her outrageous father prove to be too irresistible. He forms a fast friendship with them, enjoying Oxie's pranks and often helping Ally to get him out of his predicaments. But soon both have more than friendship on their minds, in spite of the danger their feelings for one another might bring. When one of Oxie's pranks backfires, and three men are dispatched to take care of him, only Armand and ally can save him--if they put aside their fears of losing themselves to each other. |
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| TITLE: | Enduring Love by Ian McEwan |
| DESCRIPTION: | On a windy spring day in the Chilterns, the calm, organized life of science writer Joe Rose is shattered when he witnesses a tragic accident: a hot-air balloon with a boy trapped in its basket is being tossed by the wind, and in the attempt to save the child, a man is killed. A stranger named Jed Parry joins Rose in helping to bring the balloon to safety. But unknown to Rose, something passes between Parry and himself on that day--something that gives birth to an obsession in Parry so powerful that it will test the limits of Rose's beloved rationalism, threaten the love of his wife, Clarissa, and drive him to the brink of murder and madness. Brilliant and compassionate, this is a novel of love, faith, and suspense, and of how life can change in an instant. |
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| TITLE: | Homer & Langley: A Novel by E. L. Doctorow |
| DESCRIPTION: | From Ragtime and Billy Bathgate to The Book of Daniel, World's Fair, and The March, the novels of E. L. Doctorow comprise one of the most substantive achievements of modern American fiction. Now, with Homer & Langley, this master novelist has once again created an unforgettable work. Homer and Langley Collyer are brothers–the one blind and deeply intuitive, the other damaged into madness, or perhaps greatness, by mustard gas in the Great War. They live as recluses in their once grand Fifth Avenue mansion, scavenging the city streets for things they think they can use, hoarding the daily newspapers as research for Langley's proposed dateless newspaper whose reportage will be as prophecy. Yet the epic events of the century play out in the lives of the two brothers–wars, political movements, technological advances–and even though they want nothing more than to shut out the world, history seems to pass through their cluttered house in the persons of immigrants, prostitutes, society women, government agents, gangsters, jazz musicians ... and their housebound lives are fraught with odyssean peril as they struggle to survive and create meaning for themselves. Brilliantly conceived, gorgeously written, this mesmerizing narrative, a free imaginative rendering of the lives of New York's fabled Collyer brothers, is a family story with the resonance of myth, an astonishing masterwork unlike any that have come before from this great writer. |
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| TITLE: | Across the Endless River by Thad Carhart |
| DESCRIPTION: | From the acclaimed bestselling author of The Piano Shop on the Left Bank, a historical novel about Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau, the son of Sacagawea, and his intriguing sojourn as a young man in 1820s Paris. Born in 1805 on the Lewis and Clark expedition, Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau was the son of the expedition's translators, Sacagawea and Toussaint Charbonneau. Across the Endless River compellingly portrays this mixed-blood child's mysterious boyhood along the Missouri among the Mandan tribe and his youth as William Clark's ward in St. Louis. The novel becomes a haunting exploration of identity and passion as eighteen-year-old Baptiste is invited to cross the Atlantic in 1823 with young Duke Paul of Württemberg. During their travels throughout Europe, Paul introduces Baptiste to a world he never imagined. Gradually, Baptiste senses the limitations of life as an outsider. His passionate affair with Paul's older cousin helps him understand the richness of his heritage and the need to fashion his own future. But it is Maura, the beautiful and independent daughter of a French-Irish wine merchant Baptiste meets in Paris, who most influences his ultimate decision to return to the frontier. Rich in the details of life in both frontier America and the European court, Across the Endless River is a captivating novel about a man at the intersection of cultures, languages, and customs. |
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| TITLE: | Then She Found Me: A Novel by Elinor Lipman |
| DESCRIPTION: | April Epner teaches high school Latin, wears flannel jumpers, and is used to having her evenings free. Bernice Graverman brandishes designer labels, favors toad-sized earrings, and hosts her own tacky TV talk show: Bernice G! But behind the glitz and glam, Bernice has followed the life of the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty-six years ago. Now that she's got her act together, she's aiming to be a mom like she always knew she could. And she's hurtling straight for April's quiet little life.... |
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| TITLE: | The Green by Troon McAllister |
| DESCRIPTION: | The Ryder Cup.A biennial tournament considered the premier event in the golfing world, pitting the twelve best players in the United States against the twelve best of Europe in a contest so pressure-filled it can paralyze even the most battle-scarred tour veterans.United States captain Alan Bellamy, with one precious slot unfilled and none of the remaining top tour players willing to sign on against a clearly superior European squad, makes a desperate decision in his attempt to preserve America's golfing honor: he selects as his twelfth man one Eddie Caminetti, a low-life, two-bit hustler from a municipal course in South Florida.The most prestigious tournament in golf will never be the same. As the unforeseen consequences of Caminetti's participation on the Ryder team unfold riotously, Troon McAllister takes us into the minds and souls of elite professional athletes and poses a question as old as golf itself: Why would God create a game even He can't play? |
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| TITLE: | The Youngest Hero by Jerry B. Jenkins |
| DESCRIPTION: | In this emotional story of parental love, a single mother of a teenage baseball player who exhibits the batting eye of a professional athlete, tries to shield and protect her son from the world of over-zealous scouts, hard-nosed coaches, and money-hungry agents. Guided by his mother's firm and steadfast wisdom and his extraordinary talent, both mother and son make it to the major leagues. In the end, "The Youngest Hero" reveals that when it comes to finding your way in life, a God-fearing mother is more important than God-given talent. |
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| TITLE: | For the Love of Money: A Novel by Omar Tyree |
| DESCRIPTION: | "Those who create for the love of art are consistently getting better. But those who create for the love of money, those guys are forever getting worse." Tracy Ellison, the sizzling heroine of the bestselling Flyy Girl, returns in this razor-sharp sequel from acclaimed author Omar Tyree. From hard-knocks Philly all the way to glamorous Hollywood, Tracy Ellison has truly walked the walk. Now twenty-eight years old and a major movie star, Omar Tyree's uncompromising Flyy Girl is returning to her East Coast roots. As Tracy drops in to reconnect with friends, she seems on the brink of a happily-ever-after existence, armed as she is with over-the-top beauty, unstoppable attitude, and new mountains of cash. But is attaining success and happiness really as simple as Tracy makes it look? As she begins to address the uncertainties of her youth, Tracy's homecoming stirs up a string of difficult questions about past loves, ambivalent family ties, and her artistic ambitions. Crackling with honesty and passion, For the Love of Money is a triumphant continuation of the adventures of one of contemporary fiction's most outrageous young heroines. |
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| TITLE: | Yeshiva Boys: Poems by David Lehman |
| DESCRIPTION: | David Lehman, a poet of wit, ingenuity, and formidable skill, draws upon his heritage as a grandson of Holocaust victims and offers a stirring autobiographical collection of poems that is his most ambitious work to date. It covers an expansive range of subjects--from love, sex, and romance to repentance, humility, the meaning of democracy, Existentialism, modern European history, military intelligence, and the rituals associated with faith and prayer. The title poem, "Yeshiva Boys," is a work in twelve parts that blends the elements of espionage fiction, memory, history, and moral philosophy. It reflects David's experience as a student in an orthodox Yeshiva, and it, along with many other poems in the book, explores what it means to be a Jew in America, what is gained and lost in assimilating to secular culture, how to understand the peculiar destiny of the Jewish people, and how to reconcile the existence of God with the knowledge of evil. Beautiful, provocative, and accessible, this is David Lehman's most inspired collection. |
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| TITLE: | Hello Red by Kurt Vonnegut |
| DESCRIPTION: | Look at the Birdie is a collection of fourteen previously unpublished short stories from one of the most original writers in all of American fiction. In this series of perfectly rendered vignettes, written just as he was starting to find his comic voice, Kurt Vonnegut paints a warm, wise, and often funny portrait of life in post--World War II America–a world where squabbling couples, high school geniuses, misfit office workers, and small-town lotharios struggle to adapt to changing technology, moral ambiguity, and unprecedented affluence. “Hello, Red” is a sharply observed homecoming tale in which embittered merchant sailor Red Mayo returns to his small town after nine years at sea. There he confronts the man who ended up marrying the only woman Red ever loved–and stakes a claim on a certain something he left behind. “Hello, Red” and the thirteen other never-before-published pieces that comprise Look at the Birdie serve as an unexpected gift for devoted readers who thought that Kurt Vonnegut's unique voice had been stilled forever–and provide a terrific introduction to his short fiction for anyone who has yet to experience his genius. |
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| TITLE: | Homeland: A Novel by Barbara Hambly |
| DESCRIPTION: | Those who loved Cold Mountain or Geraldine Brooks's March will embrace and long remember this spellbinding novel of two remarkable women torn apart by conflict, sustained by literature and art, united by friendship and hope. As brother turns against brother in the bloodbath of the Civil War, two young women sacrifice everything but their friendship. Susanna Ashford is the Southerner, living on a plantation surrounded by scarred and blood-soaked battlefields. Cora Poole is the Northerner, on an isolated Maine island, her beloved husband fighting for the Confederacy. Through the letters the two women exchange, they speak of the ordeal of a familiar world torn apart by tragedy. And yet their unique friendship will help mend the fabric of a ravaged nation. The two women write about books and art, about loss and longing, about their future and the future of their country. About love. About being a woman in nineteenth-century America. About the triumphant resilience of the human spirit. Their voices and their stories are delineated in indomitable prose by an award-winning writer who captures in intimate detail a singular moment in time. In Homeland, Barbara Hambly takes readers on a unique odyssey across a landscape treacherous with hardship and hatred. She paints a passionate masterpiece of a friendship that not only transforms our understanding of the most heart-wrenching era of American history but celebrates the power of women to change their world. |
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| TITLE: | A Thousand Tomorrows by Karen Kingsbury |
| DESCRIPTION: | In this mass market edition, #1 bestselling author Karen Kingsbury weaves a powerful story of a young couple whose love must face the ultimate challenge.
Cody Gunner has no use for real love. Abandoned as a child by the person he needed the most, he swears he will never allow himself to love again. Ali Daniels denies love as well. Carrying a terrible secret, she lives life to the fullest, taking risks and refusing relationships. When Cody and Ali meet, their first instincts are to hide behind their emotional walls, seemingly doomed to repeat the patterns they have established for most of their lives. But their attraction is too strong, and soon they're doomed in another way, for neither can avoid falling in love, regardless of the consequences. Only after three years--a thousand tomorrows later--do they realize at what cost their relationship comes. In the end, they must decide if love is worth the ultimate price. |
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| TITLE: | Karen Kingsbury Hardcover Bind-Up by Karen Kingsbury |
| DESCRIPTION: | Readers worldwide have been touched by the heartwarming tales of hope, inspiration, and joyous miracles found in the Red Gloves series. |
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| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Twenties Girl: A Novel by Sophie Kinsella |
| DESCRIPTION: | Lara Lington has always had an overactive imagination, but suddenly that imagination seems to be in overdrive. Normal professional twenty-something young women don't get visited by ghosts. Or do they? When the spirit of Lara's great-aunt Sadie--a feisty, demanding girl with firm ideas about fashion, love, and the right way to dance--mysteriously appears, she has one last request: Lara must find a missing necklace that had been in Sadie's possession for more than seventy-five years, and Sadie cannot rest without it. Lara, on the other hand, has a number of ongoing distractions. Her best friend and business partner has run off to Goa, her start-up company is floundering, and she's just been dumped by the "perfect" man. Sadie, however, could care less. Lara and Sadie make a hilarious sparring duo, and at first it seems as though they have nothing in common. But as the mission to find Sadie's necklace leads to intrigue and a new romance for Lara, these very different "twenties" girls learn some surprising truths from each other along the way. Written with all the irrepressible charm and humor that have made Sophie Kinsella's books beloved by millions, Twenties Girl is also a deeply moving testament to the transcendent bonds of friendship and family. |
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| TITLE: | Fired Up [Book One of the Dreamlight Trilogy] by Jayne Ann Krentz |
| DESCRIPTION: | The New York Timesbestselling author presents her latest Arcane Society novel and introduces the first book in the Dreamlight Trilogythe story of a curse that spans generations, and the love that can heal it. . . . More than three centuries ago, Nicholas Winters irrevocably altered his genetic makeup in an obsessionfueled competition with alchemist and Arcane Society founder Sylvester Jones. Driven to control their psychic abilities, each mans decision has reverberated throughout the family line, rewarding some with powers beyond their wildest dreams, and cursing others to a life filled with madness and hallucinations. Jack Winters, descendant of Nicholas, has been experiencing nightmares and blackoutsjust the beginning, he believesof the manifestation of the Winters family curse. The legend says that he must find the Burning Lamp or risk turning into a monster. But he cant do it alone; he needs the help of a woman with the gift to read the lamps dreamlight. Jack is convinced that private investigator Chloe Harper is that woman. Her talents for finding objects and accessing dream energy are what will save him, but their sudden and powerful sexual pull threatens to overwhelm them both. Danger surrounds them, and it doesnt take long for Chloe to pick up the trail of the missing lamp. And as they draw closer to the lamp, the raw power that dwells within it threatens to sweep them into a hurricane of psychic force. |
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| TITLE: | My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok |
| DESCRIPTION: | "Memorable...A book profound in its vision of humanity, of religion, and of art."THE WALL STREET JOURNALHere is the original, deeply moving story of Asher Lev, the religious boy with an overwhelming need to draw, to paint, to render the world he knows and the pain he feels, on canvas for everyone to see. A loner, Asher has an extroardinary God-given gift that possesses a spirit all its own. It is this force that must learn to master without shaming his people or relinquishing any part of his deeply felt Judaism. It will not be easy for him, but he knows, too, that even if it is impossible, it must be done...."A novel of finely articulated tragic power...Little short of a work of genius."THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW |
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| TITLE: | Await Your Reply: A Novel by Dan Chaon |
| DESCRIPTION: | The lives of three strangers interconnect in unforeseen ways–and with unexpected consequences–in acclaimed author Dan Chaon's gripping, brilliantly written new novel. Longing to get on with his life, Miles Cheshire nevertheless can't stop searching for his troubled twin brother, Hayden, who has been missing for ten years. Hayden has covered his tracks skillfully, moving stealthily from place to place, managing along the way to hold down various jobs and seem, to the people he meets, entirely normal. But some version of the truth is always concealed. A few days after graduating from high school, Lucy Lattimore sneaks away from the small town of Pompey, Ohio, with her charismatic former history teacher. They arrive in Nebraska, in the middle of nowhere, at a long-deserted motel next to a dried-up reservoir, to figure out the next move on their path to a new life. But soon Lucy begins to feel quietly uneasy. My whole life is a lie, thinks Ryan Schuyler, who has recently learned some shocking news. In response, he walks off the Northwestern University campus, hops on a bus, and breaks loose from his existence, which suddenly seems abstract and tenuous. Presumed dead, Ryan decides to remake himself–through unconventional and precarious means. Await Your Reply is a literary masterwork with the momentum of a thriller, an unforgettable novel in which pasts are invented and reinvented and the future is both seductively uncharted and perilously unmoored. |
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| TITLE: | First Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher |
| DESCRIPTION: | The next book in the thrilling New York Times bestselling series. For years he has endured the endless trials and triumphs of a man whose skill and power could not be restrained. Battling ancient enemies, forging new alliances, and confronting the corruption within his own land, Gaius Octavian became a legendary man of warand the rightful First Lord of Alera. But now, the savage Vord are on the march, and Gaius must lead his legions to the Calderon Valley to stand against themusing all of his intelligence, ingenuity, and furycraft to save their world from eternal darkness. |
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| TITLE: | Hunter's Need by Shiloh Walker |
| DESCRIPTION: | Duke is bitter. A shapeshifter betrayed by the psychic powers of Analise Morell, he cannot forgive her for putting him in the clutches of a feral vampire, but he also cant shake his desire for her. And when she needs a Hunter, Duke must face his demonsand hers. |
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| TITLE: | Snow in August by Pete Hamill |
| DESCRIPTION: | In the year 1947, Michael Devlin, eleven years old and 100 percent American-Irish, is about to forge an extraordinary bond with a refugee of war named Rabbi Judah Hirsch. Standing united against a common enemy, they will summon from ancient sources a power in desperately short supply in modern Brooklyn-a force that's forgotten by most of the world but is known to believers as magic. |
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| TITLE: | The Shortest Distance Between Two Women by Kris Radish |
| DESCRIPTION: | Bestselling author Kris Radish takes the emotional measure of mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends in her wise and wonderful new novel of a woman unsure if she's on the verge of a breakdown--or a breakthrough.… After all these years is there any way you would see me again? When Emma Lauryn Gilford heard the voice on her answering machine, she thought, How dare he? She's put a lot of distance between herself and Samuel, filling her life with work and family, lavishing her attention on her lovely nieces and a garden that's the pride of Higgins, South Carolina. So why does his voice still have the power to make her heart skip? Why can't she stop thinking about this man she'd forgotten so long ago? Emma has always been the dependable daughter, the mediator of the controlled chaos always surrounding her high-strung sisters and her widowed mother, Higgins's own senior citizen seductress. But with the annual Gilford family reunion just around the corner, at least two of her sisters approaching meltdown, and her favorite teenage niece taking sanctuary in her home, Emma's concrete wall of self-denial is showing cracks. And on the other side is a life she can't put off living a moment longer. |
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| TITLE: | Twilight of a Queen by Susan Carroll |
| DESCRIPTION: | As war and treachery loom, an ambitious man's mission threatens to topple two dazzling realms and their formidable rulers: Catherine de Medici, the Dark Queen, and Ariane, the Lady of Faire Isle. It is 1588, and as the Spanish Armada prepares to besiege England, Paris balances on the brink of revolution. To maintain her grip on the throne and on the dark magic that has become her obsession, Catherine de Medici turns to Louis Xavier, a ruthless corsair who was schooled in the dark arts and has mastered piracy along the Spanish main. But Louis's basest instincts are held in check by the kindness of Lady Jane Danvers, a British exile whose innate sense of honor is but one facet of her complex and passionate nature. On Faire Isle, Ariane Cheney, unaware of the escalating threat from the Dark Queen, struggles with the task of protecting the daughters of the earth and their vast store of ancient magical wisdom. Weak and desperate for an advantage, the ailing Catherine makes a devil's bargain that will cast a shadow over all. |
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| TITLE: | Dorothy Parker's Elbow: Tattoos on Writers, Writers on Tattoos by Kim Addonizio |
| DESCRIPTION: | Previously considered the domain of bikers and a rite of passage in the services, tattoos have crawled from society's fringes and onto the ankles of starlets and the biceps of bankers. In this volume, stories from writers including Sylvia Plath and Ray Bradbury capture the tattoo experience. |
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| TITLE: | Leigh by Lyn Cote |
| DESCRIPTION: | The third in a saga of four generations of women set against the sprawling tapestry of the 20th century focuses on a young journalist in the 1960s, who immerses herself in the civil rights movement and antiwar protests and learns that with God's help she can grow into the woman He wants. |
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| TITLE: | The Secret of Joy by Melissa Senate |
| DESCRIPTION: | As 28 year old New York paralegal Rebecca Strand's widowed father lays dying, he confesses a secret: he had an affair 26 years earlier when Rebecca was just a toddler. Now he wants Rebecca to deliver the secret stash of letters he wrote, but never mailed, to the daughter he fathered. Rebecca's lawyer boyfriend, Michael, is adamant that she forget the woman exists. He's sure the woman will be an opportunist who will demand half of Rebecca's father's million-dollar estate. But Rebecca, now without any family in the world, can't help but wonder about her one living relative. With her relationship with Michael in tatters, Rebecca drives from New York City to Maine to find Joy Jayhawk, who operates a Weekend Singles Tour service out of an orange mini-van that her regulars dub "The Love Bus." Enter a cast of lovable, colorful characters, from Joy's eccentric mother to the singles on The Love Bus, and a sexy carpenter for whom Rebecca finds herself unexpectedly falling in love... |
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| TITLE: | Tease: Steamy Short Stories by Ladawn Black |
| DESCRIPTION: | MANY CULTURES • ONE WORLD In her highly anticipated fiction debut, LaDawn Black shares an irresistibly seductive collection of erotic tales that is sure to tease your imagination in the most unexpected and titillating ways. High maintenance chick looking for her next benefactor. Wants the best and can give the best. Only men that are already what they aspire to be need to reply. TS6235 I love cheaters. Hitched women are my passion. Looking for a wife to play with. Fun and games with an erotic spin are my specialty. TS210 These are just a sampling of the “Hot Sheet” personal ads running in TEASE, a Baltimore newspaper. In this inhibition-free zone, anyone and everyone can let out their inner freak and find ravishing, willing partners. From a divorcée who moves to a quaint seaside town and generates heat with a man half her age to two strangers who generate a lustful charge by letting passerbys watch them get it on in the park at night, every one of these steamy stories pushes boundaries, exposes taboos, and inspires pulse-pounding excitement–to both to those inhabiting them and those reading them. With a provocative ad opening each delicious chapter, Tease dares to answer the question we've all asked while taking a voyeuristic ride through the personals: Who would do that? In these pages you might discover that the hottest fantasy belongs to you. |
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| TITLE: | The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter |
| DESCRIPTION: | Meet Matt Prior. He's about to lose his job, his wife, his house, maybe his mind. Unless ... In the winning and utterly original novels Citizen Vince and The Zero, Jess Walter ("a ridiculously talented writer"?New York Times) painted an America all his own: a land of real, flawed, and deeply human characters coping with the anxieties of their times. Now, in his warmest, funniest, and best novel yet, Walter offers a story as real as our own lives: a tale of overstretched accounts, misbegotten schemes, and domestic dreams deferred. A few years ago, small-time finance journalist Matthew Prior quit his day job to gamble everything on a quixotic notion: a Web site devoted to financial journalism in the form of blank verse. When his big idea?and his wife's eBay resale business? ends with a whimper (and a garage full of unwanted figurines), they borrow and borrow, whistling past the graveyard of their uncertain dreams. One morning Matt wakes up to find himself jobless, hobbled with debt, spying on his wife's online flirtation, and six days away from losing his home. Is this really how things were supposed to end up for me, he wonders: staying up all night worried, driving to 7-Eleven in the middle of the night to get milk for his boys, and falling in with two local degenerates after they offer him a hit of high-grade marijuana? Or, he thinks, could this be the solution to all my problems? Following Matt in his weeklong quest to save his marriage, his sanity, and his dreams, The Financial Lives of the Poets is a hysterical, heartfelt novel about how we can reach the edge of ruin?and how we can begin to make our way back. |
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| TITLE: | Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro |
| DESCRIPTION: | Ten superb new stories by one of our most beloved and admired writers--the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize. In the first story a young wife and mother receives release from the unbearable pain of losing her three children from a most surprising source. In another, a young woman, in the aftermath of an unusual and humiliating seduction, reacts in a clever if less-than-admirable fashion. Other stories uncover the “deep-holes” in a marriage, the unsuspected cruelty of children, and how a boy's disfigured face provides both the good things in his life and the bad. And in the long title story, we accompany Sophia Kovalevsky--a late-nineteenth-century Russian émigré and mathematician--on a winter journey that takes her from the Riviera, where she visits her lover, to Paris, Germany, and, Denmark, where she has a fateful meeting with a local doctor, and finally to Sweden, where she teaches at the only university in Europe willing to employ a female mathematician. With clarity and ease, Alice Munro once again renders complex, difficult events and emotions into stories that shed light on the unpredictable ways in which men and women accommodate and often transcend what happens in their lives. Too Much Happiness is a compelling, provocative--even daring--collection. |
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| TITLE: | Hollywood Moon: A Novel by Joseph Wambaugh |
| DESCRIPTION: | There's a saying at Hollywood station that the full moon brings out the beast--rather than the best--in the precinct's citizens. One moonlit night, LAPD veteran Dana Vaughn and "Hollywood" Nate Weiss, a struggling-actor-turned cop, get a call about a young man who's been attacking women. Meanwhile, two surfer cops known as Flotsam and Jetsam keep bumping into an odd, suspicious duo--a smooth-talking player in dreads and a crazy-eyed, tattooed biker. No one suspects that all three dubious characters might be involved in something bigger, more high-tech, and much more illegal. After a dizzying series of twists, turns, and chases, the cops will find they've stumbled upon a complex web of crime where even the criminals can't be sure who's conning whom. Wambaugh once again masterfully gets inside the hearts and minds of the cops whose jobs have them constantly on the brink of danger. By turns heart-wrenching, exhilarating, and laugh-out-loud funny, Hollywood Moon is his most thrilling and deeply affecting ride yet through the singular streets of LA. |
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| TITLE: | Earth Angel by Raymond Obstfeld |
| DESCRIPTION: | The irreverent, outrageous novels of Raymond Obstfeld--written under the pseudonym Laramie Dunaway--five readers everywhere something to laugh about. Each book, his wisecracking, exuberant characters plunge head and heart first into grim modern realities that are twisted just enough to become a little bit naughty and a whole lot of fun. |
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| TITLE: | Face by Aimee Liu |
| DESCRIPTION: | In her piercing and pignant fictional debut, Aimee Lee crosses continents and generations, from New York's Chinatown to pre-war Shaghai, to tell a tale of a young woman trapped between two worlds. |
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| TITLE: | Simple Recipes: Stories by Madeleine Thien |
| DESCRIPTION: | With delicate language and wisdom, Madeleine Thien explores the longing of families pulled apart by conflicts between generations, cultures, and values.Each of these stories captures a deeply personal world in which characters struggle to reconcile family loyalty with individual desires. In "House," a 10-year-old girl longs for the alcoholic mother who left the house one day never to return. In "Dispatch," a woman tries to hold her marriage together even after finding proof that her husband is in love with someone else. In "A Map of the City, " a young woman's troubled relationship with her father overshadows the course she takes in her adult life. Thien's fresh perspective and spare, haunting prose have already won her prizes and the praise of established masters. "Simple Recipes" is the beginning of a luminous writing career. |
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| TITLE: | The Sorceress: A Novel by Allison Hobbs |
| DESCRIPTION: | A graphically sensual tale blending the paranormal with breathtaking suspense.
Jennifer Darnell accepts a nanny position for one of the most powerful political couples in Philadelphia. The little boy she's hired to care for has been diagnosed as autistic but his sinister behavior has Jen suspecting that the child is in cahoots with the devil. After sighting a naked woman running across a bridge in broad daylight, Jen is convinced she's losing her mind. But when she bumps into a gorgeous police officer who admits to seeing the woman, too, Jen is moderately comforted. While she and the hot-looking cop attempt to unravel the mystery, sparks fly between them, and a steamy love affair begins. Meanwhile, Eris, the fallen goddess from The Enchantress has been languishing on the Dark Realm. Yearning for revenge against the Stovall family, she escapes her hellish holding place. Now back with a vengeance, Eris is on the prowl for sex and blood. Using her powers of deception and intoxicating sexual deviancy, she easily bends the will of both men and woman. But when she sets her sights on Jen's man, the young nanny fights back...but can she win? Though merely a child, Kali Stovall is at the top of Eris's hit list. Eris's reign of sexual terror and dominion seems unstoppable unless someone or something equally powerful comes forward to challenge her. Can this child and the other innocent victims be rescued from Eris's depraved rampage? |
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| TITLE: | The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy |
| DESCRIPTION: | From Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the best-selling, award-winning translators of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, comes a new, beautifully crafted, and eminently readable translation of Tolstoy's most important short fiction. Here are eleven incandescent stories from the mature author, some autobiographical, others moral parables, and all imaginative, transcendent, and evocatively drawn. They include The Prisoner of the Caucasus, inspired by Tolstoy's experiences as a soldier in the Chechen War, and one of only two of his works that Tolstoy himself considered “good art”; Hadji Murat, the novella Harold Bloom called “the best story in the world,” featuring the real-life war hero Hadji Murat, a Chechen rebel who ravaged his Russian occupiers only to defect to the Russian side after a falling-out with his own commander; The Devil, a tale of sexual obsession based on Tolstoy's relationship with a married peasant woman on his estate in the years before his marriage; and the celebrated The Death of Ivan Ilyich, an intense and moving examination of death and the possibilities of redemption. Pevear and Volokhonsky's translation captures the richness, immediacy, and multiplicity of Tolstoy's language, and reveals the author as a passionate moral guide, an unflinching seeker of truth, and, ultimately, a creator of enduring and universal art. |
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| TITLE: | Swan Song by Robert McCammon |
| DESCRIPTION: | "We're about to cross the point of no return. God help us; we're bestselling author flying in the dark and we don't know where the hell we're going."
