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Where the Red Fern Grows

Submitted by derek on Mon, 03/02/2009 - 18:34
Image of Where the Red Fern Grows: Access Edition (The Emc Masterpiece Series Access Editions)
Author: Wilson Rawls
Publisher: EMC/Paradigm Publishing (1999)
Binding: Hardcover, 235 pages

After leaving work one evening, Billy Coleman comes across a dog fight in the street. Seeing the plight of an old redbone hound, Billy's heart is stirred and he rescues the dog,and he has a flash back of his childhood , and cleans and feeds it. When the dog is well again, he sets it free, thinking that maybe the hound will find its way home. The event compels Billy to reflect on his own childhood and the two dogs he once trained to be coonhounds.

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Freakonomics

Submitted by derek on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 19:01
Image of Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Author: Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. Levitt
Publisher: William Morrow (2006)
Binding: Hardcover, 320 pages

The book is a collection of economic articles written by Levitt, translated into prose meant for a wide audience. Levitt, who in the book is ascribed the epithet "rogue economist", had already gained a reputation in academia for applying economic theory to diverse subjects not usually covered by "traditional" economists; he does, however, accept the standard neoclassical microeconomic model of rational utility-maximization. In Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner argue that economics is, at root, the study of incentives. The book's topics include:

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The Revolution: A Manifesto

Submitted by derek on Fri, 01/02/2009 - 16:28
Image of The Revolution: A Manifesto
Author: Ron Paul
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 192 pages

The contents include a brief preface, seven chapters, and a bibliographic appendix. The preface emphasizes that the book was written to contrast Paul's ideas against "the deadening consensus that crosses party lines, that dominates our major media". Chapter 1 carries this theme by describing recent American elections as false dilemmas and presenting the message of freedom and individual rights as rallying a new widespread revolution, yet one grounded in the tradition of Robert Taft Republicanism.

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A Great and Terrible Beauty

Submitted by harm on Thu, 01/01/2009 - 16:34
Image of A Great and Terrible Beauty (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy)
Author: Libba Bray
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 432 pages

Gemma Doyle, the series protagonist, is determined to leave India and return to London for an education and a proper upbringing. On her sixteenth birthday, Gemma and her mother are walking through the Bombay market when the two encounter a man and his younger brother. The man relays an unknown message to Gemma’s mother, who panics and demands that Gemma return home. Becoming angry at her mother’s secrecy, Gemma runs away, and has a vision of her mother committing suicide while searching for her, which she later learns is true. Gemma becomes haunted with the images of her mother’s death.

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Brother Odd

Submitted by harm on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 09:27
Image of Odd Thomas
Author: Dean Koontz
Publisher: Bantam (2004)
Binding: Mass Market Paperback, 496 pages

Odd Thomas is a thriller novel by American writer Dean Koontz, published in 2003. The novel derives its title from the protagonist, a twenty-year-old short-order cook named Odd Thomas. The book, which was well received and applauded by critics, went on to become a New York Times Bestseller. Following the success of the novel, two sequels, Forever Odd (2005), and Brother Odd (2006) were also written by Koontz. A third sequel, Odd Hours, was released on May 20th, 2008, and a graphic-novel prequel, In Odd We Trust, was released June 24th. In the postscript to the graphic novel, Koontz states that "God willing, there will be six Odd Thomas novels".

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Atlas Shrugged

Submitted by derek on Fri, 11/28/2008 - 20:17
Image of Atlas Shrugged: 35th Anniversary Edition
Author: Ayn Rand
Publisher: Signet (1992)
Binding: Paperback, 1096 pages

Atlas Shrugged is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the United States. It was Rand's third, largest, and last novel. Afterwards she only completed non-fiction works; concentrating on philosophy, politics, and cultural criticism.

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Ender's Game

Submitted by derek on Tue, 11/11/2008 - 20:04
Image of Ender's Game
Author: Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Starscape (2002)
Binding: Paperback, 336 pages

Ender's Game (1985) is the best-known novel by Orson Scott Card. It is set in Earth's future where mankind has barely survived two conflicts with the Formics (an insectoid alien race also known as the "Buggers") and the International Fleet is preparing for war. In order to find and train the eventual commander for the anticipated third invasion, the world's most talented children, including the extraordinary Ender Wiggin, are taken into a training center known as the Battle School at a very young age and trained in the arts of war through increasingly difficult games.

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