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Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - Deadeye Dick

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - Deadeye Dick

A young boy's life is irrevocably changed when he accidently kills a pregnant woman while playing with one of his father's many rifles
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Latest review by chompychomps Jan 24, 2010
"For those of you that are already familiar with Vonnegut's writing style, this book stays true to hi..." Read full review

$6 - $13

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Erik Christian Haugaard - Samurai's Tale

Erik Christian Haugaard - Samurai's Tale

When the powerful Lord Takeda’s soldiers sweep across the countryside, killing and plundering, they spare the boy Taro’s life and take ...
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Latest review by agentunderfire Jul 28, 2004
"I first had to read Erik Christian Haugaard's book in junior high, but luckily it was one of those b..." Read full review

$6 - $7

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Edwidge Danticat - The Farming of Bones: A Novel

Edwidge Danticat - The Farming of Bones: A Novel

Free Worldwide Delivery : The Farming of Bones : Paperback : Penguin Books : 9780140280494 : 0140280499 : 01 Sep 1999 : Memorializing the forgotten ...
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Latest review by Mattachine Jan 20, 2004
"Edwige Danticat's second novel, The Farming of Bones, shows her growth as a writer from the time of..." Read full review

$6 - $14

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Joyce A. Stengel - Mystery at Kittiwake Bay

Joyce A. Stengel - Mystery at Kittiwake Bay

With help from her new friend Ryan, thirteen-year-old Cassie explores the mysteries surrounding a mansion in Maine that was once an Underground ...

$10

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Jerry Spinelli - Milkweed

Jerry Spinelli - Milkweed

He&#8217;s a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Runt. Happy. Fast. Filthy son of Abraham. <br><br>He&#8217;s a boy who lives in the ...
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Latest review by jenniferkateab Jul 29, 2010
"A comb.A pickle spear.A hard-boiled egg.When you live in the Warsaw Ghetto, these items ar..." Read full review

$6 - $8

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Frank Welsh - Battle for Christendom: The Council of Constance, the East-west Conflict, and the Dawn of Modern Europe

Frank Welsh - Battle for Christendom: The Council of Constance, the East-west Conflict, and the Dawn of Modern Europe

In September 1396, the Turkish armies broke the last Crusade on the banks of the Danube, Militant's Islam's threat to the heart of Europe was ...

$7

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Dee Alexander Brown - Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Dee Alexander Brown - Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Now a special 30th-anniversary edition in both hardcover and paperback, the classic bestselling history The New York Times<BR>called "Original, ...
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Latest review by popsrocks May 2, 2007
"I read this book "many moons" ago. That's Indian speak I picked up as a child watching what seemed t..." Read full review

$7 - $16

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Ruth Stiles Gannett - My Father's Dragon

Ruth Stiles Gannett - My Father's Dragon

A little boy tells about his father's adventures on an island where the animals are endowed with human traits.
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Latest review by carstairs38 Sep 7, 2007
"I was in first grade when I was first introduced to this Newberry Honor book starring Elmer Elevator..." Read full review

$7 - $8

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Herodotus, John Marincola, Aubrey De Selincourt - The Histories

Herodotus, John Marincola, Aubrey De Selincourt - The Histories

Recounts the causes and history of the wars between the Greek city-states and Persia.
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Latest review by dierckx Aug 31, 2005
"( This is what we are used to call him. Of course Herodotus is not the Father because History existe..." Read full review

$7 - $11

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Jeanette Winter - Follow the Drinking Gourd

Jeanette Winter - Follow the Drinking Gourd

By following the directions in a song, &quot;The Drinking Gourd,&quot; taught them by an old sailor named Peg Leg Joe, runaway slaves journey ...
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Latest review by hadassahchana Sep 19, 2007
"One of the things I love most about homeschooling my boys, aka The Four Horsemen, is having the flex..." Read full review

$8

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Virginia Woolf and Mark Hussey - Orlando: A Biography

Virginia Woolf and Mark Hussey - Orlando: A Biography

Fantasy, love offering, exuberant celebration of English life and literature, Orlando is a uniquely entertaining ...
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Latest review by johngo Jul 14, 2004
"Orlando A contribution to the Excellent and Excruciating Write-Off: http://www.epinions.c om/conten..." Read full review

$3 - $23

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Terence Hanbury White - The Once and Future King

Terence Hanbury White - The Once and Future King

Describes King Arthur's life from his childhood to the coronation, creation of the Round Table, and search for the Holy Grail.
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Latest review by beasmith Nov 22, 2001
"This is a classic book, which deserves to be read by anyone, but particularly by those who are inter..." Read full review

$10 - $16

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Larry Bond and Jim Defelice - Larry Bond's First Team: Soul of the Assassin

Larry Bond and Jim Defelice - Larry Bond's First Team: Soul of the Assassin

When, after years of tough negotiations, North Korea's Kim Jong Il suddenly agrees to surrender all of his nuclear weapons, a suspicious U.S. ...

$3 - $16

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P. Ziegler - The Black Death

P. Ziegler - The Black Death

An historian's account of the origins, nature, and extent of the widespread destruction caused by the plague of the mid-fourteenth century.
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Latest review by wickengel Jul 9, 2001
"Ziegler admits he is a "Black Death" amateur merely amassing materials that the specialists, for var..." Read full review

$6

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Stephen King - Hearts in Atlantis

Stephen King - Hearts in Atlantis

The master of horror and suspense turns his pen to more subtle storytelling in these five interconnected stories in which he explores the darker ...
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Latest review by jacky55 Apr 1, 2009
"This is the very first Stephen King book I'd read. And on my top of the list. I decided to pick it u..." Read full review

$7

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