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Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, 10th Anniversary Edition

by John Taylor Gatto

Published: 2002-02-01

Paperback: 144 pages

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With over 70,000 copies of the first edition in print, this radical treatise on public education has been a New Society Publishers? bestseller for 10 years! Thirty years in New York City's public schools led John Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory schooling does little but teach y...

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Dune

by Frank Herbert

Published: 2003-08-26

Kindle Edition: 894 pages

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Frank Herbert’s epic masterpiece—a triumph of the imagination and the bestselling science fiction novel of all time.Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot a...

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Dune (S.F. Masterworks Paperback)

by Frank Herbert

Published: 2007-10-18

Hardcover: 448 pages

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Dune Road

by Jane Green

Published: 2009-06-02

Hardcover: 384 pages

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Unabridged CDs ? 10 CDs, 12 hoursA sparkling new novel from the New York Times? bestselling author of The Beach House.

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Dune Road: A Novel

by Jane Green

Published: 2009-06-16

Hardcover: 352 pages

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A sparkling new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Beach House Jane Green's last novel, The Beach House, was an instant New York Times bestseller and captured her largest audience yet. From the sunny green lawns of Connecticut to the cafés of London to the sandy beach...

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Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)

by Frank Herbert

Published: 2005-08-02

Paperback: 544 pages

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Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family--and would bring...

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Duplicity Dogged the Dachshund (Dixie Hemingway Mysteries, No. 2)

by Blaize Clement

Published: 2007-10-30

Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages

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Everybody who loves dachshunds knows about their adventurous streak. So when Mame, the elderly dachshund in Dixie Hemingway's care, gets away from her to investigate a mound of mulch, Dixie isn't surprised. What the dachshund digs up, however, is not only a surprise but a trigger for a who...

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Durable Goods: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

by Elizabeth Berg

Published: 2010-12-15

Kindle Edition: 224 pages

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On the hot Texas army base she calls home, Katie spends the lazy days of her summer waiting: waiting to grow up; waiting for Dickie Mack to fall in love with her; waiting for her breasts to blossom; waiting for the beatings to stop. Since their mother died, Katie and her older sister, Dian...

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Dusklands

by J. M. Coetzee

Published: 1985

Paperback: 144 pages

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A shattering pair of novellas in the tradition of Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Dusklands probes the links between the powerful and the powerless. "Vietnam Project" is narrated by a researcher investigating the effectiveness of United States propaganda and psychological warfare in Vietnam. The question...

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Dust and Shadow

by Lyndsay Faye

Published: 2009-04-11

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From the gritty streets of nineteenth century London, the loyal and courageous Dr. Watson offers a tale unearthed after generations of lore: the harrowing story of Sherlock Holmes's attempt to hunt down Jack the Ripper. As England's greatest specialist in criminal detection, Sherlock Hol...