Facing down an unprecedented malevolent enemy, the government responds with a nuclear attack. America as it was is gone forever, and now every citizen--from the President of the United States to the homeless on the streets of New York City--will fight for survival. SWAN SONG is Robert McCammon's prescient and "shocking" (John Saul) vision of a post-Apocalyptic nation, a grand epic of terror and, ultimately, renewal. In a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, earth's last survivors have been drawn into the final battle between good and evil, that will decide the fate of humanity: Sister, who discovers a strange and transformative glass artifact in the destroyed Manhattan streets...Joshua Hutchins, the pro wrestler who takes refuge from the nuclear fallout at a Nebraska gas station...And Swan, a young girl possessing special powers, who travels alongside Josh to a Missouri town where healing and recovery can begin with Swan's gifts. But the ancient force behind earth's devastation is scouring the walking wounded for recruits for its relentless army, beginning with Swan herself.... |
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| TITLE: | grl2grl: Short fictions by Julie Anne Peters |
| DESCRIPTION: | In this honest, emotionally captivating short story collection, renowned author and National Book Award finalist Julie Anne Peters offers a stunning portrayal of young women as they navigate the hurdles of relationships and sexual identity. From the young lesbian taking her first steps toward coming out to the two strangers who lock eyes across a crowded train, from the transgender teen longing for a sense of self to the girl whose abusive father has turned her to stone, Peters is the master of creating characters whose own vulnerability resonates with readers and stays with them long after the last page is turned. Grl2grl shows the rawness of teenage emotion as young girls become women and begin to discover the intricacies of love, dating and sexuality. |
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| TITLE: | The Immortals by Amit Chaudhuri |
| DESCRIPTION: | The award-winning author of A New World now gives us an incantatory novel--at once plaintive and comic--about the powerful undercurrent of cultural and familial tradition in a society enthralled with the future. Bombay in the 1980s: Shyam Lal is a highly regarded voice teacher, trained by his father in the classical idiom but happily engaged in teaching the more popular songs to well-to-do women, whose modern way of life he covets. Sixteen-year-old Nirmalya Sengupta is the romantically rebellious scion of an affluent family who wants only to study Indian classical music. With a little push from Nirmalya's mother (Shyam's prize pupil), Shyam agrees to accept Nirmalya as his student, entering into a relationship that will have unexpected and lasting consequences in both their lives. As the novel unfolds, we see how their two families come to challenge and change each other, and how student and teacher slowly mesh their differing visions of the world, and what place music holds in it. With exquisite sensuous detail, with quiet humor, generosity, and unsentimental poignancy, The Immortals gives us a luminous portrait of the spiritual and emotional force of a revered Indian tradition, of two fundamentally different but intricately intertwined families, and of a society choosing between the old and the new. |
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| TITLE: | A Little Love Story by Roland Merullo |
| DESCRIPTION: | In A Little Love Story, Roland Merullo?winner of the Massachusetts Book Award and the Maria Thomas Fiction Award?has created a sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious tale of attraction and loyalty, jealousy and grief. It is a classic love story?with some modern twists. Janet Rossi is very smart and unusually attractive, an aide to the governor of Massachusetts, but she suffers from an illness that makes her, as she puts it, "not exactly a good long-term investment." Jake Entwhistle is a few years older, a carpenter and portrait painter, smart and good-looking too, but with a shadow over his romantic history. After meeting by accident?literally?when Janet backs into Jake's antique truck, they begin a love affair marked by courage, humor, a deep and erotic intimacy ... and modern complications. Working with the basic architecture of the love story genre, Merullo?a former carpenter known for his novels about family life?breaks new ground with a fresh look at modern romance, taking liberties with the classic design, adding original lines of friendship, spirituality, and laughter, and, of course, probing the mystery of love. |
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| TITLE: | After You: A Novel by Julie Buxbaum |
| DESCRIPTION: | The complexities of a friendship. The unexplored doubts of a marriage. And the redemptive power of literature...Julie Buxbaum, the acclaimed author of The Opposite of Love, delivers a haunting, gloriously written novel about love, family, and the secrets we hide from each other--and ourselves. It happened on a tree-lined street in Notting Hill to a woman who seemed to have the perfect life. Ellie Lerner's best friend, Lucy, was murdered in front of her young daughter. And, as best friends do, Ellie dropped everything--her marriage, her job, her life in the Boston suburbs--to travel to London and pick up the pieces of Lucy's life. While Lucy's husband, Greg, copes with his grief by retreating into himself, eight-year-old Sophie has simply stopped speaking. Desperate to help Sophie, Ellie turns to a book that gave her comfort as a child, The Secret Garden. As the two spend hours exploring the novel's winding passageways, its story of hurt, magic, and healing blooms around them. But so, too, do Lucy's secrets--some big, some small--secrets Lucy kept hidden, even from her best friend. Over a summer in London, as Ellie peels back the layers of her friend's life, she's forced to confront her own as well: the marriage she left behind, the loss she'd hoped to escape. And suddenly Ellie's carefully constructed existence is spinning out of control in a chain of events that will transform her life--and those around her--forever. A novel that will resonate in the heart of anyone who's had a best friend, a love lost, or a past full of regrets, After You proves once again the unique and compelling talent of Julie Buxbaum. |
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| TITLE: | Wedgewood Grey: The Black or White Chronicles: Book Two by John Aubrey Anderson |
| DESCRIPTION: | John Aubrey Anderson artfully crafts the compelling story of the conflict between the natural and spirit worlds and Missy Parker and Mose Washington, caught between. |
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| TITLE: | The Blue Taxi: A Novel by N. S. Koenings |
| DESCRIPTION: | Against the backdrop of an East African city, an impossible romance between an Indian widower and a married Belgian woman unfolds under the most unlikely circumstances. |
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| TITLE: | Perfect Mistake [Privilege Series #3] by Kate Brian |
| DESCRIPTION: | MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND KILL THE OLD.... Ariana Osgood has everything she's ever wanted. A place at elite Atherton-Pryce boarding school. Fabulous friends. A new crush. And most importantly, a new identity. Now that she's officially become Briana Leigh Covington, Ariana's troubled past is dead and buried. Or is it? When the one person who knows her secret arrives on campus, Ariana decides it's time to say good-bye to her ex-best friend--forever. From the author of the bestselling PRIVATE novels comes a series about the dark world of wealth, secrets, and PRIVILEGE. |
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| TITLE: | Set Me Free by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore |
| DESCRIPTION: | Elliot Barrow is a man of ideals. The founder of Ponderosa Academy, a school for Native Americans, he is a paragon of virtue. But when he is critically injured in a horrific fire, his family, colleagues, and friends begin to unravel the devastating catastrophe at the heart of his life.
SET ME FREE is full of those who love Elliot: Amelia, his sixteen-year-old daughter, who has never imagined the violent, tragic truth behind the legacy of her dead mother; Helen, Elliot's first wife, visiting the academy to direct a production of The Tempest; and Cal, Elliot's closest friend and bitterest rival. Then there is the matter of Willa Llewelyn, hurtling across the country in a wheezing Volvo. She has never heard of Ponderosa Academy or Elliot Barrow. But she is vital to the great, beguiling mystery haunting Amelia, Helen, and Cal.
In its frank depictions of friendship, fatherhood, race, class, love, and devastation, SET ME FREE is moving, incisive, and above all, wise.
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| TITLE: | Dragon's Lair by Sharon Kay Penman |
| DESCRIPTION: | The long-awaited third novel in Sharon Kay Penman's much-loved medieval mystery series. July 1193: Richard Lionheart, eldest and most favored son of Dowager Queen Eleanor of Aquitane, languishes in an Austrian dungeon, held for ransom by the Holy Roman Emperor. Lusting after the crown in England, his brother John plots with his country's bitterest foe, King Philippe of France, to see to it Richard never leaves Austria alive. But the Queen has already begun to meet the ransom demands, and it is only a matter of time before the Austrians turn over their royal prisoner. And then one of the ransom payments vanishes in the fastnesses of Wales, itself wracked by rebellion and intrigue. Into this maelstrom, Eleanor sends her trusted man, Justin de Quincy-and murder soon follows. First introduced in The Queen's Man-an Edgar nominee for best first mystery-Justin de Quincy returns in what may well be Penman's strongest mystery to date. |
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| TITLE: | Time and Chance by Sharon Kay Penman |
| DESCRIPTION: | The long-awaited sequel to Sharon Kay Penman's acclaimed novel When Christ and His Saints Slept, Time and Chance recounts the tempestuous marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II in a magnificent story of love, power, ambition-and betrayal. He was nineteen when they married, she eleven years his senior, newly divorced from the King of France. She was beautiful, headstrong, intelligent, and rich. It was said he was Fortune's favorite, but he said a man makes his own luck. Within two years, Henry had made his, winning the throne of England and exercising extraordinary statecraft skills to control his unruly barons, expand his own powers, and restore peace to a land long torn by banditry and bloodshed. Only in one instance did Henry err: Elevating his good friend and confidant Thomas Becket to be Archbishop of Canterbury, he thought to gain control over the Church itself. But the once worldly Becket suddenly discovered God, and their alliance withered in the heat of his newfound zeal. What Becket saw as a holy mission-to protect the Church against State encroachments-Henry saw as arrant betrayal, and they were launched inevitably on the road to murder. Rich in character and color, true to the historical details, sensitive to the complex emotions of these men and women, Time and Chance recreates their story with all the drama, pain, and passion of the moment. It is Penman at her best. |
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| TITLE: | The Corner Booth Chronicles: A Novel by Mimi Thebo |
| DESCRIPTION: | EUDORA IS A SMALL TOWN WHERE SECRETS SIMPLY DON'T EXIST, THANKS TO NOSY NEIGHBORS AND LIGHTNING-FAST GOSSIP. As summer descends on Eudora, tempers rise with the scorching sun. The romance of Janey Lane and Mark Ramirez is a perfect example of how the town has resolved its racial tensions, but misunderstandings (compounded by a late-night discovery of beautiful Kylie Requena in Mark's living room) lead Janey and Mark to call it off. And theirs is not the only split. Patti and Phil Walker, with three mischievous boys and another baby on the way, have not been seen together in weeks. Now Phil has moved in with Chuck from the Beer and Bowl, and the two seem to be plotting something with retiring wheat farmer Jim Evans. It's suspected that Jim Flory (the town's confirmed bachelor) might be in on it, but nobody's sure what “it” might be. The over-the-hedge talk ignites as Mark fumbles his attempt to re-woo Janey (honestly, a ring and a wedding date would have sealed the deal). Toss in mounting pressure on the farming community, political conflicts (local and beyond), some strange crops growing in a certain backyard, and even more babies–now that herbalist and part-time spell maker Lottie, who is conspiring to save Patti's and Janey's romances, is herself pregnant–and Eudora must take collective cover as sparks fly. Happily, the town is quick to forgive its all-too-human citizenry, as profound questions of existence take comic and heartfelt turns in a place where nothing much ever happens–except life. |
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| TITLE: | Deadlock by Al Lacy |
| DESCRIPTION: | The Zarbo brothers are seasoned outlaws with a reputation for killing. Already wanted in two states, they set their sights on Colorado and a string of bank robberies. They don't count on running into Chief U.S. Marshal John Brockman. John arrests Lee Zarbo, but his brothers remain in hiding. Lee's sentence to death by hanging incites them to desperate measures. They'll do anything to get him out alive. Even kidnap the Chief U.S. Marshal's daughter. When John learns of his young daughter's captivity and the conditions for her release, he must turn to the Lord for direction. It takes all the faith he can muster to wait for the answer. Without freeing a dangerous criminal, can John find Ginny before they kill her? |
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| TITLE: | Meltdown by Chuck Holton |
| DESCRIPTION: | The global war on terror has reached catastrophic proportions, leading the U.S. Special Operations EOD team–Task Force Valor–to Chernobyl, where ghosts of past disasters are nothing compared to the nuclear nightmare about to unfold. With CIA Agent Mary “Phoenix” Walker heading her first Special Ops mission and Master Sergeant Bobby Sweeney fighting demons on and off the battlefield, Task Force Valor races to stop a terrorist threat in the Ukraine before Europe is turned into a radioactive wasteland. But when the terror reaches American shores, the team is powerless to help until they can save themselves. And when they finally track down the source of the chaos, what they find is worse than anything they could have imagined. |
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| TITLE: | Ten Commandments by J.d. Mcclatchy |
| DESCRIPTION: | Ten Commandments is a book-length sequence of poems that plot the rules we were raised on, rules we forget but can't evade. Here is the whole underworld of desire, its tasks and perversions. Here are the iron laws and the way the heart is shaped by them, even as it prefers betrayal, adultery, murder, or greed. J. D. McClatchy draws on intimate authobiographical details, and on a range of historical incidents that includes an eerie account of Proust in a brothel and a chilling glimpse of Eichmann in Argentina. Sideshow freaks, snipers in Vietnam, Auden's dictionary, whirling dervishes, motel and mammogram, slave and saint--this book is a cabinet of moral curiosities, a collage of emotional astonishments.When McClatchy's previous book, The Rest of the Way, was published in 1990, he was given an Award in Literature by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, whose citation concluded, "it may be that no more eloquent poet will emerge in his American generation."With Ten Commandments, there can be no question of his mastery. Here is that rare eloquence indeed, charged with passion and raised to a remarkable new power. |
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| TITLE: | When We Were Wolves by Jon Billman |
| DESCRIPTION: | "If you could have been around a hundred and fifty years ago, and passed through the landscape as a beaver-trapping tough with Jim Bridger or Jedediah Smith, before coal barons, before soda ash and oil, before Mormons, before you could stand outside and watch satellites pass through the night sky or silhouettes kissing in warm apartment windows, when this history was wild and new, you could have just pointed and named something of permanence, a mountain, a river--at least a creek--after yourself. Or they would have named it for you, a permanent mark, just for being here."From a new talent that Annie Proulx has called an "important emerging writer" comes a surprising and expansive collection of stories, steeped in the lore of the frontier but unmistakably fresh and of our time. When We Were Wolves roams over a West we never knew existed--colonized by rogues and tricksters, Custer impersonators, firefighters with a weakness for arson, and the other rootless folk who come to rest under the vast and forgiving desert sky. Jon Billman writes about accidental lives: people who are trapped in unsuitable marriages, impossible situations, but who handle them with the odd grace of those who are determined to live by their own strange code. He mingles the skewed humor of David Sedaris with the loping, rough-edged appeal of Tom McGuane. This is a beguiling new entry on the map of American fiction. |
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| TITLE: | Other Men's Wives by Freddie Lee Iii Johnson |
| DESCRIPTION: | Denmark Wheeler had it all: a gorgeous wife, Sierra, whom he passionately loved, and a respectable job that allowed him to keep her living in the style to which she was accustomed. The good life wasn't handed to him on a silver platter, though. Growing up in the Cleveland ghetto, his father was shot by a drug addict, he worked the streets to help his sister through college, and he made his fair share of enemies along the way. Yet not even his tough upbringing prepared him for the mysterious DVD that showed up on his doorstep, its contents revealing an explicit sexual encounter between his wife and another man, whose face was purposely blurred. Sierra's betrayal is heart wrenching, and Denmark's on the warpath to find out the identity of the man behind it. One thing's sure: It's someone close to him. Suddenly everyone is suspect, especially his two best buddies, and he'll stop at nothing to exact his revenge?even if it means sleeping with their wives to get it. But when Denmark takes justice into his own hands, he discovers a truth even more shocking than his wife's infidelity....In this gritty revenge tale, Freddie Lee Johnson III takes us into the mind of a man consumed with grief and rage. Full of jump-off-the-page characters and fast-paced drama, Other Men's Wivesis an explosive ride fueled by love, lust, and deceit. |
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| TITLE: | The Staggerford Murders and Nancy Clancy's Nephew by Jon Hassler |
| DESCRIPTION: | Filled with his trademark humor and warmth, Jon Hassler's The Staggerford Murders and The Life and Death of Nancy Clancy's Nephew offer a welcome return to the town that has captivated readers for years. In The Staggerford Murders, residents of the Ransford Hotel ?solve? the nine- year-old murder of esteemed Staggerford citizen Neddy Nichols and the disappearance of his widow, Blanche. Hassler's wry humor is in full force as this wonderful tale unfolds. In the more poignant and bittersweet The Life and Death of Nancy Clancy's Nephew, elderly W.D. Nestor finds his loneliness dispelled by his friendship with a young Staggerford boy, but it is a sudden visit to his one hundred-year-old Aunt Nancy that provides the peace he has always been looking for. |
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| TITLE: | Something Missing: A Novel by Matthew Dicks |
| DESCRIPTION: | A career criminal with OCD tendencies and a savant-like genius for bringing order to his crime scenes, Martin considers himself one of the best in the biz. After all, he's been able to steal from the same people for years on end--virtually undetected. Of course, this could also be attributed to his unique business model--he takes only items that will go unnoticed by the homeowner. After all, who in their right mind would miss a roll of toilet paper here, a half-used bottle of maple syrup there, or even a rarely used piece of china buried deep within a dusty cabinet? Even though he's never met these homeowners, he's spent hours in their houses, looking through their photo albums and reading their journals. In essence, Martin has developed a friendship of sorts with them and as such, he decides to interfere more in their lives--playing the part of a rather odd guardian angel--even though it means breaking many of his twitchy neurotic rules. Along the way Martin not only improves the lives of others, but he also discovers love and finds that his own life is much better lived on the edge (at least some of the time) in this hilarious, suspenseful and often profound novel about a man used to planning every second of his life, suddenly forced to confront chaos and spontaneity. |
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| TITLE: | Wife of the Gods: A Novel by Kwei Quartey |
| DESCRIPTION: | Lyrical and captivating, Kwei Quartey's debut novel brings to life the majesty and charm of Ghana--from the capital city of Accra to a small community where long-buried secrets are about to rise to the surface. In a shady grove outside the small town of Ketanu, a young woman--a promising med student--has been found dead under suspicious circumstances. Eager to close the case, the local police have arrested a poor, enamored teenage boy and charged him with murder. Needless to say, they are less than thrilled when an outside force arrives from the big city to lead an inquiry into the baffling case. Detective Inspector Darko Dawson, fluent in Ketanu's indigenous language, is the right man for the job, but he hates the idea of leaving his loving wife and young son, a plucky kid with a defective heart. Pressured by his cantankerous boss, Dawson agrees to travel to Ketanu, sort through the evidence, and tie up the loose ends as quickly and as efficiently as possible. But for Dawson, this sleepy corner of Ghana is rife with emotional land mines: an estranged relationship with the family he left behind twenty-five years earlier and the painful memory of his own mother's sudden, inexplicable disappearance. Dawson is armed with remarkable insight and a healthy dose of skepticism, but these gifts, sometimes overshadowed by his mercurial temper, may not be enough to solve this haunting mystery. In Ketanu, he finds that his cosmopolitan sensibilities clash with age-old customs, including a disturbing practice in which teenage girls are offered by their families to fetish priests as trokosi, or Wives of the Gods. This is a compelling and unique mystery, enriched by an exotic setting and a vivid cast. And Inspector Darko Dawson--dedicated family man, rebel in the office, and ace in the field--is one of the most appealing sleuths to come along in years. |
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| TITLE: | One Foot Wrong by Sofie Laguna |
| DESCRIPTION: | The stars shine brightest out of the deepest dark . . .” A child is imprisoned in a house by her reclusive, religious parents. Hester Wakefield has never spoken to another child, nor seen the outside world. Her one possession is an illustrated children's Bible, and its imagery forms the sole basis for her capacity to make poetic, real-life connections. Her companions at home are Cat, Spoon, Door, Handle, Broom, and Tree, and they all speak to her, sometimes telling her what to do. One day she takes a brave Alice in Wonderland trip into the forbidden outside, at the behest of Handle, and this overwhelming encounter with light and sky and sunshine is a marvel to her. From this moment on, Hester learns that there are some things she cannot tell her parents, and she keeps this secret to herself. Hester buries it among her other secrets, the ones that take place in the shadowy corners of her insular world, and she keeps them all locked inside her as they multiply and grow, waiting until she can find other ways to be free. One Foot Wrong challenges the boundaries of right and wrong, sanity and madness, love and justice, poetry and life. The story told by Hester is often dark and harrowing, but the affecting impact of her distinctive voice and her way of seeing the world illuminates every page and makes this novel an exhilarating, enlightening and, ultimately, an uplifting and transformative experience. |
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| TITLE: | After the Fire, a Still Small Voice by Evie Wyld |
| DESCRIPTION: | Set in the haunting landscape of eastern Australia, this is a stunningly accomplished debut novel about the inescapable past: the ineffable ties of family, the wars fought by fathers and sons, and what goes unsaid. After the departure of the woman he loves, Frank drives out to a shack by the ocean that he had last visited as a teenager. There, among the sugarcane and sand dunes, he struggles to rebuild his life. Forty years earlier, Leon is growing up in Sydney, turning out treacle tarts at his parents' bakery and flirting with one of the local girls. But when he's drafted to serve in Vietnam, he finds himself suddenly confronting the same experiences that haunt his war-veteran father. As these two stories weave around each other–each narrated in a voice as tender as it is fierce–we learn what binds Frank and Leon together, and what may end up keeping them apart. |
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| PRICE: | $24.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Good Mayor: A Novel by Andrew Nicoll |
| DESCRIPTION: | In a busy little city in a forgotten corner of the Baltic, in an office on the square, the beloved mayor of Dot lies on his office floor, peering beneath his door. Tibo Krovic has come to work from his house down at the end of a blue-tiled path. He's taken, as usual, the tram seven stops, and walked the final two. He's stopped for strong Viennese coffee. And now Tibo Krovic is looking at the perfectly beautiful feet of his voluptuous, unhappily married secretary, Mrs. Agathe Stopak. The Good Mayor is badly in love. And over the course of days, months, and years, amid life's daily routine--a fallen lunch pail, a single touch ... a handwritten note and then a terrible choice--he and Agathe must come to terms with this thing that has seized hold of them both, exploring the tastes of desire and despair, love, friendship, and betrayal.... Until fate, magic, and their own actions lift them from their moorings--toward an utterly unexpected future. Their tortuous road to bliss is fraught with phantom circus performers, malevolent painters, rotund lawyers, mysterious fortune-tellers--and every single one of love's astonishing little cruelties and miracles. |
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| PRICE: | $15.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Invisible Mountain by Carolina De Robertis |
| DESCRIPTION: | From the verdant hills of Rio de Janeiro to Evita Perón's glittering Buenos Aires, from the haven of a corner butcher shop to the halls of the United States Embassy in Montevideo, this gripping novel--at once expansive and lush with detail--examines the intertwined fates of a continent and a family in upheaval. The Invisible Mountain is a deeply intimate exploration of the search for love and authenticity in the lives of three women, and a penetrating portrait of the small, tenacious nation of Uruguay, shaken by the gales of the twentieth century. On the first day of the year 1900, a small town deep in the Uruguayan countryside gathers to witness a miracle--the mysterious reappearance of a lost infant, Pajarita--and unravel its portents for the century. Later, as a young woman in the capital city--Montevideo, brimming with growth and promise--Pajarita begins a lineage of fiercely independent women with her enamored husband, Ignazio, a young immigrant from Italy and the inheritor of both a talent for boat making and a latent, more sinister family trait. Their daughter, Eva, a fragile yet ferociously stubborn beauty intent on becoming a poet, overcomes an early, shattering betrayal to embark on a most unconventional path toward personal and artistic fulfillment. And Eva's daughter, Salomé, awakening to both her sensuality and political convictions amid the violent turmoil of the late 1960s, finds herself dangerously attracted to a cadre of urban guerrilla rebels, despite the terrible consequences of such principled fearlessness. Provocative, heartbreaking and ultimately life-affirming, The Invisible Mountain is a poignant celebration of the potency of familial love, the will to survive in the most hopeless of circumstances, and, above all, the fierce, fortifying connection between mother and daughter. |
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| PRICE: | $24.95 |
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| TITLE: | A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore |
| DESCRIPTION: | In her best-selling story collection, Birds of America (“[it] will stand by itself as one of our funniest, most telling anatomies of human love and vulnerability”--James McManus, front page of The New York Times Book Review), Lorrie Moore wrote about the disconnect between men and women, about the precariousness of women on the edge, and about loneliness and loss. Now, in her dazzling new novel--her first in more than a decade--Moore turns her eye on the anxiety and disconnection of post-9/11 America, on the insidiousness of racism, the blind-sidedness of war, and the recklessness thrust on others in the name of love. As the United States begins gearing up for war in the Middle East, twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin, the Midwestern daughter of a gentleman hill farmer--his “Keltjin potatoes” are justifiably famous--has come to a university town as a college student, her brain on fire with Chaucer, Sylvia Plath, Simone de Beauvoir. Between semesters, she takes a job as a part-time nanny. The family she works for seems both mysterious and glamorous to her, and although Tassie had once found children boring, she comes to care for, and to protect, their newly adopted little girl as her own. As the year unfolds and she is drawn deeper into each of these lives, her own life back home becomes ever more alien to her: her parents are frailer; her brother, aimless and lost in high school, contemplates joining the military. Tassie finds herself becoming more and more the stranger she felt herself to be, and as life and love unravel dramatically, even shockingly, she is forever changed. This long-awaited new novel by one of the most heralded writers of the past two decades is lyrical, funny, moving, and devastating; Lorrie Moore's most ambitious book to date--textured, beguiling, and wise. |
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| PRICE: | $25.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Fall of Light by Niall Williams |
| DESCRIPTION: | Beginning in Ireland in the early years of the 19th century, the four Foley brothers flee across the country with their father and the large telescope he has stolen. Soon forced apart by the violence of the Irish wilderness, the potato famine, and the promise of America, the brothers find themselves scattered across the world. Their separate adventures unfold in passionate and vivid scenes with gypsies, horse races, sea voyages, and beautiful women. An epic narrative on the meaning of love and home and family, "The Fall of Light" is a dazzling novel by one of the most promising novelists writing today. |
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| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams |
| DESCRIPTION: | A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for over thirty years, Richard Adams's Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society. |
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| PRICE: | $16.00 |
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| TITLE: | More by Austin Clarke |
| DESCRIPTION: | At the news of her son BJ's involvement in gang crime, Idora Morrison, a maid at the local university, collapses in her basement apartment. For four days and nights she retreats into a vortex of memory, pain, and disappointment that becomes a riveting exposé of her life as a Caribbean immigrant living abroad. While she struggled to make ends meet, her deadbeat husband, Bertram, abandoned her for a better life in New York. Left alone to raise her son, Idora has done her best to survive against immense odds. But now that BJ has disappeared into a life of crime, she recoils from his loss and is unable to get out of bed, burdened by feelings of invisibility. As she summons the strength to investigate her son's troubles?and her own weaknesses?the book quietly builds to its crescendo. Eventually Idora finds her way back into the light with a courage that is both remarkable and unforgettable. More zeroes in, with laserlike intensity, on the interior life of an extraordinary "ordinary woman," showcasing Clarke's skill as a writer of inimitable force. |
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| PRICE: | $25.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Bird Woman: A Novel by Kerry Hardie |
| DESCRIPTION: | Ellen McKinnon's clairvoyant experiences damage her mental and physical health. She must face and assimilate an unwanted but unavoidable family secret, experiencing a revelation that turns her life around in this insightful look at the rift between mysticism and rationalism. |
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| PRICE: | $24.99 |
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| TITLE: | Zoot-Suit Murders by Thomas Sanchez |
| DESCRIPTION: | Like his lavishly praised novels Rabbit Boss and Mile Zero, Thomas Sanchez's Zoot-Suit Murders combines a tautly arched narrative with fiercely visual prose and a starkly revisionist view of the American melting pot. |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| PRICE: | $13.95 |
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| TITLE: | Mistress by Mistake by Susan Gee Heino |
| DESCRIPTION: | Lord Dashford has decided to ward off the marriage-minded by convincing the world hes throwing away his fortune. No matter, since heiress Evaline Pinchley, dragged to the Dashford estate, has no inclination to marry him. Unfortunately, she fails to recognize her host when he begins to seduce her. An empty bottle later, Evaline wakes to find herself in Dashfords bed. Now rumors and passions are sure to run wildunless Dashford and Evaline realize that what happened by moonlight was no mistake. |
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| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | Numbers Game by Graham Perry |
| DESCRIPTION: | Don't waste a minute. Get in on the biggest puzzle craze in the country. People all over the country are already sharing this game with each other via E-Mail, faxes, and computer networks. The Numbers Game is a compendium of 300 of these fun-filled puzzles. |
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| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Crime Minister: Rebound--Book #3 by Ian Barclay |
| DESCRIPTION: | It's a mission-dollar job for Richard Dartley, the world's most select assassin-for-hire, the man with many aliases and a thousand ways to kill. For him, the fatal hit should be a simple matter of clear planning and clean execution. But amid the shifting loyalties and tangled intrigue on American's newest and hottest battleground, he knows damn well things are a lot more dangerous than they seem... |
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| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Crime Minister: Retribution--Book #5 by Ian Barclay |
| DESCRIPTION: | Book #5 in the Ian Barclay series. An entire American family cut down in the sleepy Dutch countryside. U.S. tour groups shredded to ribbons outside Buckingham Palace's stately halls and in Paris' bustling marketplace. all courtesy of the New Arab Social Front, a splinter group of the PLO determined to keep European countries from signing a treaty that could end terrorism once and for all. |
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| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Reckoning: Crime Minister, No.4 by Ian Barclay |
