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Fall of a Kingdom 

Mitch Albom

From the author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie, a new novel that millions of fans have been waiting for. "Every family is a ghost story . . ." Mitch Albom mesmerized readers around the world with his number one New York Times bestsellers, The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie. Now he returns with a beautiful, haunting novel about the family we love and the chances we miss. For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one As a child, Charley "Chick" Benetto was told by his father, "You can be a mama's boy or a daddy's boy, but you can't be both." So he chooses his father, only to see the man disappear when Charley is on the verge of adolescence. Decades later, Charley is a broken man. His life has been crumbled by alcohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his family. He hits bottom after discovering his only daughter has shut him out of her wedding. And he decides to take his own life. He makes a midnight ride to his small hometown, with plans to do himself in. But upon failing even to do that, he staggers back to his old house, only to make an astonishing discovery. His mother--who died eight years earlier-is still living there, and welcomes him home as if nothing ever happened. What follows is the one "ordinary" day so many of us yearn for, a chance to make good with a lost parent, to explain the family secrets, and to seek forgiveness. Somewhere between this life and the next, Charley learns the astonishing things he never knew about his mother and her sacrifices. And he tries, with her tender guidance, to put the crumbled pieces of his life back together. Through Albom's inspiring characters and masterful storytelling, readers will newly appreciate those whom they love--and may have thought they'd lost--in their own lives. For One More Day is a book for anyone in a family, and will be cherished by Albom's millions of fans worldwide.

For One More Day

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Scott Westerfeld

Margo Lanagan

Deborah Biancotti

Signed by Scott Westerfeld. Never been read

X-Men meets Marissa Meyer's Renegades when New York Times bestselling author of the Uglies series Scott Westerfeld teams up with award-winning authors Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti in the second book of an explosive new trilogy about six teens with unique abilities.

They thought they'd already faced their toughest fight. But there's no relaxing for the reunited Zeroes.

These six teens with unique abilities have taken on bank robbers, drug dealers, and mobsters. Now they're trying to lay low so they can get their new illegal nightclub off the ground.

But the quiet doesn't last long when two strangers come to town, bringing with them a whole different kind of crowd-based chaos. And hot on their tails is a crowd-power even more dangerous and sinister.

Up against these new enemies, every Zero is under threat. Mob is crippled by the killing-crowd buzz--is she really evil at her core? Flicker is forced to watch the worst things a crowd can do. Crash's conscience--and her heart--get a workout. Anon and Scam must both put family loyalties on the line for the sake of survival. And Bellwether's glorious-leader mojo deserts him.

Who's left to lead the Zeroes into battle against a new, murderous army?

Swarm (signed)

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A fresh repackaging of the bestselling Uglies books...the series that started the whole dystopian trend!

Extras (signed)

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Kendare Blake

Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father's mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. They follow legends and local lore, destroy the murderous dead, and keep pesky things like the future and friends at bay. Searching for a ghost the locals call Anna Dressed in Blood, Cas expects the usual: track, hunt, kill. What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage, a ghost like he's never faced before. She still wears the dress she wore on the day of her brutal murder in 1958: once white, now stained red and dripping with blood. Since her death, Anna has killed any and every person who has dared to step into the deserted Victorian she used to call home. Yet she spares Cas's life.

Anna Dressed in Blood (signed)

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Carlyn Greenwald

A Novel

An unputdownable queer coming-of-age rom-com about life and love in Hollywood. * "Both an irresistible love story and a riveting exploration of Hollywood dynamics." --Rachel Lynn Solomon, New York Times bestselling author of The Ex Talk

For aspiring cinematographer Luna Roth, coming out as bisexual at twenty-four is proving more difficult than she anticipated. Sure, her best friend and fellow queer Romy is thrilled for her--but she has no interest in coming out to her backwards parents, she wouldn't know how to flirt with a girl if one fell at her feet, and she has no sexual history to build off. Not to mention she really needs to focus her energy on escaping her emotionally-abusive-but-that's-Hollywood talent manager boss and actually get working under a real director of photography anyway.

When she meets twenty-eight-year-old A-list actress Valeria Sullivan around the office, Luna thinks she's found her solution. She'll use Valeria's interest in her cinematography to get a PA job on the set of Valeria's directorial debut--and if Valeria is as gay as Luna suspects, and she happens to be Luna's route to losing her virginity, too . . . well, that's just an added bonus. Enlisting Romy's help, Luna starts the juggling act of her life--impress Valeria's DP to get another job after this one, get as close to Valeria as possible, and help Romy with her own career moves.

But when Valeria begins to reciprocate romantic interest in Luna, the act begins to crumble--straining her relationship with Romy and leaving her job prospects precarious. Now Luna has to figure out if she can she fulfill her dreams as a filmmaker, keep her best friend, and get the girl. . . or if she's destined to end up on the cutting room floor.

Sizzle Reel

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Christopher Buehlman

Moving to rural Georgia, a failed academic plans to write a history of his family's old plantation and the horrors that occurred there but instead discovers a sense of unspoken dread among the townspeople and a long-standing debt of blood. Reprint.

