The Alabama and the Kearsarge: The Sailor's Civil War (Civil War America) (Paperback)

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On June 19, 1864, the Confederate cruiser Alabama and the USS Kearsarge faced off in the English Channel outside the French port of Cherbourg. About an hour after the Alabama fired the first shot, it began to sink. more...

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I Think All Men are Gay! (Paperback)

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Enter the world of Paranoia, and meet Vanessa a sarcastic and sometimes insanely psychotic woman that since a few events during her teen hood has come to the conclusion that ALL men are gay. Not just some men, but all and in some cases in her scattered brain women as well. In this controversial topic read through the events and sometimes delusional thoughts that has led Vanessa to her conclusion on sexuality and the human species as a whole. more...

The Peacekeepers. The Citadel. Book 6. (Kindle Edition)

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In the Guadalupe Mountains of Texas, the peacekeepers discover the base for Phoenix Rising, which was a secret government project that planned to utilize the work of the development team who’d designed the Peacekeeper. The project plans called for storing one hundred fighters in the subterranean base. Those fighters would provide air cover for America in the event of a nuclear conflict. The fighters had not been delivered prior to the night of the quakes.

Inside that base, which the peacekeepers had code named the citadel, they discovered an aircraft unlike any other they had ever seen. Though the aircraft utilized peacekeeper technology, it was unarmed. In the wake of the retrofitting of the ship, Pol asked the question, “What upcoming event or challenge will make the resources of this ship and the citadel necessary?”

The peacekeepers learned the answer to that question just hours later.

Calling on all of their resources, the peacekeepers race to prevent a nuclear strike on American soil.
In the Guadalupe Mountains of Texas, the peacekeepers discover the base for Phoenix Rising, which was a secret government project that planned to utilize the work of the development team who’d designed the Peacekeeper. The project plans called for storing one hundred fighters in the subterranean base. Those fighters would provide air cover for America in the event of a nuclear conflict. The fighters had not been delivered prior to the night of the quakes.

Inside that base, which the peacekeepers had code named the citadel, they discovered an aircraft unlike any other they had ever seen. Though the aircraft utilized peacekeeper technology, it was unarmed. In the wake of the retrofitting of the ship, Pol asked the question, “What upcoming event or challenge will make the resources of this ship and the citadel necessary?”

The peacekeepers learned the answer to that question just hours later.

Calling on all of their resources, the peacekeepers race to prevent a nuclear strike on American soil.
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Stargazing Dog (Paperback)

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Translated from the Japanese bestseller, this story centers on Oto-san, a man who finds himself abandoned by his family and friends with nothing in his life happening the way he had planned. He embarks on a road trip to escape it all, and he soon discovers the only one he can count on completely is his faithful, recently adopted dog, who helps him see the light at the end of the tunnel. Illustrating the valuable lessons of friendship and loyalty, this is a heartwarming tale of two endearing characters and their shared adventure into the unknown.

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) (Hardcover)

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During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths.For most children, summer vacation is something to look forward to. But not for our 13-year-old hero, who's forced to spend his summers with an aunt, uncle, and cousin who detest him. The third book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series catapults into action when the young wizard "accidentally" causes the Dursleys' dreadful visitor Aunt Marge to inflate like a monstrous balloon and drift up to the ceiling. Fearing punishment from Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon (and from officials at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who strictly forbid students to cast spells in the nonmagic world of Muggles), Harry lunges out into the darkness with his heavy trunk and his owl Hedwig.

As it turns out, Harry isn't punished at all for his errant wizardry. Instead he is mysteriously rescued from his Muggle neighborhood and whisked off in a triple-decker, violently purple bus to spend the remaining weeks of summer in a friendly inn called the Leaky Cauldron. What Harry has to face as he begins his third year at Hogwarts explains why the officials let him off easily. It seems that Sirius Black--an escaped convict from the prison of Azkaban--is on the loose. Not only that, but he's after Harry Potter. But why? And why do the Dementors, the guards hired to protect him, chill Harry's very heart when others are unaffected? Once again, Rowling has created a mystery that will have children and adults cheering, not to mention standing in line for her next book. Fortunately, there are four more in the works. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson Features: ISBN13: 9780439136358, Condition: New, Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed more...

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Mus of Kerbridge (Paperback)

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Captured by a wizard and trained to spy on the princess of Kerbridge, Mus the mouse defects and helps the princess and her servant centaurs do battle against the warlady of the south. Original. 35,000 first printing. more...

