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  • ICE IS NICE! ALL ABOUT THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLES
    ICE IS NICE! ALL ABOUT THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLES
    BONNIE WORTH
    Laugh and learn with fun facts about icebergs, arctic animals, the Earth’s axis, and more—all told in Dr. Seuss’s beloved rhyming style and starring the Cat in the Hat! “I’m the Cat in the Hat, and we’re off and away to visit the poles—North and South—in one day.” The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library series combines beloved characters, engaging rhymes, and Seussian illustrati...
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    Q. 110

  • LATINÍSIMO: RECETAS CASERAS DE LOS VEINTIÚN PAÍSES DE AMÉRICA LATINA / LATINISIM O. A COOKBOOK
    LATINÍSIMO: RECETAS CASERAS DE LOS VEINTIÚN PAÍSES DE AMÉRICA LATINA / LATINISIM O. A COOKBOOK
    SANDRA A. GUTIERREZ
    Latinísimo es una celebración de la cocina casera de América Latina --el primer libro en incluir recetas cotidianas de los veintiún países del continente-- que nos llega de manos de una de las autoridades culinarias más respetadas. En esta obra monumental, Sandra A. Gutierrez comparte más de trescientas recetas cotidianas --además de incontables variaciones-- que los cocineros ...
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    Q. 410

  • RED COMET
    RED COMET
    HEATHER CLARK / PLATH, SYLVIA
    PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - The highly anticipated biography of Sylvia Plath that focuses on her remarkable literary and intellectual achievements, while restoring the woman behind the long-held myths about her life and art."One of the most beautiful biographies I've ever read." --Glennon Doyle, author of #1 New York Times Bestseller, UntamedWith a wealth of never-before-accessed...
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    Q. 190

  • INTERIOR CHINATOWN
    INTERIOR CHINATOWN
    CHARLES YU
    From the infinitely inventive author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe comes a deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play.Willis Wu doesn't perceive himself as a protagonist even in his own life: he's merely Generic Asian Man. Every day, he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and...
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    Q. 170

  • SQUIRM
    SQUIRM
    CARL HIAASEN
    u003cbu003eA wildly entertaining adventure involving snakes, grizzlies, a menacing drone, a missing father, and the kid determined to find him. In classic Hiaasen fashion, the animals here are wild, and the people are wilder!u003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003ciu003e Some facts about Billy Dickens:u003c/iu003eu003cbru003e   *  He once saw a biker swerve across the road in ...
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    Q. 100

  • STORIES OF YOUR LIFE AND OTHERS
    STORIES OF YOUR LIFE AND OTHERS
    CHIANG, TED
    From the author of Exhalation, an award-winning short story collection that blends "absorbing storytelling with meditations on the universe, being, time and space ... raises questions about the nature of reality and what it is to be human" The New York Times.Stories of Your Life and Others u003c/iu003edelivers dual delights of the very, very strange and the heartbreakingly fam...
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    Q. 190

  • THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH
    THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH
    JENNIFER L. HOLM
    Believe in the possible . . . with this New York Times bestseller by three-time Newbery Honor winner Jennifer L. Holm. A perfect read about a child’s relationship with her grandfather! Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer. Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far? Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend....
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    Q. 100

  • AMERICANAH
    AMERICANAH
    CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE
    Separated by differing ambitions after falling in love in occupied Nigeria, beautiful Ifemelu experiences triumph and defeat in America, while Obinze endures an undocumented status in London until the pair is reunited in their homeland fifteen years later. ...
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    Q. 130

  • DEAR LIFE
    DEAR LIFE
    ALICE MUNRO
    WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE(R) IN LITERATURE 2013A New York Times Notable BookA Washington Post Notable Work of FictionA Best Book of the Year: The Atlantic, NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, Vogue, AV ClubIn story after story in this brilliant new collection, Alice Munro pinpoints the moment a person is forever altered by a chance encounter, an action not taken, or a simple twist of...
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    Q. 180

