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A dazzling novel in the most untraditional fashion, this is the remarkable story of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare's passionate love affair endures across a sea of time and captures the two lovers in an impossibly romantic trap, and it is Audrey Niffenegger's... (more)

Chocolat

by Joanne Harris

Greeted as "an amazement of riches ... few readers will be able to resist" by The New York Times, Chocolat is an enchanting novel about a small French town turned upside down by the arrival of a bewitching chocolate confectioner, Vianne Rocher, and her spirited young daughter.

Complete Anne of Green Gable Boxed Set (Anne of Green Gables, Anne of the Island, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne's House of Dreams, Anne of Ingleside, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside)

Complete Anne of Green Gable Boxed Set (Anne of Green Gables, Anne of the Island, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne's House of Dreams, Anne of Ingleside, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside)

by L.M. Montgomery

Anne of Green GablesAnne of the IslandAnne of AvonleaAnne of Windy PoplarsAnne's House of DreamsAnne of InglesideRainbow ValleyRilla of Ingleside

The Complete Book Of Running For Women

by Claire Kowalchik

More women than ever are discovering the unique benefits of running -- for stress relief, weight management, endurance, and self-esteem. Women's bodies are not the same as men's, and though we can train just as hard and with the same passion for excellence, we have certain special concerns. Finally, there is a comprehensive guide exclusively for women who experience the pure joy of running, or want to. It's the... (more)

For One More Day

by Mitch Albom

This is the story of Charley, a child of divorce who is always forced to choose between his mother and his father. He grows into a man and starts a family of his own. But one fateful weekend, he leaves his mother to secretly be with his father - and she dies while he is gone. This haunts him for years. It unravels his own young family. It leads him to depression and drunkenness. One night, he decides to take his... (more)

A Fine Balance

by Rohinton Mistry

With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency, in whose upheavals four strangers--a spirited widow, a young student uprooted from his idyllic hill station, and two... (more)

SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea

SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea

by John Wiseman

A complete course in how to survive outdoors, on land or sea, in any weather, in any part of the world. Color and black-and-white drawings throughout.

A to Z Knitting

Whether you're a new knitter or just want to try new techniques, this must-have resource offers all the knitting know-how you'll ever need. With over 1,000 close-up photographs featuring real hands holding real yarn and needles, there's no easier way to learn! * Straightforward text and full-color photos walk you from beginner's basics through gorgeous Aran, Fair Isle, entrelac, and intarsia knitting ... (more)

For Love and a Beetle: A Tale of Two Journeys

For Love and a Beetle: A Tale of Two Journeys

by Ivan Hodge

A tale of two journeys, a loving marriage and an adventurous couple expanding their horizons - this is the story of "For Love and a Beetle". In 1961, after a two year honeymoon in England, Ivan and Beth Hodge decided to return home. They brought a brand-new Volkswagen Beetle for 439 British pounds and, with their possessions on the roofracks, set off into the unknown. They travelled through Europe into... (more)

Tales from Outer Suburbia

by Shaun Tan

An exchange student who's really an alien, a secret room that becomes the perfect place for a quick escape, a typical tale of grandfatherly exaggeration that is actually even more bizarre than he says... These are the odd details of everyday life that grow and take on an incredible life of their own in tales and illustrations that Shaun Tan's many fans will love.

Oxford English Dictionary on CD ROM 4.0

The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the English Language, defining more than 500,000 words and tracing their usage through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of literary and other sources. The text on the CD-ROM comprises the full text of the OED 2nd Edition , plus the three Additions volumes, as well as 7,000 new entries from the OED's continuing research. Most... (more)

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The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger