Books We Own
Have been trying to catalog all of our books for a long time. This might be the easiest!
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Ender's Game: Speaker for the Dead by Aaron Johnston
The next chapter in the bestselling Ender saga is here! Ender Wiggin was twelve years old when he destroyed an alien race. Burdened with guilt, he wrote Speaker for the Dead and created a Pseudo-religion that spanned the known worlds. Now an adult, Ender is called to investigate a murder... more
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The Worlds of the Federation (Star Trek) by Shane Johnson
The Worlds of the Federation also investigates the unaligned and hostile alien races of Star Trek, from the fierce warriors of the Klingon Empire to the enigmatic, all-powerful Organians.
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Ender's Shadow: Battle School Premiere HC by Mike Carey & Sebastian Fiumara
A mysterious orphan on the streets of Rotterdam, no bigger than a bean, will change the world. There's only one student at Battle School smarter than Ender Wiggin - Bean. Come join X-Men scribe Mike Carey (X-Men: Legacy, Ultimate Fantastic Four) and artist Sebastian Fiumara (Picture of Dorian... more
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Ender's Shadow: Command School Premiere HC by Mike Carey & Sebastian Fiumara
The companion series to New York Times bestseller Orson Scott Card's award-winning novel Ender's Game! With time running out for the human race, Bean is assigned to Dragon army under the command of the legendary Ender Wiggin. But their relationship is a bruising clash of egos and agendas from... more
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Y: The Last Man, Vol 8: Kimono Dragons by Brian K. Vaughan
KIMONO DRAGONS brings the hunt for Ampersand - the monkey who could unlock the mystery of the male-killing plague - to its explosive climax, as the last man on Earth and his companions finally reach Japan and discover the truth behind Ampersand's abduction.
Collects Y the Last Man 43-48.
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Y: The Last Man, Vol 9: Motherland by Brian K. Vaughan
Y: THE LAST MAN is the gripping saga of Yorick Brown, an unemployed and unmotivated slacker who discovers he is the only male left in the world after a plague of unknown origin instantly kills every mammal with a Y chromosome. Accompanied by his mischievous monkey, Ampersand, and the mysterious... more
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Y: The Last Man, Vol 10: Whys and Wherefores by Brian Vaughan
The Man who wasn't there
More than four years after the male-killing plague scoured the Y chromosome from the planet, the saga of Earth's two surviving males is about to come to a close. In their long odyssey around the globe, Yorick Brown and his monkey Ampersand (together with... more
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Y: The Last Man, Vol 2: Cycles by Brian K. Vaughan & Jose Marzan & Pia Guerra
As Yorick Brown, the last man on Earth, begins to make his way across the country to California, he and his companions are forced to make an unscheduled stop in Marrisville, Ohio - a small town with a big secret.
Collects Y, the Last Man on Earth #6-10.
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Y: The Last Man, Vol 1: Unmanned by Brian K. Vaughan & Pia Guerra & Jose Marz...
Welcome to the Unmanned world.
In the summer of 2002, a plague of unknown origin destroyed every last sperm, fetus, and fully developed mammal with a Y chromosome - with the apparent exception of one young man and his male pet. This "gendercide" instantaneously exterminated 48 % of... more
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Flash Chronicles Vol. 1 by Various
Police scientist Barry Allen stars in this new Chronicles series, collecting his adventures as The Flash chronologically in trade paperback for the first time.In this first volume, Barry Allen gains his incredible powers of super speed and faces villains who would go on to join his famed Rogues... more
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Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? Dust To Dust, Vol. 1 by Chris Roberson
A GLOBAL SCIENCE FICTION PUBLISHING EVENT! John W. Campbell Memorial Award-nominee Chris Roberson writes the prequel to John W. Campbell Memorial Award-winner Philip K. Dick's DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?, one of the greatest science ficition novels ever published!Who hunted androids... more
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Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
A group of superheroes plagued by all too human failings fall from grace while the concept of the super hero is dissected and inverted as strangely realistic characters are stalked by an unknown assassin.
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The Guild by Felicia Day & Jim Rugg & Dan Jackson
THIS PRE-ORDER ITEM IS SCHEDULED TO SHIP TO STORES ON 12/8/2010Internet phenomenon The Guild comes to comics! THE GUILD Felicia Day (W), Jim Rugg (A), Dan Jackson (C), and Georges Jeanty (Cover) On sale Dec 8 FC, 96 pages $12.99 TPB, 6' x 9' Chronicling the hilarious on- and offline lives of a... more
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The Foundation Trilogy: Three Science Fiction Classics by Isaac Asimov
The Foundation Trilogy: FOUNDATION, FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE, SECOND FOUNDATION.
Asimov's Foundation Trilogy is an international bestseller and publishing phenomenon. The long-awaited sequel, Foundation's Edge, now also available in bookstores, continues the saga that has been entertaining... more
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Foundation and Earth (Foundation, Bk 7) by Isaac Asimov
Members of the First Foundation establish contact with the telepathic robots of the planet Gaia and with their aid go on to search for humanity's long-lost ancestral planet, Earth. This is the sixth volume in the "Foundation" selection of books.
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Asimov on Science: A 30 Year Retrospective 1959-1989 by Isaac Asimov
For thirty years, Isaac Asimov has been writing a popular monthly science column for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. To celebrate, this book covers his amazing writing career, spanning over four decades. Collects thirty-one columns written over a thirty-year period on such topics as... more
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How Did We Find Out About Neptune (How Did We Find Out Series) by Isaac Asimov
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Understanding Physics: Motion Sound and Heat by Isaac Asimov
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Understanding Physics: Volume 3: Electron, Proton, and Neutron (Understanding Physics...
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The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
The Year is 2100 A.D....
And Man no longer stands alone in the universe.
