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Imprint: Roc, 2005 Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin hasn't had it easy. In the previous two books in Caine's sharply written series, she "had a really bad week, died, got r eborn as a Djinn, had an even worse week, and saved the world, sort of" and "died again, sort of" before waking up human. Normally, Weather Wardens mu st simply protect the rest of the human race from deadly weather, but Joann e, who's deeply tough, resolutely moral and highly fond of fast cars and "b itchin' shoes," keeps getting tasked with saving the world. This time, a su rly teenager named Kevin has holed up in Las Vegas with the world's most po werful Djinn and is wreaking utter havoc. In order to stop him, she'll have to surrender her own Djinn and lover David, die yet again, get resuscitate d, interrogated and electrocuted by members of a powerful secret society, a nd experience countless other injuries and indignities, all the while tryin g to figure out who--among the detectives, Wardens, Djinns, Ikrits (a dark, undead Djinn), former bosses and former lovers--is really on her side. It' s all a bit confusing, for Joanne and readers alike, especially those who h aven't followed her through Ill Wind and Heat Stroke, but it's a rollicking good ride. Caine's prose crackles with energy, as does her fierce and lova ble heroine., Very Good+ Stock number: RWARE0000017194. ISBN: 9780451460103
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Imprint: Signet, 2008 The wait is over. dig into the feast... In the town of Morganville, vampires and humans live in relative peace. Student Claire Danvers has never been convinced, though-especially with the arrival of Mr. Bishop, an ancient, old-school vampire who cares nothing about harmony. What he wants from the town's living and its dead is unthinkably sinister. It's only at a formal ball, attended by vampires and their human dates, that Claire realizes the elaborately evil trap he's set for Morganville., Very Good+ Stock number: RWARE0000017165. ISBN: 9780451224637
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Imprint: Roc, 2006 The genie is out of the bottle. Rogue Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is raci ng to New York to warn her former colleagues of the impending apocalypse. A n ancient agreement between the Djinn and the Wardens has been broken, and the furious Djinn, slaves to the Wardens for millennia, are now free of mor tal control. With more than half the Wardens unaccounted for in the wake of the Djinn uprising, Joanne realizes that the natural disasters they've com bated for so long were merely symptoms of restless Mother Nature fidgeting in her sleep. Now she's waking up - and she's angry - --This text refers t o an out of print or unavailable edition of this title., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000017193. ISBN: 9780451461049
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Imprint: Roc, 2008 Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is on vacation when her Djinn lover, David, a sks Joanne to marry him. SheÂ's thrilled to say yes, even if some others ma y be less than happy about it. Unfortunately, JoanneÂ's pre-marital bliss is ended by a devastating earthquake in Florida. And she canÂ't ask David and his kind for assistance. Because the cause of the quake is unlike anything Joanne has ever encounteredÂ-and a power even the Djinn cannot perceive., Very Good+ Stock number: RWARE0000017186. ISBN: 9780451462237
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Imprint: NAL Jam, 2006 -College should be an exciting time, but for brainy 16-year-old Claire Danv ers that's too mild a word. Due to advanced placement, Claire can start col lege early, but her parents refuse to allow her to go to the distant Ivy Le ague school of her dreams. She goes to Texas Prairie University where she i s tormented by the popular girls--but that's the least of her worries. Morg anville, home of the university, is also home to vampires and vampire hunte rs. Claire finds protection from the horrors of the town in the Glass House with three fellow outcasts, Goth girl Eve, rebellious Shane, and Michael, who disappears during the day. Claire falls for Shane and would do anything to protect her friends, including facing down bloodthirsty vampires and da ngerous bikers., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000017128. ISBN: 9780451219947
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Imprint: Roc, 2004 Mistaken for a murderer, Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is hunted down and k illed by her colleagues. Reborn as a Djinn, she senses something sinister e ntering earth's atmosphere-something that makes tomorrow's forecast look de adly., Very Good+ Stock number: RWARE0000017188. ISBN: 9780451459848
