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  Jaws: Book 1

  Jaws

  by Peter Benchley

  "Relentless terror." The Philadelphia Inquirer. The classic, blockbuster thriller of man-eating terror that inspired the Steven Spielberg movie and made millions of beachgoers afraid to go into the water. Experience the thrill of helpless horror again -- or for the first time! From the Paperback edition.
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  Robert Langdon: Book 2

  The Da Vinci Code

  by Dan Brown

  Brown's latest thriller (after Angels and Demons) is an exhaustively researched page-turner about secret religious societies, ancient coverups and savage vengeance.The action kicks off in modern-day Paris with the murder of the Louvre's chief curator,whose body is found laid out in symbolic repose at the foot of the Mona Lisa. Seizing control of the case are Sophie Neveu, a lovely French police cryptologist, and... (more)
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  Robert Langdon: Book 1

  Angels & Demons

  by Dan Brown

  World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful... (more)
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  The Twilight Saga: Book 4

  Breaking Dawn

  by Stephenie Meyer

  When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved? It would cost you your life. How could you leave the person you love the most, when you know it'll hurt them the most as well?To be irrevocably in love with... (more)
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  Spelling B And The Missing Magic

  by Lexi Connor

  Eleven-year-old Beatrix just wants to be able to cast spells the way all the other witches can. But when B discovers that magic happens when she spells out a word, the C-H-A-O-S begins!
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  Digital Fortress

  by Dan Brown

  Digital Fortress is a techno-thriller novel written by American author Dan Brown and published in 1998 by St. Martin's Press. The book explores the theme of government surveillance of electronically stored information on the private lives of citizens, and the possible civil liberties and ethical implications using such technology. When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it... (more)
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  Jane Eyre

  by Charlotte Brontë

  Jane Eyre is a classic work of British Literature by Charlotte Bronte, and is one of her most influential novels.
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  Fahrenheit 451

  by Ray Bradbury

  Unlike this day and age, firemen in this book start fires. Fireman Guy Montag loves to rush to a fire and watch books burn up. Then he met a seventeen-year old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid, and a professor who told him of a future where people could think. She would get Montag thinking a bit. Guy Montag never really cared about his job or his wife Mildred. But one day something... (more)
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  Holes: Book 1

  Holes

  by Louis Sachar

  Stanley Yelnats is sentenced to dig holes at Camp Green Lake detention center for stealing a pair of sneakers. His grandfather tells him it is because a curse of bad luck that's in the family, which all started because of his no-good, dirty, rotten, pig-stealing great-great-grandfather. Stanley starts to feel the effects of the curse in earnest as his punishment at Camp Green Lake continues. When he gets to... (more)
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  Body Farm: Book 1

  Carved in Bone

  by Jefferson Bass

  There is a patch of ground in Tennessee dedicated to the science of death, where human remains lie exposed to be studied for their secrets. The real-life scientist who founded the "Body Farm" has broken cold cases and revolutionized forensics . . . and now he spins an astonishing tale inspired by his own experiences. Renowned anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton has spent his career surrounded by death at the... (more)
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  The Twilight Saga: Book 2

  New Moon

  by Stephenie Meyer

  Edward and Bella have fallen in love. They can't stay away from each other until all of a sudden Edward starts acting a little strange. When he tells Bella he's decided to leave her Bella is heartbroken and doesn't know what to do with her life. Until she meets Jacob an old friend.
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  Camel Club (David Baldacci): Book 2

  The Collectors

  by David Baldacci

  People are dropping dead in Washington, D.C. First the Speaker of the House falls victim to a hitman in a carefully orchestrated murder infront of dozens of the city's power elite. Next, the director of the Library of Congress's Rare Books Room dies in a book vault, but no one knows how. Caleb Shaw, Camel Club member, nearly falls victim, too. Across the country, a gifted con woman assembles an A-list team to pull... (more)
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  Book of the Art: Book 1

  The Great and Secret Show

  by Clive Barker

  Armageddon begins with a murder in the Dead Letter Office in Omaha, Nebraska. A lake that has never existed falls from the clouds over Palomo Grove, California. Young passion blossoms, as the world withers with war. The Great and Secret Show has begun on the stage of the world. And soon, the curtain must fall. In this masterpiece of the imagination that explores the uncharted territory within our secret... (more)
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  The Cat Who: Book 7

  The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare

  by Lilian Jackson Braun

  An accident has claimed the life of the local paper's eccentric publisher, but to Qwilleran and his feline friends it smells like murder. They soon sniff out a shocking secret, but Koko's snooping may prove CATastrophic. The newest addition to the spectacular "Cat" mysteries series. Original.
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  The Cat Who: Book 6

  The Cat Who Played Post Office

  by Lilian Jackson Braun

  An unexpected inheritance throws reporter Jim Qwilleran into the limelight of the rich and famous--until a missing maid and a shocking murder show him the unsavory side of the upper crust. But it's his Siamese Koko's propensity for clues that leads the roving reporter to some unlikely suspects. Original.
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  The Dresden Files: Book 1

  Storm Front

  by Jim Butcher

  HARRY DRESDEN—WIZARDLost items found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, Or Other EntertainmentHarry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he's the only at what he does. So when the Chicago P.D. has a case that transcends mortal creativity or capability, they come to him for answers. For the "everyday" world is... (more)
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  The Dresden Files: Book 7

  Dead Beat

  by Jim Butcher

  Paranormal investigations are Harry 'Dresden's business, and Chicago is his beat as he tries to bring law and order to a world of wizards and monsters that exists alongside everyday life. And though most inhabitants of the Windy City don't believe in magic, the Special Investigations department of the Chicago PD knows better.Karin Murphy is the head of SI and Harry's good friend. So when a killer vampire... (more)
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  Weaveworld

  by Clive Barker

  Reissue of the highly acclaimed thriller by the world's most outstanding dark fantasist. WEAVEWORLD is an epic adventure of the imagination. It begins with a carpet in which a world of rapture and enchantment is hiding; a world which comes to life, alerting the dark forces and beginning a desperate battle to preserve the last vestiges of magic which Humankind still has access to. WEAVEWORLD is a book of visions... (more)
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  Sonchai Jitpleecheep: Book 1

  Bangkok 8

  by John Burdett

  A thriller with attitude to spare, Bangkok 8 is a sexy, razor-edged, often darkly hilarious novel set in one of the world’s most exotic cities. Witnessed by a throng of gaping spectators, a charismatic Marine sergeant is murdered under a Bangkok bridge inside a bolted-shut Mercedes Benz. Among the witnesses are the only two cops in the city not on the take, but within moments one is murdered and his partner,... (more)
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  John Wells: Book 1

  The Faithful Spy

  by Alex Berenson

  John Wells is the only CIA agent to ever penetrate al Qaeda. While living in the mountains of Pakistan, he became a Muslim, convinced of the decadence and shallowness of the United States.