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  Mountains and Rivers Without End

  by Gary Snyder

  In simple, striking verse, legendary poet Gary Snyder weaves an epic discourse on the topics of geology, prehistory, and mythology. First published in 1996, this landmark work encompasses Asian artistic traditions, as well as Native American storytelling and Zen Buddhist philosophy, and celebrates the disparate elements of the Earth — sky, rock, water — while exploring the human connection to nature with stunning... (more)
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  My Name Is Russell Fink

  by Michael Snyder

  Russell Fink is twenty-six years old and determined to salvage a job he hates so he can finally move out of his parents house for good. He's convinced he gave his twin sister cancer when they were nine years old. And his crazy fiancée refuses to accept the fact that their engagement really is over. Then Sonny, his allegedly clairvoyant basset hound, is found murdered. The ensuing amateur investigation forces... (more)
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  Game: Book 1

  The Egypt Game

  by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

  When eleven-year-old April and her friend Melanie invent a game about ancient Egypt, strange things start happening, and the girls worry that their game has gone too far!!!!
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  The Gary Snyder Reader

  by Gary Snyder

  This monumental collection gathers essays, travel journals, letters, poems, and translations from one of the most influential literary voices of the twentieth century Gary Snyder has been a major cultural force in America for five decades-prize-winning poet, environmental activist, Zen Buddhist, and reluctant counterculture guru. Having expanded far beyond the Beat poems that first brought his work into the... (more)
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  Axe Handles: Poems

  by Gary Snyder

  This is a collection of discovery, of insight, and of vision. These poems see the roots of community in the family, and the roots of culture and government in the community. "In making the handle of an axe by cutting wood with an axe the model is indeed near at hand." In exploring this axiom of Lu Ji’s, Gary Snyder continues: I am an axe And my son a handle, soon To be shaping again, model And tool, craft of... (more)
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  Game: Book 2

  The Gypsy Game

  by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

  The kids from The Egypt Game are back. What game will they play next? The answer is Gypsies. While April plunges in with her usual enthusiasm, the more Melanie learns, the more something seems to be holding her back. But it's Toby who adds a really new wrinkle when he announces that he himself is a bona fide Gypsy. Plus he can get them some of his grandmother's things to use as real Gypsy props for the new game.... (more)
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  Best American Poetry

  The Best of the Best American Poetry 1988-1997

  by Harold Bloom, David Lehman

  Every year since 1988 a major poet has selected seventy-five poems for publication in The Best American Poetry. The series has quickly grown in both sales and prestige, as poetry itself has seen a remarkable resurgence in popularity and vitality, fueled by established poets at the peak of their powers and a new generation of daring voices. As we approach the millennium, now is the opportune moment to take stock of... (more)
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  A Place for Wayfaring: The Poetry and Prose of Gary Snyder

  by Patrick D. Murphy

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  Condor: To the Brink and Back--The Life and Times of One Giant Bird

  by John Nielsen

  The California condor has been described as a bird "with one wing in the grave." Flying on wings nearly ten feet wide from tip to tip, these birds thrived on the carcasses of animals like woolly mammoths. Then, as humans began dramatically reshaping North America, the continent's largest flying land bird started disappearing. By the beginning of the twentieth century, extinction seemed inevitable. But... (more)
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  Now and Then: The Poet's Choice Columns, 1997-2000

  by Robert Hass

  During his tenure as US Poet Laureate, Robert Hass revived the popular nineteenth-century tradition of including poetry in our daily newspapers. “Poet's Choice” ultimately became a nationally syndicated column appearing in dozens of papers across the country. Every week, Hass would marry poets and poetry to headlines and holidays. Proceeding in sequence from early 1997 to the start of the millennium, we ride the... (more)
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  Cultivating Communities of Practice

  by Etienne Wenger

  Today's marketplace is fueled by knowledge. Yet organizing systematically to leverage knowledge remains a challenge. Leading companies have discovered that technology is not enough, and that cultivating communities of practice is the keystone of an effective knowledge strategy. Communities of practice come together around common interests and expertise- whether they consist of first-line managers or customer... (more)
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  Night Crossing (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

  by Don J. Snyder

  A novel of political intrigue (the time is 1998) with overtones of a classic Hitchcock thriller; a story of a romantic encounter—of two strangers suddenly invading each other’s lives. Night Crossing carries us from a quiet Boston suburb to a wild pursuit across the northern counties of Ireland. The man and woman who find themselves bound together are from two different worlds. Nora is an American, married,... (more)
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  Velvet Room

  by Zilpha Snyder

  Robin was always "wandering off" (her mother's words) to get away from the confusion she felt inside her. It was not until Robin's father found a permanent job at the McCurdy ranch, after three years as a migrant worker, that Robin had a place to wander to. As time went by the Velvet Room became more and more of a haven for her--a place to read and dream, a place to bury one's fears and doubts, a place to count... (more)
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  Buffy the Vampire Slayer

  One Thing or Your Mother

  by Kirsten Beyer

  It's tough being a teenage Slayer. On the verge of failing her junior year -- thanks to annoying Principal Snyder, who seems to be acting even stranger than usual lately -- Buffy agrees to meet with a tutor. Not helping her studies is the fact that lately she's been exhausted, waking up each morning feeling more tired than she did the night before. To make matters even worse, she's tasked with investigating the... (more)
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  A Place in Space

  Ethics, Aesthetics, and Watersheds: New and Selected Poems

  by Gary Snyder

  This paperback edition of A Place in Space features 29 essays written over the past 40 years, with 13 essays written since 1990. Displaying Gary Snyder's playful and subtle intellect, these pieces explore our place on Earth and help set the tone for attitudes toward the environment.
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  Turtle Island

  by Gary Snyder

  These Pulitzer Prize-winning poems and essays by the author of No Nature range from the lucid, lyrical, and mystical to the political. All, however, share a common vision: a rediscovery of North America and the ways by which we might become true natives of the land for the first time.
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  Study Series: Book 1

  Poison Study

  by Maria V. Snyder

  Choose: A quick death . . . or slow poison . . . About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She'll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace -- and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia. As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she... (more)
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  Save the Cat!

  The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

  by Blake Snyder

  This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz Veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat!
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  Back on the Fire: Essays

  by Gary Snyder

  Following The Practice of the Wild, this new collection of essays by Gary Snyder blazes with insight. In his most autobiographical writing to date, these essays employ fire as a metaphor for the crucial moment when deeply held viewpoints yield to new experiences, and our spirits and minds broaden and mature. Snyder here writes and riffs on a wide range of topics, from explorations of southwestern European... (more)
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  Elemental Masters: Book 1

  The Fire Rose

  by Mercedes Lackey

  Accepting employment as a governess after hard times hit her family, medieval scholar Rosalind Hawkins is surprised when she learns that her mysterious employer has no children and only wants her to read to him through a speaking tube. Reprint.