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Imprint: Dell, 2009 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: It's Christmastime in sleepy Snowcap, Colorado, and the town is up in arms. The venerable Goodwin Estate has been sold to enterprising out of towners and is getting a major makeover just in time for the holidays. Interior des igners Erin Gilbert and Steve Sullivan walked smack into a storm of chaos: the estate's new owners, including one whose idea of holiday decor involves inflatable elves and a gingerbread facade, are battling among themselves. Erin's big-talking ex-boyfriend shows up just in time to make Sullivan craz y jealous, and when a local building inspector is found strangled with a st rand of Christmas lights, Gilbert and Sullivan begin to suspect it might be time to leave this psychodrama of a project behind. But after an incompetent sheriff accuses Erin of murder and there's another gruesome killing, the only way out is to turn detective. Her new job: solve a mystery with too many clues...and far too many guilty parties...., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000022654. ISBN: 9780440245032
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Imprint: Roc, 2003 Joanne Baldwin is a weather warden, who can control the weather and keep it from being more chaotic and destructive than it already is. She is on the run, though, for she is accused of killing a senior warden, which she did, sort of: a thread of corruption runs through some of the most powerful ward ens, one of which put a Demon Mark on her and then died. Her only hope now is to get a djinn from her old friend Lewis, who stole three of them^B from the council of the wardens many years ago. As she runs, she picks up a hit chhiker who knows things an ordinary person wouldn't, and who offers help. With djinns and other wardens, including those sent to arrest her, all givi ng her conflicting information, Joanne never quite knows whom to trust in t his romantic escapist romp rife with danger, excitement, and even classic c ars., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000017187. ISBN: 9780451459527
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Imprint: Signet, 2009 In the college town of Morganville, vampires and humans coexist in (relativ ely) bloodless harmony. Then comes Bishop, the master vampire who threatens to abolish all order, revive the forces of the evil dead, and let chaos ru le. But Bishop isn't the only threat. Violent black cyclone clouds hover, promising a storm of devastating proportions as student Claire Danvers and her friends prepare to defend Morganville against elements both natural and unnatural., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000017129. ISBN: 9780451225726
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Imprint: NAL Jam, 2007 Claire Danvers's college town may be run by vampires but a truce between th e living and the dead made things relatively safe. For a while. Now people are turning up dead, a psycho is stalking her, and an ancient bloodsucker h as proposed private mentoring. To what end, Claire will find out. And it's giving night school a whole new meaning., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000017121. ISBN: 9780451222381
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Imprint: NAL Jam, 2007 Claire has her share of challenges. Like being a genius in a school that fa vors beauty over brains; homicidal girls in her dorm, and finding out that her college town is overrun with the living dead. On the up side, she has a new boyfriend with a vampire-hunting dad. But when a local fraternity thro ws the Dead Girls' Dance, hell is really going to break loose., Very Good+ Stock number: RWARE0000017161. ISBN: 9780451220899
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Imprint: Roc, 2007 After preventing Mother Earth from destroying the planet, Joanne Baldwin lo st her memories thanks to Ashan the djinn-and they will remain lost forever unless Joanne can recover her identity-and destroy the demon who is impers onating her, fabulous shoes and all..., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000017195. ISBN: 9780451461636
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Imprint: Equip & Empower Publishing, 2003 Fine Stock number: RWARE0000027366. ISBN: 9780957871922
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Imprint: Roc, 2005 Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin's stormy personal life is taking its toll on her patience-and her powers. But when the truce between the Wardens and the mystical Djinn starts to self-destruct, Joanne finds herself forced to cho ose between saving her Djinn lover, saving her Warden abilities-and saving humanity., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000017191. ISBN: 9780451460578
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Imprint: Viking, 1983 Very Good/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000038171. ISBN: 9780670715718
