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  Inkheart Trilogy Slipcase X3

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  Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

  by Anne Fadiman

  Anne Fadiman is--by her own admission--the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's copy of Fanny Hill , whose husband buys her 19 pounds of dusty books for her birthday, and who once found herself poring over her roommate's 1974 Toyota Corolla manual because it was the only written material in the apartment that she had not read at least twice. This witty collection of essays recounts a lifelong... (more)
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  Zamonia: Book 3

  The City of Dreaming Books

  by Walter Moers

  The publication in 2005 of Walter Moers's The 13 ½ Lives of Captain Bluebear was an event--the hilarious epic fantasy garnered grand reviews and surprising sales, which continue to grow. In this new Zamonian adventure, Optimus Yarnspinner, a young writer, inherits from his beloved godfather an unpublished short story by an unknown author. His search for the author's identity takes him to Bookholm--the... (more)
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  At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays

  by Anne Fadiman

  In At Large and At Small , Anne Fadiman returns to one of her favorite genres, the familiar essay—a beloved and hallowed literary tradition recognized for both its intellectual breadth and its miniaturist focus on everyday experiences. With the combination of humor and erudition that has distinguished her as one of our finest essayists, Fadiman draws us into twelve of her personal obsessions: from her slightly... (more)