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  The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Book 1

  Over Sea, Under Stone

  by Susan Cooper

  Throughout time, the forces of good and evil have battled continuously, maintaining the balance. Whenever evil forced grow too powerful, a champion of good is called to drive them back. Now, with evil's power rising and a champion yet to be found, three siblings find themselves at the center of a mystical war. Jane, Simon, and Barney Drew have discovered an ancient text that reads of a legendary grail... (more)
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  The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Book 2

  The Dark Is Rising

  by Susan Cooper

  When Will Stanton wakes up on the morning of his birthday, he discovers an unbelievable gift -- he is immortal. Bemused and terrified, he finds he is the last of the Old Ones, magical men and women sworn to protect the world from the source of evil, the Dark. At once Will is plunged into a quest to find six magical Signs to aid the powers of the Light. Six medallions -- iron, bronze, wood, water, fire,... (more)
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  The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Book 3

  Greenwitch

  by Susan Cooper

  The Dark has stolen an object of great power - a golden grail that holds a vital secret. Will embarks on a new quest to reclaim the grail, and to drive back the Dark once again. But first he will need the help of three former grail seekers: Jane, Simon, and Barney Drew.Learning to work together, they must take back the grail and retrieve the missing manuscript that unlocks its mystical secret. But the... (more)
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  The Last of the Mohicans

  by James Fenimore Cooper

  The wild rush of action in this classic frontier adventure story has made The Last of the Mohicans the most popular of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales. Deep in the forests of upper New York State, the brave woodsman Hawkeye (Natty Bumppo) and his loyal Mohican friends Chingachgook and Uncas become embroiled in the bloody battles of the French and Indian War. The abduction of the beautiful Munro... (more)
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  The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Book 4

  The Grey King

  by Susan Cooper

  With the final battle between the Light and the Dark soon approaching, Will sets out on a quest to call for aid. Hidden within the Welsh hills is a magical harp that he must use to wake the Sleepers - six noble riders who have slept for centuries.But an illness has robbed Will of nearly all his knowledge of the Old Ones, and he is left only with a broken riddle to guide him in his task. As will travels... (more)
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  The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Book 5

  Silver on the Tree

  by Susan Cooper

  The Dark is rising in its last and greatest bid to control the world. Six individuals have come together to drive it back for good: Will, the Sign seeker; Bran, the raven boy; Jane, Simon, and Barney, the grail seekers; and Merriman, the wise mentor who unites them all. Together they stand ready to face the Rider and the full force of the Dark.But the last object of power must first be found. A sword of... (more)
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  King of Shadows

  by Susan Cooper

  Nat Field is a young actor who has travelled from America to rehearse and perform as Puck in a "Midsummer Night's Dream", at the new Globe Theatre in London. As rehearsals intensify, Nat's health begins to fail and soon the rest of the cast are horrified to hear that he's been rushed into hospital with Bubonic Plague! Something strange happens, and as Nat's friends worry about him, he is experiencing an amazing... (more)
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  The Boggart

  by Susan Cooper

  In a tumbledown castle in the Western Highlands of Scotland lives the Boggart. He is invisible -- an ancient mischievous spirit, solitary and sly, born of a magic as old as the rocks and the waves. He has lived in Castle Keep for centuries, playing tricks on the owners. But the last Scottish owner has died and left the castle to his great-nephew Robert Volnik of Toronto, Canada. The Volnik family -- including... (more)
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  Absolutely Lucy (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

  by Ilene Cooper

  Bobby Quinn is shy. In fact, he's so shy, he has trouble making friends. But that changes when he gets a squirmy little puppy for his birthday. Unlike Bobby, Lucy isn't shy at all. And to his surprise, she keeps dragging him into all sorts of adventures--and friendships, too! With longer chapters and occasional black-and-white illustrations, Mile 5 Road to Reading books are just right for the independent reader.
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  Leatherstocking Tales: Book 1

  The Deerslayer

  by James Fenimore Cooper

  “Live by your own council. Be brave in the face of the unknown. Be always fair.” -Natty Bumppo, The Deerslayer One of the greatest heroes in American literature, Natty Bumppo is the rugged frontiersman of James Fenimore Cooper ’s Leatherstocking Tales , a series of five novels that includes The Last of the Mohicans and The Deerslayer . Although the final volume to be written, The Deerslayer ... (more)
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  FBI Suspense Thrillers (Catherine Coulter): Book 15