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Imprint: Red Dress Ink, 2002 Casey Evers is on a dream vacation to Italy and Greece with her two best fr iends, Kat and Lindsey, but it isn't quite turning out the way she expected . Kat and Lindsey resent the fact that Casey has distanced herself from the m since she started dating John two years ago, and Casey is hurt that Kat a nd Lindsey don't seem to include her the way they used to back in college. Kat and Lindsey are furious when Casey ditches them on their last night in Italy to spend a romantic evening with a handsome Italian man; then, when C asey finds her feelings for John growing murkier, she can't even turn to he r two best friends. Things seem to improve once the girls get to Greece, bu t when a guy Lindsey is interested in turns his attention to Casey, their f riendship faces yet another challenge. At its best when it focuses on the g irls' friendship and not on the myriad men who strain it, Caldwell's debut is a fun, snappy read., Very Good+ Stock number: RWARE0000013592. ISBN: 9780373250219
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Imprint: Harpercollins Publisher, 1988 A crisp clean trade paperback., Fine Stock number: RWARE0000014919. ISBN: 9780207157790
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Imprint: Harvest Books, 2002 The Distant Land of My Father begins like a fairy tale: "My father was a mi llionaire in Shanghai in the 1930s.... On the day he was born, in the provi nce of Shantung, neighbors presented my missionary grandparents, the only A mericans for miles, with noodles in great abundance and one hundred chicken eggs, in honor of their son's birth." To the young Anna Schoene, life in S hanghai is indeed magical. There are servants, a luxurious villa, a beautif ul mother who smells like Chanel No. 5, and a young, handsome, polo-playing father. Unfortunately, her father is also a smuggler and speculator who lo ves his freewheeling life more than anything (or anyone) else. Despite warn ings, Schoene refuses to leave Shanghai even after the Japanese invade, and his wife and child retreat to Los Angeles; later, he survives imprisonment and torture only to once again choose Shanghai over his family--this time with the Communists moving in., Good Stock number: RWARE0000021660. ISBN: 9780156027137
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Imprint: The Dial Press, 2004 Caldwell and Thomason's intriguing intellectual suspense novel stars four b rainy roommates at Princeton, two of whom have links to a mysterious 15th-c entury manuscript, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. This rare text (a real bo ok) contains embedded codes revealing the location of a buried Roman treasu re. Comparisons to The Da Vinci Code are inevitable, but Caldwell and Thoma son's book is the more cerebral-and better written-of the two: think Dan Br own by way of Donna Tartt and Umberto Eco., Very Good/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000007568. ISBN: 9780385337113
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Imprint: Dell, 2005 A tight clean softcover, no markings throughout: An ivy league murder, a mysterious coded manuscript, and the secrets of a R enaissance prince collide memorably in The Rule of Four-a brilliant work of fiction that weaves together suspense and scholarship, high art and unimag inable treachery. It's Easter at Princeton. Seniors are scrambling to finish their theses. An d two students, Tom Sullivan and Paul Harris, are a hair's breadth from sol ving the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili-a renowned text attribu ted to an Italian nobleman, a work that has baffled scholars since its publ ication in 1499. For Tom, their research has been a link to his family's pa st-and an obstacle to the woman he loves. For Paul, it has become an obsess ion, the very reason for living. But as their deadline looms, research has stalled-until a long- lost diary surfaces with a vital clue. And when a fell ow researcher is murdered just hours later, Tom and Paul realize that they are not the first to glimpse the Hypnerotomachia 's secrets. Suddenly the stakes are raised, and as the two friends sift through the cod es and riddles at the heart of the text, they are beginnning to see the man uscript in a new light-not simply as a story of faith, eroticism and pedant ry, but as a bizarre, coded mathematical maze. And as they come closer and closer to deciphering the final puzzle of a book that has shattered careers , friendships and families, they know that their own lives are in mortal da nger. Because at least one person has been killed for knowing too much. And they know even more. From the streets of fifteenth-century Rome to the rarified realm of the, Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000025267. ISBN: 9780440241355
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Imprint: Random House Inc., 2005 A Princeton student has only twenty-four hours to complete his senior thesi s—hardly the nail-biting stuff of thrillers, except that the thesis in ques tion purports to solve the mystery of an erotic fifteenth-century allegory littered with ciphers and algorithms. (In the wake of the immensely popular “The Da Vinci Code,” there appears to be no shortage of medieval codes wai ting to be cracked by intrepid scholar-detectives.) As the student races to meet his deadline, mayhem engulfs the campus: a chase through steam tunnel s beneath the grassy quads, an inferno at the school’s toniest eating club, and nude frolics in the snow (this last not fiction but a real Princeton t radition). The authors, two recent Ivy League grads, keep up a frantic, som ewhat exhausting pace, but the most riveting action sequences take place in side the mind, as the hero wrestles with the manuscript., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000008152. ISBN: 9780440296409
