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Linux All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, For Dummies Series, Barkakati, Item — $1.99
* Eight minibooks spanning over 850 pages deliver the scoop on the latest versions of seven leading Linux distributions: Fedora Core, SUSE, Debian, Xandros, SimplyMEPIS, Knoppix, and Ubuntu. * The DVD includes the full Fedora Core and Knoppix distributions plus ISO images of the other distributions covered, saving hours of downloading time. * This new edition includes all-new coverage of the SimplyMEPIS and Ubuntdistributions, an added section on the Skype Internet telephone system, and expanded...

Kathy Smith: Peel off the Pounds Pilates, Kathy Smith, DVD — $9.99
January 06, 2009: If you read the description, Kathy Smith uses the foundational basis of Pilates. This is NOT a Pilates workout - there is no attention to breathing, no 100s, Teasers, Roll Like a Ball, etc. The lower body workout has the most Pilates based movements. The cardio is typical Kathy Smith. There is plenty of reference to using your Core and keeping your abs sucked in.

Sesame Street: 123 Count With Me, DVD — $9.99
January 21, 2005: Ernie gives a stellar performance -- and proves that Sesame Street still has what it takes to stir audiences, both young and old. Pretty much a Broadway-quality revue, this DVD holds entertainment promise for the whole family AND teaches the young ones how to count. WHAT FUN!

Family Comedies: 4 Film Favorites, DVD — $19.99
Space Jam: Commentary by Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and director Joe Pyka; Music videos; Music-only audio track; Theatrical trailer; Looney Tunes Back In Action: Full-screen version; Looney Tunes OUt of Action: Best scenes you've never seen; Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote in The Whizzard of Ow; Behind the Tunes: Tour the film set with Bugs and Daffy; Bang Crash Boom: Rabbit and Duck perspectives on special effects DVD-ROM enhanced features: Link to additional scenes; Theatrical trailer; Funky Monkey...

Elliott Yamin, Elliott Yamin — $9.53
Our folio features all 11 songs from the self-titled debut album by this former "American Idol" contestant: Alright

Simon Boccanegra, Giuseppe Verdi — $3.33
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KJV Personal Size Giant Print Reference Bible, Nelson Bibles — $11.85
Read-Along References® and Read-Along Translations®. Self-pronouncing text. Words of Jesus in red. Presentation page. Giant print concordance. Full-color maps. Ribbon marker and gift box. 6-page Full-color Family Record Section. Fulfilled Prophecies of Christ. Read Your Bible Through in a Year. Summary of the Books of the Bible.

Far from the Madding Crowd, Everyman's Library Series, Thomas Hardy — $1.99
Hardy's rustic tale of Bathsheba Everdean and her three suitors comes to life through Thorne's expert narrative performance. Hardy's works often change pace and character quickly, a point which Thorne uses advantageously to wind us through this insightful novel. Thorne's interpretation of the text removes the distance which so often exists between Victorian literature and the modern reader. Thorne's performance skills transcend age and gender. The listener can envision each of the workers as they...

Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, Toby Keith, Music CD — $12.19
Five years isn't really a long time to generate 12 monster-size hits for a greatest-hits album, but that's exactly what Toby Keith did. From his first album in 1993 to the release of his first greatest-hits package in 1998, Keith has culled some of his best singles from the charts to create a 14-track ode. He includes only two newbies -- the deliciously suggestive "Getcha Some" and the achingly troubled "If a Man Answers." Those are the first two tracks on the album, so you can get them out of the...

Tales of a Librarian: A Tori Amos Collection, Tori Amos, Music CD — $14.99
February 07, 2004: I ordered this cd several days ago, and I'm pleased to say that I'm not dissapointed!! I have been a "toriphile" for at least 5 years, and this new compilation of her greatest hits is absolutely the best!! I had the great opportunity to see her live at Radio City Music Hall in N.Y.C., and it was an out of body experience. She is in every sense of the word a true "musician". I love Tori Amos's music, and will never tire listening to it.

Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans, Music CD — $46.89
America's most musical city is a daunting topic for any collection, even a four-disc box set. From Dixieland, jazz, blues, rock 'n' roll, R&B, and funk to the Francophone world of swamp pop, Cajun, and zydeco to the folk musics of vodou and the Mardi Gras Indians, the Crescent City has a number of musical histories to tell. Fortunately, it also supplies a homegrown metaphor: gumbo. That savory stew of disparate ingredients is mirrored in the magpie assortment of music -- old, new, Cajun, and very...

Expert Resumes for Health Care Careers, Wendy S. Enelow — $1.99
This career guide contains 99 sample resumes for physicians, surgeons, nurses, allied health practitioners and technicians, dentists, pharmacists, clinical researchers, health care administrators, and educators. The opening section suggests strategies for getting a resume noticed and securing an interview, identifies the key components of a professional resume, and compares the layout of the traditional printed resume with the newer electronic and web versions. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland...

Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek, Bruce M. Metzger — $4.58
Bruce M. Metzger is the George L. Collord Professor of New Testament Language and Literature Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary. A past president of the Society of Biblical Literature and the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, he has made valuable contributions to the areas of textual criticism, philology, paleography, and translation.

