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Thurber's Dogs: A Collection of the Master's Dogs, Written and Drawn, Real and Imaginary, Legends All


James Thurber - 1955
    A collection of the master's dogs, written and drawn, real and imaginary, living and long ago

A Tapestry of Magics


Brian Daley - 1980
    One day it might be Bill, who had been a god. The next it might be Little John and his band of not so merry men. And there were monsters and armies bent on conquest to be met and overcome by the unfortunate knights who patrolled those changing, flux haunted lands of the Beyond.But those dangers were expected. The real problem Sir Crassmor had to face lay in the very heart of the Singularity, and no one would listen to him or trust him

Think: Why You Should Question Everything


Guy P. Harrison - 2013
    With a mix of wit and wisdom, it challenges everyone to think like a scientist, embrace the skeptical life, and improve their critical thinking skills.Think shows you how to better navigate through the maze of biases and traps that are standard features of every human brain. These innate pitfalls threaten to trick us into seeing, hearing, thinking, remembering, and believing things that are not real or true. Guy Harrison's straightforward text will help you trim away the nonsense, deflect bad ideas, and keep both feet firmly planted in reality.  With an upbeat and friendly tone, Harrison shows how it's in everyone's best interest to question everything. He brands skepticism as a constructive and optimistic attitude--a way of life that anyone can embrace. An antidote to nonsense and delusion, this accessible guide to critical thinking is the perfect book for anyone seeking a jolt of inspiration.

Kubla Khan: A Pop-Up Version of Coleridge's Classic


Nick Bantock - 1816
    Readers of all ages have been intrigued and delighted by Nick Bantock's gift books. Now Bantock's legendary artwork attains new lyrical expression as he translates Coleridge's classic, opium-inspired poem into exquisite and phantasmagoric pop-up constructions. 6 pop-ups.

Broken Heart Club


Cathy Cassidy - 2016
    They've promised to stay best friends forever and nothing can tear them apart. But sometimes things happen that you couldn't ever have expected and forever might not be as long as you think. Now, two years later, Eden and Ryan are haunted by memories of the past. Can they find a way to bring the club back together or is it too late to mend a broken heart?A gorgeous new story from the bestselling author of the Chocolate Box Girls series.

Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power


James McGrath Morris - 2010
    Gracefully written and thoroughly researched, his biography is easily the best we have on this remarkable man who so profoundly influenced the worlds of politics and publishing.” — David Nasaw, author of Andrew CarnegiePulitzer is James McGrath Morris’s definitive biography of the Jewish Hungarian immigrant who created the modern American mass media—the first comprehensive biography of this remarkable historical icon in more than 40 years.

Ghost Flight


Bear Grylls - 2015
    WILD and THE ISLAND, Bear Grylls delivers his action-packed debut novel - the start of a major new adventure series.Haunted by his wife and son's brutal abduction and murder, ex-soldier Will Jaeger runs to the ends of the earth to recover and to hide. But even there he is found, and compelled to undertake one last mission, and to confront a savage past he can barely even remember.Jaeger agrees to lead an expedition into the Mountains of the Gods in the remote Amazon jungle. At the dark heart of this real life Lost World lies a mystery WWII warplane, one that harbours a secret so explosive its very discovery may tear the world asunder. Terrifying forces are hell-bent on keeping the warplane forever hidden. Unwittingly, Will Jaeger is going in against them.But as Jaeger joins a team of former elite warriors - including ice-cool Russian operator Irina Narov - he senses that the air wreck also harbours the answer he so longs to uncover: the identity of his wife and son's murderers.Hair-raising adventure, an extreme survival quest and a shocking mystery reaching back into the horrors of Nazi Germany.

Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow


Ray BradburyJohn Steinbeck - 1952
    Contributor John Cheever; Shirley Jackson; Henry Kuttner

Ideas That Matter: A Personal Guide For The 21st Century


A.C. Grayling - 2008
    And, in turn, ideas evolve. This is Grayling's personal and heartfelt guide to the ideas, past and present, that shape our world. It covers religion, philosophy, scientific theory and political movements.

A Small Death in Lisbon


Robert Wilson - 1999
    for the best mystery of 1999, this complex literary thriller may be one of the most satisfying suspense novels to come along in some time. Robert Wilson has written several political thrillers, most of which are set in West Africa, but they are, alas, largely unavailable in the U.S.In A Small Death in Lisbon, the narrative switches back and forth between 1941 and 1999, and Wilson's wide knowledge of history and keen sense of place make the eras equally vibrant. In 1941 Germany, Klaus Felsen, an industrialist, is approached by the SS high command in a none-too-friendly manner and is "persuaded" to go to Lisbon and oversee the sale--or smuggling--of wolfram (also known as tungsten, used in the manufacture of tanks and airplanes). World War II Portugal is neutral where business is concerned, and too much of the precious metal is being sold to Britain when Germany needs it to insure that Hitler's blitzkrieg is successful.Cut to 1999 Lisbon, where the daughter of a prominent lawyer has been found dead on a beach. Ze Coelho, a liberal police inspector who is a widower with a daughter of his own, must sift through the life of Catarina Oliveira and discover why she was so brutally murdered. Her father is enigmatic, her mother suicidal; her friends were rock musicians and drug addicts.The reader is treated to a wonderful portrait of Lisbon in the aftermath of the 1974 revolution that ousted Salazar from power, and the scars from that conflict are still close to the surface for the citizens of Lisbon, including Coehlo and his colleagues. We also see World War II in a slightly different manner from that to which we are accustomed--through the eyes of the Germans and the Portuguese. The pace of the book is leisurely but compelling as the events of 1941 and those in 1999 merge in an extraordinary climax

The Sunshine Boys


Neil Simon - 1973
    Now they aren't even speaking. When CBS requests them for a "History of Comedy" retrospective, a grudging reunion brings the two back together, along with a flood of memories, miseries and laughs."It's ham on wry...Simon's sure footed craftsmanship and his one liners are as exquisitely apt as ever."-New York Post"Delicious and oddly affecting."-T

Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes: Fifty Tantalizing Problems of Chess Detection


Raymond M. Smullyan - 1994
    The progressively more difficult puzzles include a double murder.

Tramp in Armor


Colin Forbes - 1969
    Only the British Force stands between the enemy and the coast. Can one British tank which is coming up behind the German lines destroy a whole German tank division?

The Flash Season Zero


Andrew Kreisberg - 2015
    An all-new  series taking place the world of smash-hit  TV show The Flash! Follow the adventures of Barry Allen as he struggles to balance his job as a police crime scene investigator, his unrequited crush on Iris West (who also happens to be his boss' daughter) and his new life as Central City's guardian angel.Collects THE FLASH SEASON ZERO #1-12.

Ride a Pale Horse


Helen MacInnes - 1984
    One false move could cost Karen her life -- and throw the world into violent war.