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Taste of the East, A
Any chef will treasure this compendium of more than two hundred authentic Asian recipes from each distinctive cooking region in the Orient, complete with serving suggestions ad cooking tips.
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Hsiung, Deh-Ta; Rafi Fernandez; Steven Wheeler; Edward Allwright
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8mm [VHS]
Nicolas Cage stars as a private detective hired by a tycoon's widow, who discovers in her dead husband's safe some 8mm footage of a young girl being sexually abused and slaughtered. Rated R
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Life Sucks
Dave is a poor vampire, working the night shift at the 24-hour convenience store run by his vampire master
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Abel, Jessica, Gabriel Soria, and Warren Pleece
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Magician's Elephant, The
Ten-year-old Peter Augustus Duchene goes to the market for fish and bread but spends it at the fortuneteller's tent instead.
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DiCamillo, Kate
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Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma, The
Join the Mysterious Benedict Society as Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance embark on a daring new adventure that threatens to force them apart from their families, friends, and even each other.
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Stewart, Trenton Lee
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Duck & Goose Find a Pumpkin
Duck and Goose, where is your pumpkin?
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Hills, Tad
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Truckery Rhymes
For generations, Trucks have been sharing these beloved tales, rowdy rhymes, and honk-along songs. Finally these classics have been gathered into one big, noisy, high-octane collection!
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Scieszka, Jon, David Shannon, Loren Long, and David Gordon
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Robot Zot!
From the minds of Scieszka and Shannon comes a tale of a quixotic robot determined to conquer the earth.
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Scieszka, Jon, and David Shannon
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Otis
Otis is a special tractor.
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Long, Loren
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City of Thieves
Benioff blends tense adventure, a bittersweet coming-of-age and an oddly touching buddy narrative to craft a smart crowd-pleaser.
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Benioff, David
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Figures in Silk [aka Queen of Silks]
Readers of historical fiction will be pleased with Bennett's sure-handed storytelling. Set against the tumultuous backdrop of 15th-century London, this latest from Bennett centers on the lives of two very different sisters.
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Bennett, Vanora
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Shattered Silence : the Untold Story of a Serial Killer's Daughter
From her secret life as
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Moore, Melissa G. (Melissa Grace)
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National Parks, The : America's Best Idea
This sumptuously filmed documentary series from Ken Burns explores the origins of America's national parks, from their genesis in the mid-1800s to the present. Not Rated
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Angel Time (Songs of the Seraphim #1)
Readers will revel in Rice’s colorful recreation of the historical past and in her moving depiction of characters struggling to reconcile matters of the heart with their personal sense of faith.” —Publishers Weekly
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Rice, Anne
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Last Night in Twisted River
Few writers can match John Irving's knack for denouement, and in Last Night in Twisted River, his extraordinary ending is made all the more powerful by a story that feasts on language, life, and love.
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Irving, John
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Absolute Power [VHS]
Director Clint Eastwood's 1997 box-office hit stars himself as Luther Whitney, a highly skilled thief who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, witnessing the murder of a woman involved in a secret tryst with the U.S. president Rated R
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Anaconda [VHS]
This giant-man-eating-snake-in-the-jungle thriller definitely scores points as a guilty pleasure, especially with Jon Voight hamming it up as the monster-poacher. Rated PG-13
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Arrival, The [VHS]
Writer-director David Twohy's sci-fi drama about disguised aliens taking over the planet (the plot has them building power plants that cause the poles to melt). Rated PG-13
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Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day : The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking
Now, you can fill your kitchen with the irresistible aromas of a French bakery every day with just five minutes of active preparation time, and Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day will show you how.
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Hertzberg, Jeff ; Zoe Francois ; Mark Luinenburg
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Avalon
In this riveting romance, Anya Seton once again proves her mastery of historical detail and ability to craft a compelling tale that includes real and colorful personalities such as St. Dunstan and Eric the Red.
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Seton, Anya
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Basic Instinct [VHS]
A vicious, grindingly manipulative urban mystery that uses a thick atmosphere of S & M kinkiness to distract the audience from the story's thinness and inanity. Rated R
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Battle Flag (Starbuck Chronicles #3 / Second Manassas, 1862)
Distinguished at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Confederate Captain Nate Starbuck's career is jeopardized once again by the suspicion and hostility of his brigade commander, General Washington Faulconer.