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, Bathroom Reader's Institute — $1.99
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader is a quirky, compulsively readable, and just-plain-fun compendium for the 68 % of Americans who read in the john—and anyone with a wacky sense of humor. Offbeat trivia, riddles, weird-but-true stories. Clueless criminals, like the guy who robbed two gas stations while wearing a court-ordered monitoring device. Strange inventions: electronic underwear that measures your vital signs, calls emergency services if necessary, and is machine-washable! Plus The Bare Facts, Spaced...

Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock, Eric A. Kimmel — $18.95
Gr 1-4 Anansi the Spider happens upon an unusual stone that magically puts him to sleep for an hour. The master trickster decides to use the rock to get the food stores from the rest of the local residents. Each animal is taken in turn to the strange moss-covered rock, says the magic phrase, and promptly falls asleep to have its food pilfered by Anansi. All the while, however, Little Bush Deer silently watches. Ultimately, it is small and shy Deer who outwits Anansi and returns the food to its rightful...

New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge, New York Times — $4.29
Want to ensure large sales for a reference book? Use the terms "essential" or "authoritative" in the title and invoke the name of a venerable library or media institution. To be sure, some books that bear these trademark titles are indeed useful. But it is disturbing when reference book blurbs become book titles; the pedantic and overwritten introduction certainly further hypes this desk reference. With its 700,000 words of text, it straddles the gray area between almanac and encyclopedic...

Moyers on Democracy, Bill Moyers — $1.99
Veteran journalist and author Moyers (Moyers on America, The Power of Myth) staunchly attacks conservative government as one of "millions of Americans who are restless to get on with their revolution." In this volume-a collection of speeches, addresses, talks and lectures from as far back as the '80s-Moyers argues that participatory citizenship breathes life into American democracy, and whatever undermines active citizenship threatens to destroy the system. Moyers reminds readers that the U.S. stands...

The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot Series), Hercule Poirot Series, Agatha Christie, Audio Book — $39.95
I have always found myself fascinated by a man who is described in this book as "hardly more than five feet, four inches, but carried himself with great dignity. His head was exactly the shape of an egg, and he always perched it a little on one side. His moustache was very stiff and military. The neatness of his attire was almost incredible. I believe a speck of dust would have caused him more pain than a bullet wound." This description was given by Arthur Hastings who is narrating the book. Colonel...

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1970s, Shirley Jones, DVD — $19.99
Take a trip back to an era when musicals were evolving into something much more than fluffy dance-a-thons with happy endings in this documentary hosted by Academy Award-winner Shirley Jones. Disco and rock were transforming the musical as audiences knew it. All of a sudden it wasn't about families dancing together in rolling hills, but kids rebelling in the classroom, strutting disco dancers, and sweet transvestites with a taste for intergalactic mayhem. In this film, Jones offers an in-depth look...

Terry Jones' Barbarians, Terry Jones — $2.41
In the Monty Python film Life of Brian, a member of the People's Front of Judea asks, "What have the Romans ever done for us?" (apart from, of course, the "sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health"). The director of that movie-and now popular historian-Jones (Who Murdered Chaucer?), along with Ereira (The People's England), now answer the question: a bit, but nowhere near as much as the barbarians did. Jones attempts to...

Breast Milk - a Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References — $26.73
In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading." Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing. Since only the smallest fraction of information dealing with breast milk is indexed in search engines...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Aladdin Classics Series, Mark Twain — $1.99
What does a young boy do when he witnesses a murder but is terrified the murderer will come after him and kill him if he tells anyone what he saw? This terrible quandary is just one of the trials young Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn face after they see a man killed. On top of this worry about being attacked by the murderer, Tom has to deal with a meddlesome aunt, an ornery teacher, and a pretty girl who does not respond to his schoolboy affection. Quite an adventure for a boy who started...

The Confessions of Saint Augustine, Augustine of Hippo, CD Audiobook — $20.55
Here is the timeless conflict between good and evil as it is intimately portrayed through the life of Saint Augustine. This autobiography reveals the emotional intensity with which Augustine lives his life. Discover how he obtained his spiritual growth and unshakable faith.

Invisible Acts of Power, Caroline Myss — $3.00
Now, in this inspiring new book, Myss expands her message about power in an entirely new spiritual direction. With characteristic originality, she explains how we become channels for divine grace and a conduit for miracles through kind, compassionate, generous actions, or, as she calls them, invisible acts of power. When we act compassionately, without a private agenda or expectation of credit or reward, God works invisibly, anonymously through us. And as we move from visible acts, such as giving...

2001: A Space Odyssey, Keir Dullea, Blu-ray — $26.99
August 27, 2009: To be honest, I always thought this movie was terrible. I thought it was overrated, too slow, and just the most boring thing in the world. That is, until I finally watched it all the way through from start to finish and then watched it AGAIN a second time in the same sitting. WOW. The thing that amazed me the most about this movie were the special effects. Yes, they're a little dated and from the '60s, but they still look amazing and more believable than other sci-fi films...

I Am America (And So Can You!), Stephen Colbert, CD Audiobook — $13.49
On the title page of the galleys of this ironically strident, annoying, repetitive, dishonest, priggish, self-congratulatory, exploitational, celebrity-driven, offensive -- and often extremely funny -- book, it says, in the credits, "Additional material: Ipsum Lorem." Do you know what that means? Well, I do -- now, A.G. (After Google). It's a two-word snip of dummy text -- meaningless Latin-sounding words used from the 1500s to this day by typesetters, to give the appearance of printed words without...

Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences, Jacob Cohen — $46.18
Statistical Power Analysis is a nontechnical guide to power analysis in research planning that provides users of applied statistics with the tools they need for more effective analysis. The Second Edition includes:

Dying To Belong, Nochimson — $70.41
Illuminates the way gangster films deal with the ambiguities of modern life, correcting the notion that this genre is inconsequential sensationalism. Contends that both American and Hong Kong gangster films are against-the-grain reactions to the central fable of modern democracies that promise immigrant (and other) outsiders that they can become social insiders. Draws on a range of American films, ranging from Public Enemy and Scarface to Gangs of New York, Goodfellas, and The Godfather. Explores...

A Handbook of Bioanalysis and Drug Metabolism, Gary Evans — $129.00
Features: The first half of the book focuses on bioanalysis and on the use of the resultant data for pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling. These chapters are quite straightforward in their ordering and their individual presentations. The subsequent sections discuss phase I and II enzymes and metabolism, in vitro approaches in drug metabolism, and the role of molecular biology inthe field. These chapters, especially the metabolism and the molecular biology chapters, are somewhat problematic...

Perfect Phrases for Documenting Employee Performance Problems, Perfect Phrases Series, Anne Bruce — $4.12
June 10, 2005: This is just what I needed. You can't very well call a lazy slob a lazy slob on a performance review but now I can...in a nice way. This book has provided me with positive ways to turn problem employees into productive, happy workers just by PROPERLY identifying their weak points. You'll never find yourself sitting there wondering how to word a performance review anymore. Just open this book and find the section that applies to your sistuation. This book makes perforemance...

The Supreme Genius of King Khan & the Shrines, King Khan, Music CD — $11.69
Vice Records, the musical offshoot of the hilariously snarky Vice Magazine, compiles the best tracks from King Khan & the Shrines' career, piling together 16 of the boys' greasiest platters for The Supreme Genius of King Khan & the Shrines . Vice could be considered the perfect holding cell for the smirking Khan (often pictured in less than pants), whose image relies on tongue-in-cheek sexiness and whose lyrics revel in perverse humor. But beneath all the boisterous tomfoolery lies a surprisingly...

The Basic Guide to Supervision and Instructional Leadership, Carl D. Glickman — $52.26
* The relationship of school improvement with the local community and larger society is explored to show how school change is relevant to all phases of life (Chapters 2 and 3). * The text now connects supervision with cultural diversity and social justice so that school leaders can act in accordance with these new realities (Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, 14, 16, 19, 20, and 22). * Supervisor self-assessment is included to illustrate how school leaders can reflect on and change their behaviors (Chapter ...

The Complete Book of Baseball Handouts, Bob Bennett — $19.77
An exhaustive resource that offers 187 handouts covering every aspect of the sport, from throwing and catching to conducting clinics and camps. Bob Bennett draws on nearly 50 years of coaching experience in presenting this invaluable collection of drills, checklists, tests, charts, practice plans, and other tools. Topics include hitting, pitching, infield play, outfield play, baserunning, and other fundamentals; as well as teamwork, the psychology of coaching, fundraising and stadium building, and...

A History of Business in Medieval Europe 1200-1550, Medieval Textbooks Series, Edwin S. Hunt — $16.52
This book reviews business in medieval western Europe, probing its Roman and Christian heritage to discover the economic and political forces that shaped its organization.

Options as a Strategic Investment, Lawrence G. McMillan — $41.35
The new edition is revised to represent the latest trading vehicles and applications, including coverage of long-term equity anticipation securities LEAPs, preferred equity redemption cumulative stocks PERCs, neutral trading, futures options, warrants, and standard portfolio analysis of risk SPAN. The idea, of course, is to maximize earnings and reduce risk—no matter how the market is performing. Strategy techniques and examples show how to do it.

Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology, Hal Leonard Corp., Item — $7.73
Reserve it at BN.com & pick it up in 60 minutes at your local store.

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 On Demand, On Demand Series, Steve Johnson — $18.83
Create workbooks more efficiently using a new results-oriented interface. Use data-analysis tools and techniques for better decision making. Use organizing, processing, and presenting tools to create data in Excel. Integrate data from external sources and add hyperlinks. Use conditional formatting to visualize results. Add impact to your data with PivotTable and PivotChart reports. Create organizational data reporting and publishing solutions. Organize information and add impact with clip...

Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Series, Robert Beymer — $12.00
Now in a thoroughly updated and revised sixth edition, Boundary Waters Canoe Area: Western Region continues to be the definitive guide for outdoor enthusiasts seeking to enjoy a land of beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Veteran travel writer and outdoorsman Robert Beymer provides details on 27 entry points in the western part of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and includes important information on the length of time needed to complete each trip, distances and difficulty of each trip, number of lakes...

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, P.S. Series, Paulo Coelho — $5.00
Coelho adds fiber to his usual dish of inspirational spun-sugar with this new Christian romance, set in Spain and the Pyrenees. The story follows practical law student Pilar, who at 28 has lost her faith and who suddenly finds herself pursued by a childhood friend she hasn't seen for ten years. One day in December, she receives a letter inviting her to a lecture on religion that that long-lost friend will give in Madrid. Pilar finds that he's now a believer in the miracle of the "Magic Moment," an...

