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Posted on: Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:38 PM
Author: buck rider
Subject: James Herbert – The Secret of Crickley Hall
| The Caleighs have had a terrible year. They need time and space, while they await the news they dread. Gabe has brought his wife, Eve, and daughters, Loren and Cally, down to Devon, to the peaceful seaside village of Hollow Bay. He can work, and Eve and the kids can ... |
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Posted on: Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:34 PM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Ellen Raskin – The Westing Game
| One fateful day, 16 people gather for the reading of the will of the very rich Samuel W. Westing. To their surprise, the will turns out to be a contest, challenging the heirs to find out who among them is Westing’s murderer. Only two people hold all the clues. One ... |
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Posted on: Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:29 PM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Annie Duke – How I …Won Millions at the WSOP
| Annie Duke: How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, and Won Millions at the World Series of Poker Annie Duke, one of the world’s best poker players, won $2 million in the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions and her first WSOP gold bracelet in 2004, and is a consultant ... |
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Posted on: Saturday, March 13, 2010 10:16 AM
Author: jolly_jumper
Subject: Seth Grahame-Smith – Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
| Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother’s bedside. She’s been stricken with something the old-timers call “Milk Sickness.” “My baby boy…” she whispers before dying. Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother’s fatal ... |
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Posted on: Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:54 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Halo 6: The Cole Protocol
| In the first, desperate days of the Human-Covenant War, the UNSC has enacted the Cole Protocol to safeguard Earth and its Inner Colonies from discovery by a merciless alien foe. Many are called upon to rid the universe of lingering navigation data that would reveal the location of Earth. Among ... |
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Posted on: Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:52 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Halo 5: Contact Harvest
| Continuing the saga of the award-winning Xbox game….This is how it began. It is the year 2524. Harvest is a peaceful, prosperous farming colony on the very edge of human-controlled space. But we have trespassed on holy ground, strayed into the path of an aggressive alien empire known as the Covenant. ... |
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Posted on: Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:51 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Halo 4: Ghosts of Onyx
| Continuing the saga of the award-winning Xbox game…. The Spartan-II Program has gone public. Tales of super-soldiers fending off thousands of Covenant attacks have become the stuff of legend. But just how many Spartans are left? While the Master Chief defends a besieged Earth, and the myriad factions of the Covenant continue ... |
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Posted on: Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:48 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Halo 3: First Strike
| Halo has been destroyed, and the threat it posed to sentient life neutralized. But victory has come at a terrible cost for the UNSC. Thousands of valiant soldiers fell in the battle to prevent the alien construct from falling into the enemy’s clutches. Now, everything depends on the Spartan known as ... |
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Posted on: Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:46 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Halo 2: The Flood
| The Human-Covenant War, a desperate struggle for humankind’s very survival, has reached its boiling point on the mysterious ring world called Halo. But the fierce Covenant warriors, the mightiest alien military force known, are not the only peril lying in wait. As the fortress world of Reach and its brave defenders ... |
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Posted on: Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:44 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Halo 1: Fall of Reach
| As the bloody Human-Covenant War rages on Halo, the fate of humankind may rest with one warrior, the lone SPARTAN survivor of another legendary battle…the desperate, take-no-prisoners struggle that led humanity to Halo: the fall of the planet Reach. Now, brought to life for the first time, here is the ... |
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Posted on: Friday, March 12, 2010 3:35 PM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Douglas Adams – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Quintessential Phase (BBC)
| Panic! It’s the last ever installment of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy”, with a brand new full-cast dramatization of Mostly Harmless, the final book in Douglas Adams’ famous ‘trilogy in five parts’. While frequent flyer Arthur Dent searches the universe for his lost love, Ford Prefect discovers a disturbing ... |
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Posted on: Friday, March 12, 2010 3:32 PM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Douglas Adams – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Quandary Phase (BBC)
| Don’t panic! The Hitchhiker’s saga returns once again with a brand new full-cast dramatisation of “So Long and Thanks For All the Fish”, the fourth book in Douglas Adams’s famous ‘trilogy in five parts’. The Earth has miraculously reappeared and, even more miraculously, Arthur Dent has found it. Returning to ... |
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Posted on: Friday, March 12, 2010 3:29 PM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Douglas Adams – The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase (BBC)
| The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Tertiary Phase is a new six-part dramatisation of the third book in Douglas Adams’s “Trilogy in Four Parts”, Life, the Universe and Everything. We rejoin Arthur Dent–after his anticlimactic revelation of the meaning of life and his unceremonious return to earth–to find him living ... |
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Posted on: Friday, March 12, 2010 3:25 PM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Douglas Adams – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Secondary Phase (BBC)
