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The Signature of All Things: A Novel

Elizabeth Gilbert - Viking Adult
Format: Hardcover

A glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and CommittedLook out for Elizabeth Gilbert's new book, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, on sale now! In The Signature of All Things,...
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Persuasion

Jane Austen - Jane Austen

Persuasion, by Jane Austen, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras.
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Wings of Fire Book One: The Dragonet Prophecy

Tui T. Sutherland - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

A thrilling new series soars above the competition and redefines middle-grade fantasy fiction for a new generation!The seven dragon tribes have been at war for generations, locked in an endless battle over an ancient, lost treasure. A secret movement called the Talons of Peace is determined...
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House Rules: A Novel

Jodi Picoult - Atria Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Jacob Hunt is a teenager: brilliant at maths, wicked sense of humour, extraordinarily organised, hopeless at reading social cues. And Jacob has Asperger's. He is locked in his own world - aware of the world outside, and wanting to make a connection. Jacob tries to be like everyone...
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The Shack

Wm. Paul Young - Windblown Media
Format: Paperback

Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in this midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious...
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Alanna: The First Adventure (The Song of the Lioness, Book 1)

Tamora Pierce - Atheneum Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback

From Tamora Pierce, the first book in the Song of the Lioness Quartet, honored with the Margaret A. Edwards Award.“From now on I’m Alan of Trebond, the younger twin. I’ll be a knight.” And so young Alanna of Trebond begins the journey to knighthood. Alanna has always...
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The Artist's Way

Julia Cameron - Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam; 2nd Edition edition
Format: Paperback

The Artist’s Way is the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, millions of readers have found it to be an invaluable guide to living the artist’s life. Still as vital today—or perhaps even more so—than it was when it was first published...
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The Bronze Horseman: A Novel

Paullina Simons

Called a Russian Thorn Birds, The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons is a sweeping saga of love and war that has been a monumental bestseller all over the world. The acclaimed author of Tully, Simons has written a stirring tale of devotion, passion, secrets, betray, and sacrifice. A love...
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Vampire Academy

Richelle Mead - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Paperback

The story that kicked off the international #1 bestselling Vampire Academy series is NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!St. Vladimir's Academy isn't just any boarding school - it's a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them....
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Entwined

Heather Dixon - Greenwillow Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Come and mend your broken hearts here. In this retelling of the classic tale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," the eldest princess must fight to save her family—and her heart—from an ancient dark magic within the palace walls. "Full of mystery, lush settings, and fully...
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For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf

Ntozake Shange - Scribner
Format: Paperback

From its inception in California in 1974 to its highly acclaimed critical success at Joseph Papps Public Theater and on Broadway, the Obie Award-winning for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf has excited, inspired, and transformed audiences all over the country....
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