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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
: :“ 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. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she’s never met, a native of the island of Guernsey, who has come across her name written inside a book by Charles Lamb….As Juliet and ...
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The King James Bible (with book and chapter navigation)
: :View full size screen shot images of the first pages of the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John on the publisher's Amazon profile page at http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-images/by-author/A2LM2PHPR9V6C1 Download a FREE TEN CHAPTER SAMPLE ebook at http://www.dianadoesit.com/freesamples.html This Kindle version of 'The King James Bible' is special in that it has book and chapter navigation links. In just a few clicks, you can be reading any verse in the bible that you want. For example, if you wish to select John 3:16, you would: * go to ...
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
: :“The end was near.” —Voices from the Zombie WarThe 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 once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, ...
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My Sister's Keeper
: :'A major decision about me is being made, and no one's bothered to ask the one person who most deserves it to speak her opinion.' The only reason Anna was born was to donate her cord blood cells to her older sister. And though Anna is not sick, she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since she was a child. Anna was born for this purpose, her ...
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Monsterology: The Complete Book of Monstrous Beasts
: :A second major volume by the esteemed Dr. Drake — a lavish exploration of fantastical beasts, from yetis to unicornsDo krakens really lurk below the ocean waves? Do griffins command the air above? In a fascinating new discovery sure to rival the ground-breaking DRAGONOLOGY, the intrepid Dr. Ernest Drake turns his inquisitive gaze from dragons to other so-called mythical creatures. Included are:* a removable letter from Dr. Drake* multiple foldouts, flaps, and pull-outs* textured 'samples,' including sea serpent skin and a feather from a winged horse* sundry booklets — including ...
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Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out
from: Candlewick
: :More than one hundred leading authors and illustrators donate their talents in a creative tour de force that is making history.Conceived and co-created by the National Children's Book and Literary Alliance, this incomparable collection of essays, personal accounts, historical fiction, and poetry melds with an equally stunning array of original art to offer a multifaceted look at America's history through the prism of the White House. Starting with a 1792 call for designers to plan a presidential mansion and continuing through the present day, OUR WHITE HOUSE takes in everything ...
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
: :Nine-year-old Oskar Schell is an inventor, amateur entomologist, Francophile, letter writer, pacifist, natural historian, percussionist, romantic, Great Explorer, jeweller, detective, vegan, and collector of butterflies. When his father is killed in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Centre, Oskar sets out to solve the mystery of a key he discovers in his father's closet. It is a search which leads him into the lives of strangers, through the five boroughs of New York, into history, to the bombings of Dresden and Hiroshima, and on an inward journey which ...
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The Boleyn Inheritance
: :Nine-year-old Oskar Schell is an inventor, amateur entomologist, Francophile, letter writer, pacifist, natural historian, percussionist, romantic, Great Explorer, jeweller, detective, vegan, and collector of butterflies. When his father is killed in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Centre, Oskar sets out to solve the mystery of a key he discovers in his father's closet. It is a search which leads him into the lives of strangers, through the five boroughs of New York, into history, to the bombings of Dresden and Hiroshima, and on an inward journey which ...
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The Silver Spoon
: :Nine-year-old Oskar Schell is an inventor, amateur entomologist, Francophile, letter writer, pacifist, natural historian, percussionist, romantic, Great Explorer, jeweller, detective, vegan, and collector of butterflies. When his father is killed in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Centre, Oskar sets out to solve the mystery of a key he discovers in his father's closet. It is a search which leads him into the lives of strangers, through the five boroughs of New York, into history, to the bombings of Dresden and Hiroshima, and on an inward journey which ...
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Spyology (Ologies)
: :A spy reveals startling secrets and carries out a breathless mission — in an astonishing guide that takes the 'Ologies to a new level.The year is 1958, and British spy Spencer Blake, aka 'Agent K,' is on an undercover mission to expose a deadly criminal organization. As he traverses the globe with his American and Soviet cohorts — from Scotland to Berlin to Las Vegas to Cuba — he furtively records his secret techniques in a manual for new recruits.Once they've primed themselves on the essentials of spy craft, keen-eyed ...
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