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  The Dogs of Bedlam Farm

  An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys and Me

  by Jon Katz

  “Dogs are blameless, devoid of calculation, neither blessed nor cursed with human motives. They can’t really be held responsible for what they do. But we can.” –from The Dogs of Bedlam Farm The Dogs of Bedlam Farm recounts a harrowing winter Katz spent on a remote, windswept hillside in upstate New York with a few life-saving friends, ugly ghosts from the past, and more livestock than any novice should attempt... (more)
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  Skinny Dip

  by Carl Hiaasen

  Charles "Chaz" Perrone fancies himself a take-charge kind of guy. So when this "biologist by default" suspects that his curvaceous wife, Joey, has stumbled onto a profitable pollution scam he's running on behalf of Florida agribusiness mogul Red Hammernut, he sets out right away to solve the problem--by heaving Joey off the deck of a luxury cruise liner and into the Atlantic Ocean, far from Key West.... (more)
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  Basket Case

  by Carl Hiaasen

  Once a hotshot investigative reporter, Jack Tagger now bangs out obituaries for a South Florida daily, "plotting to resurrect my career by yoking my byline to some famous stiff." Jimmy Stoma, the infamous front man for Jimmy and the Slut Puppies, dead in a fishy-smelling scuba "accident" may be just the stiff Jack needs-if only he can figure out what happened. Standing in the way are (among others) an editor who... (more)
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  Harry Potter: Book 5

  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

  by J. K. Rowling

  Book five in Joanne Kathleen Rowling's Harry Potter series follows the darkest year yet for the young wizard, who finds himself knocked time after time the events of last year. Over the summer, gossip (usually traced back to the magic world's newspaper, the Daily Prophet) has turned Harry's tragic and heroic encounter with Lord Voldemort at the Triwizard Tournament into an excuse to ridicule and discount the... (more)
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  Harry Potter: Book 7

  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

  by J. K. Rowling

  In the final installment in the series Harry Potter, with his friends Ron Weasley, and Hermoine Granger, continue the seemingly impossible, quest and burden to hunt and destroy the remaining Horcruxes to thwart Lord Voldemort and his dark plans. Along the way, Harry tackles many hurdles such as: hardship, death, exile, overcoming fear, and choosing between "what is right and what is easy." Somehow, Harry must find... (more)
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  The Beach House

  by Mary Alice Monroe

  Known for her moving characters and emotional honesty, Mary Alice Monroe brings readers a beautifully rendered story that explores the fragile yet enduring bond between mothers and daughters. Carette Rutledge thought she'd left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind. But an unusual request from her mother -- coming just as her own life is spinning out of control -- has Cara heading back to the... (more)
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  Harry Potter: Book 6

  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

  by J. K. Rowling

  In the sixth installment in the series the war against Voldemort is not going well; even the Muggles have been affected. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses, and yet...as with all disappointments, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate. Teenagers flirt, fight, and fall in love. Harry receives some extraordinary help in... (more)
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  Amelia Peabody: Book 16

  Guardian of the Horizon

  by Elizabeth Peters

  A hitherto lost journal of the indomitable Amelia Peabody has been miraculously recovered: a chronicle from one of the "missing years" -- 1907–1908 -- shedding new light on an already exceptional career, a remarkable family . . . and an unexpected terror. Ousted from their most recent archaeological dig and banned forever from the Valley of the Kings, the Emersons are spending a quiet summer at home in Kent,... (more)
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  Lord of the Flies

  by William Golding

  The classic tale of a group of English school boys who are left stranded on an unpopulated island, and who must confront not only the defects of their society but the defects of their own natures.
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  Amelia Peabody: Book 15

  Children of the Storm

  by Elizabeth Peters

  A Great War has ended, but evil still casts a long shadow over a violence-scarred land. One woman -- an adventurer and archaeologist with a brilliant mind -- must now confront a dreadful adversary more fiendish and formidable than any she has ever encountered. But by doing so, she may be feeding the flames of a devastating firestorm that threatens the fragile lives of the tender and innocent.
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  Flaming Iguanas: An Illustrated All-Girl Road Novel Thing

  by Erika Lopez

  Tomato Rodriguez hops on her motorcycle and embarks on the ultimate sea-to-shining-sea all-girl adventure -- a story in that combines all the best parts of Alice in Wonderland and Easy Rider as Tomato crosses the country in search of the meaning of life, love, and the perfect post office. Flaming Iguanas is a hilarious novel that combines text, line drawings, rubber stamp art, and a serious dose of... (more)
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  Light: Book 2

  Nova Swing

  by M. John Harrison

  Set in the unique world first featured in the award-winning Light, here is a story of love, murder, and intergalactic noir on the razor’s edge of the imagination, as envisioned by the incomparable M. John Harrison. Not far from Moneytown, in a neighborhood of underground clubs, body-modification chop shops, adolescent contract killers, and sexy streetwalking Monas, you’ll find the Saudade Event Site: a zone of... (more)
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  A Proper Charlie

  by Louise Wise

  Charlie Wallis has everything a girl could wish for. A loving boyfriend, a nice flat and a fantastic job as a journalist for London Core. Trouble is, Charlie's boyfriend's a waster, her job title really reads 'clerk' and her flat, at the top of a high-rise, isn't that nice after all. Her new boss, Ben, is a huge bear of a man. A gentle giant, with chocolate brown eyes that hold a secret.While London Core... (more)
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  Water for Elephants

  by Sara Gruen

  Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled with freaks and clowns, with wonder and pain and anger and passion; a world with its own narrow, irrational rules, its own way of... (more)
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  The Cask of Amontillado

  by Edgar Allan Poe

  After enduring many injuries of the noble Fortunato, Montressor executes the perfect revenge.
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  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Book 1

  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  by Douglas Adams

  The first of six books in this "trilogy" which is adapted from Adams' radio series with the same name.
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  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Book 1

  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

  by Roald Dahl

  Charlie Bucket, an intelligent boy from a poor family, lives with his parents and both sets of elderly grandparents (Grandpa Joe, Grandma Josephine, Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina). From these four, especially Grandpa Joe, he hears stories about the candymaker Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory he built in Charlie's hometown. As time passed, rival chocolate makers sent in spies, posing as workers, in order... (more)
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  Harry Potter: Book 2

  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

  by J. K. Rowling

  Harry is tired of the summer holidays, and tired of the Dursleys. Just before the long anticipated term at Hogwarts, Harry receives a strange visitor, who tells him he must not go back to Hogwarts, because there will be great trouble for him if he does. Harry, dismayed, shocked, and surprised returns to a year of year of Hogwarts, and to a disaster at school. Everyone at Hogwarts is in danger of death, and the... (more)
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  Harry Potter: Book 4

  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  by J. K. Rowling

  The fourth book in the Harry Potter series finds Harry Potter midway through his training as a wizard and his coming of age. Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup. He wants to find out about the mysterious event that Hogwarts is hosting this year, an event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition that hasn't happened for a hundred years,... (more)
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  Harry Potter: Book 1

  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  by J. K. Rowling

  Originally published as "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". Say you've spent the first 10 years of your life sleeping under the stairs of a family who loathes you. Then, in an absurd, magical twist of fate, you find yourself surrounded by wizards, a caged snowy owl, a phoenix-feather wand, and jellybeans that come in every flavor, including strawberry, curry, grass, and sardine. Not only... (more)