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Igor מאת Weinstein Books A fresh take on the classic monster genre, Igor is the story of a mad scientistÕs hunchbacked lab assistant who has big dreams of becoming a scientist in his own right and winning the coveted first-place award at the annual Evil Science Fair in the kingdom of Malaria. Through a twist of fate, Ig...

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We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, a Broken Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals That Change Their Lives Forever מאת Benjamin Mee Benjamin Mee decided to uproot his family and move them to an unlikely new home: a dilapidated zoo on the English countryside, complete with over 200 exotic animals. It was his dream to refurbish the zoo and run it as a family business. There was much work to be done, and none of it easy. Tigers...

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Secret Agent Jack Stalwart: Book 11: The Theft of the Samurai Sword: Japan מאת Elizabeth Singer Hunt In the next exciting installment of the series, Jack travels to Japan, where under the cover of darkness, a band of ninja thieves has stolen some of the country's most priceless treasures, including an ancient samurai sword. Can Secret Agent Jack Stalwart take on the gang before the treasures are l...

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The Gift of Rain: A Novel מאת Tan Twan Eng An epic novel nominated for the Man Booker Prize, this extraordinary debut tells the story of a young manÕs perilous journey through the betrayals of war and into manhood. Written in lush, evocative prose, The Gift of Rain spans decades as it takes readers from the final days of the Chinese emperor...

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My Remarkable Journey מאת Larry King The definitive autobiography of one of the most famous personalities in television history-an intimate, revealing, and riveting memoir that will show a Larry King the world has never known, up close and personal.Celebrated as "the most remarkable talk-show host on TV ever" by TV Guide and "master of...

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Grindhouse: The Sleaze-filled Saga of an Exploitation Double Feature מאת Quentin Tarantino

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Secret Agent Jack Stalwart: Book 12: The Fight for the Frozen Land: The Arctic מאת Elizabeth Singer Hunt

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Wash Your Hands: Dirty Truth About Germs, Viruses and Epidemics...and the Simple Ways to Protect Yourself in a Dangerous World מאת Frédéric Saldmann Did you know that the brown spots on apples are carcinogenic? That gardening can lead to Legionnaire?s disease? That a toothbrush can pass on the hepatitis virus, or that an improperly cared-for cavity can endanger your heart? These health risks?the very real results of diminished attention to perso...

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The Journal of Hélène Berr מאת Hélène Berr A significant contribution to history, The Journal of Hélène Berr is a heart-breaking story of a heroic young woman whose indomitable spirit thrived in the face of prejudice and war. The work of a stunningly talented writer, Hélène's journal is both an intensely moving, intimate document, and a ...

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The Overnight Socialite מאת Bridie Clark From the author of the media sensation Because She Can, a modern retelling of classics My Fair Lady and Pygmalion, The Overnight Socialite tells a timeless story of transformation and unlikely love set against the glittering backdrop of contemporary Manhattan....

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Whacked: A Novel מאת Jules Asner From Jackie Collins to People magazine, authors and press alike have lauded Whacked as a dark and sexy guilty pleasure. Parade, Real Simple magazine, the New York Post, and the Houston Chronicle all selected Whacked as a summer reading pick, and author Jules Asner was featured everywhere from Good M...

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All Things at Once מאת Mika Brzezinski

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The Journal of Hélène Berr מאת Hélène Berr Not since The Diary of Anne Frank has there been such a book as this: The joyful but ultimately heartbreaking journal of a young Jewish woman in occupied Paris, now being published for the first time, 63 years after her death in a Nazi concentration camp.On April 7, 1942, Hélène Berr, a 21-...

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Timothy and the Dragon's Gate מאת Adrienne Kress Timothy Freshwater’s father can’t control him, his mother is always out of town, and now the boy too smart for his own good has been expelled from the last school in the city. After he meets Mr. Shen, a mysterious Chinese mailroom clerk at his father’s office, Timothy winds up in more trouble ...

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The Mad Ones: Crazy Joe Gallo and the Revolution at the Edge of the Underworld מאת Tom Folsom A POWERFUL COLLISION OF TRUE CRIME AND POP CULTURE, THE MAD ONES CAPTURES THE REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT OF THE SIXTIES AND BRINGS TO LIFE ONE OF THE MOST VIBRANT ANTIHEROES IN AMERICAN HISTORY. The Mad Ones chronicles the rise and fall of the Gallo brothers, a trio of reckless...

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Alex and the Ironic Gentleman מאת Adrienne Kress Often mistaken for a boy because of her haircut and name, Alex Morningside is an inquisitive girl of ten-and-a-half who attends the prestigious Wigpowder-Steele Academy. Unfortunately, though she loves to learn, Alex just can’t bring herself to enjoy her classes. Her teachers are all old and smell...

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The Third Man Factor: Surviving the Impossible מאת John Geiger The Third Man Factor is an extraordinary account of how people at the very edge of death experience the sense of an unseen presence beside them who encourages them to make one final effort to survive. This incorporeal being offered them a feeling of hope, protection, and guidance, and left the perso...