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The Blind Watchmaker

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:49:22 PST

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Twenty years after its original publication, The Blind Watchmaker, framed with a new introduction by the author, is as prescient and timely a book as ever. The watchmaker belongs to the eighteenth-century theologian William Paley, who argued that just as a watch is too complicated and functional to have sprung into existence by accident, so too must all living things, with their far greater compl ...

Havemercy

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:37:55 PST

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Thanks to its Dragon Corps, the capital city of Volstov has all but won the hundred years' war with its neighboring enemy, the Ke-Han. The renegade airmen who fly the corps's mechanical, magic-fueled dragons are Volstov's gratest weapon. But now one of its more unruly members is at the center of the city's rumor mill, causing a distraction that may turn the tide of the victory. With Volstov imme ...

Fake Vol. 3

Sun, 1 Jun 2008 3:40:20 PST

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Fake 6

Sun, 1 Jun 2008 3:40:20 PST

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A psychopath is on the loose, killing kids and cutting off their hands. As if that weren't enough, Ryo gets an in-depth look at Dee's parentless childhood and the man who inspired Dee to become a cop. But when a little too much information about Dee's de facto dad comes to light, it could destroy Dee's two greatest passions: police work and Ryo!

Fake Vol. 4

Sun, 1 Jun 2008 3:40:20 PST

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Fake, Vol. 5

Sun, 1 Jun 2008 3:40:20 PST

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Fake

Sun, 1 Jun 2008 3:40:20 PST

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Ryo and Dee, two of New York City's finest, are called in to investigate the activities of some two bit street punk. The operation goes south rather quickly when Dee is kidnapped and Ryo must put all of his skill and training to the test to get his partner back in one piece. Their partnership is on the line as electrified emotions raise questions within them that are hard to ignore.

The Last Unicorn

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:34:18 PST

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The Last Unicorn is one of the great fantasy novels of the 20th Century. Since its publication in 1968 it has never been out of print, with 6 million-plus copies sold around the world, and it has been translated into more than 20 languages. The animated movie, version released in 1982, has been seen by hundreds of millions of people, and after 25 years is still showing regularly on cable and sate ...

Kizuna - Bonds of Love 4

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:39:48 PST

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Kizuna - Bonds of Love

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:39:44 PST

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Ranmaru and Kei were not always the perfect couple. There was a time when Ranmaru was an up-and-coming Kendo star and Kei was shy and timid scholar. What brought these two different souls together, and how did their love grow so strong? The top selling series continues to document the twists and turns of this beautiful relationship.

Kizuna - Bonds of Love 6

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:39:38 PST

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"A fantastic read!"-SequentialTart.com The web of death has tightened around Kei, Ranmaru, and Kai, and their only ally is the unlikely hitman-turned-bodyguard Tashiro. But will even his deadly skills be enough to win the day when Tashiro comes face to face with the man who trained him in the deadly arts of murder? Also includes a bonus feature and an interview with Kazuma Kodaka!

Kizuna - Bonds Of Love

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:39:34 PST

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The seduction continues... Will come shrink-wrapped and carries an 18+ age advisory.

Kizuna - Bonds of Love Book 1

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:39:23 PST

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Three's a crowd. Ranmaru and Kei have a strong and passionate relationship built on years of trust, sacrifice and love. When the mysterious son of a Yakuza boss starts to have designs on Ranmaru's affection, tempers flare, and hidden emotions rise to the surface. Will Ranmaru and Kei's love for each other be able to survive this difficult test, or will the emotional conflict finally come to a hea ...

Kizuna 8

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:39:20 PST

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"A romantic epic."-The Village Voice "A fun series with some pretty graphic sex scenes."-BoysOnBoysOnFilm.com "It's pretty fun."-DestroyAllMonsters.com Romantic tensions threaten to boil over as the Kyoto honeymoon adventure continues! First, Kai is unrelenting in his quest to get some "alone time" with Masa, but the burly bodyguard spurns Kai's advances for reasons unknown. Meanwhile, th ...

Kizuna

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:37:50 PST

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The Monster at the End of This Book

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:20:04 PST

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Many, many adults name this book as their favorite Little Golden Book. Generations of kids have interacted with lovable, furry old Grover as he begs the reader not to turn the page . . . for a monster is at the end of the book! “Oh, I am so embarrassed,” he says on the last page, for of course the monster is Grover himself!

