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Belgium - Culture Smart! !: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture [Secure eReader]
by Mandy Macdonald
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Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successfu... more info>>
Category: Travel
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Beyond the Matrix: Daring Conversations with the Brilliant Minds of Our Times [Secure eReader]
by Patricia Cori
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Those concerned with the current eco-crisis most often look only to scientists and politicians for solutions. In this important book, Patricia Cori invites another, overlooked group—perhaps the most important one—to join the discussion. Beyond the Matrix collects some of the most provocative, forward-thinking interviews conducted on Cori's radio show of the same name, bringing together leaders in various fields of alternative thinking to propose new and exciting perspectives on the future of hum... more info>>
Category: Self Improvement
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Bitter Melon
by Cara Chow
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Frances, a Chinese-American student at an academically competitive school in San Francisco, has always had it drilled into her to be obedient to her mother and to be a straight-A student so that she can go to Med school. But is being a doctor what she wants? It has never even occurred to Frances to question her own feelings and desires until she accidentally winds up in speech class and finds herself with a hidden talent. Does she dare to challenge the mother who has sacrificed everything for... more info>>
Category: Young Adult
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Blackstaff Tower [Ed Greenwood Presents Waterdeep]
by Steven E. Schend
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A Call for Heroes! A young group of friends stumble across a terrifying conspiracy that holds the heir to the Blackstaff, the defender of the city of Waterdeep, in terrible danger. These friends must search deep within themselves to become the heroes their city needs to save its champion from those who would see both brought low. Ed Greenwood, beloved author and creator of the Forgotten Realms, presents the first book in a brand-new series dedicated to showcasing both the City of Splendors... more info>>
Category: Suspense/Thriller
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Blond Baboon
by Janwillem Van De Wetering
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Grijpstra and de Grier are called to an elegant townhouse where the body of a middle-aged woman has been found in her garden with a broken neck. The slippery steps - and the lady's drinking problem - make it look like an accident. But the dead woman's wealth, a neighborhood pet poisoner, and an ex-lover nicknamed "the Baboon" convince the commissaris that it's murder.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Blood Moon: An Inspector Hal Challis and Sergeant Ellen Destry Investigation
by Garry Disher
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Praise for Garry Disher: “[A] first-rate Australian author.”—The New York Times Book Review “While many readers want their thrillers with gouts of gore and endless gunplay, for me, a writer like Disher—old-fashioned in the best sense of the term—is the most satisfying. The humanity that his officers bring to the story, their interactions, their doggedness and determination, are the real reasons to give his series a try.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer ... more info>>
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Blood of the Wicked
by Leighton Gage
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“Blood of the Wicked manages to pack a huge amount into a spare three hundred pages; power politics, petty violence, sexual scandal, saintly courage, staggering poverty and obscene wealth. A book that makes you care about its large cast of characters, even when you know that they are going to die—frequently horribly. This is a novel as rich and complex as Brazil itself, with villains who make you want to spit, and heroes whose goodness is heartbreaking.”—Rebecca Pawel, Ed... more info>>
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Blood on My Hands [Secure eReader]
by Todd Strasser
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Callie is at an October keg party in the woods, when she notices that her friend Katherine has gone missing. The kids spread out to look for her and Callie finds her, lying on a path, with a big, bloody fake knife in her. She reaches for the knife and raises it, only to discover, to her horror, that it is real. At that moment, another of the search party stumbles on them, and takes a photo of Callie holding the bloody knife. Now she is the suspect in a grisly murder. How can she prove her innoce... more info>>
Category: Young Adult
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Bloodhounds
by Peter Lovesey
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“Peter Lovesey tosses off a real brain-banger in Bloodhounds, the fourth book in a challenging series. . . . I am mad for these pyrotechnic teasers, and this one had my head spinning.”—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review “A perfect blend of psychology and technique.”—Boston Review “In a witty takeoff on the always titillating ‘locked room’ mystery, Lovesey’s wise but beleaguered hero Peter Diamond confronts a homicide case ... more info>>
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Bones in the Belfry
by Suzette A. Hill
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Praise for Suzette A. Hill: “I think this is tremendous.”—Dame Beryl Bainbridge Francis Oughterard was the contented vicar of Molehill when he accidentally strangled a lady parishioner. A sleazy art dealer gave him an alibi, and Maurice—his victim’s cynical cat—and Bouncer—a neighbor’s dog—rescued him from police suspicion. Now he is called upon to return the favor by storing stolen paintings in the church belfry. The intrigue mounts as haple... more info>>
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Book of Secrets
by Chris Roberson
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IT'LL TAKE MORE THAN ANGELS AND DEMONS TO STOP HIM.
