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  The Rifle

  by Gary Paulsen

  A treasured rifle passed down through generations is the cause of a tragic accident in this timely tale. With subtle mastery and precision, this tough, thought-provoking novel challenges the idea that firearms don't become instruments of destruction and murder until they are placed in human hands.      Each book includes a reader's guide.
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  Before You Know Kindness

  by Chris Bohjalian

  Chris Bohjalian, bestselling author of Midwives , presents his most ambitious and multi-layered novel to date--examining wildly divisive issues in today’s America with his trademark emotional heft and spellbinding storytelling skill. On a balmy July night in New Hampshire a shot rings out in a garden, and a man falls to the ground, terribly wounded. The wounded man is Spencer McCullough, the shot that hit him... (more)
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  Deadeye Dick

  by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

  Deadeye Dick is Vonnegut's funny, chillingly satirical look at the death of innocence. Amid a true Vonnegutian host of horrors–a double murder, a fatal dose of radioactivity, a decapitation, an annihilation of a city by a neutron bomb–Rudy Waltz, a.k.a. Deadeye Dick, takes us along on a zany search for absolution and happiness. Here is a tale of crime and punishment that makes us rethink what we believe...and... (more)
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  Into the Wild

  by Jon Krakauer

  6 Compact Discs - Unabridged
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  Canyon Creek

  by Daniel L. Lawrence

  Canyon Creek By: Daniel L. Lawrence
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  The Souvenir

  by Johnny Gaskins

  Roger and Royce are twins. They had been mates on their father’s charter fishing boat since they were six years old. They graduated from high school in 1967. Roger goes to college at Berkeley and hopes to someday become an attorney. Royce is drafted and sent to Vietnam. Roger meets John Ellis at Berkeley and they become close friends. They live in a commune with Matt who leads protests against the Vietnam War.... (more)
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  Blue Fire Burning

  by Hobb Whittons

  In the dead of night, a covered wagon driven by a hooded, faceless being is careering through the forest at breakneck speed. Inside the wagon, sit two jittery Goblin men: Grot and Mouldy. Suddenly, the contents of the sack they are staring at begin to glow... Consumed by the desire for revenge, the Goblins’ wicked Dark Mistress sets diminutive winged telepaths, the Pahleen, a riddle they must work out if they... (more)
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  TARGETED (Chicago Warriors)

  by John M. Wills

  Chicago Police Detectives Pete Shannon and Marilyn Benson are thrust into a homicide investigation, taking them away from the Violent Crimes Unit where they are normally assigned. A crazed gunman has been targeting cops, killing them for no apparent reason, other than for his own deranged satisfaction. The duo find themselves teamed with a pair of tough talking, abrasive, seasoned cops who do their best to... (more)
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  In Her Sights

  by Robin Perini

  Jasmine “Jazz” Parker, Jefferson County SWAT's only female sniper, can thread the eye of a needle with a bullet. But she carries a secret from her past that she thought she buried for good at the age of fifteen. Two years ago she even drove away the one man she believed she could love—ex-Army Ranger turned reporter Luke Montgomery—to keep her past hidden. Now, in a fleeting second, the time it takes for one clean... (more)