Ten-year-old Ernest lives a flat, colorless life. Each day is the same: he comes home right after school, eats a healthy snack, and does his homework. Enter Victoria, the new girl in class. Victoria i
Whether the war zone be in Africa, Sri Lanka, Chechnya or Afghanistan, most people are not killed by hi-tech or heavy weaponry, but by the small arms, cheap and accessible, that have flooded into so m
Whether the war zone be in Africa, Sri Lanka, Chechnya or Afghanistan, most people are not killed by hi-tech or heavy weaponry, but by the small arms, cheap and accessible, that have flooded into so m
THE SAGA OF DARREN SHAN BOOK 2 Darren joins the vampire, Mr Crepsley, as his assistant and they return to the Cirque Du Freak. There, Darren makes friends with the snake-boy, Evra Von (who knows what
"Fetch the ball, Biscuit.Woof, woof!" But Biscuit is too busy playing with his bone and chasing Daisy the cat to learn a new trick-- until the ball lands in a gooey mud puddle. Then, nothing can stop
The Onion is the world's most popular humor periodical. Its first book, Our Dumb Century, was a New York Times #1 best-seller and winner of the 1999 Thurber Prize for American Humor.??Now The Onion re
From the New York Times bestselling author of Talk Before Sleep and What We Keep comes "the love story of the year" (Detroit Free Press). A woman waiting for her husband to awake from a coma discovers
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In an open cart Elspeth Huxley set off with her parents to travel to Thika in Kenya. As pioneering settlers, they built a house of grass, ate off a damask cloth spread over packing cases, and discover
This is the final book in the best-selling Flambards series. The First World War is over and Christina marries Dick, who was once the groom at Flambards. The local gentry refuse to accept the couple s
Bebe's paid her dues. Now it's time to light a little fire . . . . Bebe's got a brand-new tight-fitting money-green dress. Isaac has three dollars in his wallet and fifty out on loan. Bebe's wearing h
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Climb on board with this adorable family of bumbling bears as they row, row, row their boat into a merry adventure. Hold on to your hats and get ready to laugh as these irresistible characters rock, b
A recent article in USA Today reported that approximately "51 million people in the U.S. are on the Internet, and that number will double to 100 million in the next 5 years. Name another hobby-or anyt
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The Boxcar Children visit a friend of their Grandmother's, who owns a mall, but when they start working at one of the stores, strange things start to happen, and they realize they have a mystery to so
Ready to create interactive Web pages? Then welcome to Active Server Pages For Dummies, 2nd Edition. In this guide, you'll see exactly what ASP is all about and how it works. You may be a Web site
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Since The Book of Three was first published in 1964, young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-keeper and his quest to become a hero. Taran is joined by an engag
Since The Book of Three was first published in 1964, young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-keeper and his quest to become a hero. Taran is joined by an engag
In a literary epic, when a fellow of New College in seventeenth-century Oxford is found dead and a young woman is accused of his murder, four witnesses, each with their own agenda, tell what they saw,
Doro is an entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts by reflex--or design. He fears no one--until he meets Anyanwu. Anyanwu has also died many times. She can absorb bullets and make m
In The New Era of Wealth, top-rated economist Brian Wesbury shows investors how to use the five key trends that created the stock market boom in the 1990s to sidestep risk and build long-term personal
Wall Street traders live by time-honored rules--axioms like "Follow a Few Stocks Well," or "Buy On the Rumor and Sell on the News"--but only "Stock Market Rules" tells traders which to trust A sleeper
"This is a time to shape the future--precisely because everything is in flux. This is a time for self-assessment, clear-minded decisions, and, above all, a time for action."--Peter F. Drucker"As a too
The idea of finding a 'third way' in politics has been widely discussed over recent months - not only in the UK, but in the US, Continental Europe and Latin America. But what is the third way? Support
Don't lose your sanity, or your spare time, trying to figure out how to use Microsoft SQL Server 7. With the expert advice of SQL guru Anthony Mann, you can quickly and easily develop the expertise yo
Illustrated in full color. Readers are introduced to young Luke Skywalker, who dreams of being a star pilot but has to stay planetbound, helping his uncle run the farm. Then the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO
Everyday a young girl is disheartened by the things in her neighborhood: the trash on the streets, the graffiti on the walls, and the homeless woman that sleeps in a box. When she learns the word "be
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Do you ever feel like George? Are you curious? Are you mischievous? Curious kids can read along with their parents to see if they behave like the monkey best known for getting in and out of mischief.
In the early days of the Texas panhandle, starting a new life is hard--but keeping it is even harder.Espy Norwood is a troubleshooter who's got troubles of his own--and more troubles find him when he
Will Graham stands in a silent, empty house communing with a killer. An FBI instructor with a gift for hunting madmen, Graham knows what his murderer looks like, how he thinks, and what he did to his
A pigeon carrying an important message takes the reader on a unique tour through Rome. As we follow the path of this somewhat wayward bird, we discover that Rome is a place where past and present live
What will happen when the sheep go trick-or-treating? Could there be wolves lurking in the woods, hoping to waylay them as they return home with their bags full of goodies? In crisp verse and whimsica
Random House is pleased to welcome Sesame StreetR to the distinguished ranks of Beginner BooksR. It's up, up, and away for Elmo! Follow the fun as Elmo's high-flying kite takes him from the park to ad
Stella Payne is forty-two, divorced, a high-powered investment analyst, mother of eleven-year-old Quincy?and she does it all. In fact, if she doesn't do it, it doesn't get done, from Little League car
This manual is designed to help the user install the Micro Focus Personal COBOL for Windows system and learn how to use it. It is intended to give an overview of the system along with sufficient examp