| DESCRIPTION: | Ten American oil experts kicked out of Iran. Ten wanted men on a hit list stretching clear across the globe. They've stared dying one by one, within weeks of each other, the mode of murder different in every case. The kill count stands at five down, five to go. It's a case of international petroleum politics and its dirtiest and bloodiest. The big energy conglomerate doesn't want to pay the million, but it knows it has to. Because only Richard Dartley, the world's most expensive assassin and the man who never misses can beat a professional terminator every bit as deadly as himself. |
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| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | A Matter of Time: A Faith Abbey Mystery by David Manuel |
| DESCRIPTION: | Sent to Bermuda by his superiors on a spiritual retreat, Brother Bartholomew of Cape Cod's Faith Abbey stumbles into the dark side of the sunny island where he is pulled into an investigation of drugs, dirty money, and murder. |
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| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Something Might Happen: A Novel by Julie Myerson |
| DESCRIPTION: | Like Anita Shreve, Myerson writes in a literary and yet accessible manner. Her fifth book is a story of a troubled woman who falls for an outsider who has come to uncover the truth. |
| CATEGORY: | Mainstream |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Show Business Kills by Iris Ranier Dart |
| DESCRIPTION: | A hard-driving movie executive, a beloved soap opera diva, a screenwriter nominated for an Oscar, and a well-known actress married to TV's King of Late Night. Four friends who have led charmed Hollywood lives facing middle age. They have always shared a "Girl's Night Out", but suddenly it becomes a painful vigil as three of the women watch their friend fight for her life in an intensive care unit. She has been attacked by a stalker who is obsessed with all four women. Will the bonds of friendship that have linked them together for years enable them to survive this chilling night? |
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| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Til the Real Thing Comes Along by Iris Ranier Dart |
| DESCRIPTION: | Iris Rainer Dart, bestselling author of BEACHES, brings you a hilarious, semiautobiographical story about a wary thirty-seven-year-old lady and a gorgeous younger man who's stealing her heart. |
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| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellory |
| DESCRIPTION: | Growing up in rural Georgia during the 1940s, Joseph Vaughan finds himself at the center of a series of mutilations and killings of young girls. Just a teenager, Joseph becomes determined to protect his community from the killer, but he is powerless in pre¬venting more murders?and no one is ever caught. Ten years later one of his neighbors is found hanging from a rope, surrounded by belongings of the dead girls; the killings cease, and the nightmare appears to be over. Desperate and plagued by everything he has witnessed, Joseph sets out to forge a new life in New York. But even there the past won't leave him alone?for it seems that the murderer still lives and is killing again, and that the secret to his identity lies in Joseph's own history. |
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| PRICE: | $24.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Fuck Up by Arthur Nersesian |
| DESCRIPTION: | Arthur Nersesian's underground literary treasure is an unforgettable slice of gritty New York City life...and the darkly hilarious odyssey of an anonymous slacker. He's a perennial couch-surfer, an aspiring writer searching for himself in spite of himself, and he's just trying to survive. But life has other things in store for the fuck-up. From being dumped by his girlfriend to getting fired for asking for a raise, from falling into a robbery to posing as a gay man to keep his job at a porno theater, the fuck-up's tragi-comedy is perfectly realized by Arthur Nersesian, who manages to create humor and suspense out of urban desperation. "Read it and howl," says Bruce Benderson (author of User), "and be glad it didn't happen to you." |
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| PRICE: | $14.00 |
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| TITLE: | Memory by Josh Davlin |
| DESCRIPTION: | A debut psychological thriller of one man's journey through the memories of a killer. If your memories aren't your own, then whose are they? One man is about to find out when he ingests a mysterious drug that throws him into a hallucination so vivid that it seems real. Because it is... Now, Dr. Taylor Briggs will embark on a journey to unlock the mysteries of his own past-and to find the killer of the innocent victims whose last moments are being played out in his own memories. Davlin delivers a psychological thrill-ride that piles on the questions only to answer them with a twist that rocks the core of reality. This is the debut that will keep readers guessing to the end. |
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| PRICE: | $14.00 |
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| TITLE: | Heartthrob by Suzanne Brockmann |
| DESCRIPTION: | NO WOMAN COULD RESIST HIM ...Once voted the "Sexiest Man Alive," Jericho Beaumont had dominated the box office before his fall from grace. Now poised for a comeback, he wants the role of Laramie bad enough to sign an outrageous contract with top producer Kate O'Laughlin--one that gives her the authority to supervise JB's every move, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.ESPECIALLY THE ONE WITH THE MOST AT STAKE ...The last thing Kate wants to do is baby-sit her leading man, and Jericho Beaumont may be more than she can handle. A player in every sense of the word, he is an actor of incredible talent--and a man with a darkly haunted past. Despite her better judgment, Kate's attraction flares into explosive passion, and she is falling fast. But is she being charmed by the real Jericho or the superstar who dazzles the world? |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | Le Mariage by Diane Johnson |
| DESCRIPTION: | In her sparkling, comedy of manners--now in paperback--the bestselling author of "Le Divorce" puts a contemporary twist on this venerable form with her keen-eye portraits of modern-day Americans living in Paris. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $15.00 |
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| TITLE: | After I Dream by Rachel Lee |
| DESCRIPTION: | THE DEVIL, THE DEEP BLUE SEA... Psychologist Callie Carlson lives in the lush Florida Keys. Some call it paradise. Callie, a young woman who fears the sea, calls it hell. Now her brother has found a mysterious boat adrift off the coast--and has been charged with murdering its crew. He faces the death penalty unless a desperate Callie can find a way to prove his innocence. AND DESIRE Former Navy SEAL Chase Mattingly lost his nerve after a near-fatal diving accident. Investigating for Callie is his chance to prove he still has guts. And a heart. But soon someone is trying to stop them both. And as a killer stalks by night, only an act of love and courage can save Callie and Chase: a dive to perilous depths where truth--or death--is waiting... With over four million books in print, Rachel Lee has captured readers' imaginations with edge-of-the-seat thrills. Here she holds us spellbound once again with a tale of deep emotions, wild hungers, and chilling suspense... |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Under Suspicion by Rachel Lee |
| DESCRIPTION: | Museum curator Anna Lundgren's career takes off with the success of the opening of her first exhibition. But elation turns to horror when the theft of an ancient Mayan jade dagger and the murder of a guard bring the police. Anna becomes the main suspect, and when her only ally, Detective Gil Garcia, starts to doubt her, Anna must find who took the dagger and killed the guard. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $4.95 |
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| TITLE: | Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning |
| DESCRIPTION: | MacKayla Lane lies naked on the cold stone floor of a church, at the mercy of the erotic Fae master she once swore to kill. Far from home, unable to control her sexual hungers, MacKayla is now fully under the Lord Master's spell. In New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning's stunning new novel, the walls between human and Fae worlds have come crashing down. And as Mac fights for survival on Dublin's battle-scarred streets, she will embark on the darkest?and most erotically charged?adventure of her life.He has stolen her past, but MacKayla will never allow her sister's murderer to take her future. Yet even the uniquely gifted sidhe-seer is no match for the Lord Master, who has unleashed an insatiable sexual craving that consumes Mac's every thought?and thrusts her into the seductive realm of two very dangerous men, both of whom she desires but dares not trust. As the enigmatic Jericho Barrons and the sensual Fae prince V?lane vie for her body and soul, as she rallies the sidhe-seers to fight an impossible battle and the power of the Dark Book weaves its annihilating path through the city, Mac's greatest enemy delivers a final challenge."It's an invitation Mac cannot refuse, one that sends her racing home to Georgia, where an even darker threat awaits. With her parents missing and the lives of her loved ones under siege, Mac is about to come face-to-face with a soul-shattering truth?about herself and about the world she thought she knew. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $26.00 |
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| TITLE: | A Precious Jewel by Mary Balogh |
| DESCRIPTION: | New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh weaves a sensuous spell of romance that brings together the unlikeliest pair of lovers in the unlikeliest place of all–an infamous London house of pleasure. She was unlike any woman he'd ever met in the ton or the demimonde. But Sir Gerald Stapleton frequented Mrs. Blyth's euphemistically dubbed “finishing school” for pure, uncomplicated pleasure–and nothing else. So why was this confirmed bachelor so thoroughly captivated by one woman in particular? Why did he find himself wondering how such a rare jewel of grace, beauty, and refinement as Priss had ended up a courtesan? And when she needed protection, why did Gerald, who'd sworn he'd never get entangled in affairs of the heart, hasten to set her up as his own pampered mistress to ensure her safety–and have her all to himself? For Priscilla Wentworth, the path leading to Sir Gerald's bed had been as filled with misfortune as it suddenly seemed charmed. But Priss couldn't allow herself to believe she'd ever be more to a man like Sir Gerald than a well-cared-for object of pleasure. Now, despite Gerald's deep distrust of marriage, neither scandal nor society's censure can keep them apart–only the fear of trusting their hearts. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | Acts of Mercy: A Mercy Street Novel by Mariah Stewart |
| DESCRIPTION: | Former FBI agent Sam Delvecchio brings the keen skills of a profiler to his new position as a Mercy Street Foundation operative–and not a moment too soon. His first assignment, the cold-case murder of a local soup kitchen volunteer, has all the telltale signs of a serial killer's work. That grim suspicion is confirmed when FBI agent Fiona Summers shares the details of two other killings with eerie similarities to Sam's case: The bodies in all three cases have been carefully posed. And when a fourth victim is discovered, the two investigators realize they're pursuing the same twisted quarry. Local parish priest Kevin Burch, Mercy Street founder Robert Magellan's cousin, recognizes the posings for what they are: The killer is staging the church's seven Acts of Mercy (“Feed the hungry, clothe the naked . . .”) with the bodies of his victims. But as Sam and Fiona race to prevent the final three murders, taunting messages from their target lead to the most chilling realization of all. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | Bound by Sasha White |
| DESCRIPTION: | Everyone thinks small town Katie Long is the good girl looking for tender romance. All she needs is to find the right man. Joe Carson is that man. He's the answer to her sensual prayers, but there's more to Joe than even Katie realizes, and more to their nightgames than just master and slave. Now Katie wonders just how far she'll go with a man who's more than ready to take her. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $14.00 |
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| TITLE: | Gone with the Witch by Annette Blair |
| DESCRIPTION: | The Cartwright triplets use their magic for good and their good looks for seduction. When beautiful bad girl Storm Cartwright hears the sound of a baby crying every time she's near Aiden McCloud, she turns on the charm. Because she's sure it means a child is in need?and that the handsome antiques restorer is the key to finding it. And when she lures Aiden into her seductive trap and kidnaps him, something magical happens between them. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | Red Roses Mean Love by Jacquie D'Alessandro |
| DESCRIPTION: | Yellow for friendship.Pink for passion. But ... Red Roses Mean Love.She dreamed of roses....Orphaned and abandoned by her fiancé, Hayley Albright is determined to care for her younger siblings even if it means having to give up her own dreams. She doesn't expect to ever find love or get married ... until one moonlit night when she saves the life of a mysterious stranger.... And he wants only to make her dreams come true....Lord Stephen Barrett woke up gazing at the face of an angel. He was alive. And safe, for now, from the killer stalking his every move. Allowing Hayley to believe he is just a tutor of modest means, Stephen stays on for reasons of his own, never anticipating the passions Hayley would stir in his cold, wary heart. Her innocence is pure seduction. Her touch is sweet temptation. And suddenly the man who has everything is willing to risk it all--for a woman who has nothing to give ... but all her heart.... |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | Forbidden by Pat Warren |
| DESCRIPTION: | Liz Townsend's love for Senator Adam MacKenzie had never lessened. Widowed for some time, Liz senses Adam still wants her. But if she can get him back, the price may be too terrible to pay. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Hard to Hold by Stephanie Tyler |
| DESCRIPTION: | THE SPECIAL OPS HERO FEARED NOTHING--UNTIL HE MET A WOMAN TOO HOT TO HOLD.… Lieutenant Jake Hansen has survived some of the riskiest missions known to man. But now the wounded Navy SEAL faces his toughest job yet: smuggling Dr. Isabelle Markham out of Africa without triggering an international incident. Not easy to do when the gorgeous hostage happens to be a senator's daughter--and about as easy to resist as an oasis in the desert. If it weren't for Jake, Isabelle would still be halfway across the world, where rebel forces left her for dead. The special ops warrior may have saved her life, but she doesn't need him to protect her now. Tell that to the ruggedly handsome hunk in full battle fatigues who's just been assigned as Isabelle's personal bodyguard. Close quarters aside, Isabelle won't let Jake anywhere near her heart--until danger throws them together again. And nothing in the jungles of wildest Africa could prepare them for a passion this wild. This crazy. This hot… |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | Stranger's Kiss: A Novel by Mary Blayney |
| DESCRIPTION: | From author Mary Blayney comes this riveting new romantic novel set in a world of turbulent change. Here the scion of a powerful English family and a woman every bit his match begin an affair that will leave them both vulnerable to forces beyond their control. A year after the death of his wife, Lynford Pennistan, Duke of Meryon, has returned to London and his weighty political responsibilities. But no burden can equal the regret Lyn feels for never allowing himself to show his wife the emotion that could have saved his marriage. Now an unexpected encounter with a beautiful widow may offer him a second chance.. As reluctant guests at a ball, Lyn and an elegant stranger talk of love and loss in ways they never have before. And when they are later introduced, their attraction goes from passionate to scandalous. As England's political unrest explodes, so do the fires between Lyn and Elena Verano. But when a secret is revealed that will turn Elena's life upside down, Lyn is forced to make a choice that could destroy them both…if Elena doesn't make it for him. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | Set the Dark on Fire by Jill Sorenson |
| DESCRIPTION: | In a southern California town ablaze with sordid secrets, a free-spirited biologist and a straitlaced sheriff join forces to investigate a suspicious killing--and find themselves getting a little too close to the flames… Shay Phillips knows her way around Dark Canyon. She's handy with a gun and can track a wild animal with the best of them. It's humans who usually give her the most trouble. And with a hormonally charged teenage brother to raise--and an admitted weakness for the wrong kind of man--they're giving her plenty of trouble these days. Then there's the matter of murder. As an expert on mountain lions, Shay is skeptical when a local prostitute turns up mauled without a drop of blood near the body. Now, together with the town's newly arrived sheriff, Luke Meza--a Las Vegas city boy with his own dark secrets--Shay must navigate a dangerous valley filled with angry ex-lovers, unfaithful spouses, and poisonous snakes in a desperate search for the killer. But when suspicion falls on her own brother, and her attraction to Luke rages into a full-on erotic affair, can Shay quell the fires inside her long enough to uncover the truth? |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | Say It Again, Sam by Mary McBride |
| DESCRIPTION: | The strangest things are happening in Heart Lake, and Sheriff Sam Mendenhall is trying to keep the peace. The trouble really begins when his former sweetheart Beth Simon returns. Their undeniable attraction leads them to the little cabin in the woods where they fell in love years ago. Original. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Surrender of a Siren by Tessa Dare |
| DESCRIPTION: | New author Tessa Dare takes passion to the high seas in this steamy tale of a runaway bride and a devilishly disarming privateer. Desperate to escape a loveless marriage and society's constraints, pampered heiress Sophia Hathaway jilts her groom, packs up her paints and sketchbook, and assumes a new identity, posing as a governess to secure passage on the Aphrodite. She wants a life of her own: unsheltered, unconventional, uninhibited. But it's one thing to sketch her most wanton fantasies, and quite another to face the dangerously handsome libertine who would steal both her virtue and her gold. To any well-bred lady, Benedict “Gray” Grayson is trouble in snug-fitting boots. A conscienceless scoundrel who sails the seas for pleasure and profit, Gray lives for conquest–until Sophia's perception and artistry stir his heart. Suddenly he'll brave sharks, fire, storm, and sea just to keep her at his side. She's beautiful, refined, and ripe for seduction. Could this counterfeit governess be a rogue's redemption? Or will the runaway heiress's secrets destroy their only chance at love? |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | Gold Dust by Emily Krokosz |
| DESCRIPTION: | When Katy O'Connell saves Jonah Armstrong from a bar fight, he decides to hire her as a guide on his journey to the Klondike. But Jonah had thought Katy to be a boy, and when he finds out the truth, their relationship takes a new direction. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Intimate Betrayal by Linda Barlow |
| DESCRIPTION: | A woman of vision. Warm, generous Annie Jefferson, talented achitectural designer, is determined to put tragedy behind her and rebuild her future. Designing a fabulous California cathedral can be her ticket to the top--until betrayal and suspicion enter her life. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Keepsake by Linda Barlow |
| DESCRIPTION: | The Keepsake: A tale of temptation and terror. It was only a souvenir of Ireland--a small stone that bore, if you looked closely, the suggestion of a human face. She couldn't know that only the power of St. Patrick had kept its evil in check through the centuries. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
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| TITLE: | The Pledge by Helen Mittermeyer |
| DESCRIPTION: | Morrigan Llywelyn is coerced into marrying a Scottish Clan chieftain. She finds him an attractive, if arrogant, partner. As time passes she becomes afraid he will uncover her dark past because it would jeopardise her growing love for him. |
| CATEGORY: | Romance |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Soul of a Dog: Reflections on the Spirits of the Animals of Bedlam Farm by Jon Katz |
| DESCRIPTION: | Do animals have souls? Some of our greatest thinkers–Aristotle, Plato, Thomas Aquinas–and countless animal lovers have been obsessed with this question for thousands of years. Now New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz looks for an answer and finds even more questions as he recounts the lives and stories of the residents of his celebrated Bedlam Farm: Rose, his beloved workaholic sheepdog who runs the farm, and an array of gentle donkeys, industrious chickens, docile sheep, obnoxious goats, and a murderous yet loving barn cat. Do these remarkable creatures have consciences? Do they possess free will and reason? Do they have a sense of self, or an existence in the spirit world? Do they shape their own lives? Or are we projecting onto them traits we want and need them to have, allowing ourselves to be manipulated into trading food and shelter for what we see as unconditional love? With his signature wisdom, humor, and clarity, Katz relates the stories of the animals he lives with and finds remarkable kinships at every turn. Whether it is Rose's brilliant and methodical herding ability, Mother the cat's keen mousing instincts, or Izzy's canine compassion toward hospice patients, Katz is mesmerized to see in them individual personas and sparks of self-awareness. He marvels, too, at the distinctions between the species–our desire to change and our ability to edit and censor ourselves, and their capacity to live in the now. And yet the differences never keep Katz from fully enjoying, loving, and cherishing his unusual cast of Bedlam Farm characters. Katz's reflections on this eternal debate will resonate with anyone who loves dogs, cats, or other animals–and who wonders about the spirits that animate them and the deepening hold they have on our emotional lives. “If no two dogs are alike,” Katz says, “neither is there a universal relationship with them.” Such an observation helps to shine a light on the powerful interspecies connection that is redefining the human-animal bond in our time. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $24.00 |
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| TITLE: | Sexual Metamorphosis by Jonathan Ames |
| DESCRIPTION: | But who could describe my fright when, on the next morning, I awoke and found myself feeling as if completely changed into a woman. " Case 129, Autobiography, from Psychopathia Sexualis, a Medico-Forensic Study by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing At the time the passage above was written, people who felt trapped in the wrong gender automatically became case-studies. Today they become the men and women they always felt they were. Transsexuals test our notions of what it is to be male or female and, more provocatively, what it means to be one self as opposed to another. "Their stories," says Jonathan Ames, "hold the appeal of an adventurer's tale." In Sexual Metamorphosis, Ames presents the personal narratives of seventeen gender pioneers. Here is Christine Jorgensen, the first celebrity transsexual, greeting thousands of well-wishers from the stage of Madison Square Garden. Here is Caroline Cossey, former model and Bond (as in James) girl, being outed in the tabloid press. Here is novelist and English professor Jennifer Finney Boylan discussing her impending transformation with her heartbroken spouse and supportive yet confused colleagues. The result is a fascinating and compulsively readable book, filled with anguish, introspection and courage. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $13.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Zżrau Aphorisms of Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka |
| DESCRIPTION: | The essential philosophical writings of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers are now gathered into a single volume with an introduction and afterword by the celebrated writer and publisher Roberto Calasso. Illness set him free to write a series of philosophical fragments: some narratives, some single images, some parables. These "aphorisms" appeared, sometimes with a few words changed, in other writings--some of them as posthumous fragments published only after Kafka's death in 1924. While working on K., his major book on Kafka, in the Bodleian Library, Roberto Calasso realized that the Zürau aphorisms, each written on a separate slip of very thin paper, numbered but unbound, represented something unique in Kafka's opus--a work whose form he had created simultaneously with its content. The notebooks, freshly translated and laid out as Kafka had intended, are a distillation of Kafka at his most powerful and enigmatic. This lost jewel provides the reader with a fresh perspective on the collective work of a genius. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $15.95 |
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| TITLE: | Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned About Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat by Gwen Cooper |
| DESCRIPTION: | Once in nine lives, something extraordinary happens... The last thing Gwen Cooper wanted was another cat. She already had two, not to mention a phenomenally underpaying job and a recently broken heart. Then Gwen's veterinarian called with a story about a three-week-old eyeless kitten who'd been abandoned. It was love at first sight. Everyone warned that Homer would always be an “underachiever,” never as playful or independent as other cats. But the kitten nobody believed in quickly grew into a three-pound dynamo, a tiny daredevil with a giant heart who eagerly made friends with every human who crossed his path. Homer scaled seven-foot bookcases with ease and leapt five feet into the air to catch flies in mid-buzz. He survived being trapped alone for days after 9/11 in an apartment near the World Trade Center, and even saved Gwen's life when he chased off an intruder who broke into their home in the middle of the night. But it was Homer's unswerving loyalty, his infinite capacity for love, and his joy in the face of all obstacles that inspired Gwen daily and transformed her life. And by the time she met the man she would marry, she realized Homer had taught her the most important lesson of all: Love isn't something you see with your eyes. Homer's Odyssey is the once-in-a-lifetime story of an extraordinary cat and his human companion. It celebrates the refusal to accept limits--on love, ability, or hope against overwhelming odds. By turns jubilant and moving, it's a memoir for anybody who's ever fallen completely and helplessly in love with a pet. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $20.00 |
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| TITLE: | What Is God? by Jacob Needleman |
| DESCRIPTION: | In his most deeply personal work, religious scholar Needleman cuts a clear path through today's clamorous debates over the existence of God, illuminating an entirely new way of approaching the question of how to understand a higher power. I n this new book, philosopher Jacob Needleman? whose voice and ideas have done so much to open the West to esoteric and Eastern religious ideas in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries?intimately considers humanity's most vital question: What is God? Needleman begins by taking us more than a half century into the past, to his own experience as a brilliant, promising, Ivyeducated student of philosophy?atheistic, existential, and unwilling to blindly accept childish religiosity. But an unsettling meeting with the venerated Zen teacher D. T. Suzuki, combined with the sudden need to accept a dreary position teaching the philosophy of religion, forced the young academician to look more closely at the religious ideas he had once thought dead. Within traditional religious texts the scholar discovered a core of esoteric and philosophical ideas, more mature and challenging than anything he had ever associated with Judaism, Christianity, and the religions of the East. At the same time, Needleman came to realize?as he shares with the reader?that ideas and words are not enough. Ideas and words, no matter how profound, cannot prevent hatred, arrogance, and ultimate despair, and cannot prevent our individual lives from descending into violence and illusion. And with this insight, Needleman begins to open the reader to a new kind of understanding: The inner realization that in order to lead the lives we were intended for, the very nature of human experience must change, including the very structure of our perception and indeed the very structure of our minds. In What Is God?, Needleman draws us closer to the meaning and nature of this needed change?and shows how our present confusion about the purpose of religion and the concept of God reflects a widespread psychological starvation for this specific quality of thought and experience. In rich and varied detail, the book describes this inner experience?and how almost all of us, atheists and ?believers? alike, actually have been visited by it, but without understanding what it means and why the intentional cultivation of this quality of experience is necessary for the fullness of our existence. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $24.95 |
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| TITLE: | 30 Low-Fat Vegetarian Meals in 30 Minutes by Faye Levy |
| DESCRIPTION: | Taste, speed, and ease are the main ingredients in this cookbook for the health-conscious vegetarian. The recipes make use of bold seasonings that give maximum flavor with minimum preparation, and each menu serves two or four. Most meals include three recipes built around a main dish with chapters broken down into menus featuring: pasta, beans, rice, or other grains; one-pot menus; soup; salads; and "savory and sweet" recipes. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | On Thin Ice by Richard Ellis |
| DESCRIPTION: | Polar bears--fierce and majestic--have captivated us for centuries. Feared by explorers, revered by the Inuit, and beloved by zoo goers everywhere, polar bears are a symbol for the harsh beauty and muscular grace of the Arctic. Today, as global warming threatens the ice caps' integrity, the polar bear has also come to symbolize the peril that faces all life on earth as a result of harmful human practices. Here, the acclaimed science writer Richard Ellis offers an impassioned and moving statement on behalf of polar bears--and all they stand for. Ellis gives a vivid and brilliantly articulated picture of earth's largest land predators--including their hunting, mating, and hibernation habits. Polar bears are exceptionally well suited for hunting--especially when it comes to ringed seals, their favorite prey, which they can smell from more than a mile away. But as the ice melts in the Arctic, the ability of polar bears to find food diminishes in spite of their incredible physical capacities. Some bears will vainly take to the water in search of ice on which to hunt, and many of them swim until they drown. In the past twenty years alone, the world population of polar bears has shrunk by half. Today they number just 22,000. Still, On Thin Ice is an ode, not an elegy: Ellis reminds us that the extinction of the polar bear--and the disappearance of our ice caps--is not inevitable. While the killing of polar bears remains a matter of ritual solemnity among the Inuit, U.S. government officials continue to balk at placing the polar bear on the endangered species list because doing so would place the bears' territory off-limits for oil drilling. As the polar bears' habitat disappears beneath them, their survival rests entirely on our willingness to take such critical steps. Urgent and stirring, On Thin Ice is both a celebration and a rallying cry on behalf of one of earth's greatest natural treasures. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $28.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Bauhaus Group by Nicholas Fox Weber |
| DESCRIPTION: | Nicholas Fox Weber, for thirty-three years head of the Albers Foundation, spent many years with Anni and Josef Albers, the only husband-and-wife artistic pair at the Bauhaus (she was a textile artist; he a professor and an artist, in glass, metal, wood, and photography). The Alberses told him their own stories and described life at the Bauhaus with their fellow artists and teachers, Walter Gropius, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, as well these figures' lesser-known wives and girlfriends. In this extraordinary group biography, Weber brilliantly brings to life the Bauhaus geniuses and the community of the pioneering art school in Germany's Weimar and Dessau in the 1920s and early 1930s. Here are: Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, the architect who streamlined design early in his career and who saw the school as a place for designers to collaborate in an ideal setting ... a dashing hussar, the ardent young lover of the renowned femme fatale Alma Mahler, beginning when she was the wife of composer Gustav Mahler ... Paul Klee, the onlooker, smoking his pipe, observing Bauhaus dances as well as his colleagues' lectures from the back of the room ... the cook who invented recipes and threw together his limited ingredients with the same spontaneity, sense of proportion, and fascination that underscored his paintings ... Wassily Kandinsky, the Russian-born pioneer of abstract painting, guarding a secret tragedy one could never have guessed from his lively paintings, in which he used bold colors not just for their visual vibrancy, but for their “sound” effects ... Josef Albers, who entered the Bauhaus as a student in 1920 and was one of the seven remaining faculty members when the school was closed by the Gestapo in 1933 ... Annelise Else Frieda Fleischmann, a Berlin heiress, an intrepid young woman, who later, as Anni Albers, made art the focal point of her existence ... Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, imperious, decisive, often harsh, an architect who became director--the last--of the Bauhaus, and the person who guided the school's final days after SS storm troopers raided the premises. Weber captures the life, spirit, and flair with which these geniuses lived, as well as their consuming goal of making art and architecture. A portrait infused with their fulsome embrace of life, their gift for laughter, and the powerful force of their individual artistic personalities. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $40.00 |
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| TITLE: | Low-Fat Top Secret Recipes by Todd Wilbur |
| DESCRIPTION: | Dozens of fabulous, new, fat-conscious recipes are presented by the master of top-secret kitchen concoctions. These easy-to-follow recipes, along with Wilbur's patented blueprint illustrations, are guaranteed to produce healthier homemade treats that taste identical to the real thing, such as Nabisco( Reduced-Fat Oreo( Cookies or Entenmann's( Light Low-Fat Cinnamon Rolls. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $15.00 |
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| TITLE: | Top Secret Recipes Lite! by Todd Wilbur |
