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Horse Soldiers

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

From the bestselling author of "In Harm''s Way" comes a spectacular, harrowing, true-life soldiers'' tale of struggle and triumph in the wake of ...

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Glenn Beck's Common Sense

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

"If you believe it's time to put principles above parties, character above campaign promises, and Common Sense above all -- then I ask you to read ...

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Stitches

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Telling his story in a graphic-novel style, the prize-winning children''s author depicts a childhood from hell in this searing yet redemptive memoir.

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A Lion Among Men

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In this third novel of Maguire''s "New York Times"-bestselling series, civil war looms in Oz, and an ancient oracle named Yackle prepares for ...

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Woodstock

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

August 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, the music festival that defined a generation and exemplified an era. With interviews and ...

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The Road to Woodstock

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In time for the 40th anniversary of Woodstock comes a celebration of the legendary music event, accompanied by the voices of its artists, ...

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Stones Into Schools

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The author of the #1 bestseller" Three Cups of Tea" offers the continuing story of this determined humanitarian''s efforts to promote peace ...

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Pirate Latitudes

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

It stands to reason that someone with as many pursuits as Michael Crichton (novelist, nonfiction writer, screenwriter, director, software ...

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The Imperial Cruise

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In 1905, President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Howard Taft on the largest U.S. diplomatic mission in history to Hawaii, ...

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The Lost Symbol

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Dan Brown’s new novel, the eagerly awaited follow-up to his #1 international phenomenon, The Da Vinci Code, which was the bestselling hardcover ...

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The Help

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women ...

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In 1946, writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so ...

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Under The Dome

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by ...

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True Compass

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Edward M. Kennedy is widely regarded as one of the great Senators in the nation's history. He is also the patriarch of America's most heralded ...

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies features the original text of Jane Austen's beloved novel with all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie action. As ...

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Wolf Hall

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII''s court, only one man, Thomas Cromwell, dares to gamble his life to win the king''s favor and ascend to ...

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The Art of Racing in the Rain

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Meet Enzo, the unforgettable canine narrator of this bittersweet and transformative story of family, love, loyalty, and hope. Enzo is a ...

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An Echo in the Bone

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Diana Gabaldon’s brilliant storytelling has captivated millions of readers in her bestselling and award-winning Outlander saga. Now, in An Echo in ...

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Zeitoun

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a prosperous Syrian-American and father of four, chose to stay through the storm ...

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The Girl Who Played With Fire

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The electrifying follow-up to the phenomenal bestseller "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" features Lisbeth Salander, the troubled, ...

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The Hemingses Of Monticello

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

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WWE Encyclopedia

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Profiling hundreds of wrestling superstars from the World Wrestling Federation from the 1960s to today, this thrilling reference is the definitive ...

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Shanghai Girls

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

From the author of the bestsellers "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" and "Peony in Love" comes a stunning new novel about two sisters who leave ...

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Netherland

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The author of "Blood-Dark Track" delivers a mesmerizing novel about a man trying to make his way in an America of shattered hopes and values, and ...

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The Pioneer Woman Cooks

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

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Superfreakonomics

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The highly anticipated, explosive follow-up to the blockbuster "Freakonomics" offers another groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and ...

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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, the times and places are brought ...

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The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

This immensely engaging tale relates how an enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings ...

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Book of Basketball

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

There is only one writer on the planet who possesses enough basketball knowledge and passion to write the definitive book on the NBA.* Bill ...

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My Booky Wook

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Russell Brand learned early on to make a joke of fear and failure. From a troubled childhood in industrial Essex, England, to his descent into ...

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Liberty and Tyranny

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Conservative talk radio's fastest-growing superstar is also a New York Times bestselling phenomenon: the author of the groundbreaking critique of ...

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The Piano Teacher

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In the sweeping tradition of The English Patient, a gripping tale of love and betrayal set in war-torn Hong Kong In 1942, Will Truesdale, an ...

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Where Men Win Glory

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The bestselling author of Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, and Under the Banner of Heaven delivers a stunning, eloquent account of a remarkable young ...

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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

A riveting family saga, "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" explores the deep and ancient alliance between humans and dogs, and the power of fate ...

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Her Fearful Symmetry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Six years after the phenomenal success of The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger has returned with a spectacularly compelling and haunting ...

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Liberty and Tyranny

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Conservative talk radio's fastest-growing superstar is also a New York Times bestselling phenomenon: the author of the groundbreaking critique of ...

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The Yankee Years

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Twelve straight playoff appearances. Six American League pennants. Four World Series titles. This is the definitive story of a dynasty: the Yankee ...

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Have a Little Faith

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

What if our beliefs were not what divided us, but what pulled us together? In Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom offers a beautifully written ...

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Brooklyn

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

From the award-winning author of "The Master" comes a moving historical novel set in Brooklyn and Ireland in the early 1950s, concerning a young ...

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Fordlandia

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The stunning, never-before-told story of the quixotic attempt to recreate small-town America in the heart of the Amazon, "Fordlandia" depicts a ...

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Let the Great World Spin

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

McCann''s most ambitious work to date offers a dazzling and hauntingly rich vision of the loveliness, pain, and mystery of life in New York City ...

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The Lost City of Z

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed "New Yorker" writer Grann set out to solve "the greatest exploration mystery of the 20th ...

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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

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Shop Class As Soulcraft

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In this wise and often funny book, a philosopher/mechanic systematically destroys the pretensions of the high-prestige workplace and makes an ...