  • WHY NATIONS FAIL: THE ORIGINS OF POWER, PROSPERITY, AND POVERTY
    WHY NATIONS FAIL: THE ORIGINS OF POWER, PROSPERITY, AND POVERTY
    DARON ACEMOGLU / JAMES A. ROBINSON
    Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or desti...
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    Q. 230

  • LOLITA
    LOLITA
    NAVOKOV, VLADIMIR
    The annotated text of this modern classic. It assiduously illuminates the extravagant wordplay and the frequent literary allusions, parodies, and cross-references. Edited with a preface, introduction and notes by Alfred Appel, Jr.. Show more . Show less . ...
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    Q. 230

  • THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS
    THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS
    WILKERSON, ISABEL
    NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this beautifully written masterwork, the Pulitzer Prize–winnner and bestselling author of Caste chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life.“Profound, necessary ...
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    Q. 210

  • GOOD STRATEGY BAD STRATEGY
    GOOD STRATEGY BAD STRATEGY
    RUMELT, RICHARD
    Good Strategy/Bad Strategy clarifies the muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear way to create and implement a powerful action-oriented strategy for the real world.Developing and implementing a strategy is the central task of a leader. A good strategy is a specific and coherent response to--and approach for--overcoming the obstacles to progress. A g...
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    Q. 220

  • BECAUSE OF MISTER TERUPT
    BECAUSE OF MISTER TERUPT
    ROB BUYEA
    u003cbu003eFeatures seven narrators, each with a unique story, and each with a different perspective on what makes their teacher so special.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003c/bu003eIt's the start of fifth grade for seven kids at Snow Hill School. There's . . . u003cbu003eJessica,u003c/bu003e the new girl, smart and perceptive, who's having a hard time fitting in; u003cbu003eAlexia,u...
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    Q. 80

  • DUINO ELEGIES & THE SONNETS TO ORPHEUS
    DUINO ELEGIES & THE SONNETS TO ORPHEUS
    RAINER MARIA RILKE
    Available for the first time in a single volume, Ranier Maria Rilke’s two most beloved sequences of poems rendered by his most faithful translator. Rilke is unquestionably the twentieth century’s most significant and compelling poet of romantic transformation and spiritual quest. His poems of ecstatic identification with the world exert perennial fascination. In Stephen Mitchel...
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    Q. 180

  • THE LAY OF THE LAND
    THE LAY OF THE LAND
    RICHARD FORD
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Independence Day and The Sportswriter brings back the unforgettable Frank Bascombe in this astonishing meditation on modern-day America.  A sportswriter and a real estate agent, husband and father—Frank Bascombe has been many things to many people. His uncertain youth behind...
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    Q. 180

  • WHITTINGTON
    WHITTINGTON
    ALAN ARMSTRONG
    This Newbery-Honor winning tale introduces Whittington, a roughneck Tom who arrives one day at a barn full of rescued animals and asks for a place there. He spins for the animals—as well as for Ben and Abby, the kids whose grandfather does the rescuing—a yarn about his ancestor, the nameless cat who brought Dick Whittington to the heights of wealth and power in 16th-century Eng...
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    Q. 90

  • THE QUEENS GAMBIT
    THE QUEENS GAMBIT
    TEVIS, WALTER
    When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her surroundings, albeit fleetingly: playing chess and taking the little green pills given to her and the other children to keep them subdued. Before long, it becomes apparent that hers is a prodigious talent, and as she progresses to the top of the US chess rankings she is able ...
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    Q. 130

  • PLAINWATER
    PLAINWATER
    ANNE CARSON
    The poetry and prose collected in u003cbu003ePlainwateru003c/bu003e are a testament to the extraordinary imagination of Anne Carson, a writer described by Michael Ondaatje as "the most exciting poet writing in English today." Succinct and astonishingly beautiful, these pieces stretch the boundaries of language and literary form, while juxtaposing classical and modern traditions...
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    Q. 200

