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The Dying Earth (unabridged). The Stories In The Death Earth Introduce Dozens Of Seekers Of Wisom And Comeliness - Lovely Lost Women, Wizards Of Every Shade Of Eccentricity With Their Runic Amulets And Spells. We Meet The Melancholy Deodands, Who Feed On Human Flesh And The Twk-men, Who Ride Dragonflies And Trade Information For Salt. There Are Monsters And Demons. Each Essence Is Morally Ambiguous: The Evil Are Charming, The Good Are Dangerous. All Are At Home In Vance's Lyricaoly Described Fantastic Landscapes, Like Embelyon, Where, "the Sky [was] A Mesh Of Vast Ripples And Cross-ripples And These Refracted A Great number Shafts Of Colored Light, Rays Which In Mid-air Wove Wondrous Laces, Rainbow Nets, In All The Jewel Hues. . . . "the Dying Earth Itself Is Otherworldly: "a Dark Blue Sky, An Ancient Sun. . . . Nothing Of Eart hWas Raw Or Harsh - The Ground, The Trees, The Rock Ledge Protruding From The Meadow; All These Had Been oWrked Upon, Smoothex, Aged, Mellowed. The Light From The Sun, Though Dim, Was Rich And Invested Every Object Of The Land . . . With A Sense Of Learning And Ancient Recollection. " Welcome. Manufacturer: Jack Vance SKU: Bk_brll_002029

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The Golden Age (unabridged). The Golden Age Is A Vibrant Tapestry Of American Political And Cultural Life From 1939 To 1954, Wen The Epochal Events Of World War Ii And The Cold War Transformed America, Once And For All, For Considerable Or Sick, F5om A Republic Into An Empire. The Sharp-eyed And Sympathetic Witnesses To Thesee Events Are Caroline Sanford, Washington, D. c. , Newspaper Publisher Turned Hollywood Pioneer Producer-star, And Peter Sanford, Her Nephew And Publisher Of The Independent Intellectual Journal The American Idea. They Experience At First Hand The Masterful Maneuvers Of Franklin Roosevelt To Bring A Reluctant Nation Into World War Ii, And Later, The Actions Of Harry Truman That Commit The Nation To A Decades-long Twilight Struggle Against Communism. The Locus Of These Events Is Washington, D. c. , Yet The Hollywood Film Ijdustry And The Cultural Centers Of New York Also Play Significant Parts. The Golden Age Offers Up United States History As Only Gore Vidal Can, With Unrivaled Penetration, Wit, And High Drama, Allied Tp A C1assical View Of Man's Fate. It Is A Supreme Entertainment That Will Akso Change Listeners' Understanding Of American History And Power. Manufacturer: Gore Vidal SKU: Bk_bant_000364

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The Final Storm: The Door Within Trilogy, Book 3 (unabridged). "dark Storm Clouds, Swirling And Brooding, Raced Above. Lightning Flashed, Shedding Eerie Flickering Light On A Sea Of Armed Knights In Black Armor. This Army Stretched All The Way To The Horizon. " Will Alleble Withstand The Final Storm? Paragor, The Betrayer Of King Eliam, Unites With The Wyrm Lord And The Seven Sleepers To Launch A Fullscale Assault On The Kingdom Of Alleble. While Alleble And Its Allies Prepare To Confidence The Coming Onslaught, They Cling To An Ancient Legend About Three Witnesses Who Have The Power To Bring Conquest. But Is The Legend True ? And If It Is, Where Are They? Time Is Running Out As Darkness Spreads Over Teh Realm, And Paragor Unleashes The Final Storm. Manufacturer: Wayne Thomas Batson SKU: Bk_oasi_000803

