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  Diaries 1969-1979

  The Python Years

  by Michael Palin

  Michael Palin has kept a diary since newly married in the late 1960s, when he was beginning to make a name for himself as a TV scriptwriter (for The Two Ronnies, David Frost, etc). Monty Python was just around the corner.          This volume of his diaries reveals how Python emerged and triumphed, how he, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, the two Terrys---Jones and Gilliam---and Eric Idle came together and changed... (more)
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  Seven Blind Mice

  by Ed Young

  "It's a pillar," says one. "It's a fan," says another. One by one, the seven blind mice investigate the strange Something by the pond. And one by one, they come back with a different theory. It's only when the seventh mouse goes out-and explores the whole Something-that the mice see the whole truth. Based on a classic Indian tale, Ed Young's beautifully rendered version is a... (more)
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  Lost in Yesterday

  by Peter Bonner

  "Lost in Yesterday is an intriguing journey back to the genesis of Gone With The Wind and the folklore surrounding the characters in the book, the locale of many events, and the myths that have endured about Tara and Margaret Mitchell's own family. Bonner's "tour" answers many questions and poses new and interesting ones. Written with stylish charm, he invites us to join him in his quest for the true story of... (more)
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  The 100 Best Worldwide Vacations to Enrich Your Life

  by Pam Grout

  Travelers are showing a huge interest in the fast-growing sector known as "experiential" tourism—vacations that encompass heritage, culture, nature, ecology, and soft adventure. In the footsteps of the briskly selling The 100 Best Vacations to Enrich Your Life featuring North American destinations, our new title extends these ardent travelers’ sights to global scale. From helping to build a health clinic in... (more)
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  Maurice Chevalier, I Remember It Well

  by Maurice Chevalier

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  Read It, Don't Eat It!

  by Ian Schoenherr

  You are holding a book. What should you do with it? Open it, and you will find out.
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  Midway Memories

  by Scott McGaugh, Rudy Shappee

  A unique photo essay of the 47-year odyssey of the historic aircraft carrier USS Midway. More than 225,000 men served aboard the longest-serving carrier in U.S. Navy history. More than 200 never-before published photos taken by Midway sailors are featured. Midway Memories is a unique insight into a floating city at sea--population: 4,500--sailing at the tip of America's sword.
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  Dog Loves Books

  by Louise Yates

  Dog loves books! Dog loves books about dinosaurs and Dog loves books about aliens: in fact Dog loves all books! Dog has his very own bookshop, although he doesn't have many customers. But that's all right, because when Dog is surrounded by books, he is never short of friends or fun.
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  Mia Hall: Book 2

  Where She Went

  by Gayle Forman

  It's been three years since Adam's promise made Mia choose to live after the accident that annihilated life as she knew it. It has also been three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever. Now both living the life they had dreamed of together but living separately, Mia and Adam meet by fate in New York. Both leaving the next day towards the next chapter in their successful lives they choose to... (more)
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  Savannah Hauntings

  by Robert Edgerly

  An informed look at haunted Savannah by the founder of See Savannah walking tours.
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  Walden and Civil Disobedience (150th Anniversary) (Signet Classics)

  by Henry David Thoreau

  Henry David Thoreau's masterwork, Walden, is a collection of his reflections on life and society. His simple but profound musings-as well as "Civil Disobedience," his protest against the government's interference with civil liberty-have inspired many to embrace his philosophy of individualism and love of nature.