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  Hotel

  by Arthur Hailey

  During five days in the midst of a hot, steamy Louisiana summer, the lives of a colorful cast of characters intertwine in a series of public, private, and personal dramas at the famed St. Gregory luxury hotel. Book available.
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  Airport

  by Arthur Hailey

  A huge snow storm brings suspense and drama to airport and airline personnel responsible for the safe landing of one impaired aircraft. Book available.
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  The Stand

  by Stephen King

  Arguably the greatest horror novel ever written by the greatest horror novelist, THE STAND is a truly terrifying reading experience, and became a four-part mini-series that memorably brought to life the cast of characters and layers of story from the novel. It is an apocalyptic vision of the world, when a deadly virus runs amok around the globe. But that lethal virus is almost benign compared to the satanic... (more)
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  Omerta

  by Mario Puzo

  To Don Raymonde Aprile's children he was a loyal family member, their father's adopted "nephew." To the FBI he was a man who would rather ride his horses than do Mob business. No one knew why Aprile, the last great American Don, had adopted Astorre Viola many years before in Sicily; no one suspected how he had carefully trained him . . . and how, while the Don's children claimed respectable careers in America,... (more)
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  Godfather: Book 2

  The Sicilian

  by Mario Puzo

  After Mario Puzo wrote his internationally acclaimed The Godfather, he has often been imitated but never equaled. Puzo's classic novel, The Sicilian, stands as a cornerstone of his work--a lushly romantic, unforgettable tale of bloodshed, justice, and treachery. . . . The year is 1950. Michael Corleone is nearing the end of his exile in Sicily. The Godfather has commanded Michael to bring a young Sicilian bandit... (more)
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  The Last Don

  by Mario Puzo

  The author of The Godfather returns with a violent and darkly humorous saga of the last great American crime family and its reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas. With keen insights into the authentic life of the mafia, Puzo tells the story of Domenico Clericuzio, a ferocious old man who is determined to secure his family's future in an era of legalized gambling, motion-picture investments, and the threat of... (more)
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  The Moneychangers

  by Arthur Hailey

  Nobody does it like Hailey-the godfather of the hugely popular, phenomenally successful, blockbuster bestsellers of the rich and famous. "Absolutely delicious." ( Business Week ) "Hailey at his best." ( Publishers Weekly )
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  Dragonriders of Pern (Original Trilogy): Book 3

  The White Dragon

  by Anne McCaffrey

  Never had there been as close a bonding as the one that existed between the daring and adventurous young Lord Jaxom and his extraordinary white dragon, Ruth. Pure white and incredibly agile, Ruth was a dragon of many talents, though almost everyone on Pern thought he was a runt that would never amount to anything.But Jaxom knew better, knew he could teach his dragon to fly and to destroy the deadly... (more)
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  Dune Chronicles: Book 6

  Chapterhouse Dune

  by Frank Herbert

  Now--the conclusion to Frank Herbert's l3-million-copy epic masterpiece. The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed, and the heirs to Dune's power, have colonized a green world--and are turning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile. "Impressive...the whole saga will be one of the monuments of modern science fiction."--Chicago Sun Times. TP: Berkley.
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  Harper Hall Trilogy: Book 1

  Dragonsong

  by Anne McCaffrey

  Anne McCaffrey's best-selling Harper Hall Trilogy  is a wonder-filled classic of the  imagination. Dragonsong , the first volume in the  series, is the enchanting tale of how Menolly of  Half Circle Hold became Pern's first female Harper,  and rediscovered the legendary fire lizards who  helped to save her world.
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  Dragonriders of Pern: Book 9

  Dragonsdawn

  by Anne McCaffrey

  Pern was a beautiful planet, Earthlike enough to feel like home, yet unspoiled by the industrial development and interstellar wars that had ravaged the other planets of humankind. And the few thousand colonists who came to Pern intended to keep it that way. They staked their claims on the land and settled down to build a low-tech, agricultural paradise on the world they had loved at first sight. Then suddenly... (more)
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  Dragonriders of Pern: Book 10

  The Renegades of Pern

  by Anne McCaffrey

  As long as the people of Pern could remember, the Holds had protected them from Thread, the deadly silver strands that fell from the sky and ravaged the land. In exchange for sanctuary in the huge stone fortresses, the people tithed to their Lord Holders, who in turn supported the Weyrs, whose dragons were Pern's greatest weapon against Thread. But not everyone on Pern was part of that system of mutual care and... (more)
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  Dragonriders of Pern: Book 12

  The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall

  by Anne McCaffrey

  Travel back to the earliest days of Pernese history in this first-ever Dragonriders of Pern short-story collection! Join the original survey team as they explore Pern and decide to recommend it for colonization. Share the terror of the evacuation from the Southern Continent as a flotilla of ships aided by intelligent, talking dolphins, braves the dreadful currents of the Pernese ocean. Learn how the famous... (more)
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  Harper Hall Trilogy: Book 2

  Dragonsinger

  by Anne McCaffrey

  When Menolly, daughter of Yanus Sea Holder, arrived at the Harper Craft Hall, she came in style, aboard a huge bronze dragon, followed by her nine fire lizards. The Masterharper of Pern, aware of her unique skills, had chosen her as his only girl apprentice. But the holdless girl had first to overcome many heartaches in this strange new life. Two things sustained her -- her devoted lizards, a subject on which she... (more)
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  Dracula

  by Bram Stoker

  When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula purchase a London house, he makes horrifying and unbelievable discoveries in his client's castle. In the ensuing battle of wits between the sinister Count and a determined group of adversaries, Bram Stoker presents a classic gothic horror that continues to inspire vampire myths to this day.
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  The Poem of the Cid

  by Anonymous

  Students of Spanish literature have long been familiar with this eight-hundred-year-old epic detailing the legendary exploits of the soldier-adventurer Ruy Díaz of Bivar, El Cid, and of his part in the long struggle between Christianity and Islam. The epic poem recounts the adventures of the Cid; of his peerless steed, Babieca, and of his two famous swords, Colada and Tizón; of his wife, Doña Ximena, and his two... (more)
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  Airport

  by Arthur Hailey

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  The Waverley Novels: Book 6

  Ivanhoe

  by Sir Walter Scott

  The epitome of the chivalric novel, Ivanhoe sweeps readers into Medieval England and the lives of a memorable cast of characters. Ivanhoe, a trusted ally of Richard-the-Lion-Hearted, returns from the Crusades to reclaim the inheritance his father denied him. Rebecca, a vibrant, beautiful Jewish woman is defended by Ivanhoe against a charge of witchcraft — but it is Lady Rowena who is Ivanhoe's true love. The... (more)
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  Don Quixote

  by Miguel de Cervantes

  Widely regarded as one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote, errant knight and sane madman, with the company of his faithful squire and wise fool, Sancho Panza, together roam the world and haunt readers' imaginations as they have for nearly four hundred years..
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  War and Peace

  by Leo Tolstoy

  War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Pre-reform Russian: «Война и миръ») is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, published in 1869. The work is epic in scale and is considered one of the most celebrated works of fiction. It is regarded as Tolstoy's finest literary achievement, along with his other famous work Anna Karenina (1873–1877).War and Peace delineates in graphic detail events leading up to... (more)