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More Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The Food Network star takes readers on more tours of America''s most colorful eateries, in this follow-up work to his enormously popular "New York ...

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Nigella Christmas

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

This luscious book includes everything from Christmas cakes and puddings to exciting and inspiring variations for traditional turkey, ginger-baked ...

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Cake Wrecks

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

From the creator of the ultrapopular blog CakeWrecks.com, here are the worst cakes ever, including the ugly, the silly, the downright creepy, the ...

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Martha Stewart's Dinner at Home

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Whether preparing a Sunday dinner for family or hosting a festive evening with friends, "Martha Stewart''s Dinner at Home" offers 52 seasonal ...

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The Hour I First Believed

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author and two-time Oprah''s Book Club pick delivers an extraordinary work of prodigious scope and ambition ...

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The Gargoyle

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Already an international sensation, "The Gargoyle" is an extraordinary debut novel of love that survives the fires of hell and transcends the ...

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The Magicians

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

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The Lace Reader

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In Barry''s captivating debut, Towner Whitney, a young woman descended from a long line of mind readers and fortune tellers, has returned to her ...

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Homer & Langley

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

From Ragtime and Billy Bathgate to The Book of Daniel, World’s Fair, and The March, the novels of E. L. Doctorow comprise one of the most ...

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The National Parks

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The War America’s national ...

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The Forever War

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

National BestsellerWinner of the National Book Critics Circle AwardA "New York Times Book Review" Best Book of the Year One of the Best Books of ...

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American On Purpose

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Ferguson traces his journey from working class Glasgow to the comedic limelight of Hollywood and, in the process, becomes the one thing he always ...

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Half Broke Horses

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Jeannette Walls's memoir The Glass Castle was "nothing short of spectacular" Now, in Half Broke Horses, she brings us the story of her ...

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The Greatest Show On Earth

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In a brilliant follow-up to his blockbuster "The God Delusion," world-renowned evolutionary biologist and author Dawkins lays out the evidence for ...

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Bon Jovi

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

This official Bon Jovi work celebrates the band''s 25th anniversary with never-before-seen photographs and commentary from the band members.

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Uncommon

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Super Bowl-winning coach Dungy reflects on what it takes to achieve significance.

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Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Crafts

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

For nearly 20 years, home crafters have turned to the pages of Martha Stewart Living for all kinds of crafts projects, each presented in the ...

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The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

A spellbinding, beautifully written novel that moves between contemporary times and one of the most fascinating and disturbing periods in American ...

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What The Dog Saw

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

This anthology of Gladwell''s "New Yorker" essays is like a greatest-hits compilation from one of the most gifted and influential journalists in ...

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In the President's Secret Service

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Never before has a journalist penetrated the wall of secrecy that surrounds the U.S. Secret Service, that elite corps of agents who pledge to take ...

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The Wilderness Warrior

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Award-winning historian Brinkley examines the life and achievements of America''s Naturalist President. The author argues that it was Theodore ...

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Born to Run

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Part adventure story, part extreme sports, "Born to Run" is a riveting story about one journalist''s quest to discover the secrets of the world''s ...

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The Vortex

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Includes a BONUS CD on the Law of Attraction! This Leading Edge work by Esther and Jerry Hicks, who present The Teachings of Abraham, ...

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Magnificent Desolation

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

This memoir by the world-renowned astronaut describes his fantastic journey to the moon, his subsequent bout with depression and alcoholism, the ...

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Joker One

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In this thrilling and inspiring memoir, Campbell recounts his time as a commander of a 40-man infantry platoon and the unit of hard-pressed ...

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Last Words

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The autobiography that Carlin had nearly completed before he died, "Last Words" chronicles the late comedian''s illustrious career. Includes ...

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A Fiery Peace in a Cold War

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

From Neil Sheehan, author of the Pulitzer Prize—winning classic A Bright Shining Lie, comes this long-awaited, magnificent epic. Here is the ...

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Homer's Odyssey

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Once in nine lives, something extraordinary happens... The last thing Gwen Cooper wanted was another cat. She already had two, not to mention ...

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A Big Little Life

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

“In each little life we can see great truth and beauty, and in each little life we glimpse the way of all things in the universe.” DEAN KOONTZ ...

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Come Back, Como

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Based on a beloved 10-part series in the "San Francisco Chronicle, Come Back, Como" is a tender and hilarious story of one man''s uncommonly rich ...

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Strength in What Remains

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the modern classics "Mountains Beyond Mountains" and "The Soul of a New Machine" returns with the ...

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The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

This immensely engaging tale relates how an enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings ...

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Born Round

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Frank Bruni was born round. Round as in stout, chubby, and hungry, always and endlessly hungry. He grew up in a big, loud Italian family in White ...

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Open

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

A stunning memoir by one of the world''s most beloved athletes--a nuanced self-portrait, an intensely candid account of a remarkable life, and a ...

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The Angel's Game

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

From the author of the international phenomenon "The Shadow of the Wind" comes "The Angel''s Game" comes a new page-turner about the perilous ...

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Zeitoun

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a prosperous Syrian-American and father of four, chose to stay through the storm ...

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Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

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Columbine

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Ten years in the making and a masterpiece of reportage, "Columbine" is an award-winning journalist''s definitive account of one of the most ...

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The Survivors Club

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

From a "New York Times"-bestselling author and award-winning journalist comes a fascinating exploration of survival that can help prepare anyone ...

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