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Faster [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by James Gleick
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 If one quality defines our modern, technocratic age, it's acceleration. We are making haste. Our computers, our movies, our sex lives, our prayers--they all run faster now than ever before. And the more we fill our lives with time saving devices and time-saving strategies, the more rushed we feel. In Faster, James Gleick explores nothing less than the human condition at the turn of the millennium. He shines a light of enterprising and analytical reporting--as well as sly wit--on the newest parad... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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How to Think Like a CEO: The 22 Vital Traits You Need to Be the Person at the Top [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
by D. A. Benton
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 Drawing on in-depth interviews with hundreds of the nation's chief executive officers, author and international executive development expert D. A. Benton reveals the secrets that separate the business lions from the cubs--the vital traits that every executive must have to make it to the top. Discover how to: Make your contributions known--without looking like a braggart; Learn your boundaries--and when to go outside them, Prepare for uncertainty and the unexpected--without losing your cool; Make... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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The Edge of Town [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
by Dorothy Garlock
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Dorothy Garlock's novels have won her acclaim from the "Chicago Sun-Times" as a "gifted storyteller" and praise from readers as a truth-teller about America and its people. The USA Today bestselling author begins her new saga of the Midwest in the 1920s with the heartwarming story of the Jones family, who meet life's incredible challenges with bravery, humor, and zest. Julie Jones knows what she is: a country girl, not beautiful but presentable, in skirts too long to be fashionable. A responsibl... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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The Last Time They Met [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
by Anita Shreve
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Linda Fallon encounters her former lover, Thomas Janes, at a literary festival where both have been invited to give readings from their work. It has been years since their paths crossed, and in that time Thomas has become a kind of literary legend. His renown is enhanced by his elusiveness; for most of the past decade, he has remained in seclusion following a devastating loss. This is no chance meeting. Thomas learned that Linda was reading at the festival and chose this moment to reestablish co... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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The Undefeated [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Jim Dent
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For three perfect seasons (1954-1956), the Oklahoma Sooners won every football game they played--home or away. This awesome record was the product of a genius and masterful coach named Bud Wilkinson and the spirited young men he led. "The Undefeated" details all the thrilling action on the field during this record winning streak, but it also reveals all the behind-the-scenes tumult and pressure swirling around it. More than just an exciting account of the greatest team acomplishment in college f... more info>> (Published: 2001)
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Acorn Principle [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket]
by Jim Cathcart
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Self-awareness--knowing your nature, your abilities, and how you react to people and situations--may well be the greatest life-management skill you can have. The Acorn Principle is a guide to doing a complete "life checkup" that will help you pinpoint your talents and strengths. Nurturing those strengths is the key to the success you've always wanted but didn't know how to attain. By reading this book and doing the simple exercises, you'll learn things about yourself that you and most people don... more info>> (Published: 2000)
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The Red Tent [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket]
by Anita Diamant
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The red tent is the place where women gathered during their cycles of birthing, menses, and even illness. Like the conversations and mysteries held within this feminine tent, this sweeping piece of fiction offers an insider's look at the daily life of a biblical sorority of mothers and wives and their one and only daughter, Dinah. Told in the voice of Jacob's daughter Dinah (who only received a glimpse of recognition in the Book of Genesis), we are privy to the fascinating feminine characters wh... more info>> (Published: 1999)
Category: Sports/Entertainment
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The Spy Who Stayed Out in the Cold [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Adrian Havill
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Robert Philip Hansen thought he could outsmart the system. In the mid-1980s, the mild-mannered FBI bureaucrat and father of six began selling top secret information to agents of the Soviet Union. A computer expert, Hansen carefully encrypted his stolen files: anyone but his contacts would destroy the files simply by trying to access them. The information--amounting to 6000 pages of highly classified documents--named names. The Soviets, and their successors in Russian intelligence organizations, ... more info>> (Published: 2001)
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Blackwater Sound [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by James W. Hall
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The Braswell family has everything: money, looks and power. But then their eldest son, Andy, the family's shining light, is killed in a grotesque fishing accident, yanked overboard and pulled down to his death by a giant marlin. He takes with him a dark secret, so corrupt it will destroy his family. Ten years later, in the steamy shallows off the Florida coast, a huge airliner, its electrical systems suddenly destroyed by a strange electromagnetic pulse, crashes, killing all aboard. Helping pull... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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The Crown of Silence [The Magravandias Chronicles Book 2] [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Storm Constantine
