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Imagine: How Creativity Works

Jonah Lehrer - 2012 - Science - No preview available
Did you know that the most creative companies have centralized bathrooms? That brainstorming meetings are a terrible idea? That the color blue can help you double your creative output? From the New York Times best-selling author of How We Decide ...
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The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins - 2008 - YOUNG ADULT FICTION - Limited preview
By winning the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion. |
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Penguin Essentials Brideshead Revisited

Evelyn Waugh - 2011 - Fiction - No preview available
Part of the Penguin Essentials series, discover a beautifully designed edition of Evelyn Waugh's British classic featuring cover art by Jim Tierney 'I knew Sebastian by sight long before I met him. That was unavoidable for, from his first week ...
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The Chesapeake Watershed: A Sense of Place and a Call to Action

Ned Tillman - 2009 - Nature - No preview available
Ned informs, entertains, and inspires readers with stories of the rich history of this area, growing up around the Bay, and ideas on how you can help restore the bay to the national treasure it once was. The book makes a great gift to volunteers ...
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Pale Fire

Vladimir Nabokov - 2011 - Fiction - No preview available
A darkly comic novel of suspense, literary idolatry and one-upmanship, and political intrigue from one of the leading writers of the twentieth century, the acclaimed author of Lolita. "Half-poem, half-prose...a creation of perfect beauty ...
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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

Charles C. Mann - 2011 - History - Limited preview
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply engaging history of how European settlements in the post-Colombian Americas shaped the world—from the highly acclaimed author of 1491. • "Fascinating...Lively...A convincing explanation of why our world is the way ...
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Lie Down in Darkness

William Styron - 2010 - Fiction - Limited preview
This portrait of a Southern family’s downfall was the literary debut of the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Sophie’s Choice. A finalist for the National Book Award, Lie Down in Darkness centers on the Loftis family—Milton and Helen and ...
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The Rent Is Too Damn High: What To Do About It, And Why It Matters More Than ...

Matthew Yglesias - 2012 - Business & Economics - Limited preview
From prominent political thinker and widely followed Slate columnist, a polemic on high rents and housing costs—and how these costs are hollowing out communities, thwarting economic development, and rendering personal success and fulfillment ...
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Situations Matter: Understanding How Context Transforms Your World

Sam Sommers - 2011 - Self-Help - Limited preview
An "entertaining and engaging" exploration of the invisible forces influencing your life-and how understanding them can improve everything you do. The world around you is pulling your strings, shaping your innermost instincts and your most ...
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Holes

Louis Sachar - 2008 - Juvenile Nonfiction - Limited preview
A New York Times BestsellerAdapted into the movie HolesInterest Level: Middle/High School Reading Grade Level: 3rd & 4th Lexile Level: 660L Theme: Belonging/Sense of SelfAn Accelerated Reader(r) title