Now there are other worlds, other living beings. Alien beings who mate in threes and live on pure energy. New breeds of humans who have created their own environment and freed themselves from every social and sexual... more
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I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A DRUNKEN ROBOT? You may not believe it but robots have problems too. Just like humans. In these mind spinning tales, Isaac Asimov brings an astonishing and delightful vision of a tomorrow filled with marvels and miracles - of computers in human form so incredibly real you... more
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Ender's Shadow (Ender) by Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card brings us back to the very beginning of his brilliant Ender Quartet, with a novel that allows us to reenter that world anew.With all the power of his original creation, Card has created a parallel volume to Ender's Game, a book that expands and compliments the first, enhancing... more
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Ender's Game (Ender, Bk 1) by Orson Scott Card
Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his... more
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Speaker for the Dead (Ender Wiggin Saga, Bk 2) by Orson Scott Card
In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: The Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War.
Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered, but again the aliens' ways are strange and frightening...again,... more
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Children of the Mind (Ender, Bk 4) by Orson Scott Card
The planet Lusitania is home to three sentient species: the Pequeninos; a large colony of humans; and the Hive Queen, brought there by Ender. But once against the human race has grown fearful; the Starways Congress has gathered a fleet to destroy Lusitania.
Jane, the evolved computer... more
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Shadow Puppets (Ender, Bk 7) by Orson Scott Card
A Sequel to The New York Times Bestselling Enders's Shadow
Bestselling author Orson Scott Card brings to life a new chapter in the saga of Ender's Earth.
Earth and its society has been changed irrevocably in the aftermath of Ender Wiggin's victory over the Formics--the... more
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Xenocide (Ender Wiggin) by Orson Scott Card
On Lusitania, Ender found a world where humans and pequininos and the Hive Queen could all live together; where three very different intelligent species could find common ground at last. Or so he thought.
But Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus which kills all humans it infects, but... more
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Shadow of the Hegemon (Ender) by Orson Scott Card
The War is over, won by Ender Wiggin and his team of brilliant child-warriors. The enemy is destroyed, the human race is saved. Ender himself refuses to return to the planet, but his crew has gone home to their families, scattered across the globe. The battle school is no more.But with the... more
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Heretics of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 5) by Frank Herbert
On Arrakis, now called Rakis, known to legend as Dune, ten times ten centuries have passed. The planet is becoming desert again. The Lost Ones are returning home from the far reaches of space. The great sandworms are dying, and the Bene Gesserit and the Bene Tleilax struggle to direct the... more
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Silmarillion by J .R. R. Tolkien
Those interested in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth should not be without this grand volume that tells the tragic tale of the struggle for control of the Silmarils, a struggle that would determine the history of the world long before the War of the Ring.
The Silmarillion is Tolkien's first book... more
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The Last Airbender by Dave Roman & Alison Wilgus
Waging a devastating war, the Fire Nation destroyed the harmonious balance among the four nations. The Air Nation isNomads are no more, and the Water Tribes and Earth Kingdom are on the verge of collapse. In such dire times, the Avatar, master of the all four elements, is expected to return... more
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The Last Airbender: Prequel: Zuko's Story by Dave Roman & Alison Wilgus
THE SON WILL RISE Prince Zuko is banished from the Fire Nation by his own father, Fire Lord Ozai. Horribly scarred and stripped of everything he holds dear, Zuko wanders the earth for almost three years in search of his only chance at redemption: the Avatar, a mystical being who once kept the... more
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Dune Messiah (Dune, Bk 2) by Frank Herbert
Paul Atreides, genetically bred and trained to become the leader of his planet, is still subject to human frailties. The second book of the series. In 1965, Frank Herbert published Dune. After it was heralded as a masterpiece of science fiction, he wrote the briefer Dune Messiah in 1969,... more
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Dune (Dune Chronicles, Bk 1) by Frank Herbert
Opposing forces struggle for control of the universe when the arch-enemy of the cosmic emperor is banished to a barren world where savages fight for water.
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib. He... more
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Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 3) by Frank Herbert
(Dune Chronicles Book 3) The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered and fertile. Old Paul Atreides, who led the desert Fremen to political and religious domination of the galaxy, is gone. But for the children of Dune, the very blossoming of their land contains the seeds of its... more
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The Two Towers (Lord of the Rings, Bk 2) by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Greatest Fantasy Epic of Our Time.
The Fellowship was scattered. Some were bracing hopelessly for war against the ancient evil of Sauron. Some were contending with the treachery of the wizard Saruman. Only Frodo and Sam were left to take the accursed Ring of Power to be destroyed in... more
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The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, THE SILMARILLION is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work whose origins stretch back to a time long before THE HOBBIT.
Tolkien considered THE SILMARILLION his most important work, and, though it was... more
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Lights! Camera! Action Dog! (Wishbone Mysteries) by Nancy Butcher & Alexander Ste...
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Key to the Golden Dog (Wishbone Mysteries) by Anne Caceci
Pepper Pete's is in big trouble!
It's Oakdale History Month, and everyone wants to help celebrate the event! Even the mysterious Carl Ottinger pitches in by allowing Pepper Pete's Pizza Parlor to display his treasured antique model railroad system. Then, suddenly, the valuable steam engines... more
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Case of the Unsolved Case (Wishbone Mysteries) by Alexander Steele & Brad Strickl...
While Wishbone and Joe search for a missing ring, their good friend David disappears as well.
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Drive-In of Doom (Wishbone Mysteries, Bk 7) by Brad Strickland & Thomas E. Fuller
While helping Gladys Glendower fix up the old Moonlight Drive-In, Wishbone and his friends try to discover who is responsible for the series of mysterious fires that threaten to destroy the old theater.
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The Disappearing Dinosaurs (Wishbone Mysteries) by Nancy Butcher & Brad Stricklan...
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The Ghost of Camp Ka Nowato (Wishbone Super Mysteries) by Michael Anthony Steele &...
