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  Our Band Could Be Your Life

  Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991

  by Michael Azerrad

  Finally in paperback, the story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan Eighties- when a small but sprawling network of bands, labels, fanzines, radio stations, and other subversives reenergized American rock with punk rock's do-it-yourself credo and created music that was deeply personal, often brilliant, always challenging, and immensely influential. Our Band Could Be Your Life... (more)
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  No One Belongs Here More Than You

  Stories

  by Miranda July

  Award-winning filmmaker and performing artist Miranda July brings her extraordinary talents to the page in a startling, sexy, and tender collection. In these stories, July gives the most seemingly insignificant moments a sly potency. A benign encounter, a misunderstanding, a shy revelation can reconfigure the world. Her characters engage awkwardly -- they are sometimes too remote, sometimes too intimate. With... (more)
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  Spirit Guide: Book 1

  She Smells the Dead

  by E. J. Stevens

  She Smells the Dead is the first book in the YA Paranormal Spirit Guide series by E.J. Stevens.It's the beginning of senior year and Yuki's psychic awareness of ghostly spirits is threatening to ruin her life. Her ability to sense spirits of the dead isn't glamorous like the ghost hunting on television.SHE SMELLS THE DEAD.The smell impressions are becoming stronger. Yuki is being... (more)
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  Deed To Death

  by D. B. Henson

  Real estate agent Toni Matthew's problems begin when her fiancé, Scott, is murdered. Having to bury the man she loves on the very day they planned to be married is almost more than Toni can take. Dealing with her loss becomes even harder when Scott's estranged brother, Brian, contests the will, threatening to take away her home. After learning Brian is in deep financial trouble, Toni suspects he may be the one... (more)
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  Wrecker

  by Dave Conifer

  Jane thought a loveless marriage was as bad as it could get.Steve thought life was perfect with a hired man to do his chores.They were both wrong.Jane Havelock is coping a day at a time in a bad marriage when her husband Steve hires simple-minded handyman Rob Manteo to work around the house. After overcoming her initial revulsion, Jane finds shelter in a growing friendship with Manteo, an enigma who... (more)
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  The Paranormals: Book 1

  Jenny Pox

  by J. L. Bryan

  Jenny is a shy, small-town South Carolina girl whose touch spreads a deadly supernatural plague. She can't touch anyone for long without killing them. Her life is painfully lonely until she meets a boy named Seth with the opposite power, a healing touch. Jenny's love for Seth brings the wrath of Seth's beautiful, popular and devious girlfriend, Ashleigh, who secretly wields the most dangerous power of... (more)
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  Vampire for Hire: Book 1

  Moon Dance

  by J. R. Rain

  Mother, wife, private investigator--vampire.Six years ago federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vampire. Now the world at large thinks Samantha has developed a rare skin disease, a disease which forces her... (more)
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  A Scattered Life

  by Karen McQuestion

  “Most people have everything they need to be happy.” The words latched onto some part of Skyla’s brain. She found herself repeating the phrase to herself while she rang up books and stocked shelves. It had a certain resonance to it, but she doubted it was true. Free spirit Skyla Plinka has found the love and stability she always wanted in her reliable husband Thomas. Settling into her new family and roles as... (more)
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  Barbara Marr Murder Mystery: Book 1

  Take the Monkeys and Run

  by Karen Cantwell

  Film lover Barbara Marr is a typical suburban mom living the typical suburban life in her sleepy little town of Rustic Woods, Virginia. Typical, that is until she sets out to find the missing link between a bizarre monkey sighting in her yard and the bone chilling middle-of-the-night fright fest at the strangely vacant house next door. When Barb talks her two friends into some seemingly innocent Charlie’s... (more)
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  The Books of Albion

  by Peter Doherty

  The remarkable and revealing collected writings of Pete Doherty, from 1999 to the present day - a chance to understand one of the most intriguing personalities around
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  Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist

  by Rachel/ Levithan, David Cohn

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  The Contemporary Art of the Novella