Reporter Spencer Finch is a journalist embroiled in the hunt for a missing book, encountering along the way cat burglars and mobsters, hackers and mysterious monks. At the same time, he's trying to make sense of the legacy left him by his late grandfather, a chest of what appear to be pulp magazines from the golden age of fantasy fiction. Following his nose, Finch gradually uncovers a mystery involving a lost Greek play, secret societies, ge... more info>>
Category: Fantasy
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Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country
by Louise Erdrich
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For more than twenty years Louise Erdrich has dazzled readers with the intricately wrought, deeply poetic novels which have won her a place among today’s finest writers. Her nonfiction is equally eloquent, and this lovely memoir offers a vivid glimpse of the landscape, the people, and the long tradition of storytelling that give her work its magical, elemental force. In a small boat like those her Native American ancestors have used for countless generations, she travels to Ojibwe home ... more info>>
Category: Travel/General Nonfiction
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Botswana - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture [Secure eReader]
by Michael Main
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Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successfu... more info>>
Category: Travel
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Brazil - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
by Sandra Branco
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Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successfu... more info>>
Category: Travel
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Britain - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture [Secure eReader]
by Paul Norbury
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Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successfu... more info>>
Category: Travel
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Broken Circle: A Forensic Psychologist Jill Kennedy and DCI Max Trentham Mystery
by Shirley Wells
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Praise for the Jill Kennedy and Max Trentham series: "Wonderful, individual and realistic characters." —Booklist “A deft combination of police procedural and psychological thriller.”—Kirkus Reviews Forensic psychologist Jill Kennedy and DCI Max Trentham investigate a crime in the quiet Lancashire village where Kennedy has made her home. A man with a dark past has been murdered after moving there from London. While local residents are always wary of newcomers, one in par... more info>>
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Browning .50-caliber Machine Guns
by Gordon Rottman
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Osprey�s new Weapon series provides a highly-detailed yet affordable overview of the development, use, and impact of small arms throughout history�from the sword to the machine gun. In this volume, Gordon Rottman examines this history of the longest serving weapon in the U.S. military�s small arms inventory. Thoroughly researched and illustrated with rare photographs and original artwork by Johnny Shumate, the book takes readers from the origins of the �fifty� on the battlefields of WW... more info>>
Category: History
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Buried Strangers: A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation
by Leighton Gage
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Praise for Leighton Gage’s Chief Inspector Mario Silva series: “Realistic characters that the readers can care about. . . . The ultimate story of the haves vs. the have nots.”—Detroit Free Press “Gage's compelling novels are good examples of how talented crime writers use the police procedural form to lay bare a society.”—Indianapolis Star “Gage creates a contemporary tapestry of Brazil . . . [and] builds a compelling foundation for future Silva ... more info>>
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Cambridge Blue: A DC Gary Goodhew Mystery Set in Cambridge, England
by Alison Bruce
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Gary Goodhew is intelligent, intuitive, and the youngest detective at Cambridge’s Parkside Station. When Gary discovers the first body in a series of murders involving an eccentric Cambridge family, he gets his chance to work on a homicide investigation. He must use his own initiative to flush out the killer, even though it means risking his job and discovering the truth about the one person he hopes is innocent. Alison Bruce was born in Surrey, United Kingdom, and now lives in Cambridge.... more info>>
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Candor
by Pam Bachorz
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In the model community of Candor, Florida, every teen wants to be like Oscar Banks. The son of the town's founder, Oscar earns straight As, is student-body president, and is in demand for every club and cause. But Oscar has a secret. He knows that parents bring their teens to Candor to make them respectful, compliant--perfect--through subliminal Messages that carefully correct and control their behavior. And Oscar' s built a business sabotaging his father's scheme with Messages of his own, getti... more info>>
Category: Young Adult
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Caravaggio's Angel
by Ruth Brandon
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Dr. Reggie Lee, new at London’s National Gallery, is planning a small exhibition of three almost identical Caravaggio paintings when she discovers a fourth. One must be a forgery. That discovery detonates multiple murders. Like Flavia di Stefano in Iain Pears’ art history mysteries, Reggie is attractive, knowledgeable when it comes to art, and percipient when it comes to people with motives to defraud. Ruth Brandon divides her time between London and France. She is working on the se... more info>>
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Caterpillar Cop: A Lieutenant Kramer and Detective Sergeant Mickey Zondi Investigation
by James Mcclure
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Praise for James McClure: “More than a good mystery story . . . a revealing picture of the hate and sickness of the apartheid society of South Africa.”—The Washington Post “The Caterpillar Cop is just as stark, just as earthy, just as lusty. . . . Powerful. . . . The pace is fast, the solution ingenious.”—The New York Times Book Review “The Caterpillar Cop . . . unusually enough—is just as good, if not better, than its predecessor.”—S... more info>>
Category: Mystery/Crime
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China - Culture Smart! [Secure eReader]
by Kathy Flower
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The spectacular Beijing Olympics of 2008 signalled China�s arrival as a superpower on the world stage. The global economic crisis that followed in 2008�9 saw it become banker to the West, poised to eclipse the United States. This new edition of Kathy Flower�s bestselling Culture Smart! China has been revised and updated by the author to take on board the transformation in China�s fortunes and the changing face of Chinese society.
As China flexes its economic and political muscle abroa... more info>>
Category: Travel
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Chinatown Beat
by Henry Chang
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“Here’s a dark slice of New York’s Chinatown that most of us...have probably never seen. Henry Chang takes us on an unforgettable guided tour of its lower depths. In a field awash with pallid noir thrillers, this one is the real thing. A genuine winner.”—Herbert H. Lieberman, author of City of the Dead and Shadow Dancers “A dramatic evocation of the exotic. . . . More rewarding than a trip to Chinatown.”—Qin Xiaolong, author of Death of a Red Heri... more info>>
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Chosen by a Horse: a memoir
by Susan Richards
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“Proof that love for another animal can alone make one human and humane: wit and crushing sadness chasing each other all across the page; intelligence and bravery and perfect literary pitch... Damn great.”—Melissa Holbrook Pierson, author of Dark Horses and Black Beauties: Animals; Women, a Passion “A bold and sensitive memoir of what it means to open one’s heart to love... A magnificent read.”—Adele von Rust McCormick, Ph.D and Marlena Deborah McCormic... more info>>
Category: People
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