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Nate the Great on the Owl Express (Nate the Great) by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
All aboard the Owl Express! Nate, the great detective, and his dog Sludge, hit the rails on their latest case. Their mission: To guard an owl named Hoot. Hoot belongs to Nate’s cousin, Olivia Sharp, and she thinks someone on the train might be out to get her feathered friend. But whooo?... more
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Nate The Great and the Lost List (Nate the Great, Bk 3) by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat &...
Although Nate the Great and his dog, Sludge, are on vacation, they just can't resist a new case. When his friend Claude's grocery list is lost, Nate sets out to find it before lunch. But lunch draws nearer and the list is still missing. Nate the Great is worried:... more
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Nate the Great and the Musical Note (Nate the Great, Bk 13) by Marjorie Sharmat &...
Nate the Great has just received a strange musical note. The note tells Nate's friend Pip what his mother wants him to do at four o'clock. Their friend Rosamond has turned the note into a riddle. Nate checks Rosamond's garage, but doesn't find any clues. Time is running out for... more
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Nate the Great and the Stolen Base (Nate the Great, Bk 14) by Marjorie Sharmat & ...
Rosamund's baseball team has a very unusual second base -- Oliver's gloopy purple plastic octopus. But one morning . . . it's gone! "Somebody stole second base," Rosamond tells teammate Nate the Great.
With the help of his dog, Sludge, the young detective trails the... more
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Nate the Great and the Phony Clue by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
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Nate the Great and the Missing Key (Nate the Great, Bk 6) by Marjorie Sharmat & M...
Nate the Great doesn't especially want to go to a birthday party for Annie's ferocious dog, Fang. But he can't resist a mystery -- and when Annie loses her house key and can't get inside to set up the party, Nate and his trusty dog, Sludge, are hot on the... more
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Nate the Great Stories by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Two books inside: Nate the Great and the Sticky Case and Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail
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Harriet the Spy (Harriet the Spy, Bk 1) by Louise Fitzhugh
Harriet the Spy has a secret notebook which she fills with utterly honest jottings about her parents, her classmates, and her neighbors. Every day on her spy route, she "observes" and notes down anything of interest to her:
I bet that lady with the cross-eye looks in the mirror and... more
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Mystery of the Nervous Lion (Three Investigators Series, Book 16) by Alfred Hitchcock...
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Scene of Crime (Lloyd and Hill, Bk 11) by Jill McGown
When an amateur dramatic society begins rehearsing a midwinter production of Cinderella, murder lurks in the wings. And the killer is definitely no Prince Charming.
In Jill McGown's masterful new novel, the continuation of her acclaimed British police procedural series starring Detective... more
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Moonlight Becomes You by Mary Higgins Clark
Set in Newport, Rhode Island, in a world of old money and proud names, Moonlight Becomes You has at its center Maggie Holloway, an independent young woman who has put personal tragedy behind her and become one of the fashion world's most successful photographers.
Accompanying her date... more
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Great Quicksolve Whodunit Puzzles by Jim Sukach
Get on the case! Help famous detective Dr. J.I. Quicksolve and his son Junior solve some dastardly crimes. Interview suspects, evaluate their stories, examine crime scenes, and note strange details. Be on the alert for liars, tricksters, and unlikely alibis. The clues are all there. By reading... more
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The Lost World (Professor Challenger, Bk 1) by Arthur Conan Doyle
Irish athletic reporter Malone narrates tale of bold squat quarrelsome Professor Challenger seeking remote Amazonian plateau where “the ordinary laws of Nature are suspended” with prehistoric creatures and ape-men. Other armed British whites are spare skeptic Professor Summerlee, and... more
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Murder in Belleville (Aimee Leduc, Bk 2) by Cara Black
In the explosive continuation of the investigative series set in Paris, Aime Leduc turns from corporate computer security when her friend, a Defense Minister's wife, begs for help. The path leads to Belleville, the working-class neighborhood where Edith Piaf lived, and a car bombing.... more
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Body of Evidence (Crime Files: Four-Minute Forensic Mysteries, Bk 1) by Jeremy Brown
Fifty-one baffling crime scenes need to be solved.
Can you crack the case before CSI Wes Burton? You'll need to use all forensic evidence at your disposal, and Burton is the best. He can tell when a witness is lying by the flick of their wrist. His crime Files contain the solution at the... more
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Buried in a Book (Novel Idea, Bk 1) by Lucy Arlington
After losing her job as a journalist at the age of forty-five, Lila Wilkins accepts an internship at A Novel Idea, a thriving literary agency in North Carolina. Being paid to read seems perfect to Lila, although it's difficult with the cast of quirky co-workers and piles of query letters.... more
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The Ruthless Realtor Murders (Wyn Lewis, Bk 3) by David A. Kaufelt
Everyone's life in Waggs Neck Harbor revolves around real estate, and savvy Realtor and occasional sleuth Wyn Lewis is no exception. But in the recent rush to fill potato feilds with multi million-dollar condos, only a few have managed to come out flush every time. One of them is the wily... more
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Five-Minute Mysteries: Cases from the Files of Ed Noon by Michael Avallone
Thirteen unfinished mysteries, with their solutions.
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Murder At Five Finger Light (Jessie Arnold, Bk 11) by Sue Henry
Sled dog racer Jessie Arnold stars in a series that's "suspenseful, intelligent, and filled with the spectacular beauty of the northern wilds" (Dallas Morning News). Her friends, Laurie and Jim, have acquired their dream-an old lighthouse on the Alaskan Inside Passage-and invited everyone to a... more
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A Case for Inspector West (Inspector West, Bk 11) aka The Figure in the Dusk by Joh...
