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By the Sword [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Mercedes Lackey
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 Granddaughter of the sorceress Kethry, daughter of a noble house, Kerowyn had been forced to run the family keep since her mother's untimely death. Yet now at last her brother was preparing to wed, and when his bride became the lady of the keep, Kerowyn could return to her true enjoyments--training horses and hunting.But all Kerowyn's hopes and plans were shattered when her anscestral home was attacked, her father slain, her brother wounded, and his fiancee kidnapped. Drive by desperation and th... more info>>
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My Life in France [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Julia Child
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 Julia Child was born in Pasadena, California. She was graduated from Smith College and worked for the OSS during World War II in Ceylon and China, where she met Paul Child. After they married they lived in Paris, where she studied at the Cordon Bleu and taught cooking with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, with whom she wrote the first volume of Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961). In 1963, Boston's WGBH launched The French Chef television series, which made her a national celebrity, e... more info>>
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Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Ayn Rand
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Today man's mind is under attack by all the leading schools of philosophy. We are told that we cannot trust our senses, that logic is arbitrary, that concepts have no basis in reality. Ayn Rand opposes that torrent of nihilism, and she provides the alternative in this eloquent presentation of the essential nature--and power--of man's conceptual faculty. She offers a startlingly original solution to the problem that brought about the collapse of modern philosophy: the problem of universals. This ... more info>>
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The Virtue of Selfishness [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Ayn Rand
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Ayn Rand here sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, the philosophy that holds man's life--the life proper to a rational being--as the standard of moral values and regards altruism as incompatible with man's nature, with the creative requirements of his survival, and with a free society.
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Changing My Mind [PRE-ORDER ONLY: Available: Nov 12, 2009] [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Zadie Smith
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  A sparkling collection of Zadie Smith's nonfiction over the past decade. Zadie Smith brings to her essays all of the curiosity, intellectual rigor, and sharp humor that have attracted so many readers to her fiction, and the result is a collection that is nothing short of extraordinary. Split into four sections??Reading," ?Being," ?Seeing," and ?Feeling??Changing My Mind invites readers to witness the world from Zadie Smith's unique vantage. Smith casts her acute eye over material both personal a... more info>>
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Let's Talk Dogs [MultiFormat]
by Anne Roditis
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 With twenty-six years of experience in the breeding and exhibition of purebred dogs, the author shares with her readers everything she has learned, from offering advice in acquiring a first puppy, to training, exhibition, breeding, health, and old age. In clear and concise language, with easy-to-follow instructions and simple explanations to both common and not-so-common problems one might encounter, this book offers dog owners everywhere a handy reference guide for the care and rearing of the p... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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The Tent [Secure Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Margaret Atwood
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A new collection of dazzling short fiction. One of the world's most celebrated authors, Margaret Atwood has penned a collection of smart and entertaining fictional essays, in the genre of her popular books Good Bones and Murder in the Dark, punctuated with wonderful illustrations by the author. Chilling and witty, prescient and personal, delectable and tart, these highly imaginative, vintage Atwoodian essays speak on a broad range of subjects, reflecting the times we live in with deadly accuracy... more info>>
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365 Easy One-Dish Meals [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Natalie Haughton
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For today's families, time is so short and so precious, the lovingly prepared home-cooked meal is rapidly becoming just a nostalgic memory. But, with this reprint of the wildly popular best-seller 365 Easy One-Dish Meals, you can have your home cooking and eat it, too. Here, in one volume, is a year's worth of simple, sumptuous recipes that are also hassle-free. Hassle-free because in every case one dish equals one pot. That's one pot to cook in and only one pot to clean. Whether your pot of cho... more info>> (Published: 2004)
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp
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Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver returns with her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat. "As the U.S. population made an unprecedented mad dash for the Sun Belt, one carload of us paddled against the tide, heading for the Promised Land where water falls from the sky and green stuff grows all around. We were about to begin the adventure of realigning our lives with our food chain. "Naturally, our first stop was to buy ... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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Class Action: The Story of Lois Jensen and the Landmark Case that Changed Sexual Harassment Law [Secure Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Clara Bingham, Laura Leedy Gansler
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In the tradition of A Civil Action and Erin Brockovitch, Class Action is a story of intrigue and injustice as dramatic as fiction but all the more poignant because it is true. In the coldest reaches of northern Minnesota, a group of women endured a shocking degree of sexual harassment--until one of them stepped forward and sued the company that had turned a blind eye to their pleas for help. Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, the first sexual harassment class action in America, permanently changed the le... more info>> (Published: 1999)
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Doc Halligan's What Every Pet Owner Should Know: Prescriptions for Happy, Healthy Cats and Dogs [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Karen Halligan
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For the more than 73 million dogs and 90 million cats in the United States, Doc Halligan's What Every Pet Owner Should Know is the "go to" book for their owners and caregivers in need of easy-to-understand, expert advice on helping pets of any age stay healthy and remain a loving family member for years to come. One of the country's most respected and leading authorities on preventive health care for pets, Doc Halligan provides a commonsense, practical approach to keeping your pet happy, healthy... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise [Secure Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Ruth Reichl
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Ruth Reichl, world-renowned food critic and editor in chief of Gourmet magazine, knows a thing or two about food. She also knows that as the most important food critic in the country, you need to be anonymous when reviewing some of the most high-profile establishments in the biggest restaurant town in the world--a charge she took very seriously, taking on the guise of a series of eccentric personalities. In Garlic and Sapphires, Reichl reveals the comic absurdity, artifice, and excellence to be ... more info>>
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Strange Seas [MultiFormat]
by Suzy McKee Charnas
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"I am woven through your past, as you are through mine--and both of us through theirs, the sea-peoples'." Hugo- and Nebula Award-winner Charnas has written a book about humans, her own past, and how our lives have always been intertwined with the creatures of the seas. Strange Seas is Charnas' first nonfiction book, and her first eBook. An investigation into personal questions about herself and her writing grew to encompass not just her past, but the pasts of all of us. "I saw a lot of closed do... more info>> (Published: 2001)
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Teach Your Dog to Read: A Unique Step-by-Step Program to Expand Your Dog's Mind and Strengthen the Bond Between You [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Sharon Hogan, Bonnie Edd Bergin
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Dr. Bonnie Bergin originated the service dog concept and movement, and she has been training dogs to assist people with disabilities for more than thirty years. She knows that dogs have an almost limitless capacity to learn. Teaching dogs to read was one of her dreams--and now she has made that dream a reality with a system anyone can use with just about any dog. In this clear, inspirational guide, she provides step-by-step instructions for training the dog in your life to read flash cards with ... more info>>
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The Bronze Horseman [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Paullina Simons
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Special PerfectBound eBook exclusive feature! Paullina Simons's tribute to her still-living grandparents, survivors of Russia's twentieth century from World War I and the Russian Revolution through the siege of Leningrad and the regimes of Lenin and Stalin.
