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  At First Sight

  by Nicholas Sparks

  From the world's most beloved chronicler of the heart comes this astonishing story of everlasting love. Here, endings bring new beginnings and tragedies lead to unexpected joy, as the tale begun in True Believer continues...AT FIRST SIGHT There are a few things Jeremy Marsh was sure he'd never do: He'd never leave New York City; never give his heart away after barely surviving one failed marriage; and never become... (more)
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  Branded

  by Eric Walters

  Grade 5–9—When his high school announces that all students will be getting uniforms, Ian can't be bothered to protest. He doesn't care all that much. Then, in his social-justice class, taught by the principal, he learns that many of his favorite things are made on foreign soil by exploiting the poor people of those countries. When he finds out that the uniform he's being forced to wear is manufactured by a company... (more)
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  You Wish

  by Mandy Hubbard

  Kayla McHenry’s sweet sixteen sucks! Her dad left, her grades dropped, and her BFF is dating the boy Kayla’s secretly loved for years. Blowing out her candles, Kayla thinks: I wish my birthday wishes actually came true. Because they never freakin’ do. Kayla wakes the next day to a life-sized, bright pink My Little Pony outside her window. Then a year’s supply of gumballs arrives. A boy named Ken with a... (more)
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  The Argumentative Indian

  Writings on Indian Culture, History and Identity

  by Amartya Sen

  In sixteen linked essays, Nobel Prize--winning economist Amartya Sen discusses India's intellectual and political heritage and how its argumentative tradition is vital for the success of its democracy and secular politics. The Argumentative Indian is "a bracing sweep through aspects of Indian history and culture, and a tempered analysis of the highly charged disputes surrounding these subjects--the nature of... (more)
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  Nealy Coleman Trilogy: Book 2

  Kentucky Sunrise

  by Fern Michaels

  Nealy Coleman Diamond faces her greatest challenge yet - to produce another Derby winner and show the world that a determined woman never quits.
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  The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates

  by Xenophon

  Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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  The Mad Dog Hall of Fame: The Ultimate Top-Ten Rankings of the Best in Sports

  by Christopher Russo, Allen St. John

  It’s The Big Question in the world of sports: Who’s number one? Which player? Which coach? Which team? Now, the authors of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller, The Mad Dog 100: The Greatest Sports Arguments of All Time, get down and dirty to tackle the central issue that consumes every sports fan: Which players, teams, venues, and moments would make the top-ten list of all time? With characteristic... (more)
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  The Mad Dog 100: The Greatest Sports Arguments of All Time

  by Christopher Russo, Allen St. John

  Which was the greater achievement, Ted Williams's .406 season or Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak? Who would dominate the ultimate Pebble Beach showdown—Ben Hogan or Tiger Woods? Is Michael Jordan really the most important athlete of the twentieth century? Sports fans love a good argument and they defend their positions as fervently as any superstar athlete or championship team. Given the challenge, they... (more)
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  Recent Developments in Antitrust: Theory and Evidence (CESifo Seminar Series)

  Antitrust policy in the United States and Europe relies increasingly on economic analysis. Economic theory and empirical analysis play a central role in antitrust decisions in the courts and in the formulation and enforcement of policy. Antitrust cases are argued using sophisticated economic thinking; both plaintiffs and defendants in U.S. v. Microsoft , for example, made extensive use of game theory, the... (more)
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  Lord, Save Us From Your Followers: Why is the Gospel of Love Dividing America?

  by Dan Merchant

  Why is the Gospel of Love dividing America? Fed up with the angry, strident language filling the airwaves that has come to represent the Christian faith, author, director, and follower Dan Merchant set out to explore the collision of faith and culture in America. What is all this fighting really about? The book and upcoming documentary represent a two-year effort to "join the battlefield in hopes of getting a... (more)
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  Elements of Argumentation

  by Philippe Besnard

  Logic-based formalizations of argumentation, which assume a set of formulae and then lay out arguments and counterarguments that can be obtained from these formulae, have been refined in recent years in an attempt to capture more closely real-world practical argumentation. In Elements of Argumentation, Philippe Besnard and Anthony Hunter introduce techniques for formalizing deductive argumentation in artificial... (more)
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  Austere Realism: Contextual Semantics Meets Minimal Ontology (Representation and Mind)

  by Terry Horgan

  The authors of Austere Realism describe and defend a provocative ontological- cum -semantic position, asserting that the right ontology is minimal or austere, in that it excludes numerous commonsense posits, and that statements employing such posits are nonetheless true, when truth is understood to be semantic correctness under contextually operative semantic standards. Terence Horgan and Matjaž Potrč argue... (more)
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  Where Does Binding Theory Apply? (Linguistic Inquiry Monographs)

  by David Lebeaux

  This concise but wide-ranging monograph examines where the conditions of binding theory apply and in doing so considers the nature of phrase structure (in particular how case and theta roles apply) and the nature of the lexical/functional split. David Lebeaux begins with a revised formulation of binding theory. He reexamines Chomsky's conjecture that all conditions apply at the interfaces, in particular LF... (more)