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Imprint: Association for Supervision, 1994 A tight clean copy, no markings throughout. Learning to inquire together, to generate knowledge and action simultaneously-that's action research. This book provides practical guidance for conducting schoolwide action research to improve student learning. Begin with a broad assessment of the health of the school or with the perception of a problem in one area, such as students' achievement in mathematics. As staff members-or parents or community members—what do you do? Calhoun presents the simple process of collective study in action. First, seek agreement with others in your school community on what to study. Second, collect and share information about students' knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Third, search your own experiences and examine educational research for strategies and programs that will improve your students' math understanding. Fourth, work together to improve curriculum and instruction in math. Fifth, collect data on results, study effects, and begin the cycle all over again., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000015313. ISBN: 9780871202291
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Imprint: McGraw-Hill Education, 2002 In Tapping the Healer Within, Dr. Roger Callahan shows you how to harness t he healing power of Thought Field Therapy on your own, to overcome phobias, anxieties, addictions, and other common psychological problems., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000039784. ISBN: 9780809298808
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Imprint: Addison-Wesley Pub, 1999 Todd Gee, Internet Technologies Consultant, Pencom Web Works "Dustin Callaway's book is a great introduction to practical servlet progra mming. It presented the subject clearly and had me 'thinking servlets' quic kly. Terse and effective." Christopher Blizzard, Red Hat Software "This book contains the essential information required to get started writing Java Servlets. It's tutorial layout gives an introduction to servlet concepts, walks you through advanced topics and has usable code samples to help get you started. It's a must have for anyone looking to get started writing web applications in Java.", Very Good+ Stock number: RWARE0000006178. ISBN: 9780201379631
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Imprint: Bantam Doubleday Dell, 2003 It's never too late to grow up...This is the story of: Scott, who finds his belongings outside in a bin bag one day and realises he may have made a bi g mistake; Gail, who wishes her husband were under guarantee so she could s end him back and get a refund; Nat, who discovers that growing up isn't all it's cracked up to be; Rosie, who just wants her Dad back - or if not, the n at least some new glitter nail polish; four lives, one story: love, loss and learning to be a grown-up., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000015477. ISBN: 9780552998543
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Imprint: Black Swan Books, Limited, 2003 Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000002535. ISBN: 9780552770972
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Imprint: Livre de Poche, 1982 Le jeune chevalier génois Médard de Terralba, naïf et enthousiaste, pa rt se battre contre les Turcs. Au cours de la bataille, un boulet le coupe en deux, du haut en bas. Néanmoins, sa moitié droite survit. Dès lors, ce v icomte pourfendu, de retour sur ses terres, va se montrer d'une odieuse cru auté. Injuste, perfide, néfaste, il fait régner la terreur. Mais voici que l'autre moitié fait son apparition au pays... L'humour, l'imaginaire et la poésie de ce court roman au style incisif évoquent les contes voltairiens. À travers la fable se développe une réflexion sur le monde, sur le bien et le mal qu'il faut avoir tous deux expérimentés pour connaître le sens profo nd de la vie. Lors de la publication de ce livre, en 1955, Italo Calvino (1 923-1985) passait pour un grand espoir de la littérature contemporaine. Pro messe tenue. En effet, le romancier et critique littéraire italien, qui s'e st constamment intéressé au fonctionnement de la "machine littérature" face au "labyrinthe du monde", a laissé une oeuvre parmi les plus importantes d e son temps., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000032177. ISBN: 9782253029854
