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The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling
Originally published over a century ago, Kipling's enduring classic relays in haunting prose the story of boy who is raised from infancy by wolves in the jungles of India. Mowgli learns wisdom, courage, family loyalty, and the value of work from his jungle family.

The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
Join in the fun and antics of Christopher Robin, Pooh, Piglet, and their cohorts. This volume combines two of Milne's timeless classics, Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, and includes illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
One of the most beloved children's classics of all time, the story appeals to both children and adults alike. When she falls down a rabbit hole, Alice encounters some of literature's most distinctively surreal and fantastically magical creatures.

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Since its original publication in 1922, this classic that tells the story of a young boy's favorite stuffed toy rabbit who eventually becomes real has captured the hearts of children and adults everywhere.

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A young orphan moves to the moors of England and befriends her invalid cousin, Colin, and rekindles his interest in life. Together they discover and explore the mysteries of his mother's locked garden, and restore the garden to life and Colin to health.

Peter Pan by James M. Barrie -
Join the brave "boy who wouldn't grow up" on his exciting adventures to the magical Never Never Land, where he and his gang of Lost Boys battle the notorious Captain Hook. This perennial favorite, written almost a century ago, is a thoroughly engaging fantasy that romanticizes the joys of childhood innocence.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
When a group of five children are given an opportunity to win candy for life and a trip through the top-secret Willie Wonka Chocolate Factory, the cast of finalists display their greed and repugnance. All but for one finalist, the earnest young boy Charlie Bucket.

The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis
The first story in Lewis' highly acclaimed Chronicles of Narnia series, this is a magical allegorical tale of four children who discover a secret passageway through a wardrobe closet. They are transported to the magical world of Narnia, where they encounter talking animals, the boy Asland, and a cast of mystical creatures.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Winner of the Newbery Medal, L'Engle's classic follows a brother and sister on a trek through space and time on a quest to find their father and ultimately battle forces of evil. This much-loved tale mixes elements of fantasy and science fiction.

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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

by Michael Pollan

From the author of the bestselling "The Omnivore's Dilemma" comes this bracing and eloquent manifesto that shows readers how they might start making thoughtful food choices that can enrich their... read more

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't

by Jim Collins (Read by)

The coauthor of the bestselling "Built to Last" now presents a blueprint for transforming good companies into great ones. Charts & graphs throughout.

It's Not about the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

by Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong won the 1999 Tour de France in spectacular style, taking four stages and both a mountain and a time trial. His story is even more remarkable because he was diagnosed with stage 4... read more

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by Steve Parker
Learn how a limpet grips the rock, how a crab grows a new leg, how a prawn becomes invisible, how seabirds catch fish, and how a sea otter sleeps at sea. Discover how long seaweed can grow, why hermit crabs live in secondhand shells, which shells bore holes in solid rock, where a puffin lays its eggs, and much, much more.

Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse

by James Wesley Rawles

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The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
A master craftsman of the hardboiled detective genre, Raymond Chandler defined a paradigm and inspired a host of imitators in fiction, film, and television. Devastating femme fatales, wry and incorruptible detectives, gritty urban landscapes—his work established the basic vocabulary of the genre.

The Asphalt Jungle
by W. R. Burnett
Burnett set the pace for the noir movie genre in Hollywood, with works such as Little Caesar, High Sierra, and The Asphalt Jungle. He wrote 36 books, 60 screenplays and dozens of short stories. His early fiction fits into the genre of pre-war gangster fiction, a genre that exerted a potent influence on the the writing that would come to be known as hardboiled.

Kiss Me, Deadly
by Mickey Spillane
Spillane's Mike Hammer is known for his terse, sardonic language, righteously vengeful moral stance, and aggressive, take-no-prisoners attitude. As Hammer says in Kiss Me, Deadly, "There's no such thing as innocence—innocence touched with guilt is as good a deal as you can get."

Nightmare Alley
by William Lindsay Gresham
This portrait of the seedy lives of carnies takes one of noir's favorite milieus and yields a harrowing portrait of one man's descent into degradation. The storyline details a carnival mentalist's rapid rise to, and inevitable fall from, the big time. The fallen carny suffers the ultimate degradation: he finds himself playing the geek in a sideshow.

La Splendida Storia Dell'eremo E Dell'abbazia Di San Galgano
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Promised lands
Used - While researching a failed 18th-century Utopian settlement, an embittered history professor with Utopian ideas for transforming his school draws parallels between history and his own life. In the meantime, his wife has her own Utopian ideas wherein their handicapped son would become mankind's savior. A sublimely engrossing novel about idealism and exile.

Double Indemnity
by James M. Cain
Directed by Billy Wilder and co-scripted by hardboiled master Raymond Chandler. This film takes Cain's riveting and complex plot and pulls out all the stops—from dramatic lighting borrowed from the German Expressionist silent films Wilder had worked on earlier in his career, to a tightly wound plot and a classic femme fatale. The results are staggering.

Vanishing ACT
Used - Rock star Jesse Slade disappeared under mysterious circumstances several years ago. Now, as Nancy and her friends Bess and George watch a television retrospective on Slade's life, they notice something, and Nancy vows to reopen the case and solve the mystery.

I Dipinti murali e l'edicola marmorea del Tempietto sul Clitunno
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Children's Nature & Ecology Books

Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs
by Patricia Lauber & Darlene McCampbell
An exploration of how the food chain works right through the peanut butter and jelly sandwich you might have had for lunch. The book also explores how human activity, such as overhunting Pacific sea otters, effects the rest of the chain.

Dr. Art's Guide to Planet Earth: For Earthlings Ages 12 to 120
by A. Sussman
Presents easy-to-understand principles that explain how the Earth works and what we can do to restore the planet, globally and locally.

Cactus Hotel by Brenda Guiberson
In words and pictures fascinating to even the youngest child, the desert world is brought to life in this poetic story about the life--and death--of a giant saguaro cactus. Full color throughout.

Earth Book for Kids: Activities to Help Heal the Environment
by Linda Schwartz
Filled with ideas for arts and crafts projects, experiments, and experiences that encourage children to enjoy and heal the environment, this book covers acid rain, endangered wildlife, pesticides, energy, recycling, pollution, landfills, rain forests, water conservation, and related topics.

Recycle: A Handbook for Kids by Gail Gibbons
A nonfiction picture book introduction to how glass, paper, aluminum, and plastic are recycled. Pen and wash illustrations accompany the text which takes readers step-by-step through the recycling process.

City Green by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan
Marcy and Miss Rosa start a campaign to clean up an empty lot and turn it into a community garden.

Ever-Living Tree: The Life and Times of a Coast Redwood
by Linda Vieira
2,500 years in the life of a California redwood tree from the time it sprouted in 325 B.C. until the year it was felled by lightning. To give readers context, contemporary events from world history--such as the building of China's great Wall, the birth of Jesus, and George Washington becoming the first President of the United States--are used to demonstrate how the world was changing as the mighty tree grew.

How to talk to anyone : 92 little tricks for big success in relationships by Leil Lowndes

This volume is about relationships, body language and how we relate to each other. It contains strategies for love and business which include: charming body language and gestures - the exclusive... read more