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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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W is for Wasted

Sue Grafton · Marian Wood Books/Putnam; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Of the #1 New York Times-bestselling Kinsey Millhone series, NPR said, "Makes me wish there were more than 26 letters."Two dead men changed the course of my life that fall. One of them I knew and the other I'd never laid eyes on until I saw him in the morgue.The first was a local...
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The View from the Cheap Seats: A Collection of Introductions, Essays, and Assorted Writings

Neil Gaiman · William Morrow
Pages: 544
Format: Print book

An enthralling collection of nonfiction essays on a myriad of topics - from art and artists to dreams, myths, and memories - observed in #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman's probing, amusing, and distinctive style.An inquisitive observer, thoughtful commentator, and assiduous...
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I Can See Clearly Now

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer · Hay House, Inc.
Format: Book

     For many years, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer’s fans have wondered when he would write a memoir. Well, after four decades as a teacher of self-empowerment and the best-selling author of more than 40 books, Wayne has finally done just that! However, he has written it in a way that...
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Pretties

Scott Westerfeld · Simon Pulse
Pages: 348
Format: Paperback

In Tally's world, your 16th birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellant Ugly into a stunningly attractive Pretty, and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is having a really good time. Just before her birthday, Tally discovered that turning Pretty...
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Cut

Patricia McCormick · Push; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

From National Book Award finalist Patricia McCormick, a new look for her debut novel, which THE BOSTON GLOBE called "Riveting and hopeful, sweet, heartbreaking."A tingle arced across my scalp. The floor tipped up at me and my body spiraled away. Then I was on the ceiling looking...
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Experimenting with Babies: 50 Amazing Science Projects You Can Perform on Your Kid

Shaun Gallagher · Perigee Books
Format: Print book

Babies can be a joy—and hard work. Now, they can also be a 50-in-1 science project kit!This fascinating and hands-on guide shows you how to re-create landmark scientific studies on cognitive, motor, language, and behavioral development—using your own bundle of joy as the research subject....
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Fools and Mortals

BERNARD CORNWELL · Harper
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell makes a dramatic departure with this enthralling, action-packed standalone novel that tells the story of the first production of A Midsummer Night's Dream - as related by William Shakespeare's estranged younger brother.Lord, what fools...
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Words of Radiance

Brandon Sanderson · Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
Pages: 1087
Format: Hardcover

Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive sequence began in 2010 with the New York Times bestseller The Way of Kings. Now, the eagerly anticipated Words of Radiance continues the epic story and answers many of your questions.Six years ago, the Assassin in White, a hireling of the inscrutable...
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Stormbreaker

Anthony Horowitz · Speak
Pages: 13
Format: Paperback

Ten years ago, Anthony Horowitz introduced the world to Alex Rider . . . and now his debut mission is back in a special fully loaded anniversary edition! Packed with bonus material - including a brand new Alex Rider short story, a letter from Anthony Horowitz, and much more!
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Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics

Charles Krauthammer · Crown Forum
Pages: 387
Format: Hardcover

From America's preeminent columnist, named by the Financial Times the most influential commentator in the nation, the long-awaited collection of Charles Krauthammer's essential, timeless writings. A brilliant stylist known for an uncompromising honesty that challenges conventional wisdom...
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You Know Me Well: A Novel

Nina LaCour · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Who knows you well? Your best friend? Your boyfriend or girlfriend? A stranger you meet on a crazy night? No one, really?Mark and Kate have sat next to each other for an entire year, but have never spoken. For whatever reason, their paths outside of class have never crossed. That is until...
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We Were Liars

E Lockhart · Delacorte Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times BestsellerOne of James Patterson's "Favorite Thrillers for the Beach" (New York Times) "Haunting, sophisticated . . . a novel so twisty and well-told that it will appeal to older readers as well as to adolescents." - Wall Street Journal"A rich,...
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The Book of Summer: A Novel

MICHELLE GABLE · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestselling Author of A Paris ApartmentThe ocean, the wild roses on the dunes and the stunning Cliff House, perched atop a bluff in Sconset, Nantucket. Inside the faded pages of the Cliff House guest book live the spellbinding stories of its female inhabitants: from Ruby,...
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Lidia's Commonsense Italian Cooking: 150 Delicious and Simple Recipes Anyone Can Master

Lidia Matticchio Bastianich · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

In her beautifully illustrated new cookbook, Lidia Bastianich lays out a comprehensive curriculum of wise cooking tips--from the cutting board to the kitchen table. Channeling the instructive elements from her TV show, she teaches us that a good dose of common sense is the key ingredient...
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