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Imprint: Harper Perennial, 2002 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden is the story of a bittersweet romance set against the backdrop of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, flood -- a tragedy that cost some 2,200 lives when the South Fork Dam burst on Memorial Day weekend, 1889. The dam was the site of a gentlemen's club that attracted some of the wealthiest industrialists of the day -- Henry Clay Frick, Andrew Mellon, and Andrew Carnegie -- and served as a summertime idyll for the families of the rich. In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden imagines the lives that were lived, lost, and irreparably changed by a tragedy that could have been averted., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000032006. ISBN: 9780060007577
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Imprint: Berkley Pub Group, 1977 Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000002690. ISBN: 9780425032961
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Imprint: Scottish Cultural Press, 1999 A tight clean copy, no markings throughout. Rev. and updated ed. of: History for young Scots. 2nd ed. 1980. Includes index., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000010938. ISBN: 9781898218760
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Imprint: Harbour Publishing, 1982 Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000005312. ISBN: 0922080170
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Imprint: Tarcher, 2000 In her national bestseller, The Right to Write, Julia Cameron took to task the mythology surrounding the writing life in our culture. Now, in God Is N o Laughing Matter, Cameron delivers spiritual straight-talk that helps read ers to refocus their spiritual experience and to recognize true inspiration . With her trademark "sparkling prose" (Publishers Weekly), combined with ane cdotes and techniques presented in God Is No Laughing Matter, Cameron offer s thought-provoking, humorous essays that paint the spiritual journey in a refreshingly clear light. Addressing the way spiritual "experts" have cloud ed the message, the book shows readers how instead they can better focus an d make conscious choices that inform life, and enrich oneself and the commu nity. Sharing firsthand observations on the influences of spiritual life on her work, Cameron asserts that, "for every step we take toward God, a thousand are taken toward us." Today, with the prevalent paradoxes and contradictions one often finds in the spiritual trek, God Is No Laughing Matter will give readers a respite and the energy to begin anew., Very Good/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000033956. ISBN: 9781585420650
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Imprint: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS, 1999 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. James Cameron's Titanic chronicles the cinematic re-creation of the most le gendary ocean disaster of all time as seen through the eyes of a master sto ryteller. Set against the ship's fateful maiden voyage, Cameron's much- anti cipated motion picture epic weaves a rich human tapestry of romance, herois m, tragedy and greed. Within these pages is a detailed look at the monumental effort by thousands of artists and craftsmen to accurately re- create the 'ship of dreams,' including the full-size exterior replica of the ship and the 17-million-gallon tank facility designed to sink her; a wealth of detailed interior spaces; new discoveries from Cameron's 1995 dives to the wreck, some two-and-a-half miles below the ocean surface; studies of the ornate wardrobe, makeup and hairstyles that defined the look of the 'Gilded Age'; an overview of the film's groundbreaking visual- effects work; and in-depth interviews with cast and crew, all referenced to the historic events of the Titanic's maiden, and final, voyage., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000034912. ISBN: 9780006490609
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Imprint: Harlequin, 1990 When Jennie Andrews' husband died, she blamed their best friend, Peter Kyna ston. She distanced herself from him and all the painful memories. Now Pete r hoped to turn back the clock, to reestablish the old, comfortable friends hip. But Jennie had always been intrigued by Peter . . . and, in her heart, she wanted so much more., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000002136. ISBN: 9780373163601
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Imprint: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 2002 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000040105. ISBN: 9781585421466
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Imprint: Imprint unknown, 2004 Good Stock number: RWARE0000028733. ISBN: 9780273684725