| This is a dynamic remastering of the second BBC Radio 4 full-cast serial – “Fit the Seventh to Fit the Twelfth” – which spawned a phenomenal hitchhiking legend. The second original series of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” has been remastered by Dirk Maggs (director of the Tertiary, Quandary ... |
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Posted on: Friday, March 12, 2010 3:22 PM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Douglas Adams – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Primary Phase (BBC)
| The BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatization! Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been ... |
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Posted on: Thursday, March 11, 2010 3:49 PM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Jonathan Safran Foer – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
| Jonathan Safran Foer’s best-selling debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated, wowed critics on its way to winning several literary prizes, including Book of the Year honors from the Los Angeles Times. It has been published in 24 countries and will soon be a major motion picture. Foer’s talent continues to shine ... |
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Posted on: Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:22 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Dorothy Simpson – Inspector Thanet 15: Dead And Gone
| High summer in Kent, and Virginia Mintar, wife of a prominent lawyer, wanders away from a garden party to cool down in the pool. She never returns – but her body is dredged up from the well next morning. Who was Virginia sleeping with, if not her husband? And what ... |
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Posted on: Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:20 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Dorothy Simpson – Inspector Thanet 14: Once Too Often
| Inspector Thanet’s daughter is a week away from her wedding and in the midst of flurried preparations he is called to investigate the suspicious death of Jessica Manifest. Found by her husband on their stairs with a broken neck it almost could have been an accident – except for the ... |
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Posted on: Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:18 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Dorothy Simpson – Inspector Thanet 13: A Day For Dying
| In his 13th appearance, Inspector Luke Thanet has ample opportunity to display the sympathetic and acute investigative technique that has earned a Silver Dagger award for the author of this British series. Max Jeopard is dead – a handsome, outwardly charming playboy and travel writer found floating in the swimming ... |
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Posted on: Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:16 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Dorothy Simpson – Inspector Thanet 11: Wake The Dead
| Inspector Thanet’s beat remains the town of Sturrenden in Kent, his milieu the upper middle classes, his sleuthing style understated and shrewdly intuitive–when he isn’t beset by such family problems as his teenage daughter’s posh new boyfriend. The inspector finds a diversion of sorts at a local fete hosted by ... |
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Posted on: Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:15 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Dorothy Simpson – Inspector Thanet 9: Dead By Morning
| This is the ninth in a series of mysteries set in Kent, England, and featuring the detective work of Inspector Luke Thanet. In this story, when Thanet drives through a snowstorm to investigate an apparent hit-and-run, he quickly finds that the people who knew the victim have a lot to ... |
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Posted on: Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:13 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Dorothy Simpson – Inspector Thanet 8: Suspicious Death
| The eighth in Simpson’s series featuring Detective Inspector Luke Thanet typifies the British author’s award winners. Events in Kent are related in a measured fashion, keeping pace with the dogged investigation of a case by Thanet and his partner, Sgt. Mike Lineham. When the body of Marcia Salden is found ... |
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Posted on: Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:12 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Dorothy Simpson – Inspector Thanet 6: Dead On Arrival
| Simpson’s sixth story about the admirable British Inspector Luke Thanet involves the murder of Steven Long, possibly by Harry Carpenter, whose wife and child have died after Steve caused their car to crash. But the detective’s methodical habits lead him to question others with reasons to hate the murder victim: ... |
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Posted on: Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:10 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Dorothy Simpson – Inspector Thanet 5: Last Seen Alive
| It was all of twenty years since Alicia Parnell last saw Sturrenden. While she was still a schoolgirl a jilted boyfriend killed himself , and her parents tactfully moved away from that corner of Kent. Nevertheless the old crowd were delighted when she turned up out of the blue one ... |
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Posted on: Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:07 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Dorothy Simpson – Inspector Thanet 4: Close Her Eyes
| 15 year old Charity Pritchard is found dead in an alley near her home in Kent. When Thanet and his less than confident assistant Sergeant Lineham begin to investigate they find quite an unusual cast of characters. Charity and her family belong to a very strict fundamentalist religious group who ... |
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Posted on: Thursday, March 11, 2010 9:00 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Connie Willis – Blackout
| In her first novel since 2002, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author Connie Willis returns with a stunning, enormously entertaining novel of time travel, war, and the deeds – great and small – of ordinary people who shape history. Oxford in 2060 is a chaotic place. Scores of time-traveling historians are being ... |
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Posted on: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:50 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: C. Funke – Ghosthunters and the Muddy Monster of Doom!
