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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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Audition
Written by Barbara Walters

Format: Hardcover, 624 pages
Price: $29.95

Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me: “I want to be you.” My stock reply is always: “Then you have to take the whole package.”

And now, at last, the most important woman in the history of television journalism gives us that “whole package,” in her inspiring and riveting... Read more >

Also available as an abridged audio CD, audiobook download, eBook, trade paperback and in large print.
A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity

A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity
Written by Bill O'Reilly
Read by Bill O'Reilly


Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
Price: $31.95

The year was 1957, the month September, and I had just turned eight years old. Dwight Eisenhower was President, but in my life it was the diminutive, intense Sister Mary Lurana who ruled, at least in the third-grade class where I was held captive. For reasons you will soon understand, my... Read more >

The Snowball

The Snowball
Written by Alice Schroeder

Format: Hardcover, 976 pages
Price: $35.00

Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest to... Read more >

Letter to My Daughter

Letter to My Daughter
Written by Maya Angelou

Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
Price: $25.00

For a world of devoted readers, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers.

Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou’s path to living well and living a life with meaning. Told... Read more >

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Written by Haruki Murakami
Translated by Philip Gabriel


Format: Hardcover
Price: $21.00

In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he’d completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to mention triathlons and a dozen critically acclaimed books, he reflects upon the... Read more >

Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.
Faith of My Fathers

Faith of My Fathers
Written by John McCain and Mark Salter

Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
Price: $15.00

John McCain is one of the most admired leaders in the United States government, but his deeply felt memoir of family and war is not a political one and ends before his election to Congress. With candor and ennobling power, McCain tells a story that, in the words of Newsweek, "makes... Read more >

Also available as an abridged audio CD, abridged audiobook download and an eBook.
A Champion's Mind

A Champion's Mind
Written by Pete Sampras and Peter Bodo

Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Price: $24.95

Pete Sampras is arguably the greatest tennis player ever, a man whose hard-nosed work ethic led to an unprecedented number one world ranking for 286 weeks, and whose prodigious talent made possible a record-setting fourteen Grand Slam titles. While his more vocal rivals sometimes grabbed the headlines, Pete always preferred to... Read more >

Promises to Keep

Promises to Keep
Written by Joe Biden

Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Price: $15.00

“Nearly forty years after I first got involved, I remain captivated by the possibilities of politics and public service. In fact, I believe that my chosen profession is a noble calling. That’s why I wanted to be a part of it.”
–Joe Biden

As a United States senator from Delaware since 1973, Joe... Read more >

Emily Post

Emily Post
Written by Laura Claridge

Format: Hardcover, 544 pages
Price: $30.00

“What would Emily Post do?” Even today, Americans cite the author of the perennial bestseller Etiquette as a touchstone for proper behavior. But who was the woman behind the myth, the authority on good manners who has outlasted all comers? Award-winning author Laura Claridge presents the first authoritative biography of the... Read more >

Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.
Looking for Lincoln

Looking for Lincoln
Written by Philip B. Kunhardt, III, Peter W. Kunhardt and Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr.

Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
Price: $50.00

In honor of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, an extensively researched, lavishly illustrated consideration of the myths, memories, and questions that gathered around our most beloved—and our most enigmatic—president in the years between his assassination and the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922. A sequel to the enormously successful... Read more >

American Prince

American Prince
Written by Tony Curtis and Peter Golenbock

Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
Price: $25.95

“All my life I had one dream and that was to be in the movies.”

He was the Golden Boy of the Golden Age. A prince of the silver screen. Dashing and debonair, Tony Curtis arrived on the scene in a blaze of bright lights and celluloid. His good looks, smooth charm... Read more >


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