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The Miracle
Girls by Anne Dayton (FaithWords)
Transformations
by Grant McCracken (Indiana University Press)
Snowy Owls by
Ansley Watson Ford (Mountain Press Publishing)
The Ultimate CSS
Reference by Tommy Olssen (SitePoint/O'Reilly)
Soldiers Of
Reason by Alex Abella (Houghton Mifflin)
The Stone Gods
by Jeanette Winterson (Harcourt Trade)
Haunted House
(Choose Your Own Adventure Dragonlarks Series) by R. A. Montgomery (Chooseco
LLC)
Rat Bohemia by
Sarah Schulman (Arsenal Pulp Press)
Art After School by Jane Brite (Active Parenting Publishers)
Baroness Cox by
Lela Cox (Kregel Publications)
Everyday Early
Learning by Jeff Johnson (Redleaf Press)
Art in Theory,
1900-2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas by Charles Harrison
(Wiley-Blackwell)
Toronto
Noir...edited by Janine Armin (Akashic Books)
They Can't Find
Anything Wrong by Dr. David Clarke (Sentient Publications)
Sun Going Down
by Jack Todd (Touchstone Books/S&S)
The Lazarus
Project by Aleksandar Hemon (Riverhead Books)
Playing With The
Enemy by Gary W. Moore (Penguin Books)
Living
Carelessly In Tokyo And Elsewhere by John Nathan (Free Press)
Art Fraud
Detective: Spot the Difference, Solve the Crime! by Anna Nilsen, Andy Parker
(Illustrator) (Kingfisher)
Executive
Privilege by Philllip Margolin (Harper/Harper Collins)
Balanchine
Variations by Nancy Goldner (University Press Of Florida)
Close Call by
John McEvoy (Poisoned Pen Press)
A Double Portion by Brenda D. Seals (www.adoubleportion.com)
Hell In The
Pacific by Derrick Wright (Osprey Publishing)
Human Dark With
Sugar by Brenda Shaughnessy (Copper Canyon Press)
Bar Flower by
Lea Jacobson (St. Martin's Press)
20 Something
Manifesto by Christine Hassler (New World Library)
The
Interpretation of Dreams (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) 
The Art And
Science Of Communication by P.S. Perkins (Wiley)
Another Thing To
Fall by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)
World Of Gangs
by John M. Hagedorn (University of Minnesota)
Storm Warnings
by H.R. Coursen (Just Write Books)
The Border by David J. Danelo (Stackpole Books)
Elegy by Mary Jo
Bang (Graywolf Press)
Red Bird by Mary
Oliver (Beacon Press)
The Devils Of
Bakersfield by John Shannon (Pegasus Books)
Rights In The
Balance by Mark R. Scherer (Texas Tech University Press)
The Ministry Of
Special Cases by Nathan Englander (Vintage Books)
Earth by Iain Stewart (National Geographic Books)
Washington
Burning by Les Standiford (Crown)
Happier by Tal
Ben-Shahar (McGraw-Hill)
The Edge Of
Reason by Melinda Snodgrass (Tor Hardcover)
8 Weeks To
Maximizing Diabetes Control by Laura Hieronymus (The American Diabetes
Association)
Open Space
Technology by Harrison Owen (Berrett-Koehler)
Trophies by
Heather Thomas (William Morrow)
Jack And Lem by
David Pitts (Da Capo Press)
The Essential Laws Of Fearless Living by Guy Finley (Red Wheel/Weiser/Conari)
Who Do You Think
You Are? by Alyse Myers (Touchstone Books)
The King's Gold
by Yxta Maya Murray (Harper Perennial)
The Age Of
Reagan by Sean Wilentz (Harper Collins)
Where The Light