| To earn his Ghosthunting Diploma, Tom’s got to nab a deadly 12th Messenger. But while on the hunt in the haunted town of Bogpool, Tom stumbles into the mucked-up lair of a mud-loving minotaur who has an entire army of ghosts at his command. Suddenly there’s a lot more at ... |
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Posted on: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:47 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: C. Funke – Ghosthunters and the Totally Moldy Baroness!
| Horrifying things are happening at Gloomsburg Castle. To begin with, the creepy place is crawling with Tiny Biting Ghosts (or “TIBIGS”, in official ghosthunter code). And now it appears as if the murderous spirit of a brutal Baroness has taken hold of the landlady, infecting her with a killer case ... |
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Posted on: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:42 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: C. Funke – Ghosthunters and the Gruesome Invincible Lightning Ghost!
| Boy hero Tom, Hugo the Averagely Spooky Ghost, and famed ghoul hunter Hetty Hyssop have formed an agency dedicated to dealing with difficult apparitions. No spook can defeat them, until their too close encounter with a Gruesome Invincible Lightning Ghost (or “GILIG” in ghosthunter-speak). This superheated specter has taken over the ... |
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Posted on: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:36 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: C. Funke – Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost!
| Nine-year-old Tom Tomsky can’t catch a break. He’s a klutz, his sister Lola pretty much hates his guts, and (this is a big “and”) he just found a ghost camping out in his cellar. Lucky for Tom, his grandma’s best friend just happens to be the world’s foremost ghosthunter. Under ... |
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Posted on: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:31 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Winston Groom – Forrest Gump
| Unabridged audiobook on eight compact discs. Forrest Gump is the publishing phenomenon that surged to #1 on the New York Times best-seller list and stayed there for weeks. Satirical and hilarious, this book also inspired the motion picture that won six Academy Awards® and became one of the highest-grossing films ... |
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Posted on: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 1:54 PM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Mary Rourke – Two Women of Galilee
| Wife to Chuza, King Herod’s chief steward, Joanna lives a life of luxury in the city of Sepphoris, the jewel of the Galilee. Yet not even the finest doctors can restore health to her lungs, which have ailed her since childhood. But Joanna has heard talk of a local healer, ... |
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Posted on: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 1:49 PM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Edgar Rice Burroughs – The Cave Girl
| Back in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., he was a blueblood named Waldo Smith-Jones. But when he found himself in a desperate effort to survive on a lost island of primitive men and beasts, he won not only a new name but also the hand of the cave princess, Nadara. Media: Splitfiles | ... |
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Posted on: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 1:37 PM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Jennifer Crusie – What the Lady Wants
| If he’s Cary Grant, where’s his Girl Friday? Mitch Peabody was learning pretty fast that the life of a private detective was nothing like the movies. He’d envisioned a world of tough-talking detectives and smart-mouthed, stunning dames. Instead he saw case after case of cheating husbands, suspicious wives and unsuspecting mistresses…until ... |
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Posted on: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 1:17 PM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child – Thunderhead
| Archaeologist Nora Kelly is adrift in her career and her personal life when a violent, inexplicable incident leaves her in possession of a mysterious letter. Written sixteen years before by her father, who vanished without a trace in the remote desert, the letter points to a mythical place hidden in the ... |
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Posted on: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 1:09 PM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Connie Willis – Inside Job