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Imprint: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 1997 In the Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart, Julia Cameron, autho r of The Artist's Way, draws from her remarkable teaching experience to hel p readers reach out into ever-broadening creative horizons. As in The Artis t's Way, she combines eloquent essays with playful and imaginative experien tial exercises to make The Vein of Gold an extraordinary book of learning-t hrough-doing. Inspiring essays on the creative process and more than one hu ndred engaging and energizing tasks involve the reader in "inner play," lea ding to authentic growth, renewal, and healing., Good Stock number: RWARE0000031785. ISBN: 9780874778793
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Imprint: Picador, 2009 Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000033881. ISBN: 9780330457286
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Imprint: Berkley, 1995 "This book is about succeeding--and surviving--even being happy, in a socie ty where every card seems stacked against you. If this is a fair world, Beb e Moore Campbell will be remembered as the most important African-American novelist of this century--except for, maybe, Ralph Ellison and James Baldwi n."--Carolyn See, Washington Post Book Review, Good Stock number: RWARE0000025433. ISBN: 9780425149409
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Imprint: Ace, 2007 Praise for The Lost Fleet series: "The most believable space battles I've ever seen anywhere." -DAVID SHERMAN "Good fun." -DON D'AMMASSA "Thoughtful and exciting...loaded with edge-of-your-seat combat." -ELIZABETH MOON, Fine Stock number: RWARE0000015173. ISBN: 9780441015672
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Imprint: Lonely Planet Publications, 2001 Whether you want to marvel at ancient cities or the Buddha's tooth, comb id yllic beaches or follow the paths of elephants, this guide to the colour an d flavours of Sri Lanka is your key to unlocking its secrets. 43 maps, including a colour country map colour section on the wildlife of Sri Lanka, plus essential tips for birdwa tchers the flavours of Sri Lanka, from a morning hopper to an evening arrack from cheap dens to colonial mansions., Very Good+ Stock number: RWARE0000015049. ISBN: 9781740590396
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Imprint: Onyx Books, 1995 A headline-grabbing plot that draws from the Anita Hill situation, the Spur Posse in Lakewood, Calif., and the case of Lorena Bobbit is the basis of t his soap opera masquerading as psychological suspense novel. "Little Sister " was a jeering sobriquet applied by 15 Dominion University frat brothers t o the sometimes willing--and oft-times raped--coeds they dogged for sex, th en tallied on their "dance cards." Now, 14 years after she was victimized, environmental lobbyist Holly Kaufman finds that one of her assaulters, Tim Ziegler, now a senator, has been nominated for a cabinet post. His role in the vicious game is raked up, then swiftly buried. Disgusted, Holly joins t he Little Sister Society, a group dedicated to nonviolent retribution. Her fellow members are a quartet of one-note characters: Bobbi, a mousy IRS emp loyee with a movie-of-the-week-style split personality; calculating busines swoman Erica, who has buried several husbands; Rachel, a man-hating, lesbia n FBI agent; and April, a psychologist. Clearly, someone has become unhinge d: first Ziegler, then other ex-frat boys, are killed in a vengeful, bloody fashion., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000002688. ISBN: 9780451405715
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Imprint: Penguin UK, 1999 The Swinging Sporran: A Lighthearted Guide to the Basic Steps of Scottish R eels and Country Dances This edition of a guide to the basic steps of 17 Scottish reels and country dances has been updated to include the latest variations. The book explain s each dance simply and clearly with diagrams, and gives additional backgro und information on dress, history and basic technique such as setting, turn s and pas de basque. The dances listed include The Duke of Perth, Hamilton House, The Reel of th e 51st, Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, Inverness Country Dance, Foursome, E ightsome and Sixteensome Reels and The Dashing White Sergeant. Roddy Martine is the ex-editor of the "Scottish Field" and author of the "New Shell Guide to the Lowlands and Borders of Scotland"., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000004225. ISBN: 9780140119954
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Imprint: Chatham House Pub, 1995 Four years ago, the editors offered a midterm evaluation of the Bush presid ency. Now, in this anthology, a dozen political scientists assess the succe sses and failures of the Clinton presidency and the structural obstacles Cl inton faced upon entering office. The contributors look critically at Clint on's reliance on public opinion polls, his management of the White House, h is inclination to try to please too many conflicting interest groups and hi s foreign policy, but they are more forgiving of his inability to loosen Co ngressional gridlock and even praise his handling of the economy. The essay s are somewhat repetitive, as several contributors rehearse the same events of Clinton's first two years in office to illustrate their points about hi s governing style. This brand of political science is only two steps remove d from journalism. Unfortunately, those steps appear to be accessibility an d lively writing, while the play-by-play approach of some of the contributo rs sometimes obscures the big picture. Still, the anthology's exhaustivenes s makes it useful for anyone trying to make sense of Clinton's struggles in office., Good Stock number: RWARE0000021164. ISBN: 9781566430142
