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Running with Scissors: A Memoir Running with Scissors: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs
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 The #1 New York Times Bestseller An Entertainment Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year Now a Major Motion Picture Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to... (read more)

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Photography

John Shaw's Closeups in Nature: John Shaw John Shaw's Closeups in Nature: John Shaw
by John Shaw
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Hailed by American Photographer as "the master of the closeup", one of the country's foremost nature photographers offers the first book to apply closeup techniques to the subject of nature. 190 full-color and 20 black-and-white illustrations.... (read more)

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Children's

Oh, the Places You'll Go! Oh, the Places You'll Go!
by Dr Seuss
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In this joyous ode to life, Dr. Seuss addresses graduates of all ages – from nursery school to medical school – and gives them the get-up-and-go to move mountains with the unrivaled exuberance and charm that have made Dr. Seuss books favorites... (read more)

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Science Fiction and Fantasy

Sabriel: The Abhorsen Trilogy, Book One (The Abhorsen Trilogy #01) Sabriel: The Abhorsen Trilogy, Book One (The Abhorsen Trilogy #01)
by Garth Nix
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Since childhood, Sabriel has lived outside the walls of the Old Kingdom, away from the power of Free Magic, and away from the Dead who refuse to stay dead. But now her father, the Mage Abhorson, is missing, and Sabriel must cross into that world to find... (read more)

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Religion Eastern

Living Buddha, Living Christ Living Buddha, Living Christ
by Thich Nhat Hahn
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Buddha and Christ, perhaps the two most pivotal figures in the history of humankind, each left behind a legacy of teachings and practices that have shaped the lives of billions of people over the course of two millennia. If they were to meet on the road... (read more)

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Popular Fiction

The Judas Strain (Sigma Force Novels) The Judas Strain (Sigma Force Novels)
by James Rollins
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From the depths of the Indian Ocean, a horrific plague has arisen to devastate humankind—unknown, unstoppable . . . and merely a harbinger of the doom that is to follow. Operatives of the shadowy covert organization Sigma Force, Dr. Lisa Cummings... (read more)

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Mystery

Painkiller Painkiller
by Will Staeger
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With page-turning ferocity, Will Staeger delivers a stylistic blend of riveting action, thrilling suspense, and starkly alluring characters in this classic tale of espionage laced with a twist of modern-day terror . . . The quasi-retired, Virgin Islands-... (read more)

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Graphic Novels

Y: The Last Man #09: Motherland Y: The Last Man #09: Motherland
by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra and Massimo Carnevale
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The saga of Yorick Brown, an unemployed and unmotivated slacker who discovers that he is the only male left alive after a plague of unknown origin instantly kills every mammal with a Y chromosome continues. Accompanied by his mischievous monkey and the... (read more)

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Westerns

Broken Trail Broken Trail
by Alan Geoffrion
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Made into a masterful AMC miniseries starring Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church, "Broken Trail" tells the story of a rancher who comes across five Chinese girls who are being transported from San Francisco to Wyoming, where they will be forced into... (read more)

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World History

The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq
by Rory Stewart
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In August 2003, at the age of thirty, Rory Stewart took a taxi from Jordan to Baghdad. A Farsi-speaking British diplomat who had recently completed an epic walk from Turkey to Bangladesh, he was soon appointed deputy governor of Amarah and then Nasiriyah,... (read more)

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Sports and Fitness

Bloody Confused!: A Clueless American Sportswriter Seeks Solace in English Soccer Bloody Confused!: A Clueless American Sportswriter Seeks Solace in English Soccer
by Chuck Culpepper
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Chuck Culpepper was a veteran sports journalist edging toward burnout . . . then he went to London and discovered the high-octane, fanatical (and bloody confusing!) world of English soccer. After covering the American sports scene for fifteen years... (read more)

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Foreign Languages

501 Spanish Verbs -with CD (6TH 07 Edition) 501 Spanish Verbs -with CD (6TH 07 Edition)
by Christopher Kendris
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(back cover) Learning Spanish is Twice as Easy with This Helpful 2-in-1 Combination! " The easy-to-use reference book gives you: " <LI> The most common Spanish verbs, one verb per page, conjugated in all tenses <LI> Formation of... (read more)

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Humor

Far Side Gallery 2 Far Side Gallery 2
by Gary Larson
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The Far Side® and the Larson® signature are registered trademarks of FarWorks, Inc.... (read more)

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