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Carl Hiaasen Downhill Lie, The: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport ENOriginally drawn to the game by his father, Carl Hiaasen wisely quit golfing in 1973. But some ambitions refuse to die, and as the years-and memories of shanked 7-irons faded, it dawned on Carl that there might be one thing in life he could do better in middle age than he could as a youth. So gradually he ventured back to the dreaded driving range, this time as the father of a five-year-old son-and also as a…
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Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss's Beginner Book CollectionA perfect gift for new parents, birthday celebrations, and happy occasions of all kinds, this collection of five beloved Beginner Books by Dr. Seuss—The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop, ...
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Dr. Seuss, Andrew Joyner (ilustrácie) Dr. Seuss’s Horse MuseumThis #1 New York Times bestseller is the perfect gift for the young artist in your life! A never-before-published Dr. Seuss non-fiction book about creating and looking at art! ...
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Bram Stoker Dracula ENCollected inside this book are diary entries, letters and newspaper clippings that piece together the depraved story of the ultimate predator. A young lawyer on an assignment finds himself imprisoned in a Transylvanian castle by his mysterious host. Back at home his fiancee and friends are menaced by a malevolent force which seems intent on imposing suffering and destruction. Can the devil really have arrived on…
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David Gaider, Chad Hardin, Anthony Palumbo, Michael Atiyeh Dragon Age ENHelping set the stage for BioWare's hotly anticipated Dragon Age: Inquisition, this deluxe oversized hardcover collects every Dark Horse Dragon Age comic to date The Silent Grove, Those Who Speak, and Until We Sleep an epic trilogy complete in one volume, written by Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider! This edition also features extensive annotations from the creators of the comics as well asa section of never…
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Jack McCallum Dream Team ENHow Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever They were the Beatles of basketball, the Mercury Seven in sneakers. In Dream Team, acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team that captivated the world, kindled the hoop dreams…
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Cristina Garcia Dreaming in Cuban ENRemarkable... An intricate weaving of dramatic events with the supernatural and the cosmic... Evocative and lush... A rich and haunting narrative, an excellent new voice in contemporary fiction. Now available in a Spanish language edition from Ballantine Books. Here is the dreamy and bittersweet story of a family divided by politics and geography by the Cuban revolution. It is the family story of Celia del Pino, and…
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Joff Winterhart Driving Short Distances ENSam is 27 and needs to get a job. Keith, who claims to be a second cousin of his (absent) father, offers him one. On Keith's card it says he does `distribution and delivery', which seems to consist of `a lot of driving around, getting out of the car for a few minutes and then getting back in', Sam tells his mother. And so the days go by, Keith driving to a trading estate, ducking into a portakabin, all the while…
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Diana Gabaldon Drums of Autumn ENIt began in Scotland, at an ancient stone circle. There, a doorway, open to a select few, leads into the past or the grave. Claire Randall survived the extraordinary passage, not once but twice. Her first trip swept her into the arms of Jamie Fraser, an eighteenth-century Scot whose love for her became legend a tale of tragic passion that ended with her return to the present to bear his child. Her second journey,…
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Robert D. Kaplan Earning The RockiesAs a boy, Robert D. Kaplan listened to his truck-driver father tell evocative stories about traveling across America in his youth, travels in which he learned to understand the country literally from the ground up. There was a specific phrase from Kaplan’s childhood that captured this perspective: A westward traveler must “earn the Rockies” by driving—not flying—across the flat Midwest and Great Plains. In Earning…
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Gideon Rachman EasternisationThe West's domination of world politics is coming to a close. The flow of wealth and power is turning from West to East and a new era of global instability has begun. Easternisation is the defining trend of our age...