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Cornwell, Bernard
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Blair Witch Project, The [VHS]
The Blair Witch Project tracks the doomed quest of three film students shooting a documentary on the Burkittsville, Maryland, legend of the Blair Witch. Rated R
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Bloody Ground (Starbuck Chronicles #4 / Battle of Antietam, 1862)
In this fourth, final, and rousing installment of Nathaniel Starbuck's Civil War adventures, Nate is given command of a punishment battalion: a motley collection of cowards, thieves, deserters, and murderers.
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Cornwell, Bernard
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Blown Away [VHS]
A showcase for the explosive skills of demolitions experts, Blown Away has got some impressive action sequences, although the story is somewhat convoluted and mean-spirited. Rated R
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Bone Collector, The [VHS]
If you're looking for a few good thrills, The Bone Collector is a pretty safe bet. --Jeff Shannon Rated R
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Bright-Sided : How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
"Ehrenreich convinced me completely. . . I hesitate to say anything so positive as that this book will change the way you see absolutely everything; but it just might."—Nora Ephron, The Daily Beast
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Ehrenreich, Barbara
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Broken Arrow [VHS]
In John Woo's new movie, John Travolta plays a disgruntled Air Force pilot who hijacks a couple of nuclear warheads. Rated R
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Chain Reaction [VHS]
Both a ridiculous suspense piece about a renegade intelligence community and an ill-considered hunk of do-gooder agitprop about alternative energy technology, ... Rated PG-13
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Christmas Cookie Club, The
The Christmas Cookie Club is about the paths Marnie and her friends have traveled, the absolute joy they take in life and love despite the decisions they've regretted, the hard choices and amends they've had to make, and the sacrifices along the way.
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Pearlman, Ann
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Christmas Promise, A (Christmas Novellas #7)
Anne Perry’s Victorian Christmas novels have attracted as many faithful readers as her two New York Times bestselling series featuring investigators Thomas Pitt and William Monk.
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Perry, Anne
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Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #3)
One of the most fascinating fictional heroines since Scarlett O'Hara-and a hell of a lot more fun than most. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review
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Hamilton, Laurell K.
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City of Angels [VHS]
In this slick adaptation of Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire," Meg Ryan, America's favorite child/woman, plays Dr. Maggie Rice, a heart surgeon who opens her baby blues wide and cries a lot, and Nicolas Cage is Seth, an angel ... Rated PG-13
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Civil War Ghosts at Fort Delaware
Along with Delaware state parks historians, he co-hosts the Fort Delaware evening Ghost/History Lantern Tours, which have been featured on the television special "Ghost Waters."
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Okonowicz, Ed
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Crystal Line (Crystal Singer #3) (PB)
"A treat for long-time McCaffrey fans, a good read and a satisfying look at one of the most haunting facets of the crystal singers' profession."
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McCaffrey, Anne
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Dead Men Walking [VHS]
Superbly adapted and directed by Tim Robbins from the nonfiction book of the same name by Sister Helen Prejean, this spiritually enlightened drama is too intelligent to traffic in polemics or self-righteous pontifications ... Rated R
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Death of a Charming Man (Hamish MacBeth #10) (PB)
Hamish MacBeth is a stubborn, silent, gloomy Scotsman who's also kindhearted, intelligent, and intuitive. A Lochdubh native, he knows his village, the surrounding countryside, and the local folk like the back of his hand.
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Beaton, M. C.
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Death of a Prankster (Hamish MacBeth #7) (PB)
Scottish constable Hamish Macbeth, following Death of a Gossip in his seventh case, once again nails a murderer despite the crude bullying and dim detecting of his nemesis and superior, Chief Detective Inspector Blair.
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Beaton, M. C.
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Death of a Hussy (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries #5) (PB)
The Scottish village of Lochdubh successfully initiates a crime wave in order to get their one policeman, Hamish MacBeth, transferred back to town.
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Beaton, M. C.
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Death of a Macho Man (Hamish MacBeth #12) (PB)
Scottish constable Hamish Macbeth, finding his reputation on the line, agrees to a public fight with a tattooed stranger who claims to be a professional wrestler.
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Beaton, M. C.
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Death of a Snob (Hamish MacBeth #6) (PB)
Series detective Hamish Macbeth, with more couth and tenacity than the usual Scottish villager, visits a health farm on the Hebridean island of Eileencraig to investigate a woman's suspicions that someone wants her dead.
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Beaton, M. C.
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Death of an Outsider (Hamish MacBeth #3)
Murder is a Tasty Dish The most hated man in the most dour town in Scotland is sleeping with the fishes, or-more accurately-dumped into a tank filled with crustaceans. All that remain of the murdered victim are his bones.