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The terrible consequences of war have left the boy Shan, brutalized by the invading army of Magravandas, an orphan. Shan is rescued by the magus Taropat, who has given Shan a home in his forest hideaway. Taropat teaches the boy both magic and how to forge his loathing of the Magravandian empire into a lethal, honed weapon. The magi of the forest seek to make a hero: bent on revenge, Shan willingly accepts the role. As Shan learns the tragic truth of what befell Khaster Leckery, erstwhile compani... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Category: Science Fiction
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The Impossible Bird [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Patrick O'Leary
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Two brothers, Mike and Daniel, a director and a professor, have had difficulty getting along since they shared a strange abuse experience as kids. As adults, they both love Julie, who married Daniel, and now is gone. When Daniel's son Sean disappears as well, Daniel sets out to find him. Meanwhile, two violent groups are competing to kill one of the brothers--but they are unsure which one. Somehow, alien invaders are responsible for this situation. They were only trying to help by resurrecting t... more info>> (Published: 2002) Nebula Award(R) Preliminary Ballot Nominee
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Kiln People [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by David Brin
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"Kiln People" is set in a perilous future where disposable human duplicates fulfill every legal and illicit whim of their decadent masters. Albert Morris, a brash investigator with a knack for trouble, is on the trail of a discovery so revolutionary that it may alter humanity forever, so valuable it has incited open warfare on the streets. To stop the carnage, Morris must enter a shadowy world where nothing--and no one--is what they seem, and even memory itself is suspect. (Published: 2002) Hugo Award Nominee
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Q School Confidential: Inside Golf's Cruelest Tournament [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket]
by David Gould
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In 2002, the PGA's qualifying school--known as Q School--will find itself sitting on over 35 years of unique history. Q School Confidential will tell of the tournament's deep, dense story of heartbreak, black humor, back-room politics and magnificent golf under dire circumstances. Here is the history of this event and revealing anecdotes from rookies and struggling pros. These vintage stories are tales of emotional and physical breakdown--and sometimes valor--under pressure. Imagine an event so ... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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Someone to Kill [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Kurt Corriher
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The man who called himself Mr. Greene was purposeful, deliberate, and very, very cold. He had no difficulty getting into the newspaper's garage and putting the device into the gray Honda belonging to investigative reporter Judith Lyles. Then it was just a matter of following her onto the highway and waiting for the right moment to trigger the explosion. John Pavlak had become a college athletic director rather than joining his wealthy father's business after returning from Vietnam a decorated he... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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Supermen [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket]
by Gardner Dozois
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Our bodies and minds are malleable, and only the imagination is the limit to the possible improvements. Included here are more than twenty stories from the most imaginative writers in the field, including: Poul Anderson, James Blish, Eric Brown, Ted Chiang, Tony Daniel, Samuel R. Delany, Greg Egan, Joe Haldeman, Geoffrey A. Landis, Paul McAuley, Ian MacLeod, David Marusek, Tom Purdom, Robert Reed, Joanna Russ, Robert Silverberg, Brian Stableford, Bruce Sterling, Charles Stross, Michael Swanwick,... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Category: Science Fiction
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The Tao of Sobriety [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket]
by David Gregson & Jay S. Efran
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The combination of exercises and the learning of a new way of thinking about oneself and one's addiction provides a unique framework for recovery. Jay Efran and David Gregson explain their philosophy with concrete, everyday examples. Their style helps to engage the reader in the process of self-acceptance and responsibility. The "discovery" sections are extremely effective at forcing the addict to delve deeply into the patterns of alcohol and drug abuse and to recognize how his or her internal d... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Category: Self Improvement
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The Way of Light [The Magravandias Chronicles Book 3] [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Storm Constantine
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The sudden death of Emperor Leonid plunges the empire of Magravandias into bloodshed and chaos. As a dark cabal of Firemages seek to crown their chosen successor, the children of the Dragon Lord of Caradore summon ancient magics to try to place a True King on the throne. (Published: 2002)
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The Watchmen [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Brian Freemantle
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A germ warfare attack upon the United Nations building in New York brings the Superpowers to the brink of diplomatic meltdown and once again reunites the FBI's Russian supremo William Cowley with Moscow's Organized Crime director Dimitri Danilov. The miraculously unexploded rocket is claimed by a heretofore unknown organization, The Watchmen, and makes a reality of the West's worst nightmare: a link-up between a fanatical, well-financed US terrorist organization and Russian gangsters with access... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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The Druid of Shannara [The Heritage of Shannara Book 2] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
by Terry Brooks
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In the three hundred years since the death of the Druid Allanon, the mysterious, evil Shadowen have seized control of the Four Lands. The shade of Allanon summons the four scions of Shannara: Par, Coll, Wren, and Walker Boh. To Walker Boh he gives the duty of restoring the lost Druid's Keep, Paranor. For that, Walker Boh needs the black Elfstone, but his search leads him into a trap. Quickening, the daughter of the ancient King of the Silver River, finds Walker Boh dying after an attack by the S... more info>> (Published: 2000)
Words: 155000 - Reading Time: 442-620 min.