French Quarter Manual

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:17:25 PST

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Souvenir Postcards from Orkney

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:17:25 PST

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Journey Into Darkness...Ghosts & Vampires of New Orleans

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:17:24 PST

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The documentation of haunted & vampire stories in New Orleans. These have been obtained through police reports, city archives, personal accounts and paranormal investigations. The stories, history and paranormal data are from the Haunted History Tours in New Orleans. All stories were investigated by Katherine Smith. Photographs of spirits throughout the book. Complete directory of haunted bars & ...

Stones from the Muse

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:17:24 PST

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People have been consulting stones as a divinatory source of information and inspiration since the beginning of time. Stones from the Muse and its accompanying set of rune stones adds a new dimension to this ancient practice. Designed with the artist (anyone with a creative vision) in mind, this small set of stones is the perfect conduit for inspiration and advice from your creative muse. The sim ...

The Valley of the White Petals

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:37 PST

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An original story translated from the Japanese! The Elric brothers travel to the ghost town of Xenotime-once a prosperous mining town, now slowly sinking beneath the drifting sands. To save their town, the inhabitants of Xenotime have hired two of the world's most powerful alchemists to create a Philosopher's Stone...and when the Fullmetal Alchemist and his brother meet them, sparks are going to ...

Josie's Handful of Quietness

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:37 PST

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The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:37 PST

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Wilde

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:37 PST

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Any dramatic rendition of Oscar Wilde's life is graced by having most of the witty lines written by Oscar himself. Julian Mitchell's screenplay is a marvel of composition and compression, charting Wilde's fall from the dizzying heights of social success and artistic fame to the abyss of infamy and disgrace--a modern Greek tragedy peppered with epigrammatic wit and a keen sense of sexual politics. ...

Petra

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:27 PST

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Deep in the Jordanian desert lies the hidden rose red city of Petra, carved directly out of the solid rock that rises in sharp ridges above the sands. Recent excavations provide new information about this mysterious, beautiful and dramatic site.

Bad Cat

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:26 PST

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Not since Kliban has there been a cat book this edgy. Edgy as in Bosco, the demonic Siamese with the out-of-focus eyes, razor-sharp fangs, and his own idea of Feng Shui. Or the half-shaved freak named Mr. Fliegel, who looks like a cross between a poodle and a lion. Mr. Fliegel shrugs and says, "Chicks dig me." Or Kato, resplendent in his Three Musketeers outfit: "One for all, blah blah blah . . . ...

Letters to a Young Poet

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:26 PST

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Letters written over a period of several years on the vocation of writing by a poet whose greatest work was still to come.

Seven Years in Tibet

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:26 PST

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In a motion picture starring Brad Pitt, SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET is the autobiographical account of a young Austrian adventurer and the escape from an internment camp that changed his life forever. In 1943, Heinrich Harrer, a noted mountain climber and skier, slipped out of captivity in India and made his way through the Himalayan passes to the Forbidden City of Lhasa in Tibet. From destitute vagabo ...

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 25th Anniversary Edition

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:26 PST

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This spooky addition to Alvin Schwartz's popular books on American folklore is filled with tales of eerie horror and dark revenge that will make you jump with fright. There is a story here for everyone -- skeletons with torn and tangled flesh who roam the earth; a ghost who takes revenge on her murderer; and a haunted house where every night a bloody head falls down the chimney. Stephen Gammell's ...

Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:26 PST

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The Road Not Taken and Other Poems

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:25 PST

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A treasury of Frost's most expressive verse. In addition to the title poem: "An Old Man's Winter Night," "In the Home Stretch," "Meeting and Passing," "Putting in the Seed," many more. All complete and unabridged.

Calling on Dragons

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:25 PST

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A full cast recording approx. 5hrs. 30 mins. 4 cassettes The third of four volumes in the critically acclaimed Enchanted Forest Chronicles. Queen Cimorene, Morwen the witch, and a host of other characters once again foil the plots of the perfidious wizards in this third volume of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles. This time the dastardly wizards have stolen King Mendanbar's magic sword, vi ...

Talking to Dragons

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:25 PST

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Daystar has never seen his mother, Cimorene, actually perform magic. Nor has he ever known her to enter the Enchanted Forest in all the years they have lived on its edge. That is, not until a wizard shows up at their cottage shortly after Daystar's sixteenth birthday. Much to Daystar's surprise, Cimorene melts the unsavory fellow. And the following day, she comes out of the Enchanted Forest carry ...