The Story of My Life, Helen Keller, CD Audiobook — $35.95
There are several excellent books on this level about Helen Keller: Helen Keller, Nigel Hunter, Bookwright, 1986; Helen Keller A Light for the Blind, Kathleen V. Kudlinski, Viking, 1989; Helen Keller, Richard Tames, Franklin Watts, 1989). This is a classic; special because it is an autobiographical account of a young woman who overcame being deaf and blind. All the fears, trials and emotions of her struggles from childhood come through in exquisite language. 1993 (orig.

Through a Glass Darkly, Karleen Koen — $1.99
London caught up in the feverish excitement of the South Sea Bubble and Paris under the licentious influence of the Duc D'Orleans make a glittering background for Koen's first novel. Much of the plotyoung noblewoman in love with and married to charismatic older man enters society and is disillusionedand many of the characterswillful, innocent heroine; adored, autocratic grandmother; and loveable, reckless brotherare standard fare. Historic detail, though abundant and accurate, is often marred by...

Merry Christmas! My First Mad Libs, Mad Libs Series, Unknown — $1.99
With over 60 reusable color-coded stickers that preschoolers can use to fill in the blanks, and stories to make them giggle, My First Mad Libs is perfect for parents and teachers to use as an introduction to reading. And Merry Christmas! My First Mad Libs is the perfect book for the holidays, too—after all, Christmas is the season to be jolly! With stories about Santa, stockings, cookies, and presents, this fun, silly book has everything that preschoolers love about Christmas. It's the super STICKY...

Delicious Drinks to Sip, Slurp, Gulp & Guzzle, Rose Dunnington — $1.99
Sluuurpp! That's the sound of a kid really enjoying a juice, smoothie, or other lip-smacking liquid concoction he or she has whipped up. Let youthful mixologists into the kitchen with this tempting collection of recipes, and they'll soon be producing something wonderful and healthy to gulp and guzzle. It's easy and exciting: all the fundamentals are here, from using the blender to presenting the drinks in chilled glasses with sugared rims and fabulous garnishes. The irresistible thirst quenchers...

Utopian And Dystopian Writing For Children And Young Adults, Vol. 29 — $105.89
This volume examines a variety of utopian writing for children from the 18th century to the present day, defining and exploring this new genre in the field of children's literature. The original essays discuss thematic conventions and present detailed case studies of individual works. All address the pedagogical implications of work that challenges children to grapple with questions of perfect or wildly imperfect social organizations and their own autonomy. The book includes interviews with creative...

L' Assommoir, Zola Emile Zola, Book — $10.16
The seventh novel in the Rougon-Macquart cycle, L'Assommoir (1877) is the story of a woman's struggle for happiness in working-class Paris. At the center of the story stands Gervaise, who starts her own laundry and for a time makes a success of it. But her husband soon squanders her earnings in the Assommoir, a local drinking spot, and gradually the pair sink into poverty and squalor.. L'Assommoir was a contemporary bestseller, outraged conservative critics, and launched a passionate debate about...

One Quiet Night [US Bonus Track], Pat Metheny, Music CD — $11.99
Pat Metheny by himself with an acoustic guitar -- for longtime fans it might not get any better. Always interested in blending jazz with folk and pop, the guitarist does just that, focusing heavily on the folk end of things on One Quiet Night . Featuring a nice afterglow interpretation of Norah Jones' hit "Don't Know Why" and an unexpected reinterpretation of "Ferry Cross the Mersey" which turns the Gerry & the Pacemakers classic into a poignant lament, the album also showcases Metheny as a melodic...

National Geographic: Relentless Enemies, Blu-ray — $19.99
Few of natures creatures share such a fierce rivalry as lions and buffalos, and in this documentary from National Geographic filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert the brutality of these confrontations is captured in all of its ferocious glory. Jason Buchanan , All Movie Guide

Business Fundamentals for the Rehabilitation Professional, Tammy Richmond — $5.14
Integrating small business guidelines with health care regulations, practice operations, and management concepts, Richmond and Powers, consultants to rehabilitation providers, show professionals and entrepreneurs how to operate a rehabilitation practice. Worksheets, checklists, and review questions are used to prepare readers to identify business opportunities, understand regulatory issues, conduct market research, create a mission statement, develop business and marketing plans, and manage finances...

Handbook of Research Methods in Clinical and Health Psychology, Jeremy Miles — $10.99
Features: The practical and hands-on nature of this book is its strength. It covers a wide variety of topics that are relevant to setting up research, carrying out studies, and analyzing data, including information about specific statistical approaches. Figures, tables, and summary charts visually illustrate key points. Some of the later chapters include valuable research examples and use variations of these examples to convey the information in an applied manner. Anadditional strength of this book...

Drawn Together: Season One, DVD — $26.99
Drawn Together is a one-joke series, but the joke is pretty inspired: Take eight animation archetypes and confine them to a house Big Brother -style. The characters include Clara, a Disney-esque fairy-tale princess; Foxxy Love, a jive-talkin’ “mystery-solving musician” (whom Clara assumes is the “servant girl”); Ling Ling, a sociopathic Pokémon type; the aptly named Captain Hero; Toots Braunstein, a black-and-white heartthrob from the 1920s; Xandir, an ambiguously gay video game warrior; Wooldoor...