Category: Fantasy
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The Scions of Shannara [The Heritage of Shannara Book 1] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
by Terry Brooks
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Three hundred years have passed since the death of Allanon, and the Four Lands are sadly changed. The Elves have vanished, and the Dwarves are enslaved. The Southland is now under the totalitarian rule of the Federation, and magic is strictly forbidden. Yet Par Ohmsford still has some power of the Wishsong. While his brother Coll recites the old legends, Par uses his Wishsong to bring them life. Then a mythic horror known as a Shadowen confronts them. A man calling himself Cogline drives it off ... more info>> (Published: 2000)
Words: 160000 - Reading Time: 457-640 min.
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AKA Jane [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
by Maureen Tan
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Meet Moura. aka Molly. aka Max. aka Jane Nichols. From a rolling position she can connect a knife with an enemy throat. With a few punches on a keyboard she can enthrall strangers with a wickedly crafted mystery. But now as ghosts taunt and duty calls, Jane flees to the moss-draped refuge of Savannah. Her plans are simple. To rest. To write. And to hunt down the killer of the spy who loved her. (Published: 2002)
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Amateur Night [Jane da Silva Mystery #2] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
by K. K. Beck
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It's been a long time since she solved her first "hopeless case" and Jane da Silva is running out of money. Her Uncle Harold's bizarre will provides her with a handsome income if she successfully runs his Foundation for Righting Wrongs--and pleases its crusty old board of directors. Through Calvin Mason, the young attorney who befriends her, she finds a new "hopeless case." A real hopeless case. Kevin Shea is a teenage drug addict convicted of holding up a pharmacy and killing the druggist's wif... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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Anything Goes! What I've Learned from Pundits, Politicians, and Presidents [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
by Larry King & Pat Parker
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In an era when news rules, Larry King has the best seat in the house. With our world being shaped and reshaped by a dizzying cast of characters and a merry-go-round of incredible events--from the blockbuster murder trial of a football icon to the near impeachment of the US president, charged for lying under oath about sex with an intern--Larry King is the man who asks the questions we all want to ask and gets the answers that make tomorrow's headlines. Now, in this fascinating, fast-paced book, ... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Category: Politics/Government
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Burnt Sienna [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
by David Morrell
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Once Chase Malone waged war. Now he creates beauty, living as a reclusive painter in Mexico. Until a rich man hires Chase to do his wife's portrait. And Chase finds out what beauty is really all about.... Derek Bellasar is an international arms merchant who lives in a fortress-like mansion on the Riviera. Sienna is his wife and the woman whose incredible beauty Chase Malone must somehow capture on canvas. There's only one problem: Every time Bellasar has one of his wives painted, she dies. Sudde... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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Cane River [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
by Lalita Tademy
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Lalita Tademy was a successful vice president at Sun Microsystems when she began what became an obsessive two-year search to uncover the story of her family's roots. It was a personal odyssey that took her back to the early l800s and a small rural community on Louisiana's Cane River. There, digging through official records, conducting interviews, and relying on the expertise of professional genealogists, Tademy was able to bring to vivid life four remarkable women--her great, great, great, great... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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