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  The Idiot

  by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

  Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky’s masterful translation of The Idiot is destined to stand with their versions of Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov , and Demons as the definitive Dostoevsky in English. After his great portrayal of a guilty man in Crime and Punishment , Dostoevsky set out in The Idiot to portray a man of pure innocence. The twenty-six-year-old Prince Myshkin,... (more)
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  The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cleaning (Complete Idiot's Guide to)

  by Mary Findley, Linda Formichelli

  Make those rooms sparkle … Most people hate it, but everyone has to clean. So why not do it right? This guide takes readers through the house, room by room, demonstrating how to clean each one thoroughly and efficiently—even the bathroom and the garage. Plus, it provides an A-to-Z treasure trove of hints to make cleaning even easier.
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  Loose Balls: Easy Money, Hard Fouls, Cheap Laughs, and True Love in the NBA

  by Jayson Williams

  The first candid report from a land of fragile egos, available women, unexpected tenderness, intramural fistfights, colossal partying, bizarre humor, inconceivable riches, and desperate competition, Loose Balls does for roundball what Ball Four did for hardball. From revelations about the meanest, softest, and smelliest players in the league, to Williams’s early days as a “young man with a lot of money and... (more)
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  More Sex Is Safer Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics

  by Steven E. Landsburg

  Steven Landsburg's writings are living proof that economics need not be "the dismal science." Readers of The Armchair Economist and his columns in Slate magazine know that he can make economics not only fun but fascinating, as he searches for the reasons behind the odd facts we face in our daily lives. In More Sex Is Safer Sex , he brings his witty and razor-sharp analysis to the many ways that our... (more)
• The World's Best Fairy Tales a Reader's Digest AnthologyBelle Becker Edited By Sideman

  

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  The World's Best Fairy Tales a Reader's Digest Anthology

  by Belle Becker Edited By Sideman

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  The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Cleaning, 2nd Edition

  by Mary Findley, Linda Formichelli

  Become a green cleaning machine. Fully updated and revised to focus on cleaning the “green” way—naturally, with no chemicals—this guide takes readers room-by- room, teaching them how to clean thoroughly, efficiently, and in an environmentally sound way. New and expanded coverage includes info on making small changes that have a huge impact on cleaning difficult areas, green-ifying personal care products, and... (more)