| DESCRIPTION: | Bestselling food detective Todd Wilbur offers 75 "lite" recipes inspired by favorite brand-name foods such as Big Macs and Snickers bars, complete with his helpful diagrams, which call for ingredients easily found at the local supermarket. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $14.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide by Sharon Tyler Herbst |
| DESCRIPTION: | What's a Dirty Martini? How do you pronounce Cuarenta Y Tres? Which glass do you use for a Stinger? How did the Margarita get its name? Answers to these questions and thousands more can be found in The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide, a one-stop, user-friendly cocktail guide featuring more than 1,000 drink recipes and 600 definitions for cocktail-related terms.The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide offers a unique blend of features, including:Definitions of over 600 cocktail- and drink-related terms, including liqueurs, types of drinks, cocktail jargon, and the etymology of drinks like the Martini and the Fuzzy Navel, all organized in an easy-to-use A-to-Z format with sound-out phonetics.Drink recipes for more than 1,000 cocktails for every season and occasion. Each recipe is complete with a graphic showing the appropriate glass to use.Ideas on how to make sure guests have a great time while encouraging responsible drinking.Tips on everything from stocking a home bar to choosing the right glassware, plus loads of professional bartending tricks and shortcuts for creating the perfect cocktail.Humor through anecdotes, toasts, and quotes from the famous and infamous.Four indexes that make finding the listing you want a snap!Accessible, fun, hip, and written in the Herbsts' inimitable style, The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide deserves a place at every home and professional bar. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $15.00 |
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| TITLE: | Messengers of the Wind by Jane Katz |
| DESCRIPTION: | "Messengers of the Wind goes beyond the autobiographies of everyday women. These are women who have long been an invisible part of American culture. Their stories are haunting, frightening, encouraging, and courageous.... Katz is a faithful guide."--The Minnesota DailyIn Messengers of the Wind, Native American women, old and young, from a variety of tribal groups, speak with eloquence and passion about their experience on the land and in urban areas; about their work as artists, activists, and healers; as grandmothers, mothers, and daughters; as modern women with a link to the past. And as each woman, renowned and obscure, tells her remarkable personal story, it is clear that each has tapped into the power that comes from within and has reached back into a history that brings with it courage and hope." 'Giving energy to Mother Earth'--Yes. That is our duty as women, as Natives, and as human beings. Messengers of the Wind is a way of doing just that. It is not a dance, feet patting our mother, but it is an offering, the voices of the women sent to comfort her. Thank-you, Jane Katz, for your offering. It is a special and much-needed gift."--Paula Gunn AllenAuthor of Voice of the Turtle"COMPELLING... INTIMATE."--The Cleveland Plain Dealer"A RICH COLLECTION OF PERSONAL STORIES...REWARDING... These are powerful women with important stories to tell."--Kirkus Reviews |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $19.00 |
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| TITLE: | 100 Ways to Be Pasta by Wanda Tornabene |
| DESCRIPTION: | For us, pasta is more than just a food. It is part of our histories. It is a good friend, a member of the family. It is something we love ... When Italians offer a plate of pasta to friends or strangers, we are opening the doors of our homes and welcoming them inside in the most generous way. It is in that spirit that my mamma and I, who have had the good fortune to be accompanied all our lives by this most versatile of foods, invite you through the tall, ancient wooden doors of Gangivecchio and offer up these recipes, these one hundred versions of the golden strands, the god, pasta, to you. So put the water on to boil. And buon appetito! ?Giovanna Tornabene, from her IntroductionWelcome back to Gangivecchio, where Wanda and Giovanna Tornabene, two-time James Beard Award winners and beloved doyennes of the Italian kitchen, have served up another irresistible helping of charm, wit, and culinary wisdom from the kitchen of the thirteenth-century abbey they call home. This time around, the dynamic mother-daughter duo takes us back to Sicilian basics, in a recipe-filled compendium and heartfelt tribute to the ?queen of the Italian table??pasta.In 100 Ways to Be Pasta the Tornabenes once again weave memoir and history together with the vivid flavors of local village life, bringing us a true taste of Sicilian culture and cuisine. They incorporate lessons from basic pasta-cooking techniques to secret tips from old masters, and include an extensive glossary of pasta vocabulary, a dictionary of pasta types, and of course a generous sprinkling of anecdotes and advice.All of this serves as a delightful setting for the one hundred authentic, mouth-watering recipes, lovingly honed and perfected in the old abbey kitchen. From quick, easy basics, like spaghetti with garlic, oil, and hot pepper or farfalle with peas and prosciutto, to traditional pasta soups like minestrone, to more elaborate baked and stuffed pastas like Baked Orecchiette with Lamb Ragů and Melted Mozzarella or Baked Timbale of Anelletti with Veal and Vegetables, each recipe serves up a little piece of Sicily for your very own kitchen.As informative and useful to the beginner as to the experienced Italian cook, 100 Ways to Be Pasta is a must-have and a treasure for any cookbook shelf. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $24.95 |
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| TITLE: | The World in a City by Joseph Berger |
| DESCRIPTION: | ?The whole world can be found in this city...."?from the PrefaceFifty years ago, New York City had only a handful of ethnic groups. Today, the whole world can be found within the city's five boroughs?and celebrated New York Times reporter Joseph Berger sets out to discover it, bringing alive the sights, smells, tastes, and people of the globe while taking readers on an intimate tour of the world's most cosmopolitan city. For urban enthusiasts and armchair explorers alike, The World in a City is a look at today's polyglot and polychrome, cosmopolitan and culturally rich New York and the lessons it holds for the rest of the United States as immigration changes the face of the nation. With three out of five of the city's residents either foreign-born or second-generation Americans, New York has become more than ever a collection of villages?virtually self-reliant hamlets, each exquisitely textured by its particular ethnicities, history, and politics. For the price of a subway ride, you can visit Ghana, the Philippines, Ecuador, Uzbekistan, and Bangladesh. As Berger shows us in this absorbing and enlightening tour, New York is an endlessly fascinating crossroads. Naturally, tears exist in this colorful social fabric: the controversy over Korean-language shop signs in tony Douglaston, Queens; the uneasy proximity of traditional cottages and new McMansions built by recently arrived Russian residents of Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn. Yet in spite of the tensions among neighbors, what Berger has found most miraculous about New York is how the city and its more than eight million denizens can adapt to?and even embrace?change like no other place on earth, from the former pushcart knish vendor on the Lower East Side who now caters to his customers via the Internet, to the recent émigrés from former Soviet republics to Brooklyn's Brighton Beach and Midwood whose arrival saved New York's furrier trade from certain extinction. Like the place it chronicles, The World in a City is an engaging hybrid. Blending elements of sociology, pop culture, and travel writing, this is the rare book that enlightens readers while imbuing them with the hope that even in this increasingly fractious and polarized world, we can indeed co-exist in harmony. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $25.95 |
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| TITLE: | Cooking Well: Wheat Allergies: Over 145 Delicious Gluten-Free Recipes by Marie-Annick Courtier |
| DESCRIPTION: | Today, living a gluten-free lifestyle is gaining popularity as more and more people around the world develop serious health aversions to wheat. Wheat intolerances and allergies are among the top food allergies in the United States. Cooking Well: Wheat Allergies features over 145 gluten-free recipes designed to improve daily functioning with a variety of delicious meal choices, including breakfast, soups, salads, entrees, snacks and desserts. Enjoy everything from orange pumpkin muffins, to black bean soup, to a Waldorf salad, to chicken cacciatore, to an apple tart, without having to worry about your wheat intolerance or allergy. Cooking Well: Wheat Allergies also includes: * An overview on wheat allergies * A list of foods to avoid * A meal diary and checklist to track your progress Recipes and meals in the Cooking Well series have been specially created by renowned health and diet expert, Chef Marie-Annick Courtier. Each book in the series also includes general nutrition information as well as tips on which foods to avoid along the path of nutritional healing. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Internationl Burrito by Hillary Davis |
| DESCRIPTION: | Over 70 recipes help you create memorable dishes in moments--and even inspire you to come up with inventions of your own. Hillary Davis is the author of several sucessful cookbooks, including Garden Entertaining, Celebrate: Traditional Ethnic Entertaining in America, and Great Grilling: Easy and Elegant Entertaining All Year Round. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Cookin' with Coolio: 5 Star Meals at a 1 Star Price by Coolio |
| DESCRIPTION: | In Cookin' with Coolio, rap legend Coolio offers up tasty, easy-to-make and economical recipes built around comfort foods with a healthy twist. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $16.00 |
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| TITLE: | Engine Cooling Systems HP1425 by Ray T. Bohacz |
| DESCRIPTION: | A comprehensive guide to one of the most important, but often neglected, areas of performance: the cooling system. Includes information on basic engine cooling theory, as well as all components such as water pumps, radiators, coolant and thermostatic control. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $19.95 |
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| TITLE: | Tripping by Charles Hayes |
| DESCRIPTION: | Taking a balanced, objective approach, the book depicts a broad spectrum of altered states, from the sublime to the terrifying. Included are fifty narratives about unforgettable psychedelic experiences from an international array of subjects representing all walks of life. Supplemental essays provide a synopsis of the history and culture of psychedelics and a discussion of the kinetics of tripping. |
| CATEGORY: | General Nonfiction |
| PRICE: | $20.00 |
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| TITLE: | On Mexican Time by Tony Cohan |
| DESCRIPTION: | An American writer and his wife find a new home?and a new lease on life?in the charming sixteenth-century hill town of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.When Los Angeles novelist Tony Cohan and his artist wife, Masako, visited central Mexico one winter they fell under the spell of a place where the pace of life is leisurely, the cobblestone streets and sun-splashed plazas are enchanting, and the sights and sounds of daily fiestas fill the air. Awakened to needs they didn't know they had, they returned to California, sold their house and cast off for a new life in San Miguel de Allende. On Mexican Time is Cohan's evocatively written memoir of how he and his wife absorb the town's sensual ambiance, eventually find and refurbish a crumbling 250-year-old house, and become entwined in the endless drama of Mexican life. Brimming with mystery, joy, and hilarity, On Mexican Time is a stirring, seductive celebration of another way of life?a tale of Americans who, finding a home in Mexico, find themselves anew. |
| CATEGORY: | Travel |
| PRICE: | $14.95 |
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| TITLE: | Wrong About Japan by Peter Carey |
| DESCRIPTION: | The recipient of two Booker Prizes, Peter Carey expands his extraordinary achievement with each new novel?and now gives us something entirely different.When famously shy Charley becomes obsessed with Japanese manga and anime, Peter is not only delighted for his son but also entranced himself. Thus begins a journey, with a father sharing his twelve-year-old's exotic comic books, that ultimately leads them to Tokyo, where a strange Japanese boy will become both their guide and judge. Quickly the visitors plunge deep into the lanes of Shitimachi?into the ?weird stuff? of modern Japan?meeting manga artists and anime directors; painstaking impersonators called ?visualists," who adopt a remarkable variety of personae; and solitary otakus, whose existence is thoroughly computerized. What emerges from these encounters is a far-ranging study of history and of culture both high and low?from samurai to salaryman, from Kabuki theater to the postwar robot craze. Peter Carey's observations are always provocative, even when his hosts point out, politely, that he is once again wrong about Japan. And his adventures with Charley are at once comic, surprising, and deeply moving, as father and son cope with and learn from each other in a strange place far from home.This is, in the end, a remarkable portrait of a culture?whether Japan or adolescence?that looks eerily familiar but remains tantalizingly closed to outsiders. |
| CATEGORY: | Travel |
| PRICE: | $11.95 |
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| TITLE: | Last Words by George Carlin |
| DESCRIPTION: | The autobiography that George Carlin had nearly completed before he died. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $26.99 |
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| TITLE: | Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder |
| DESCRIPTION: | Tracy Kidder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, and the enduring classic Mountains Beyond Mountains, has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the “master of the non-fiction narrative.” In this new book, Kidder gives us the superb story of a hero for our time. Strength in What Remains is a wonderfully written, inspiring account of one man's remarkable American journey and of the ordinary people who helped him–a brilliant testament to the power of will and of second chances. Deo arrives in America from Burundi in search of a new life. Having survived a civil war and genocide, plagued by horrific dreams, he lands at JFK airport with two hundred dollars, no English, and no contacts. He ekes out a precarious existence delivering groceries, living in Central Park, and learning English by reading dictionaries in bookstores. Then Deo begins to meet the strangers who will change his life, pointing him eventually in the direction of Columbia University, medical school, and a life devoted to healing. Kidder breaks new ground in telling this unforgettable story as he travels with Deo back over a turbulent life in search of meaning and forgiveness. An extraordinary writer, Tracy Kidder once again shows us what it means to be fully human by telling a story about the heroism inherent in ordinary people, a story about a life based on hope. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $26.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Royals by Kitty Kelley |
| DESCRIPTION: | Biography of the British royal family; includes new chapter. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Fatal Englishman by Sebastian Faulks |
| DESCRIPTION: | In The Fatal Englishman, his first work of nonfiction, Sebastian Faulks explores the lives of three remarkable men. Each had the seeds of greatness; each was a beacon to his generation and left something of value behind; yet each one died tragically young.Christopher Wood, only twenty-nine when he killed himself, was a painter who lived most of his short life in the beau monde of 1920s Paris, where his charm, good looks, and the dissolute life that followed them sometimes frustrated his ambition and achievement as an artist.Richard Hillary was a WWII fighter pilot who wrote a classic account of his experiences, The Last Enemy, but died in a mysterious training accident while defying doctor's orders to stay grounded after horrific burn injuries; he was twenty-three.Jeremy Wolfenden, hailed by his contemporaries as the brightest Englishman of his generation, rejected the call of academia to become a hack journalist in Cold War Moscow. A spy, alcoholic, and open homosexual at a time when such activity was still illegal, he died at the age of thirty-one, a victim of his own recklessness and of the peculiar pressures of his time.Through the lives of these doomed young men, Faulks paints an oblique portrait of English society as it changed in the twentieth century, from the Victorian era to the modern world. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $14.00 |
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| TITLE: | Parched by Heather King |
| DESCRIPTION: | This powerful memoir chronicles how the author became her drinking self, spending over 20 years in a cycle of drinking and self-loathing. From highly functioning alcoholic to living in dive bars, King's painful and poignant story tells how she evolved, stopped, and changed her life. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $14.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story by Hanan Al-Shaykh |
| DESCRIPTION: | “One of the most daring female writers of the Middle East” (San Francisco Chronicle) gives us an extraordinary work of nonfiction: an account of her mother's remarkable life, at the core of which is a tale of undying love. In a masterly act of literary transformation, Hanan al-Shaykh re-creates the dramatic life of her mother, Kamila, in Kamila's own voice. We enter 1930s Beirut through the eyes of the unschooled but irrepressibly spirited nine-year-old child who arrives there from a small village in southern Lebanon. We see her drawn to the excitements of the city, to the thrill of the cinema, and, most powerfully, to Mohammed, the young man who will be the love of her life. Despite a forced marriage at the age of thirteen to a much older man, despite the two daughters she bears him (one of them the author), despite the scandal and embarrassment she brings to her family, Kamila continues to see Mohammed. Finally, after nearly a decade, her husband gives her a divorce, but she must leave her children behind The Locust and the Bird is both a tribute to a strong-willed and independent woman and a heartfelt critique of a mother whose decision were unorthodox and often controversial. As the narrative unfolds through the years (Kamila died in 2001) we follow this passionate, strong, demanding, and captivating woman as she survives the tragedies and celebrates the triumphs of a life lived to the very fullest. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $24.95 |
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| TITLE: | Wolf Willow by Wallace Stegner |
| DESCRIPTION: | Wallace Stegner weaves together fiction and nonfiction, history and impressions, childhood remembrance and adult reflections in this unusual portrait of his boyhood. Set in Cypress Hills in southern Saskatchewan, where Stegner's family homesteaded from 1914 to 1920, Wolf Willow brings to life both the pioneer community and the magnificent landscape that surrounds it. This Twentieth-Century Classics edition includes a new introductory essay by Page Stegner. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $16.00 |
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| TITLE: | The F Word: How to Survive Your Family by Louise Anderson |
| DESCRIPTION: | Take it from a man whose family background includes brawls, visits from "aliens," star-billing on FBI wanted posters, and, oh yes, an altercation with the Swedish Mafia--families can be brutal! But because we all have one, Louie Anderson has written this honest, funny, and brilliant survival manual for anyone who's ever choked on... THE F WORD Long before he became one of America's favorite comedians, Louie Anderson was one of eleven children in a Minnesota family headed by an alcoholic father who was all for having kids but clueless about supporting them. It was the kind of childhood you have to learn to laugh at to survive, yet it yielded rich dividends: a host of hilarious and heartbreaking stories, as well as 49 Family Survival Tips stamped with true wisdom. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Path to Power by Robert A. Caro |
| DESCRIPTION: | This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill Country. The Path to Power reveals in extraordinary detail the genesis of the almost superhuman drive, energy, and ambition that set LBJ apart. It follows him from the Hill Country to New Deal Washington, from his boyhood through the years of the Depression to his debut as Congressman, his heartbreaking defeat in his first race for the Senate, and his attainment, nonetheless, at age 31, of the national power for which he hungered. In this book, we are brought as close as we have ever been to a true perception of political genius and the American political process.Means of Ascent, Book Two of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, was a number one national best seller and, like The Path to Power, received the National Book Critics Circle Award. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $22.00 |
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| TITLE: | Traplines by John Rember |
| DESCRIPTION: | In 1987, John Rember returned home to Sawtooth Valley, where he had been brought up. He returned out of a homing instinct: the same forty acres that had sustained his family's horses had sustained a vision of a place where he belonged in the world, a life where he could get up in the morning, step out the door, and catch dinner from the Salmon River. But to his surprise, he found that what was once familiar was now unfamiliar. Everything might have looked the same to the horses that spring, but to Rember this was no longer home. In Traplines, Rember recounts his experiences of growing up in a time when the fish were wild in the rivers, horses were brought into the valley each spring from their winter pasture, and electric light still seemed magical. Today those same experiences no longer seem to possess the authenticity they once did. In his journey home, Rember discovers how the West, both as a place in which to live and as a terrain of the imagination, has been transformed. And he wonders whether his recollections of what once was prevent him from understanding his past and appreciating what he found when he returned home. In Traplines, Rember excavates the hidden desires that color memory and shows us how, once revealed, they can allow us to understand anew the stories we tell ourselves. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $13.00 |
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| TITLE: | A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School by Carlotta Walls Lanier |
| DESCRIPTION: | When fourteen-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up the stairs of Little Rock Central High School on September 25, 1957, she and eight other black students only wanted to make it to class. But the journey of the “Little Rock Nine,” as they came to be known, would lead the nation on an even longer and much more turbulent path, one that would challenge prevailing attitudes, break down barriers, and forever change the landscape of America. Descended from a line of proud black landowners and businessmen, Carlotta was raised to believe that education was the key to success. She embraced learning and excelled in her studies at the black schools she attended throughout the 1950s. With Brown v. Board of Education erasing the color divide in classrooms across the country, the teenager volunteered to be among the first black students–of whom she was the youngest–to integrate nearby Central High School, considered one of the nation's best academic institutions. But for Carlotta and her eight comrades, simply getting through the door was the first of many trials. Angry mobs of white students and their parents hurled taunts, insults, and threats. Arkansas's governor used the National Guard to bar the black students from entering the school. Finally, President Dwight D. Eisenhower was forced to send in the 101st Airborne to establish order and escort the Nine into the building. That was just the start of a heartbreaking three-year journey for Carlotta, who would see her home bombed, a crime for which her own father was a suspect and for which a friend of Carlotta's was ultimately jailed–albeit wrongly, in Carlotta's eyes. But she persevered to the victorious end: her graduation from Central. Breaking her silence at last and sharing her story for the first time, Carlotta Walls has written an inspiring, thoroughly engrossing memoir that is not only a testament to the power of one to make a difference but also of the sacrifices made by families and communities that found themselves a part of history. Complete with compelling photographs of the time, A Mighty Long Way shines a light on this watershed moment in civil rights history and shows that determination, fortitude, and the ability to change the world are not exclusive to a few special people but are inherent within us all. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $26.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles by Martin Gayford |
| DESCRIPTION: | This chronicle of the two months in 1888 when Paul Gauguin shared a house in France with Vincent Van Gogh describes not only how these two hallowed artists painted and exchanged ideas, but also the texture of their everyday lives. Includes 60 B&W reproductions of the artists' paintings and drawings from the period. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | A Red State of Mind: How a Catfish Queen Reject Became a Liberty Belle by Nancy French |
| DESCRIPTION: | A columnist for the "Philadelphia Daily News," Nancy French blends her hilarious fish-out-of-water tale with humorous observations about the South's obsession with everything from church attendance to the blue-state notion that red staters think as slowly as they speak. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Luck of O'Reilly: A Biography of Tony O'Reilly by Ivan Fallon |
| DESCRIPTION: | Filled with star-studded names from business, politics, and show business--including Nelson Mandela, Paul Newman, Robert Megabee, Paul Jeating, Margaret Thatcher and George Bush--The Luck Of O'Reilly is an important, intimate potrait of a comples, multidimensional man and of international business as it is played by the world's heavy hitters. It is also the story of modern Ireland, and its new place in the world. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Ann Landers in Her Own Words: Personal Letters to Her Daughter by Margo Howard |
| DESCRIPTION: | America's most beloved columnist shares 40 years of advice through letters to her only child, published here for the first time. In this witty, wise, and intensely personal collection of letters to her daughter Margo, Ann Landers delivers her own unintentional memoir. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Heavy Metal in Baghdad: The Story of Acrassicauda by Andy Capper |
| DESCRIPTION: | The inspirational story of Acrassicauda, an Iraqi heavy metal band, whose members' struggle to stay alive as their country fell into bloody insurgency echoes the unspoken hopes of an entire generation of young Iraqis. Born out of a basement rehearsal space in Baghdad and inspired by western bands like Metallica, Slayer, and Slipknot, Acrassicauda ("Black Scorpion") played only three live shows in Iraq before the country began to disintegrate around them. Rebels and religious fundamentalists accused them of Satan worship. Eventually it became impossible to find any venue where they could safely perform. Still, they refused to let their dreams die. In their internationally acclaimed, award-winning documentary, Suroosh Alvi and Eddy Moretti's raw, uncensored portrayal of daily life in war-torn Iraq struck a chord with music fans around the world. Featuring never-before-seen photographs, Heavy Metal in Baghdad is the untold story behind the film, picking up with the band where the documentary left off and revealing how its extraordinary story--and the humanitarian efforts it inspired--changed the lives of everyone who helped to tell it. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $15.00 |
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| TITLE: | Paulo Coelho: A Warrior's Life by Fernando Morais |
| DESCRIPTION: | Paulo Coelho: A Warrior's Life is the first-ever biography of the man whose books have sold an astounding 100 million copies worldwide, making him one of the bestselling authors of all time. Paulo Coelho's life begins with a complicated birth in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in August 1947. He was known as the "boy who was born dead" and who ultimately survived against all odds. Before he became internationally known as a worldwide bestselling author, Paulo lived many different lives. He flirted with suicide, was committed by his parents to insane asylums, suffered the brutality of electric shock therapy, dove into drugs, tried several varieties of sex, met the devil, spent time in prison, helped revolutionize Brazilian rock with musician Raul Seixas, and finally rediscovered his faith in 1986 as he walked the sacred Road to Santiago de Compostela, a medieval pilgrim's route between France and Spain. Coelho would later describe this life-changing spiritual experience in his first book, The Pilgrimage. The following year, The Alchemist established his worldwide reputation. The novel has already achieved the status of a universally admired modern classic. Now, for the first time, discover the life story of one of the most widely read and adored authors of our time. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $20.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Falcon by John Tanner |
| DESCRIPTION: | John Tanner's fascinating autobiography tells the story of a man torn between white society and the Native Americans with whom he identified. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $15.00 |
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| TITLE: | Selected Writings by Jose Marti |
| DESCRIPTION: | José Martiacute (1853-1895) is the most renowned political and literary figure in the history of Cuba. A poet, essayist, orator, statesman, abolitionist, and the martyred revolutionary leader of Cuba's fight for independence from Spain, Martí lived in exile in New York for most of his adult life, earning his living as a foreign correspondent. Throughout the 1880s and early 1890s, Martí's were the eyes through which much of Latin America saw the United States. His impassioned, kaleidoscopic evocations of that period in U.S. history, the assassination of James Garfield, the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, the execution of the Chicago anarchists, the lynching of the Italians in New Orleans, and much more, bring it rushing back to life. Organized chronologically, this collection begins with his early writings, including a thundering account of his political imprisonment in Cuba at age sixteen. The middle section focuses on his journalism, which offers an image of the United States in the nineteenth century, its way of life and system of government, that rivals anything written by de Tocqueville, Dickens, Trollope, or any other European commentator. Including generous selections of his poetry and private notebooks, the book concludes with his astonishing, hallucinatory final masterpiece, "War Diaries", never before translated into English. |
| CATEGORY: | People |
| PRICE: | $17.00 |
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| TITLE: | A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers by Patrick Robinson |
| DESCRIPTION: | One of the biggest questions of the financial crisis has not been answered until now. What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy? In this news-making, often astonishing book, a former Lehman Brothers Vice President gives us the straight answers--right from the belly of the beast. In A Colossal Failure of Common Sense, Larry McDonald, a Wall Street insider, reveals, the culture and unspoken rules of the game like no book has ever done. The book is couched in the very human story of Larry McDonald's Horatio Alger-like rise from a Massachusetts "gateway to nowhere" housing project to the New York headquarters of Lehman Brothers, home of one of the world's toughest trading floors. We get a close-up view of the participants in the Lehman collapse, especially those who saw it coming with a helpless, angry certainty. We meet the Brahmins at the top, whose reckless, pedal-to-the-floor addiction to growth finally demolished the nation's oldest investment bank. The Wall Street we encounter here is a ruthless place, where brilliance, arrogance, ambition, greed, capacity for relentless toil, and other human traits combine in a potent mix that sometimes fuels prosperity but occasionally destroys it. The full significance of the dissolution of Lehman Brothers remains to be measured. But this much is certain: it was a devastating blow to America's--and the world's--financial system. And it need not have happened. This is the story of why it did. |
| CATEGORY: | Business |
| PRICE: | $27.00 |
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| TITLE: | SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good by Rosabeth Moss Kanter |
| DESCRIPTION: | Rosabeth Moss Kanter on the answer to the global crisis of business and American-style capitalism Out of the ashes of conventional business models arises a set of companies using their power not only for profits and sustainable growth but also social good. If you think business corporations are doomed to be lumbering, bloated, and corrupt, think again. Based on an extraordinary three-year investigation, interviewing more than 350 key people at major companies around the world, Rosabeth Moss Kanter provides encouraging and astounding evidence that this assumption is completely outdated. The businesses that are agile, keeping ahead of the curve in terms of market changes and customer needs, are the businesses that are also progressive, socially responsible human communities. Take IBM. When the tsunami and earthquake struck Asia, IBM didn't just cut a check for relief funds and call it a day. The company used its technological expertise and skilled people to create what government and relief agencies could not: information systems to effectively track relief supplies and reunite families. While IBM did this with no commercial motive, its employees' desire to serve people suffering during these crises stimulated innovations that later benefited the company. Or Proctor & Gamble. Despite a decade-long commitment to research and development of a water purification product, commercial prospects were unpromising. But because it was so consistent with P&G's statement of purpose, people within the company persevered. And when the tsunami struck, it was then able to deliver roughly a billion glasses of drinking water for the victims, earning plaudits from aid partners, the media, governments, and crucially, P&G employees. SuperCorp captures the zeitgeist of the emerging twenty-first-century business. For example: • The strong potential synergy between financial performance and attention to community and social needs • The unique competitive advantage from embracing the values and expectations of a new generation of professionals • The growth opportunities that result from stressing values and supressing executive egos when seeking partners and integrating acquisitions SuperCorp is a remarkable look at the business of the future and the management skills required to get there. IBM, Banco Real, P&G, Cemex, Omron, and other companies reported on now move with the rapidity and creativity of much smaller enterprises. These companies are not perfect, but when people are empowered and values drive decisions, everything can come together in magical “Rubik's Cube moments” of deep satisfaction. Kanter's compelling and inspiring stories show that people are more inclined to be creative when their company values innovation that helps the world. |