Dealing With Dragons

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:25 PST

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Performed by the Words Take Wing Repertory Company 5 hours, 12 minutes 4 cassettes Princess Cimerone and the dragon Kazul share a spirited adventure with an extraordinary cast of characters in this first book in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles series.

Searching for Dragons

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:25 PST

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Cimorene, the princess who refuses to be proper, meets her match in the not-quite-kingly Mendanbar. With the aid of a broken-down magic carpet and a leaky magical sword, the two tackle a series of dragon-nappings.

Wilde Album

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:25 PST

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The most comprehensive collection of photographs and images of Wilde--compiled by his only grandson. Oscar Wilde was one of the first and unquestionably one of the greatest self-publicists who ever lived. With that exceptional streak of modernity that characterized much of his life and work, he understood the power of the image in his campaign to promote the self. As early as his Oxford days, h ...

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:24 PST

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"Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray makes a Faustian bargain to sell his soul in exchange for eternal youth and beauty. Under the influence of Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, where he is able to indulge his desires while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only Dorian's picture bears the traces of his decadence." "A knowing account of ...

Hamlet

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:24 PST

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In this quintessential Shakespearean drama, Hamlet's halting pursuit of revenge for his father's death unfolds in a series of highly charged confrontations that climax in tragedy. The play is reprinted here from an authoritative British edition complete with illuminating footnotes.

Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:24 PST

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"I have the simplest of tastes," remarked Oscar Wilde, "I am always satisfied with the very best." In this superlative collection of quotations by the great Irish playwright and wit, readers will find the very best of Wilde's scintillating comments on art, human nature, morals, society, politics, history, and numerous other subjects. Epigrams, aphorisms, and other bon mots gleaned from Wilde's en ...

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:24 PST

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From the icy blast of reveille through the sweet release of sleep, Ivan Denisovich endures. A common carpenter, he is one of millions viciously imprisoned for countless years on baseless charges, sentenced to the waking nightmares of the Soviet work camps in Siberia. Even in the face of degrading hatred, where life is reduced to a bowl of gruel and a rare cigarette, hope and dignity prevail. This ...

De Profundis and Other Writings

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:24 PST

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'I have nothing to declare,' Wilde once told an American customs official, 'except my genius.' A good part of that genius is evident in the essays and poems included in this volume. There is the intellectual genius of "The Soul of Man under Socialism", in which he clearly foresaw the dangers of economic bureaucracy and state-worship: for Wilde, socialism meant liberation and individuality, not en ...

The Tragedy of MacBeth

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:24 PST

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:23 PST

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Book 5 As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry approaches in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 15-year-old Harry Potter is in full-blown adolescence, complete with regular outbursts of rage, a nearly debilitating crush, and the blooming of a powerful sense of rebellion. It's been yet another infuriating and boring summer with the despicable Dursleys, this time wi ...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 8:16:22 PST

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It is the summer holidays and soon Harry Potter will be starting his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is counting the days: there are new spells to be learnt, more Quidditch to be played, and Hogwarts castle to continue exploring. But Harry needs to be careful – there are unexpected dangers lurking… J.K. Rowling continues to surprise and delight with the power of ...

Andre and Oscar

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:10 PST

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Oscar Wilde's literary influence, while enormous, has usually been seen by critics as exerting itself mostly on the stage. Yet Wilde's sensibility and art has had considerable impact on other literary forms and figures as well. Jonathan Fryer's Andre & Oscar is a fascinating and beautifully researched account of the complicated relationship between the Anglo-Irish wit who died in disgrace and th ...

Maurice

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:10 PST

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Fahrenheit 451

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:07 PST

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Celebrate the 40th anniversary of this timeless classic with a special edition featuring a new foreword by the author and a message that is as relevant today as when it was first published. Since the late 1940s, Ray Bradbury has been revered for his works of science fiction and fantasy. With more than 4 million copies in print, Fahrenheit 451 -- originally published in 1953 -- remains his most ...

Midnight Blue

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:07 PST

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A Room with a View and Howards End

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:07 PST

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Quicker than the Eye

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:07 PST

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The internationally acclaimed author of The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury is a magician at the height of his powers, displaying his sorcerer's skill with twenty-one remarkable stories that run the gamut from total reality to light fantastic, from high noon to long after midnight. A true master tells all, revealing the strange secret of growing young and ...

Jane Eyre

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:07 PST

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Lord of the Flies

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:06 PST

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At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilization they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far removed from reality ...