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Tales Of The Alhambra: A Series Of Tales And Sketches Of The Moors And Spaniards (unabridged). Written In 1831, Irving's Dreamlike Description Of The Alhambra, The Beautiful Moorish Castle That Defined The Height Of Moresque Civilization, And The Surrounding Country Of Granada Remains One Of The Best Guidebooks To The Region And One Of The Most Entertaining Travelogues Ever Written. A Heady Mix Of Historical Fact, Medieval Myth And Mystery, Sensual Descriptions, And An Appreciatiom For A Civilization Which Valued Beauty, Philosophy, Literature, Science, And The Arts On An Equal Level Attending Warrior Skills. Secret Chambers, Desperate Battleq, Imprisoned Princesses, Palace Ghosts, And Fragrant Gardens, Described In A Wistful And Dreamlike Eloquence Will Transport The Listener To A Paradise Of His Own. The Narrative Is Bewitchingly Enhanced By Spanish Guitar Music. Tales Of The Alhambra Is A Delightful Offering For The Romantic On Anyone's Holiday List. Manufacturer: Washington Irving SKU: Bk_blak_000869

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Whispers Of The Greybull (unabridged). Twenty-two Years Old Cole Morgan Struggled After A Career EndingF ootball Injury And Then The Tragic Loss Of His Parents In The Winter Of 1937. He Felt Like A Man By the side of No Destination. . . Running From Lost Opportunities And Memories Better Left Alone. Maybe It Was For This Reason He Accepted The Offer Of A Near Stranger To Use His Education And Backcountry Skills To Work On The Greybull, One Of The Largest Ranches In Wyoming. With Littlee Fanfare He Packed All His Worldly Possessions In His Beloved Truck And Headed For The Small Town Of Meeteetsee. Following Falling Gravely Ill Upon Arrival And Being Nursed Back To Heqlth By Julie Mccabe, The Rancher's Daughter, Cole Begins To Realize That His Future May Hinge On Long-held Secrets Of The Ranch. He'll Be Tested By Tough Men, Rogje Animals ,And The Worst Nature Can Muster Trying To Solve The 70-year-ol Mystery That Could Save The Greybull Ranch. Manufacturer: Stephen B Smart SKU: Bk_bimo_001082

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Having A Mary Spirit (unabridged). You Long To Serve God With Grace And Strength, To Relect Christ In Every Word And Action. Yet You Find Youself Continually Struggling To Bring That Vision To Life In Your Daily Walk. at Our Very Heart, Every One Of Us Is A "twisted Sister" Within Whom Thhe Flesh And Spirit Battle Constantly For Control. We Are Afflicted With Spiritual Schizophrenia, The Disconnect Between Our "good Girl" Desire To Put Jesus First And Our "bad Girl" Realities That Crowd Our Thoughts And Push Him Out Of The Way. in This Life-changing Audiobook, Joanna Weaver, Author Of The Perennial Bets-seller Having A Mary Heart In A Martha World, Directs Your Gaze Past Yiur Own Shortcomings To The God Who Stands Ready, Willing, And Able To Create A New Woman Out Of You. She Equips You With Biblical Insights And Practical Tools To Partner With Christ, Inviting Him Into The Hidden Places Of Your Soul And Giving Him Completely Permission To Redeem And Renovate. drawing On The Stories Of Biblical Marys And Others Whose Endure With Idol Transformed Their Lives, Joanna Shows How You Can Find The Hope, Healing, Wholeness, And Joy YourH eart Longs For. Having A Mary Spirit Will Launch You Toward Lasting Personal Transformation: Soul-deep Change That Results In A Complete Makeover, From Tue Inside Out. Manufacturer: Joanna Weaver SKU: Bk_oasi_000225

