Children's

Eragon

Christopher Paolini

$10.95

Now in paperback! Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes that he is merely a poor farm boy--until his destiny as a Dragon Rider is revealed. Gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. Now his choices could save--or destroy--the Empire.

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Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider Adventure)

Anthony Horowitz

$17.99

A charity broker/con artist raises millions of dollars in donations and invests them in a form of genetically modified corn that has the power to release an airborne strain of a virus so powerful it can knock out an entire country on one windy day. The antidote? Alex Rider.

Inkdeath

Cornelia Funke

$24.99

In the follow-up to "Inkheart" and "Inkspell," Dustfinger is dead and the evil Adderhead is now in control. Meggie and Mo, lost between the covers of a book, face a curse of eternal winter unless they can rewrite past wrongs and strike a dangerous deal with death.

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The Maze of Bones (39 Clues #1)

Rick Riordan

$12.99

Let the hunt begin. During the reading of their grandmother's will, Dan and Amy Cahill learn that the secrets to their family's power is hidden in the form of 39 Clues around the world. This interactive new series allows readers to collect the cards, win the game, and win the prizes.

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Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles #1)

Rick Riordan

$17.99

To stop Egyptian god Set from going after their father, siblings Carter and Sadie embark on a dangerous journey across the globe--a quest which brings them ever closer to the truth about their family, and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.

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Prince of Persia (Graphic Novel)

Jordan Mechner and A.B. Sina

$7.99

Journey deeper into the legend--an epic adventure steeped in ancient Persian lore--the tale of a prince from a distant land outside of time. Based on the Disney movie adaptation starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

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Fiction

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Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War

Karl Marlantes

$24.95

Thirty years in the making, Marlantes's epic debut is a dense, vivid narrative spanning many months in the lives of American troops in Vietnam as they trudge across enemy lines, encountering danger from opposing forces as well as on their home turf.

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The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet

Reif Larsen

$16.00

This brilliant, boundary-leaping debut novel traces 12-year-old genius map-maker T.S. Spivet's attempts to understand the ways of the world.

Best Friends Forever

Jenifer Weiner

$15.00

With incomparable humor and heart, Weiner presents her latest novel, which depicts the nuances of female friendship.

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Zulu

Caryl Ferey

$15.00

Winner of the Grand Prix for Best Crime Novel of 2008, "Zulu" tells the storyof Ali Neuman, chief of the homicide branch of the Cape Town police, a job inwhich he must do battle with South Africa's two scourges: widespread violenceand AIDS.

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The Last Time I Saw You

Elizabeth Berg

$25.00

From the beloved bestselling author of "Home Safe" and "The Year of Pleasures" comes a wonderful new novel about women and men reconnecting with one another--and themselves-at their 40th high school reunion.

A Change in Altitude

Anita Shreve

$14.99

With stunning language and striking emotional intensity, "A Change in Altitude" illuminates the inner landscape of a couple, the irrevocable impact of tragedy, and the elusive nature of forgiveness.

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Dawn of the Dreadfuls: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Steve Hockensmith and Jane Austen

$12.95

Witness the genesis of the zombie plague in early 19th-century England in this terrifying and hilarious prequel to the bestselling "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies." Watch as Elizabeth Bennet evolves from a naive young teenager into a savage slayer of the undead.

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A Week in December

Sebastian Faulks

$27.95

From the author of the bestselling "Birdsong" comes a powerful novel that melds the moral heft of Dickens with the satirical spirit of Tom Wolfe. With daring skill and savage humor, "A Week in December" explores the complex patterns of modern urban life.

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Non Fiction

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The Wolf: How One German Raider Terrorized the Allies in the Most Epic Voyage of WWI

Richard Guilliatt and Peter Hohnen

$27.00

"The Wolf" tells the long-forgotten drama of a World War I secret German warship that was also a floating international prison.

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The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898

Evan Thomas

$29.99

From the bestselling author of "Sea of Thunder" comes a riveting narrative about America's ferocious drive towards empire during the Gilded Age, and the uncanny resemblance of the Spanish-American War to the Iraq War of today.

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Women, Food, and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything

Geneen Roth

$24.00

The bestselling author of "When Food Is Love" helps overeaters find the underlying reasons for using food as an emotional buffer. Roth also provides seven basic guidelines for eating and other therapeutic self-help tools.

