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author spotlight
TIM BUTCHER is the Daily Telegraph's Middle East correspondent. XIAOLU GUO studied film in Beijing and is an author and filmmaker. JOANNE HARRIS is the author of many novels including Chocolat, which was made into a major film. KATHY LETTE has been a newspaper columnist and television sitcom writer. Her novels have been published in fourteen languages around the world. HENNING MANKELL is the internationally acclaimed author of the Inspector Wallander Mysteries. He devotes much of his free time to working with AIDS charities in Africa. DEBORAH MOGGACH is the author of many successful novels and screenplays. MARIE PHILLIPS studied anthropology... Read More
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World War Z
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $14.99
“The end was near.” —Voices from the Zombie War
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that... Read more >
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $14.99
“The end was near.” —Voices from the Zombie War
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that... Read more >
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ABC and 1,2,3: A Sesame Street Treasury of Words and Numbers
Format: Hardcover, 80 pages
On Sale: November 17, 1998
Price: $9.99
Children can learn their ABC's and 1, 2, 3's with their favorite Sesame Street characters in this colorful, fun, and educational hardcover. What better way to acquire these important early concepts than with their Muppet friends? The ABC Book of Words allows children to learn the alphabet and new vocabulary on... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 80 pages
On Sale: November 17, 1998
Price: $9.99
Children can learn their ABC's and 1, 2, 3's with their favorite Sesame Street characters in this colorful, fun, and educational hardcover. What better way to acquire these important early concepts than with their Muppet friends? The ABC Book of Words allows children to learn the alphabet and new vocabulary on... Read more >
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: July 29, 2008
Price: $34.95
“ I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.” January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: July 29, 2008
Price: $34.95
“ I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.” January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject... Read more >
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The Cat in the Hat and Other Dr. Seuss Favorites
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $19.99
9 complete stories at a great price!
Featuring:
The Cat in the Hat read by Kelsey Grammer
Horton Hears a Who read by Dustin Hoffman
How the Grinch Stole Christmas read by Walter Matthau
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? read by John Cleese
The Lorax read by Ted Danson
Yertle the Turtle, Gertrude McFuzz... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $19.99
9 complete stories at a great price!
Featuring:
The Cat in the Hat read by Kelsey Grammer
Horton Hears a Who read by Dustin Hoffman
How the Grinch Stole Christmas read by Walter Matthau
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? read by John Cleese
The Lorax read by Ted Danson
Yertle the Turtle, Gertrude McFuzz... Read more >
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Green Eggs and Ham and Other Servings of Dr. Seuss
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $19.99
9 complete stories at a great price!
Featuring:
Green Eggs and Ham read by Jason Alexander
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish read by David Hyde Pierce
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! read by Michael McKean
I'm Not Going to Get Up Today read by Jason Alexander
Oh Say Can You Say? read by... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $19.99
9 complete stories at a great price!
Featuring:
Green Eggs and Ham read by Jason Alexander
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish read by David Hyde Pierce
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! read by Michael McKean
I'm Not Going to Get Up Today read by Jason Alexander
Oh Say Can You Say? read by... Read more >
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Thomas and Friends: Little Golden Book Favorites
Format: Hardcover, 80 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $6.99
Thomas delivers trainloads of fun!
Three terrific Thomas the Tank Engine Little Golden Books (Thomas Breaks a Promise, Thomas and the Big Big Bridge, and May the Best Engine Win!) are collected together in an attractive mini-treasury. A great value at $5.99, this book is perfect for gift-giving!
In the early 1940s, a... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 80 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $6.99
Thomas delivers trainloads of fun!
Three terrific Thomas the Tank Engine Little Golden Books (Thomas Breaks a Promise, Thomas and the Big Big Bridge, and May the Best Engine Win!) are collected together in an attractive mini-treasury. A great value at $5.99, this book is perfect for gift-giving!
In the early 1940s, a... Read more >
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Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 14, 1998
Price: $14.95
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."
--H. P. LOVECRAFT, "Supernatural Horror in Literature"
Howard Phillips Lovecraft forever changed the face of horror, fantasy, and science fiction with a remarkable series of stories as influential as the works... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 14, 1998
Price: $14.95
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."
--H. P. LOVECRAFT, "Supernatural Horror in Literature"
Howard Phillips Lovecraft forever changed the face of horror, fantasy, and science fiction with a remarkable series of stories as influential as the works... Read more >
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Winnie-the-Pooh
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $20.00
POOH GOES VISITING and other stories
Story 1 In which we are introduced
Story 2 In which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place
Story 3 In which Pooh and Piglet go hunting and nearly catch a Woozle
Story 4 In which Eeyore loses a tail and Pooh finds one
Story 5 In which... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $20.00
POOH GOES VISITING and other stories
Story 1 In which we are introduced
Story 2 In which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place
Story 3 In which Pooh and Piglet go hunting and nearly catch a Woozle
Story 4 In which Eeyore loses a tail and Pooh finds one
Story 5 In which... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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Little Golden Book Inspirational Favorites
Format: Hardcover, 80 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $5.99
Three beloved Iinspirational Little Golden Books (The Story of Jesus, A Blessing from Above, My Little Golden Book About God) are collected together in an attractive mini-treasury. This book is perfect for gift-giving! Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 80 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $5.99
Three beloved Iinspirational Little Golden Books (The Story of Jesus, A Blessing from Above, My Little Golden Book About God) are collected together in an attractive mini-treasury. This book is perfect for gift-giving! Read more >
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The One Minute Entrepreneur
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 29, 2008
Price: $19.95
Mega-bestselling author Ken Blanchard and celebrated business leaders Don Hutson and Ethan Willis present an inspiring story that reveals the secrets to becoming a successful entrepreneur.
