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  A War of Shadows

  by Jack L. Chalker

  In California, the victims are blind. In Maine, severely retarded. Small towns across America are being systematically "wiped out" by terrorists and their campaign of germ warfare waged against the U.S. The President's only option seems to be an equally deadly counterattack.
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  Great Dialogues of Plato

  ION / Meno / Symposium / The Republic / The Apology / Crito / Phaedo

  by Plato

  "In Rouse's pages, Soctrates' strength of mind, his dedication to the philosophical truth, are borne in on the modern reader with something of the power that impressed and disturbed the ancient Greeks."-- Time "There has been no adequate translation of Plato since Jowett...and I think Rouse has done it." --Dudley Fitts * Rouse is one of the world's most respected classical scholars
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  Heat

  by William Goldman

  this is a very exciting romantic novel.
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  Sinister Barrier

  by Eric Frank Russell

  Sinister Barrier is truly fascinating tale, a hair-raising Science Fiction adventure novel.
• Best Short StoriesFredric Brown

  

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  Best Short Stories

  by Fredric Brown

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  Poodle Springs

  by Robert B. Parker, Raymond Chandler

  Philip Marlowe marries a rich, beautiful society lady who wants him to settledown. But old habits die hard, and Marlowe soon is back in business, enmeshedin a case involving pornography, bigamy, and murder. 2 cassettes.
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  Ebenezum Trilogy: Book 2

  A Multitude of Monsters

  by Craig Shaw Gardner

  "A fun romp. The field needs more humorists of this caliber." (Robert Asprin) While seeking a cure for his malady of magicks, the suffering sorcerer Ebenezum and his hapless apprentice are rudely interrupted by militant monsters with a cause.
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  Human Error

  by Paul Preuss

  The possibilities of cross-fertilization between biological and computer sciences increasingly interest SF writers. Greg Bear's nightmarish, if visionary, Blood Music saw such "biochips" running amok, infecting and transforming the human race. Preuss treats the same premise, of brilliant but myopic scientists who allow their "intelligent virus" out of the lab without considering the consequences. Computer... (more)
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  Evan Tanner: Book 6

  Here Comes a Hero

  by Lawrence Block

  Evan Tanner Series.
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  High Tension

  by Dean Ing

  PAPERBACK
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  The Game of Fox and Lion

  by Robert R. Chase

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  Hunter/Victim

  by Robert Sheckley

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  The Brotherhood of the Rose

  by David Morrell

  "Riveting...Crackling...It really moves." WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD They were orphans, Chris and Saul--raised in a Philadelphia school for boys, bonded by friendship, and devoted to a mysterious man called Eliot. He visited them and brought them candy. He treated them like sons. He trained them to be assassins. Now he is trying desperately to have them killed. Spanning the globe, here is an astonishing novel of... (more)
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  Lovejoy: Book 7

  The Sleepers of Erin: A Lovejoy Mystery

  by Jonathan Gash

  Everybody wants it, and some will kill to possess the priceless Celtic antique. Assault, false arrest, kidnapping, blackmail, and murder all add to the high cost of finding and keeping an antique that only Lovejoy can identify. With time out for a romantic interlude, Lovejoy nobly fights to hold on to the treasure -- and to his life.
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  Machines That Kill

  by Fred Saberhagen, Martin H. Greenberg

  A collection of sixteen gripping tales starring murderous mechanical devices features the work of Roger Zelazny, David Drake, Robert Silverberg, Robert Sheckley, Alfred Bester, Theodore Sturgeon, and others. Reprint.
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  Retief: Book 13

  The Return of Retief

  by Keith Laumer

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  Brill and Maxwell: Book 1

  The Doppleganger Gambit

  by Lee Killough

  The starship broker OD'd on a particularly nasty drug -- and his files showed his personal responsibilities for a series of space disasters. Suicide? Policewoman Janna Brill was ready to buy that, but her oddball sidekick, Mama Maxwell, smelled murder on the dead man's partner -- and Mama Maxwell, for all his bizarre antics, had a reputation for being right. The trouble was, the suspect had to be in the... (more)
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  Life on the Mississippi

  by Mark Twain

  A stirring account of America's vanished past... The book that earned Mark Twain his first recognition as a serious writer... Discover the magic of life on the Mississippi. At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Mark Twain's early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, Life on the Mississippi is the raw material from which Twain... (more)
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  Childe Cycle: Book 6

  Lost Dorsai

  by Gordon R. Dickson

  There are many legends on the planet of the Dorsai, the breeding ground for heroes. Here are two of them. Lost Dorsai: The New Dorsai Companion contains the Hugo Award winning novella, Lost Dorsai , and Dickson's classic short story "Warrior." Plus, the New Dorsai Companion contains, for the first time ever, an all new Concordance of the Childe Cycle--a roadmap of Dickson's massive and brilliant creation. The... (more)
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  View from a Height: Seventeen Essays on Science

  That's About the Size of It / The Egg and Wee / That's Life / Not as We Know It / The Element of Perfection / The Weighting Game / And the Evens Have It / Now Hear This / The Ultimate Split of the Second / Order Order / The Modern Demonology

  by Isaac Asimov