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| PRICE: | $27.50 |
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| TITLE: | Nice Girls Don't Get Rich: 75 Avoidable Mistakes Women Make with Money by Lois P. Frankel |
| DESCRIPTION: | If you have outstanding balances on your credit cards...don't have assets in your own name...are saving instead of investing, then chances are you're not rich and not living the life you want. Without your awareness, behaviors learned as a girl are preventing you from becoming a woman who is financially independent and free to follow her dreams. Now, with the same frank advice and empowering information that made Nice Girls Don't Get the Comer Office a bestseller, Lois Frankel tackles the 75 financial mistakes that keep women from having the wealth they deserve. She isolates the messages about money given to little girls that little boys never hear. Then she helps you discover the financial thinking that is keeping you stuck in old patterns, dependent relationships, and jobs where you earn less than you deserve. Once you get to the root of the problem, Frankel helps you solve it-with fabulous results. Her coaching tips help you take control of your finances and make more money than you ever thought possible. Do you make these "nice girl" mistakes? * Mistake #4: Not playing to win. Being polite, quiet, and fair to a fault is playing the financial game "like a girl." * Mistake #10: Choosing to remain financially illiterate. Knowledge is power. Learn to manage your major purchases, investments, and banking. * Mistake #20: Spending as an emotional crutch. Understand your emotions; don't make purchases just to lift your spirits. * Mistake #45: Saving instead of investing. Fear can keep your funds in low-interest accounts. Get educated about investing. Get wealthy. Frankel gives you the financial savvy to change negative behaviors, make smart money choices, and embrace the life you want sooner than you think. |
| CATEGORY: | Business |
| PRICE: | $13.99 |
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| TITLE: | Dear Undercover Economist: Priceless Advice on Money, Work, Sex, Kids, and Life's Other Challenges by Tim Harford |
| DESCRIPTION: | Throughout history, great philosophers have been answering profound questions about life. But do they know why your socks keep disappearing from the dryer, or how to choose the quickest line at the supermarket? Probably not, but Tim Harford does.... In Dear Undercover Economist, the first collection of his wildly popular Financial Times columns, Tim Harford offers witty, charming, and at times caustic answers to our most pressing concerns–all through the lens of economics. Does money buy happiness? Is “the one” really out there? Can cities be greener than farms? Can you really “dress for success”? When's the best time to settle down? Harford provides brilliant, hilarious, unexpected, and wise answers to these and other questions. Arranged by topic, easy to read, and hard to put down, Dear Undercover Economist lends an outrageous, compassionate, and indispensable perspective on anything that may irk or ail you–a book well worth the investment. |
| CATEGORY: | Business |
| PRICE: | $15.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Complete Guide to Book Marketing by David Cole |
| DESCRIPTION: | With an intense focus on strategy that won't be found in any other guide, this invaluable resource will be of immediate help to publishers, authors, and most anyone who wants to succeed in the publishing industry.Completely updated and expanded with an enhanced focus on selling outside traditional channels, The Complete Guide to Book Marketing features systematic, results-oriented approaches to reaching the largest amount of readers for the least amount of money. Readers will find no-nonsense advice for building a publishing identity, cultivating feedback from your audience, and implementing an effective publicity campaign. This new edition also features a brand-new section on marketing to the lucrative education market, as well as new information on eBook marketing, print-on-demand, and marketing backlist and reprint titles. |
| CATEGORY: | Business |
| PRICE: | $19.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Wow Factor: The 33 Things You Must (and Must Not) Do to Guarantee Your Edge in Today's Business World by Frances Cole Jones |
| DESCRIPTION: | In today's volatile business world, success requires an edge–a factor that sets you apart from the crowd. Corporate coach Frances Cole Jones understands that challenging times demand immediate solutions, and The Wow Factor provides vital information that will help you rise to the top–fast. Who needs the Wow Factor? Executives seeking to reinvent themselves, recent graduates facing fierce competition, entrepreneurs looking for funding in a world where funding is seemingly nonexistent, or anyone who has been downsized, outsourced, or simply blindsided by harsh economic realities. In her proven “Search and Destroy” format, Jones shares thirty-three things you must (and must not) do to survive in a moment that demands solutions, shortcuts, and less sugarcoating. You'll learn how to • identify and transform the qualities that dull your edge • restore your confidence in these days of “look hungry, go hungry” • target your dream job, outprepare your interviewer, and get your résumé to the top of the pile • fine-tune the “soft skills” that will amplify your network • perfect your written communications–text, email, snail mail • follow the “Do It, Delegate It, or Delete It” Rule • get the ten worst business sayings out of your vocabulary • implement “the Six Layers of Why” for maximum impact when interviewing, branding, or selling • leverage the value of timing, silence, and the verbal one-two punch Through critical, perfectly timed advice, amusing anecdotes, and proven strategies, Frances Cole Jones gives you the tools you need–daring, fluidity, and mental strength–to stay afloat in a sink-or-swim environment. The Wow Factor will help you ensure that your ideas and skills remain both timely and timeless, so that you'll have the confidence to wow everyone, every time. |
| CATEGORY: | Business |
| PRICE: | $23.00 |
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| TITLE: | West Point Way of Leadership by Larry Donnithorne |
| DESCRIPTION: | West Point has bred more CEOs than any business school, and the leadership skills taught there are truly matters of life and death. Bolder than Sun Tzu, savvier than Gracian--THE book on learning to lead. |
| CATEGORY: | Business |
| PRICE: | $26.00 |
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| TITLE: | Customers For Life by CARL / Paul B. Brown SEWELL |
| DESCRIPTION: | In this completely revised and updated edition of the customer service classic (more than 600,000 copies sold), Carl Sewell enhances his time-tested advice with fresh ideas and new examples and explains how the groundbreaking ?Ten Commandments of Customer Service? apply to today's world.Drawing on his incredible success in transforming his Dallas Cadillac dealership into the second largest in America, Carl Sewell revealed the secret of getting customers to return again and again in the original Customers for Life. A lively, down-to-earth narrative, it set the standard for customer service excellence and became a perennial bestseller. Building on that solid foundation, this expanded edition features five completely new chapters, as well as significant additions to the original material, based on the lessons Sewell has learned over the last ten years. Sewell focuses on the expectations and demands of contemporary consumers and employees, showing that businesses can remain committed to quality service in the fast-paced new millennium by sticking to his time-proven approach: Figure out what customers want and make sure they get it. His ?Ten Commandants? provide the essential guidelines, including:? Underpromise, overdeliver: Never disappoint your customers by charging them more than they planned. Always beat your estimate or throw in an extra service free of charge? No complaints? Something's wrong: If you never ask your customers what else they want, how are you going to give it to them?" Measure everything: Telling your employees to do their best won't work if you don't know how they can improve? Borrow, borrow, borrow: Sewell, for example, learned about hospitality from Japanese culture, cleanliness from Disney, and politeness from his mother. |
| CATEGORY: | Business |
| PRICE: | $14.95 |
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| TITLE: | Presentation S.O.S.: From Perspiration to Persuasion in 9 Easy Steps by Mark Wiskup |
| DESCRIPTION: | Everything you need to make your next talk a resounding success is right here-even if you dread the thought of approaching a podium! In Presentation S.O.S., renowned communications expert Mark Wiskup gives you a quick, concise, and (yes!) fun way to confidently sell your ideas to any audience. Packed with unique tips and featuring nine easy, painless steps that will transform you into a great presenter, this book shows you how to: Develop a "Power Sound Bite" to grab your listeners' attention and focus your message. Get the most out of PowerPoint-and dodge its pitfalls. Avoid seemingly harmless words and expressions that can turn the audience against you. Finish big with a knock-'em-dead "Power Close." Win the Q&A battle-learn how to handle even the toughest questions and most difficult members of your audience. Book jacket. |
| CATEGORY: | Business |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Leadership Mastery: How to Challenge Yourself and Others to Greatness by Dale Carnegie Training |
| DESCRIPTION: | In a world becoming more and more virtual, human relations skills are being lost--along with the skill of leadership. And yet never before have these abilities been more valuable or sought after. What's needed is a new type of leader--one who can inspire and motivate others while adhering to timeless leadership principles such as flexibility, adaptability, trustworthiness, and distribution of power. With Leadership Mastery, you will identify your strengths and adopt effective strategies to:• Gain the respect and admiration of others using little-known secrets of America's most successful leaders
• Get family, friends, and coworkers to do what you ask because they want to, not because they have to
• Respond effectively in a crisis
• Make powerful decisions and follow through on them using Carnegie's action formula Incorporating interviews with top leaders in business, entertainment, sports, and academia, Leadership Mastery stands next to the classic How to Win Friends and Influence People. |
| CATEGORY: | Business |
| PRICE: | $14.99 |
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| TITLE: | The 5 Essential People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts by Dale Carnegie Training |
| DESCRIPTION: | PUT THESE FIVE ESSENTIAL SKILLS TO WORK AND BEGIN YOUR TRANSFORMATION! Have you ever walked away from a conversation full of doubts and insecurities? Do you feel as if you've lost a little ground after every staff meeting? Most of us are either too passive or too aggressive in our business life, and we end up never getting the support, recognition, or respect we desire. The business leaders and trainers from Dale Carnegie Training have discovered that applying appropriate assertiveness to all your interactions is the most effective approach to creating a successful career. The 5 Essential People Skills will help you be the most positively commanding, prosperous, and inspired professional you can be. You will learn how to: Relate to the seven major personality types Live up to your fullest potential while achieving personal success Create a cutting-edge business environment that delivers innovation and results Use Carnegie's powerhouse five-part template for articulate communications that grow business Resolve any conflict or misunderstanding by applying a handful of proven principles Once you master these powerful skills, you will be well on your way to a new level of professional and personal achievement. |
| CATEGORY: | Business |
| PRICE: | $14.99 |
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| TITLE: | There's More to Life than Making a Living: Mastering Six Key Essentials on the Way to a Life of Significance by Jack C. McDowell |
| DESCRIPTION: | A significant life has positive meaning and value beyond individual success. It means contributing to the lives of others and showing compassion. In this book, Jack McDowell shares the six keys to a life of significance: Find your calling, learn from your experiences, acquire habits that build character, discover the joy of generosity, build relationships for life, and don't retire. Each chapter contains specific actions that will help readers master the six essentials. These steps are the harvest of Jack's own experiences and they are, he says, "the gifts of a providential God to this seeker after a life with deeper and more lasting meaning." Giving is man's God-ordained purpose. This book will provide encouragement and resources for the journey to a more significant life. It is a personal invitation to discover that there is far more to life than just making a living. |
| CATEGORY: | Business |
| PRICE: | $16.99 |
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| TITLE: | Teaching Hope: Stories from the Freedom Writer Teachers and Erin Gruwell by Erin Gruwell |
| DESCRIPTION: | “There are lives lost in this book, and there are lives saved, too, if salvation means a young man or woman begins to feel deserving of a place on the planet.... What could be more soul-satisfying? These are the most influential professionals most of us will ever meet. The effects of their work will last forever.” –from the foreword by Anna Quindlen Now depicted in a bestselling book and a feature film, the Freedom Writers phenomenon came about in 1994, when Erin Gruwell stepped into Room 203 and began her first teaching job out of college. Long Beach, California, was still reeling from the deadly violence that erupted during the Rodney King riots, and the kids in Erin's classroom reflected the anger, resentment, and hopelessness of their community. Undaunted, Erin fostered an educational philosophy that valued and promoted diversity, tolerance, and communication, and in the process, she transformed her students' lives, as well as her own. Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers went on to establish the Freedom Writers Foundation to replicate the success of Room 203 and provide all students with hope and opportunities to realize their academic potential. Since then, the foundation has trained more than 150 teachers in the United States and Canada. Teaching Hope unites the voices of these Freedom Writer teachers, who share uplifting, devastating, and poignant stories from their classrooms, stories that provide insight into the struggles and triumphs of education in all of its forms. Mirroring an academic year, these dispatches from the front lines of education take us from the anticipation of the first day to the disillusionment, challenges, and triumphs of the school year. These are the voices of teachers who persevere in the face of intolerance, rigid administration, and countless other challenges, and continue to reach out and teach those who are deemed unteachable. Their stories inspire everyone to make a difference in the world around them. |
| CATEGORY: | Education |
| PRICE: | $14.99 |
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| TITLE: | The College Hook: Packaging Yourself to Win the College Admissions Game by Pam Proctor |
| DESCRIPTION: | A comprehensive guide to the powerful packaging tool called the "Hook"--a special talent or achievement that leaps off the page of a college application and catches the eye of admissions officers. Competition for entry to the nation's top colleges is at an all-time high--and intensifying every year. Now nationally recognized college consultant and writer Pam Proctor reveals the "packaging" secrets that can help any student maximize the odds of admission to the college of his or her choice. Using real life anecdotes and examples from winning applications, Proctor provides students with a step-by-step program that will enable them to determine and develop their unique "Hook," and then package and market themselves at every stage of the admissions process. |
| CATEGORY: | Education |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare |
| DESCRIPTION: | A magnificent drama of love and war, this riveting tragedy presents one of Shakespeare's greatest female characters--the seductive, cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The Roman leader Mark Antony, a virtual prisoner of his passion for her, is a man torn between pleasure and virtue, between sensual indolence and duty ... between an empire and love. Bold, rich, and splendid in its setting and emotions, Antony And Cleopatra ranks among Shakespeare's supreme achievements. |
| CATEGORY: | Suspense/Thriller |
| PRICE: | $5.95 |
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| TITLE: | Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare |
| DESCRIPTION: | After defeat at the Battle of Shrewsbury the rebels regroup. But Prince Hal's reluctance to inherit the crown threatens to destroy the ailing Henry IV's dream of a lasting dynasty. Shakespeare's portrait of the prodigal son's journey from youth to maturity embraces the full panorama of society. Under the editorial supervision of Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, two of today's most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, this Modern Library series incorporates definitive texts and authoritative notes from William Shakespeare: Complete Works. Each play includes an Introduction as well as an overview of Shakespeare's theatrical career; commentary on past and current productions based on interviews with leading directors, actors, and designers; scene-by-scene analysis; key facts about the work; a chronology of Shakespeare's life and times; and black-and-white illustrations. Ideal for students, theater professionals, and general readers, these modern and accessible editions from the Royal Shakespeare Company set a new standard in Shakespearean literature for the twenty-first century. |
| CATEGORY: | Suspense/Thriller |
| PRICE: | $5.95 |
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| TITLE: | King Lear by William Shakespeare |
| DESCRIPTION: | A king foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps more than any other work in literature, challenges the notion of a coherent and just universe. The king and others pay dearly for their shortcomings–as madness, murder, and the anguish of insight and forgiveness that arrive too late combine to make this an all-embracing tragedy of evil and suffering. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |
| CATEGORY: | Suspense/Thriller |
| PRICE: | $5.95 |
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| TITLE: | Macbeth by William Shakespeare |
| DESCRIPTION: | No dramatist has ever seen with more frightening clarity into the heart and mind of a murderer than has Shakespeare in this compelling tragedy of evil. Taunted into asserting his “masculinity” by his ambitious wife, Macbeth chooses to embrace the Weird Sisters' prophecy and kill his king–and thus, seals his own doom. Fast-moving and bloody, this drama has the extraordinary energy that derives from a brilliant plot replete with treachery and murder, and from Shakespeare's compelling portrait of the ultimate battle between a mind and its own guilt. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |
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| TITLE: | Othello by William Shakespeare |
| DESCRIPTION: | Though this great tragedy of unsurpassed intensity and emotion is played out against Renaissance splendor, its story of the doomed marriage of a Venetian senator's daughter, Desdemona, to a Moorish general, Othello, is especially relevant to modern audiences. The differences in race and background create an initial tension that allows the horrifyingly envious villain Iago methodically to promote the “green-eyed monster” jealousy, until, in one of the most deeply moving scenes in theatrical history, the noble Moor destroys the woman he loves–only to discover too late that she was innocent. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |
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| TITLE: | Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare |
| DESCRIPTION: | "The permanent popularity, now of mythic intensity, of Romeo and Juliet is more than justified," writes eminent scholar Harold Bloom, "since the play is the largest and most persuasive celebration of romantic love in Western literature." William Shakespeare (1564-1616) based his early romantic tragedy on Arthur Brooke's 1562 poem The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet. Shakespeare's resulting masterpiece, in turn, has inspired countless retellings around the world in mediums that include literature, dance, stage, and screen. "It is Shakespear all over, and Shakespear when he was young," declares William Hazlitt (1778-1830), acclaimed British essayist and critic, in his exuberant Introduction to this Modern Library edition. "Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventuríd piteous overthrows, Do with their death bury their parents' strife."--Prologue |
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| TITLE: | The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare |
| DESCRIPTION: | One of the last plays Shakespeare penned on his own, The Winter's Tale is a transcendent work of death and rebirth, exploring irrational sexual jealousy, the redemptive world of nature, and the magical power of art. Under the editorial supervision of Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, two of today's most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, this Modern Library series incorporates definitive texts and authoritative notes from William Shakespeare: Complete Works. Each play includes an Introduction as well as an overview of Shakespeare's theatrical career; commentary on past and current productions based on interviews with leading directors, actors, and designers; scene-by-scene analysis; key facts about the work; a chronology of Shakespeare's life and times; and black-and-white illustrations. Ideal for students, theater professionals, and general readers, these modern and accessible editions from the Royal Shakespeare Company set a new standard in Shakespearean literature for the twenty-first century. |
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| TITLE: | Rules of Vengeance by Christopher Reich |
| DESCRIPTION: | A riveting sequel to the New York Times bestseller Rules of Deception that confirms Christopher Reich as the master of the espionage thriller. Months after foiling an attack on a commercial jetliner, Doctors Without Borders physician Jonathan Ransom is working under an assumed name in a remote corner of Africa while his wife, Emma, desperate to escape the wrath of Division, the secret American intelligence agency she betrayed, has vanished into the netherworld of international espionage. Both look forward to sharing a stolen weekend in London--until an ambush on a convoy of limousines turns their romantic rendezvous into a terrorist bloodbath. In the aftermath, Emma disappears and Jonathan is apprehended by the police and threatened with life imprisonment unless he helps secure his wife's capture. Faced with an impossible decision, Jonathan makes a daring escape. On the run, herealizes that his only option is to become a spy himself in order to track down Emma and discover the true nature of the conspiracy she appears to be masterminding. In the process, Jonathan begins to realize that all along he's been a pawn in a high-stakes game of international intrigue and one-upsmanship far beyond his imagining. |
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| PRICE: | $25.95 |
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| TITLE: | Four Scarpetta Novels by Patricia Cornwell |
| DESCRIPTION: | FOUR EXTRAORDINARY NOVELS
FEATURING KAY SCARPETTA From the world's #1 bestselling crime writer
PATRICIA CORNWELL ?When it comes to forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell."
?The New York Times Book Review ?Cornwell has created a character so real, so compelling, so driven that this reader has to remind herself regularly that Scarpetta is just a product of an author's imagination."
?USA Today The Last Precinct
Patricia Cornwell takes her readers deeper into Kay Scarpetta's heart and soul than ever before, as she discovers that the so-called Werewolf murders may have extended to New York City?and into the darkest corners of her past. Blow Fly
Kay Scarpetta agrees to investigate a cold case in Louisiana?the baffling murder of a woman with a history of blackouts and violent outbursts. Then she receives news that chills her to the core: Jean-Baptiste Chandonne?the vicious and unrepentant Wolfman, who pursued her to her very doorstep?has asked to see her? Predator
Investigating the disappearance of two sisters in Florida, Dr. Kay Scarpetta follows clues that twist and turn, leading her into the psychopathic depths of a jailed serial killer's mind? The Book of the Dead
The Book of the Dead is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to acquire a new meaning. |
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| TITLE: | The Trailsman #338 by Jon Sharpe |
| DESCRIPTION: | Skye Fargo knows how the Comanche think, and how they fight on the warpath. They?ve taken a young girl from her family on the Texas frontier, and the Trailsman is going after her. But the deadly quarry he's chasing down has nothing on the deadly hunters who are chasing him? |
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| TITLE: | Fear the Worst: A Thriller by Linwood Barclay |
| DESCRIPTION: | Your daughter doesn't come home one night from her summer job. You go there looking for her. No one's seen here. But it's worse than that. No one's ever seen her. So where has she been going every day? And where is she now? In Linwood Barclay's riveting new thriller, an ordinary man's desperate search for his daughter leads him into a dark world of corruption, exploitation, and murder. Tim Blake is about to learn that the people you think you know best are the ones harboring the biggest secrets. Tim is an average guy. He sells cars. He has an ex-wife. She's moved in with a man whose moody son spends more time online than he should. His girlfriend is turning out to be a bit of a flake. It's not a life without hassles, but nothing will prepare Tim for the nightmare that's about to begin. Sydney vanishes into thin air. At the hotel where she supposedly worked, no one has ever heard of her. Even her closest friends seem to be at a loss. Now, as the days pass without word, Tim must face the fact that not only is Sydney missing, but that the daughter he's loved and thought he knew is a virtual stranger. As he retraces Sydney's steps, Tim discovers that the suburban Connecticut town he always thought of as idyllic is anything but. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being watched. There are others who want to find Syd as much as Tim does. But they're not planning a Welcome Home party. The closer Tim comes to the truth, the closer he comes to every parent's worst nightmare--and the kind of evil only a parent's love has a chance in hell of stopping. |
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| PRICE: | $24.00 |
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| TITLE: | Bartlett's Shakespeare Quotations by John Bartlett |
| DESCRIPTION: | From the quote afficionado to the historical researcher, fans of Bartlett's will be thrilled to see this edition of quotations from the great William Shakespeare. Collecting quotes from his many works into one beautiful volume, Bartlett's Shakespeare Quotations is essential as a reference tool and makes for some wonderful browsing. Quotes culled from Bartlett's Familiar Quotations are organised by play or sonnet in chronological order and capture a unique view of Shakespeare's life and work. From King Henry VI to The Tempest (and even the epitaph on his grave) this volume will delight both researchers and casual readers as it highlights one of the most beguiling and beloved playwrights in history. |
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| TITLE: | Ever Present Danger by Kathy Herman |
| DESCRIPTION: | Can You Ever Escape Your Past?At eighteen, popular Ivy Griffith likes nothing better than getting stoned with her boyfriend, Pete, and his basketball buddies?until one afternoon when a nightmare unfolds. Ivy watches in horror as her boyfriend and his friends murder a teammate and bury his body in a remote location. The four friends make a pact to keep the killing quiet, and Ivy flees her parents? Colorado home for college and never looks back.Now, after ten years of numbing her guilt with drugs, she's finally clean. The single mom of a seven-year-old son, Montana, Ivy returns home to the tiny town of Jacob's Ear, hoping for courage to reveal the shocking truth of her past and be rid of this baggage forever.But when disaster strikes at her high school reunion, she's the only one left alive who witnessed that fateful night so long ago?Or is she? Who else could've known about the pact and who would want Pete and his co-conspirators dead? As the investigation heats up and the death toll rises, Ivy is forced to decide if confessing the truth is really worth risking her own life. |
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| TITLE: | Tom Clancy's HAWX by David Michaels |
| DESCRIPTION: | The skies will never be the same... Never before published. Just as Troy Loensch comes into his own as a pilot with the United States Air Force, a private military contractor called Firehawk takes over. Troy isn't happy with the arrangement-and neither is the CIA. And when they ask Troy for help investigating Firehawk, he accepts-with explosive consequences... |
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| TITLE: | Broken Jewel: A Novel by David L Robbins |
| DESCRIPTION: | A powerful story of war, love, and survival set against the backdrop of the Los Bańos prison raid—one of the most daring episodes of World War II. |
| CATEGORY: | Suspense/Thriller |
| PRICE: | $25.00 |
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| TITLE: | Cash in a Flash: Fast Money in Slow Times by Robert G. Allen |
| DESCRIPTION: | Bestselling authors Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen are back following their mega-hit The One Minute Millionaire with new strategies to generate cash quickly. Right now, everyone needs trusted, proven, practical advice and techniques for making money fast. In Cash in a Flash, two of the most successful entrepreneurs in the country show readers how to use the skills and resources they already have to generate permanent and recurring streams of income--all in 90 days or less. Using their bestselling “two-books-in-one” formula, Hansen and Allen combine prescriptive information for developing the millionaire mindset and building wealth on left-hand pages, with the continuation of the inspiring fictional story of Michelle from The One Minute Millionaire on the right-hand pages. In this much-anticipated and timely sequel, Hansen and Allen provide a revolutionary approach to financial freedom--now. |
| CATEGORY: | Personal Finance |
| PRICE: | $23.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Little Book of Big Savings: 351 Practical Ways to Save Money Now by Ellie Kay |
| DESCRIPTION: | Be richer by this time tomorrow Every month you spend money in twelve major categories. And at the end of each month, you scratch your head and wonder, Where did it all go? In The Little Book of Big Savings, America's Financial Expert,® Ellie Kay, will help you uncover the extra cash just waiting to be found in every area of your life. Not only will you never again wonder where your cash went, you will have extra to save–and even to share. Don't mindlessly let hundreds of dollars slip out of your ATM every month. Ellie's practical advice will show you: •How one phone call could save you $500 a year or more •How your kids can get a great education without breaking the bank •Three ways your water heater can save you money •Why giving away money is one of the best ways to save it •How to save up to 50% on your online purchases Plus hundreds of other tips that will loosen your budget without sacrificing your lifestyle. Soon you'll find what you want the most when it comes to your finances: peace of mind. |
| CATEGORY: | Personal Finance |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander by Thomas Merton |
| DESCRIPTION: | In this series of notes, opinions, experiences, and reflections, Thomas Merton examines some of the most urgent questions of our age. With his characteristic forcefulness and candor, he brings the reader face-to-face with such provocative and controversial issues as the “death of God,” politics, modern life and values, and racial strife–issues that are as relevant today as they were fifty years ago. Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander is Merton at his best–detached but not unpassionate, humorous yet sensitive, at all times alive and searching, with a gift for language which has made him one of the most widely read and influential spiritual writers of our time. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $15.99 |
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| TITLE: | Contemplative Prayer by Thomas Merton |
| DESCRIPTION: | In this classic text, Thomas Merton offers valuable guidance for prayer. He brings together a wealth of meditative and mystical influences–from John of the Cross to Eastern desert monasticism–to create a spiritual path for today. Most important, he shows how the peace contacted through meditation should not be sought in order to evade the problems of contemporary life, but can instead be directed back out into the world to affect positive change. Contemplative Prayer is one of the most well-known works of spirituality of the last one hundred years, and it is a must-read for all seeking to live a life of purpose in today's world. In a moving and profound introduction, Thich Nhat Hanh offers his personal recollections of Merton and compares the contemplative traditions of East and West. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $11.99 |
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| TITLE: | Talking Donkeys and Wheels of Fire: Bible Stories That are Truly Bizarre by J. Stephen Lang |
| DESCRIPTION: | Bible trivia expert J. Stephen Lang pulls together some wild and wacky biblical tales. Think the Bible is boring? Think again. These tales will both entertain and enlighten the reader, and engender a desire to read the Bible in search of more. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
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| TITLE: | The Grace and Truth Paradox by Randy Alcorn |
| DESCRIPTION: | Christians trying to model their lives after Jesus may find that He gets buried under lists, rules, and formulas. Now bestselling author Randy Alcorn offers a simple two-point checklist for Christlikeness based on John 1:14. The test consists of balancing grace and truth, equally and unapologetically. Grace without truth deceives people, and ceases to be grace. Truth without grace crushes people, and ceases to be truth. Alcorn shows the reader how to show the world Jesus--offering grace instead of the world's apathy and tolerance, offering truth instead of the world's relativism and deception.Grace or Truth?or Both? Truth without grace breeds self-righteousness and crushing legalism. Grace without truth breeds deception and moral compromise. Is it possible to embrace both in balance? Jesus did. Randy Alcorn offers a simple yet profound two-point checklist of Christlikeness. "In the end," says Alcorn, "we don't need grace or truth. We need grace and truth. And for people to see Jesus in us, they must see both." |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | 99 Ways to Entertain Your Family for Free! by Mack Thomas |