Takes Its Color From The Sea by James D. Houston (Heyday Books)
Encyclopdia Of
African-American Literature by Wilfred D. Samuels (Facts On File/Info)
Storm Of Iron by
Graham McNeill (BL Publishing)
Adult Children
Of Parental Alienation Syndrome by Amy J.L. Baker (Norton Professional Books)
Open Line by
Ellen Hawley (Coffee Press)
Margarita, How
Beautiful The Sea by Sergio Ramirez (Curbstone Press)
The Thought
Works Anthology by Thought Works Inc. (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
A Deeper Blue by
Robert Earl Hardy (The University of North Texas Press)
Washington's
War: The American War of Independence to the Iraqi Insurgency 
Death Will Get
You Sober by Elizabeth Zelvin (St. Martin's Minotaur)
A Spy on the
Bus: Memoir of a Company Rat 
The Healing
Bouquet: Exploring Bach Flower Remedies by Vinton McCabe (Basic Health
Publications, Incorporated)
America's Dying
Democracy by Dr. Steven Porter (Phantom Publications)
The Empire Of
Lies by Guy Sorman (Encounter Books)
Truly
Cultured: Rejuvenating Taste, Health and Community with Naturally Fermented
Foods by Nancy Lee Bentley (IBJ Custom Publishing)
Hallam's War by
Elisabeth Payne Rosen (Unbridled Books)
A Rush Of Wings
by Adrian Phoenix (Pocket Books/S&S) 
Future of Good
Jobs?: America's Challenge in the Global Economy 
Kethani by Eric
Brown (Solaris) 
Wikipedia: The
Missing Manual 
A Labor of Love:
An Autobiography 
Bottom Line
Results: The No-Hype Game Plan for Business and Life by Randall Bell (Owners
Manual Press) 
Invisible Nation
by Quil Lawrence (Walker & Company)
War Stories III:
The Heroes Who Defeated Hitler 
The Automatic
Detective by A. Lee Martinez (Tor)
Slaughter at
Goliad: The Mexican Massacre of 400 Texas Volunteers by Jay A. Stout (US Naval
Institute Press)
Truly Cultured by Nancy Lee Bentley (www.trulycultured.com)
After Daddy Died by Dr. Naomi Roberson (Outskirts Press
Selected Plays
of Marcus Thrane 
The Last
Centurion by John Ringo (Baen)
Tree Barking by Nesta Rovina (Heyday Books)
Far From Home by
Tim Wendel (National Geographic Books)
The House Of
Widows by Askold Melnyczuk (Graywolf Press)
Stoking The
Creative Fires by Phil Cousineau (Conari Press)
The A To Z Of American Women Writers by Carol Kort (Facts On File/Info)
The Book of
Salsa: A Chronicle of Urban Music from the Caribbean to New York City 
The Power Of
Adversity by Al Weatherhead (Hampton Roads)
The Constitution Of England by Jean Louis De Lolme (Liberty Fund)
Immortals by
Jennifer Ashley (Dorchester Publishing)
The Executor: A
Comedy of Letters 
Blood Matters:
From Inherited Illness to Designer Babies, How the World and I Found Ourselves
in the Future of the Gene 
Hackerteen:
Volume 1: Internet Blackout 
Contemporary
Quilt Art by Kate Lenkowsky (Indiana University
Press)
Reading With
Oprah by Kathleen Rooney (The University of Atkansas Press)
Ashleigh's
Farewell (Thoroughbred Series #17) 
Rescuing America
by Richard Clemens (Tate Publishing....www.bipartisan.com)
Luminous
Mountains: The Sierra Nevada of California by Tim Palmer (Photographer) (Heyday)
Live Better,
Longer: The Science behind the Amazing Health Benefits of OPC by Richard A.