Pattern for murder...An expensive car, A lonely road, A man with a gun...The hours went by and Muriel Arlen waited with mounting anxiety...a widow - though she was unaware of it. Then into the house, using her husband's keys, came the man with the gun...After that it was a case for Inspector... more
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After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection Volume 2 by James West Davidson &...
For more than twenty years, After the Fact has been a popular and best-selling approach to guiding students through American History and the methods used to generate it. In fifteen dramatic episodes that move chronologically through American history, this book examines such topics as oral... more
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The White Company / Sir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Afterword by Peter Glassman. Young Alleyne Edricson journeys to France in 1366 to join the White Company, a bold band of archers, and is swept into a series of exciting adventures. Written by the creator of Sherlock Holmes and illustrated by one of America's most distinguished artists, this... more
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Round the Fire Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Originally published in 1908, and out of print for more than half a century, this collection of stories, complete with a preface by the author, presents Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at his finest. These are seventeen tales of suspense and adventure, of the mysterious and fantastic, mean to be read... more
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Field Craft (Microfax Spy Books) by DK Publishing
Invisible writing and spy gadgets are just the start of the Complete Spy Course in Micro Fax. Designed to entertain the tiniest spy.
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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
First there were ten -- a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to all of them, is nowhere to be found. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they're unwilling to... more
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Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, Bk 13) by Agatha Christie
An enjoyable evening of bridge turns into a murder investigation when the flamboyant host Mr. Shaitana is found dead. Can the four invited investigators, Hercule Poirot, Superintendent Battle, Colonel Race and Ariadne Oliver discover which of the other four guests is the killer? Investigations... more
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Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, Bk 11) (aka Death in the Air) by Agatha Christie
From seat No.9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite; ahead, in seat No.13, sat a Countess with a poorly-concealed cocaine habit; across the gangway in seat No.8, a detective... more
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Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, Bk 15) by Agatha Christie
Linnett Ridgeway has almost everything: youth, beauty, brains, and money. Then her best friend Jackie brings her handsome fiance, Simon Doyle, to visit and asks Linnett to give him a job. Now Linnett and Simon are on their honeymoon, a cruise up the Nile. When Linnett is killed, Jackie is the... more
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Easy to Kill (Superintendent Battle, Bk 4) by Agatha Christie
Original British Title: Murder Is Easy
An elderly lady is on her way to Scotland Yard to report several murders in her village. "It is very easy to kill, so long as no one suspects you," she tells the man she meets on the London train, retired policeman Luke Fitzwilliam. He ascribes... more
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After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot, Bk 30) (aka Funerals Are Fatal) by Agatha Christie
When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say: "It's been hushed up very nicely,... more
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Mrs. McGinty's Dead (Hercule Poirot, Bk 28) (aka Blood Will Tell) by Agatha Christie
When an old lady with no enemies is bludgeoned to death, suspicion falls on her lodger who has no alibi. With every piece of evidence working against him, he has only one hope: Hercule Poirot.
Also published as Blood Will Tell.
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A Murder is Announced (Miss Marple, Bk 5) by Agatha Christie
The personal ad was intriguing: an invitation to partake in a "murder" at the home of Letitia Blacklock. The uncharacteristic prank comes as a surprise to Letitia's friends -- and a bigger surprise to Letitia herself. Still, the proper hostess welcomes her unexpected guests for an evening of... more
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, Bk 1) by Agatha Christie
The time is World War I. Hercule Poirot is one of a small group of Belgian refugees sheltering in a rural English village. With his egg-shaped head and his well-groomed moustache, Poirot enters and soon becomes one of fiction's best-loved detectives.
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The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie
A conjurer of skill with an instinct for detection, Mr. Harley Quin has an almost magical flair for appearing at the scene of the most remarkable crimes. But is it just a trick of light that haunts his shadow with a ghostly apparition? Is it fate that invites him to a New Year's murder? And what... more
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Postern of Fate (Tommy and Tuppence, Bk 5) by Agatha Christie
A dangerous trail of clues leads inexorably to a long ago murder in Christie's latest success. This new thriller is concocted from all the brain teasing elements of plot that have delighted Christie.
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Thirteen at Dinner (Hercule Poirot, Bk 9) by Agatha Christie
Also published as Lord Edgware Dies.
Actress Jane Wilkinson approaches Hercule Poirot and pleads with him to speak to her husband, Lord Edgware, who is refusing to divorce her. The next morning Lord Edgware is found murdered and witnesses tell Poirot that Jane Wilkinson was the last person to... more
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, Bk 9) (aka Murder in the Calais Coach)...
On the long train ride from Istanbul to Paris, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer of a much-hated millionaire among 13 suspects with reasons to kill.
Also published as Murder in the Calais Coach
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Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, Bk 37) by Agatha Christie
Crime novelist Ariadne Oliver again turns to Hercule Poirot, this time to solve a case the police consider closed. Oliver’s interest in the murder-suicide of General and Lady Ravenscroft is more than academic: Celia Ravenscroft is her goddaughter.
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Spies Among Us by Agatha Christie
In Spies Among Us, Agatha Christie reveals her mastery of the field of espionage.
"They Came to Baghdad" "The action is rapid and profuse; the characters are astonishingly real. Altogether, one of the year's most agreeable contributions to the spy and counter-spy division." --The New... more
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Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple, Bk 12) by Agatha Christie
Gwen, a young newly wed woman, knows she has come home the moment she steps into that charming Victorian villa by the sea called Hillside. What a wonderful place to settle down with her husband, Giles, now that they have decided to stay in England permanently. However, soon after she... more
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Curtain (Hercule Poirot, Bk 39) by Agatha Christie
In his final case, the indefatigable Hercule Poirot returns to Styles St. Mary, the site of his first case, to battle the most cunning and terrible villain of his career.