| DESCRIPTION: | 99 Ways to Entertain Your Family for Free offers a variety of opportunities to both entertain and educate family members of all ages. The major categories of free activities include "Around Town", "Just Imagine", "With Nature", "Rituals and Routines", and "Holidays". Mack Thomas, father of five adult children, has written a score of children's books, including bestsellers The First Step Bible and What Would Jesus Do? A winner of three ECPA Gold Medallions book awards, he lives in Oregon. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | Thirty-One Days of Power by Ruth Myers |
| DESCRIPTION: | Spiritual warfare that is not based on the Word of God may actually give Satan an advantage in our lives. This trustworthy devotional clarifies the struggle against evil forces and guides readers to a daily application of Christ's victory for us on the cross. In her warmly positive, personal style, author Ruth Myers equips readers with two powerful spiritual tools: feeding on God's Word and praising God for His unsearchable love and boundless power. Myers promises "a balanced and positive approach to your spiritual warfare, an approach that will increase your skill in resisting Satan's purposes and promoting those of our triumphant Lord."Triumph for Today Your life is the focus of an ongoing spiritual battle. But Christ's victory for you on the cross can make a difference every day, in every circumstance. As you feed richly on God's Word through this powerful devotional, you'll be filled with praise for His unsearchable love and boundless power. Every day, you'll find growing strength from God to prevail in your struggles. Find release from the burdens the evil one would place on your shoulders?and be refreshed by a closer walk with God. |
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| PRICE: | $12.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Apocalypse of Ahmadinejad by Mark Hitchcock |
| DESCRIPTION: | He stands only 5-foot-4 and smiles incessantly. But behind that charismatic persona beats the heart of a genocidal terrorist.Meet the World's Most Dangerous ManIn his provocative, well-researched exposé of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, prophecy expert Mark Hitchcock unveils the insidious agenda behind this radical Shiite's regime: Ahmadinejad plans to hasten the return of the Islamic messiah by ushering in his vision of the apocalypse.His ultimate goal?driven by his fanatical ideology?is to bring the Mahdi, or Twelfth Imam, out of hiding. And he plans to do so by arming his country with nuclear weapons, then exporting the Iranian revolution to the world by destroying Israel and the United States. But there's a bizarre twist to Ahmadinejad's nightmarish intentions: This ardent zealot may well be part of God's plan to set the stage for a scenario prophesied more than 2,500 years ago. Hitchcock presents compelling evidence that Ahmadinejad's actions, including his alliances with Russia and many of Iran's neighbors, have placed his nation?and the world?on a collision course toward the war of Gog and Magog.Discover the truth about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, his role in biblical prophecy, and what it means for the world?and you. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $13.99 |
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| TITLE: | Taste and See by John Piper |
| DESCRIPTION: | This revision of the follow-up to the popular A Godward Life adds twenty fresh entries to the original 120 daily meditations that are solid meat and sweet milk from God’s Word. The new entries broach current and controversial subject matter, such as partial-birth abortion and gay marriage. Piper asks the hardest questions and finds wonderfully poignant but practical and applicable truths from the Bible. These 350 pages of substantive spiritual nourishment will brace readers’ minds with truth and nourish their hearts with God’s sovereign grace. Pastors and lay leaders particularly will appreciate the three indexes included. They don’t need to look any further to find a pertinent illustration or tidbit of inspiration! |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $14.99 |
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| TITLE: | Enjoying Where You Are on the Way to Where You Are Going by Joyce Meyer |
| DESCRIPTION: | Enjoying life is not based on enjoyable circumstances. It is an attitude of the heart. In this uplifting book, Joyce combines biblical principles with personal experiences for a dynamic teaching on how to enjoy every day on your journey through life. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $12.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Art of Compassion by Martin Smith |
| DESCRIPTION: | There are two amazing forces that exist in the world: Compassion for those in need and Art that helps us see beyond ourselves. THE ART OF COMPASSION brilliantly brings the two together by gathering the top songwriters in Christian music to help raise money for relief and suffering around the planet. Legendary Christian worship songwriters Steven Curtis Chapman, Michael W. Smith, Chris Tomlin, Darlene Zschech, Israel Houghton, Andy Park, Tim Hughes, and many others have each contributed a chapter reflecting on the poverty people suffer around the world, the art of compassion, and how we can make a difference. Darlene Zschech, best known for her song "Shout to the Lord" which is sung by 25 to 30 million churchgoers each week, gives an apologetic on her personal role and the greater church's role of social justice in her story, "Rise Up, Church!" In "A Visible Gospel" five-time Grammy Award-winning Steven Curtis Chapman humbly shares his family's call to adopt three children and their ongoing ministry to help fund other families' adoptions. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $19.99 |
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| TITLE: | Our Lady of Guadalupe: Mother of the Civilization of Love by Carl Anderson |
| DESCRIPTION: | Nearly a decade after Spain's conquest of Mexico, the future of Christianity on the American continent was very much in doubt. Confronted with a hostile colonial government and Native Americans wary of conversion, the newly-appointed bishop-elect of Mexico wrote to tell the King of Spain that, unless there was a miracle, the continent would be lost. Between December 9 and December 12, 1531, that miracle happened, and it forever changed the future of the continent. It was then that the Virgin Mary famously appeared to a Native American Christian convert on a hilltop outside of what is now Mexico City. The image she left imprinted on his cloak or tilma has puzzled scientists for centuries, and yet Our Lady of Gudalupe's place in history is profound. A continent that just months before the apparitions seemed completely lost to Christianity suddenly and inexplicably embraced it by the millions. Our Lady of Guadalupe's message of love replaced the institutionalized violence of the Aztec culture, and built a bridge between two worlds--the old and the new--that were just ten years earlier engaged in brutal warfare. Today, Our Lady of Guadalupe continues to inspire the devotion of millions. From Canada to Argentina--and even beyond the Americas--one finds great devotion to her, and great appreciation for her message of love, unity and hope. Today reproductions of the Virgin's miraculous image can be seen throughout North and South America, in churches and homes, on billboards and even clothing apparel. Her shrine in Mexico City, where the miraculous image is housed to this day, is one of the most visited in the world. In Our Lady of Guadalupe: Mother of the Civilization of Love, Anderson & Chavez trace the history of Our Lady of Guadalupe from the sixteenth century to the present discuss of how her message was and continues to be an important catalyst for religious and cultural transformation. Looking at Our Lady of Guadalupe as a model of the Church and Juan Diego as a model for all Christians who seek to answer Christ's call of conversion and witness, the authors explore the changing face of the Catholic Church in North, Central, and South America, and they show how Our Lady of Guadalupe's message was not only historically significant, but how it speaks to contemporary issues confronting the American continents and people today. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $22.99 |
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| TITLE: | Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver |
| DESCRIPTION: | Updated with a new 12 week companion Bible study, Joanna Weaver's popular book shows women how to blend intimacy with Jesus and service for Him.An invitation for every woman who feels she isn't godly enough...isn't loving enough...isn't doing enoughThe life of a woman today isn't really all that different from that of Mary and Martha in the New Testament. Like Mary, you long to sit at the Lord's feet...but the daily demands of a busy world just won't leave you alone. Like Martha, you love Jesus and really want to serve him...yet you struggle with weariness, resentment, and feelings of inadequacy.Then comes Jesus, right into the midst of your busy Mary/Martha life-and he extends the same invitation he issued long ago to the two sisters of Bethany. Tenderly he invites you to choose "the better part"-a joyful life of "living-room" intimacy with him that flows naturally into "kitchen service" for him.How can you make that choice? With her fresh approach to the familiar Bible story and its creative, practical strategies, Joanna shows how all of us-Marys and Marthas alike-can draw closer to our Lord, deepening our devotion, strengthening our service, and doing both with less stress and greater joy. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $13.99 |
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| TITLE: | Christmas Blessings: Prayers and Poems to Celebrate the Season by June Cotner |
| DESCRIPTION: | June Cotner has created the perfect gift for all those seeking a richer and more spiritual Christmas experience: A keepsake collection of over 100 poems and prayers. From angels and shepherds to memories, inspiration, and Christmas through the eyes of a child, this treasury celebrates every aspect of the holiday and includes blessings, toasts, and prayers for every occasion. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Lord, I Want to Know You by Kay Arthur |
| DESCRIPTION: | Enjoy the expanded and updated editions of the best-selling "Lord" Bible Study Series from Kay Arthur. The "Lord" study series is an insightful, warm-hearted Bible study series designed to meet readers where they are--and help them discover God's answers to their deepest needs.Discover the Limitless Power of God's Name. So much of our confusion and pain results because we don't know God--who He really is, how He works in our lives. But with Lord, I Want to Know You, that will all change. When you know God more fully by studying His names--Creator, Healer, Protector, Provider, and many others--you'll gain power to stand strong. You'll find strength for times of trial, comfort for pain, provision for your soul's deepest needs. And your walk with God will be transformed. Let Kay Arthur guide you through the Scriptures in this deeply insightful study. Your daily time with God in His Word will introduce you to the limitless treasure available to you as His child. And these are truths you can share easily with others, individually or in small groups. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $13.99 |
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| TITLE: | Hope Rising by Kim Meeder |
| DESCRIPTION: | Kim Meeder has seen horses go where no one else can tread--stepping through the minefield of a broken child's soul in a dance of trust that only God can understand. From a mistreated horse to an emotionally starved child and back again, a torrent of love washes away their barren places. Kim's ranch is a place where this miracle happens over and over again. It is a place where the impossible flourishes, where dreams survive the inferno of reality--a place where hope rises.Where Wounded Spirits Run Free Follow a horse where no one else can tread, through the minefield of pain that surrounds a broken child's soul. From a mistreated horse to an emotionally starved child and back again, a torrent of love revives their barren places. In the presence of unconditional love, a mute girl speaks for the first time. A defiant teenager teaches a horse to trust again...and opens his own heart to love. A rescued horse gives a dying man his last wish. A battered girl finds love and protection in the friendship of a battered horse... Come visit a place where the impossible flourishes, where dreams survive the inferno of reality?a place where hope rises. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $12.99 |
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| TITLE: | Experiencing the Cross by Henry Blackaby |
| DESCRIPTION: | Dare to Go There Although the cross is God's decisive deed in human history, the full meaning of it is far too much for a mere human mind to grasp. But through Henry Blackaby's careful examination, the cross becomes not a doctrine, but an experience. You'll be overwhelmed with the utter significance of Christ's death, leading you to a stronger sense of God's power in your daily life. Steeped in the Blackaby distinctive of constant encouragement toward your personal experience of God, and firmly rooted in Scripture, this book exposes the tragic result of a casual attitude toward the sin in our lives that made the cross necessary. Learn to surrender to the deeper dimensions of the cross, so that nothing can block the Lord's presence and power in your life! Receive the reality. Discover the power. Live the experience. Jesus Christ died not so that you would recognize a historical fact. Or memorize a particular doctrine. Or continue with life as is. No, Christ's death was God's decisive deed in your life, conquering sin once and for all. The cross beckons you every day, with power to transform every detail of your existence as you begin to see Calvary from God's perspective. Henry Blackaby leads you on an exploration through the deeper dimensions of the cross, ensuring that the further you go, the more you will: Deal radically and completely with sin Embrace true and lasting union with Christ Experience the fullness and reality of His victory in your life Will you yield to God's provision in His cross? Will you receive the power and presence of Jesus Christ? Will you dare to experience the cross? ?Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple." Luke 14:27 The cross is not just His; the cross is mine, and the cross is yours. It transcends the physical dimension, and it transcends time. As you forgo your limited, human perspective, God's complete and overwhelming, all-consuming love will envelop you. You'll experience His blessings as they've never been seen, heard, or felt before?guaranteed. Because t he One who called you to bear your cross also goes with you. Every step of the way. Story Behind the Book"Our whole identity with Christ is found in the cross. It was there that God dealt totally with sin. And it is there that God intends us to be united with Christ in His death so that we would forever hate sin, abhor sin, and forsake sin. In our intimate relationship with Christ and His crucifixion, God intends for us to obtain His perspective on sin?to feel its horrors, as Christ does, and then to let God put sin to death in our lives?as He did in the crucifixion of His Son. The victory accomplished through Christ's death and resurrection is the very same victory we can experience daily in our lives! " ?Henry Blackaby |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $16.99 |
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| TITLE: | New Satanists by Gini Graham Scott |
| DESCRIPTION: | What most people don't know and what US law enforcement offers are only beginning to discover is that Satanism is the fastest growing underground criminal movement in the world today and that it is directly linked to an exploding number of child abuse cases, Nazism, drug dealing, pornography and prostitution. A former cult memeber rips the veil of secrecy off the most frightening criminal phenomenon of our time. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Authentic Beauty, Going Deeper by Leslie Ludy |
| DESCRIPTION: | Experience the Fulfillment of your Feminine DreamsIn a world that mocks our desire for a fairy tale, do we dare long for more? Leslie Ludy offers hope to every young woman who wonders if lasting love can ever be found. In this companion guide to Authentic Beauty, Leslie gives you the opportunity to talk, write, and think through what it means to find unshakable fulfillment in a daily romance with Christ.Whether you are reading on your own or with a group, this 12-part guide will point you to Jesus Christ--the heroic Prince you have always dreamed of--and enable you to fall in love with Him like never before. Discover what it means to become fully set-apart for Christ, and experience the only true answer to the deepest longings of your feminine heart. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $11.99 |
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| TITLE: | Lessons I Learned in the Dark by Jennifer Rothschild |
| DESCRIPTION: | At the age of fifteen, Jennifer Rothschild confronted two unshakable realities: Blindness is inevitable ... and God is enough. Now this popular author, speaker, and recording artist offers poignant lessons that illuminate a path to freedom and fulfillment. With warmth, humor, and insight,Jennifer shares the guiding principles she walks by--and shows you how to walk forward by faith into God's marvelous light. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $11.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Lonely Man of Faith by Joseph B. Soloveitchik |
| DESCRIPTION: | Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the rabbi known as ?The Rav? by his followers worldwide, was a leading authority on the meaning of Jewish law and prominent force in building bridges between traditional Orthodox Judaism and the modern world. In THE LONELY MAN OF FAITH, a soaring, eloquent essay first published in Tradition magazine in 1965, Soloveitchik investigates the essential loneliness of the person of faith in our narcissistic, materially oriented, utilitarian society. In this modern classic, Soloveitchik uses the story of Adam and Eve as a springboard, interweaving insights from such important Western philosophers as Kierkegaard and Kant with innovative readings of Genesis to provide guidance for the faithful in today's world. He explains prayer as ?the harbinger of moral reformation," and discusses with empathy and understanding the despair and exasperation of individuals who seek personal redemption through direct knowledge of a God who seems remote and unapproachable. He shows that while the faithful may become members of a religious community, their true home is ?the abode of loneliness." In a moving personal testimony, Soloveitchik demonstrates a deep-seated commitment, intellectual courage, and integrity that people of all religions will respond to. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $10.95 |
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| TITLE: | Maurice and Therese by Patrick Ahern |
| DESCRIPTION: | As Saint Therese lay dying in the Carmel of Lisieux, she overheard a conversation that amused her. Outside her window, two nuns were discussing what they could write in her obituary that could possibly be of any interest, since the twenty-four-year-old nun had never done anything worth noting. Therese was pleased, for she had always kept a low profile. With the posthumous publication of her spiritual autobiography in 1898, however, that low profile would vanish instantly. She became one of the most beloved saints of all time, and her influence will expand dramatically because of Pope John Paul II's declaration that she is a Doctor of the Church. Amid growing interest in her writings comes the collected correspondence between her and a humble young seminarian, Maurice Belliere. Though they never met in person, they exchanged twenty-one letters that opened a window on the heart of Saint Therese that would have remained forever closed had Maurice not written to the Mother Superior at the convent asking for a nun to pray for him. The Mother Superior chose Therese, and in these conversational letters the Little Flower reveals herself in a way that we would never have known from her autobiography. In his accompanying text, Bishop Patrick Ahern expertly leads the reader into the worlds of Maurice and Therese and reveals the full beauty of this saint's spirituality. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $19.00 |
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| TITLE: | Blue Like Play Dough: The Shape of Motherhood in the Grip of God by Tricia Goyer |
| DESCRIPTION: | In the everyday stretch and squeeze of motherhood, Tricia Goyer often feels smooshed by the demands of life. In Blue Like Play Dough, she shares her unlikely journey from rebellious, pregnant teen to busy wife and mom with big dreams of her own. As her story unfolds, Tricia realizes that God has more in store for her than she has ever imagined possible. Sure, life is messy and beset by doubts. But God keeps showing up in the most unlikely places--in a bowl of carrot soup, the umpteenth reading of Goodnight Moon, a woe-is me teen drama, or play dough in the hands of a child. In Tricia's transparent account, you'll find understanding, laughter, and strength for your own story. And in the daily push and pull, you'll learn to recognizes the loving hands of God at work in your life... and know He has something beautiful in mind. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $13.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Friends We Keep: A Woman's Quest for the Soul of Friendship by Sarah Zacharias Davis |
| DESCRIPTION: | Why are women's friendships so tricky? During a particularly painful time in her life, Sarah Zacharias Davis learned how delightful--and wounding--women can be in friendship. She saw how some friendships end badly, others die slow deaths, and how a chance acquaintance can become that enduring friend you need. The Friends We Keep is Sarah's thoughtful account of her own story and the stories of other women about navigating friendship. Her revealing discoveries tackle the questions every woman asks: Why do we long so for women friends?; Do we need friends like we need air or food or water?; What causes cattiness, competition, and co-dependency in too many friendships?; Why do some friendships last forever and others only a season?; How do I foster friendship?; When is it time to let a friend go, and how do I do so? With heartfelt, intelligent writing, Sarah explores these questions and more with personal stories, cultural references and history, faith, and grace. In the process, she delivers wisdom for navigating the challenges, mysteries, and delights of friendship: why we need friendships with other women, what it means to be safe in relationship, and how to embrace what a friend has to offer, whether meager or generous. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $12.99 |
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| TITLE: | 99 Ways to Build Job Security by Gary Nowinski |
| DESCRIPTION: | Although most people have rudimentary knowledge on how to get a job, very few spend much time learning how to keep a job. 99 Ways to Build Job Security provides a practical overview of workplace attitudes, practices, and habits that will instill a great work ethic and improve anyone's chances of holding on to a job in a tough economic climate. Gary Nowinski, now a freelance writer and editor, has extensive management and customer service experience in corporations and various industries, including construction and radio/video production. He's experienced layoffs and downsizing several times in his career. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | 99 Ways to Stretch Your Home Budget by Cheri Gillard |
| DESCRIPTION: | With words like "recession" and "record unemployment" filling the air, the typical family--regardless of how the economy is treating them--will be paying attention to the budget. That's why 99 Ways to Stretch Your Home Budget will receive a warm reception as it delivers scores of practical ideas to save cash around the house. Cheri Gillard, formerly an obstetrical and NICU nurse, is a freelance writer and editor, plus the mother of quadruplets. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | 99 Ways to Fight Worry and Stress by Elsa Kok Colopy |
| DESCRIPTION: | The 99 ways to cope and rise above worry and stress are grouped into categories that include "Guard Your Rest", "Dream a Little", "Pursue Healthy Diversions", and "Dive Into Truth". Elsa Kok Colopy is the associate editor for Focus on the Family magazine. She's authored four books and leads women's retreats throughout the United States. For more information, visit www.elsakokcolopy.com. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | Images of Muhammad: Narratives of the Prophet in Islam Across the Centuries by Tarif Khalidi |
| DESCRIPTION: | From one of today's leading Muslim scholars, this compelling look at how the Prophet Muhammad has been portrayed throughout the centuries offers a fascinating history of the diversity of Islamic cultures and beliefs. The Prophet Muhammad has been revered for more than fifteen centuries. Today, one in five people throughout the world calls for daily praises and blessings upon him and holds him up as a model of virtue. In IMAGES OF MUHAMMAD, Tarif Khalidi examines the ways Muhammad has been depicted and revered from the immediate aftermath of his death to the present day. With scholarly authority, Khalidi explores how the “biography” of Muhammad has been constructed, reconstructed, and utilized in various Islamic cultures, and traces the influences that have shaped his image, including the profound effect of negative perceptions promulgated by the West. As he describes the great variety of Islamic beliefs and practices, Khalidi illuminates the values and ideas shared by the Sunni, Shia, and Sufi sects, as well as the differences among them, providing Western readers with a clear, objective perspective on the current conflicts within the Muslim world as well as their global repercussions. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $27.00 |
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| TITLE: | Life Lines: Inspiration, Insight, and Wisdom for Daily Living by Dave Meyer |
| DESCRIPTION: | Filled with encouraging and thought-provoking quotes and meditations, Life Lines combines practical advice and passages from Scripture to help readers grow in faith and overcome life's obstacles. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | NRSV Standard Catholic Ed Bible Anglicized--New Testament by Harper Bibles |
| DESCRIPTION: | The New Revised Standard Version is the "standard" translation used by mainline Protestant churches, Orthodox churches, and by many Catholics. The NRSV debuted in 1989 and is owned by the National Council of Churches, which is the leading force for ecumenical cooperation among Christians in the United States representing thirty?five denominations with forty?five million members in more than 100,000 churches across the country. They have chosen HarperCollins to be the exclusive licensor of the translation for the world (nonexclusively in the UK). The New Revised Standard Version is recognized in scholarly circles as the most accurate translation into English of the original Hebrew and Greek texts. In the tradition of its predecessors, the King James Version and the Revised Standard Version, the NRSV was designed to be the "standard" version for English?speaking people across all denominations, which in many ways it has become. None of the new, more sectarian translations have approached its standards of elegance and accuracy. It also includes a concordance index to help people find key passages.NOTE: This file includes all of the essays and other materials from the beginning and end of the book as well as the complete text of the New Testament. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Original Sinners: A New Interpretation of Genesis by John R Coats |
| DESCRIPTION: | ORIGINAL SINNERS reimagines the stories and characters in Genesis in a humanizing, familiar light to show their contemporary relevance and humanness. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $25.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Misunderstood God: The Lies Religion Tells About God by Darin Hufford |
| DESCRIPTION: | THE MISUNDERSTOOD GOD tells the truth about who the Creator is. This book analyzes what religion says about God's heart and personality and measures it up to what God calls Himself: Love. It simplifies a generation's tangled perceptions of God by taking a journey through the sixteen aspects of love described in one of the most well-known Bible passages in the world: 1 Corinthians 13, also known as "the love chapter." So many Christians have been bombarded with confusing teachings and doctrines that their understanding of God resembles a tightly tangled ball of Christmas tree lights. This book takes that twisted mess and replaces it with one soft, warm light of truth that anyone can embrace: God is love. |
| CATEGORY: | Spiritual/Religion |
| PRICE: | $13.99 |
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| TITLE: | Bartlett's Bible Quotations by John Bartlett |
| DESCRIPTION: | From the quote aficionado to the historical researcher, fans of Bartlett's will be thrilled to see BARTLETT'S BIBLE QUOTATIONS. Assembled in a new format to delight both researchers and casual readers, BARTLETT'S BIBLE QUOTATIONS is an essential collection of Bible quotes pulled from the prestigious BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS. It is both a valuable reference tool and an eminent collection to be browsed through for pleasure. The quotes are organised simply and elegantly, from Genesis to Revelations, and include Psalms, Proverbs, and the Apocrypha. Bartlett's highlights the essential passages of the beloved text (originally from the King James Version), from the educational to the ethical, from stern to stirring, creating a view of the Bible unlike any other. |
| CATEGORY: | Reference |
| PRICE: | $14.95 |
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| TITLE: | Bartlett's Book of Love Quotations by John Bartlett |
| DESCRIPTION: | From its first appearance in 1855 to its recently published sixteenth edition, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations has set the standard for books of quotations. Now, for the first time, more than 900 of the most endearing, expressive, and impassioned sayings about love--romantic, passionate, matrimonial, familial, patriotic, spiritual--have been carefully selected from the more than 20,000 quotations in Bartlett's. |
| CATEGORY: | Reference |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Bartlett's Words to Live By: Advice and Inspiration for Everyday Life by John Bartlett |
| DESCRIPTION: | BARTLETT'S WORDS TO LIVE BY comprises the most inspiring and timeless quotes of BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS into a beautiful gift package. Organized into 28 chapters on themes such as Adversity, Charity, Faith, Nature, Peace, Progress, Truth, Virtue, and Aging, BARTLETT'S WORDS TO LIVE BY is a treasure trove of inspiration. Things like: On Work: A good mind possesses a kingdom--Seneca, On Courage: I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions--Lillian Hellman: on Love: For God sake hold your tongue and let me love--John Donne: On Poverty: Till you feed us, right and wrong can wait--Bertolt Brecht: On Time: Lost time is never found again--Benjamin Franklin and on Wisdom: It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate hings--Thoreau. Perfect for the graduate looking for specific advice or inspiration or for the casual browser looking to glean wisdom at a glance, WORDS TO LIVE BY will delight readers of all backgrounds and futures with its pithy, honest, and inspiring take on life, death and everything in between. |
| CATEGORY: | Reference |
| PRICE: | $18.99 |
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| TITLE: | Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies: The Straight Scoop on Freemasons, the Illmuniati, Skull & Bones, Black Helicopters, teh New World Order, and Many, Many More by Arthur Goldwag |
| DESCRIPTION: | Did you know? • Freemasonry's first American lodge included a young Benjamin Franklin among its members. • The Knights Templar began as impoverished warrior monks then evolved into bankers. • Groom Lake, Dreamland, Homey Airport, Paradise Ranch, The Farm, Watertown Strip, Red Square, “The Box,” are all names for Area 51. An indispensable guide, Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies connects the dots and sets the record straight on a host of greedy gurus and murderous messiahs, crepuscular cabals and suspicious coincidences. Some topics are familiar--the Kennedy assassinations, the Bilderberg Group, the Illuminati, the People's Temple and Heaven's Gate--and some surprising, like Oulipo, a select group of intellectuals who created wild formulas for creating literary masterpieces, and the Chauffeurs, an eighteenth-century society of French home invaders, who set fire to their victims' feet. |
| CATEGORY: | Reference |
| PRICE: | $16.00 |
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| TITLE: | Decoding The Lost Symbol: The Unauthorized Expert Guide to the Facts Behind the Fiction by Simon Cox |
| DESCRIPTION: | Dan Brown's new novel once again features Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, this time in the United States, racing to uncover clues and crack codes involving secrets that are perpetuated to this day. But how much of the novel is true and what is pure fiction? Simon Cox, bestselling author of Cracking the Da Vinci Code and Illuminating Angels & Demons, offers the first definitive guide to all the mysteries featured in The Lost Symbol. Based on extensive research, this A-to-Z guide lists the real people, organizations, and themes featured in Dan Brown's latest novel, explains their histories and their meanings, reproduces and analyzes the symbols themselves, and provides insider knowledge gleaned from years of exhaustive study. From the monuments of Washington, D.C., to the secrets of Salt Lake City and the hidden enclaves in Langley, Virginia, Cox knows where the facts are hidden about the Freemasons, Albert Pike, the Rosicrucians, the Founding Fathers, and more. This is the only resource you'll need to understand and enjoy the complex new world of The Lost Symbol. |
| CATEGORY: | Reference |
| PRICE: | $14.99 |
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| TITLE: | 101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith |
| DESCRIPTION: | That daring, hilarious pack of hounds from the classic tale of canine intrigue. |
| CATEGORY: | Children's Fiction |
| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | Holly's Jolly Christmas by Nancy Krulik |
| DESCRIPTION: | What's better than getting one new Katie story? Getting two! With this newest Super Special, kids can get into the holiday spirit by following Katie's latest misadventures, first at a Christmas tree farm and then at a Santa's Workshop theme park, where she switcheroos into ... Well, we won't spoil the surprise, but here's a hint: she doesn't have a red nose but she sure has antlers! |
| CATEGORY: | Children's Fiction |
| PRICE: | $4.99 |
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| TITLE: | Fanny by Holly Hobbie |
| DESCRIPTION: | All Fanny wants in the world is a Connie doll, but Mom says "NO!" But no one ever said she couldn't make one instead! With some scissors, glue, and her craft box in hand, Fanny sets out to replicate Connie, but it's Annabelle who is the result of her efforts. A little lopsided and a little unkempt, Annabelle turns out to be the companion Fanny has always wanted. Though at first her friends turn up their noses, in the end everyone learns that using your imagination and working with your own two hands can result in the best toy of all! |
| CATEGORY: | Children's Fiction |
| PRICE: | $16.99 |
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| TITLE: | Things that Make You Feel Good by Todd Parr |
| DESCRIPTION: | Open this book to find out things that make you feel good and the things that make you feel bad. This children's book is written by the author of This Is My Hair. |