Adventures of the Flying Cadets [Serial], Johnny Downs, DVD — $6.99
Four enterprising air cadets are suspected of a series of murders actually committed by The Black Hangman, a mysterious Nazi agent. A typical war-time serial, this Universal offering basically wasted the talents of one of the best screen villains in Hollywood history, the demonic-looking Eduardo Cianelli. Cianelli plays Karl Von Heiger, alias The Black Hangman, who has discovered a lost helium deposit in Darkest Africa. To safeguard the location, Von Heiger and mining engineer Arthur Galt ( Robert...

Why People Don't Heal and How They Can, Caroline Myss, CD Audiobook — $14.50
Myss is a medical intuitive, a person who "sees" illnesses in the body by intuitive means. Here she writes about healing, the various attempts people make to do it, and why they get "stuck." A global thinker, Myss looks at the entire civilization and at "astrological ages" when discussing healing. She also explains the influence of chakras and astrological ages on healing. At the heart of the book is Myss's challenge to five myths that stand in the way of healing: My life is defined by my wound ...

It Seemed Like a Good Idea..., William R. Forstchen — $1.99
Throughout the annals of history, the best of intentions—and sometimes the worst—have set in motion events with a vastly different outcome than originally intended. In this entertaining, fact-filled chronicle, William Forstchen and Bill Fawcett explore the watersheds of history that began as the best of ideas and ended as the worst of fiascoes.

Tandem Sit-on-top Kayaking, Sit-on-Top Guides, Tom Holtey — $6.48
Only 96 pages, a quick read...but packed with charts, checklists, a beginner's glossary, and over 60 excellent illustrations by artist Mike Altman. This new paperback introduces the beginner to their craft, its features, and the equipment needed to best enjoy the sport. It covers all the basic strokes and entry techniques. The book then discusses conditions that kayakers face while paddling: from wind and waves to oceans and fresh water. It gives the basics of touring, fishing, camping, surfing...

The History of Al-Tabari, SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies, Michael Fishbein — $21.95
The 21st volume describes the resurgence of the Umayyad dynasty after its near extinction due to opposition in its own homeland of Syria, rebellion by Shiites in Iraq, and a rival caliph in Medina and Mecca. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Way I Am, Eminem — $19.07
Illustrated with more than 200 full-color and black-and-white photographs-including family snapshots and personal Polaroids, it is a visual self-portrait that spans the rapper's entire life and career, from his early childhood in Missouri to the basement home studio he records in today, from Detroit's famous Hip Hop Shop to sold-out arenas around the globe. Readers who have wondered at Em's intricate, eye- opening rhyme patterns can also see, first-hand, the way his mind works in dozens of reproductions...

Lord of the Shadows (Cirque Du Freak Series #11), Cirque Du Freak Series, Darren Shan — $3.15
For months, Vampire Prince Darren Shan has been on a mission to kill Steve Leopard, the Vampaneze Lord and Darren's greatest enemy. Unable to shake the knowledge that either he or Steve must rise to become the deadly Lord of the Shadows and lead the world into possible devastation, Darren suffers from nightmares and frets about his humanity. He is now living back in his hometown, where his adventure began at the Cirque du Freak. During Darren's travels, Steve has amassed an army of humans and vampaneze...

Williams-Sonoma Entertaining, Williams-Sonoma — $10.00
A great cocktail party is a gift to your guest — and Williams-Sonoma Cocktail Parties makes giving that gift more enjoyable than ever. Packed with almost 70 fail-proof recipes for contemporary appetizers and refreshing drinks, this book explains how to make your affair work for any space, budget, and occasion — whether indoor or out, intimate or bustling elegant or impromptu. You'll find festive ideas and serving tip, plus step-by-step work plans and dozens of gorgeous photograph that illustrate...

Robert Ludlum's The Altman Code, Covert-One, Robert Ludlum, Audio — $3.49
This latest product from the efficient assembly line of the Ludlum thriller factory has been somewhat overtaken by events: it revolves around a Chinese freighter carrying weapons-grade chemicals to the port of Basra in Saddam Hussein's Iraq. There are also a couple of neat subplots, including an elderly American being held prisoner in China who claims to be the real father of U.S. President Sam Adams Castilla, and the dirty doings of a giant international business combine called the Altman...

This Is Only a Test, David F. Krugler — $35.73
The history of nuclear age urban planning, civil defense, and continuity of goverment programs in one of the nation's most critical Cold War targets: Washington, D.C. This book shows how the Cold War affected Washington and its racially divided population.

The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry, Kathleen Flinn, CD Audiobook — $18.59
When the author, an American journalist and software executive working in London, is sacked from her high-powered job, she enrolls as a student at the Cordon Bleu school in Paris. With limited cooking skills and grasp of the French language, she gamely attempts to master the school's challenging curriculum of traditional French cuisine. As if she didn't have enough on her plate eviscerating fish and knocking out pâtéà choux, she determines to write a book about her experience and gets married along...