The house guests at Styles seemed perfectly pleasant to Captain Hastings; there was his own daughter Judith, an... more
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Friday by Robert A. Heinlein
FRIDAY...is a secret courier. She is employed by a man known to her only as "Boss:' Operating from and over a near-future Earth, in which North America has become Balkanized into dozens of independent states, where culture has become bizarrely vulgarized and chaos is the happy norm, she... more
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Expanded Universe by Robert A. Heinlein
For the millions of Heinlein fans -- a guided tour through the thoughts and insights of "One of the Most Influential Writers in American Literature".
The wit and wisdom of Robert A. Heinlein -- a collection of short stories & essays, on subjects ranging form Crime and... more
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The Day after Tomorrow (Sixth Column) by Robert A. Heinlein
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Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein
SLAVE: Brought to Sargon in chains as a child--unwanted by all save a one-legged beggar--Thorby learned well the wiles of the street people and the mysterious ways of his crippled master . . .
OUTLAW: Hunted by the police for some unknown treasonous acts committed by his beloved owner,... more
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The Cat Who Walks Through Walls: A Comedy of Manners by Robert A. Heinlein
Dr. Richard Ames: ex-military man, sometime writer, and unfortunate victim of mistaken identity. When a stranger attempting to deliver a cryptic message is shot dead at his dinner table, Ames is thrown headfirst into danger, intrigue, and other dimensions. An assassination attempt... more
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Between Planets by Robert A. Heinlein
The message had seemed simple, yet it was more complex than Don could have imagined. He was being called from Earth to an alien world for reasons unknown -- save only that his life depended on it.But setting out for Mars and getting there in good shape turned out to be a lot more complicated... more
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Assignment Eternity by Robert A. Heinlein
This is a fascinating collection of unusual fiction, written by the outstanding author of stories of the future. Robert A. Heinlein gives free rein to his stimulating imagination in these superb stories about the unexplored realms of the mind and the fascinating possibilities of new worlds... more
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Assignment In Eternity by Robert A Heinlein
Here are prophetic stories of the future, as only the dean of space-age fiction can write them.
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The Green Hills of Earth by Robert A. Heinlein
"A Classic" -Saturday Review
"Heinlein knows more about blending provocative scientific thinking with strong human stories than any dozen other contemporary science fiction writers." -Chicago Sun Times
"Robert A. Heinlein wears imagination as though it were his private suite of clothes. ... more
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Methuselah's Children (Future History, Vol. 4) by Robert A. Heinlein
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Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein
Members of the Families were ordinary human beings, no different from neighboring Smiths or Browns, except for one disturbing trait: they were extraordinarily long-lived.
In the ultra-civilized year of 2125 A.D. this distinction was intolerable. Hounded for a secret they did not knowingly... more
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Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein
After he firewalked in Polynesia, the world wasn't the same for Alexander Hergensheimer, now called Alec Graham. As natural accidents occurred without cease, Alex knew Armageddon and the Day of Judgement were near. Somehow he had to bring his beloved heathen, Margrethe, to a state of grace, and,... more
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Have Spacesuit-Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein
One minute Kip Russell was walking about in his backyard, testing out an old space suit and dreaming about going to the Moon -- and the next he was out cold, the captive of an insidious space pirate. The whole thing seemed like a bad dream until Kip discovered there were other prisoners on... more
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The Past Through Tomorrow (Future History) by Robert A. Heinlein
Here, in one volume, are (almost) all the stories, novelettes, novellas, and novels which make up Heinlein's famous Future History -- the rich, imaginative architecture of Man's destiny that many consider his greatest and most prophetic work. Heinlein wrote most of the Future... more
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Orphans Of The Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
The Robert H. Heinlein novella "Universe" was published in the May 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. Sequel novella "Common Sense" was published in ASF in October of the same year. Both were slightly modified by the author and published together as Orphans of the Sky in 1963. This... more
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The Number of the Beast by Robert A. Heinlein
When two male and two female supremely sensual, unspeakably cerebral humans find themselves under attack from aliens who want their awesome quantum breakthrough, they take to the skies -- and zoom into the cosmos on a rocket roller coaster ride of adventure and danger, ecstasy and peril.
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Rocket Ship Galileo by Robert A. Heinlein
Three high school students formed the Galileo Club to share their interests in science and space exploration. But they never imagined they would team up with a nuclear physicist to construct and crew a rocket bound for the moon.
And they never expected to gain some powerful enemies in the... more
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Revolt in 2100 by Robert A. Heinlein
In the year AD 2100 an evil Dictator rules the United States. He maintains power through the clever use of advanced science and psychology. And he is backed by a dedicated military clique...
REVOLT IN THE YEAR 2100 - From Robert A. Heinlein, the dean of space-age fiction - the thrilling novel... more
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Sixth Column by Robert A. Heinlein
One by one, the Free Nations had fallen, until America stood alone in arms against the World. Then, as researchers toiled desperately to complete work on a weapon that might yet turn the tide of battle, she too fell.
Now, though scattered resistance flares throughout our continent, the only... more
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Starman Jones (Science Fiction Adventure) by Robert A. Heinlein
Where were they? In fact, when were they? and how could they get back?It's easy to stow away on an intergalactic spaceship, if you're a smart lad like Max Jones. But it's quite another thing when the spaceship touches down on an unknown planet after passage through a time warp...perhaps an... more
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Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Cosmic Combat
The Mobile Infantry of the startling twenty-second century attracts young and eager-to-serve Johnnie Rico. He enters basic training as a naive youth who must learn quickly how to cope with every soldier?s problems of courage, discipline, and loyalty.
But he barely learns the... more
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Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
This is the epic saga of an earthling, Valentine Michael Smith, born and educated on Mars, who arrives on our planet with many psi powers, including the ability to take control of the minds of others—and ignorance of the morals of man.
