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  Blood Meridian

  Or, The Evening Redness in the West

  by Cormac McCarthy

  An epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, Blood Meridian brilliantly subverts the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the "wild west." Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, it traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being... (more)
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  Hotel

  by Arthur Hailey

  During five days in the midst of a hot, steamy Louisiana summer, the lives of a colorful cast of characters intertwine in a series of public, private, and personal dramas at the famed St. Gregory luxury hotel. Book available.
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  The Fourth Estate

  by Jeffrey Archer

  At first glance, Richard Armstrong and Keith Townsend seemed to have little in common. One was the son of an illiterate peasant, who emerged from the most backward corner of a Europe ravaged by a bitter war. The other was raised in a mansion on the far side of the world where the war was just another piece of news. One was a hustler, a thief, ready to change his story, even his identity, if it would... (more)
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  Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness (Jean Nicod Lectures)

  by Daniel C. Dennett

  Winner in the Psychology & Cognitive Science catagory of the 2005 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual Awards Competition presented by the Association of American Publishers, Inc. In the years since Daniel Dennett's influential Consciousness Explained was published in 1991, scientific research on consciousness has been a hotly contested battleground of rival theories—"so rambunctious," Dennett... (more)
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  John Brown's Body

  by Stephen Vincent Benét

  One of the most widely read poems of our time--a masterful retelling of the American Civil War.
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  Why Should I Share? (Why Should I? Books)

  by Claire Llewellyn

  Younger children don't always understand the importance of sharing, both for their own benefit and the good of their friends and playmates. This book shows and tells them why it is important to share with others. Titles in the enlightening and entertaining Why Should I? series of picture storybooks answer questions that younger boys and girls are likely to ask about a wide range of topics. Part of every child's... (more)
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  Wild Knowing

  by ANYA LUZ LOBOS

  Wild Knowing is a wonderful, breathtaking book. In lyrical prose, Anya Luz Lobos tells a highly original, visionary love story that opens up for the reader new dimensions of spirituality and consciousness. It will delight and enthrall anyone who has ever felt the desire for a deep mystical union with a cherished lover. In its imaginative power and depth of feeling, the story of Steve and Satia in Wild Knowing is... (more)
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  The Three Plays

  Blood Wedding / Yerma / The House of Bernarda Alba

  by Federico García Lorca

  In these three plays, García Lorca's acknowledged masterpieces, he searched for a contemporary mode of tragedy and reminded his audience that dramatic poetry-or poetic drama-depends less on formal convention that on an elemental, radical outlook on human life. His images are beautiful and exact, but until now no translator had ever been able to make his characters speak unaffectedly on the American stage. Michael... (more)
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  Escape from Furnace: Book 3

  Death Sentence

  by Alexander Gordon Smith

  Alex's second attempt to break out of Furnace Penetentiary has failed. This time his punishment will be much worse than before. Because in the hidden, bloodstained laboratories beneath the prison, he will be made into a monster. As the warden pumps something evil into his veins--a sinisterly dark nectar--Alex becomes what he most fears . . . a superhuman minion of Furnace. How can he escape when the darkness is... (more)
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  The Boy & Little Witch

  by Ben White

  The Boy's treehouse has seven basements and a crow's nest with a telescope, and a spiral slide that goes from the top of the tree to the bottom. Little Witch's house is tall and thin and painted pink and purple, and it sits on top of a giant mushroom that smells like used teabags. The Boy and Little Witch meet almost every day to trade lunches and talk and go wandering, to So Long Beach or Two Big Rocks, or... (more)
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  Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther Than the Eye Can See, My Story (Signed Copy)

  by Erik Weihenmayer

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  One True Thing

  A Novel

  by Anna Quindlen

  One True Thing (94422) 7Cassettes/9.75 hours. Copyright 1994 By Anna Quindlen. P 1995 By Recorded Books, Inc. Unabridged. Narrated by Christina Moore. ISBN 0-7887-0198-3. (from cassettes and case)
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  Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates

  by Tom Robbins

  Switters is a contradiction for all seasons: an anarchist who works for the government; a pacifist who carries a gun; a vegetarian who sops up ham gravy; a cyberwhiz who hates computers; a man who, though obsessed with the preservation of innocence, is aching to deflower his high-school-age stepsister (only to become equally enamored of a nun ten years his senior). Yet there is nothing remotely wishy-washy about... (more)
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  Inheritance Cycle: Book 1

  Eragon

  by Christopher Paolini

  When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. Overnight he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic and power. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller for guidance,... (more)
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  One Hundred Years of Solitude

  by Gabriel García Márquez

  One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world, and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize–winning career. The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. It is a rich and brilliant chronicle of life and death, and the tragicomedy of humankind.... (more)