| CATEGORY: | Children's Fiction |
| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | Mermaids by Mel Grant |
| DESCRIPTION: | For thousands of years, people have claimed to have spotted mermaids in the waves and on the rocks. Some were beautiful with long flowing hair and lovely voices. But other mermaids liked to drag people down to their watery homes and eat them! If you thought mermaids were just pretty ladies with scaly tails, think again. There is more to these mythical creatures than meets the eye! |
| CATEGORY: | Children's Fiction |
| PRICE: | $3.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Callahan Cousins #4: Together Again by Elizabeth Doyle Carey |
| DESCRIPTION: | Look out Gull Island! Neeve,Phoebe, Kate and Hillary--the twelve-year-old Callahancousins--are back at their grandmother Gee's ramblingseaside estate for Christmas break!When the girls camp out at a whale museum they stumbleupon a mystery they can't ignore. Phoebe takes the leadas the girls join forces to solve an islandmystery. |
| CATEGORY: | Children's Fiction |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Hokey Pokey: Another Prickly Love Story by Lisa Wheeler |
| DESCRIPTION: | Cushion the porcupine and Barb the hedgehog, the adorable pair from "Porcupining: A Prickly Love Story," are back for another adventure. Barb loves to dance, but Cushion has two left feet, and usually ends up prickling someone with his quills. How will he ever learn to dance? Full color. |
| CATEGORY: | Children's Fiction |
| PRICE: | $15.99 |
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| TITLE: | Beans on the Roof by Betsy Byars |
| DESCRIPTION: | George Bean always wants to play on the roof of his apartmentbuilding. But only his older sister Anna can sit there, because she's writing a roof poem. Anna may be the first Bean to be in a book if the poem wins a contest at school.George decides to write a roof poem too. Soon all the Beans are on the roof writing the roof poems. All except George. He needs some inspiration. How will he get it? |
| CATEGORY: | Children's Fiction |
| PRICE: | $5.50 |
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| TITLE: | Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns by Mary Quattlebaum |
| DESCRIPTION: | Nothing but a big mess of trouble and weeds..That's what Jackson Jones thinks of the garden plot his mother gives him for his tenth birthday. What happened to the basketball he's hoped and prayed for all year?When Jackson comes up with a moneymaking scheme for the garden, it doesn't seem so bad after all. He even cuts his friends in on the action. But before long, Jackson finds out that friends and business don't always mix. When the neighborhood bully calls him "Bouquet Jones," Jackson is ready to give up. Maybe gardens don't belong in cities after all....Winner of the first annual Marguerite de Angeli Prize. |
| CATEGORY: | Children's Fiction |
| PRICE: | $5.50 |
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| TITLE: | Journey by Patricia MacLachlan |
| DESCRIPTION: | Journey is eleven the summer his mother leaves him and his sister, Cat, with their grandparents. He is sad and angry, and spends the summer looking for the clues that will explain why she left.Journey searches photographs for answers. He hunts family resemblances in Grandma's albums. Looking for happier times, he tries to put together the torn pieces of the pictures his mother shredded before her departure. And he also searches the photographs his grandfather takes as the older man attempts to provide Journey with a past. In the process, the boy learns to look and finds that, for him, the camera is a means of finding things his naked eye has missed--things like inevitability of his mother's departure and the love that still binds his family. |
| CATEGORY: | Children's Fiction |
| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | How Big Is a Foot? by Rolf Myller |
| DESCRIPTION: | The King wants to give the Queen something special for her birthday. The Queen has everything, everything except a bed. The trouble is that no one in the Kingdom knows the answer to a very important question: How Big is a Bed? because beds at the time had not yet been invented. The Queen's birthday is only a few days away. How can they figure out what size the bed should be? |
| CATEGORY: | Children's Fiction |
| PRICE: | $4.50 |
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| TITLE: | Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh |
| DESCRIPTION: | Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. In her notebook, she writes down everything she knows about everyone, even her classmates and her best friends. Then Harriet loses track of her notebook, and it ends up in the wrong hands. Before she can stop them, her friends have read the always truthful, sometimes awful things she's written about each of them. Will Harriet find a way to put her life and her friendships back together? |
| CATEGORY: | Children's Fiction |
| PRICE: | $6.50 |
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| TITLE: | Andrew Lost #12: In the Ice Age by J.c. Greenburg |
| DESCRIPTION: | Andrew, Judy, and Thudd have escaped the dinosaurs only to find themselves surrounded by the woolly mammoths of the Ice Age! Can they locate their lost Uncle Al and travel back to their own time before the evil Dr. Kron-Tox puts his nefarious plan into action? |
| CATEGORY: | Children's Fiction |
| PRICE: | $3.99 |
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| TITLE: | Hannah West in the Belltown Towers by Linda Johns |
| DESCRIPTION: | Hannah West is not your ordinary twelve-year-old. She's artistic, full of street smarts, and best of all, she's a budding detective. She and her mom are technically homeless, but thanks to a series of house-sitting jobs, they always have a place to stay. In this first book in a lively new Sleuth series, Hannah and her mom?who adopted Hannah from China when she was a baby? move into their latest new place: a high-rise apartment in Seattle's swanky Belltown towers. And just as they're getting settled, someone tries to steal a valuable piece of artwork from one of their new neighbors! Quick as a wink, Hannah is on the trail of a thief who is wreaking havoc on Seattle's thriving art scene! Armed with her keen eye and ever-present sketchbook, no detail gets past Hannah unnoticed." |
| CATEGORY: | Children's Fiction |
| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | Willow Buds #1: The Tale of Toad and Badger by Mary Jane Begin |
| DESCRIPTION: | Discover the world before The Wind in the Willows, the beloved classic by Kenneth Grahame--when the childhood adventures of best buds Ratty, Toady, Badger and Mole were just beginning! In this first tale, Archibald Toad the Third is used to having everything he wants to himself. So he's in for an unpleasant surprise when the new nanny brings her gentle son, Badger, to share in all that Toad Hall has to offer. Though Toady and Badger get off to a rocky start, they soon learn that having a true friend is worth a whole lot more than having all the toys in the world. |
| CATEGORY: | Children's Fiction |
| PRICE: | $14.99 |
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| TITLE: | Hippo! No, Rhino by Jeff Newman |
| DESCRIPTION: | When a careless worker places the wrong sign near a rhinoceros's cage, zoo visitors continually mistake the frustrated rhino for a hippopotamus, until a young boy comes along who can help. |
| CATEGORY: | Children's Fiction |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Question Song by Kaethe Zemach |
| DESCRIPTION: | Inspired by a game the author created to entertain and engage her own children, this fun book offers a series of lively verses created to resolve childhood predicaments. Features warm, full-color illustrations done in a rare 19th century technique called theorem painting. |
| CATEGORY: | Children's Fiction |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Bird Springs by Carolyn Marsden |
| DESCRIPTION: | Eleven-year-old Gregory and his family had to leave the Navajo reservation at Bird Springs?the only home they?ve ever known?and move to a motel in Tucson, Arizona. Gregory misses his absent father, but he likes school, particularly art class with the kind teacher. He also makes a new friend, Matt, who promptly informs him art class is really art therapy and that Gregory is staying in a shelter, not a motel. Even though Matt can be outspoken, he's just what Gregory needs now. He's honest and generous with his allowance so they can ride the Ferris wheel at the carnival. Award-winning author Carolyn Marsden paints a poignant story of a little boy who, as he confronts the more painful aspects of his past, is filled with a sense of hope. |
| CATEGORY: | Children's Fiction |
| PRICE: | $14.99 |
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| TITLE: | Becoming Jane Eyre by Sheila Kohler |
| DESCRIPTION: | A beautifully imagined tale of the Bronte sisters and the writing of Jane Eyre The year is 1846. In a cold parsonage on the gloomy Yorkshire moors, a family seems cursed with disaster. A mother and two children dead. A father sick, without fortune, and hardened by the loss of his two most beloved family members. A son destroyed by alcohol and opiates. And three strong, intelligent young women, reduced to poverty and spinsterhood, with nothing to save them from their fate. Nothing, that is, except their remarkable literary talent. So unfolds the story of the Brontë sisters. At its center are Charlotte and the writing of Jane Eyre. Delicately unraveling the connections between one of fiction's most indelible heroines and the remarkable woman who created her, Sheila Kohler's Becoming Jane Eyre will appeal to fans of historical fiction and, of course, the millions of readers who adore Jane Eyre. |
| CATEGORY: | Historical Fiction |
| PRICE: | $15.00 |
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| TITLE: | Puccini Without Excuses by William Berger |
| DESCRIPTION: | Puccini is the most beloved composer of opera in the world: one quarter of all opera performances in the U.S. are of his operas, his music pervades movie soundtracks, and his plots have infiltrated our popular culture. But, although Puccini's art still captivates audiences and the popularity of such works as Tosca, La Boh?me, and Madama Butterfly has never waned, he has long been a victim of critical snobbery and cultural marginalization.In this witty and informative guide for beginners and fans alike, William Berger sets the record straight, reclaiming Puccini as a serious artist. Combining his trademark irreverent humor with passionate enthusiasm, Berger strikes just the right balance of introductory information and thought-provoking analysis. He includes a biography, discussions of each opera, a glossary, fun facts and anecdotes, and above all keen insight into Puccini's enduring power. For anyone who loves Puccini and for anyone who just wonders what all the fuss is about, Puccini Without Excuses is funny, challenging, and always a pleasure to read.INCLUDES:_ Why Puccini's art and its message of hope is crucial to our world today_ How Anglo audiences often miss the mythic significance of his operas_ The use of his music as shorthand in films, from A Room with a View to Fatal Attraction_ A scene-by scene analysis of each opera_ A guide to the wealth of available recordings, books, and videos |
| CATEGORY: | Sports/Entertainment |
| PRICE: | $16.00 |
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| TITLE: | Better by Saturday (TM)--Driving: Featuring Tips by Golf Magazine's Top 100 Teachers by Greg Midland |
| DESCRIPTION: | Featuring Tips by Golf Magazine's Top 100 Teachers. Simple to remember lesson that provides an opportunity for "no practice" improvement; so readers won't need to spend hours on the range re-grooving their swings to shave strokes off their handicaps. These are truly the tops that readers can use to play better--and lower their score--immediately. |
| CATEGORY: | Sports/Entertainment |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Beckham Experiment: How the World's Most Famous Athlete Tried to Conquer America by Grant Wahl |
| DESCRIPTION: | In 2007, David Beckham, the golden boy of soccer, shocked the international sports world when he signed a five-year contract with an American team, the Los Angeles Galaxy. Under the direction of his manager, Simon Fuller, the mastermind behind American Idol and the Spice Girls, Beckham was ready for a monumental challenge and a risky adventure--ready, as Fuller put it, to earn his stripes Stateside. Could he pull off what no player had ever accomplished (including Pelé in the 1970s) and transform soccer into one of the most popular spectator sports in America? It was a bold experiment: failure meant a team, a league, a sport, and Beckham himself might miss their chance to hit primetime in the U.S. With unprecedented access to the Galaxy and one-on-one interviews with Beckham, veteran Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl focuses on the inner circle of the experiment: Beckham, Galaxy leading scorer Landon Donovan, Simon Fuller, controversial former coach Ruud Gullit, outspoken former Galaxy president Alexi Lalas, and Mrs. Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham. Wahl takes readers behind the scenes, on the road with the team and inside the locker room, to reveal just what happened on and off the field when the most renowned player in the world left the glamour of European soccer to play in a country that has yet to fully embrace the sport. We find out what his teammates really think of their superstar captain, who was calling the shots behind the scenes, how Beckham's management conducted a shadow takeover of the Galaxy organization, and if the team plans to embrace him--or not--when he returns from AC Milan for the 2009 season. The Beckham Experiment is a no-holds-barred account of ego clashes and epic winless streaks, rivalries and resentments, big gambles and great expectations, cultural and class collisions, and ultimately the volatile mix of celebrity and professional sports. As Beckham embarks on his third season with the Galaxy, the question remains: even for a player the caliber of David Beckham, are some goals out of reach? |
| CATEGORY: | Sports/Entertainment |
| PRICE: | $24.99 |
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| TITLE: | Stardust Melodies by Will Friedwald |
| DESCRIPTION: | In Stardust Melodies, Will Friedwald takes each of these legendary songs apart and puts it together again, with a staggering wealth of detail and unprecedented understanding.Each chapter gives us an extended history of one song?the circumstances under which it was written and first performed?and then explores its musical and lyric content. Drawing on his vast knowledge of records and the careers of performing artists, Friedwald tells us who was responsible for making these songs famous and discusses in depth the performers who have left their unique marks on them. He writes about variations in performance style, about both classic and obscure versions of the songs, about brilliantly original interpretations and ghastly travesties. And then there's the completely unexpected, like Stan Freberg's politically correct ?Elderly Man River."This is a book for all lovers of American song to explore, argue with, and savor. |
| CATEGORY: | Sports/Entertainment |
| PRICE: | $27.50 |
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| TITLE: | The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present by Tim Brooks |
| DESCRIPTION: | AMERICA'S #1 BESTSELLING TELEVISION BOOK WITH MORE THAN HALF A MILLION COPIES IN PRINT?NOW REVISED AND UPDATED!PROGRAMS FROM ALL SEVEN COMMERCIAL BROADCAST NETWORKS, MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED CABLE NETWORKS, PLUS ALL MAJOR SYNDICATED SHOWS!This is the must-have book for TV viewers in the new millennium?the entire history of primetime programs in one convenient volume. It's a guide you'll turn to again and again for information on every series ever telecast. There are entries for all the great shows, from evergreens like The Honeymooners, All in the Family, and Happy Days to modern classics like 24, The Office, and Desperate Housewives; all the gripping sci-fi series, from Captain Video and the new Battle Star Galactica to all versions of Star Trek; the popular serials, from Peyton Place and Dallas to Dawson's Creek and Ugly Betty; the reality show phenomena American Idol, Survivor, and The Amazing Race; and the hits on cable, including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Top Chef, The Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Project Runway, and SpongeBob SquarePants. This comprehensive guide lists every program alphabetically and includes a complete broadcast history, cast, and engaging plot summary?along with exciting behind-the-scenes stories about the shows and the stars.MORE THAN 500 ALL-NEW LISTINGS from Heroes and Grey's Anatomy to 30 Rock and Nip/Tuck UPDATES ON CONTINUING SHOWS such as CSI, Gilmore Girls, The Simpsons, and The Real WorldEXTENSIVE CABLE COVERAGE with more than 1,000 entries, including a description of the programming on each major cable networkAND DON'T MISS the exclusive and updated ?Ph.D. Trivia Quiz? of 200 questions that will challenge even the most ardent TV fan, plus a streamlined guide to TV-related websites for those who want to be constantly up-to-dateSPECIAL FEATURES!" Annual program schedules at a glance for the past 61 years--Top-rated shows of each season--Emmy Award winners--Longest-running series--Spin-off series--Theme songs--A fascinating history of TV ?This is the Guinness Book of World Records ...the Encyclopedia Britannica of television!??TV Guide |
| CATEGORY: | Sports/Entertainment |
| PRICE: | $27.95 |
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| TITLE: | Conversations with Woody Allen by Eric Lax |
| DESCRIPTION: | In discussions that begin in 1971 and end in 2009, Allen talks about every facet of moviemaking through the prism of his own work as well as the larger world of film, and in so doing reveals an artist's development over the course of his career. He speaks about his influences and about the genesis of his ideas; about writing, casting, acting, shooting, directing, editing, and scoring--and throughout shows himself to be thoughtful, honest, self-deprecating, always witty, and often hilarious. |
| CATEGORY: | Sports/Entertainment |
| PRICE: | $24.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Tao of Wu by The RZA |
| DESCRIPTION: | A unique book of wisdom and experience that reaches from the most violent slums of New York City to the highest planes of spiritual thought by the RZA, hip-hop's most exalted wise man. The RZA, the Abbot of the Wu-Tang Clan and hip-hop culture's most dynamic genius, imparts the lessons he's learned on the journey that's taken him from the Staten Island projects to international superstar, all along the way a devout student of knowledge in every form he's found it?on the streets, in religion, in martial arts, in chess, in popular culture. Part chronicle of an extraordinary life and part spiritual and philosophical discourse, The Tao of Wu is a nonfiction Siddhartha for the hip-hop generation ?an engaging, seeking book that will enlighten, entertain, and inspire. The legions of Wu-Tang fans are accustomed to this heady mix?their obsession with the band's puzzlelike lyrics and elaborate mythology has propelled the group through fifteen years of dazzling, multiplatform success. In his 2005 bestseller The Wu-Tang Manual, the RZA provided the barest glimpse of how that mythology worked. In The Tao of Wu, he takes us deep inside the complex sense of wisdom and spirituality that has been at the core of his commercial and creative success. The book is built around major moments in the RZA's life when he was faced with a dramatic turning point, either bad (a potential prison sentence) or good (a record deal that could pull his family out of poverty), and the lessons he took from each experience. His points of view are always surprising and provocative, and reveal a profound, genuine, and abiding wisdom?consistently tempered with humor and peppered with unique, colloquial phraseology. It is a spiritual memoir as the world has never seen before, and will never see again. |
| CATEGORY: | Sports/Entertainment |
| PRICE: | $24.95 |
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| TITLE: | Through the Wire: Lyrics & Illuminations by Kanye West |
| DESCRIPTION: | This is a rare partnership between two geniuses at the top of their crafts--Kanye West, who was named "the smartest man in hip-hop" by Time magazine, and Bill Plympton, an Academy Award-nominated animator, cartoonist, and illustrator.
Through the Wire is a graphic memoir that illustrates the lyrics of twelve Kanye West songs to tell his story, from his decision to drop out of college to pursue his dreams in music, through his days spent folding chinos at the Gap while struggling at night to make a name as a producer, through the pivotal car accident that eventually set him on the course to stardom and the epiphany of realizing exactly who he had become:
"...They say people in your life are like seasons
And anything that happens is for a reason..."
Plympton illustrates each of the songs in detail, his vision of Kanye's world. The songs are annotated with explanations of the references in the songs, biographical components that illuminate the lyrics, and their meaning on a deeply personal level. The result is a one-of-a-kind book that initially grabs you and stays with you forever. |
| CATEGORY: | Sports/Entertainment |
| PRICE: | $22.00 |
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| TITLE: | Always Magic in the Air by Ken Emerson |
| DESCRIPTION: | During the late 1950s and early 1960s, after the shock of Elvis Presley and before the Beatles spearheaded the British Invasion, fourteen gifted young songwriters huddled in midtown Manhattan's legendary Brill Building and a warren of offices a bit farther uptown and composed some of the most beguiling and enduring entries in the Great American Songbook. Always Magic in the Air is the first thorough history of these renowned songwriters?tunesmiths who melded black, white, and Latino sounds, integrated audiences before America desegregated its schools, and brought a new social consciousness to pop music. |
| CATEGORY: | Sports/Entertainment |
| PRICE: | $23.00 |
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| TITLE: | Take Time for Your Life by Cheryl Richardson |
| DESCRIPTION: | Live the life you've always dreamed of! America's #1 personal coach offers an inspiring, practical seven-step program to help you create the life you want.Imagine finding time to do all the things you want to do. Having plenty of energy for family and friends. Having control over your income and finances. Taking care of your physical and emotional well-being. If you feel as though the life you're living doesn't reflect your true priorities and is leaving you stressed out and unfulfilled, you're not alone. Cheryl Richardson--the leader in the new field of personal coaching, what she calls "a personal trainer for the soul"--has helped thousands of people make changes toward living a high-quality life, and in Take Time for Your Life she offers her step-by-step program so you can too. If you're tired of living a life that feels out of control and are ready to live life on your own terms--while still meeting your responsibilities--get ready to take action! Packed with useful exercises, checklists, concrete advice, client success stories, personal anecdotes, and a wealth of resources, Cheryl Richardson's seven-step program shows you how to identify and eliminate the things in life that are draining you and replace them with the things that fuel you. She gives you permission to put yourself at the top of your list. By doing so, you will find not only more energy and more enthusiasm but also that your relationships, your finances, your work, and your sense of well-being are improved and better balanced. Whether you're a corporate executive working sixty hours a week, a single parent trying to raise a family, someone starting his or her own business, or going back to school, Take Time for Your Life shows you how to step back, regain control, and make conscious decisions about the future you'd like to create. Richardson's strategies for overcoming the obstacles that block you from living the life you want will help you discover a world in which your priority list reflects your true desires. Take time for your life--and begin living a life that you love. |
| CATEGORY: | Self Improvement |
| PRICE: | $13.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Solution by Joe Vitale |
| DESCRIPTION: | Looking for answers to the challenges you face today? Want to know how to thrive (not just survive) in today's tough times? Dr. Joe Vitale has The Solution! Best-selling author and one of the standout stars of the hit movie "The Secret", Dr. Joe Vitale goes beyond feel good pep talks to reveal the real solution to attracting miracles in every area of your life and transcending your problems. Inspiring, enlightening and mind expanding, Dr. Vitale's "solution" involves a proven step-by-step methodology to quickly take you from "Victim" to "Victor!" The Solution How to break free from victim mentality--so you can get on with your life How to release limiting beliefs about money and relationships once and for all How to release fear and find courage in every area of your life How to go from goal "setting" to goal "getting" faster than you can imagine Three time-tested ways to attract miracles in every area of your life The four-step path to true spiritual awakening Three words that are guaranteed to change your life (and the planet) forever |
| CATEGORY: | Self Improvement |
| PRICE: | $9.95 |
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| TITLE: | Sacred Woman by Queen Afua |
| DESCRIPTION: | Queen Afua is a nationally renowned herbalist, natural health and nutrition expert, and dedicated healer of women's bodies and women's souls who practices a uniquely Afrocentric spirituality. Her classic bestseller, Heal Thyself, forever changed the way African Americans practice holistic health. Now, with Sacred Woman, she takes us on a transforming journey of physical and ancestral healing that will restore the magnificence of our spirits through sacred initiation.Queen Afua begins by helping us to discover our unique "womb-an-ness"--and to honor the womb as the center of our consciousness and creativity. Whether we are conceiving babies or businesses, ideas or art, Queen Afua illuminates the importance of cultivating our Womb Wisdom. After teaching us to transcend the taboos of growing up female, she outlines the full circle of womb wellness from menstruation to childbirth to menopause, and gives us a twenty-eight-day program for womb spirit rejuvenation and purification. Once our optimal womb wellness has been firmly established, we are ready for our initiation into Sacred Womanhood."Only a whole woman can be a Sacred Woman," says Queen Afua, and she blesses us with the exact tools we need to bring our beings into true harmony with the earth and the cosmos. Through extraordinary meditations, affirmations, and rituals rooted in Ancient Egyptian temple teachings, Queen Afua guides us through the nine portals of initiation. She teaches us how to love and rejoice in our bodies by spiritualizing ... the words we speak; the foods we eat; the spaces we live and work in; the beauty we create in our lives; the healing energy we transmit to self and others; the relationships we nurture; the service we offer; and the divine spirit we manifest.With love, wisdom, and passion, Queen Afua guides us to accept our mission and our mantle as Sacred Women--to heal ourselves, the generations of women in our families, our communities, and our world. |
| CATEGORY: | Self Improvement |
| PRICE: | $17.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Inner Game of Stress: Outsmart Life's Challenges and Fulfill Your Potential by John Horton |
| DESCRIPTION: | Renowned sports psychology expert W. Timothy Gallwey teams up with two esteemed physicians to offer a unique and empowering guide to mental health in today's volatile world. The Inner Game of Stress applies the trusted principles of Gallwey's wildly popular Inner Game series, which have helped athletes the world over, to the management of everyday stress–personal, professional, financial, physical–and shows us how to access our inner resources to maintain stability and achieve success. Stress attacks every aspect of our well-being. Gallwey explains how negative self-talk undermines us, making us believe that pressure is inevitable and that other people's expectations are paramount–which leaves us feeling helpless and unhappy. But as Gallwey shows, we have the means to build a shield against stress with our abilities to take childlike pleasure in learning new skills, to properly and healthily rest and relax, and to trust in our own good judgment. With his trademark mix of case histories and interactive worksheets, Gallwey helps us to tap into these inner strengths, giving us these invaluable tools: • the STOP technique: Learn how to Step back, Think, Organize, and Proceed with a more conscious choice process, even in the most chaotic circumstances. • the Attitude tool: If you're feeling resentment, try gratitude. • the Magic Pen: Develop the ability to open up your intuition and wisdom. • the Transpose exercise: Imagine what the other person thinks, feels, wants–and develop empathy, kindness, and better relationship skills. • the PLE triangle: Use your goals for Performance, Learning, and Experience to redefine success and enhance enjoyment. Now you don't have to be a champion athlete–or an athlete at all–to keep your life in perspective and your performance at its peak. A one-of-a kind guide, The Inner Game of Stress allows anyone to get in the game and win. |
| CATEGORY: | Self Improvement |
| PRICE: | $25.00 |
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| TITLE: | Follow the Model: Miss J's Guide to Unleashing Presence, Poise, and Power by J. Alexander |
| DESCRIPTION: | How does a six-foot-four, Bronx-born black gay male become Queen of the Catwalk? In one word: attitude. Beloved by millions of fans for his outrageous wit, spot-on critiques, and irrepressible flair, J. Alexander, affectionately known as Miss J, has helped groom hundreds of wannabe models as a runway coach and judge on America's Next Top Model, as well as coaching such supermodels as Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell, and Kimora Lee. But his empowering, no-nonsense advice applies far beyond the runway. And in this inspiring guide he shows women not just how to walk, but how to live the Miss J way--fully and fabulously. As witheringly funny in print as he is in person, Miss J recounts a remarkable life and career that began with creating couture knockoffs on his grandmother's sewing machine and took a brief detour while he considered becoming an accountant (yes, really). But it was a public casting call for a Jean Paul Gaultier runway show that led him to take his first impeccably clad step on the catwalk and confirmed his conviction that he belonged in the world of high fashion. In Follow the Model he reveals his secrets to succeeding at what you love most, shares life lessons and colorful (to say the least) anecdotes, provides a multitude of invaluable grooming and style tips, dishes on the celebrities he's worked with so intimately, and offers a glimpse into the world of ANTM. Not everyone is born to be a supermodel, but every woman can acquire confidence, self-esteem, and the determination to realize her dreams. You've got to want it, work it, and walk it--and Miss J is ready to show you how. |
| CATEGORY: | Self Improvement |
| PRICE: | $22.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Voice That Calls You Home: Inspiration for Life's Journeys by Andrea Raynor |
| DESCRIPTION: | A positive, affirming collection of essays that teaches how to understand and accept life's darkest hours--The Voice That Calls You Home will improve the way readers live each and every day.
As a hospice chaplain, cancer survivor, and a chaplain at Ground Zero following September 11, Andrea Raynor has gained a keen perspective on the meaning of life and death, comfort and grief. Through her own experiences, Raynor reminds readers that even in the most dire of circumstances, we still have the opportunity to recognize beauty, to be inspired by the tenacity of the human spirit, and to feel connected to something greater. Raynor acknowledges that we may not be able to prevent the difficulties that come in life, but we can always choose the way in which we face them. She urges us not to "live with our heads down, our eyes closed, and our hands in our pockets." Instead, she prompts us to remain open to the blessings that are all around us and to face life's challenges head-on--"to increase our courage, re-new our hope, and unite us in the knowledge that we are not alone." In the tradition of Anne Lamott and Kate Braestrup, The Voice That Calls You Home is a warm, personal, and practical guide to appreciating the wondrous world we live in, offering perspective on how we can bear the sorrows that are sure to come with a steady eye and a sense of hope, and find the connection between the spiritual and the everyday. |
| CATEGORY: | Self Improvement |
| PRICE: | $24.00 |
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| TITLE: | The Secret Strength of Depression, Fourth Edition by Frederic Flach |
| DESCRIPTION: | "...can make you feel better just by reading it."--Boston Globe Fully Revised and Updated Dr. Frederic Flach was one of the pioneers in the study of biology and depression and established the groundwork for the understanding of human resilience. When it was first published in 1974,The Secret Strength of Depression allowed people suffering from depression to no longer feel trapped in stigma and shame. Dr. Flach's positive, informative approach showed that, by tapping into their creative energy, an individual could turn their depression into a powerful force for personal growth. With clear, reassuring language, The Secret Strength of Depression has provided hope for millions worldwide. It is a timeless, enduring work that still offers invaluable insight some 30 years after its original publication. This new edition includes the latest information on Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression in children, the roles of spirituality in aiding recovery, and the myths and benefits of the new antidepressants. Give yourself or a loved one the gift of a new perspective and a new beginning with The Secret Strength of Depression. |
| CATEGORY: | Self Improvement |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | What's Worth Knowing by Wendy Lustbader |
| DESCRIPTION: | Colorful and enlightening vignettes about life by everyday people in their seventies, eighties, and nineties. When social worker Wendy Lustbader was asked to take down the histories of residents in a retirement community, she discovered that "the man with Alzheimer's in room 410" was actually ninety-six-year-old Ole Harlen, a former concert pianist. "The woman who people-watches in the lobby" was really Lila Lane, who eloped to Tijuana with her sweetheart at age sixteen, and who at age seventy-five bemoaned the fact that she could no longer wear high heels. Lustbader gathered these stories and more into What's Worth Knowing, a compilation of unforgettable first-person testimonials on love, truth, grief, faith, and fulfillment by people in their seventies, eighties, and nineties. Israel Grosskoff, for example, describes learning about trust while hiding from the Nazis during World War II. Giuseppe Maestriami passes on child-rearing lessons he discovered through growing prize-winning tomatoes. And Arsene St. Amand talks about the importance of making time for love-which he found for the first time only six months before his death. In What's Worth Knowing, readers can spend time with Ole, Lila, Israel, Giuseppe, and Arsene-and a hundred others, whose wisdom matters all the more because of the way they've acquired it. |
| CATEGORY: | Self Improvement |
| PRICE: | $14.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Michelle Wie Way: Inside Michelle Wie's Power-Swing Technique by John Andrisani |
| DESCRIPTION: | When Michelle Wie became the
youngest player to qualify for the
LPGA at age 12, she turned heads
with her ability to drive the ball
with startling distance and accuracy.
