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The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein - Harper & Row; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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'Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy.' So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down... |
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The Thorn Birds
Colleen McCullough
Format: Print book
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With over 10 million copies sold worldwide, here is the towering epic about three generations of a remarkable family in the Australian outback that was the basis for one of the most beloved television miniseries of all time. The Boston Globe called it "the kind of book |
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The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Format: Book
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Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked room. |
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Max Brooks - Three Rivers Press
Format: Paperback
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"The end was near." - Voices from the Zombie WarThe Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States... |
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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Daniel H. Pink - Riverhead Books
Format: Paperback
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The New York Times bestseller that gives readers a paradigm - shattering new way to think about motivation.Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money - the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human:... |
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Susan Cain - Broadway Paperbacks
Format: Print book
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The book that started the Quiet RevolutionAt least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts - Rosa Parks,... |
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A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
Format: Book
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A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, 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 c |
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Heart of Darkness (Everymans Library)
Joseph Conrad - Everymans Library
Format: Hardcover
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In a novella which remains highly controversial to this day, Conrad explores the relations between Africa and Europe. On the surface, this is a horrifying tale of colonial exploitation. The narrator, Marlowe journeys on business deep into the heart of Africa. But there he encounters Kurtz,... |
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The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss - DAW
Format: Hardcover
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Discover #1 New York Times-bestselling Patrick Rothfuss' epic fantasy series, The Kingkiller Chronicle. "I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss." - Lin-Manuel Miranda * "He's bloody good, this Rothfuss guy." - George R. R. Martin * "Rothfuss has real... |
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Dandelion Wine
Ray Bradbury
Format: Book
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Ray Bradbury's moving recollection of a vanished golden era remains one of his most enchanting novels. Dandelion Wine stands out in the Bradbury literary canon as the author's most deeply personal work, a semi-autobiographical recollection of a magical small-town summer in 1928 |
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The Eight
Katherine Neville - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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Computer expert Cat Velis is heading for a job to Algeria. Before she goes, a mysterious fortune teller warns her of danger, and an antique dealer asks her to search for pieces to a valuable chess set that has been missing for years... In the South of France in 1790 two convent girls hide... |
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A Discovery of Witches: A Novel
Deborah Harkness - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together. Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research.... |
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Little Women
Louisa May Alcott - Barnes & Noble Books
Format: Book
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Story of four sisters growing up during the Civil War. Louisa May Alcott has captured the different personalities of the girls, both their strengths and weaknesses. A delightful American classic. |
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Hey, Little Ant
Phillip M. Hoose - Tricycle Press
Format: Hardcover
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What would you do if the ant you were about to step on looked up and started talking? Would you stop and listen? What if your friends saw you hesitate? That’s what happens in this funny, thought-provoking book. Originally a song by a father-daughter team, this conversation between... |
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One for the Money
Janet Evanovich - Scribner's
Format: Hardcover
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Watch out, world. Here comes Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie's opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and August heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jersey.
She's a product of the "burg,... |
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The Red Tent: A Novel
Anita Diamant - Picador; 10th Anniversary Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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A New York Times Bestseller A decade after the publication of this hugely popular international bestseller, Picador releases the tenth anniversary edition of The Red Tent. Her name is Dinah. In the Bible, her life is only hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the more... |
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The Help
Kathryn Stockett - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film - a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't - nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.Aibileen is a black maid... |
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The October List
Jeffery Deaver - Grand Central Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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One of Kirkus Review's "Best Books of 2013" The shocking end is only the beginning . . .#1 bestselling author Jeffery Deaver has created the most riveting and original novel of the year-a race-against-the-clock mystery, told in reverse.THE OCTOBER LISTGabriela waits desperately... |
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