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* * * Optimistic,
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Topper

by Thorne Smith

Published: 1988-09-09

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"[Thorne Smith] created the modern American ghost.   A ghost with style and wit. A ghost that haunts us still." --The New York TimesThorne Smith is a master of urbane wit and sophisticated repartee. Topper, his best-known work, is the hilarious, ribald comedy on which the hit television ...

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When in French: Love in a Second Language

by Lauren Collins

Published: 2016-09-13

Hardcover: 256 pages

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A language barrier is no match for love. Lauren Collins discovered this firsthand when, in her early thirties, she moved to London and fell for a Frenchman named Olivier—a surprising turn of events for someone who didn’t have a passport until she was in college. But what does it mean t...

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* * * Boring,
Unconvincing,
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The 7th Canon

by Robert Dugoni

Published: 2016-09-27

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A riveting new legal thriller from the bestselling author of My Sister’s Grave.In San Francisco’s seamy Tenderloin district, a teenage street hustler has been murdered in a shelter for boys. And the dedicated priest who runs the struggling home stands accused. But despite damning evide...

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

by J.K. Rowling

Published: 2009

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A facsimile of Harry Potter's own edition of this comprehensive work on Magica Beasts, with Harry's friends' notes in the margins.

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay

by J.K. Rowling

Published: 2016-11-18

Hardcover: 304 pages

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J.K. Rowling's screenwriting debut is captured in this exciting hardcover edition of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them screenplay. When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives i...

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Quidditch Through the Ages (Harry Potter)

by Kennilworthy Whisp

Published: 2015-06-30

Hardcover: 128 pages

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The most checked-out book in the Hogwarts Library, and a volume no Quidditch player or Harry Potter fan should be without!If you have ever asked yourself where the Golden Snitch came from, how the Bludgers came into existence, or why the Wigtown Wanderers have pictures of meat cleavers on ...

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* * * * * Persuasive,
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The State of the American Mind: 16 Leading Critics on the New Anti-Intellectualism

Published: 2016-03-15

Paperback: 280 pages

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In 1987, Allan Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind was published; a wildly popular book that drew attention to the shift in American culture away from the tenants that made America—and Americans—unique. Bloom focused on a breakdown in the American curriculum, but many sensed tha...

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Spilled Blood

by Brian Freeman

Published: 2014-03-04

Paperback: 352 pages

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On a March night outside the river town of Barron, Minnesota, three teenage girls gather in a ghost town to play a terrifying game of Russian roulette. By morning, one girl will be dead, and another in jail. Olivia Hawk claims she didn't pull the trigger on Ashlynn Steele, but no one belie...

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The Memory House (A Honey Ridge Novel)

by Linda Goodnight

Published: 2016-01-26

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Welcome to Honey Ridge, Tennessee, where New York Times bestselling author Linda Goodnight invites you to a house rich with secrets and brimming with sweet possibilities Memories of motherhood and marriage are still fresh for Julia Presley—though tragedy took away both years ago. Findin...

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Cello Story

by Dimitry Markevitch

Published: 1994-10-01

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Translated from the French by Florence W. Seder, Dimitry Markevitch concludes his preface, or Prelude as he calls it: "History, fact and personal anecdote blend here to provide a complete story of the instrument. May this book entertain you, help you to know the cello to the fullest, and lead you to...