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A Christmas to Believe In (Three Kings) (Kindle Edition)

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Struggling Thoroughbred breeder, Clint King, hasn’t been home for Christmas in five years. This year, his prize mare's due to foal any day, and in the wake of his father’s death, Clint can’t stand the idea of returning. Except, Alex is getting married on Christmas Eve, and their mother’s put her foot down. With his mare in tow, Clint prepares to meet a sister he’s never known, and Alex’s unexpected triplets. The one salvation he looks forward to is childhood companion, tomboy Jesse Saurs. Yet when he reunites with Jesse, he uncomfortably discovers she’s become all woman.
Jesse Saurs has everything she needs – financial security, a home, and a foster child who’s about to become her son. With Ethan’s final hearing scheduled just before Christmas, her dreams will come true. When she learns Clint and his brothers are returning, she anticipates a holiday reunion that’s sure to entertain Ethan. But on the night of Clint’s return, the ‘brother’ she expected leaves her trembling after a hug. Even worse, Ethan makes it clear Clint's not welcome.
Will Christmas destroy hopes and dreams, or will it become the gift they've all been longing for?Struggling Thoroughbred breeder, Clint King, hasn’t been home for Christmas in five years. This year, his prize mare's due to foal any day, and in the wake of his father’s death, Clint can’t stand the idea of returning. Except, Alex is getting married on Christmas Eve, and their mother’s put her foot down. With his mare in tow, Clint prepares to meet a sister he’s never known, and Alex’s unexpected triplets. The one salvation he looks forward to is childhood companion, tomboy Jesse Saurs. Yet when he reunites with Jesse, he uncomfortably discovers she’s become all woman.
Jesse Saurs has everything she needs – financial security, a home, and a foster child who’s about to become her son. With Ethan’s final hearing scheduled just before Christmas, her dreams will come true. When she learns Clint and his brothers are returning, she anticipates a holiday reunion that’s sure to entertain Ethan. But on the night of Clint’s return, the ‘brother’ she expected leaves her trembling after a hug. Even worse, Ethan makes it clear Clint's not welcome.
Will Christmas destroy hopes and dreams, or will it become the gift they've all been longing for? more...

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Strange Future: A 23rd Century Guide for the 21st Century Cynic (Paperback)

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Thomas Gordon's life in the city was going just fine. He had a decent job, a nice condo, and was generally content with life. One day, however, his boss was in a particularly foul mood, and a chain of inexplicable mishaps resulted in Thomas getting fired. Fed up with the world, he begins to search for an escape to a better life. While sitting at the Realtor's office, he stumbles upon a flyer on a bulletin board that asks a simple question: "Fed Up?" After calling the number on the pull tab, he meets a group of scientists with an interesting proposition: human cryogenic preservation... Thomas and his companions Vera and Doug emerge into the strange future of the twenty-third century: a world full of amazing technological advances and equally amazing people. Upon digging a little further below the surface, though, they quickly discover that this future isn't exactly the "better world" that everyone thought it would be... more...

The Return of Martin Guerre (Paperback)

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The Inventive Peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost persuaded the learned judges at the Parlement of Toulouse, when on a summer's day in 1560 a man swaggered into the court on a wooden leg, denounced Arnaud, and reestablished his claim to the identity, property, and wife of Martin Guerre. The astonishing case captured the imagination of the Continent. Told and retold over the centuries, the story of Martin Guerre became a legend, still remembered in the Pyrenean village where the impostor was executed more than 400 years ago.

Now a noted historian, who served as consultant for a new French film on Martin Guerre, has searched archives and lawbooks to add new dimensions to a tale already abundant in mysteries: we are led to ponder how a common man could become an impostor in the sixteenth century, why Bertrande de Rols, an honorable peasant woman, would accept such a man as her husband, and why lawyers, poets, and men of letters like Montaigne became so fascinated with the episode.

Natalie Zemon Davis reconstructs the lives of ordinary people, in a sparkling way that reveals the hidden attachments and sensibilities of nonliterate sixteenth-century villagers. Here we see men and women trying to fashion their identities within a world of traditional ideas about property and family and of changing ideas about religion. We learn what happens when common people get involved in the workings of the criminal courts in the ancien régime, and how judges struggle to decide who a man was in the days before fingerprints and photographs. We sense the secret affinity between the eloquent men of law and the honey-tongued village impostor, a rare identification across class lines.

Deftly written to please both the general public and specialists, The Return of Martin Guerre will interest those who want to know more about ordinary families and especially women of the past, and about the creation of literary legends. It is also a remarkable psychological narrative about where self-fashioning stops and lying begins.

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Broken Jesus, Shattered Bride (Paperback)

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Ready or not...this is a call to all Christians to take a long, honest look at what we are doing, and to take action to live the true message of Jesus Christ. It's time to do away with the pettiness and fragmentation that dominate so much of Christian culture today. Broken Jesus, Shattered Bride seeks to bring unity to all Christians so that we can live in the true spirit of the Church. Ready or not...it's time we all dare to hear this message. more...

Wonderstruck (Collector's Edition) (Hardcover)

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From Brian Selznick, the creator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret, the Caldecott Medal winner, comes another breathtaking tour de force.