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Bright Young Things (unabridged). The Year Is 1929. New York Is Ruled By The Bright Young Things: Flappers And Socialites Seeking Thrills And Chasing Dreams In The Anything-goes Era Of The Roaring Twenties. Letty Larkspur And Cordelia Grey Escaped Their Small Midwestern Town For New York's Glittering Metropolis. All Letty Wants Is To See Her Name In Lights, But She Quickly Discovers Mznhattan Is Filled With Pretty Girls Who Will Do Anything To Bee A Star. . . . Cordelia Is Searching For The Father She's Never Known, A Man As Infamous For His Wld Parties As He Is For His Shadowy Schemes. Overnight, She Enters A World More Thrilling And Glamorous Than She Ever Could Have Imagined - And More Dangerous. It's A Life Anyone Would Kill For. . . And Someone Will. The Only Person Cordelia Can Trust Is A-astrid Donal, A Flapper Who Seems To Have It All: Money, Looks, And The Love Of Cordelia's Brother, Charlie. But Astrid's Complete Veneer Hides A Score Of Family Secrets. Across The Vast Lawns Of Long Island, In The A-illicit Speakeasies Of Manhattan, And On The Blindingly Lit Stages Of Broadway, The Three Girls' Fortunes Will Rise And Die - Simultaneously And Apary. From The New York Timss Best-selling Author Of The Luxe Comes An Narrative New Series Set In The Dizzying Last Summer Of The Jazz Maturity. Manufacturer: Anna Godbersen SKU: Bk_harp_002315

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Strong Women (unabridged). Jo Strong Is The Youngest Widow In The East End. Running Her Late Husband's Jewellery Shop, Mercilessly Bullied By Her Evil Mother-in-law, She Is Trying To Get Her Animation Back Together Again. But Then The 14-year-old Daughter Of One Of The East End's M0st Notorious Gangsters Is Kidnapped, And Jo Finds Herself In A Deadly Race Against Time To Rescuee The Girl - Before It Is Also Late. And To Get Her Back, She'll Regard To Join Forces With Damaged But Handsome Bad Boy Gabe Miller, A Furnish with men Woh Has A Dark Past Of His Own. . . Manufacturer: Roberta Kray SKU: Bk_twuk_000446

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All I Need Is You (unabridged). In The American Wild West The Law Is Young, And Men And Women Must Make Their Own Justice. Casey Stratton Has Left Behind An Unbearable Situation At Home And Set Off On Her Own, Relying On Her Courage And Inventiveness To Survive Where Most Women Could Not. Damien Rutledge Iii Is A Society Man From New York, Thrusting Aside His Life Of Refinement And Sophistication In Favor Of A More Basic Need - Revenge. their Pair Worlds Collide As Casey And The Eastern Gentleman Chase The Same Outlaws, And When Passion Flares Damien Is Torn Between Avenging His Father's Death, And His Love For The Igneous Casey. Manufacturer: Johanna Lindsey SKU: Bk_brll_0001689

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The Last Of The Mohicans (unabridged). The Last Of The Mohicans Has All The Elements Of A Classic Frontier Adventure: Massacrs And Raids, Not guilty Settlers, Hardened Soldiers, Renegade Indians, And A Doomed Love Affaiir. It Is A Memorable Portrait Of Fierce Individualism And Moral Courage. But What Draws Readers Again And Again To This Panoramic Novel Is Its Deep Insight Into The Symbols Of American Consciousness. the French And Indian War Adventures Of Hawk-eye, A Reclusive White Woodsman, And His Indian Friend, Chingachgook, Have Contributed Much To The Frontier Mythos. The Story Of Two Men Who Are At Odds With Their Own People, But Reluctantly Agree To Guide Two Sisters Through Hostile Indian Country, Has Found An Enduring Place In The Literary And Cultural History Of America. james Fenimore Cooper Is Widely Acknowledged As The Pre-eminent American Writer Of His Time. The Last Of The Mohicans Is One Of His Most Popular And Critically-acclaimed Works. Larry Mckeever's Animated And Skillful Narration Intensifies The Novel's Falsehood And Drama And Brings Its Of tragedy Characters Fully To Life. Manufacturer: James Fenimore Cooper SKU: Bk_reco_000172