In THE ONE MINUTE ENTREPRENEUR, Ken Blanchard (coauthor of the #1 bestselling business classic The One Minute Manager), Don Hutson, CEO of U.S. Learning, and Ethan... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 29, 2008
Price: $19.95
Mega-bestselling author Ken Blanchard and celebrated business leaders Don Hutson and Ethan Willis present an inspiring story that reveals the secrets to becoming a successful entrepreneur.
In THE ONE MINUTE ENTREPRENEUR, Ken Blanchard (coauthor of the #1 bestselling business classic The One Minute Manager), Don Hutson, CEO of U.S. Learning, and Ethan... Read more >
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The House at Pooh Corner
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $20.00
TIGER COMES TO THE FOREST and other stories
Story 1 In which a house is built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore
Story 2 In which Tiger comes to the forest and has breakfast
Story 3 In which Tiger is unbounced
Story 4 In which Eeyore finds the Wolery and Owl moves into it
Story 5 In... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $20.00
TIGER COMES TO THE FOREST and other stories
Story 1 In which a house is built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore
Story 2 In which Tiger comes to the forest and has breakfast
Story 3 In which Tiger is unbounced
Story 4 In which Eeyore finds the Wolery and Owl moves into it
Story 5 In... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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The Nelson DeMille Collection: Volume 1
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 4, 2006
Price: $29.95
Read more >
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 4, 2006
Price: $29.95
Read more >
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The Journey Prize Stories 21
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $17.99
“Discover your next favourite writer…. There’s plenty of homegrown talent to admire here.” — Chatelaine
For more than two decades, The Journey Prize Stories has been Canada’s most celebrated annual fiction anthology, presenting the best stories published each year by some of our most exciting emerging writers.
In a vividly evoked story... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $17.99
“Discover your next favourite writer…. There’s plenty of homegrown talent to admire here.” — Chatelaine
For more than two decades, The Journey Prize Stories has been Canada’s most celebrated annual fiction anthology, presenting the best stories published each year by some of our most exciting emerging writers.
In a vividly evoked story... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Robert Altman
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $30.00
Robert Altman—visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend—comes roaring to life in this rollicking cinematic biography, told in a chorus of voices that can only be called Altmanesque.
His outsized life and unique career are revealed as never before: here are the words of his family and friends, and a... Read more >
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $30.00
Robert Altman—visionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legend—comes roaring to life in this rollicking cinematic biography, told in a chorus of voices that can only be called Altmanesque.
His outsized life and unique career are revealed as never before: here are the words of his family and friends, and a... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
hardcover.
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The Nelson DeMille Collection: Volume 3
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: August 1, 2006
Price: $29.95
The General's Daughter
Captain Ann Campbell is a West Point graduate, the daughter of legendary General “Fighting Joe” Campell. One morning, her body is found, naked and bound, on the firing range. Paul Brenner is a member of the army’s elite undercover investigative unit and the man in charge of this... Read more >
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: August 1, 2006
Price: $29.95
The General's Daughter
Captain Ann Campbell is a West Point graduate, the daughter of legendary General “Fighting Joe” Campell. One morning, her body is found, naked and bound, on the firing range. Paul Brenner is a member of the army’s elite undercover investigative unit and the man in charge of this... Read more >
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Riot
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.00
During a long, hot July in 1863, the worst race riots the United States has ever seen erupt in New York City. Earlier that year, desperate for more Union soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln instituted a draft–a draft that would allow the wealthy to escape serving in the army by paying a... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $25.00
During a long, hot July in 1863, the worst race riots the United States has ever seen erupt in New York City. Earlier that year, desperate for more Union soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln instituted a draft–a draft that would allow the wealthy to escape serving in the army by paying a... Read more >
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The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: July 17, 2007
Price: $12.00
The two most treasured documents of American freedom together on one audiobook.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 as an act of rebellion, The Declaration of Independence powerfully expresses the political principles of an emerging nation. As justification for severing... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: July 17, 2007
Price: $12.00
The two most treasured documents of American freedom together on one audiobook.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 as an act of rebellion, The Declaration of Independence powerfully expresses the political principles of an emerging nation. As justification for severing... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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Disney Fairies Collection #2
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: January 10, 2006
Price: $19.99
Vidia and the Fairy Crown, by Laura Driscoll and read by Alissa Hunnicutt
When Queen Clarion’s fairy crown goes missing, everyone in Pixie Hollow thinks sour-tempered Vidia is to blame. Now it’s up to Vidia to clear her name. But time is running out. Vidia has only two days to solve the... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: January 10, 2006