Passwater (Basic Health Publications)
Big Book of
Apple Hacks: Tips and Tools for Your Apple Hardware, Software, Video, and Music
Sideways In
Crime edited by Lou Anders (BL Publications)
Reaper's Gale:
Book Seven of The Malazan Book of the Fallen (Malazan Book of the Fallen Series)
by Steven Erikson (Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC)
Anatomy of a Law
Firm Merger: How to Make or Break the Deal by Hildebrant International (American
Bar Association)
Return to
Beautiful Skin: Your Guide to Truly Effective, Nontoxic Skin Care by Myra
Michelle Eby, Karolyn A. Gazella (Basic Health Publications, Incorporated)
"Ferret" by
David Balmain (O'Reilly Media)
Mistakes Were
Made (But Not By Me) by Carol Tavris (Harcourt)
Get Better by
Bonnie Gordon-Lucas (Communication Cards For Kids & Adults)
The USS Flier:
Death and Survival on a World War II Submarine by Michael Sturma (University
Press of Kentucky)
Underground by
Kat Richardson (Roc)
Clarabelle:
Making Milk and so Much More 
Negro with a
Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey and His Dream of Mother Africa by Colin
Grant (Oxford University Press, USA)
One Family's
Response to Terrorism: A Daughter's Memoir by Susan Kerr van de Ven, Susan Kerr
Van De Ven (Syracuse University Press)
Do You See What
I See?: Memoirs of Blind Biker 
Mack To The
Rescue by Jim Lehrer (University of Oklahoma Press)
Grammar for the
Soul: Using Language for Personal Change by Lawrence A. Weinstein (Quest Books)
Pep Talk: A
Football Story about the Business of Winning by Kevin Elko, Robert L. Shook,
Robert L. Shook (Thomas Nelson)
Blue-Eyed Devil
by Lisa Kleypas (St. Martin's Press)
Death of an
Effendi: A Mamur Zapt Mystery 
My Guy Barbaro:
A Jockey's Journey Through Love, Triumph, and Heartbreak With America's Favorite
Horse 
Pleasure by Eric
Jerome Dickey (Dutton)
Drama is
Optional: A Guide for Teens 
Civil War
Almanac by John C. Fredriksen (Facts On File/Infobase)
Encyclopedia of
Civil War Medicine 
The Mayor's
Tongue by Nathaniel Rich (Riverhead Books)
Democrats And Republicans by Joe Fried (Algora Publishing)
Built to Move
Millions: Streetcar Building in Ohio 
Barbecue Bash:
The Be-All, End-All Party Guide, from Barefoot to Black Tie by Karen Adler,
Judith Fertig (Harvard Common Press, The)
Social And
Emotional Development by Dave Riley (www.redleafpress.org)
Sudden And Solitary by William C. Miesse (www.heydaybooks.com)
On Your Mark,
Get Set, Grow!: A ''What's Happening to My Body?'' Book for Younger Boys 
Rising Powers,
Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy by Michael T. Klare (Henry Holt
& Company, Incorporated)
iPhone Open
Application Development: Writing Native Objective-C Applications for the iPhone
by Jonathan Zdziarski
The Official Anti-Aging Revolution by Dr. Ronald Klatz (Basic Health
Publications)
Follow the
Yellow Brick Road: How to Change for the Better When Life Gives You its Worst by
Sam Alibrando (iUniverse, Incorporated)
The Calling by
Inger Ash Wolfe (www.HarcourtBooks.com)
Arnie and Jack:
Palmer, Nicklaus, and Golf's Greatest Rivalry by Ian O'Connor (Houghton Mifflin
Company)
Treating PTSD In
Battered Women by Edward S. Kubany (www.newharbinger.com)
The Veggie
Gardener's Book by Barbara W. Ellis (www.storey.com)
Dizzying
Heights: The Aspen Novel 
Practices of an
Agile Developer: Working in the Real World by Venkat Subramaniam, Andy Hunt
(Pragmatic Programmers, LLC, The)
Building A
Server With FreeBSD 7 by Bryan Hong (No Starch Press/O'Reilly)
Classical
Painting Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice by
Juliette Aristides (Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated)
The Principles
Of Project Management by Meri Williams (SitePoint/O'Reilly)
Window Boy by
Andrea White (Bright Sky Press)
Souled Out? by
Shaun Powell (Human Kinetics)
In The Spirit Of
The Game by Matthew E. Adams (The Globe Pequot Press)
Hank Aaron by J.