  Split Second

  by Catherine Coulter

  A female serial killer is on the loose, and it’s up to FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock to track her down – and stop her before it’s too late. There’s evidence that the woman, Kirsten Bolger, has a killer bloodline, too: a connection to the notorious Ted Bundy only complicates the case. But the crack team of Savich and Sherlock are on it – and better than ever. At the same time, Special Agent Lucy... (more)
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  Leatherstocking Tales

  James Fenimore Cooper: The Leatherstocking Tales - Volume I

  The Pioneers / The Last of the Mohicans / The Prairie

  by James Fenimore Cooper

  James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) grew up at Otsego Hall, his father’s manorial estate near Lake Otsego in upstate New York. Educated at Yale, he spent five years at sea, as a foremast hand and then as a midshipman in the navy. At thirty he was suddenly plunged into a literary career when his wife challenged his claim that he could write a better book that the English novel he was reading to her. The result... (more)
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  Alexandra Cooper: Book 3

  Cold Hit

  by Linda Fairstein

  Renowned sex-crimes prosecutor and bestselling author Linda Fairstein sends her acclaimed heroine -- the stylish and steely-nerved D.A. Alexandra Cooper -- on a hunt for a killer inside New York City's glitzy art world. Alexandra Cooper has seen many murder victims, but few more disturbing than the silk-clad body of a woman, her hands and feet tied to a ladder, pulled from the turbulent waters at Manhattan's... (more)
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  Designing for the Digital Age: How to Create Human-Centered Products and Services

  by Kim Goodwin

  Whether you’re designing consumer electronics, medical devices, enterprise Web apps, or new ways to check out at the supermarket, today’s digitally-enabled products and services provide both great opportunities to deliver compelling user experiences and great risks of driving your customers crazy with complicated, confusing technology. Designing successful products and services in the digital age... (more)
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  The Boggart and the Monster

  by Susan Cooper

  He's back -- and up to his old tricks! It's been two years since Emily and Jess Volnik visited ancient Castle Keep in Scotland and made the acquaintance of the Boggart, a mischievous shape-shifting spirit who has lived in the castle for centuries. Now they've returned for another Scottish adventure, joining their old friend Tommy and Mr. Maconochie, the new owner of Castle keep, on a trip to Loch Ness, where a... (more)
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  Silence, Simplicity & Solitude: A Complete Guide to Spiritual Retreat

  by David A. Cooper

  From the best-selling author of God Is a Verb, the classic spiritual retreat guide that enables anyone to create their own self-guided spiritual retreat at home. The ancient mystics looked to spiritual retreat as a way of cleansing the body and healing the soul. In Silence, Simplicity & Solitude, David A. Cooper traces the path of the mystics and the practice of spiritual retreat in all the major... (more)
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  Alexandra Cooper: Book 9

  Bad Blood

  by Linda Fairstein

  Assistant D.A. Alexandra Cooper is deeply involved in a complicated, high-profile homicide case against defendant Brendan Quillian, a prominent young businessman charged with the brutal strangulation of his beautiful young wife. His conviction is not a certainty: Quillian was conveniently out of town on the day of the killing, and his defense attorney seems to be one step ahead of Cooper's effort to prove Quillian... (more)
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  Alexandra Cooper: Book 5

  The Bone Vault

  by Linda Fairstein

  In the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exquisite Temple of Dendur, a monument to an ancient world, a very modern debate is raging at a gala dinner: a controversial new exhibit is fiercely opposed by many among the upper echelon of museum donors. Alex Cooper steps into this highly charged ring of power players only to make a much more troubling discovery: a young museum researcher has been murdered, her body shipped... (more)
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  Subway Art

  by Martha Cooper

  During the 1970s and 80s photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant captured the environment and the imagination of a generation by documenting the burgeoning New York City graffiti movement. Now 25 years and more than a half a million copies later their bestselling book Subway Art is available in a large-scale deluxe format heightening the visual impact of their classic images. With 70 additional... (more)
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  Seaward

  by Susan Cooper

  His name is West. Her name is Cally. They speak different languages and come from different countries thousands of miles apart, but they do not know that. What they do know are the tragedies that took their parents, then wrenched the two of them out of reality, into a strange and perilous world through which they must travel together, knowing only that they must reach the sea. Together West and Cally embark upon a... (more)