Ken Follett

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

While doing research on twins and the genetic components of aggression, scientist Jeannie Ferrari stumbles upon a dangerous secret Cold War genetics experiment with ties to a deadly cabal of big business, right-wing politics, and her own university president. 500,000 first printing.

The Third Twin

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Hampton Sides

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission

Chronicles the daring mission of the elite U.S. Army Sixth Ranger Battalion to slip behind enemy lines in the Phillipines and rescue the 513 American and British POWs who had spent over three years in a hellish, Japanese-run camp near Cabanatuan. 100,000 first printing.

Ghost Soldiers

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Kate Morton

A long-lost letter arriving at its destination fifty years after it was sent lures Edie Burchill to crumbling Milderhurst Castle, home of the three elderly Blythe sisters, where Edie's mother was sent to stay as a teenager during World War II.

The Distant Hours

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Jean Shepherd

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

From the wild and wacky world of favorite funnyman Jean Shepherd, a dozen truer-than-life tales of tailgating on the Jersey Tumpike, infuriating infants, and other everyday catastrophes, defeats, and humiliations that are the familiar fate of Americans everywhere.

Jean Shepherd was one of America's favorite humorists, his most notable achievement being the creation of the indefatigable Ralphie Parker and his quest for a BB gun in the holiday classic A Christmas Story. But he was so much more, a comic Garrison Keillor-like figure whose unique voice transcended the airwaves and affected a whole generation of nostalgic Americans. A Fistful of Fig Newtons is classic Jean Shepherd-sidesplittingly funny and sardonically irreverent. It is a brilliant comic assessment of American life-all of them delivered in Jean Shepherd's witty, classy, unforgettable style.

A Fistful of Fig Newtons

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Bloody Mary and Other Tales for a Dark Night

Khaled Hosseini

Missing book sleeve cover, other than that in excellent condition.

Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, the #1 New York Times bestseller A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love. “Just as good, if not better, than Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling first book, The Kite Runner.”—Newsweek Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers today. Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them-in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul-they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation. With heart-wrenching power and suspense, Hosseini shows how a woman's love for her family can move her to shocking and heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival. A stunning accomplishment, A Thousand Splendid Suns is a haunting, heartbreaking, compelling story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

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John Lloyd

John Mitchinson

Missing book sleeve, but other than that excellent condition.

Smart Quotes for Dumb Times

John Lloyd and John Mitchinson have proven themselves to be masters at digging up obscure facts, abstruse information, and amusing anecdotes and presenting them effortlessly, somewhat slyly, with either great wit or at least a little bit of tongue in cheek. Their gifts are on full display in Quote Interesting, a lively, wonderfully enjoyable anthology of hundreds of quotes you probably have never heard before, arranged thematically from A to Z. From laugh-out-loud-funny bon mots to some real headscratchers, Lloyd and Mitchinson have gathered a universe of star-studded blurbs like:

"The Beatles are dying in the wrong order." --Victor Lewis Smith
"When you forget to eat, you know you're alive." --Henry James

"I think people would be alive today if there were a death penalty." --Nancy Reagan

"You know 'that look' women get when they want sex? Me neither." --Steve Martin

If Ignorance Is Bliss, Why Aren't There More Happy People?

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The Formidable Female Behind the Throne, On the Phone, and (Sometimes) Under the Bed

Wild Women in the White House

M. R. Carey

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The USA Today bestseller Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her "our little genius." Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh. The Girl With All the Gifts is a groundbreaking thriller, emotionally charged and gripping from beginning to end.

The Girl with All the Gifts

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Karl H. Schlesier

A Novel of the Nez Perces

"The Nez Percé War of 1877 draws young John Seton, whose upbringing and ancestry cast him as an outsider in sharply contrasting worlds. His quest to find identity and place in the clash of cultures propels him on the historical 1200-mile Nez Percé march toward a last refuge in Canada"--Provided by publisher.

Aurora Crossing

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Richard Lederer

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

The Feats, Fates, Families, Foibles, and Firsts of Our American Presidents

Presents entertaining details about the lives of the United States presidents in a compilation of fascinating facts and historical trivia that encompasses everything from politics and policy to presidential nicknames, White House pets, presidential diversions, and more.