Those Across the River

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J. L. Bourne

Once on the fringes of horror, the "zombie apocalypse," has become one of the most buzzworthy genres in popular culture. Now, in Day by Day Armageddon, J.L. Bourne delivers an intelligent, gripping thriller that will leave both new and die-hard zombie fans breathless--perfect for fans of The Walking Dead.

Sporadic news reports indicate chaos and violence spreading through U.S. cities. An unknown evil is sweeping the planet. The dead are rising to claim the Earth as the new dominant species in the food chain.This is the handwritten journal depicting one man's struggle for survival. Trapped in the midst of global disaster, he must make decisions; choices that ultimately mean life, or the eternal curse to walk as one of them. Enter if you will into his world. The world of the undead.

Day by Day Armageddon

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Lisa Wells

Learn to Write Funny Scenes

THE COMPLETE HUMOR GUIDE FOR NOVELISTSThis book is for any author who wants to learn how to add humor to their novel - be it a romantic comedy, a thriller, a mystery, a historical, a fantasy, a biography, a work of literary fiction, a speech, or even an obituary. I know I want my obituary to make readers smile. In this book, you'll learn a variety of tricks and tips to easily add moments of humor to your story. Plus, there are exercises to help you perfect the tricks and practice the tips. Why do you need this skill? Because humor will enhance your story characters and your storyline and your story dialogue. Not to mention, humor hits will help your book to stand out in the memory of your readers?in a good way.Plus, rumor has it, learning to write funny burns more calories than an hour of spin class.Bottom line, if you want to learn to think funnier-and then take those funny thoughts and put them on the page-this book is for YOU.This book, however, is not for the person who wants to learn to be a comedian.

How to Add Humor to Your Novel

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Robert Masello

Signed by the author. Slight wear on cover edges.

After months of seclusion following a tragic accident, journalist Michael Wolfe accepts an assignment in Antarctica, where the scientists and explorers at a South Pole research station stumble upon two bodies at the bottom of the ocean, two young people who carry a deadly curse in their blood that allows them to rise from their tomb to live again. Reprint.

Blood and Ice (signed)

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Sarah Gailey

Book has been read but is in almost perfect condition. Signed by the author. Plus a bookmark with character art

Sarah Gailey's The Echo Wife is "a trippy domestic thriller which takes the extramarital affair trope in some intriguingly weird new directions."--Entertainment Weekly

I'm embarrassed, still, by how long it took me to notice. Everything was right there in the open, right there in front of me, but it still took me so long to see the person I had married.

It took me so long to hate him.

Martine is a genetically cloned replica made from Evelyn Caldwell's award-winning research. She's patient and gentle and obedient. She's everything Evelyn swore she'd never be.

And she's having an affair with Evelyn's husband.

Now, the cheating bastard is dead, and both Caldwell wives have a mess to clean up.

Good thing Evelyn Caldwell is used to getting her hands dirty.

A page-turning near-future domestic suspense novel, this chilling read combines the eerie family drama of Shirley Jackson with the propulsive pacing of Ruth Ware.

The Echo Wife (signed)

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Extinctions Embrace (signed)

J. B. B. Winner

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A well-written and imaginative adventure novel about a dark superhero, whose past has obligated him to become the protector of the innocent. Fun and entertaining. --Paul Jenkins (Eisner Award Winning writer of Inhumans, Spider-Man, and The Incredible Hulk)

The Strand Prophecy (signed)

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A few bends and creases on cover and edges. Signed by the author

"A summer visit to Washington, DC, turns into adventure and mayhem when Rose Doolittle witnesses the kidnapping of Percy Quince Clamdollar, teenage son of the U.S. president. What the White House won't tell the press is that the ransom is Presidential pardon for Neville Dredd, a lifer in Leavenworth for killing a bank guard. Dismissed by the adults in charge of the case, 12-year-old Rose makes friends with tour companions Toni Dench and Keybo Stokes. When Tenwasset, an Indian ghost who died 1,000 years ago, provides clues even the FBI doesn't have, Rose and her friends journey to a historic James River plantation, where they find "Peek" Clamdollar held captive."--Cover

The Clamdollar Caper (signed)

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Casey Fahy

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The Seven Isles of Ameulas (signed)

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M. J. Sewall

Dream of Empty Crowns

The kingdom of the Thirteen needs a new King, and the lottery begins. Gordon is secretly relieved he has no chance as he stands among the crowds in front of the Choosing Tower, filled with names. Knowing his sweetblood illness takes him out of the running, everyone is shocked when he is chosen king. But he wasn't supposed to be chosen. True control of the kingdom lies with Firstcouncilor Trunculin, whose pursuit of absolute power means wresting control away from the boy king by any means. In Gordon's new world of danger and betrayal, he is forced to flee his own kingdom. Pursued by the airships, and the very soldiers sworn to protect him, the young king is forced to align with great warriors and unexpected allies. His fate lies in finding the strength to save not just himself, but maybe his entire world. Chosen King is a fast paced, exciting adventure with larger than life villains, and memorable warrior heroes for readers of any age. Mixed with political intrigue and dangerous journeys, it also features the first diabetic hero in a fantasy series.