A Wrinkle in Time

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:06 PST

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Everyone in town thinks Meg Murry is volatile and dull-witted, and that her younger brother, Charles Wallace, is dumb. People are also saying that their physicist father has run off and left their brilliant scientist mother. Spurred on by these rumours and an unearthly stranger, the tesseract- touting Mrs Whatsit, Meg and Charles Wallace and their new friend Calvin O'Keefe embark on a perilous ...

Dubliners

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:06 PST

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Dubliners was completed in 1905, but a series of British and Irish publishers and printers found it offensive and immoral, and it was suppressed. The book finally came out in London in 1914, just as Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man began to appear in the journal Egoist under the auspices of Ezra Pound. The first three stories in Dubliners might be incidents from a draft of Portrait o ...

A Passage to India

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:06 PST

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Among the greatest novels of the twentieth century and the basis for director David Lean’s Academy Award-winning film, A Passage to India tells of the clash of cultures in British India after the turn of the century. In exquisite prose, Forster reveals the menace that lurks just beneath the surface of ordinary life, as a common misunderstanding erupts into a devastating affair.

Vurt

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:06 PST

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Vurt is a feather--a drug, a dimension, a dream state, a virtual reality. It comes in many colors: legal Blues for lullaby dreams. Blacks, filled with tenderness and pain, just beyond the law. Pink Pornovurts, doorways to bliss. Silver feathers for techies who know how to remix colors and open new dimensions. And Yellows--the feathers from which there is no escape. The beautiful young Desdemona i ...

Basket Case

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:06 PST

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Carl Hiaasen at the top of his form in a novel of journalists, dead lizards and rock'n'roll...Reluctant hero Jack Tagger is a frustrated journalist. His outspoken views have relegated him to the obituary page and the paper's florid owner, Race Maggad III, has decreed that his byline will never again grace the front page. But Jack has stumbled across a peach of a story. James Stomarti, rock musici ...

1984

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:05 PST

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The year 1984 is finally upon us, and George Orwell's prophetic, nightmare vision in 1984 of the world we were becoming is timelier than ever. 1984 is still the great modern classic of "Negative Utopia" - a startling original and powerful novel that creates and imaginary world that is completely convincing from the first sentence to the last four words. "Seldom has a books provided a greater wea ...

Cry to Heaven

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:05 PST

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In this mesmerizing novel, the acclaimed author of THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES and the LIVES OF THE MAYFAIR WITCHES makes real for us the exquisite and otherworldly society of the eighteenth-century castrati, the delicate and alluring male sopranos whose graceful bodies and glorious voices brought them the adulation of the royal courts and grand opera houses of Europe, men who lived as idols, conceali ...

The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:05 PST

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Celebrate the daring gifts of Anne Rice, writing as A. N. Roquelaure, with this beautifully repackaged boxed set of the three erotic novels in her acclaimed Sleeping Beauty trilogy.

The House of the Spirits

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:04 PST

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Here, in an astonishing debut by a gifted storyteller, is the magnificent saga of proud and passionate men and women and the turbulent times through which they suffer and triumph. They are the Truebas. And theirs is a world you will not want to leave, and one you will not forget. Esteban -- The patriarch, a volatile and proud man whose lust for land is legendary and who is haunted by his tyrann ...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:04 PST

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For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent of the Dark Lord, Voldemort. Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black ...

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:04 PST

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Ever since Harry Potter had come home for the summer, the Dursley's had been so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike. And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwa ...

Mostly Harmless

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:04 PST

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It's not just a trilogy any more. In the fifth book of this popular series, Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life, and immediately all hell breaks loose. In short, it's up to him to save the world from total multi-dimensional obliteration, the Guide from a hostile alien takeover, and the daughter he never knew he had, from herself. A tall order, to say the least. And on ...

Flatland / Sphereland

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:40:03 PST

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An odd, amusing and still provocative fantasy. The narrator is a Square who lives in a world of two dimensions, and whose vision of a third gets him into grave trouble with the authorities.

The Longest Journey

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:08:09 PST

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Bookish, sensitive Rickie Elliot is quite at home amid the placid and scholarly environs of Cambridge. That is, until he falls for the shallow young Agnes Pembroke. Forster skewers undergraduate philosophical debate, the opening day of a public school, and tea with a frightful dowager, as the dire consequences of mistaken love later developed in Howard's End take their toll. Together, these eleme ...

The Life to Come

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 9:08:08 PST

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