Presidential Trivia

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Omar Nasiri

My Life with Al Qaeda

From Europe's burgeoning terrorist underground, to the training camps of Afghanistan, to the radical mosques of London, this is a unique and chilling insider's story of the rise of Al Qaeda and the intelligence services that struggle to contain it. Between 1994 and 2000, Omar Nasiri worked as a secret agent for Europe's top foreign intelligence services -- including France's DGSE (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure), and Britain's MI5 and MI6. From the netherworld of Islamist cells in Belgium, to the training camps of Afghanistan, to the radical mosques of London, he risked his life to defeat the emerging global network that the West would come to know as Al Qaeda. Now, for the first time, Nasiri shares the story of his life -- a life balanced precariously between the world of Islamic jihadists and the spies who pursue them. As an Arab and a Muslim, he was able to infiltrate the rigidly controlled Afghan training camps, where he encountered men who would later be known as the most-wanted terrorists on earth, going so far as to form a sleeper cell in Europe with Al Qaeda's top recruiter in Pakistan and London's radical cleric Abu Qatada. A detailed portrait of a complex man who fought on both sides, Inside the Jihad is a terrifying, suspenseful look at an organization that continues to be a global threat.

Inside the Jihad

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Martin Greenberg

The Greatest Stories

A collection of stories by various authors.

Haunted Houses

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Laura Lippman

Thirty years ago two sisters disappeared from a shopping mall. Their bodies were never found and those familiar with the case have always been tortured by these questions: How do you kidnap two girls? Who—or what—could have lured the two sisters away from a busy mall on a Saturday afternoon without leaving behind a single clue or witness? Now a clearly disoriented woman involved in a rush-hour hit-and-run claims to be the younger of the long-gone Bethany sisters. But her involuntary admission and subsequent attempt to stonewall investigators only deepens the mystery. Where has she been? Why has she waited so long to come forward? Could her abductor truly be a beloved Baltimore cop? There isn't a shred of evidence to support her story, and every lead she gives the police seems to be another dead end—a dying, incoherent man, a razed house, a missing grave, and a family that disintegrated long ago, torn apart not only by the crime but by the fissures the tragedy revealed in what appeared to be the perfect household. In a story that moves back and forth across the decades, there is only one person who dares to be skeptical of a woman who wants to claim the identity of one Bethany sister without revealing the fate of the other. Will he be able to discover the truth?

What the Dead Know

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Phil Mason

And Other Small Events That Changed History

Discusses how small events impacted the outcomes of significant historical events, describing the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Battle of Waterloo, along with Adolph Hitler's real name, the almost stillbirth of Pablo Picasso, and more.

Napoleon's Hemorrhoids

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Ted Widmer

Caroline Kennedy

The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy

Offers annotated transcripts of recordings from the secretly-installed recording systems in the oval office and cabinet room of the White House during the John F. Kennedy presidency, covering several of the most important events of the day.

Listening In

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Tad Tuleja

The People Behind More Than 400 Words and Expressions

So who are the Joneses everyone is trying to keep up with? Who is Uncle Sam? And was Caesar really born by Cesarean section? The master of madcap trivia, Tad Tuleja, is at it again. In the spirit of his bestselling books, Fabulous Fallacies and Curious Customs, Tuleja delves into the mysteries of the often-faceless names that are sprinkled throughout most conversations in America. Take a look at the origins of over 400 words and expressions in American popular culture that have immortalized someone's name -- and find out why!

Marvelous Monikers

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John Stossel

Why Government Fails-But Individuals Succeed

New York Times bestselling journalist John Stossel shows how the expansion of government control is destructive for American society.

The government is not a neutral arbiter of truth. It never has been. It never will be. Doubt everything. John Stossel does. A self-described skeptic, he has dismantled society's sacred cows with unerring common sense. Now he debunks the most sacred of them all: our intuition and belief that government can solve our problems. In No, They Can't, the New York Times bestselling author and Fox News commentator insists that we discard that idea of the "perfect" government--left or right--and retrain our brain to look only at the facts, to rethink our lives as independent individuals--and fast.

With characteristic tenacity, John Stossel outlines and exposes the fallacies and facts of the most pressing issues of today's social and political climate--and shows how our intuitions about them are, frankly, wrong:

* the unreliable marriage between big business, the media, and unions

* the myth of tax breaks and the ignorance of their advocates

* why "central planners" never create more jobs and how government never really will

* why free trade works--without government Interference

* federal regulations and the trouble they create for consumers

* the harm caused to the disabled by government protection of the disabled

* the problems (social and economic) generated by minimum-wage laws

* the destructive daydreams of "health insurance for everyone"

* bad food vs. good food and the government's intrusive, unwelcome nanny sensibilities

* the dumbing down of public education and teachers' unions

* how gun control actually increases crime

. . . and more myth-busting realities of why the American people must wrest our lives back from a government stranglehold.

