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1) The drop
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"Based on the screenplay he developed for Twentieth Century Fox from his short story "Animal Rescue," New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane's The Drop follows a former criminal whose efforts to build a new life with his girlfriend and pit bull rescue puppy fall apart when he becomes mixed up in a robbery gone wrong. Scheduled for release in Fall 2014, Fox's film of the same title stars James Gandolfini (in his final on-screen performance),...
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New Grub Street (1891) is a novel by George Gissing. Inspired by his own struggles as a working writer and unhappily married man, Gissing crafts a tale of talent, ambition, and the strain placed on romance by financial need. New Grub Street poses important questions about convention in Victorian England while proving surprisingly relevant for our own times. In 18th century London, Grub Street was where the desperate writer went once their dreams of...
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"Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home, food on the table, and a high school he can attend for more than part of a year. But as the son of a single father working in warehouses across the Pacific Northwest, Charley's been pretty much on his own. When tragic events leave him homeless weeks after their move to Portland, Oregon, Charley seeks refuge in the tack room of a run-down horse track. Charley's only comforts are his friendship with a...
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2009
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Shocking, intimate, often uncomfortably honest, these stories reaffirm Doris Lessing's unequalled ability to capture the truth of the human condition
In the title novel, two friends fall in love with each other's teenage sons, and these passions last for years, until the women end them, vowing a respectable old age. In Victoria and the Staveneys, a young woman gives birth to a child of mixed race and struggles with feelings
...5) The ravaged
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"Jack's dying mother told him, “Run and never look back.” He spent his life amassing wealth, but after losing his family, he has no one to share it with. Alone with his demons and a backpack, he heads to South America, where people with nothing teach him what matters. After thrashing his dog-abusing boss, Hunter learns of his father's death in a mysterious fire. Biker buddies Nugget and Itch ride with him from North Carolina to California. Stories...
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Fight Club 2 is available exclusively as a Graphic Novel! Some imaginary friends never go away . . .Ten years after starting Project Mayhem, he lives a mundane life. A kid, a wife. Pills to keep his destiny at bay. But it won't last long, the wife has seen to that. He's back where he started, but this go-round he's got more at stake than his own life. The time has arrived . . .Rize or Die. New York Times bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk and acclaimed...
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It's just a piece of an old watch!But it's a piece of history. The bezel has been missing for a long time, but the watch is valuable and part of the culture -- the new owner wants it found. The job provides a chance for Lex Craig, world traveler, buyer and seller of odd things, to save his business. Perhaps a last chance.But seeking often leads to the discovery of the unintended, things that change life in unexpected ways. Lex's trip down the river...
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Naked under a tattered shower curtain, fifteen-year old Tracey Berkowitz has been sitting in the back of a bus for two days, looking for her brother, Sonny, who thinks he is a dog. Tracey's stories begin to twist and intertwine truth with lies, absorbing the reader into the games and delusions she uses to escape her despair. The Tracey Fragments is a raw, moving account that immerses the reader into the labyrinth of a troubled, adolescent psyche,...
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Grimm Fairy Tales volume 107
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After re-balancing the universe, Sela Mathers reunites with her estranged daughter, Skye. Teamed with Belinda, an age-old enemy who's been reformed, and their mentor, Shang, they set out to help highborn teens hone their unique abilities with the hope that one day they too will fight against the evil forces that threaten Earth. However, a horrific prophecy hangs over Arcane Acre, the school Sela has built, and it will threaten not only the students...
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Dracula The Suicide Club volume 1
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Sequel to the Bram Stoker's horror classic Dracula. From awarding winning writer Steven Philip Jones (Sherlock Holmes, H.P. Lovecraft's Worlds) and illustrator John Lowe (DC's Aquaman, Batman, Green Lantern). This Issue: Count Dracula, king of the vampires, is dead, but he isn't finished with England. Resurrected, Dracula rises from the grave, and before long a rash of bizarre suicides begins plaguing London. Scotland Yard Detective Champion Harrison...
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The Age of Darkness has descended upon the Grimm Universe! All hell is about to break loose as the Dark Queen prepares to wage war on Earth and the four realms of power all at once. Can Sela, Robyn, Cross, Shang and the rest of the Realm Knights stop her in time or will the Queen finally get what she wants: Power over all things. Volume 2 of the epic Age of Darkness series is here! This collects Robyn Hood Age of Darkness One-Shot, INFERNO Age of...
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The Age of Darkness is descending upon the Grimm Universe! All hell is about to break loose as the Dark Queen prepares to wage war on Earth and the four realms of power all at once. Can Sela, Robyn, Cross, Shang and the rest of the Realm Knights stop her in time or will the Queen finally get what she wants: Power over all things. Volume 4 of the epic Age of Darkness series is here! Collects: Grimm Fairy Tales Annual 2014, Grimm Fairy Tales: Realm...
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Oz volume 1
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The premier American fantasy adventure gets the Merry Marvel treatment! Eisner Award-winning writer/artist Eric Shanower (Age of Bronze) teams up with fan-favorite artist Skottie Young (New X-Men) to bring L. Frank Baum's beloved classic to life! When Kansas farm girl Dorothy flies away to the magical Land of Oz, she fatally flattens a Wicket Witch, liberates a Scarecrow and is hailed by the Munchkin people as a great sorcerer...but all she really...
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The epic Grimm Fairy Tales: Age of Darkness storyline continues! Hell has literally broken loose on Earth as the Dark Queen has found a way to merge Earth and the four Realms together. The Queen's plan to rule over all beings within the Nexus has succeeded and innocent lives are now under her strict control. Can the remaining Realm Knights still stop her or will the Dark Queen's reign last for ages? This trade paperback collects Age of Darkness: Inferno...
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The Age of Darkness descends upon the Grimm Universe and Sela Mathers is on a collision course with the most threatening evil she will ever face! The Dark Queen has risen again and leads the Dark Horde into war against those sworn to defend Earth. Can Sela find a way to protect what she holds most dear even when all efforts to save humanity seem futile?
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Dracula The Suicide Club volume 1
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Sequel to the Bram Stoker's horror classic Dracula. Count Dracula, king of the vampires, is dead, but he isn't finished with England. Resurrected, Dracula rises from the grave, and before long a rash of bizarre suicides begins plaguing London. Scotland Yard Detective Champion Harrison suspects these may actually be murders, and noted occult specialist Sir John Chandos and beautiful clairvoyant Dion Fortune from the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn...
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Dracula The Suicide Club volume 2
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Sequel to the Bram Stoker's horror classic. From awarding winning writer Steven Philip Jones (Sherlock Holmes, H.P. Lovecraft's Worlds) and illustrator John Lowe (DC's Aquaman, Batman, Green Lantern). This Issue: Members of London's Suicide Club are men who desire death but lack the nerve to take their own life. What the members do not know is the club's chairman is Count Dracula, who repays Satan for his resurrection by sending their cursed souls...
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Grimm Fairy Tales volume 101
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A new era begins for Grimm Fairy Tales! With the four realms of power - Myst, Neverland, Oz, and Wonderland - at Sela Mather's fingertips, life as the Guardian of Earth has never been more work. However, when Sela is put in charge of a group of young, powerful highborns, she finds that protecting the world from the threat of otherworldly forces may be the least of her worries.
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When Jessica falls in love with her Shakespeare teacher, she begins to act like her studious twin sister Elizabeth to impress him. Now it's up to Elizabeth to make sure that all's well that end well - but with Jessica playing her role, will anyone be able to tell which twin is which?
The treasured series that has entertained generations and sold over 60 million books returns! Fans of the over 600 classic novels and spinoffs and the TV show will adore...
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