The Very Best of Death Row, Music CD — $18.99
Released nearly a decade after the two-disc Death Row's Greatest Hits , the single-disc Very Best of Death Row is both somewhat necessary and a little bizarre. It's could be meant to right some wrongs of the earlier compilation (wisely including the original mix of Dr. Dre 's "Let Me Ride" and Warren G 's "Regulate"), or it's a roundabout way to welcome Petey Pablo to the fold (his "Off tha Chain," featuring Kurupt , closes out the disc as a bonus track). It's definitely not a complementary release...

1421, Gavin Menzies — $3.07
A former submarine commander in Britain's Royal Navy, Menzies must enjoy doing battle. The amateur historian's lightly footnoted, heavily speculative re-creation of little-known voyages made by Chinese ships in the early 1400s goes far beyond what most experts in and outside of China are willing to assert and will surely set tongues wagging. According to Menzies's brazen but dull account of the Middle Kingdom's exploits at sea, Magellan, Dias, da Gama, Cabral and Cook only "discovered" lands...

Jam-Packed FoxTrot, Bill Amend — $5.00
This anthology contains cartoons about the Fox family from the books Orlando Bloom Has Ruined Everything; My Hot Dog Went Out, Can I Have Another?; and How Come I'm Always Luigi? As these titles suggest, the topics of this popular syndicated comic strip series run to popular culture and family foibles. The Fox family consists of Roger, the hapless father; Andy, the long-suffering mother; Peter, a high school student who hates studying and loves food; Paige, a high school freshman who never met a...

Cambridge Introduction to F. Scott Fitzgerald — $42.00
Pub. Date: March 2007. Publisher: Cambridge University Press. Format: Hardcover, 154pp. Sales Rank: 582,591.

An Introduction to the Study of the Kabalah, William Wynn Westcott — $11.75

Help! I'm a Volunteer Youth Worker, Doug Fields — $1.99
May 09, 2004: Doug provides 52 great ideas for serving as a volunteer youth worker. The ideas range from the obvious to the amazingly practical (probably depending on how long you've already worked with teens!). It helps that this book can be read in one night (really!) and can be applied in small church contexts of almost any sort. The weakness of this book is that it doesn't have much to over beyond the ideas themselves. There are no case studies to illustrate the suggestions made...

Eye on Science Fiction, Tom Weaver — $44.62
Some discuss actors such as Lon Chaney Junior and Bela Lugosi; others discuss particular films, among them The Flesh Eaters , The Atomic Submarine , and Night of the Blood Beast ; and still others muse on their careers and experience in general. The photographs from decades ago are better quality than the recent ones; so much for the march of progress. Weaver has been interviewing filmmakers since the early 1980s. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

What Every Teacher Should Know about No Child Left Behind — $8.67
Part of our “What Every Teacher Should Know About’ series, this new guide provides teachers with an understanding of the key requirements of The No Child Left Behind Act and how it impacts America’s K-12 classrooms. The author describes how No Child Left Behind affects school and teacher accountability, student improvement and parental empowerment.

God's Psychiatry, Charles L. Allen — $1.99
November 29, 2007: This book is great book. For me it served as a liberating experience and it helped me understand my religion better. It also helped me with seeings things in a better way, the chirstian way, and answered many of questions.

The Uncrowned King of Swing, Jeffrey Magee — $5.36
In this first comprehensive biography of jazz pianist, bandleader, and arranger Fletcher Henderson, Magee (musicology, Indiana Univ.) does an excellent job of placing his subject in the context of uncertain social changes in the African American community. He demonstrates how the transition from sheet music to records-especially those by African Americans-influenced the college-educated Henderson, who moved from Atlanta to New York City to become first a song plugger and then an accompanist...

Yanni in Words, Yanni — $1.99
The platinum-selling electronic don t call him New Age instrumentalist Yanni tends to inspire strong opinions, and this ambitious autobiography, which Yanni calls a book about a life of challenges, lessons, dreams, and obstacles, is unlikely to change any of them. Yanni, with the help of Rensin (who similarly aided Tim Allen and Chris Rock with their memoirs), adopts a conversational, occasionally almost condescending tone, full of tics like Mind you and Can you imagine? . He recounts his idyllic...

More Jesus, Less Religion, Stephen Arterburn — $1.99
Arterburn and Felton, co-authors of Toxic Faith, here supplement the warnings of their previous book with a more positive vision. In the past, Arterburn, in particular, has invited controversy by confronting problems of spiritual abuse and manipulation in evangelical churches and homes. This sequel focuses less on "toxic churches" and the extremes of spiritual abuse and more on the need for promoting "healthy faith" in evangelical faith communities. Arterburn and Felton describe healthy faith as...

The Spirit of Life, Jurgen Moltmann — $18.00
In The Spirit Of Life: A Universal Affirmation, Jurgen Moltmann (Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Tubingen, Germany) offers a rich and subtle extension of his trinitarian and christological thought, making bold use of key insights from feminist and ecological theologies, and from recent charismatic movements and a stress on embodiment. The Spirit Of Life is written for a readership that must currently exist in an age of planetary peril, in cultures often hostile to human, animal...