Price: $19.99
Vidia and the Fairy Crown, by Laura Driscoll and read by Alissa Hunnicutt
When Queen Clarion’s fairy crown goes missing, everyone in Pixie Hollow thinks sour-tempered Vidia is to blame. Now it’s up to Vidia to clear her name. But time is running out. Vidia has only two days to solve the... Read more >
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Disney Fairies Collection #3
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 26, 2006
Price: $19.99
Rani In the Mermaid Lagoon by Lisa Papademetriou, read by Quincy Tyler Bernstein
Rani doesn’t fit in. Ever since she had to cut off her wings to save Mother Dove, she doesn’t feel like she belongs with any fairies at all. Rani sets off on a perilous journey to find a home... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 26, 2006
Price: $19.99
Rani In the Mermaid Lagoon by Lisa Papademetriou, read by Quincy Tyler Bernstein
Rani doesn’t fit in. Ever since she had to cut off her wings to save Mother Dove, she doesn’t feel like she belongs with any fairies at all. Rani sets off on a perilous journey to find a home... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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Haunted
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $39.95
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk is a novel made up of stories: Twenty-three of them, to be precise. Twenty-three of the most horrifying, hilarious, mind-blowing, stomach-churning tales you’ll ever encounter—sometimes all at once. They are told by people who have answered an ad headlined “Writers’ Retreat: Abandon Your Life for Three Months,”... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $39.95
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk is a novel made up of stories: Twenty-three of them, to be precise. Twenty-three of the most horrifying, hilarious, mind-blowing, stomach-churning tales you’ll ever encounter—sometimes all at once. They are told by people who have answered an ad headlined “Writers’ Retreat: Abandon Your Life for Three Months,”... Read more >
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The Journey Prize Stories 20
Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $17.99
“Considering the number of popular and prize-winning writers who have a Journey Prize as part of their resume, it’s no exaggeration to suggest that this volume is the future of Canadian writing. . . . And the future seems bright indeed.” — Robert Wiersema, Ottawa Citizen
The Journey Prize Stories is... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $17.99
“Considering the number of popular and prize-winning writers who have a Journey Prize as part of their resume, it’s no exaggeration to suggest that this volume is the future of Canadian writing. . . . And the future seems bright indeed.” — Robert Wiersema, Ottawa Citizen
The Journey Prize Stories is... Read more >
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Disney Fairies Collection #1: The Trouble with Tink; Beck and the Great Berry Battle
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: January 10, 2006
Price: $19.99
The Trouble with Tink by Kiki Thorpe, read by Cassandra Morris
Tinker Bell is the best pots-and-pans-talent fairy in all of Pixie Hollow. But then she loses her tinker’s hammer and her world is turned upside down. The good news is that Tink has a spare hammer. The bad news is that... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: January 10, 2006
Price: $19.99
The Trouble with Tink by Kiki Thorpe, read by Cassandra Morris
Tinker Bell is the best pots-and-pans-talent fairy in all of Pixie Hollow. But then she loses her tinker’s hammer and her world is turned upside down. The good news is that Tink has a spare hammer. The bad news is that... Read more >
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Cthulhu 2000
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 25, 1999
Price: $14.95
In Cthulhu 2000, a host of horror and fantasy's top authors captures the spirit of supreme supernatural storyteller H. P. Lovecraft--with eighteen chilling contemporary tales that would have made the master proud.
- The Barrens by F. Paul Wilson: In a tangled wilderness, unearthly lights lead the way to a world no... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 25, 1999
Price: $14.95
In Cthulhu 2000, a host of horror and fantasy's top authors captures the spirit of supreme supernatural storyteller H. P. Lovecraft--with eighteen chilling contemporary tales that would have made the master proud.
- The Barrens by F. Paul Wilson: In a tangled wilderness, unearthly lights lead the way to a world no... Read more >
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Beacon Street Girls #1: Worst Enemies/Best Friends
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $19.95
Meet the Beacon Street Girls... They're real, They're fun- They're just like you!
Yikes! As if being the new girl isn’t bad enough, Charlotte just made the biggest cafeteria blunder in the history of Abigail Adams Junior High. There’s no way that Katani, Avery, and Maeve will want anything to do with... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: June 10, 2008
Price: $19.95
Meet the Beacon Street Girls... They're real, They're fun- They're just like you!
Yikes! As if being the new girl isn’t bad enough, Charlotte just made the biggest cafeteria blunder in the history of Abigail Adams Junior High. There’s no way that Katani, Avery, and Maeve will want anything to do with... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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The Surrender Tree
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $22.00
How can there be
a little war?
Are some deaths
smaller than others,
leaving mothers
who weep
a little less?
Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. Her people have been rounded up in reconcentration camps, where there is always too little food and too much illness. Rosa knows how to heal... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $22.00
How can there be
a little war?
Are some deaths
smaller than others,
leaving mothers
who weep
a little less?
Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. Her people have been rounded up in reconcentration camps, where there is always too little food and too much illness. Rosa knows how to heal... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
