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A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide the impetus for Into Thin Air, Krakauer's epic account of the... (more)

Bridge trilogy: Book 1

Virtual Light

by William Gibson

2005: Welcome to NoCal and SoCal, the uneasy sister-states of what used to be California. Here the millenium has come and gone, leaving in its wake only stunned survivors. In Los Angeles, Berry Rydell is a former armed-response rentacop now working for a bounty hunter. Chevette Washington is a bicycle messenger turned pickpocket who impulsively snatches a pair of innocent-looking sunglasses. But these are... (more)

Home Buying for Dummies

by Eric Tyson, Ray Brown

This new edition of America's # 1 best-selling real estate book takes the pain out of choosing, negotiating for, and buying a home. Helping home buyers save time and money, personal finance guru Eric Tyson and real estate maven Ray Brown deliver the up-to-date information people need, showing them how to: Research neighborhoods and home values Select the best mortgage-including the latest developments Understand... (more)

The El Paso Chile Company's Burning Desires: Salsas, Smoke, and Sizzle from Down by the Rio Grande

The El Paso Chile Company's Burning Desires: Salsas, Smoke, and Sizzle from Down by the Rio Grande

by Michael McLaughlin, W. Park Kerr

The newest cookbook from the famed El Paso Chile Company offers the best in West Texas cuisine, including Hickory-Smoked Pork Chops with Red Chile-Apple Compote and Mesquite-Grilled Spareribs, along with delicious sauces and marinades, and much more. Tour.

The Whole Foods Market Cookbook

by Steve Petusevsky

Who else but Whole Foods Market could create a cookbook so fresh, so appealing, so full of valuable information, and so perfect for the way we are all cooking and eating today? Bursting with winning recipes, healthful cooking advice, cheerful guidance through the new language of natural foods, wine and cheese information, and a comprehensive glossary, this is a “thank goodness it’s here” kind of cookbook. The... (more)

Stone Cold (Jesse Stone)

by Robert B. Parker

Tony and Brianna Lincoln just moved into Paradise, but friendly they aren't. In fact, these urbane thrill killers are knocking off the neighbors one by one, and Jesse Stone is next.

Blood Eagle

by Craig Russell

The first woman had her lungs ripped out. When the same gruesome ritualistic method was used again, it was clear that the same killer was responsible. But there is no precise evidence to link the two cases, except for the tantalising email. In his first crime novel, Craig Russell introduces us to a new detective hero, Jan Fabel -half-Scottish, half-German -a man of conscience and imagination. Russell has also... (more)

Software

by Rudy Rucker

It was Cobb Anderson who built the"boppers"--the first robots with real brains. Now, in 2020, Cobb is just another aged "pheezer" with a bad heart, drinking and grooving an the old tunes in Florida retirement hell. His "bops" have came a long way, though, rebelling against their subjugation to set up their own society an the moon. And now they're offering creator Cobb immortality but at a stiff price: his body his... (more)

100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask: With Answers from Top Brokers from Around the Country (100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask)

100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask: With Answers from Top Brokers from Around the Country (100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask)

by Ilyce R. Glink

From the most trusted name in real estate: the indispensable guide that helps first-time buyers land the home of their dreams. Now revised and updated for today's marketplace. --How do I know if my broker is doing a good job? (See question #18) --How should I decide how much to offer for a home? (See question #29) --How does the negotiation process work? (See question #37) --How much of a down... (more)

Gale Gand's Just a Bite: 125 Luscious Little Desserts

Gale Gand's Just a Bite: 125 Luscious Little Desserts

by Julia Moskin, Gale Gand

Sweets. As kids, we could never get enough, and anything sugary, gooey, and good was gratefully devoured. As adults, we give a polite “no thank you” when a dessert tray passes by, or take but a sliver of cake if offered, showing restraint that would make any ten-year-old incredulous. Well, that’s not fair. Why should kids get all the fun? Now, adults can have the best of both worlds. Gale Gand’s Just a Bite is... (more)

New Texas Cuisine, The

by John Harrison, Stephan Pyles

A guide to Texas cuisine features more than two hundred recipes for such dishes as Chilled Yellow Pepper Soup, Black-Eyed Pea Crab Salad with Ruby Grapefruit, and Barbecued Duck Tacos with Black Bean Orange Sauce.

10 Steps to Home Ownership: A Workbook for First-Time Buyers

10 Steps to Home Ownership: A Workbook for First-Time Buyers

by Ilyce R. Glink

The prequel to the hugely successful 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask tells first-time home buyers everything they need to know before they begin the search for the house of their dreams. Includes 20 worksheets, 15 charts and graphs.

The Velocity of Money: A Novel of Wall Street

The Velocity of Money: A Novel of Wall Street

by Stephen Rhodes

Young Manhattan attorney Rick Hansen has ascended to the top of the financial ladder by landing himself a plum position at the blue-chip-global investment firm of Wolcott, Fulbright & Company. Here on "the Street," he is in close proximity to the people who manipulate the power that spins the globe: money. But something is very wrong. His predecessor's shocking suicide begins to look suspiciously like murder.... (more)

The Quest For the True Cross

by Carsten Peter Thiede

The Cross is arguably the most recognizable symbol of Western civilization. But what are its historical origins and what happened to it after Christ's crucifixion? In a church outside Rome, a fragment of wood may hold the answer to these questions and could be fundamental to our understanding of Christianity. Focusing on a long-ignored fragment of the Titulus Crucis-the inscribed headboard from Christ's cross-the... (more)

Software for Your Head: Core Protocols for Creating and Maintaining Shared Vision

Software for Your Head: Core Protocols for Creating and Maintaining Shared Vision

by Jim McCarthy

The first publication of the most significant results of the authors' unprecedented five-year investigation into the dynamics of contemporary teams. Will provide a means for any team to create for itself a compelling state of shared vision. Softcover.

Sacred Treasure, Secret Power

by Robin Mackness, Guy Patton

Alchemy, forgery, genocide, faith and fervour - an extraordinary historical trail that straddles the centuries. Now in paperback, this trail links the Roman sack of Jerusalem in AD70, the sudden wealth of a priest in Rennes le Chateau in the 1800s, Hitler's SS, and the body of an Italian banker found hanging under Blackfriars Bridge in the 1980s Legend has it that the treasure of the Jews was, following the... (more)

Management Information Systems: The Critical Strategic Resource (Warton Executive Library)James C. Emery

Management Information Systems: The Critical Strategic Resource (Warton Executive Library)

by James C. Emery

Information has been a scarce commodity in most of human history. All that has changed--but most businesses don't know how to make the most of it. Most organizations use their management information systems only to handle routine transactions like payroll and billing. This book shows executives how a management information system can provide help at all levels: operational, where the work gets done, as well as... (more)

Artificial Kid

by Bruce Sterling

The ultra-rich satellite-dwellers orbiting the planet Reverie love to tune in to the televised exploits of the world's best professional combat artist, The Artificial Kid. But when an enemy discovers a secret from The Kid's murky past, The Kid must face the fiercest battle of his life, placing the fate of the entire planet in his hands. First published in 1980.

Bayous

by Iain Banks

Kate is a senior executive officer in a powerful and massively discreet transglobal organization. The character of The Business seems, even to her, to be vague to the point of invisibility. Her job is to keep abreast of technological developments, but she must let go the assumptions of a lifetime.

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A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer

by William Gibson

by Eric Tyson, Ray Brown

by Michael McLaughlin, W. Park Kerr

by Steve Petusevsky

by Robert B. Parker

by Craig Russell

by Rudy Rucker

by Ilyce R. Glink

by Julia Moskin, Gale Gand

by John Harrison, Stephan Pyles

by Ilyce R. Glink

by Stephen Rhodes

by Carsten Peter Thiede

by Jim McCarthy

by Robin Mackness, Guy Patton

by James C. Emery

by Bruce Sterling

by Iain Banks