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Starman Jones by Robert A. Heinlein
Where were they? In fact, when were they? and how could they get back?It's easy to stow away on an intergalactic spaceship, if you're a smart lad like Max Jones. But it's quite another thing when the spaceship touches down on an unknown planet after passage through a time warp...perhaps an... more
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Have Space Suit - Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein
"You see I had this space suit..." Kip had come into possession of the suit in an absurdly amusing way. It wasn't exactly the latest model but he found it "like a fine car, its helmet like a Swiss watch." His home efforts to repair the suit resulted in travel much more... more
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Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN
"Tomorrow, at dawn, you are going to be shoved through a doorway that opens into a world you have never seen. You do not know if the world you are about to enter will be tropical or arctic, desert or jungle. You may emerge in a dawn-history swamp snarling with giant... more
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Time for the Stars by Robert A. Heinlein
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN
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"Thousands of trips to the stars take place in science fiction, but none more breathtakingly than this epic 70 year voyage of the space ship Lewis and Clark, seeking new worlds for overpopulated Earth to colonize. Twins, Tom and Pat Bartlett, share... more
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Time for the Stars (Heinlein's Juveniles, Bk 10) by Robert A. Heinlein
Travel to other planets is a reality, and with overpopulation stretching the resources of Earth, the necessity to find habitable worlds is growing ever more urgent. With no time to wait years for communication between slower-than-light spaceships and home, the Long Range Foundation explores an... more
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Time Enough for Love ( Future History, Bk 5) by Robert A. Heinlein
Approaching death, Lazarus Long is convinced to dictate the story of his life. He finds that while he has lived and loved more than most, there are still things that he'd like to experience.
The capstone and crowning achievement of Heinlein's famous Future History, Time Enough for Love... more
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The Annotated Sherlock Holmes by William Baring-Gould
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The Annotated Sherlock Holmes : 2 Vols. in One by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle & Willia...
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Sherlock Holmes: Selected Stories by Diana Stewart & Sir Arthur Conan Doyle &...
This volume includes Silver Blaze, The Speckled Band, The Sign of Four, A Scandal of Bohemia, The Naval Treaty, The Blue Carbuncle, The Greek Interpreter, The Red-Headed League, The Empty House, The Missing Three-Quarter, and His Last Bow.
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Sherlock Chick and the Case of the Night Noises (Parents Magazine Read Aloud Original...
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Hounded by Baskervilles by Mercer Warriner
Allergic ReactionsWhen Sabrina doesn't have the time to finish reading the classic novel The Hound of the Baskervilles for her English class, she summons the main character and famous sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, to give her the 411 on the book. That's not cheating, right? Now Sabrina has plenty of... more
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The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Perhaps the most popular of all Sherlock Holmes stories, The Hound of the Baskervilles combines the traditional detective tale with elements of horror. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the wild Devon moorland with the footprints of a giant hound nearby, the blame is placed on a... more
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His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (Penguin Popular Classics) by Art...
The title story of this collection refers to Holmes' emergence from retirement to help the government fight the German threat at the approach of the First World War. Several of the detective's earlier cases complete the volume, including "Wisteria Lodge," "The Disappearance of Lady Frances... more
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The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes by Larry Millett
An evil adversary has risen from the dead. A letter, written in a secret cipher, tells famed sleuth Sherlock Holmes that Abe Slaney, the vicious murderer he once captured after a duel of wits, has performed another dastardly deed-kidnapping the beautiful widow of a man he killed years earlier.... more
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Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland by L.B. Greenwood
Sherlock Holmes must find the legendary Thistle of Scotland, a fabulous jewel that is the newly-married Lady Caroline's only dowry. If it is not found, the marriage will be annulled. Then Lady Caroline disappears, too, and it is up to Holmes to save a lady's honor and his own... more
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Sherlock's Logic: Learn to Reason Like a Master Detective! by William Neblett
Working within the format of a detective story (a la Sherlock Holmes) author William Neblett draws the reader into the world of logical deduction. Sherlock's Logic is a unique and entertaining illustration of the various forms of reasoning, correct and fallacious, deductive and... more
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Dover Thrift Editions) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
This splendid collection of mysteries carries readers back to a gas-lit era, when literature's greatest detective team lived on Baker Street. A dozen of Holmes and Watson's best-known cases include "The Speckled Band," "The Red-Headed League," The Five Orange Pips," "The Copper Beeches," and "A... more
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Six Great Sherlock Holmes Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Masterfully written detective fiction featuring the famed Victorian supersleuth and a multitude of sinister characters and unprincipled villains. Choice selections include "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Red-headed League," "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," "The Adventure of the... more
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The Lost Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Ken Greenwald
Based on the Original Radio Plays by Dennis [sic] Green and Anthony Boucher
Introduction --
Adventure of the second generation --
April fool's adventure --
Case of the amateur mendicants --
Adventure of the out-of-date murder --
Case of the demon barber --
Murder beyond the... more
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The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle & Sidney Paget...
Here are the original Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle as they first appeared in the famed British magazine The Strand. This periodical was the literary sensation of its time, especially with the publication of the novel The Hound of the... more
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
These deluxe Oxford editions offer the exploits of Holmes and Watson the red carpet treatment they truly deserve. Along with the full text, each volume contains a scholarly introduction, illustrations, and other assorted extras. This edition of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes includes a... more
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes was not the only writing Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) did but Holmes and Dr. Watson are his most remembered characters. Holmes titled himself a "Consulting Detective". His powers of observation, his understanding of crime, and his insights into the criminal mind were... more
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (The World's Best Reading) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
These twelve tales chronicling Holmes's fatal battle of wits with the devilish Professor Moriarty will keep readers on the edge of their seats. Holmes's death in The Final Problem caused such a public outcry that the author was forced to bring the intrepid investigator back to life in... more
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The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the best known of Conan Doyle's many Sherlock Holmes adventures. Although written after "The Final Problem," Hound is set prior to Holmes' apparent death at the hands of the late Professor Moriarty. Ironically, Conana Doyle did not originally conceive of Hound... more
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Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street by William Baring-Gould
Although millions know of Sherlock Holmes through the chronicles of his exploits written by Dr. Watson, it is only now that, owing to his recent death, the full biography and facts of his life can be brought before the public. This volume brings together for the first time every known fact that... more
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Great Illustrated Classics) by A. Conan Doyle
The Greatest Detective Ever!