Stossel also reveals how his unyielding desire to educate the public with the truth caused an irreparable rift with ABC (nobody wanted to hear the point-by- point facts of ObamaCare), and why he left his long-running stint for a new, uncensored forum with Fox. He lays out his ideas for education innovation as well and, finally, makes it perfectly clear why government action is the least effective and desirable fantasy to hang on to. As Stossel says, "It's not about electing the right people. It's about narrowing responsibilities." No, They Can't is an irrefutable first step toward that goal.

No, They Can't

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Kirsten Holmstedt

American Women at War in Iraq

In Iraq, the front lines are everywhere . . . and everywhere in Iraq, no matter what their job descriptions say, women in the U.S. military are fighting--more than 155,000 of them. A critical and commercial success in hardcover, Band of Sisters presents a dozen groundbreaking and often heart-wrenching stories of American women in combat in Iraq, such as the U.S.'s first female pilot to be shot down and survive, the military's first black female pilot in combat, a young turret gunner defending convoys, and a nurse struggling to save lives, including her own. AUTHOR: Kirsten Holmstedt has appeared on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, CNN, C-SPAN's BookTV, and numerous local television and radio stations nationwide. An award-winning writer with twenty years of experience, she lives in North Carolina. SELLING POINTS: Now available in paperback Winner of the 2007 American Authors Association Golden Quill Award Winner of the 2007 Military Writers Society of America Founder's Award 70 colour photos

Band of Sisters

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Paul Slansky

Not-So-Great Moments in Modern American Politics

An irreverent collection of political faux pas celebrates some of the past half century's most infamous verbal blunders, in a compendium that categorizes entries under such headings as "inaccurate prognostications" and "Freudian slips."

Idiots, Hypocrites, Demagogues, and More Idiots

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Lee Smith

A Novel

“Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction . . . Gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work.” —Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl It’s 1936 when orphaned thirteen-year-old Evalina Toussaint is admitted to Highland Hospital, a mental institution in Asheville, North Carolina, known for its innovative treatments for nervous disorders and addictions. Taken under the wing of the hospital’s most notable patient, Zelda Fitzgerald, Evalina witnesses cascading events that lead up to the tragic fire of 1948 that killed nine women in a locked ward, Zelda among them. Author Lee Smith has created, through a seamless blending of fiction and fact, a mesmerizing novel about a world apart--in which art and madness are luminously intertwined.

Guests on Earth

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Reader's Digest Editors

How New Evidence Is Transforming the Story of the Past

Delves into recent findings and myths that have been proven as fact in relation to historical events, including the discovery of tartan-clad mummies in China and the location of Noah's Flood.

Truth about History

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Ernie Couch

History

Fascinating facts, figures, and foibles of the forty-two U.S. presidents and their first ladies.

Do you know . . .

 * Which president could simultaneously write in Greek with one hand and in Latin with the other?
 * As a young law student, what president broke into the dean's office at Duke University Law School?
 * Which president, at age seventeen, underwent a gall bladder operation without anesthesia?
 * Who was the first president to be born in the twentieth century?
 * What was Bill Clinton's name at birth?
 * When finding himiself short of funds during poker games, President Warren G. Harding sometimes used what White House items with which to ante?
 * Which president became stuck in a White House bathtub?
 * In the May 1995 issue of Outlaw Biker magazine, who was selected as "First Lady of the Century"?
 * Early morning skinnydipping in the Potomac River was a frequent activity of which president?
 * Who became president of the United States without having been elected as president or vice president?

In Presidential Trivia more than 1,200 unusual, interesting, and little-known facts are assembled in a volume that will tantalize the mind and teach history. It's a handy guide offering more than 200 years of facts about those who have served in the position that is today the most influential one in world politics. Presidential Trivia will encourage readers to learn more about each of the fascinating individuals who have served as president of the United States of America.

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Nancy Pickard

Seventeen years after the discovery of a female murder victim near Small Plains, Kansas, the girl's grave has become the source of strange miracles and legends, until the return of prodigal son Mitch Newquist threatens to bring old secrets to light.

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Bloody Mary and Other Tales for a Dark Night

Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

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If Ignorance Is Bliss, Why Aren't There More Happy People?

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Wild Women in the White House

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The Girl with All the Gifts

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Richard Lederer

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What the Dead Know

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Napoleon's Hemorrhoids

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