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Beaton, M. C.
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Deen Bros. Take It Easy, The : Quick and Affordable Meals the Whole Family Will Love
If you haven’t got time to waste, Jamie and Bobby Deen have the meals to make.
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Dean, Jamie and Bobby ; Melissa Clark
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Devil Water
This fiercely beautiful novel tells the true story of Charles Radcliff, a Catholic nobleman who joined the short-lived Jacobite rebellion of 1715, and of his daughter, Jenny, by a secret marriage.
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Seton, Anya
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Dragonwyck
A classic gothic romance, the story features an 18-year-old Miranda Wells who falls under the spell of a mysterious old mansion and its equally fascinating master.
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Seton, Anya
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Echo in the Bone, An (Outlander #7)
With stunning cameos of historical characters from Benedict Arnold to Benjamin Franklin, An Echo in the Bone is a soaring masterpiece of imagination, insight, character, and adventure–a novel that echoes in the mind long after the last page is turned
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Gabaldon, Diana
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Edge of Evil (Alison Reynolds #1) (PB)
"An intriguing plot, colorful characters." -- San Diego Union-Tribune
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Jance, Judith A.
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Fallen [VHS]
Denzel Washington plays detective John Hobbes, who witnesses the gas-chamber execution of a serial killer (Elias Koteas). But when another series of murders begins, Hobbes suspects that the killer's evil spirit has survived ... Rated R
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Flash Point (In a Heartbeat #2)
Terri Schuman risks her life to save others on a daily basis. As a Chicago paramedic, she works round–the–clock shifts that are often filled with life–and–death moments.
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John, Sally
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Forces of Nature [VHS]
While the jokes are not rip-roaring, Forces is to be reckoned with for those times when a lighthearted film is what you need. --Jenny Brown Rated PG-13
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Forever Amber
A book to read and reread, this edition brings back to print an unforgettable romance and a timeless masterpiece.
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Winsor, Kathleen
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Foxfire
The book does for the desert Southwest of the Great Depression what Katherine did for Chaucer’s England--makes a forgotten age come alive in all its rich strangeness and passion-filled glory.
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Seton, Anya
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Free Fall (Elvis Cole #4) (PB)
L.A. detective Elvis Cole aids a woman distressed by her fiance's involvement in illicit police work in this Edgar nominee.
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Crais, Robert
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Freedom's Challenge (Catteni #3) (PB)
Abandoned on the planet Botany by their Catteni masters, a group of humans and other enslaved races now seeks to reclaim their worlds for themselves.
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McCaffrey, Anne
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Freedom's Choice (Catteni #2) (PB)
In what may be her best series since the early "Pern" novels, McCaffrey has created yet another winner.
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McCaffrey, Anne
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Freedom's Landing (Catteni #1) (PB)
With a tale of human and other slaves abandoned by harsh masters on an ostensibly deserted planet, McCaffrey begins another highly readable series about successful survival in difficult circumstances.
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McCaffrey, Anne
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Ginseng Hunter, The : a Novel
“[The Ginseng Hunter] movingly dramatizes the human faces behind political oppression . . . A memorable, morally stringent tale.” – Publishers Weekly
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Talarigo, Jeff
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Godzilla [VHS]
It's stupid but it's fun, and for most audiences that's a fitting definition of mainstream Hollywood entertainment. --Jeff Shannon Rated PG-13
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Gone in 60 Seconds [VHS]
Kip Raines (Giovanni Ribisi) is a cocky young car thief working with a crew to steal 50 cars for a very bad man whose nickname is "The Carpenter." Rated PG-13
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Green Darkness
From the author of "Avalon", "The Winthrop Woman" and "The Turquoise", this is the classical historical saga of the dangerous years of Tudor England and their perilous legacy to a modern young woman.
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Seton, Anya
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Bed of Roses (Bride Quartet #2)
In Bed of Roses, florist Emma Grant is finding career success with her friends at Vows wedding planning company, and her love life appears to be thriving.
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Roberts, Nora
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Blood Game (Eve Duncan #8)
Blockbuster New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen’s latest thriller brings Eve closer to discovering her daughter’s killer…and into a web of danger from which she may not be able to escape…
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Johansen, Iris
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Brutal Telling, The (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #5)
Starred Review. Readers keen for another glimpse into the life of Three Pines will be well rewarded.
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Penny, Louise
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Ford County : Stories
"Ford County" is a collection of short stories by a man who has sold millions of copies of his legal thrillers in this country alone.