Sherlock Holmes is the mastermind detective of the ages.....
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
12 adventures in pure pleasure. "To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman." With this provocative remark, Dr. Watson launches A Scandal In Bohemia, the first story in this famous group, and then sweeps the reader on through some of the very best detective stories ever written, including A Case... more
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
THE GAME IS AFOOT!
A woman is killed inside a locked room, as she screams about a "band"...A man writes his wife-days after his murder...Alien seeds grow a crop of bloody revenge...A jewel in a goose, a severed finger, a letter that can destroy England...Lost fiances, lost fortunes, sinister... more
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Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross, Bk 1) by James Patterson
A missing little girl named Maggie Rose. A family of three brutally murdered in the projects of Washington, D.C. The thrill-killing of a beautiful elementary school teacher. A psychopathic serial kidnapper/murderer who calls himself the Son of Lindbergh. He is so terrifying that the FBI, the... more
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Wuthering Heights (Barnes Noble Classics Series) (BN Classics) by Emily Bronte
Emily Brontë’s only novel, Wuthering Heights remains one of literature’s most disturbing explorations into the dark side of romantic passion. Heathcliff and Cathy believe they’re destined to love each other forever, but when cruelty and snobbery separate them, their... more
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Cheaper by the Dozen by Ernestine Gilbreth Carey & Frank B. Gilbreth
No growing pains have ever been more hilarious than those suffered loudly by the riotous Gilbreth clan. First, there are a dozen red-haired, freckle-faced kids to contend with. Then there's Dad, a famous efficiency expert who believes a family can be run just like a factory. And there's... more
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Dispatches From the Edge of the World: A Memoir by Anderson Cooper
From one of America's leading reporters comes a deeply personal, extraordinarily powerful look at the most volatile crises he has witnessed around the world, from New Orleans to Baghdad and beyond. "Dispatches from the Edge of the World" is a book that gives us a rare up-close glimpse of what... more
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Lancelot: Or, the Knight of the Cart by de Troyes Chretien
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A Thousand Pieces of Gold : Growing Up Through China's Proverbs by Adeline Yen Mah
A Thousand Pieces of Gold is a cultural memoir as well as a personal account of China's past, illustrated by proverbs taken from a fascinating period of history when China was ruled by the First Emperor, Qin Shihuang (259?210 B.C.E.), the sovereign who united China, built the Great Wall, and... more
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Inkdeath (Inkheart, Bk 3) by Cornelia Funke
The Adderhead--his immortality bound in a book by Meggie's father, Mo--has ordered his henchmen to plunder the villages. The peasants' only defense is a band of outlaws led by the Bluejay--Mo's fictitious double, whose identity he has reluctantly adopted. But the Book of Immortality... more
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Inkspell (Inkheart, Bk 2) by Cornelia Funke
When Dustfinger finds a crooked storyteller who can read him back to Inkscape, he leaves his apprentice Farid behind. Farid seeks out Meggie and the two follow him back into the enchanted book. Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of Inkheart, the book whose... more
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The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
John Bunyan's classic allegory of Christian's journey to the Celestial City, abridged and updated for the modern reader.
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The Harem of Aman Akbar by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
As one of the three wishes granted by his bottled djinn, Amon Akbar asks for a harem of wives from diverse lands: there is the fair warrior princess Rasa, the beautiful black Amollia, and the petite and sharp-tongued Aster. While persuing a fourth wife of his own country, however, Aman mislays... more
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Lonely Planet Japan by Chris Taylor
Venture beyond Tokyo, the capital of cute and cool, and explore! Jump on a shikansen and visit the 'Tibet of Japan' in Iya-dani or the hip Earth Celebration festival on Sado-ga-shima. The options and shinkansen routes are endless. updated by an experienced team of Japan-based authors special... more
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As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Escape fro...
Originally published in 1955, As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me has seen international success ever since. It has been translated into fifteen languages, sold more than 12 million copies, and is the basis for an award-winning German entry at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Recounting an incredible... more
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
The Mad Hatter, the Ugly Duchess, the Mock Turtle, the Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat-characters each more eccentric than the last, and that could only have come from Lewis Carroll, the master of sublime nonsense. In these two brilliant burlesques he created two of the most famous and... more
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The Hired Heart by Pamela D'Arcy
A far-too-eligible young woman... a surprising pact... a most unladylike wager....
LADY MARGARET BUCKHAM FORMS A PLAN...
London, Meg thought disdainfully as she galloped furiously down the dark country lane. The glittering balls and society gossips; the mincing young ladies she would... more
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Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq by Kirsten Holmstedt
In Iraq, the front line is everywhere . . . and everywhere in Iraq, women in the U.S. military fight. More than 155,000 of them have served in Iraq since 2003--4 times the number of women sent to Desert Storm in 1991--and more than 430 have been wounded and over 70 killed, almost twice the... more
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor : A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading ...
What does it mean when a fictional hero takes a journey?. Shares a meal? Gets drenched in a sudden rain shower? Often, there is much more going on in a novel or poem than is readily visible on the surface -- a symbol, maybe, that remains elusive, or an unexpected twist on a character -- and... more
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The Art of Bliss: Finding Your Center, Getting in the Flow, and Creating the Life You...
