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Switters is a contradiction for all seasons: an anarchist who works for the government; a pacifist who carries a gun; a vegetarian who sops up ham gravy; a cyberwhiz who hates computers; a man who, though obsessed with the preservation of innocence, is aching to deflower his high-school-age stepsister (only to become equally enamored of a nun ten years his senior). Yet there is nothing remotely wishy-washy about Switters. He doesn’t merely pack a pistol. He is a pistol. And as we dog Switters’s strangely elevated heels across four continents, in and out of love and danger, discovering in the process the “true” Third Secret of Fatima, we experience Tom Robbins—that fearless storyteller, spiritual renegade, and verbal break dancer—at the top of his game. On one level this is a fast-paced CIA adventure story with comic overtones; on another it’s a serious novel of ideas that brings the Big Picture into unexpected focus; but perhaps more than anything else, Fierce Invalids is a sexy celebration of language and life..
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The Complete Book of Math for grades 1 to 2 teaches children key math skills and concepts needed to succeed in school!

In this 352 page workbook children complete a variety of exercises that help them learn important math skills. Including a complete answer key this workbook features a user-friendly format and easy-to-follow instructions.

Features:

•Drill and practice in basic math concepts

•Word problems that encourage critical thinking

•Practice with skills used on standardized tests

•A glossary of math terms for easy reference

•Graphic color examples and illustrations

Over 4 million in print! The best-selling Complete Book series offers a full complement of instruction, activities, and information about a single topic or subject area. Containing over 30 titles and encompassing preschool to grade 8 this series helps children succeed in every subject area!

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Against the mythical dreamscape of America, Auster brilliantly weaves the bizarre narrative of Marco Stanley Fogg, an orphan searching for love, his father, and the key to the riddle of his origin and fate..
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My Sister's Keeper is a riveting suspense thriller that not only explores the special bond between a brother and a sister, but also the troubled relationships between a man and his father and a man and himself.
When Richard Baimbridge's sister is brutally attacked and crippled while investigating the rape of a 13-year-old for a newspaper, he rushes back to his coastal hometown of Wilmington, NC, to assist with her recovery and comes face to face with his tormented past and a dark family secret. Fighting to stay above the flood of childhood trauma, he serves as his sister's legs and is drawn into the dark underside of this quiet coastal community where he, himself, becomes the primary suspect in the murders of Wilmington's young girls. Promotional video can be viewed at the Bill Benners website..
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Now in paperback: the novel that’s “unabashedly emotional, refreshingly devoid of New York City cynicism, and tenderly funny” (People).

Jarvis Miller’s artist husband has been in a coma for six years. And so, Jarvis has spent these years suspended between hope and grief, paralyzed with longing for a life and a marriage that are slipping away. But then, unexpectedly, Jarvis makes her first new friends in years when she meets the Kept Man Club: three men whose lifestyles are funded by their successful wives, who gather once a week on laundry day. With their help, she reawakens to the city beyond her Brooklyn apartment, past the pitying eyes of her husband’s art dealer and his irresponsible best friend as her future begins to take on the irresistible tingles of possibility for the first time in almost a decade. When a shocking discovery casts a different light on her idealized marriage, she’s propelled even further down a path that she would never have dared to imagine just months before. Tender, bold, and unabashed, The Kept Man is a compulsively readable novel about love and loss from one of our most dynamic new storytellers..
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Henry Shukman’s debut fiction collection, Mortimer of the Maghreb, was acclaimed as “fearless, brilliantly realized, [and] richly rewarding” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Now, in his first novel, he tells the story of a British expat searching for treasure and, more important, for connection, amid the seductions and dangers of a rootless life.

Jackson Small has just been discharged from the British military after witnessing the violent battlefield death of his closest friend, Connolly. It was Connolly who introduced him to the fascinations of ancient civilizations, enticing him with stories of La Joya, the capital of a vanished Peruvian empire. Coping with his grief, Jackson sets off in search of La Joya, hidden in the cloud forest hanging between the Andes and Amazonia.

It’s an arduous journey: through desert, arid mountains, inhospitable villages, and impenetrable jungle. And though he finds unexpected help—from a young boy as wily as he is innocent, from an irreverent village priest, and from a woman who both redefines and fulfills all of Jackson’s expectations—he’s also warned at every turn to abandon his search for a place that may not even exist. But he lets nothing stop him from entering the depths of the forest believed to protect the ruins of the lost city—where he will encounter other seekers whose methods are far more sinister than his own

With its starkly lyrical voice, its headlong pace, and the romanticism of the quest that fuels it, The Lost City is at once suspenseful, continually unexpected, and thoroughly mesmerizing.

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"Oh, yuck! That's gross! I love it!" The music CD features Greasy Gopher Guts, Road Kill Stew, The Cat Came Back and 25 other gross and annoying songs guaranteed to make kids and grownups laugh, groan, and smile! The 96-page workbook includes gross and not-so-gross jokes and riddles, experiments and stunts, things to make, pranks and skits, recipes, and the Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts card game. Gross & Annoying Songs is a great resource for kids' parties, summer camp, weekend retreats, family camping, clubs, and rainy day fun. Approximate run time 45:00.

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Sing, move, play, make, write, read, and learn together -- jumpstart or reinforce kindergarten learning! Includes 20 original, fun learning songs and a 96-page workbook with worksheets, emergent reader mini-books to make and read, flashcards, family learning activities, and more! Skills include the alphabet, numbers 1 to 20, counting by tens, simple addition, colors, shapes, months and days, seasons, animals and their sounds, and when to call 9-1-1. Designed for home or classroom learning. Approximate run time 46:40.

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The Allumen have eyes that are warm glowing lights. Far overhead, their world is capped in vine-covered stone. The shimmering, luminescent fruit of the dense vines provide a viridian radiance to the entire land, a large island that slopes away on all sides. Their island is surrounded, not by oceanic waters, but by an abyssal sea of darkness. It is the Allumen's belief that this encircling emptiness extends infinitely outward and downward.
Westover Lake Orphanage for Abandoned Youth, which offers refuge to forsaken Allumen children, is where this epic tale begins. On the eve of graduation, six friends struggle with the fact that two of their oldest are about to graduate and leave the others behind. But just as they devise an exciting plan for one last memorable adventure, a bizarre secret is uncovered. Fascination turns to fear when they realize this discovery may mean that Eli, a sick child new to the orphanage, may be in great danger.
Do Herschel, Bruno, Tisdale, Maud, Hortense, and Sybil survive? Do they save Eli? Can they band together before darkness gains the upper hand? Find out in this brand-new graphic novel fantasy adventure!.
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