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  The Shadow Reprints: Book 1

  The Shadow #1: The Golden Vulture / Crime Insured

  by Maxwell Grant

  Gilded death strikes ruthlessly and brings The Shadow to Miami to investigate the suicides that weren't suicides!
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  The Route of Parmenides: A Study of Word, Image, and Argument in the Fragments

  by Alexander P. D. Mourelatos

  This study of the fragments of Parmenides' poem, "On Nature" (early 5th century b.c.e.), combines traditional philological reconstruction with the approaches of literary criticism and philosophical analysis to reveal the thought structure and expressive unity of the best preserved and most important, influential, and coherent text of Greek philosophy before Plato. Originally published in 1970 and widely cited and... (more)
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  Scribes, Script, and Books

  The Book Arts from Antiquity to the Renaissance

  by Leila Avrin

  Co-published with the British Library, this text examines the origins of the book, the book in the ancient world, the development of scripts and styles of illumination, and the making of manuscripts through the centuries.
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  Vows: Book 6

  A Vow to Love

  by Sherryl Woods

  The first time Penny Hayden and Sam Roberts met as teenagers, she stormed off in an outraged huff. The second time, nine years later, she hauled off and kicked him in the shin! It was then that Penny's grandfather knew they were a match made in heaven.... Oh, sure, Penny said that Sam was an insensitive jerk. And Sam insisted that he didn't need anyone in his perfectly solitary life. But her grandfather could... (more)
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  The Lace Reader

  by Brunonia Barry

  Every gift has a price . . . Every piece of lace has a secret . . . My name is Towner Whitney. No, that's not exactly true. My real first name is Sophya. Never believe me. I lie all the time. . . . Towner Whitney, the self-confessed unreliable narrator of The Lace Reader , hails from a family of Salem women who can read the future in the patterns in lace, and who have guarded a history of secrets... (more)
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  Lovers and Ladies

  by Jo Beverley

  Now for the first time in a single volume: two long unavailable yet beloved romance classics from a New York Times bestselling favorite. In these two delectable novels, someone craves to be married and loses sight of the joys of true love-until their heart is opened unexpectedly... The Fortune Hunter -A stunning beauty rejects the charming suitor who isn't wealthy enough to save her impoverished family.... (more)
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  Simone Kirsch: Book 1

  Peepshow

  by Leigh Redhead

  Introducing Simone Kirsch, full-time stripper and part-time PI. Crime fiction, Australian setting. 291 pages.
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  Silhouette Intimate Moments: Book 433

  Unfinished Business

  by Nora Roberts

  She wanted answers from her estranged mother and went home to find them. But Vanessa Sexton also found Brady Tucker, the man who'd once broken her heart and still left her breathless.
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  The Diary Of My Honeymoon

  by Anonymous

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  The chronicles of Conan.

  by Bruce Jones, Mary Jo Duffy, Michael Fleisher, Alan Zelenetz, John Buscema, Ernie Chan, Ricardo Villamonte, Richard Howell, Others

  The Chronicles of Conan Volume 19 collects several timeless Conan tales by the powerhouse team of writer Bruce Jones and artists John Buscema and Ernie Chan - including their "Deathmark" issue, which mixes tattoos, severed arms, and a decades-old grudge into a gruesome mystery, and "Tower of Mitra," where a magically endowed beauty, seen in a previous Jones Conan story, returns to help defeat a demonic harpy.... (more)
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  Kitchen Witch

  A Memoir

  by Cora Anderson

  A personal narrative filled with homespun wisdom, this memoir recounts the life and times of one of the founders behind the Feri tradition of modern Neopagan witchcraft. Revealing the author’s journey through an intriguing collection of challenging circumstances and memorable experiences, this account ranges from an impoverished childhood in rural Alabama during the Great Depression to her marriage to the blind... (more)
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  Clare Hart: Book 3

  Daddy's Girl

  by Margie Orford

  Friday evening. A deserted street below Table Mountain. A six-year-old ballerina waits alone for her mother to fetch her. Then an unmarked car approaches, and she is gone. With no trace of where, or why she's been abducted, suspicion falls on her divorced father, Captain Riedwaan. The boss of Cape Town's gang unit, Riedwaan is tough and ruthless, a man accustomed to being in control. But now he is powerless.... (more)
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  This is London (This is . . .)

  by M. Sasek

  Following on the runaway success of This is New York , Universe is thrilled to reissue two more titles from M. Sasek's beloved children's travel series: This is London and This is Paris . Like This is New York and This is San Francisco , This is London and This is Paris are facsimile editions of Sasek's original titles. His brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved and remain... (more)
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  Plato's Universe

  by Gregory Vlastos

  A distinguished Platonic scholar discusses the impact of the Greek discovery of the "cosmos" on man's perception of his place in the universe, describes the problems this posed, and interprets Plato's response to this discovery. Starting with the Presocratics, Vlastos describes the intellectual revolution that began with the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes in the sixth century B.C. and... (more)
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  Once a Runner

  by John L. Parker

  This is the inspirational cult classic that Runner's World (and many others) have called "the best novel ever written about running". The Reno Gazette-Journal has also called it "a book so good, people will steal it." How often do you hear about someone borrowing a friend's book, then later buying their own copy because they liked it so much? Or a book so treasured that it gets passed from friend to friend... (more)
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  Six Myths of Our Time: Little Angels, Little Monsters, Beautiful Beasts, and More

  by Marina Warner

  Six provocative essays assess the influence of fairy tales, legends, and myths on contemporary life, interweaving elements of classical mythology, pop culture, and current events into an incisive work of cultural criticism. 15,000 first printing.
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  This is Rome (This is . . .)

  by Miroslav Sasek

  Like the other Sasek classics, this is a facsimile edition of the original book. The brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved, remaining true to his vision more than 40 years later. Facts have been updated for the 21st-century, appearing on a "This is . . . Today" page at the back of the book. These charming illustrations, coupled with Sasek's witty, playful narrative, make for a perfect... (more)
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  Dark (Manga): Book 14

  Dark Hunger

  by Christine Feehan, Dana Kurtain, Zid

  The New York Times bestselling author's Carpathian classic goes MANGA! Christine Feehan has reinvented the vampire novel with her New York Times bestselling Carpathian series. Now she and Berkley take her "out-of-the-ordinary" (Booklist) in a thrilling new direction--and this time it's more graphic than ever. Riordan is an immortal Carpathian male, trapped and caged, his honor compromised by his... (more)
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  Regency Rakes: Book 1

  A Proper Companion

  by Candice Hern

  Anyone can arrange a marriage-but only the heavens can decree true love!Her grandson, the Earl of Bradleigh, had just announced his engagement to a thoroughly unlikeable chit -- and Lady Bradleigh was determined to do something about it. Why, just about anyone would make a more suitable match...even her own paid companion, Emily Townsend! But if her dear, practical-minded Robert were to back out of the... (more)