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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
When it was published in 1955, Lolita immediately became a cause celebre because of the freedom and sophistication with which it handled the unusual erotic predilections of its protagonist. But Vladimir Nabokov's wise, ironic, elegant masterpiece owes its stature as one of the twentieth... more
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Treasure Island (Aladdin Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island: Since its publication in 1883, generations have enjoyed this captivating tale of young Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver, the pirate rogue. This adventure of all adventures embodies the search for romance and excitement for which every heart yearns.
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Deshi (Connor Burke Martial Arts, Bk 2) by John Donohue
Asian scholar and black-belt artist Connor Burke labors as a deshi, a student under the tutelage of a master warrior -- a practice that draws him into the execution-style murder of a Japanese businessman, into the dangers of a lethal samurai heritage, and finally, into the unknown darkness of an... more
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Mansfield Park (Signet Classics (Paperback)) by Jane Austen
Jane Austen's masterpiece Mansfield Park -- her most controversial novel and the first of her mature works -- joins the Cover to Cover audio line of unabridged classic literature.
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Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Since it was first performed in 1949, Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about the tragic shortcomings of an American dreamer has been recognized as a milestone of the theater. Willy Loman, the protagonist of Death of a Salesman, has spent his life following the American way,... more
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Lyric Poems (Dover Thrift Editions) by John Keats
Treasury of 30 works, including such favorites as "On first looking into Chapman’s Homer," "The Eve of St. Agnes," "On seeing the Elgin Marbles," "La Belle Dame sans Merci," "Ode to a Nightingale," "Ode on a Grecian Urn," "To Autumn" and 23 more. Reprinted from a standard text.... more
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Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience (Dover Thrift Editions) by William Blake
Two classics of English poetry, alternately describing childhood states of innocence and their inevitable corruption by a harsh and unjust world. Contains the full texts of all the poems in the original 1794 edition of both collections. Alphabetical lists of titles and first lines.... more
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150 Ways to Play Solitaire: Complete with Layouts for Playing by Unknown Author
150 variations to playing solitaire.
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Classic Mathemagic by Raymond Blum & Adam Hart-Davis & Bob Longe & Derric...
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Like Water for Chocolate (Como Agua para Chocolate) by Laura Esquivel & Carol Chr...
Like Water for Chocolate's full title is:"Like Water for Chocolate: A novel in monthly installments with recipes, romances and home remedies." Peppered with recipes, remedies and folksy digressions, this novel is a treat. The heroine of this fantastical love story, Tita, the... more
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Bed-Knob and Broomstick by Mary Norton
The bed-knob glows red...Then with a sickening lurch, the big bed zooms dizzily into the sky. Carey, Charles, and Paul hang on tight. Far, far below their dangling feet lie fields, woods, city streets, and finally the ocean...Here is the thrilling story that inspired the Walt Disney movie.
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The Odyssey by Homer & George Herbert Palmer (Translator)
Long before The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Harry Potter, the ancient Greek poet Homer established the standard for tales of epic quests and heroic journeys with The Odyssey. Crowded with characters, both human and non-human, and bursting with action, The Odyssey details the adventures of... more
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World Mythology: An Anthology of the Great Myths and Epics by Unknown Author
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Yvain, Or, the Knight With the Lion by Chretien de Troyes & Ruth Harwood Cline (T...
The King could not reply to all before he saw the lady coming toward him to hold his stirrup. However, he would not wait for this, but hastened to dismount himself as soon as he caught sight of her. Then she salutes him with these words: "Welcome a hundred thousand times to the King, my... more
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, Bk 5) by J. K. Rowling
In his fifth year at Hogwart's, Harry faces challenges at every turn, from the dark threat of He-Who-Must-Not-Be- Named and the unreliability of the government of the magical world to the rise of Ron Weasley as the keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team. Along the way he learns about the... more
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Indiana Jones and the Sky Pirates by Martin Caidin
In London, Indy Jones is called to an emergency meeting. Mysterious sky craft have been ravaging the shipping lanes, making off with a fortune in diamonds, bonds, and raw materials. Unable to detect how the craft are powered, experts come up with a frightening... more
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Indiana Jones and the White Witch by Martin Caidin
England, 1930. It begins when a gang of hooded thugs breaks into the secluded home of a modern-day witch deep in the mysterious New Forest. Stolen is a map that will lead Indiana Jones and fiery fellow archaeologist Gale Parker to an incredible... more
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Young Indiana Jones and the Plantation Treasure (Young Indiana Jones, Bk 1) by Willia...
Ticket to treasure--and trouble!
Lizzie Ravenall is desperate. She's got to trace the treasure that vanished from her family's Carolina plantation just before the Civil War. Could it be hidden somewhere on the Underground Railroad, the old escape route used by slaves?
Lizzie must begin... more
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Ward No. 6 and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov & Constance Garnett (Tran...
Anton Chekhov invented the modern short story. With writing that is concise, realistic, and evocative, he became a sort of photographer in words, less interested in plot than in the subtleties of mood and atmosphere, and the telling detail. His characters, always vividly drawn, come from all... more
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An enquiry into the existence of vampires by Marc Lovell
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The Time of the Dragon by Dorothy Eden
Sweeping from China to the Thames Valley, spanning seventy-five years in the fortunes of a great trading dynasty, Dorothy Eden spins a spellbinding tale, of three generations of the Carrington family whose dealings in priceless antiques take them to Peking on the eve of the Boxer Rebellion and... more
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The Mr. & Mrs. Happy Handbook: Everything I Know About Love and Marriage (with correc...
Ever since Eve asked Adam, "Do I look fat in this fig leaf?" it has been apparent that husbands don't know how to relate to their wives. Men believe they understand women and vice versa, but really men know as much about women as a cocker spaniel knows about assembling a Weber grill. Welcome... more
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Saved by Her Enemy: An Iraqi Woman's Journey from the Heart of War to the Heartland o...
An Iraqi woman, threatened by insurgents for working as a translator for NBC, comes to rely on her former enemies, Americans, for refuge and new life
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