Chosen King (signed)

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G. Lloyd Helm

World Without End (signed)

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Harry Turtledove

The Hot War

In his acclaimed novels of alternate history, Harry Turtledove has scrutinized the twisted soul of the twentieth century, from the forces that set World War I in motion to the rise of fascism in the decades that followed. Now, this masterly storyteller turns his eyes to the aftermath of World War II and asks: In an era of nuclear posturing, what if the Cold War had suddenly turned hot?
 
Bombs Away begins with President Harry Truman in desperate consultation with General Douglas MacArthur, whose control of the ground war in Korea has slipped disastrously away. MacArthur recognizes a stark reality: The U.S. military has been cut to the bone after victory over the Nazis--while China and the USSR have built up their forces. The only way to stop the Communist surge into the Korean Peninsula and save thousands of American lives is through a nuclear attack. MacArthur advocates a strike on Chinese targets in Manchuria. In actual history, Truman rejected his general's advice; here, he does not. The miscalculation turns into a disaster when Truman fails to foresee Russia's reaction.
 
Almost instantly, Stalin strikes U.S. allies in Europe and Great Britain. As the shock waves settle, the two superpowers are caught in a horrifying face-off. Will they attack each other directly with nuclear weapons? What countries will be caught in between?
 
The fateful global drama plays out through the experiences of ordinary people--from a British barmaid to a Ukrainian war veteran to a desperate American soldier alone behind enemy lines in Korea. For them, as well as Truman, Mao, and Stalin, the whole world has become a battleground. Strategic strikes lead to massive movements of ground troops. Cities are destroyed, economies ravaged. And on a planet under siege, the sounds and sights of nuclear bombs become a grim harbinger of a new reality: the struggle to survive man's greatest madness.

Praise for Bombs Away
 
"A fascinating and compelling story of real people caught in forces beyond their control . . . [Harry Turtledove is] the unrivaled monarch of alternate history."--Analog
 
"Turtledove is an undisputed centerpiece of the alternate-history genre, and now, to his already grand display, he's adding the ambitious tale of a WWIII that could have happened."--Booklist
 
"This is Turtledove at his best."--SFRevu
 
"Alternate-world warrior extraordinaire Turtledove delivers the opening barrage of a new speculative conflict."--Kirkus Reviews

Bombs Away (signed)

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Faith Hunter

In this series set in the same world as the Jane Yellowrock novels, New York Times bestselling author Faith Hunter introduces Nell Ingram, who wields powers as old as the earth.

When Nell Ingram met skinwalker Jane Yellowrock, she was almost alone in the world, exiled by both choice and fear from the cult she was raised in, defending herself with the magic she drew from her deep connection to the forest that surrounds her.

Now, Jane has referred Nell to PsyLED, a Homeland Security agency policing paranormals, and agent Rick LaFleur has shown up at Nell's doorstep. His appearance forces her out of her isolated life into an investigation that leads to the vampire Blood Master of Nashville.

Nell has a team--and a mission. But to find the Master's kidnapped vassal, Nell and the PsyLED team will be forced to go deep into the heart of the very cult Nell fears, infiltrating the cult and a humans-only terrorist group before time runs out...

Blood of the Earth

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Lawrence Goldstone

Nancy Goldstone

Travels in the Book World

The authors rrecount how they became interested in collecting books and describe the interesting people they have met in the course of their collecting

Used and Rare

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Anthony Horowitz

Book is in excellent condition, but it has a sticker on the cover I have been unable to remove

After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.

Stormbreaker

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Django Wexler

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

When her father is lost at sea shortly after meeting a very unusual visitor, Alice must leave her home to live with an "uncle" whose rural Pennsylvania estate includes a massive and mysterious library that holds much more than books.

The Forbidden Library (signed)

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Alexander C. Hoffman

Brand new signed paperback. Never been read

The Outcast

After what happened in the capital, Estoria is no longer safe for Rowan. He is now a fugitive, wanted for aiding in the murder of his king. His master is dead and everyone close to him thinks that he is too.With no other choice, Rowan seeks to exile himself to Lauratrea. He faces death without a care as his failures weigh upon him.But back in Estoria preparations are being made to go to war. Gannon has taken charge of the capital and the country, and he will stop at nothing to extend his reach and start his war for power and dominance.As the winds of war begin to blow, only two people have the power to stop it. Rowan...and the princess that he believes dead.

A Knight's Journey (Signed)

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Alexander Hoffman

Signed paperback copy. New, never been read.

Rowan has lived with his father and his brother in the hills of the Corrinthian Valley for almost seventeen years. He knows that his family's farm holds only chores and plants and predictability. He can envision exactly how his life will play out. Every day. Every season. When the apples will fall and when the frost will come. Always the same, year after year. It is not the life for him. So when a storm brings with it a strange visitor, a knight named Baird, Rowan seizes the opportunity and leaves his home behind. He travels with Baird to the capitol city of Estoria, but the life he finds there is filled with difficult choices and responsibilities. A threat is looming, and the capitol and the royal family may be in need of Baird and Rowan now more than ever.

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