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Imprint: Bantam, 1997 Honest, unpretentious prose characterizes this first novel about a case of criminal sexual misconduct and two families in crisis. In the opening chapt er, set in 1980, Linda Young, 33, who lives in a "friendly, safe" neighborh ood in Jackson, Mich., describes the moment when her 12-year-old son, Robbi e, drops "his bomb": "Jerry Houseman's been touching me." Robbie says the a buse has been going on for "a while," which stretches into a few months, th en a year. Jerry, a neighbor with three daughters, has been showering Robbi e with gifts, treating him like a surrogate son- or so Linda has assumed. Ro bbie begs his mother not to tell anyone, but she and her husband call the p olice. Campbell delivers the story of Jerry's arrest, trial and the afterma th, from four points of view. They include Linda's unabashedly angry accoun t, Jerry's detached and sentimental narration and a poignant portrait by Je rry's wife, Jeanette, of her husband, who has been previously attracted to young boys. The final and most convincing voice, that of Robbie as a young adult, gets to the heart of the boy's turmoil. Readers must wade past some superficial narrative here, but they'll find that, through Jeanette and Rob bie, Campbell accomplishes the formidable task of illuminating the complex feelings and issues that confront his seemingly ordinary people., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000002504. ISBN: 9780553378221
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Imprint: Ace, 2008 "Black Jack" Geary has ordered his fleet back to the Lakota Star System whe re the Syndics nearly destroyed them, a desperate gamble that may give them a fighting chance of survival-or tear them apart., Fine Stock number: RWARE0000015174. ISBN: 9780441016198
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Imprint: Simon & Schuster, 1987 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Very Good/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000034603. ISBN: 9780671475475
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Imprint: Miramax Books, 2000 Sisters Anna and Jane Campion (the Australian directors responsible for suc h films as Loaded and The Piano) have collaborated on this intriguing thoug h rambling first novel. Twenty-year-old Ruth Baron is dragged back from Ind ia, where she has joined a bizarre cult, to her parent's home outside of Sy dney. Once there, her family forces her to undergo an intensive "exiting" p rocess meant to de-program her from the insidious influence of the cult's l eader, Chidaatma Baba. The expert recruited for the job is P.J. (John) Wate rs, a world-weary fellow in his mid-50s who flies in from New York and secl udes himself with the rebellious young woman for the three-day intensive tr eatment. At first, they circle each other suspiciously; John is aggressive, and Ruth fights him every step of the way. Soon, distrust gives way to a d angerous and undeniable mutual passion. Other characters in this heaving, b reathless novelARuth's vague, teary mother, older brothers and bumbling sis ter-in-lawAseem to function as clueless comic foils for the burgeoning inte nsity between Ruth and John. The authors successfully demonstrate the seduc tive pull of cults and are at their best when transforming Ruth's need for spiritual guidance into her psychosexual delirium. The narrative, told from the alternating points of view of John and Ruth, has a hazy, druggy qualit y, which is ambiguous and confusing. The fact that this tale is the book ve rsion of an upcoming film starring Harvey Keitel and Kate Winslet contribut es to the reader's likely awareness that thenovel is a sketchy, early versi on of its more fitting cinematic manifestation., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000000982. ISBN: 9780786885633
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Imprint: Macdonald & Co, 1985 Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000017619. ISBN: 9780722123522
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Imprint: Bloomsbury Books, 1994 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout, NOT an ex-lib edition: Ada, together with her nine-year-old illegitimate daughter Flora, and her piano, leave Scotland to arrive in the remote bush of 19th-century New Zealand for a marriage arranged by her father. Although mute, she does not consider herself silent as her piano is the vehicle of her expression., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000026597. ISBN: 9780747518297
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