Saturday, November 30, 2013

Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Mysteries, No. 1)

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Winner of the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys awards.Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal. Jane Neal, a local fixture in the tiny hamlet of Three Pines, just north of the U.S. border, has been found dead in the woods. The locals are certain it’s a tragic hunting accident and nothing more, but Gamache smells something foul in these remote woods, and is soon certain that Jane Neal died at the hands of someone much more sinister



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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

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When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place-a pigeon! But you've never met one like this before. As he pleads, wheedles, and begs his way through the book, children will love being able to answer back and decide his fate. In his hilarious picture book debut, popular cartoonist Mo Willems perfectly captures a preschooler's temper tantrum. Amazon Exclusive: The Pigeon: A Life in Pictures (Click on images to enlarge) Back in 1993, I was cartooning for a ’zine. Due to a lack of other material, we decided to make the Dece



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Pole Dancing To Gospel Hymns

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Andrea Gibson's dynamic and timely new book, Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns is a energetic collection of stirring and introspective poetry. Hauntingly vivid, the poems voyage through a soldier's lingering psychological wounds, to the curious questions of school children on the meaning of "hate", to a lover's witty and vibrant description of longing. Gibson's poems deconstruct the current political climate through stunning imagery and careful crafting. With the same velocity, the poignant and vacillating love poems are equally capable of sweeping the air out of the room. Pole Dancing to Gospel Hy



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The Wolf of Wall Street (Movie Tie-in Edition)

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Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio  NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBy day he made thousands of dollars a minute. By night he spent it as fast as he could. From the binge that sank a 170-foot motor yacht and ran up a $700,000 hotel tab, to the wife and kids waiting at home and the fast-talking, hard-partying young stockbrokers who called him king, here, in Jordan Belfort’s own words, is the story of the ill-fated genius they called the Wolf of Wall Street. In the 1990s, Belfort became one of the most infamous kingpins in American finance:



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Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's Kings of Beer

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“Bitter Brew deftly chronicles the contentious succession of kings in a uniquely American dynasty. You’ll never crack open a six again without thinking of this book.”—John Sayles, Director of Eight Men Out and author of A Moment in the SunThe creators of Budweiser and Michelob beers, the Anheuser-Busch company is one of the wealthiest, most colorful and enduring family dynasties in the history of American commerce. In Bitter Brew, critically acclaimed journalist William Knoedelseder tells the riveting, often scandalous saga of the rise and fall of the dysfunctional Busch family—an ep



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Raw Riot (Prison Politics)

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Genre: Gay; African American; EroticaLength: 8,000 words; 29 print pages; Short StorySeries: Prison Politics Erotic Shorts Series #2SYNOPSIS:Prisoners have taken controls of the unit. Correctional Officer Xavier Brown is holed up in a cell with the man that took his virginity, inmate Raheem Jones. Chances of survival look slim. Hope is a commodity that Xavier feels slipping with each passing moment. Yet, despite the world crumbling all around him, Xavier still feels a primal urge to pursue the physical embodiment of his forbidden desires and urges: Raheem Jones. With the threat of death lit



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Duke Betrayed (The Thresl Chronicles)

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The Thresl Chronicles:

Thresls are rare shapeshifting creatures that can only be born on one planet in the universe. In order to transform from beast to man they have to bond with a human mate. Once transformed they are forever bound to the one they've chosen, however, sometimes what should be an automatic process turns into a traumatic event.

While mates and enemies battle for the good of the Thresls, the cat creatures themselves will ultimately have to decide if they want a planet of pure bred shifters or if they can make room for their half-bred children and stubborn human mates.

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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

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In a tour de force of historical reportage, Timothy Egan’s National Book Award–winning story rescues an iconic chapter of American history from the shadows.   The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since. Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Timothy Egan tells of their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black dust blizzards, crop failure, and the death of loved ones. Brilliantly capturing the terrifying drama of catastrophe, he does equal



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Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

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FROM THE PUBLISHER:Every time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices. Touching, absurd, and darkly comic, Allie Brosh’s highly anticipated book Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features more than fifty percent new content, with ten never-before-seen essays and one wholly revised and expanded piece as well as classics from the website like, “The God of Cake,” “Dogs D



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Friday, November 29, 2013

Peanuts 2014 Wall Calendar

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A large, oversized PEANUTS character is featured on each full-color monthly spread of this new, 16-month calendar. Linus, Lucy, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Sally, and the rest of the gang will brighten up any room in the home.Fans will be dazzled by a large, oversized PEANUTS character that appears on each full-color monthly spread of the Peanuts 2014 16-month Wall Calendar. Linus, Lucy, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Sally, and the rest of the gang will brighten up any room in the home. As an added bonus, the calendar includes September 2013-December 2013 calendaria.PEANUTS © 2012 Peanuts Worldwide LLC



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Andi Unwrapped

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Andi has led a sheltered life but it is time for her to break out.