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Grisham, John
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Going Away Shoes
"Immensely appealing . . . These spirited and surprising stories are powered by humor and hard-won understanding of the lacerating effects of union.
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McCorkle, Jill
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Up
At a time when too many animated films consist of anthropomorphized animals cracking sitcom one-liners and flatulence jokes, the warmth, originality, humor, and unflagging imagination of Up feel as welcome as rain in a desert. Rated PG
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Thomas & Friends: Holiday Express
All aboard for snowmen, Christmas trees and festive train rides! Rated: Not Rated
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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs opens with the stitched-together prehistoric family about to become a biological one. Rated: PG
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Haunted Delaware
A complete and well-written collection of ghost stories, legends, and folklore that reflects the rich history of the First State. -- Ed Okonowicz
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Martinelli, Patricia A
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Hearth and Eagle, The
"Skillfully weaves the events of the time . . . an excellent read." —The Historical Novels Review
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Seton, Anya
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Heat [VHS]
Heat is a true rarity: a crime thriller with equal measures of intense excitement and dramatic depth, giving De Niro and Pacino a prime showcase for their finely matched talents. --Jeff Shannon Rated R
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Hellraiser III : Hell on Earth [VHS]
From horror legend Clive Barker comes "the ultimate in fear!" Rated R
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Her Fearful Symmetry
Niffenegger follows up her spectacular The Time Traveler's Wife with a beautifully written if incoherent ghost story.
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Niffenegger, Audrey
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Her Fearful Symmetry
Niffenegger follows up her spectacular The Time Traveler's Wife with a beautifully written if incoherent ghost story.
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Niffenegger, Audrey
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Herblock : the Life and Work of the Great Political Cartoonist
Throughout a career spanning seventy-two years and thirteen American presidents, Herblock’s spare, folksy cartoons made complex issues seem simple and moral choices clear.
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Johnson, Haynes Bonner; Harry Katz
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House at Riverton, The [aka Shifting Fog]
Kate Morton immerses readers in the dramas of the Ashbury family at their crumbling English country estate in the years surrounding World War I, an age when Edwardian civility, shaken by war, unravels into the roaring Twenties.
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Morton, Kate
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How God Changes Your Brain : Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist
Although the book's title is a bit misleading, since it is not God but spiritual practice that changes the brain, this forceful study could stir controversy among scientists and philosophers.
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Newberg, Andrew B ; Mark Robert Waldman
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Humbling, The
Starred Review. A deteriorating and increasingly irrelevant actor finds the possibility of renewal in a younger woman in Roth's tight Chekhovian tragedy.
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Roth, Philip
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Hunt for Red October, The [VHS]
If less instantly sympathetic than Ford, Baldwin is in some respects more interesting and nuanced as Ryan, and drawing comparisons between both actors' performances can make for some interesting postmovie discussion. Rated PG
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I Know What You Did Last Summer [VHS]
Nothing new is added to the genre, though it would be unfair not to note that this does have some scary moments. Rated R
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In a Heartbeat (In a Heartbeat #1)
In a Heartbeat, the first in a series with the same title, is about a widow, Rachel Goldberg, who must come to terms with the death of her firefighter husband Vic's death "in a heartbeat."
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John, Sally
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Indigo Slam (Elvis Cole #7) (PB)
The book is centered by the presence of the printer's three children--especially the motherly 15-year-old Teri and the obnoxious 12-year-old Charles--who hire Elvis from the phone book.
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Crais, Robert
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Inside of a Dog : What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
Read this captivating book and enter the sensory world of your dog." -- Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation and Animals Make Us Human
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Horowitz, Alexandra
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Island of Dr. Moreau, The [VHS]
A guilty pleasure by any measure, this movie has definite cult-favorite potential. --Jeff Shannon Rated PG-13
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Jackal, The [VHS]
The best way to enjoy this 1997 thriller is to forget the much better film that inspired it (1973's The Day of the Jackal) and get whatever kicks you can from this heavy-metal remake. Rated R
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Katherine
"Seton breathes life into this little-documented historical fact…a glorious example of romance in its most classic literary sense." -- The Austin Chronicle
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Seton, Anya
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King of Sword and Sky (Tairen Soul #3) (PB)
An exciting climax will leave fans hungry for more. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Wilson, C L
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Kiss the Girls [VHS]
It's altogether competent filmmaking in the service of a moribund story of competing psychopaths, and by the time the serial killers reach the home stretch of their twisted contest, the movie's dangerously close to Freddy Kruger territory ... Rated R
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Lady of Light and Shadows (Tairen Soul #2)
Released right on the heels of her impressive October debut, Lord of the Fading Lands, Wilson's sequel picks up, appropriately, right on the heels of the first title's denouement.
