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  Thirst: Book 1

  Thirst

  The Last Vampire / Black Blood / Red Dice

  by Christopher Pike

  Alisa has been in control of her urges for the five thousand years she has been a vampire. She feeds but does not kill, and she lives her life on the fringe to maintain her secret. But when her creator returns to hunt her, she must break her own rules in order to survive. Her quest leads her to Ray. He is the only person who can help her; he also has every reason to fear her. Alisa must get... (more)
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  Thirst: Book 2

  Thirst No. 2

  Phantom / Evil Thirst / Creatures of Forever

  by Christopher Pike

  A bind-up of this classic paranormal thriller series from bestselling author Christopher Pike!
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  Thirst: Book 7

  Thirst No. 3

  The Eternal Dawn

  by Christopher Pike

  Alisa has spent the past five thousand years as a vampire, living alone and fighting for survival. In in her loneliness, Alisa cannot resist bringing Teri----a descendant of her human family---- into her life. But Alisa is surrounded by death and destruction, and just by knowing Alisa, Teri's life is at risk.Alisa's guilt grows when she becomes involved in a dangerous conspiracy. A covert organization... (more)
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  The Long Walk

  The True Story of a Trek to Freedom

  by Slavomir Rawicz, Slavomir Rawicz

  "I hope The Long Walk will remain as a memorial to all those who live and die for freedom, and for all those who for many reasons could not speak for themselves."--Slavomir Rawicz In 1941, the author and six other fellow prisoners escaped a Soviet labor camp in Yakutsk--a camp where enduring hunger, cold, untended wounds, untreated illnesses, and avoiding daily executions were everyday feats. Their march--over... (more)
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  Andersonville

  by MacKinlay Kantor

  Andersonville is a novel by MacKinlay Kantor concerning the Confederate prisoner of war camp, Andersonville prison, during the American Civil War (1861–1865). The novel was originally published in 1955 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction the following year.The novel interweaves the stories of real and fictional characters. It is told from many points of view, including that of Henry Wirz, the camp... (more)
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  The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

  An Eclipse Novella

  by Stephenie Meyer

  This novella introduces the story of Bree Tanner, who appears in Eclipse. It explains the building up of the army that Riley creates for Victoria.I watched his body change. He crouched on the roof, one hand gripping the edge. All that strange friendliness disappeared, and he was a hunter. That was something I recognized, something I was comfortable with because I understood itI turned off my brain.... (more)
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  Candace Steele Vampire Killer: Book 1

  Passionate Thirst

  by Cameron Dean

  JUST ANOTHER NIGHT IN SIN CITY Candace Steele is as tough as she is alluring. For her, killing vampires isn’t just a job–it’s personal: She’s still haunted by erotic memories of an all-consuming affair with Ash, a seductive vampire who thrilled her–and then nearly destroyed her. Now, working undercover in a Las Vegas casino, she seduces the most powerful undead–right before she drives a stake through their... (more)
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  Triumvirate: Book 2

  The Darkness Within

  by Christopher Andrews

  Thirst you cannot quench; Music you cannot endure; Choices you cannot reverse; Commands you cannot resist.By popular request, here are the early short-stories of author Christopher Andrews, collected for the first time ever. Decidedly intemperate compared to his more recent works, "The Darkness Within" offers an unnerving, and sometimes wickedly humorous, examination of the darkness that lurks under... (more)
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  Strong Feelings: Emotion, Addiction, and Human Behavior (Jean Nicod Lectures)

  by Jon Elster

  Emotion and addiction lie on a continuum between simple visceral drives such as hunger, thirst, and sexual desire at one end and calm, rational decision making at the other. Although emotion and addiction involve visceral motivation, they are also closely linked to cognition and culture. They thus provide the ideal vehicle for Jon Elster''s study of the interrelation between three explanatory approaches to... (more)
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  Sacred Thirst

  by M. Craig Barnes

  In a culture preoccupied with spirituality, even those of us who claim to have found Jesus’ living water are strangely thirsty because we are so determined to get the water on our own. Craig Barnes directs us back to the person of Jesus and his offer and promise of streams of living water.
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  Struggle

  by Sara Zyskind

  In her prologue, Zyskind writes a letter to her late husband, Eliezer, explaining that at last she is writing his memoirs, from his point of view. Then begins the first-person narration of the life of Eliezer--or Luzer--a Jewish child in Poland, whose adolescence was spent in ghettos, concentration camps and slave labor camps. Horror piles upon horror; after Luzer's descent to a state of utter passivity, his... (more)
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  The Twilight Saga

  The Official Illustrated Guide

  by Stephenie Meyer, Young Kim

  Fans of the New York Times bestselling Twilight Saga will treasure this official guide! This must-have hardcover edition is the definitive encyclopedic reference to the Twilight Saga and provides readers with everything they need to further explore the unforgettable world Stephenie Meyer created in Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. With exclusive new material, character profiles, genealogical... (more)
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  Love Bites

  The Unofficial Saga of Twilight

  by Liv Spencer, Stephenie Meyer

  Centering on the Stephenie Meyer books, the cast of the Twilight films, and the dedicated fan base, this full-color tribute showcases all the pieces of the phenomenon surrounding the epic love story between a young woman and a vampire. Along with invaluable background information and insight into this star-crossed lovers’ tale, this essential fan bible covers everything from getting the series published to... (more)