  Shoplifting from American Apparel

  by Tao Lin

  Set mostly in Manhattan—although also featuring Atlantic City, Brooklyn, GMail Chat, and Gainsville, Florida—this autobiographical novella, spanning two years in the life of a young writer with a cultish following, has been described by the author as “A shoplifting book about vague relationships,” “2 parts shoplifting arrest, 5 parts vague relationship issues,” and “An ultimately life-affirming book about how the... (more)
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  Run

  by Blake Crouch

  For fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Thomas Harris, picture this: a landscape of American genocide... 5 D A Y S A G O A rash of bizarre murders swept the country... Senseless. Brutal. Seemingly unconnected. A cop walked into a nursing home and unloaded his weapons on elderly and staff alike. A mass of school shootings. Prison riots of unprecedented brutality. Mind-boggling acts of violence in every... (more)
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  Tears of Rage: Book 1

  First Chosen

  by M. Todd Gallowglas

  “This is really great stuff! The characters seem real, three dimensional people, not typical fantasy types.” - James Rollins, Author of THE DEVIL COLONY and MAP OF BONEs FIRST CHOSEN is the story of Julianna, a noble from the conquered kingdom of Koma. In her moment of greatest need, she frees an ancient god, Grandfather Shadow, from his thousand-year prison. In his gratitude, the god names her his high priest... (more)
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  Bonfire Chronicles: Book 1

  Faustine

  by Imogen Rose

  Who is Faustine? When Faustine Spencer was five years old, she discovered a secret that changed her life forever. At twelve, her parents sent her to Bonfire Academy in Switzerland to ensure that she received the training needed to control her increasing powers. Three years later, Faustine returns to Manhattan. All she wants is to be a typical teenager, at least, one that’s part of the in-crowd at her Upper... (more)
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  Wasteland (The Kin Trilogy)

  by Patricia Williams

  Becca Wilkinson is a nobody, and those that are aware of her existence know her as "that quiet girl in the back of class", "loser", or her favorite- "that chick that killed all those people". While most people at Leeville High have long forgotten Becca's role in the devastating car wreck that happened a year ago, she still has nightmares. Her memories are in fragments and what little she remembers doesn't make... (more)
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  A New Pet in the Family

  by John H. Carroll

  Between the arrival ("A New Pet in the Family") and the passing away ("We have such a great time together") of a pet, Bookata's compilation cover the whole cycle of family-child-pet dynamic by introducing elements from the child environment into the story, creating a unique, personalized book. Aimed for readers age five to ten, Bookata’s books allow the users (parents and children alike) to change in a few... (more)
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  Sworn (Book #1 of the Vampire Legends)

  by Emma Knight

  When her dad is transferred, Rachel Wood is uprooted from her home in Pennsylvania and forced to enter a new high school, in 10th grade, in an affluent suburb in Westchester, New York. She finds herself in way over her head, as she struggles to come to grips with meeting new friends, finding a boyfriend, avoiding the cliques of mean girls, and figuring out how to survive in such a hostile new world. She has... (more)
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  Rock and a Hard Place

  by Angie Stanton

  One day while watching the Interstate exit for her dad’s long awaited return, Libby’s life is rocked when Peter Jamieson steps off his tour bus and into her life. After a couple chance meetings with Peter, Libby shifts from her perfect behavior and breaks rules to find out more about him. Peter longs for normalcy away from the screaming fans who know nothing about the real him. He is amazed to discover Libby has... (more)
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  Shadows

  by Joan De La Haye

  Sarah is forced to the edge of sanity by the ghosts of her family's past. Suffering from violent and bloody hallucinations, she seeks the help of psychiatrist and friend Michael Brink. After being sent to an institution in a catatonic state covered in blood - from stabbing her unfaithful boyfriend - Sarah is forced to confront the truth about her father's death and the demon, Jack, who caused her father's... (more)