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The Audacity of Hope
by Barack Obama

My Life as a Furry Red Monster
by Kevin Clash and Gary Brozek

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Rachael Ray 2,4,6,8
by Rachael Ray

Christmas Carol Audio
by Charles Dickens and read by Jim Dale

Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
by Bethesda Softworks

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H.R.H.
by Danielle Steel

Flags of our Fathers
by James Bradley with Ron Powers

Christmas in Camelot
by Mary Pope Osborne

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Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook
by Georgeanne Brennan

Fodor's Hawaii 2007
by Fodor's

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess -- Collector's Edition
by David Hodgson and Stephen Stratton

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Skipping Christmas
by John Grisham

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Brisingr

Brisingr
Written by Christopher Paolini

Format: Hardcover, 784 pages
Price: $27.50

OATHS SWORN . . . loyalties tested . . . forces collide.

Following the colossal battle against the Empire’s warriors on the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still there is more at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound... Read more >

Breaking Dawn

Breaking Dawn
Written by Stephenie Meyer
Read by Ilyana Kadushin and Matt Walters


Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
Price: $60.00

To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, she has endured a tumultuous year of... Read more >

Also available as an unabridged audiobook download.
The Complete Persepolis

The Complete Persepolis
Written by Marjane Satrapi

Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Price: $24.95

Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed memoir-in-comic-strips.

Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her... Read more >

The Book Thief

The Book Thief
Written by Markus Zusak

Format: Hardcover, 560 pages
Price: $17.99

It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . .

Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl... Read more >

Mexican WhiteBoy

Mexican WhiteBoy
Written by Matt de la Pena

Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Price: $15.99

DANNY’S TALL AND skinny. Even though he’s not built, his arms are long enough to give his pitch a power so fierce any college scout would sign him on the spot. A 95 mph fastball, but the boy’s not even on a team. Every time he gets up on the mound... Read more >

Also available as an eBook, hardcover library binding and a trade paperback.
The Silmarillion (Boxed Set)

The Silmarillion (Boxed Set)
Written by J.R.R. Tolkien
Read by Martin Shaw


Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
Price: $64.95

The Silmarillion tells of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien's World, when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle Earth, and the High Elves made war upon them for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor.  It is to this ancient drama... Read more >

The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary

The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary
Written by Candace Fleming

Format: Hardcover, 200 pages
Price: $24.99

THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR of Ben Franklin’s Almanac and Our Eleanor has created an enthralling joint biography of our greatest president and his complex wife unlike any other—a scrapbook history that uses photographs, letters, engravings, and even cartoons, along with a fascinating text, to form an enthralling museum on the page. Here... Read more >

Also available as a hardcover library binding.
The White Gates

The White Gates
Written by Bonnie Ramthun

Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Price: $16.99

WHEN TORIN SINCLAIR’S mom gets a job as the town doctor in Snow Park, Colorado, Tor can’t wait to learn to snowboard. But on Tor’s first night there, a member of the high school snowboarding team dies. “It’s the curse,” everyone whispers. Tor’s new friends Drake and Raine explain that there’s... Read more >

Also available as an eBook, hardcover library binding and a trade paperback.
Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe
Written by Daniel Defoe

Format: Hardcover, 294 pages
Price: $15.95

This classic story of a shipwrecked mariner on a deserted island is perhaps the greatest adventure in all of English literature. Fleeing from pirates, Robinson Crusoe is swept ashore in a storm possessing only a knife, a box of tobacco, a pipe-and the will to survive. His is the saga of... Read more >

Also available as an eBook, paperback and a trade paperback.
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers
Written by Alexandre Dumas

Format: Hardcover, 720 pages
Price: $17.95

Dumas's most popular novel has long been a favorite with children, and its swashbuckling heroes are well known from many a film and TV adaptation. Set in 17th-century France, this tale of the adventures of D'Artagnan and the three musketeers is the finest example of its author's brilliantly inventive storytelling genius... Read more >

Also available as an eBook, eBook, hardcover, paperback and a trade paperback.
The Art of Frank Howell

The Art of Frank Howell
Written by Michael French

Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
Price: $35.00

FRANK HOWELL’S PAINTINGS dazzle the viewer with their luminous colors and haunting images. A unique chronicler of the native people and natural beauty of the Southwest, Howell pulls us into a spiritually charged world resonant with multiple meanings. Whether he’s painting a pair of hands, a bird in flight, or the... Read more >

Sisterhood 4-book boxed set

Sisterhood 4-book boxed set
Written by Ann Brashares

Format: Boxed Set
Price: $36.84

LENA, CARMEN, BRIDGET, and Tibby have been through a lot together. But even after traveling across the world to keep these four very different friends connected, the pants remain strong, uncuffed—and remarkably flattering. Relive the magic of the pants with these four novels of strength, heartbreak, love, family, and friendship. Read more >


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