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Wilson, C L
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Lethal Seduction (Lethal Seduction #1) (PB)
Collins injects plenty of glamour into this page-flipping tale by peopling her fictional world with real-life celebrities, outfitting her characters in the appropriate designer clothing and mentioning the hottest restaurants du jour.
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Collins, Jackie
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Lucky (Lucky Santangelo #2) (PB)
Jackie Collins tops the sensational success of Hollywood Wives and Chances with Lucky, "so hot it will have to be printed on asbestos." -- Liz Smith, The New York Daily News
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Collins, Jackie
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Lullaby Town (Elvis Cole #3) (PB)
Elvis is as sharp as a West Coast Spenser, but without Spenser's nasty/noble attitudinizing--and this story is pure pleasure from the very first page.
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Crais, Robert
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Lunatic Cafe, The (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #4)
Hamilton alternates between funny and fearsome in this larky series about a monster hunter with a few dark secrets.
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Hamilton, Laurell K
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein [VHS]
A must for any midnight movie collector for the shock factor alone. A hoot. --Keith Simanton Rated R
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Michael Jackson's Thriller [VHS]
Michael Jackson and his date are watching a movie. They leave, and take a shortcut through the graveyard on the way home. Not Rated
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Mine Till Midnight (Hathaways #1)
Kleypas's effortless style makes for another sexy exploration of 19th-century passion and peccadilloes, riveting from start to finish.
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Kleypas, Lisa
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Miracle Dog : How Quentin Survived the Gas Chamber to Speak for Animals on Death Row
The day Randy Grim got a phone call from a St. Louis animal shelter worker pleading with him to take yet another unwanted dog to his no-kill shelter, he had no idea that the dog would change his entire life.
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Grim, Randy
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Monkey's Raincoat, The (Elvis Cole #1) (PB)
Taking the mystery community by storm, this Elvis Cole novel was nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, Shamus, and Macavity awards and won both the Anthony and Macavity for Best Novel of the Year.
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Crais, Robert
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Murder at 1600 [VHS]
The president's son is a prime suspect, but there's a cover-up underway that forces Snipes to intensify his investigation beyond normal parameters. Rated R
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My Theodosia
Theodosia remains a haunting figure in American history, still lovely, still imperious, never vanquished.
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Seton, Anya
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Murder of King Tut, The
"[The Murder of King Tut]effectively portray the exotic ancient world, including colorful insights into Tut's brief reign." (Bookpage )
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Patterson, James
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Grey Gardens
"Well, Mother and I are very entertaining, that's true," says Little Edie, when the Maysles first approach her about cooperating in their documentary. And, happily, viewers of HBO's Grey Gardens could not agree more. --A.T. Hurley Not Rated
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Half-Broke Horses
It's a rare family memoir that packs all the power of a Charles Dickens novel.
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Walls, Jeannette
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Kindred in Death (In Death #35)
Robb (aka Nora Roberts) combines sex, horrific crime, forensics and technological wizardry for another winner sure to please her many fans.
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Robb, J D
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Lacuna, The
"The most important part of the story is the piece of it you don't know." charlesr@washpost.com
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Kingsolver, Barbara
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Never Deceive a Duke (Neville Family #2) (PB)
The author's natural, concise writing style, attention to historical detail and fully formed characters make her world spring to life, and her plot never flags; Carlyle even finds room for a dose of mystery, as Gareth's friend, Kemble, investigates
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Carlyle, Liz
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Our Undiscovered Universe: Introducing Null Physics : The Science of Uniform and Unconditional Reality
At long last, a theory has emerged that addresses the foundation of reality logically, rationally, empirically, and completely: Null Physics. The universe it reveals doesn't rely on unknowable precursors in the ancient, untestable past.
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Witt, Terence
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Payback [VHS]
Every so often Mel Gibson likes to get down and dirty for one of his unglamorous roles; the last such occasion was "Ransom," and now he appears as Porter, a grim-faced criminal who was cheated of seventy thousand dollars by ... Rated R
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Pelican Brief, The [VHS]
Another John Grisham legal thriller comes to the screen, pairing Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts in a film directed by Alan J. Pakula, who is known for dark-hued suspense pictures such as Klute, The Parallax View, ... Rated PG-13
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Perfect Christmas, The
What would make your Christmas perfect? For Cassie Beaumont, it's meeting her perfect match.