  • HEARTBURN
    HEARTBURN
    NORA EPHRON
    A 40th anniversary reissue of Ephron's hilarious first novel that memorably mixed food, heartbreak, and revenge into a comic masterpiece—now with a new foreword by Stanley Tucci. • "Touching and funny.... Proof that writing well is the best revenge." —Chicago TribuneIs it possible to write a sidesplitting novel about the breakup of the perfect marriage? If the writer is Nora Ep...
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    Q. 180

  • THE SPORTSWRITER
    THE SPORTSWRITER
    RICHARD FORD
    In this “powerful” blockbuster of a novel (The New York Times), the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Independence Day introduces his most beloved character, failed novelist turned sportswriter Frank Bascombe, during an Easter weekend, as he moves through the great losses of his life. As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying people—men, mostly—who live entirel...
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    Q. 190

  • PIRATES PAST NOON #4
    PIRATES PAST NOON #4
    MARY POPE OSBORNE / OSBORNE, MARY POPE
    The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system!It’s a treasure trove of trouble! Jack and Annie are in for a high-seas adventure when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the days of deserted islands, secret maps—and ruthless pirates! Will they discover a buried treasure? Or will they be forced ...
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    Q. 70

  • AMERICAN PSYCHO
    AMERICAN PSYCHO
    ELLIS, BRET EASTON
    In American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis imaginatively explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence in our time or any other. Patrick Bateman moves among the young and trendy in 1980s Manhattan. Young, handsome, and well educated, Bateman earns his fortune on Wall Street by day while spending his nights in ways we cannot begin to fathom. Ex...
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    Q. 190

  • MAGIC TREE HOUSE FACT TRACKER #2: KNIGHTS AND CASTLES
    MAGIC TREE HOUSE FACT TRACKER #2: KNIGHTS AND CASTLES
    MARY POPE OSBORNE
    Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie!When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #2: The Knight at Dawn, they had lots of questions. How were castles built? What was it like to live inside a castle? How did boys train to become knights? Did horses really wear armor? Find out the an...
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    Q. 80

  • FLUSH
    FLUSH
    CARL HIAASEN
    Bestselling novelist Carl Hiaasen is back with another hysterical mystery adventure for young readers, set in the Florida Keys. Noah's dad has a little problem with anger control. He tried to stop the "Coral Queen" casino boat's illegal dumping . . . by sinking the boat. But his bold protest fizzles: within days the casino is back in business, and Noah's dad is behind bars and ...
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  • MUMMIES IN THE MORNING
    MUMMIES IN THE MORNING
    MARY POPE OSBORNE
    Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House!Jack and Annie don't need another mummy.But that's what they get when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to ancient Egypt. There they meet a long-dead queen who needs their help. Will Jack and Annie be able to solve the puzzle, or will they end up as mummies ...
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  • BELOVED
    BELOVED
    TONI MORRISON
    Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe's ne...
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  • THE LEAN STARTUP
    THE LEAN STARTUP
    RIES, ERIC
    "Most startups are built to fail. But those failures, according to entrepreneur Eric Ries, are preventable. Startups don't fail because of bad execution, or missed deadlines, or blown budgets. They fail because they are building something nobody wants. Whether they arise from someone's garage or are created within a mature Fortune 500 organization, new ventures, by definition, ...
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    Q. 330

  • WILD (PASTA DURA)
    WILD (PASTA DURA)
    CHERYL STRAYED
    A Best Book of the Year: NPR, The Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, St. Louis Dispatch At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience or trainin...
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  • LOLITA (ENGLISH VERSION)
    LOLITA (ENGLISH VERSION)
    NABOKOV, VLADIMIR
    Awe and exhilaration—along with heartbreak and mordant wit—abound in Lolita, Nabokov's most famous and controversial novel, which tells the story of the aging Humbert. Humbert's obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Lolita is also the story of a hypercivilized European colliding with the cheerful barbarism of postwar America. Most of all, it is ...
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