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Twelve Years a Slave - Solomon Northup
Kidnapped into slavery in 1841, Northup spent 12 years in captivity. This autobiographical memoir represents an exceptionally detailed and accurate description of slave life and pl... -
Wicked Appetite - Janet Evanovich
SUMMARY: Life in Marblehead has had a pleasant predictability, until Diesel arrives. Rumor has it that a collection of priceless ancient relics representing the Seven Deadly Sins h... -
The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness
From School Library JournalGrade 9 Up—Todd Hewitt lives in a world in which all women are dead, and the thoughts of men and animals are constantly audible as Noise. Graphically rep... -
The Giant Book of Poetry - William H. Roetzheim
The Giant Book of Poetry is an illustrated anthology of over 575 poems, more than 750 pages and over 60 illustrations representing ancient, classical, modern, and contemporary time... -
The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama
“A government that truly represents these Americans–that truly serves these Americans–will require a different kind of politics. That politics will need to reflect our lives as the... -
The Amateurs - David Halberstam
From Publishers WeeklyThe author of The Powers that Be and The Best and the Brightest tells of the dedication, competition and camaraderie of the athletes who represented the U.S. ... -
Star Wars_ The Old Republic_ Fa - Sean Williams
Tassaa Bareesh, a matriarch in the Hutt crime cartel, is holding an auction that’s drawing attention from across the galaxy. Representatives of both the Republic and the Sith Empir... -
Paris 1919 - Margaret Macmillan; Richard Hol
From Publishers WeeklyA joke circulating in Paris early in 1919 held that the peacemaking Council of Four, representing Britain, France, the U.S. and Italy, was busy preparing a "j... -
Linux Server Hacks, Volume Two - William von Hagen; Brian K. Jon
This handy reference offers 100 completely new server management tips and techniques designed to improve your productivity and sharpen your administrative skills. Each hack represe... -
Eaters of the Dead - Michael Crichton
SUMMARY: The year is A.D. 922. A refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Baghdad, encounters a party of Viking warriors who are journeying to the barbaric N...