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  Summers at Castle Auburn

  by Sharon Shinn

  A woman blessed, or cursed, with a talent for witchcraft returns to Castle Auburn where she spent her childhood in joy-only to find an aura of dread awaiting her.
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  Selected Works (Cicero, Marcus Tullius) (Penguin Classics)

  by Cicero

  Lawyer, philosopher, statesman and defender of Rome's Republic, Cicero was a master of eloquence, and his pure literary and oratorical style and strict sense of morality have been a powerful influence on European literature and thought for over two thousand years in matters of politics, philosophy, and faith. This selection demonstrates the diversity of his writings, and includes letters to friends and statesmen... (more)
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  Batman Comics: Book 4

  The Long Halloween

  by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale, Archie Goodwin

  It's refreshing when you find a Batman story that both is epic and successfully explores the core of a resolutely explored character. Taking as its catalyst a sub-plot from the seminal Batman: Year One, the story revolves around murders occurring on national holidays, the victims connected to Mob boss "The Roman." Dubbed "Holiday," the killer uses an untraceable handgun and leaves small trinkets at the scene.... (more)
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  Forgotten Realms: Legacy of the Drow: Book 1

  The Legacy

  by R. A. Salvatore

  Because of the friends I have known, the honorable people I have met, I know I am no solitary hero of unique causes. I know that when I die, that which is important will live on. This is my legacy; by the grace of the gods, I am not alone. –Drizzt Do’Urden
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  Dungeons & Dragons v3.5: Book 1

  Player's Handbook: Core Rulebook I

  by Julia Martin, Jonathan Tweet, John Rateliff

  Endless adventure and untold excitement await! Prepare to venture forth with your bold compaions into a world of heroic fantasy. Within these pages, you'll discover all the tools and options you need to create characters worthy of song and legend for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.
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  The Hours

  by Michael Cunningham

  The Hours tells the story of three women: Virginia Woolf, beginning to write Mrs. Dalloway as she recuperates in a London suburb with her husband in 1923; Clarissa Vaughan, beloved friend of an acclaimed poet dying from AIDS, who in modern-day New York is planning a party in his honor; and Laura Brown, in a 1949 Los Angeles suburb, who slowly begins to feel the constraints of a perfect family and home. By the end... (more)
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  The Lord of the Rings

  The Lord of the Rings

  The Fellowship of the Ring / The Two Towers / The Return of the King

  by J. R. R. Tolkien

  Since it was first published in 1954, The Lord of the Rings has been a book people have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, its sweeping fantasy has touched the hearts of young and old alike. Well over 100 million copies of its many editions have been sold around the world, and occasional collectors' editions become prized and valuable items of publishing.
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  Tales from the Perilous Realm

  Farmer Giles of Ham / Smith of Wootton Major / Roverandom / Leaf by Niggle

  by J. R. R. Tolkien

  The definitive collection of Tolkien’s classic “fairie” tales, in the vein of The Hobbit, illustrated by Oscar winner Alan Lee Never before published in a single volume, Tolkien’s four novellas (Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton Major, and Roverandom) and one book of poems (The Adventures of Tom Bombadil) are gathered together for the first time, in a fully illustrated volume. This new,... (more)
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  The Secret Series: Book 4

  This Isn't What It Looks Like

  by Pseudonymous Bosch

  The Secret Series continues in this dangerous and daring fourth adventure. Cass finds herself alone and disoriented, a stranger in a dream-like, medieval world. Where is she? Who is she? With the help of a long-lost relative, she begins to uncover clues and secrets--piecing together her family's history as she fights her way back to the present world. Meanwhile, back home, Cass is at the hospital in a deep... (more)
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  Clube das Chaves: Book 1

  O Clube das Chaves entra em acção

  by Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez, Maria do Rosário Pedreira

  The title of this book would mean «The club of the keys takes action».
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  Lysistrata and Other Plays

  by Aristophanes

  Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. The Achanians is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta. In Lysistrata a band of women tap into the awesome power of sex in order to end a war. The darker comedy of The Clouds satirizes Athenian philosophers, Socrates in particular, and... (more)
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  Dragonlance War of the Lance (Dragonlance)

  by Tracy Hickman, Margaret Weis, Jamie Chambers

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  Game Development with Unity

  by Michelle Menard

  GAME DEVELOPMENT WITH UNITY shows you how to use the Unity game engine, a multiplatform engine and editor in one, to build games. Perfect for new developers or those looking to create games with an easy, efficient, and inexpensive game engine, you'll find a complete overview of the Unity editor along with basic game and level design theory taught alongside so you can build your game development skill set. New... (more)
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  Battlefield 3

  The Russian

  by Andy McNab

  As bullets whiz by, walls crumble, and explosions throw you to the ground, the battlefield feels more alive and interactive than ever before. In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines where they will experience heart-pounding missions across diverse locations including Paris, Tehran and New York...Since 2002, EA's series of Battlefield games have set the standard for realism and... (more)
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  How Computers Work

  by Timothy Edward Downs, Ron White

  A classic is back in its 8th and best edition yet! How Computers Work, 8th Edition is a must-have for anyone interested in the inner-workings of computers. The full-color, detailed illustrations will take you deep inside your PC and show you just how intricate it is. This latest edition has been updated with information on all of the latest technologies, including: PCI Express Bus Serial ATA Connections ... (more)
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  Maus: A Survivor's Tale: Book 1

  My Father Bleeds History

  by Art Spiegelman

  A story of a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe and his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father's story and history itself. Part I of a two volume series.
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  The History of Rome from its Foundation

  The War with Hannibal: Books XXI-XXX of the History of Rome from its Foundation (Classics S.)

  by Livy

  In The War with Hannibal, Livy (59 BC AD 17) chronicles the events of the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, until the Battle of Zama in 202 BC. He vividly recreates the immense armies of Hannibal, complete with elephants, crossing the Alps; the panic as they approached the gates of Rome; and the decimation of the Roman army at the Battle of Lake Trasimene. Yet it is also the clash of personalities that... (more)
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  Rome and the Mediterranean: Books XXXI-XLV of the History of Rome from its Foundation (Penguin Classics)

  by Livy

  "Books XXXI to XLV" cover the years from 201 B.C. to 167 B.C., when Rome emerged as ruler of the Mediterranean.
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  Symposium

  by Plato

  In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC. The guests--including the comic poet Aristophanes and Plato's mentor Socrates--each deliver a short speech in praise of love. The sequence of dazzling speeches culminates in Socrates' famous account of the views of Diotima, a prophetess who taught him that love is our means of trying to attain goodness, and a... (more)
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  Utopia

  by Thomas More

  Sir Thomas More's entertaining description of Utopia, an island supporting a perfectly organized and happy people, was a best-seller when it first appeared in Latin in 1516. This work of a Catholic martyr has later been seen as the source of Ana-baptism, Mormonism, and even communism. Utopia revolutionized Plato's classical blueprint of the perfect republic, mainly by its realism. Locating his island in the (then)... (more)