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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

Michael Lewis

$27.95

In this brilliant account of how the U.S. economy has been driven over the cliff, the author of the bestseller "Liar's Poker" explains how the free fall of the American economy occurred and who, exactly, is to blame.

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Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang

Chelsea Handler

$25.99

In the hilarious new book from the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea," the comedian mines the wealth of material that is her family, her sex life, and her distinctively outrageous worldview.

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Life in Year One: What the World Was Like in First-Century Palestine

Scott Korb

$25.95

For anyone who's ever pondered what everyday life was like during the time of Jesus comes a lively and illuminating portrait of the nearly unknown world of daily life in first-century Palestine. Korb guides readers through the maze of customs and traditions of the age.

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Making the Grades: My Misadventures in the Standardized Testing Industry

Todd Farley

$16.95

The No Child Left Behind Act uses the phrase scientifically-based research more than 100 times when discussing standardized testing, but Making the Grades raises serious questions about the validity of many large-scale assessments simply by describing one man's career in the industry. This first-hand account of life in the testing business is alternately edifying and hilarious.

Essential Economics: An A-Z Guide

Matthew Bishop

$15.00

For anyone who wants a better understanding of this far-from-dismal science, here is a clear and illuminating guide written by the chief business writer for The Economist. Following an introductory essay on how economics is at a crossroads as a result of the global financial crisis, the A-Z explains everything "absolute advantage," though "Laffer curve," all the way to "zero-sum game." This useful and exceptionally well written guide provides an understanding of economics that will help anyone in business, in politics and public service, and even in their private lives make decisions that will help produce the results they are hoping to achieve.

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Cooking/Food/Wine

Chicken & Sides

Jamie Purviance

$14.95

The Weber brand shows that it knows how to use the grill, not just how to make one. These works include all the information needed to know before firing up the grill. Each book features 66 delicious recipes and color photos throughout.

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Pig: King of the Southern table

James Villas

$34.95

A nose-to-tail guide to the very best Southern pork recipes, from an award-winning food writer. Includes 300 recipes for pork dishes of all kinds, including appetizers, soups, sides, rice dishes, and even breads.

Pizza on the Grill: 100 Fiesty Fire-Roasted Recipes for Pizza & More

Elizabeth Karmel and Bob Blumer

$16.00

Americans love pizza and Americans love to grill--put them together and you have your own made-at-home version of a wood-oven pizza, straight from your gas or charcoal grill. "Pizza on the Grill" contains 100 recipes for innovative, just-got-to-make-it pizzas--including dessert pizzas--that will make you the backyard patio grill meister or mistress of your neighborhood--think Thai One On Pizza, Pulled Pork Pizza, and Fig, Walnut, and Rosemary Pizza, along with traditional classics like Pizza Margherita and Little Italy Pepperoni Pizza. Each recipe will contain music-to-grill-by and drink suggestions, as well as appetizers and salads to round out the meal and make this a one-top entertaining resource.

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Taste of Home: Grill It!

$15.95

This all-new follow-up to "Backyard Grilling" is filled with more than 300 easy-to-follow recipes and tips to help anyone create perfectly grilled meals. Full color.

Pure

Terra Elan McVoy

$8.99

Tabitha and her four best friends all wear Purity Rings, symbols of the virginity-until-marriage pledge they made as tweens. Now 15, the girls split apart when one of them admits that she has broken the pledge.

Burned

Ellen Hopkins

$9.99

The critically acclaimed author of "Crank" returns with a gripping, masterful novel, told in verse, that weaves a riveting story about a teenage girl who is raised in a fundamentally religious yet abusive family

Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side

Beth Fantasky

$8.99

Marrying a vampire definitely doesn't fit into Jessica Packwood's senior year "get-a-life" plan. But then a bizarre (and incredibly hot) new exchange student named Lucius Vladescu shows up, claiming that Jessica is a Romanian vampire princess by birth--and he's her long-lost fiance.

L.A. Candy

Lauren Conrad

$9.99

The debut novel by the star of MTV's #1 show, "The Hills," offers a fast-paced, honest, and entertaining fictional account of what it's like to come of age in Hollywood while starring in a reality TV show--written by a girl who has experienced it all firsthand.