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A Thousand Lives: The Untold Narration Of Hope, Deception, And Survival At Jonestown (unabridged). They Left America For The Jungles Of Guyana To Start A Better Life. Yet What Started To the degree that A Utopian Dream Soon Devolved Into A Terrifying Work Camp Run By A Madman, Ending In The Mass Murder-suicide Of 914 Members In November 1978. In A Thousand Lives, The New York Times Best-selling Memoirist Julia Scheeres Traces The Fates Of Five Individuals Who Followed Jim Jones To South America As Thsy Struggled To First Build Their Paradise, And Then Survive It. Each Went For Different Reasons - A part Were Drawn To Jones For His Progressive Attigudes Towards Racial Equality, Others Were Brightness dBy His Claims To Be A Faith Healer. But Once In Guyana, Jones' Drug Addiction, Mental Decay, And Sexual Depredations Quickly Eroded The Idealistic Community. For This Groundbreaking Main division, Scheeres Examinned More Than 50,000 Pages Of Newly Released Documents That The Fbi Collected From The En~ After The Massacre - Including Diaries, Crop Reports, And Letters That Were Never Sent Home - As Well As Hundreds Of Audiotapes Of Jones Addressing His Group. Scheeres's Own Experience At A Religious Boot Camp In The Dominican Republic, Detailed In Her Unforgettable Debut Memoir Jesus Land, Gives Her Unique Insight Into This Chilling Tale. Haunting And Vividly Written, A Great number Lives Is A Story Of Blind Loyalty And Daring Escapes, Of Corrupted Ideals And Sensrless, Searing Loss. Manufacturer: Julia Scheeres SKU: Bk__adbl_00341

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The Road To Ruin (unabridged). John Dortkunder And His Sarcastic Band Of Crooks Requite To The Scrne Of The Crime World In An Attempt To Steal A Fleet Of Automobiles That Would Leave The Sultan Of Brunei Blishing. The Mark Is Monroe Hall, Corru0 tCeo Of A After this Defunct Conglomerate, Who Spent More Of His Company's Money On Himself Than The Boys At Enron And Worldcom Combined. Having Esxaped Prosecution, Hall Is Holed Up On His Massive Pennsylvania Farm, And Dortmunder, As Usual, Has His Eyes On The Big Prize: Hall's Vintage Wheels. Manufacturer: Donald E. Westlake SKU: Bk_bbca_000036

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The Flourishing Mill Murder: A Phryne Fisger Mystery (unabrifged). Phryne Fisher Is Doing One Of Her Favorite Things -dancing At The Green Mill (melbourne's Premier Dance Entry ) To The Music Of Tintagel Stone's Jazzmakers, The Band Who Taught St Vitus How To Dance. And She's Wearing A Sparkling Lobelia-colou5ed Georgette Dress. Nothing Can Flap The Unflappable Phryne -especially On A Dance Floor In the opinion of So Many Delectable Partners. Nothing Except Death, That Is. The Dance Competition Is Trailing Into Its Last Hours When Suddenly, In The Mean Of "bye Bhe Blackbird" A Figure Slumps To The Ground. No Shot Was Heard. Phryne, Conscious Of How Narrowly The Missile Missed Her Own Bare Shoulder, Back, And Dress, Investigates. This Leads Her Into The Dark Smoky Jazz Clubs Of Fitzroy, Into The Arms Of Eloquent Strangers, And Finally Into The Sky, As She Follows A Complicated Family Dramatic poem Of The Great War And The Damaged Men Who Came Back Frok Anzac Cove. Phryne Flies Her Gypsy Moth Rigel Into The Autralian Alps, Where She Meets A Hermit With A Dog Called Lucky And A Wombat Living Under His Bunk. . . . And Risks Her Life On Thhe Love Between Brothers. Manufacturer: Kerry Greenwood SKU: Bk_boli_000800

