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Scents and Sensibility: A Chet and Bernie Mystery

Spencer Quinn · Atria Books, An Imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2015. ©2015
Pages: 307
Format: Print book

When a mysterious case of illegal cactus smuggling comes to their attention, Chet and his human P.I. companion, Bernie Little, find themselves in a prickly situation in this eighth book in the New York Times bestselling mystery series.In the latest entry in the immensely popular Chet and Bernie...
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House of cards. Volume three, chapters 27-39

John David Coles; Tucker Gates; Kevin Spacey; Robin Wright; Michael Kelly; All authors · Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Format: DVD

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Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security

Sarah Chayes · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A former adviser to the Joint Chiefs of Staff explains how government's oldest problem is its greatest destabilizing force.The world is blowing up. Every day a new blaze seems to ignite: the bloody implosion of Iraq and Syria; the East-West standoff in Ukraine; abducted schoolgirls...
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You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes: Photographs from the International Space Station

Chris Hadfield · Little, Brown
Format: Hardcover

Divided by continent, YOU ARE HERE represents one (idealized) orbit of the ISS. This planetary photo tour -- surprising, playful, thought-provoking, and visually delightful -- is also punctuated with fun, fascinating commentary on life in zero gravity. In the spirit of his bestselling An Astronaut's...
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The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II

Jan Jarboe Russell · Scribner
Pages: 393
Format: Print book

The dramatic and never-before-told story of a secret FDR-approved American internment camp in Texas during World War II, where thousands of families - many US citizens - were incarcerated.From 1942 to 1948, trains delivered thousands of civilians from the United States and Latin America...
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Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation

Bill Nye · St Martins Pr
Pages: 309
Format: Hardcover

"Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. The science of evolution is as expansive as nature itself. It is also the most meaningful...
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The Sell: The Secrets of Selling Anything to Anyone

Fredrik Eklund · Avery Publishing Group
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The nation's #1 real estate broker and star of Bravo's Million Dollar Listing New York shares his secrets for superstar success and getting what you want out of life - no matter who you are or what you do.Ten years ago, Fredrik Eklund moved to New York City from his native Sweden...
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Bleeding Edge

Thomas Pynchon · Penguin Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The Washington Post "Brilliantly written ... a joy to read ... Bleeding Edge is totally gonzo, totally wonderful. It really is good to have Thomas Pynchon around, doing what he does best." (Michael Dirda)It is 2001 in New York City, in the lull between the collapse of the dot-com...
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Rasputin's Shadow

Raymond Khoury · Dutton Adult; 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

An ingenious, fast-paced historical thriller from the author of the New York Times bestseller The Last TemplarOn a cold, bleak day in 1916, all hell breaks loose in a mining pit in the Ural Mountains. Overcome by a strange paranoia, the miners attack one another, savagely and ferociously....
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Guide to Free Campgrounds: Includes Campgrounds $12 and Under in the United States

· Cottage Publications; 15 edition

Guide to Free Campgrounds is a guidebook of all US campgrounds with overnight camping fees of 12 or less, including thousands that are free. This book will pay for itself the first time it is used. It includes nearly 12,000 campgrounds that include national parks, national forests, Bureau...
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