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Danielle Steel Echoes ENEurope in the throes of WWI and II serves as backdrop for this latest dose of melodrama from megabestseller Steel. Bookish, raven-haired beauty Beata Wittgenstein meets dashing French nobleman Antoine de Vallerand while on vacation in Switzerland and falls passionately in love. An affluent German Jew whose strict Orthodox parents forbid marriage outside the faith, Beata knows that a union with a Catholic from war…
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Clive Cussler El Buda de Oro ESEl buda de oro es el primer libro de una nueva serie de Clive Cussler, escrita con la colaboración de Craig Dirgo. Tíbet, 1959. Los chinos invaden el país y el Dalai Lama huye con la ayuda de unos americanos. Con él se lleva una estatua de oro de buda de enormes dimensiones. El Oregón, 2005. Juan Cabrillo es el jefe de una organización llamada “La Corporación” y el capitán del barco Oregón. Sus miembros son…
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Gabriel García Márquez El general en su laberinto ESEl general Simón Bolívar, El Libertador de los países de América del Sur, da, por última vez, un nostálgico viaje por el río Magdalena en el que vuelve a visitar ciudades en sus orillas donde revive sus triumfos, sus pasiones y las traiciones de toda una vida. Poseedor de un gran encanto personal, prodigiosamente afortunado en amores, en la guerra y en la política, todavía baila con tanto entusiasmo y habilidad que…
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Paul Sussman El Guardián De Los Arcanos ESAňo 70 de nuestra era. Tras días de asedio, las legiones romanas del general Tito irrumpían en el sagrado templo de jerusalén, aniquilando a los últimos resistentes de una revuelta condenada al fracaso y saqueando todos sus tesoros. Solo un hombre y un objeto escaparon al pillaje. Dos milenios después, el hallazgo del cadáver de un anciano europeo en una necrópolis egipcia y una carta anónima, con la fotocopia de un…
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Patrick Rothfuss El temor de un hombre sabio ESTodo hombre sabio teme tres cosas: la tormenta en el mar, la noche sin luna y la ira de un hombre amable.» El segundo día de la historia de Kvothe. La esperada continuación de El nombre del viento, de Patrick Rothfuss.
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Christopher Paolini Eldest (anglicky) ENDarkness falls...Despair abounds...Evil reigns...Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in magic and swordsmanship, the vital skills of the Dragon Rider. It is the journey of a lifetime, filled with awe-inspiring new places and…
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Anne Dayton Emily Ever After ENA quirky and quick-witted girl moves to Manhattan and holds on for dear life.Emily Hinton needs out. She comes from a small town in California where the church handbell choir concert passes for a decent way to spend a Saturday and she’s known all the boys since kindergarten. She dreams of sophisticated people, love, and Louis Vuitton. When she lands a job at the world-famous publishing house Morrow & Sons in New…
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Daniel Goleman Emotional IntelligenceEveryone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until the discoveries of modern brain researchers, theorists could only guess why. Daniel Goleman's fascinating report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience...
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Roman Krznaric Empathy ENInfluential popular philosopher Roman Krznaric argues our brains are wired for social connection: empathy is at the heart of who we are. It's an essential, transforming quality we must develop for the 21st Century. Through encounters with actors, activists, groundbreaking designers, undercover journalists, nurses, bankers and neuroscientists, Krznaric defines a new breed of adventurer. He sets out the six life…
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Greg McKeown Essentialism ENHave you ever found yourself stretched too thin? Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underutilized? Are you often busy but not productive? Do you feel like your time is constantly being hijacked by other people's agendas? If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is the Way of the Essentialist. The Way of the Essentialist isn't about getting more done in less time. It's about getting only the right…
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Michael Crichton Estado De Miedo ESEstado de miedo es una novela de denuncia que ya está causando mucha polémica en EEUU e Inglaterra. Michael Crichton dedicó tres años a la investigación de los datos y cifras que nos facilitan los investigadores científicos sobre el calentamiento global de la tierra, lo que llamamos el efecto invernadero. Cuestiona y descarta muchos de ellos. Según Crichton no hay pruebas claras de calentamiento global. Afirma que…
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Harriet Tuckey Everest: The First Ascent ENFor the first time, drawing upon previously unseen diaries and letters, rare archive material and interviews, Everest – The First Ascent tells the remarkable story of Griffith Pugh, the forgotten team member whose scientific breakthroughs ensured the world's highest mountain could be climbed. A doctor and physiologist, Griffith Pugh revolutionised almost every aspect of British high-altitude mountaineering,…
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Frances Mayes Every Day in TuscanyFrances Mayes widely published poet, gourmet cook, and travel writer opnes the door to a wondrous new world when she buys and restores an abandoned villa in the...