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How to Win Friends and Influence People

Author: Dale Carnegie
Published: 2009
book: 320 pages
ISBN:1439167346
ISBN:9781439167342
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Subject: Business & Economics

The first hardcover release since 1981, a newly packaged edition of the multimillion-copy-selling icon of motivational books.

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The curious incident of the dog in the night-time

Author: Mark Haddon
Published: 2004
book: 226 pages
ISBN:1400032717
ISBN:9781400032716
Publisher: Vintage
Subject: Fiction

Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's ...

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Freakonomics

Author: Steven D. Levitt
Published: 2005
book: 242 pages
ISBN:006073132X
ISBN:9780060731328
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Subject: Business & Economics

The author offers his view of how the economy really works, examining issues from cheating and crime to sports and child-rearing, offering a very different view ...

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Man's search for meaning

Author: Viktor Emil Frankl
Published: 2000-03-30
book: 184 pages
ISBN:0807014265
ISBN:9780807014264
Publisher: Beacon Pr
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

Based on his own experience and the stories of his many patients, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find ...

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Author: Ken Kesey
Published: 2007-11-27
book: 281 pages
ISBN:0143105027
ISBN:9780143105022
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Subject: Fiction

A deluxe edition of the classic American novel focuses on Randle Patrick McMurphy, a criminal who feigns insanity and is admitted to a mental hospital where he ...

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The Bell Jar

Author: Sylvia Plath
Published: 2003-09-22
book: 416 pages
ISBN:0060573090
ISBN:9780060573096
Publisher: Harpercollins
Subject: Fiction

Esther Greenwood, a talented and successful writer, finally succumbs to madness when the world around her begins to falter.

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The tipping point

Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Published: 2002-01-07
book: 301 pages
ISBN:0316346624
ISBN:9780316346627
Publisher: Back Bay
Subject: Psychology

Reveals how focused advertising and promotion to the "right" people can be much more effective than nationwide campaigns to the most people.

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Dianetics

Author: L. Ron Hubbard
Published: 2007-11
book: 678 pages
ISBN:140314446X
ISBN:9781403144461
Publisher: Bridge Pubns
Subject: Religion

This book shows you how to get rid of it, and so achieve something Man has previously only dreamed of: the State of Clear.

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Walden

Author: Henry David Thoreau
Published: 2010
book: 360 pages
ISBN:1904633455
ISBN:9781904633457
Publisher: Collector's Library
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

All of these novels feature attractive illustrations and have an unequalled period feel that will grace the library, the bedside table or bureau.

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Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance

Author: Robert M. Pirsig
Published: 2000-09-21
book: 449 pages
ISBN:0060958324
ISBN:9780060958329
Publisher: Perennial
Subject: Family & Relationships

This lyrical, evocative, thought-provoking journal of a man' s quest for truth— and for himself— was an instant classic, now available unabridged on CD

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Seven habits of highly effective people

Author: Stephen R. Covey
Published: 2004-11-02
book: 372 pages
ISBN:0743272455
ISBN:9780743272452
Publisher: Free Pr
Subject: Business & Economics

A leading management consultant outlines seven organizational rules for improving effectiveness and increasing productivity at work and at home.

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Go Ask Alice

Author: Anonymous
Published: 1999
book: 192 pages
ISBN:0689832494
ISBN:9780689832499
Publisher: Aladdin
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

Tough and uncompromising, honest and disturbing -- and even more poignant today -- Go Ask Alice is page-turning and provocative reading.

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The Giver

Author: Lois Lowry
Published: 2006-01-24
book: 179 pages
ISBN:0385732554
ISBN:9780385732550
Publisher: Delacorte Pr
Subject: Juvenile Fiction

At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, who alone holds ...

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The road less traveled

Author: M. Scott Peck
Published: 2002-10-01
book: 320 pages
ISBN:0743238257
ISBN:9780743238250
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Subject: Family & Relationships

" In his new Introduction, Dr. Peck recalls how this book evolved from his own early ideas as a therapist who was just beginning his own spiritual growth.

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Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders

Author: American Psychiatric Association
Published: 2000
book: 943 pages
ISBN:0890420254
ISBN:9780890420256
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Subject: Medical

Features information on mental disorders as well as on treatment and procedures relating to those illnesses.

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Jump, Frog, Jump!

Author: Robert Kalan
Published: 1989-10-26
book: 32 pages
ISBN:0688092411
ISBN:9780688092412
Publisher: Harper Trophy
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

The story of how a frog escapes his predators shows his place in the natural world.

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Freak the Mighty

Author: Rodman Philbrick
Published: 2001-06-01
book: 176 pages
ISBN:0439286069
ISBN:9780439286060
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Subject: Juvenile Fiction

Freak was weird, too. He had a little body -- and a really big brain. Together Max and Freak were unstoppable. Together, they were Freak the Mighty.

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My many colored days

Author: Dr. Seuss
Published: 1996-08-20
book: 40 pages
ISBN:0679875972
ISBN:9780679875970
Publisher: Random House of Canada
Subject: Juvenile Fiction

This rhyming story describes each day in terms of a particular color which in turn is associated with specific emotions.

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Joey Pigza swallowed the key

Author: Jack Gantos
Published: 1998-10-01
book: 153 pages
ISBN:0374336644
ISBN:9780374336646
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Subject: Juvenile Fiction

To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription ...

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Junie B., first grader

Author: Barbara Park
Published: 2005-08-23
book: 96 pages
ISBN:0375828079
ISBN:9780375828072
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Subject: Juvenile Fiction

With Halloween approaching, Junie B. needs to find a costume that will scare off the real witches and ghosts that she believes will be out on the holiday.

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