From the author of the international bestseller Tully comes an epic tale of passion, betrayal, and survival in World War II Russia. Leningrad, 1941: The European war seems far away in this city of fallen grandeur, where splendid palaces an... more info>> (Published: 2001)
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The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and its Hold on America, 1947-2000 [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Sally Denton
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The shadowy past and present of Las Vegas--and its role in the shaping of today's America--are here revealed as never before by two of the country's leading investigative reporters. After five years of intensive research and interviewing, Sally Denton and Roger Morris make clear how and why Las Vegas became the greatest "business success story" of the twentieth century, and how the rest of America ensured this success by contributing capital as well as customers. Headquarters of a trillion-dolla... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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Write Away: One Novelist's Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Elizabeth George
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Bestselling author Elizabeth George has spent years teaching writing, and in Write Away she shares her knowledge of the creative process. George combines clear, intelligent, and functional advice on fiction writing with anecdotes from her own life, the story of her journey to publication, and inside information on how she meticulously researches and writes her novels. George's solid understanding of craft is conveyed in the enticing manner of a true storyteller, making Write Away not only a marv... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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30 Minutes to Mealtime [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by JoAnna M. Lund
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Now cooks on the go can prepare tasty, convenient meals at home in thirty minutes or less.Between work, raising children, or seeking that mythical "me time," the home cook can get overwhelmed, putting preparation of healthy, tasty family fare on the back burner. This cookbook makes it faster and cheaper to prepare a complete, quick meal at home than to wait for take-out.Here are 50 complete menus comprised of 200 recipes, each of which can be prepared from start to finish in half an hour or less... more info>>
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a cop's eye view of the world in poetry [MultiFormat]
by Anne Wingate
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This is not "moon" and "June" poetry. There is some formal rhyme and meter, but there is a lot more free verse. I wrote them when I needed to write them. I rewrote them as necessary after I got my Ph.D. in English with a specialty in creative writing. (Published: 2005)
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A Curriculum for the Pre-School Child [Secure Microsoft Reader]
by Audrey Curtis
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First published in 1986, this book has been enormously influential in the training and professional development of early years workers. This new edition has been fully revised to take account of changes in the National Curriculum, the publication of the government's 'desirable outcomes' statement for the under-fives, and the introduction of NVQ's in childcare and education. The new edition also includes sections on: * the effects of developmental psychology on the early years curriculum * workin... more info>>
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A Field Guide to Getting Lost [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Rebecca Solnit
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Whether she is contemplating the history of walking as a cultural and political experience over the past two hundred years (Wanderlust), or using the life of photographer Eadweard Muybridge as a lens to discuss the transformations of space and time in late nineteenth-century America (River of Shadows), Rebecca Solnit has emerged as an inventive and original writer whose mind is daring in the connections it makes. A Field Guide to Getting Lost draws on emblematic moments and relationships in Soln... more info>>
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A Paradise Built in Hell [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Rebecca Solnit
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A startling investigation of what people do in disasters and why it matters.... Why is it that in the aftermath of a disaster--whether manmade or natural--people suddenly become altruistic, resourceful, and brave? What makes the newfound communities and purpose many find in the ruins and crises after disaster so joyous? And what does this joy reveal about ordinarily unmet social desires and possibilities? In A Paradise Built in Hell, award-winning authorRebecca Solnit explores these phenomena, l... more info>>
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A World Made New [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Mary Ann Glendon
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A World Made New tells the dramatic story of the struggle to build, out of the trauma and wreckage of World War II, a document that would ensure it would never happen again. There was an almost religious intensity to the project, championed by Eleanor Roosevelt under the aegis of the newly formed United nations and brought into being by an extraordinary group of men and women who knew, like the framers of the Declaration of Independence, that they were making history. They worked against the clo... more info>> (Published: 2001)
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Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell? [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Vivian Cook
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"It is a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word."--Andrew Jackson. Weird or wierd? Necessary or neccessary? Recomend or recommend? English spelling is fiendish, but that doesn't mean you can't have fun with it. Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary is at once a celebration of spelling and a solace to anyone who has ever struggled with the arcane rules of the English language. As amusing as he is informative, Vivian Cook thrills the reader with more than a hundred entries--... more info>>
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Adapting Your Novel for Film [MultiFormat]
by Pauline Baird Jones
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Think your novel would make a great movie? Want to try your hand at writing the screenplay? Award-winning author Pauline Baird Jones now shares her years of expertise in a series of writer's handbooks, including Adapting Your Novel for Film, a helpful guide for turning your book into a film. A book and a movie are two entirely different mediums. Successful adaptation requires trimming down a story--it's not always easy! Strict formatting guidelines also must be followed or your script won't even... more info>> (Published: 2008)
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