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  From the World of the Sandman

  The Sandman

  Book of Dreams

  by Neil Gaiman, Ed Kramer, Gene Wolfe, Steve Brust, Clive Barker, Tori Amos

  There is a dark king who rules our dreams from a place of shadows and fantastic things. He is Morpheus, the lord of story. Older than humankind itself, he inhabits -- along with Destiny, Death, Destruction, Desire, Despair, and Delirium, his Endless sisters and brothers -- the realm of human consciousness. His powers are myth and nightmare -- inspirations, pleasures, and punishments manifested beneath the... (more)
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  Den of Shadows: Book 2

  Demon in My View

  by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

  Though nobody at her high school knows it, Jessica is a published author. Her vampire novel, Tiger, Tiger, has just come out under the pen name Ash Night. Now two new students have just arrived in Ramsa, and both want Jessica’s attention. She has no patience with overly friendly Caryn, but she’s instantly drawn to Alex, a self-assured, mysterious boy who seems surprisingly familiar. If Jessica didn’t know... (more)
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  The Little Prisoner

  by Jane Elliott

  An inspirational true story of a 4 year old girl who fell into the power of a man whose evil knew no bounds. She encountered terrifying mental and physical torture from her psychopathic stepfather for a period of 17 years until she managed to break free, her spirit still unbroken Jane Elliott fell into the hands of her sadistic and brutal stepfather when she was 4 years old. Her story is both inspiring and... (more)
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  Dirty Little Angels

  by Chris Tusa

  Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by... (more)
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  The Werewolf's Guide to Life

  A Manual for the Newly Bitten

  by Ritch Duncan, Bob Powers

  Have you been attacked by a wolf-like creature in the last 30 days? Was it after the sun had set and under a full moon? If you answered, “yes” to both these questions, there’s a very good chance that you were bitten by a werewolf. You now have less than a month before the full moon returns and with it your first transformation into a savage, bloodthirsty beast. Survival is an option, but first, know this: *... (more)
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  Runaways: Book 9

  Dead Wrong

  by Terry Moore

  The beginning of a whole new Runaways! Comics legend Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise, Echo) and super-star artist Humberto Ramos (X-Men, Wolverine, Spider-Man) run back to Los Angeles with your favorite teen heroes. But it's not the same city they left so long ago. The Runaways try to stay off the radar, but the sins of their parents won't make that possible... Collects Runaways Volume 3 #1-6.
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  In the Country of Books: Commonplace Books and Other Readings

  by Richard Katzev

  In the Country of Books is an inquiry into the way literature enters the lives of readers and sometimes changes them. In most commentaries on literature the experience of the reader is virtually ignored as scholars and critics attempt to discern the meaning of the text from various theoretical or cultural frameworks. Instead, this volume focuses on the experience of readers, illustrated with accounts of the... (more)
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  Gists, Orts, Shards: A Commonplace Book

  by Jonathan Greene

  For 500 years teachers and scholars have commended the practice of recording "commonplaces" - that is, striking and noteworthy phrases encountered while reading - for later reference. Few in recent times have taken this advice with such good effect as Jonathan Greene. A poet, publisher, book designer and translator, Greene is foremost a reader of vast range and expansive curiosity. The fruits of over forty... (more)
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  Death

  Absolute Death

  by Neil Gaiman

  From the pages of Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN comes the young, pale, perky, and genuinely likable Death. One day in every century, Death walks the Earth to better understand those to whom she will be the final visitor. Today is that day. As a young mortal girl named Didi, Death befriends a teenager and helps a 250-year old homeless woman find her missing heart. What follows is a sincere musing on love, life and (of... (more)
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  So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction

  by Steve Berman

  Twenty-two captivating stories where queer culture and fey folklore meet The legends of Fairyland tell that one should never taste the food or sip the drink, or else risk being caught there forever. But the tempting morsels in So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction are irresistible! Lambda Award-nominated editor Steve Berman brings together acclaimed fantasy writers with some of the brightest names... (more)
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  Buffy the Vampire Slayer