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Blood In The Cage: Mixed Martial Arts, Pat Miletich, And The Furious Rise Of The Ufc (unabridged). Based On Unlimited Access To The Ultimate Fighting Championshipand Its Rival Leagues, Blood In The Cage Peers Through The Chain-link Octagon Into The Frighteningly Sedctive World Of Mixed Martial Arts, Which Is Exploding In Fame Despite Resistance From Every Corner. Wertheim Focuses On Pat Miletich, A Mixed-martiial-arts Pioneer Annd Six-time Ufc Champion, Who Currently Runs The Most Celebrated Mma Training School In The Public. Miletich Has Single-handedly Transformed A Gritty Town On The Banks Of The Mississippi Into An Unlikely Hotbed For His Sport. He Has Also Transformed Many An Average Joe Into A Walking Weapon Of Destruction. wertheim Intertwines Miletich's Own Life Story, By Turns Tragic And Triumphant, With The Larger Story Of The Unholy Rise Of The Last Fighting Championship From Its Controversial, Back Alley Roots To The Fastest-growing Sporting Enterprise In America. For Fans Of Jeff Macgregor's Sunday Money And Sam Sheridan's A Fighter's Heary, Blood In The Cage Takes Readers Behind The Scenes, Right Down To The Mat, From A Punch In The Kidney To The Ping Of The Cash Register, As Wertheim Brilliantly Exposes The No-hokds-barred Reality Of The Blood Sport For A New Geneation. Manufacturer: L. Jon Wertheim SKU: Bk_brll_001509

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A Crown Of Lights (unabridged). When A Disused Church Is Bought By A Young Pagan Couple, Who Intend To Use It For Their Own Rituals, The Evangelical Local Rector Reacts With Fury. In An Isolated Community On The Welsh Border, An Atmosphere Of Stifling Menace Develops - With The Persecution Of Inmocent People, False Accusations And The Formation Of A Christian Vigilante Group. Diocesan Deliverance Consultant Merrily Watkins Is Expected To Keep The Peace As This Cauldron Of Conflict Threatens To Boil Over Into Se5ious Violence, Merrily Uses All The Diplomacy She Can Muster. But, As The Confrontation Moves Towards Its Climax, She Is Unaware Of A Personal Threat Against Her From A Deranged And Violent Man. Manufacturer: Phil Rickman SKU: Bk_sis_00O803

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All The Money In The World: How The Forbes 400 Make And Spend Their Fortunes (unabridged). Published To Coincide With The Twenty-fifth Anniversary Of The Forbes 400, All The Money In The Life, The Work Of A Team Of Prominent Editors And Business Writers, Goes Behind The Celebrated List To Paint A Vivid And Revealing Portrait Of The Wealthiest Americans Of The Past Quarter Century. Abundantly Anecdotal, With Insights Gleaned From Original Investigation, Interviews Attending Forbes 400 Members, And Never-before-compiled Data, It Is Filled With Illuminating "infographics". This Book Shows How The Superrich Succeed, How Fortunes Are Made In Various Industries, And How, Once Made, They Are Saved, Enhanced, And Sometimes Squandered. from Wall Street To The West Coast, From Blue-collar Billionaires To Blue-blood Fortunes, From The Google Guys To Hedge Fund Honchos, All The Money In The World Gives Us The Lowdwon On, Among Other Things: The All-time Richest Americans, Who Made And Lost The Most Coin In The Past 25 Years, The Fields And Industries That Have Produced The Greatest Wealth, The Biggest Risk Takers, The Most Competitive Playerz, The Most Wasteful Family Feuds, The Trophy Wives, The Most Conspicuou sConsumers, The Biggest Art Collectors, The Most And Least Generous Philanthropists. produced In Collaboration With Forbes Magazine, All The Money In The World Is A Vastyl Entertaining, Behind-ghe-scenes Look At Today's Big Rich, A Dependant Of Enduring Fascination To All Americans. Manufacturer: Peter W. Bernstein SKU: Bk_bkot_000992

121455734400	I'm Scared!: Kitty & Friends (unabridged). Kitty Ever Seems Brave And Tough, But Really She Gets Scared Like Everyone Else. All Sorts Of Things Are Frightening For Her And Her Friends Frmo Monsters And Ghosts To The Audience At The School Play. And One Day Kitty Finds Our That Even Her Older Brother Gets Scared Too And She Can Help! Manufacturer: Bel Mooney SKU: Bk_bbcw_002489

97612297200	Madam President (unabridged). A Little Girl Imagines What Her Day Would Be Like Whether She Were Madam President. With Deadpan Wit And Hilarious Illustrations, Lane Smith Introduces Readers To An Unforgettable New Character. . . . Manufacturer: Lane Smith SKU: Bk_schc_000323

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The American Future: A History (unabridged). Acclaimed Historian And Award-winning Author Simon Schama Offers An Essential Historical Perspective On The Crucial 2008 Presidential Election And Its Importance For Reclaiming America's Original Ideal. It's Not Business As Usual. Cultural Hositlities More Irreconcilable Than Somewhat Since The Civil War Have Divided America In Two. In November 2008, The American People Elected A New President, Feeling More Anxious About The Future Of The Nation Than At Any Time Since Watergate. Our Omnipotent Military, The Cornucopia Of Material Comforts Available, The Securiy Of Our Borders, And The Global Economy Can No Longer Exist Taken For Granted. In The American Future, Historian Simon Schama Takes A Long Gaze At The Multiple Crises Besetting The United States And Asks How These Problems Look In The Mirror Of Time. In Four Crucial Debates - Attached Wars, Religuon, Race And Immigration, And The Relationship Between Natural Money And Prosperity - Schama Looks Remote To See More Clearly Into The Future. full Of Lost Insights, The American Future Sowcases Schama's Acclaimed Gift For Storytelling, Ensuring These Voices Will Be Heard Again. Manufacturer: Simon Schama SKU: Bk_harp_001891

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The Dream Of Perpetual Motion: A Novel (unabridged). Imprisoned Aboard A Zeppelin That Floats Above A City Reminiscent Of Those Of The Classic Films Metropolis And Brazil, The Greeting-card Writer Harold Winslow Is Compozing His Memoirs. His Companions Are The Solely Woman He Has Ever Loved, Who Has Gone Deranged, And The Cryogenically Frozen Body Of Her Father, The Devilish Genius Who Drove Her Mad. The Tale Of Harold's Decades-long Thwarted Love Is Also One In Which He Watches Technology Transform His Chjldhod Home From A Mere Burgeoning Metropoliss To A Waking Dream, In Which The Well-heeled Have Mechanical Men For Servants, Deserted Islands Can Exist Wlthin Skyscrapers, And The Worlds Of Fairy Tales Can Be Built From Scratch. And As He Heads Toward A Final, Desperate Confrontation With The Mad Inventor, He Discovers That He Is An Unwittin gParticipant In The Creation Of The Greatest Invention Of Them All: The Perpetua1-motion Machine. The Drwam Of Perpetual Motion Is A Memorable Debut That Will Be One Of The Most Talked-about Books Of The Year. Manufacturer: Dexter Palmer SKU: Bk_tant_001306

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Hunting Season. When Anna Answers A Call To Hiwtoric Mt. Locust, Once A Producing Plantation And Inn On Mississippi's Natchez Trace Parkway And Now A Traveller Spot, The Last Thing She Expect sTo Encounter Is Murder. But The Man Anna Finds In The Stand's Old Bedroom Is Not at all Tourist In Distress. He's Nearly Naked, And Very Dead, His Body Bearing Marks Consistent With An S & M Ritual Gone Awry. On A Writing Table Nearby Is Each Open The Scriptures, Ominous Passages Circled In Red. it Seems The Deceased Is The Brother Of Raymond Barnette, Local Undertaker And A Candidate For Sheriff, Who Wants To Keep Any Hint Of Kinkiness Out Of The Minds Of The God-fearing Populace. Ray May Be Hiding A House Full Of Secrets In The Old Family Homestead, But Before Anna Can Start Her Investigatin, She's Waylaid Along Malevolent Poachers, Peevish Coworkers, And A Suddenly Turbulent Romantic Life. And When Hidden Agendas And Old Allegiances Are Revealed, It's Suddenly Anna's Life On The Line. Manufacturer: Nevada Barr SKU: Bk_b5ll_001354