N.O.R.E. y La Familia...Ya Tu Sabe, N.O.R.E., Music CD — $12.39
About a year and a half after the unpredictable and underproductive rapper N.O.R.E. promised the album One Fan a Day with the Neptunes, Mariah Carey, and Beanie Sigel as his guests stars, the reggaeton-flavored N.O.R.E. y la Familia...Ya Tú Sabe appeared in its place. With a high-profile album in the can and the lucrative reggaeton train bringing everybody who rides it plenty of bling in 2006, there's every reason to suspect La Familia is an embarrassment waiting to happen, but it's hardly that at...

Silver Flame, Susan Johnson — $1.99
From the mistress of erotic historicals comes her steamy sequel about the Braddock-Black dynasty from Blaze. The fires of romance are white-hot when Empress Jordan flees to the Montana wilderness and finds a man as wild as the land around him. MM: Berkley.

Human Brain Anatomy in Computerized Images, Hanna Damasio — $125.00
Modern tomographic scans are revealing the structure of the human brain in unprecedented detail. This spectator progress, however, poses a critical problem for neuroscientists and practitioners of brain-related professions: how to find their way in the current tomographic images so as to identify a particular brain site, be it normal or damaged by disease? The problem is made all the more difficult by the large degree of individual neuroanatomical variation. Prepared by a leading expert in advanced...

Close Enough for Love, Shirley Horn, Music CD — $11.89
Shirley Horn 's second Verve recording consolidated the success that she had had with her previous release, I Thought About You , and resulted in her gaining a large audience for her ballad vocals and solid jazz piano playing. Performing with her usual trio (which includes bassist Charles Ables and drummer Steve Williams ) and guest tenor Buck Hill on five of the 13 tracks, Horn is heard in definitive form throughout these studio sessions. Highlights include "Beautiful Friendship," "Baby, Baby All...

Live at the Palace, Shirley MacLaine, Music CD — $10.19

Wetland Plants, Cronk, Julie K. / Fennessy, M. Siobhan Cronk, Julie K. / Fennessy, M. Siobhan — $112.43
Synthesizing current research on wetlands plants and their ecological communities, Cronk (a private consultant in wetland ecology and restoration) and Fennesy (biology, Kenyon College) discuss basic biological information about wetland plants; look at the adaptations and reproductions of wetland macrophytes; and explore the function, dynamics, and potential disturbances of wetland plant communities. Growth forms, evolution, distribution, and diminishing habits are examined. The response of wetland...

Boat Trip / Van Wilder / Going Overboard, DVD — $19.99
Two years before he joined the cast of Saturday Night Live , Adam Sandler starred in this comedy as Shecky Moskowitz, who wants to get a job as a comedian on a cruise ship, but when that job is taken, signs on as a waiter instead, hoping fate will lend a hand. The cast also includes Burt Young , Peter Berg , Billy Zane , and a then-unknown Billy Bob Thornton . Mark Deming , All Movie Guide

The Literary Guide to the Bible, Robert Alter — $9.50
July 19, 2009: Professors Alter and Kermode present an introduction to the Bible that celebrates literary qualities of scripture and serves as a fine counterpoint to traditional historical-critical study of the Bible. All contributors enriched my reading of texts. The essays have not aged. This is a great work for church and personal libraries. It rounds out what one learns from one volume Bible commentaries and study Bibles.

Edward the Elder,899 - 924, N. Higham — $34.40
Edward the Elder, son and successor of King Alfred, was one of the greatest architects of the English state and yet is one of the most neglected kings of English history. During his 24-year reign, Edward led a series of successful campaigns against the Vikings and by the time of his death controlled most of southern and midland England, with his influence also felt in Wales and the north. Edward the Elder is a timely reassessment of his reign and helps to restore this ruler to his rightful place...

Understanding Digital Libraries (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems) — $39.99
* Useful for digital library projects in all kinds of settings, including commercial and community ventures, museums, research institutions, and schools. * Covers the entire spectrum of media, including text, all kinds of images, audio, and video. * Provides practical advice on achieving the best of what is possible while avoiding common pitfalls. * Filled with case studies and references to valuable outside resources.

Four Ingredient Cookbook, Linda Coffee — $4.17
April 22, 2008: This was recommended by a friend and I finally got around to purchasing it. I love it. Plus with the smaller ingredient list I can cross reference recipes and buy in bulk on similar ingredients. I have adapted the recipes very easily into my once a month cooking plan.

Modeling Theory In Science Education, Science & Technology Education Library Series, Ibrahim A. Halloun — $125.30
"This book is the culmination of over twenty years of work toward a pedagogical theory that promotes experiential learning of model-laden theory and inquiry in science. It is primarily intended for researchers and graduate students in science education, and it may serve as a major reference for in-service and pre-service science teachers." The book focuses as much on course content as on instruction and learning methodology, and presents practical aspects that have repeatedly demonstrated their value...

Naming the Witch, Cultural Memory in the Present, James Siegel — $59.76
Naming the Witch explores the recent series of witchcraft accusations and killings in East Java, which spread as the Suharto regime slipped into crisis and then fell.

Kiss of Darkness, Heather Graham — $1.99
Vampyrs will gather in post-Katrina New Orleans...and evil stirs once again in the forests of Transylvania. In Heather Graham's new paranormal romantic suspense novel, psychologist Jessica Fraser knows only too well the essence of the night creatures who inhabit the dimly lit clubs of the French Quarter, where perversion goes beyond sexual to life-threatening....Joining forces with vampyr hunter Bryan McAllister to protect the innocent, Jessica begins to remember that she and Bryan have a past history...