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Macomber, Debbie
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Perfect Couple, The (Last Stand #4) (PB)
One afternoon in May, Zoe Duncan's thirteen-year-old daughter goes missing from her own backyard. The police think Samantha ran away because she's unhappy about her mother's upcoming marriage—but Zoe doesn't believe it.
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Novak, Brenda
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Perfect Liar, The (Last Stand #5)
Obsession leads to lies… When air force captain Luke Trussell opens his door one Sunday morning, he's shocked to find the police—and even more shocked when they charge him with rape.
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Novak, Brenda
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Perfect Murder, The (Last Stand #6) (PB)
For more than a year, Sebastian Costas has been trying to unravel the truth behind the murder of his ex-wife and son. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, he's convinced that her second husband—a cop—committed both murders, then faked ...
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Novak, Brenda
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Persona Non Grata (Roman Empire #3 / Medicus Investigation #3)
The plotting is clever and suspenseful, with subtle clues and lots of action, while the setting and supporting cast are vividly drawn. This is solid entertainment, nicely done.
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Downie, Ruth
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Phantom, The [VHS]
Sworn to crush evil, the Phantom leaves his jungle lair to venture to New York, where he takes on a charming but criminal mastermind (Treat Williams). Rated PG
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Pushing Daisies : The Complete Second Season
The second season of Pushing Daisies became, unfortunately, its last--abruptly wrapping one of the most beautiful and unusual love stories ever told on TV. Not Rated
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Queen of Song and Souls, The (Tairen Soul #4)
As the Fey King and his bride finally complete their truemate bond, they defeat their most powerful enemy and discover hidden truths about their world.
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Wilson, C L
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Quick and the Dead, The [VHS]
In the dead-end town of Redemption, nobody does anything much except pick fights and pay taxes to the local boss, a nasty piece of work named Herod (Gene Hackman). Rated R
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Rainwater
The year is 1934. With the country in the stranglehold of drought and economic depression, Ella Barron runs her Texas boardinghouse with an efficiency that ensures her life will be kept in balance.
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Brown, Sandra
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Rasputin's Revenge (Auguste Lupa #2)
Auguste Lupa, reputed son of the greatest detective of all time-and possessor of a brilliant deductive mind in his own right-is summoned to the court of the Czar.
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Lescroart, John
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Reindeer Games [VHS]
To fully enjoy Reindeer Games, it must be approached properly: your disbelief must be checked at the door, as this John Frankenheimer film needs be taken with a liberal dose of pure faith in the magic of movie plotting. Rated R
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Riptide (FBI Thriller #5) (PB)
Trouble, in the form of psychopathic madmen, seems to follow political speechwriter Becca Matlock around like a personal storm cloud in bestselling historical romance (False Pretenses) and thriller (The Edge) author Coulter's newest suspense novel.
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Coulter, Catherine
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Ronin [VHS]
Robert De Niro stars as an American intelligence operative adrift in irrelevance since the end of the Cold War--much like a masterless samurai, a.k.a. "ronin." Rated R
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Sabrina [VHS]
Julia Ormond faced one of the great challenges of her career when she tried to re-create Audrey Hepburn's title role in the 1995 remake of 1954's Sabrina. Happily, Ormond performed admirably, ... Rated PG
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Schooled
Ivy-League educated Anna Taggert believes that enriching the minds of America's youth is the greatest gift, and that landing a job at an elite Manhattan school is her lucky break. But when the grim reality of the private school hierarchy ...
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Lakhani, Anisha
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Second Child (PB)
One hundred years ago, in the beautiful village of Secret Cove, Maine, on the night of the annual August Moon Ball, a shy and lovely servant girl committed an act so unspeakably violent that its legacy still lives.
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Saul, John
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Secret, The (Seasons of Grace #1)
Two young women, Amish Grace Byler and graduate student Heather Nelson, stand as counterpoints in parallel plots involving two secrets. "No one does Amish-based inspirationals better than Lewis."-Booklist
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Lewis, Beverly
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Seduce Me at Sunrise (Hathaways #2) (PB)
Kev Merripen has longed for the beautiful, well-bred Winnifred Hathaway ever since her family rescued him from the brink of death when he was just a boy. But this handsome Gypsy is a man of mysterious origins ...
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Kleypas, Lisa
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Sharpe's Christmas : Two Short Stories (Sharpe #8)
Bernard Cornwell is the author of the Sharpe series, set during the Napoleonic Wars ... 'Sharpe's Christmas' contains two short stories.