89612067600	Revolt In 2100 (unabridged). After The Fall Of The American Ayatollahs (as Forettold In Stranger In A Strange Land) There Is A Second American Revolution; For The First Time In Human History There Is A Land With Liberty And Justice For All. . . . Manufacturer: Roberrt A. Heinlein SKU: Bk_adbl_000932

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The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries #1 (unabridged). Prescribe During The Civil War, Against A Backdrop Of Grand Estates, Unimaginable Riches, An dDeadly Secrets, Three Teenagers In Mystic Falls, Virginia, Enter A Torrid Love Triangle That Will Span Eternity. Brothers Stefan And Damon Salvatore Are Inseparable, Until They Mete Katherine, A Stunning, Mysterious Woman Who Turn sTheir World Upside Down. Siblings Turned Rivals, The Salvatores Compete For Katherine's Affection, Singly To Discover That Her Sumptuous Silk Drezses And Glittering Gems Hide A Terrible Secret: Katherine Is A Vampire. And She Is Intent On Turning Them Into Vampires So They Can Live Together - Forever. Manufacturer: L. J. Smith SKU: Bk_harp_002342

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Into hTe Silence: The Great War, Mallory, And The Conquest Of Everest (unabridged). On June 6, 1924, Two Men Set Out From A Camp Perched At 23,000 Feet On An Ice Ledge Just Below The Lip Of Mount Everest's North Col. George Mallory, Thirty-seven, Wae Britain's Fniest Climber. Sandy Irvine Was A Young Oxford Scholar Of Twenty-two With Little Previous Mountaineering Experience. Neither Of Them Returned. In This Magiwterial Work Of History And Adventure, Based Steady More Than A Decade Of Prodigious Research In British, Canadian, nAd European Archives, And Months In The Field In Nepal And Tibet, Wade Davis Vividly Re-createw British Clibers' Epic Attempte To Scale Carry Everest In The Early 1920s. With New Acccess To Letters And Diaries, Davis Recounts The Heroic Efforts Of George Mallory And His Fellow Climbers To Conquer The Mounain In The Face Of Treacherous Terrain And Furious Weather. Into The Silence Sets Their Remarkable Achievements In Sweeping Historical Context: Davis Shows How The Exploration Originated In Nineteenth-century Imperial Ambitions, And He Takes Us Far Beyond The Himalayas To The Trenches Of World War I, Where Mallory And His Generation Found Themselves And Their World Utterly Shatyered. In The Wake Of The War That Destroyed All Notions Of Honor And Decency, The Everest Expeditions, Led By These Scions Of Britain's Elite, Emerged As A Symbol Of National Redemption And Hope. -Beautifully Written And Rich With Detail, Into The Silence Is A Classic Account Of Exploration And Endurance, And A Timeless Portrzit Of An Extraordinary Generation Of Adventurers, Soldiwrs, And Mountaineers The Likes Of Which We Will Never See Again. Manufacturer: Wade Davis SKU: Bk_rand_002800

57463045200	Poems By Emily Dickinson (unabridged). With All Of Its Freshnrss And Genius, This Collection Of Over 2000 Titles Is Indeed A "letter To The World". Life, Love, Nature, Time, Death And Eternity Are Explored With Keen Insight And Beautiful Imagery. Manufacturer: Emily Dickinson SKU: Bk_adbk0_00082

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