Through German Eyes, Christopher Duffy — $15.00
The 1916 Battle of the Somme is one of history’s bloodiest moments, with more than one million casualties in five months. Analyzing hitherto unknown archival material, including long-lost interviews of British POWs by German interrogators, historian Christopher Duffy paints a picture that will change your perception of the past. While the battle is often seen as a defeat for the British, for the first time the German perspective—such as their respect for the British forces and their own massive losses...

Situational Analysis, Adele E. Clarke — $73.81
Clarke (sociology and the history of health sciences, U. of California-San Francisco) hopes to regenerate grounded theory, a method of qualitative analysis with roots in Chicago sociology, symbolic interactionism, and pragmatist philosophy. She explains that it offers an empirical approach to the study of social life through qualitative research and distinctive approaches to data analysis. In order to push the theory more fully around the postmodern curve, she offers a new approach to analysis within...

All About Me!, FUN FLAPS Series, DK Publishing — $1.99
Pub. Date: February 2008. Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc. Format: Hardcover, 14pp. Sales Rank: 35,130. Age Range: 1 to 8.

Christ and Empire, Joerg Rieger — $14.64

Straight From Your Radio, Gold Chains — $5.69
On Straight From Your Radio , Topher Lafata raps of his lyrical and sexual prowess over powerful jagged-edge electro; if he lacks the rapping talent of fellow indie-electronic MCs Gonzales and Cex , at least the productions are far better than anyone else doing similar material. His second EP, this one recorded for Tigerbeat6, isn't quite as extreme and inventive as the productions of label boss Kid 606, but it does represent an exciting middle ground between trad dance/pop/hip-hop and the twitchy...

Gonna Lay Down My Burdens, Mary Monroe — $1.99
April 07, 2006: Gonna Lay Down My Burdens is a complex story of love, loyalty and loss. It all starts in the small town of Belle Helene, Alabama there are two best friends, Carmen Taylor and Desiree Lucienne, who grew up together. One night Desiree and her boyfriend Chester, who is also a childhood friend, get into a big fight. Carmen gets involved and hits Chester over the head with a weight. When they think that she has killed him Desiree wants to leave town quick, but there?s one problem...

Maya Glyphs, Reading the Past Series, S. D. Houston — $1.99
Maya glyphic writing is one of the most complex scripts ever devised. From before AD 250 until well after the Spanish conquest Maya Indians of Mexico and Central America used elaborate pictorial signs to record ideas, words and syllables. This book surivives the discovery and partial decipherment of glyphic writing and introduces the reader to the media on which glyphs are recorded. It explains the underlying principles of Maya writing, including its grammar, before reviewing how decipherments...

Fodor's Where to Weekend Around Washington D.C. (Fodor's Travel Guides Series) — $1.99
Fodor's Where to Weekend Around Washington D.C. (Fodor's Travel Guides Series) by Fodor's Staff

Popular Mechanics When Duct Tape Just Isn't Enough, Popular Mechanics — $5.13
Popular Mechanics knows: there are two types of people in the world—those able to fix whatever goes bust, and those who beg the first group for help when something goes wrong. But it doesn’t have to be that way, because this easy-to-follow guide will give anyone the basics to tackle those frustrating (and sometimes nerve-wracking) quandaries that crop up around the house: plumbing problems, electrical snafus, appliance failures, computer and electronics breakdowns, pest infestations, and furniture...

The Shield - Season 6, Michael Chiklis, DVD — $44.99
Season Six of The Shield opens as Detective Vic Mackey (Michael Chilkis) and the rest of the Farmington District Strike Force mourn the death of their colleague Curtis Lemensky (Kenneth Johnson), who was killed by a hand grenade just before he was to be shipped out of the country to prevent his revealing all of the Force's past peccadilloes to relentless Internal Affairs investigator Lt. Jon Kanvanagh (Forest Whitaker). Upon discovering that he is slated to be forcibly retired from the force, the...

Collected Works Of Poe, Volume Iv (Webster's Chinese-Simplified Thesaurus Edition), Icon Reference — $20.76
If you are either learning Chinese, or learning English as a second language (ESL) as a Chinese speaker, this book is for you. There are many editions of Collected Works of Poe, Volume IV. This one is worth the price if you would like to enrich your Chinese-English vocabulary, whether for self-improvement or for preparation in advanced of college examinations. Each page is annotated with a mini-thesaurus of uncommon words highlighted in the text. Not only will you experience a great classic, but...

The Making Of A Soviet Scientist, Sagdeev — $1.99
Sagdeev, a physicist who directed the former Soviet Union's Space Research Institute from 1973 to 1990, played a crucial role in restraining a Soviet counteroffensive to the U.S. ``Star Wars'' program, thereby helping to forestall an acceleration of the nuclear arms race in space. This modest, anecdotal memoir provides a rare, valuable insider's look at the Soviet military-industrial machine. Working on the U.S.S.R.'s abortive controlled-fusion program in the 1950s, Sagdeev witnessed Stalin's destructive...