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Cornwell, Bernard
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Shroud, The
Art investigator Madison Dupre knew the offer was too good to be true: $20,000 for a quick trip to Dubai, the fantastic Arabian Nights city on the Persian Gulf.
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Robbins, Harold ; Junius Podrug
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Silence of the Lambs, The [VHS]
Based on Thomas Harris's novel, this terrifying film by Jonathan Demme really only contains a couple of genuinely shocking moments (one involving an autopsy, the other a prison break). Rated R
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Six Days, Seven Nights [VHS]
The script is just an excuse for these two flinty characters to strike increasingly romantic sparks off each other, which is always enjoyable to watch. --Marshall Fine Rated PG-13
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Son of Holmes (Auguste Lupa #1)
John Lescroart offers an engrossing historical mystery that takes us to a small French town in the dark days of World War I-where the rumor is that Auguste Lupa is the son of the greatest detective of all time.
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Lescroart, John
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Spawn [VHS]
Admitted, many of Spawn's action sequences are fun, and the transitions effectively brisk, but more could have been done to explore how Simmons grapples with his humanity in these daunting circumstances. But if you want sizzling action ... Rated R
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Speed [VHS]
Speed really is a one-of-a-kind experience almost anyone can enjoy. --Tom Keogh ; You leave the theatre exhausted, and blissed out. -Anthony Lane Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker Rated R
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Stalking the Angel (Elvis Cole #2) (PB)
Hard-nosed private detective Elvis Cole returns ( The Monkey's Raincoat ) to do battle for a teenaged girl kidnapped as part of a scheme involving the theft of a priceless Japanese manuscript outlining samurai behavior.
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Crais, Robert
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Star Trek First Contact [VHS]
Even-numbered Star Trek movies tend to be better, and First Contact (#8 in the popular movie series) is no exception--an intelligently handled plot involving the galaxy-conquering Borg and their attempt to invade Earth's past, ... Rated PG-13
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Stop Me (Last Stand #2) (PB)
Romain Fornier lost his reason for living when his daughter was kidnapped and murdered. He used a cop's gun to mete out his own justice and spent the next few years in prison. Once he was freed, he returned to his Cajun roots in small-town Louisiana.
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Novak, Brenda
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Tempt Me at Twilight (Hathaways #3) (PB)
Poppy Hathaway, who has always longed for a normal, ordinary life, has been abandoned by her true love, Michael Bayning. Caught up in scandal, she has only one way out - to marry Harry Rutledge, a handsome and mysterious hotel owner.
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Kleypas, Lisa
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Terrifying Tales 2 of the Beaches and Bays
This book contains ghostly stories that take place along the Mid-Atlantic Coast. It is the sequel to the 2001 summer bestseller "Terrifying Tales of the Beaches and Bays."
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Okonowicz, Ed
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Touch of Dead, A : Sookie Stackhouse : the Complete Stories
Now, for the first time, here is every Sookie Stackhouse short story ever written-together in one volume. Stories include "Fairy Dust," "One Word Answer," "Dracula Night," "Lucky," and "Giftwrap."
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Harris, Charlaine
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True Blue (Mason "Mace" Perry #1)
This promising first in a new series from bestseller Baldacci (First Family) introduces Beth Perry, chief of the District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police, and Beth's younger sister, Mace Perry, a former police officer dubbed the Patty Hearst ...
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Baldacci, David
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True Crime : Maryland : the State's Most Notorious Criminal Cases
From its settlement in 1634 to its important proximity to the nation's capital in the present, Maryland has served as a crossroads of America, influencing critical events, not the least of which have been numerous crimes.
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Okonowicz, Ed
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Turquoise, The
The Turquoise was the great historical novelist Anya Seton’s third novel and sold close to a million copies. It is the story of a beautiful, gifted woman who leaves the magic mountains of her native New Mexico for the piratical, opulent, gaslit ...
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Seton, Anya
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Vendetta : Lucky's Revenge (Lucky Santangelo #4) (PB)
Straight-from-the-hip dialogue, designer clothing and gangsters are all reliably in place in Collins's fourth novel to feature the Santangelo family, particularly Lucky, who now heads a Hollywood studio.
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Collins, Jackie
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Voodoo River (Elvis Cole #5) (PB)
On a trip to Louisiana in order to locate the biological parents of a popular television actress, private eye Elvis Cole runs into more than he bargained for, including a cast of memorable characters.