The buzz about "the female
Tiger Woods" reached a fever
pitch upon her decision to turn pro
at the age of 16. Dissecting one of
the most envied swings in golf today,
John Andrisani demonstrates
the five keys to mastering Wie's
power swing: the grip and setup,
powering your backswing, creating
a "flat spot," improving tempo,
and shifting balance to change the
dominant side. With detailed, stepby-
step photographs from renowned golf photographer
Yasuhiro Tanabe, Andrisani breaks down Wie's swing
into easy-to-follow instructions. |
| CATEGORY: | Health/Fitness |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Eat to Heal: The Phytochemical Diet and Nutrition Plan by Kristine Napier |
| DESCRIPTION: | Phytochemicals--substances that may reduce the risk and even the progression of cancer, heart disease, and other debilitating conditions--occur naturally in fruits, vegetables, grains and nuts. This invaluable guide shows how to make phytochemicals part of a healthful eating plan. |
| CATEGORY: | Health/Fitness |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Training for Life: Walk Your Way to Fitness and Weight Loss in 14 Days by Laura Tucker |
| DESCRIPTION: | Celebrity fitness trainer Debbie Rocker is one of the original developers of Spinning, the international fitness phenomenon, and a world record holder in cycling. In TRAINING FOR LIFE, Rocker shows readers how to use walking, the body's most natural form of exercise, to achieve total transformation in a mere two weeks. She presents her personalized fitness philosophy in a 14-day program that includes walking basics, dietary recommendations, and additional upper body workouts that tone muscles, build bone density, and speed weight loss. Readers will discover how they can build confidence, attain total fitness, and train their minds to think of exercise and eating right as fulflling, important parts of life. |
| CATEGORY: | Health/Fitness |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | The pH Miracle: Balance Your Diet, Reclaim Your Health by Robert O. Young |
| DESCRIPTION: | Never count calories, fat grams, or food portions again! Say good-bye to low energy, poor digestion, extra pounds, aches and pains, and disease. Say hello to renewed vigor, mental clarity, better overall health, and a lean, trim body. The key? Your health depends on the pH balance of its blood, striking the optimum 80/20 balance between an alkaline and acidic environment provided by eating certain foods. Now an innovative, proven effective diet program can work with your body chemistry and help revitalize and maintain your health. Rediscover the secrets of: * Breakfast, the low-carb, high-fiber meal that will be the biggest change you'll make; * The cleanse--a liquid detox to reduce your body's impurities and normalize digestion and metabolism; *Ridding your body of harmful bacteria, yeast, and molds; *Alkaline foods--tomatoes, avocados, and green vegetables-and how to mix them with mildly acidic foods like fish, grains, and certain fruits to create tempting and delicious meals; *Supplements--how to select, shop, and calculate the right dosage for you; *Water, the all-important drink-how to make sure yours is safe, pure, and plentiful. Learn how to balance your live and diet with the incredible halth benefits of thsi revoulationary program... The pH Miracle. |
| CATEGORY: | Health/Fitness |
| PRICE: | $14.95 |
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| TITLE: | Balance: In Search of the Lost Sense by Scott McCredie |
| DESCRIPTION: | Although vital to our well-being and even to our success as a species, the physical sense of balance has never attained the same recognition as sight, hearing, touch, smell, or taste. Now, with an epidemic of debilitating falls sweeping America's aging population, the time is ripe for a lively and illuminating tour of the human body's most exquisitely intricate and least understood faculty. BALANCE is the first book written for a general audience that examines the mysteries of the human balance system--the astonishingly complicated mechanisms that allow our bodies to counteract the force of gravity as we move through space. A scientific, historical, and practical exploration of how balance works, BALANCE also provides the keys to remaining upright for as long as humanly possible. From simple motion sickness to astronauts'"space stupids," and from fetal somersaults to the Flying Wallendas, McCredie guides readers on a delightful quest to elevate balance to its rightful place in the pantheon of the senses. |
| CATEGORY: | Health/Fitness |
| PRICE: | $24.99 |
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| TITLE: | How We Do It: How the Science of Sex Can Make You a Better Lover by Judy Dutton |
| DESCRIPTION: | Did you know that the scent that turns men on the most is pumpkin pie mixed with lavender? And that women have been known to go wild from a whiff of Good & Plenty and cucumber? For anyone who wants to know more about sex, attraction, and how to improve his or her chances with someone cute comes this indispensable resource from Judy Dutton. How We Do It takes you into the simmering world of sex researchers who have been documenting the many esoteric aspects of the erotic realm for years. With this book the laboratory door is finally open to you. Follow the fictional couple John and Jane as they meet, flirt, kiss, have sex, and try to figure out what their attraction means and what to do about it. Backed by hundreds of scientific studies and interviews with people just like you, Judy Dutton reveals the why behind John's impulse to rip Jane's clothes off before he gets to know her. Even more than the science, though, How We Do It gives you hands-on lessons on how to take your sex life up a notch and put science to good use. What's the best way to handle someone's hot spots?; Are men more promiscuous than women?; Does size really matter?; What brings on bigger, better orgasms?; Can a brain scan tell if you're in love or just in lust?; Will there ever be a women's version of Viagra?; Why should women plan dates around their ovulation schedule?; Why are men with names containing i or e more attractive?; Why do women always seem to fall for jerks?; Why do men chase women who are much younger than they are? Nowadays, anyone on the Web can call themselves a "sexpert" but have no more credentials than your clueless best friend. Judy Dutton interviews the real experts who devote their lives--and their graduate degrees--to the subject of sex. But all her research wasn't done solely with people in white coats. She also hit the streets to see just what's going on in the world of attraction. As a result, How We Do It is an illuminating and accurate look at what turns us on, what turns us off, and how we can get better in the sack. |
| CATEGORY: | Health/Fitness |
| PRICE: | $24.95 |
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| TITLE: | The New Sugar Busters!(r): Revised and Updated Edition by H. Leighton Steward |
| DESCRIPTION: | WIN THE FIGHT AGAINST FAT?THE SUGAR BUSTERS! WAYWhen SUGAR BUSTERS! hit the shelves almost five years ago, it quickly became a diet and lifestyle phenomenon. The millions of people across the country on the SUGAR BUSTERS! plan discovered that by simply choosing the correct carbohydrates and lowering their sugar intake, they could shed the pounds they failed to lose with other diets. Now the weight-loss program that swept the nation has been completely revised and updated?incorporating all the newest nutritional findings, health statistics, and scientific studies, and featuring all-new, easy-to-follow recipes and meal plans.Among the wealth of new material in this edition, you'll find amazing testimonials from men and women who are losing weight and feeling fit the SUGAR BUSTERS! way; frequently asked questions and helpful answers; the latest on diabetes?and how SUGAR BUSTERS! can help prevent it; essential facts on women, weight loss, and nutrition; and new tips, updated charts, and practical exercise suggestions.So arm yourself with the facts and get the figure you?ve always wanted. When it comes to optimal wellness on the SUGAR BUSTERS! program, it's survival of the fittest?a way of life in which everybody wins! |
| CATEGORY: | Health/Fitness |
| PRICE: | $7.99 |
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| TITLE: | 5 Days to a Flatter Stomach: Beat the Bulge and Banish Bloating by Monica Grenfell |
| DESCRIPTION: | Almost everyone would love to have a flatter stomach--and now everyone can. Diet and exercise guru Monica Grenfell gives readers the real skinny on why their stomachs are bulging. From bloating to poor posture, she identifies the most common reasons for less-than-perfect tummies and then offers solutions in this easy-to-follow program, giving readers the low-down on which foods to eat and when, along with exercises to tone the stomach. With photographs of the exercises, along with a 5-day menu plan that includes recipes, this is a fail-safe program that will give readers the real results they want--a flatter stomach in just five days! |
| CATEGORY: | Health/Fitness |
| PRICE: | $9.95 |
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| TITLE: | Scattered by Gabor Mate |
| DESCRIPTION: | Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) has quickly become a controversial topic in recent years. Whereas other books on the subject describe the condition as inherited, Dr. Gabor Maté believes that our social and emotional environments play a key role in both the cause of and cure for this condition. In Scattered, he describes the painful realities of ADD and its effect on children as well as on career and social paths in adults. While acknowledging that genetics may indeed play a part in predisposing a person toward ADD, Dr. Maté moves beyond that to focus on the things we can control: changes in environment, family dynamics, and parenting choices. He draws heavily on his own experience with the disorder, as both an ADD sufferer and the parent of three diagnosed children. Providing a thorough overview of ADD and its treatments, Scattered is essential and life-changing reading for the millions of ADD sufferers in North America today. |
| CATEGORY: | Health/Fitness |
| PRICE: | $16.00 |
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| TITLE: | Return to Beauty: Old-World Recipes for Great Radiant Skin by Narine Nikogosian |
| DESCRIPTION: | Return to Beauty offers regimens made from fresh ingredients that can be found right in your kitchen. With recipes for winter, spring, summer, and fall, you can look beautiful throughout the year. Narine Nikogosian's natural and inexpensive products can be whipped up in less than ten minutes. Have a jar of honey in your pantry? Mix it with a few crushed walnuts to create a sensual, aromatic scrub for oily skin. Use dabs of cottage cheese to lighten undereye circles, or almond oil to rehydrate cracked lips. Narine also provides recipes based on astrological signs, such as for Scorpio, a Gracious Grapefruit Mask made of grapefruit, egg yolk, and soothing honey to rejuvenate your skin even after a late night. Narine is from a long line of Armenian women who have been harnessing the powers of nature to create everlasting beauty. For the first time, she reveals her secrets so that you can have star-worthy skin. |
| CATEGORY: | Health/Fitness |
| PRICE: | $25.00 |
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| TITLE: | Lupus Handbook for Women: Up-to-Date Information on Understanding and Managing the Disease Which Affects by Robin Dibner |
| DESCRIPTION: | A complete Guide for Women with Lupus The Lupus Handbook for women provides all the information a woman needs to understand the disease, its diagnosis, and the treatment. It will answer her questions and help her to work with her doctor in managing the disease. Rheumatologist Dr. Robin J. Dibner, in clear and supportive terms, tells women what they need to know, including: * What lupus is, how it affects the body, and why women are particularly vulnerable to it (90 percent of Americans with lupus are women) * The three different types of lupus (discoid lupus, systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE], and drug-induced lupus) * How to get a correct diagnosis and understand the tests (because the symptoms are often mistaken for those of other illnesses, it can take three to five years to get a definitive diagnosis) * The pros and cons of the various conventional drugs and therapies * What the new, experimental treatments are, whom they are for, and what their risks and benefits are * How to use stress control, diet, and exercise to prevent flare-ups and maintain health * How to keep lupus from interfering with a normal dating and sex life and with the development of healthy relationships * How to have a safe, though high-risk, pregnancy The Lupus Handbook for Women also includes information on the major lupus research centers, support groups, and other sources of help and information. |
| CATEGORY: | Health/Fitness |
| PRICE: | $13.00 |
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| TITLE: | Entwined Lives by Nancy Segal |
| DESCRIPTION: | Dr. Segal brings together cutting-edge information and illustrative case histories of twins and their families to explore ways in which twins enhance our knowledge of human behavior and physical development, while shedding new light on evolutionary psychology. Foreword by Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr., Ph.D. |
| CATEGORY: | Health/Fitness |
| PRICE: | $16.00 |
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| TITLE: | Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy |
| DESCRIPTION: | A young man falls victim to his own obsession with an amorous farm girl in this classic novel of fate and unrequited love. Published anonymously and first attributed, erroneously, to George Eliot, this Signet Classic version is set from Hardy's revised final draft-the authoritative Wessex edition of 1912. |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $5.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories by H. P. Lovecraft |
| DESCRIPTION: | Howard Phillips Lovecraft's unique contribution to American literature was a melding of traditional supernaturalism (derived chiefly from Edgar Allan Poe) with the genre of science fiction that emerged in the early 1920s. This new Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics edition brings together a dozen of the master's tales-from his early short stories "Under the Pyramids" (originally ghostwritten for Harry Houdini) and "The Music of Erich Zann" (which Lovecraft ranked second among his own favorites) through his more fully developed works, "The Dunwich Horror," The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, and At the Mountains of Madness.The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories presents the definitive corrected texts of these works, along with Lovecraft critic and biographer S. T. Joshi's illuminating introduction and notes to each story. |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $15.00 |
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| TITLE: | Eight Cousins: From the Original Publisher by Louisa May Alcott |
| DESCRIPTION: | Rose, a shy orphan, blossoms in the company of her spirited relatives when she takes up residence at "The Aunt Hill." This captivating novel by the author of Little Women offers readers of all ages endearing, inspiring stories about growing up, making friends, and facing life with kindness and courage. |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Jo's Boys: From the Original Publisher by Louisa May Alcott |
| DESCRIPTION: | This sequel to Alcott's "Little Women" and "Little Men" chronicles the return of the classmates of Plumfield, Jo's school for boys. Readers reencounter Nat, the orphaned street musician, now a conservatory student; restless Dan, back from the gold mines of California; business-minded Tom; and other old friends. |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $8.99 |
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| TITLE: | Little Men: From the Original Publisher by Louisa May Alcott |
| DESCRIPTION: | The characters from Little Women grow up and begin new adventures at Plumfield, a progressive school founded by Jo and her husband, Professor Burr. |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott |
| DESCRIPTION: | In this sequel to Eight Cousins, Rose Campbell returns to the "Aunt Hill" after two years of traveling around the world. Suddenly, she is surrounded by male admirers, all expecting her to marry them. But before she marries anyone, Rose is determined to establish herself as an independent young woman. Besides, she suspects that some of her friends like her more for her money than for herself. |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| DESCRIPTION: | Fitzgerald's second novel, a devastating portrait of the excesses of the Jazz Age, is a largely autobiographical depiction of a glamorous, reckless Manhattan couple and their spectacular spiral into tragedy. Published on the heels of This Side of Paradise, the story of the Harvard-educated aesthete Anthony Patch and his willful wife, Gloria, is propelled by Fitzgerald's intense romantic imagination and demonstrates an increased technical and emotional maturity. The Beautiful and Damned is at once a gripping morality tale, a rueful meditation on love, marriage, and money, and an acute social document. As Hortense Calisher observes in her Introduction, "Though Fitzgerald can entrance with stories so joyfully youthful they appear to be safe?when he cuts himself, you will bleed." |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $12.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| DESCRIPTION: | Hawthorne's novel of Americans abroad, the first novel to explore the influence of European cultural ideas on American morality. Although it is set in Rome, the fictive world of The Marble Faun depends not on Italy's social or historical significance, but rather on its aesthetic importance as a definer of 'civilization'. As in The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne is concerned here with the nature of transgression and guilt. A murder, motivated by love, affects not only Donatello, the murderer, but his beloved Miriam and their friends Hilda and Kenyon. As he explores the reactions of each to the crime, Hawthorne dramatizes both the freedoms a new cultural model inspires and the self-censoring conformities it requires. His examination of the influence of European culture on American travellers lay the groundwork for such later works of American fiction as Mark Twain's The Innocents Abroad and Henry James' The Portrait of a Lady. |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $11.00 |
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| TITLE: | Idylls of the King and a New Selection of Poems by Alfred Tennyson |
| DESCRIPTION: | His poems evoke the past and present, the exotic and the familiar, the rich and the poor, making this selection accessible-and applicable-to just about everyone. |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $5.95 |
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| TITLE: | Plays by George Bernard Shaw by George Bernard Shaw |
| DESCRIPTION: | In Mrs. Warren's Profession, Arms and the Man, Candida, and Man and Superman, George Bernard Shaw satirizes society, military heroism, marriage, and the pursuit of man by woman. From a social, literary, and theatrical standpoint, these four plays are among the foremost dramas of the age-as intellectually stimulating as they are humorous. |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $7.95 |
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| TITLE: | Evangeline and Selected Tales and Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| DESCRIPTION: | Distinguished poet Horace Gregory has selected thirty-seven of Longfellow's most enduring poems for this edition, the only paperback of Longfellow's poetry in print. |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $6.95 |
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| TITLE: | Children of the Dawn by Patricia Rowe |
| DESCRIPTION: | Nine thousand years ago, the horses died, leaving the band of people called the Shahala hungry. Their Moonkeeper, Ashan, led them across the Tabu land, but ahead waited a woman with secrets that would destroy the love between Ashan and her mate. |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Poems by Robert Frost by Robert Frost |
| DESCRIPTION: | The publication of A Boy's Will (1913) and North of Boston (1914) marked the debut of Robert Frost as a major talent, and established him as the true poetic voice of New England. Four of his volumes would win the Pulitzer Prize before his death in 1963, and his body of work has since become an integral part of the American national heritage.This is the only edition to present these two classics in their original form. A Boy's Will introduced readers to Frost's unmistakable poetic voice and in North of Boston we find two of his most famous poems, "Mending Wall? and ?The Death of a Hired Man." With an introduction by distinguished critic and Amherst professor William H. Pritchard, a new afterword by poet and critic Peter Davison, and a newly updated bibliography, this edition stands as a complete and vital introduction to the work of the quintessential modern American poet. |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $4.95 |
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| TITLE: | The Gift by Lewis Hyde |
| DESCRIPTION: | Discusses the argument that a work of art is essentially a gift and not a commodity. |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $14.95 |
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| TITLE: | Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties by Marion Meade |
| DESCRIPTION: | In her exuberant new work, BOBBED HAIR AND BATHTUB GIN, Marion Meade presents a portrait of four extraordinary writers--Dorothy Parker, Zelda Fitzgerald, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Edna Ferber--whose loves, lives, and literary endeavors embodied the spirit of the 1920s. Capturing the jazz rhythms and desperate gaiety that defined the era, Meade gives us Parker, Fitzgerald, Millay, and Ferber, traces the intersections of their lives, and describes the men (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edmund Wilson, Harold Ross, and Robert Benchley) who influenced them, loved them, and sometimes betrayed them. Here are the social and literary triumphs (Parker's Round Table witticisms appeared almost daily in the newspapers and Ferber and Millay won Pulitzer Prizes) and inevitably the penances each paid: crumbled love affairs, abortions, depression, lost beauty, nervous breakdowns, and finally, overdoses and even madness. These literary heroines did what they wanted, said what they thought, living wholly in the moment. They kicked open the door for twentieth-century women writers and set a new model for every woman trying to juggle the serious issues of economic independence, political power, and sexual freedom. Meade recreates the excitement, romance, and promise of the 1920s, a decade celebrated for cultural innovation--the birth of jazz, the beginning of modernism--and social and sexual liberation, bringing to light, as well, the anxiety and despair that lurked beneath the nonstop partying and outrageous behavior. A vibrant mixture of literary scholarship, social history, and scandal, BOBBED HAIR AND BATHTUB GIN is a rich evocation of a period that will forever intrigue and captivate us. |
| CATEGORY: | Classic Literature |
| PRICE: | $14.00 |
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| TITLE: | Grimoire: Tracked by Terror by Brad Strickland |
| DESCRIPTION: | Jarvey Midion is lost within the pages of the Grimoire, a mysterious book that allows its masters to conjure up new and ghostly worlds seemingly without end. Jarvey and his friend Betsy's mission? To continue navigating through this ancient tome and figure out its secrets. But every time it seems as if they are getting closer to an answer, Jarvey's nightmares serve up another bout of confusion. How can Jarvey fight an evil that he hasn't even begun to comprehend? And worse, what if he can't resist the temptations of the powerful book? The second installment in the suspenseful trilogy by Brad Strickland, Tracked by Terror continues the fast-paced and thrilling story of this puzzling book and the family that is imprisoned within its pages. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $15.99 |
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| TITLE: | Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis |
| DESCRIPTION: | Luther T. Farrell has got to get out of Flint, Michigan.As his best friend Sparky says, "Flint's nothing but the Titanic."And his mother, a.k.a. the Sarge, says, "Take my advice and stay off the sucker path."The Sarge milked the system to build an empire of slum housing and group homes. Luther's just one of the many people trapped in the Sarge's Evil Empire?but he's about to bust out.If Luther wins the science fair this year, he'll be on track for college and a future as America's best-known and best-loved philosopher. All he's got to do is beat his arch rival Shayla Patrick, the beautiful daughter of Flint's finest undertaker?and the love of Luther's life.Sparky's escape plans involve a pit bull named Poofy and the world's scariest rat. Oh, and Luther. Add to the mix Chester X., Luther's mysterious roommate; Dontay Gaddy, a lawyer whose phone number is 1-800-SUE'M ALL; and Darnell Dixon, the Sarge's go-to guy who knows how to break all the rules.Bucking the Sarge is a story that only Christopher Paul Curtis could tell. Once again the Newbery Award?winning author of Bud, Not Buddy and The Watsons Go to Birmingham?1963 gives us a whole new angle on life and a world full of unforgettable and hilarious characters. Readers will root for Luther and Sparky every step of the way.Praise forThe Watsons Go to Birmingham?1963:?An exceptional first novel."?Publishers Weekly, Starred?Ribald humor ... and a totally believable child's view of the world will make this book an instant hit."?School Library Journal, StarredPraise forBud, Not Buddy:?Curtis has given a fresh, new look to a traditional orphan-finds-a-home story that would be a crackerjack read-aloud."?School Library Journal, Starred |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $6.99 |
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| TITLE: | Crystal Doors #1 by Rebecca Moesta |
| DESCRIPTION: | This first novel in a new trilogy finds 14-year-old cousins Gwen and Vic accidentally transported through a magical crystal door to the island Elantya. They are soon caught in a tempest of ancient magic and fierce battles all connected to ancient feuds and the cousins' own mysterious roots. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Diary of a Witness by Catherine Ryan Hyde |
| DESCRIPTION: | One day, something's going to snap. . . . Ernie doesn't have a lot of friends at school. Just Will. They have stuff in common--like fishing. But more important, they have common enemies: the school jocks, who seem to find bullying just another sport. For the most part, Ernie and Will take life at high school in stride. Until Will has one very bad day. Now nothing is remotely funny. Ernie finds himself a witness--to loss, to humiliation, and to Will's anger--an anger that's building each and every moment. Ernie doesn't want to believe his best friend is changing, but he can't deny the truth. Soon he has a choice: join or die. Or can he find another way? Praise for The Day I Killed James: “Teens who have experienced crushing rejection or who have laughed at the ardent feelings of a classmate will devour this original, gripping story.”--Kirkus Reviews |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $16.99 |
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| TITLE: | Babysitting Bandit [Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew Series #23] by Carolyn Keene |
| DESCRIPTION: | Whoa, baby! When a neighbor hires Nancy, Bess, and George to take care of her eighteen-month-old identical twins, the girls are happy to help. After all, the Clue Crew has stopped would-be thieves, uncovered scams, and recovered stolen objects--how hard can watching a couple of babies be? But being a mother's helper is trickier than they thought, especially when the twins' toys start disappearing. Can the Clue Crew look after the babies and figure out who's taking the toys, or are they in too far over their heads this time? |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $4.99 |
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| TITLE: | Akiko: Pieces of Gax by Mark Crilley |
| DESCRIPTION: | Akiko's always prepared for something out of this world, but when she goes on a pleasure trip to Gollarondo with Poog, Mr. Beeba, Spuckler Boach, and Gax she can barely believe her eyes--Gollarondo is a city that was built completely upside down! Forget sight-seeing. All Akiko wants to do is keep both feet on the ground. Which is not so easy. Almost as soon as the gang arrives Spuckler's robot Gax accidentally flies off one of Gollarondo's balconies and into the Moonguzzit Sea below. Good news: He survived the fall. Bad news: Anything and everything that falls from Gollarondo is automatically the property of Nugg von Hoffelhiff--the ruler of the seas beneath the city. By the time Akiko and her crew are able to gain an audience with Nugg, he has sold Gax to others. What's worse, he actually broke Gax down into spare parts to maximize his profits! It's up to Akiko and the gang to retrieve the pieces of Gax before they are spread far and wide across the Moonguzzit Sea. But the people who bought the parts run the gamut from off the wall to downright villainous, so saving Gax's neck (and body and wheels) may turn out to be Akiko's most dangerous mission yet. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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| TITLE: | Little Women: From the Original Publisher by Louisa May Alcott |
| DESCRIPTION: | As part of the wonderful Collector's Library Series, Little Women is one of the best-loved children's classics of all time. This attractive volume contains the complete and unabridged story with 8 full color illustrations, plus numerous black & white illustrations throughout. The deluxe edition features a full piece cloth case, a four color illustrated onlay on the front cover, foil stamping on front and spine, stained edges on three sides, printed endpapers with book plate, and a satin ribbon marker. This book should have an honored place in any child's library. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Mrs. O'Leary's Cow by Mary Ann Hoberman |
| DESCRIPTION: | Mary Ann Hoberman has adapted the well-known song based on the true story of the Great Chicago Fire, "There'll be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight," into a funny and memorable story. When Mrs. O'Leary leaves her lantern in the barn, the cow kicks it over and starts a fire. Hoberman's humorous text and Jenny Mattheson's luminous illustrations keep this picture book comic and non-threatening, and, of course, the fire is put out in the end by 10 heroic firefighters. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $16.99 |
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| TITLE: | Birthday Vicious by Melissa De La Cruz |
| DESCRIPTION: | Ashley spencer considers her birthday to be the most important event next to . . well, okay, it's just the most important event, period. Hello. So when the invite list is cast and the custom embossed invitations are sent, it's a who's-who list of San Francisco's best tweens. If people don't yet know whether they are in or out, this party is sure to draw the lines of coolness in the most permanent of inks. Ashley intends to prove that there's a reason she's been at the top of the social food chain her entire life, and she's not about to be unseated by some lame website ranking. She'd also like to solve the problem of losing her boyfriend. Will all her birthday wishes come true? Or is it more like it's her party and she'll freak if she wants to? |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Soul Stealer: The Alchemist's Son Part II by Martin Booth |
| DESCRIPTION: | Pip and her twin brother, Tim, join forces again with Sebastian, the alchemist's son they awakened from a centuries-long slumber, to fight against an evil magician who learns people's deepest secrets in order to control their souls. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Land of the Silver Apples by Nancy Farmer |
| DESCRIPTION: | THE CHILDREN FROM THE SEA OF TROLLS BRAVE THEIR WORST NIGHTMARES--UNDERGROUND. Jack is amazed to have caused an earthquake. He is thirteen, after all, and only a bard-in-training. But his sister, Lucy, has been stolen by the Lady of the Lake; stolen a second time in her young life, as he learns to his terror. Caught between belief in the old gods and Christianity (790 AD, Britain), Jack calls upon his ash wood staff to subdue a passel of unruly monks, and, for his daring, ends up in a knucker hole. It is unforgettable--for the boy and for readers--as are the magical reappearance of the berserker Thorgil from a burial by moss; new characters Pega, a slave girl from Jack's village, and the eager-to-marry-her Bugaboo (a hobgoblin king); kelpies; yarthkins; and elves (not the enchanted sprites one would expect but the fallen angels of legend). Rarely does a sequel enlarge so brilliantly the world of the first story. Look for the conclusion in The Islands of the Blessed in 2009. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Getting Even: Good Girlz by ReShonda Tate Billingsley |
| DESCRIPTION: | The fourth book in The Good Girlz series from national bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley. One guy is leading them on....Best friends forever, Camille, Alexis, Jasmine, and Angel always stand up for each other. So when Camille runs into boy problems, Jasmine is ready to settle the score--even ready to fight! Camille convinces her it's not worth it, even though she was attacked by some girls who are jealous of the attention she's getting from Vic, a cute guy Camille met at a football game. But Camille's boy troubles are just starting....Should they forgive--or make him pay?Alexis is dating a guy named Anthony, and it doesn't take long for Jasmine to discover that he's Anthony Vickers--the very same Vic that Camille has fallen for! When the truth comes out, the girls cook up a scheme for payback, something that will teach a two-timing guy the error of his ways. But their dramatic plan may be backfiring, tearing at the bonds of their own friendship, and showing them that the price for revenge is high--for everyone. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $9.95 |
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| TITLE: | Almost Famous, A Talent novel by Zoey Dean |
| DESCRIPTION: | Almost Famous is the next offering in the upbeat, überchic Talent series from bestselling phenomenon Zoey Dean, about friendship, betrayal, and the L.A. elite. Mackenzie Little-Armstrong's life is almost perfect. She has discovered an almost-movie star, she's on the brink of winning Eighth Grade Social Chair, and the fabulous back-to-school gala is just around the corner, sure to showcase Mac and her BFFs as the Next Big Things. But in the cutthroat world of Hollywood, a girl can go from almost there to nowheresville faster than you can say ?soy is so last year." So hang on for the wild ride as Mac, Emily and their BFFs fight for survival?social survival, that is?and climb their way back to the Inner Circle. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Star Power by Zoey Dean |
| DESCRIPTION: | From multi-million-copy-selling Zoey Dean comes the next addition to the Talent series! Mac, Emily, Coco and Becks are so over BAMS? which means their focus has turned to hitting the Big Time. Emily's on the set of her first movie, starring opposite longtime crush Davey Woodward, while Mac's busy launching Coco's new Aguilerainspired debut and Becks's Quicksilver modeling career. Superstardom, here they come! Check out the results of Zoey Dean's Nationwide Talent Contest at www.zoeydeanstalent.com, where you can see just how precious talent really is. As we all know, YOU EITHER HAVE IT OR YOU DON'T. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $9.99 |
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| TITLE: | Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library! by Bret Witter |
| DESCRIPTION: | The story of Dewey the celebrated library cat is now available for the youngest of readers in this new, fully-illustrated picture book adventure. When Librarian Vicki Myron finds a young kitten abandoned in the Spencer Library return box, she nurses him back to health, deciding then and there that he will be their library cat, and naming him, appropriately, Dewey Readmore Books. Dewey loves his new home, but once he discovers the littlest library visitors-who like to chase him, pull his tail, and squeeze him extra tight-Dewey begins to wonder if he's truly cut out for the demands of his new job. In the end, he is triumphant as he realizes that helping people big and small is what he is meant to do, and that by sharing his special brand of Dewey love, he can be the best library cat of all. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $16.99 |
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| TITLE: | Love Is the Higher Law by David Levithan |
| DESCRIPTION: | First there is a Before, and then there is an After. . . . The lives of three teens--Claire, Jasper, and Peter--are altered forever on September 11, 2001. Claire, a high school junior, has to get to her younger brother in his classroom. Jasper, a college sophomore from Brooklyn, wakes to his parents' frantic calls from Korea, wondering if he's okay. Peter, a classmate of Claire's, has to make his way back to school as everything happens around him. Here are three teens whose intertwining lives are reshaped by this catastrophic event. As each gets to know the other, their moments become wound around each other's in a way that leads to new understandings, new friendships, and new levels of awareness for the world around them and the people close by. David Levithan has written a novel of loss and grief, but also one of hope and redemption as his characters slowly learn to move forward in their lives, despite being changed forever. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $15.99 |
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| TITLE: | Andromeda Klein by Frank Portman |
| DESCRIPTION: | Andromeda Klein has a few problems. Her hair is kind of horrible. Her partner-in-occultism, Daisy, is dead. Her secret, estranged, much older and forbidden boyfriend-in-theory, has gone AWOL. And her mother has learned how to text. In short, things couldn't get much worse. Until they do. Daisy seems to be attempting to make contact from beyond, books are starting to disappear from the library, and then, strangely and suddenly, Andromeda's tarot readings are beginning to predict events with bizarrely literal accuracy. Omens are everywhere. Dreams; swords; fires; hidden cards; lost, broken, and dead cell phones ... and what is Daisy trying to tell her? In the ensuing struggle of neutral versus evil, it's Andromeda Klein against the world, modern society, demonic forces, and the "friends" of the library. From Frank Portman, author of King Dork, comes another unique literary experience. Andromeda Klein is dark, funny, smart, and entirely unforgettable. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $17.99 |
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| TITLE: | The Clique: Charmed and Dangerous: The Clique Prequel by Lisi Harrison |
| DESCRIPTION: | Happy New Clique! Once upon a time, in Westchester and Orlando, there were four betas just waiting for their alpha. It took a miracle to bring the Pretty Committee together--or rather, a New Year's Yves party. Because sometimes when you meet someone, it just cliques. Massie Block: Is destined to lead, but trapped as a beta in the Ahnabees, the top clique at PMS (Presbyterian Middle School). She has ah-mazing ideas--Friday night sleepovers, Gossip Points, and atching charm bracelets. When will it be her time to rule? Alicia Rivera: Is dying to lead the Body Alive Dance Studio Squad. With the captain on vacation, BADSS's live performance on Merri Lee Marvil's New Year's Yves show is her chance to shine. Will she prove herself alpha-worthy--or will she need to find a whole new clique? Dylan Marvil: Is done, done, and done with people kissing her teeny-tiny butt just because her mom is famous. But who would be brave enough to stand up to someone so Marvilous? Kristen Gregory: Has made a New Year's resolution to make friends and get a life. Escape from Planet Loser starts ... now! Claire Lyons: Is psyched times ten to win a last-minute invitation to the New Year's Yves satellite party in Orlando. But first she needs to sneak out of the house. And the countdown to midnight begins in ten ... nine ... eight ... The Clique ... the only thing harder than getting in is staying in. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $15.99 |
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| TITLE: | A Feather of Stone #3 by Cate Tiernan |
| DESCRIPTION: | After seventeen-year-old Thais Allard loses her widowed father in a tragic car accident, she is forced to leave the only home she's ever known to live with a total stranger in New Orleans.New Orleans greets Thais with many secrets and mysteries, but none as unbelievable as the moment she comes face to face with the impossible? an identical twin, Clio.Thais soon learns that she and the twin she never knew come from a family of witches, that she possesses astonishing powers, and that she, along with Clio, has a key role in Balefire, the coven she was born into.Fiery Clio is less than thrilled to have to share the spotlight, but the twins must learn to combine their powers in order to complete a rite that will transform their lives and the coven forever. |
| CATEGORY: | Young Adult |
| PRICE: | $5.99 |
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