Andi Mattison, a soon to be forty single mom, is starting her life over and her first step is to go back to college. Having recently walked away from a controlling and abusive husband, Andi welcomes the chance to think for herself. Her Liberal Arts education has her re-examining her life, her ideas, questioning her future, her religion, and her sexuality. However, when Andi falls for her lesbian professor, her education becomes anything but academic.

Britt Avery has just turned fifty and has never been lucky in love. She le



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TMI Mom: Getting Lucky

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Author of the #1 Bestselling motherhood book, TMI Mom: Oversharing My Life brings mamas a hot and hilarious new collection in Getting Lucky.

TMI Mom Heather Davis wanted that flame back after two kids had robbed her of spontaneity and adventure with her lover. (a.k.a. Husband Brian) She pulled out all stops — the cheap hotel, pole dancing lessons, a toy store, and even boudoir photos to bring back that lovin' feeling. Did it work? Find out in TMI Mom's hilarious hanky-panky tell-all.

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Pop Bottle Science

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It's pure bottled magic! A complete kit that ingeniously marries science and fun in the breakthrough vein of The Bug Book & Bug Bottle (1.7 million copies in print) and The Bones Book & Skeleton (1.65 million copies in print), Pop Bottle Science presents 79 easy, hands-on experiments that probe the worlds of chemistry, physics, biology, geology, weather, the human body, and even astronomy.The Pop Bottle bottle is a perfect miniature science lab--see-through, flexible, air-tight when necessary, made out of a durable, shatter-proof plastic and designed with a removable top that doubles as a funn



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Quotes Illustrated: 100 works of art inspired by words

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QUOTES ILLUSTRATED by Lesley Riley is a timeless source of inspiration and motivation. Through the diverse and eclectic work of over 90 artists, familiar and some not-yet-discovered quotes are brought to life. It's an eye-opening experience to see how these talented artists interpret modern and age-old wisdom. To quote Georgia O'Keefe, "Art is not what you see,
 but what you make others see." And therein lies the magic of this book - it expands your awareness, so that you see, not only with new eyes, but come to understand how art can illustrate and illuminate more than words alone can expre



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iPad: The Missing Manual

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Super-fast processors, streamlined Internet access, and free productivity and entertainment apps make Apple’s new iPads the hottest tablets around. But to get the most from them, you need an owner’s manual up to the task. That’s where this bestselling guide comes in. You’ll quickly learn how to import, create, and play back media; shop wirelessly; sync content across devices; keep in touch over the Internet; and even take care of business. The important stuff you need to know:Take tap lessons. Become an expert ‘Padder with the new iPad Air, the iPad Mini with Retina display, or any e



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Johnny Cash: The Inspirational Story of the Music and Life of Johnny Cash

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Discover the Life of a True American Legend Johnny Cash was a great man who exemplified the true spirit of American freedom. Although he is dead and gone, he will never be forgotten. His music and message will live on forever. Today only, get this 1# Amazon bestseller for just $2.99. Regularly priced at $4.99. Read on your PC, Mac, smart phone, tablet or Kindle device. The lofe of Johnny Cash was constantly troubled by poverty in his early life, and addiction in his later years. No matter how bad life became, Johnny always had the ability to take control of his life when things got out of



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English Majors: A Comedy Collection for the Highly Literate (Prairie Home Companion)

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Skits and bits from A Prairie Home Companion celebrate the secret society of men and women who possess excellent spelling and punctuation skills. ENGLISH MAJORS. You know who you are and here is a double-CD celebrating the secret society of those who, though they may be chauffeuring kids to swim lessons or writing Unix programs or frying cheeseburgers, still could, if need be, write a term paper on the water imagery in The Waste Land. Includes the Six-Minute Hamlet, the Ten-Minute MacBeth,tributes to Hawthorne and Kerouac and Emily Dickinson, a Guy Noir adventure that exposes an M.F.A. scam



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