| Rob, a professional debunker, is watching yet another performance by a supposed psychic. But as she calls forth the spirit entity known as Isus, another voice suddenly interrupts. And this one is so unexpected and so real, even the hardened skeptic finds he can’t help but believe. This engaging, humorous tale ... |
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Posted on: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 10:31 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Tracy & Laura Hickman – The Bronze Canticles Trilogy: 3 – Mystic Empire
| Eighty years have passed since the adventures of Mystic Quest, and the story continues with a new generation of seekers. Theres Theona is the daughter of a magic-rich family, but devoid of any known magical ability herself. Arryk is the rebellious son of the long-lost Aislynn, whose belief in a centaur ... |
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Posted on: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 10:31 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Tracy & Laura Hickman – The Bronze Canticles Trilogy: 2 – Mystic Quest
| Now, after Mystic Warrior, comes Mystic Quest, Book Two of the Bronze Canticles, a trilogy of magic and heroism, mystery and splendor. Twenty-three years have passed since Galen Arvad first exposed the deep magic. Now, that magic brings tragedy and darkness to the lives of all who wield it in the ... |
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Posted on: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 10:31 AM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Tracy & Laura Hickman – The Bronze Canticles Trilogy: 1 – Mystic Warrior
| New York Times best-selling master of fantasy, Tracy Hickman, and his wife, author Laura Hickman, offer the first book in a major, new, dragon-laden epic fantasy. The Bronze Canticles is an expansive new saga chronicling the world-altering changes that take place as three connected universes, the Human world, the Goblin world, ... |
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Posted on: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 10:05 AM
Author: jolly_jumper
Subject: Lisa McMann – Wake Series: Book 3 – Gone
| Things should be great for Janie–she has graduated from high school and is spending her summer with Cabel, the guy she’s totally in love with. But deep down she’s panicking about how she’s going to survive her future when getting sucked into other people’s dreams is really starting to take ... |
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Posted on: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 10:04 AM
Author: jolly_jumper
Subject: Lisa McMann – Wake Series: Book 2 – Fade
| This sequel to Wake (2008) follows dream-catcher Janie as she navigates the treacherous world of dreaming the dreams of others. Janie and her boyfriend, Cabel, use their skills to work undercover investigating teachers suspected of drugging and abusing students at class parties. Janie takes on more than she can handle ... |
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Posted on: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 10:03 AM
Author: jolly_jumper
Subject: Lisa McMann – Wake Series: Book 1 – Wake
| For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people’s dreams is getting old. Especially the falling dreams, the naked-but-nobody-notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. Janie’s seen enough fantasy booty to last her a lifetime. She can’t tell anybody about what she does – they’d never believe her, or worse, they’d think she’s ... |
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Posted on: Sunday, March 07, 2010 10:49 PM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Jim Butcher – Codex Alera 6 – First Lord’s Fury
| The next book in the thrilling New York Times best-selling series. For years he has endured the endless trials and triumphs of a man whose skill and power could not be restrained. Battling ancient enemies, forging new alliances, and confronting the corruption within his own land, Gaius Octavian became a legendary ... |
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Posted on: Sunday, March 07, 2010 10:46 PM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Jim Butcher – Codex Alera 5 – Princeps’ Fury
| Butcher’s military fantasy series begins its fifth volume as Tavi sails to the land of the Canea on a diplomatic mission. Back home in Alera, the citizens discover that the terrifying Vord have learned to use the elemental spirits called Furies; also, the empires of Cama collide, and ancient enemies ... |
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Posted on: Sunday, March 07, 2010 10:39 PM
Author: buck rider
Subject: Jim Butcher – Codex Alera 4 – Captain’s Fury
| Kate Reading seems like an odd choice to narrate a story about grim barbarians who are fighting a war in a magical age. Yet it quickly becomes clear that she’s the perfect choice to read CAPTAIN’S FURY, the fourth book of the Codex Alera series. Somehow she sounds as natural ... |