  Tales of the Slayers

  by Joss Whedon, Jane Espenson

  Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the latest in a long tradition of young women who've been trained to give their lives in the war against vampires. We've gotten glimpses of these other women over the years on TV, in comics, and in books. Now for the first time, the writers from the television series, including the show's creator, Joss Whedon, and one of its stars, Amber `Tara` Benson, present the tales of these girls,... (more)
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  Artemis Fowl

  The Seventh Dwarf

  by Eoin Colfer

  This is an Eoin Colfer's fantastic new Artemis adventure especially for World Book Day.
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  Remembrance of Things Past

  Swann's Way / Within a Budding Grove / The Guermantes Way / Cities of the Plain (Sodom and Gomorrah) / The Captive / The Fugitive / Time Regained

  by Marcel Proust

  "A La Recherche du Temps Perdu" is one of the most magnificent achievements of the novelists' art (and there have been many). It's historically great in its scope -- as grand in that way as "War and Peace" -- although it's set in belle epoque France, not the Russia of the Napoleonic era. It's one of our greatest novels about finding one's vocation as an artist, and the demands it makes on one's life once one has... (more)
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  The Batman Adventures

  Mad Love

  And Other Stories

  by Paul Dini, Bruce Timm

  Tales by two of the creators behind the acclaimed Batman animated TV series! The centerpiece of this fantastic collection is the Eisner Award-winning MAD LOVE, the surprisingly dark origin of Harley Quinn, co-starring The Joker and Poison Ivy as well as Batman. Also included are tales by Dini, Timm and others that feature the Scarecrow, Ra's Al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Batgirl and more.
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  Runaways: Book 10

  Rock Zombies

  by Terry Moore

  The spookiest Runaways tale ever! The Val Rhymin subplot has been brewing for a while and peeks here! Chase's boss is not what he seems! Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise, Echo) welcomes former Runaways artist Takeshi Miyazawa aboard for this creepy tale of magic and mayhem! Collects Runaways Volume 3 #7-10.
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  Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Book 7

  Obsidian Fate

  by Diana G. Gallagher

  Eternal Night On the outskirts of Sunnydale, recent rains have uncovered the remains of a five hundred-year-old Spanish expedition. But one of the artifacts, a smoky mirror with an ornately carved obsidian frame, goes missing, along with the history teacher who found it. And when Buffy narrowly escapes the attack of a black jaguar while on patrol, Giles puts the gang into research mode. An ancient volume... (more)
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  Harley and Ivy

  by Paul Dini, Judd Winick

  The sexy, madcap super-villain duo of Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy plan to take down Batman once and for all in this uproariously funny volume. But first, Harley has to convince Ivy that she has what it takes to be a villain in Gotham City! This volume features a fantastic 3-chapter story written by Paul Dini and illustrated by Bruce Timm, the award-winning producers of Batman: The Animated Series,... (more)
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  News From Nowhere (Oxford World's Classics)

  by William Morris

  News from Nowhere(1890) is the best-known prose work of William Morris and the only significant English utopia to be written since Thomas More's. The novel describes the encounter between a visitor from the nineteenth century, William Guest, and a decentralized and humane socialist future. Set over a century after a revolutionary upheaval in 1952, these ""Chapters from a Utopian Romance"" recount his journey... (more)
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  Supernatural: The Official Companion: Book 2

  Supernatural

  The Official Companion Season 2

  by Nicholas Knight

  The cult show from the producers of The O.C. and The X-Files, starring Jared Padalecki (Gilmore Girls) and Jensen Ackles (Smallville), takes you on a spooky roadtrip through the dark heart of America.Brothers Sam and Dean Winchester cruise America’s back roads in their 1967 Chevy Impala, on a mission to hunt down the demon that killed both their parents. Along the way they confront creatures most people... (more)
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  Guardian of the Dead

  by Karen Healey

  In less than a day I had been harassed, enchanted, shouted at, cried on, and clawed. I’d been cold, scared, dirty, exhausted, hungry, and miserable. And up until now, I’d been mildly impressed with my ability to cope. At her boarding school in New Zealand, Ellie Spencer is like any ordinary teen: she hangs out with her best friend, Kevin; obsesses over her crush on a mysterious boy; and her biggest worry... (more)