Set fifty years apart, two independent stories — Ben's told in words and Rose's in pictures — weave back and forth with mesmerizing symmetry. How they unfold and ultimately intertwine will surprise you, challenge you, and leave you breathless with wonder.

Ever since his mom died, Ben feels lost.
At home with her father, Rose feels alone.
He is searching for someone, but he is not sure who.
She is searching for something, but she is not sure what.
When Ben finds a mysterious clue hidden in his mom's room,
When a tempting opportunity presents itself to Rose,
Both children risk everything to find what's missing.

With over 460 pages of original drawings and playing with the form he invented in his trailblazing debut novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick once again sails into uncharted territory and takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey. Rich, complex, affecting, and beautiful, Wonderstruck is a stunning achievement from a uniquely gifted artist and visionary. more...

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Primer of Visual Literacy (Paperback)

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This primer is designed to teach students the interconnected arts of visual communication. The subject is presented, not as a foreign language, but as a native one that the student "knows" but cannot yet "read."

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An Everlasting Hope: A Hope That Does Not Disappoint! (Paperback)

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Author Sandra K. Bouie takes you on a mother's journey from the bowels of despair to the brink of a newfound hope. Take hold of the hope set before you! A Blessed Hope! Learn about the one, who will never disappoint you, never fail you, nor leave you. His name is Jesus! A must-read for mothers everywhere! Blended with the private and intimate moments shared only with the Lord of All Hope, this book should not be missed by any reader, but experienced by them all. more...

Hounds of Heaven (Kindle Edition)

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Humanity is on the verge of extinction with no hope in sight.

Dom a battle hardened resistance fighter has been a warrior for over 2,000 years…he’s fed up with killing and seeing death. He’s ready to give up and watch the planet die along with every last human.

Dom receives one last mission that gives hope to ending a war that’s spanned centuries and he struggles with the world he once knew and the world he now suffers in.

Dom must first comes to terms with the actions he set in motion hundreds of years ago that led humanity to the brink of extinction.

Dom stops at nothing to accomplish his mission leaving behind a trail bodies along the way with a final battle that will push him and his team to their limit.

The final outcome being the fate of the planet and the human race.

Some scenes of graphic violence and sexual situation.
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A History of Western Philosophy (Paperback)

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Since its first publication in 1945? Lord Russell's A History of Western Philosophy has been universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject -- unparalleled in its comprehensiveness, its clarity, its erudition, its grace and wit. In seventy-six chapters he traces philosophy from the rise of Greek civilization to the emergence of logical analysis in the twentieth century. Among the philosophers considered are: Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, the Atomists, Protagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Cynics, the Sceptics, the Epicureans, the Stoics, Plotinus, Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, Benedict, Gregory the Great, John the Scot, Aquinas, Duns Scotus, William of Occam, Machiavelli, Erasmus, More, Bacon, Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, the Utilitarians, Marx, Bergson, James, Dewey, and lastly the philosophers with whom Lord Russell himself is most closely associated -- Cantor, Frege, and Whitehead, co-author with Russell of the monumental Principia Mathematica. more...

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Taking Stock (Paperback)

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Tiny magnetic dots locked deep in Boston's financial district hold the keys to $44 billion. The massive fortune is spread among seventy-five thousand customers and only the computers know exactly how the shares are divided at any given time. Millions are spent to keep the systems safe in their temperature controlled room and keep Internet-based hackers at bay. No one knows this better than the people assigned to safeguard this fortune. Erica Fletcher is one such guardian, buried by an insurmountable workload, precisely how she likes it. Beautiful, smart, tough, nothing can knock her off course and nothing penetrates her defenses. She's locked her emotions away and poured her life into her career. She's a superstar among her peers and a nightmare to any man who tries to control her. Erica's boss wants her out and their confrontation wakes Erica to a stark reality. She's traded her life for success and security, forever running from her mother's mistakes. Her roommate convinces her to slow down and just as her first real romance blooms, her life is thrown into chaos. Two hundred million has disappeared from the firm and the evidence all points to Erica. She fights for her life as she struggles to hold on to the new woman she's become. Features: ISBN13: 9780976778813, Condition: New, Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! more...

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Treason (Navy Justice, Book 1) (Paperback)

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The stakes are high . . . and the entire world is waiting for the verdict. The Navy has uncovered a group of radical Islamic clerics who have infiltrated the Navy Chaplain Corps, inciting sailors and marines to acts of terrorism. And Lieutenant Zack Brewer has been chosen to prosecute them for treason and murder. Only three years out of law school, Zack has already made a name for himself, winning the coveted Navy Commendation medal. Just coming off a high-profile win, this case will challenge the very core of Zack's skills and his Christian beliefs---beliefs that could cost him the case and his career. With Diane Colcernian, his staunchest rival, as assistant prosecutor, Zack takes on internationally acclaimed criminal defense lawyer Wells Levinson. And when Zack and Diane finally agree to put aside their animosity, it causes more problems than they realize. more...

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