Poolos (Facts On File)
Liberty, Order,
and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American
Government by James McClellan (Liberty Fund, Incorporated)
French Theory:
How Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze, and Co. Transformed the Intellectual Life of the
United States 
Straw for the
Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke by Theodore Roethke, David Wagoner
(Introduction) (Copper Canyon Press)
Snow Angels by
Stewart O'Nan (Picador)
Conquering
Stroke: How I Fought My Way Back and How You Can Too by Valerie Greene (Wiley,
John & Sons, Incorporated)
Deep Survival:
Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why 
On And Off The Flight Deck by Henry 'Hank' Adlam (Casemate)
Singularity's
Ring by Paul Melko (Tor)
Shadow Gate:
Book Two of Crossroads 
Executive
Stamina by Marty Seldman (Wiley)
The Saucy
Sisters' Guide to Wine 
A-Z of Anerican Women Writers (Facts On File/Chelsea House)
Omega Sol by
Scott Mackay (Roc)
When Science
Goes Wrong: Twelve Tales from the Dark Side of Discovery by Simon LeVay (Penguin
Group (USA))
Healthy Child
Healthy World: Creating a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home by Christopher Gavigan,
Meryl Streep (Penguin Group (USA))
Bonk: The
Curious Coupling of Science and Sex 
Key To
Conspiracy by Talia Gryphon (Ace)
Brothers Of The
Snake by Dan Abnett (BL)
The Ancient:
Saga of the First King 
Marine Corps
Tank Battles in Vietnam 
The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga (Free Press)
Keeper Of Dreams
by Orson Scott Card (Tor Hardcover)
The Age Of
Dreaming by Nina Revoyr (Akashic Books)
Rediscovering
Jacob Riis: The Reformer, His Journalism, and His Photographs by Bonnie
Yochelson, Daniel Czitrom, Daniel Czitrom ( New Press, The)
Kiplinger's
Estate Planning: The Complete Guide to Wills, Trusts, and Maximizing Your Legacy
by John Ventura, Elton John (Kaplan Publishing)
How Can You
Defend Those People? 
Iwo Jima by
Larry Smith (W.W. Norton)
Naming Liberty
by Jane Yolen (Philomel)
Sea Queens:
Women Pirates around the World 
iRead 2 You
Interactive Voice Recorder (
A Floating City
Of Peasants by Floris-Jan van Luyn (The New Press)
The A to Z of
Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties by Ada P. Kahn (Checkmark Books)
Final Entries
1945 by Hugh Trevor-Roper (Casemate)
Listen Up! by Linda W. Braun (Information Today)
Effective
Executive Compensation: Creating a Total Rewards Strategy for Executives by
Michael Dennis Graham, Thomas A. Roth, Dawn Dugan, Thomas A. Roth, Dawn Dugan (AMACOM)
Ships without a
Shore: America's Undernurtured Children by Anne R. Pierce (Transaction
Publishers)
Churchill's
Triumph by Michael Dobbs (Sourcebooks)
Two Weeks Since
My Last Confession by Kate Genovese (Lebros International /
Public Lies by
Brenda Youngerman (Outskirts Press)
The Music Of
Pythagoras by Kitty Ferguson (Walker & Company)
Inclined To
Speak...edited by Hayan Charara (The University Of Arkansas Press)
Frank Davis
Makes Good Groceries by Frank Davies (www.pelicanpub.com)
The Complete
Compost Gardening Guide by Barbara Pleasant (www.storey.com)
Prague In Danger
by Peter Demetz (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Chant to Soothe
Wild Elephants 
Michal Chelbin:
Strangely Familiar 
Pursuit Of Light
by Sandy Brewer (PeachTreeHouse)
Jean-Pierre
Jeunet by Elizabeth Ezra (University of Illinois Press)
Worcester 1651
by Malcolm Atkin (Casemate)
Beyond (Straight
and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families Under the Law by Nancy D. Polikoff
(Beacon Press)