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Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Uncovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process

by Irene M. Pepperberg

Published: 2008-11-01

Hardcover: 240 pages

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On September 6, 2007, an African Grey parrot named Alex died prematurely at age thirty-one. His last words to his owner, Irene Pepperberg, were "You be good. I love you." What would normally be a quiet, very private event was, in Alex's case, headline news. Over the thirty years they had w...

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Alex Cross, Run

by James Patterson

Published: 2013-07-30

Paperback: 432 pages

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Detective Alex Cross arrests renowned plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for sleeping with teenage girls. Now, his life ruined, Creem is out of jail, and he's made sure that no one will recognize him--by giving himself a new face. A young woman is found hanging from a sixth-floor window, and Ale...

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Alex Cross's TRIAL

by James Patterson, Richard DiLallo

Published: 2009-08-24

Hardcover: 380 pages

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Separated by timeFrom his grandmother, Alex Cross has heard the story of his great uncle Abraham and his struggles for survival in the era of the Ku Klux Klan. Now, Alex passes the family tale along to his own children in a novel he's written--a novel called Trial.Connected by bloodAs a la...

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Alexander Hamilton

by Ron Chernow

Published: 2005-03-29

Paperback: 832 pages

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A New York Times Bestseller, and the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton!Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation.In the first fu...

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Alexandria Link

by Steve Berry

Published: 2007

Paperback: 544 pages

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The Alexandria Link: A Novel

by Steve Berry

Published: 2007-11-27

Paperback: 512 pages

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Cotton Malone retired from the high-risk world of elite operatives for the U.S. Justice Department to lead the low-key life of a rare-book dealer. But his quiet existence is shattered when he receives an anonymous e-mail: ?You have something I want. You?re the only person on earth who know...

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The Alexiad (Penguin Classics)

by Anna Comnena

Published: 2004-04-27

Paperback: 560 pages

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In this wise the Emperor settled the affairs of John and Gregory Gabras; then he started from Philippopolis and visited the valleys lying between Dalmatia and our territory. He traversed the whole narrow mountain ridge of what is locally called the "Zygum," but not on horseback (for the nature of the...

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Alfred and Emily

by Doris Lessing

Published: 2009-10-20

Paperback: 288 pages

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In this profoundly moving book, Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing explores the lives of her parents, each irrevocably damaged by the Great War. In the fictional first half of Alfred and Emily, she imagines the happier lives her parents might have made for themselves had there been no war. This ...

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Alfred and Emily. Doris Lessing

by Doris May Lessing

Published: 2008-05

Hardcover: 288 pages

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Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light

by Patrick Mcgilligan

Published: 2004-09-01

Paperback: 864 pages

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In a career that spanned six decades and more than sixty films, Alfred Hitchcock became the most widely recognized director who ever lived. His films -- including The 39 Steps, Notorious, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho, and The Birds -- set new standards for cinematic invention and storytell...