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Crais, Robert
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Wasted Vigil, The
Starred Review. Kiriyama-winner Aslam (Maps for Lost Lovers) takes an ambitious and moving look at the human cost of Afghanistan's war-torn reality.
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Aslam, Nadeem
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Watch Me (Last Stand #3) (PB)
Teenagers Sheridan Kohl and Jason Wyatt were parked at the lake in Whiterock, Tennessee, when a stranger wearing a ski mask shot them both. Sheridan lived but Jason died—and the stranger was never caught.
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Novak, Brenda
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Weight of Silence, The
Seven-year-old Calli Clark hasn't spoken a word in the three years since a particularly nasty run-in with her violent, wife-beating father, Griff. During a bender, Griff suddenly decides to haul his mute daughter into the nearby forest, ...
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Gudenkauf, Heather
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Wild Things [VHS]
Wild Things is a bona fide guilty pleasure--the kind of movie you may be ashamed to enjoy, but what the heck, you'll enjoy it anyway. --Jeff Shannon Rated R
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Windfall (PB)
Two novels: Impulse: Rebecca Malone decided to follow her impulses, jettison the familiar and head to Greece to find adventure! ; Temptation: Socialite Eden Carlborough didn't expect running a girls' camp to be easy, but she never thought ...
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Roberts, Nora
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Wolf Hall
The opening cast of characters and family trees may give initial pause to some readers, but persevere: the witty, whip-smart lines volleying the action forward may convince you a short stay in the Tower of London might not be so bad...
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Mantel, Hilary
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X-Men Origins
Wolverine, fan favorite of the X-Men universe in both comic books and film, gets his own movie vehicle with X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a tale that reaches way, way back into the hairy mutant's story. PG-13
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X-2 : X-Men United
Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, Hale Berry, Famke Janssen and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos star in this breathtaking, action-packed spectacle that "may be the best superhero movie yet made!" (San Francisco Examiner) Rated PG-13
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Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas
What could be fancier than Christmas?
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O'Conner, Jane
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Pinata in a Pine Tree, A : A Latino Twelve Days of Christmas
An award-winning author and a rising star artist have put a festive Latino twist on
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Mora, Pat
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In Too Deep
39 Clues Series #6
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Watson, Judy
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Bloody Kiss
Vol. 1
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Furumiya, Kazuko
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Bloody Kiss
Vol. 2
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Furumiya, Kazuko
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Happy Belly, Happy Smile
Every Friday Louie sees the hustle and bustle behind the scenes at his grandpa's Chinese restaurant.
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Isadora, Rachel
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Fiestas del mundo: Celebremos Navidad: con villancicos, regalos y paz
National Geographic
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Heiligman, Deborah
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Stars! Stars! Stars!
Minna is a stargazer. She looks at the nighttime sky and wonders, What are stars?
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Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth
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My Favorite Michael
One morning, Michael decides that he wants to be someone different & exciting...
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Heiman, Laura
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Ramadan
Celebrations in My World Series
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Aloian, Molly
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New Moon: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion
...never-before-seen images, exclusive interviews and personal stories...
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Vaz, Mark Cotta
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Secret of the Sphinx, The
Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novel Series #2
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Stilton, Geronimo
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Discovery of America, The
Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novel Series #1
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Stilton, Geronimo
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Blind Side, The
The strongest strand of The Blind Side is about sporting strategy. When brain defeats brawn in one of Michael Lewis's books, you can almost hear the prose style lift off. (Ed Smith - The Times [London] )
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Lewis, Michael (Michael M)
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Christmas List, The
As I began to write this book, I had two objectives: First, I wanted to explore what could happen if someone read their obituary before they died and saw, firsthand, what the world really thought of them. Their legacy.
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Evans, Richard Paul
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Comfort Table, The
"My feet are the happiest when under Katie's table. I bet your feet will be tapping all the way to the table with these recipes." -- PAULA DEEN
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Lee, Katie
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Dracula : the Un-Dead
In this sequel to Bram Stoker's Dracula, his great-grandnephew offers one of the rowdiest revisionist treatments of the most influential vampire novel ever written.
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Stoker, Dacre
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Heat Wave
A New York real estate tycoon plunges to his death on a Manhattan sidewalk. A trophy wife with a past survives a narrow escape from a brazen attack.
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Castle, Richard
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How to Raise the Perfect Dog : Through Puppyhood and Beyond
“Millan’s wizardlike facility with dogs–the calm he brings to them, the confident way he handles them–is mind-blowing.”—Newsweek
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Millan, Cesar
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