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 | The Sign on Rosie's Door Product# 458503819 Selling for $15.95 "There was a sign on Rosie's door that said, 'If you want to know a secret, knock three times.' Kathy, Rosie's good friend, knocked three times and learned the secret-that Rosie was no longer Rosie, but Alinda, the lovely lady singer. Adventures with Alinda were fun for Kathy and Sal and Pudgy and Dolly. Even Lenny, who occasionally didn't believe in Alinda, was delighted by the Fourth of July celebration that Alinda, with the help of the Magic Man, held. At the end of the celebration, Alinda was gone forever, and Rosie had returned, but she soon found something else nice to be. Maurice Sendak, the well-known artist and author-illustrator of 'Kenny's Window and 'Very Far Away, has written a story of real children, playing as only children know how. Young readers will wish that Alinda lived next door to them." |
 | Wolf Brother Product# 460546535 Selling for $6.99 "When evil strikes the land six thousand years ago, twelve-year-old Tourak and his faithful wolf-cub are forced into a perilous journey to take on the destructive force and, with the help and guidance of strange characters along the way, find a way to change the horrific outcome the world seemed destined to endure. Reprint." |
 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service: A James Bond Novel Product# 460551819 Selling for $13 "Three more of Ian Fleming's original James Bond adventures in classic, eye-catching packages" |
 | Daughter of Fortune Product# 460678743 Selling for $14 "Orphaned at birth, Eliza Sommers is raised in the British colony of Valparaiso, Chile, by the well-intentioned Victorian spinster Miss Rose and her more rigid brother Jeremy. Just as she meets and falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquin Andieta, a lowly clerk who works for Jeremy, gold is discovered in the hills of northern California. By 1849, Chileans of every stripe have fallen prey to feverish dreams of wealth. Joaquin takes off for San Francisco to seek his fortune, and Eliza, pregnant with his child, decides to follow him. So begins Isabel Allende's enchanting new novel, Daughter of Fortune, her most ambitious work of fiction yet. As we follow her spirited heroine on a perilous journey north in the hold of a ship to the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco and northern California, we enter a world whose newly arrived inhabitants are driven mad by gold fever. A society of single men and prostitutes among whom Eliza moves--with the help of her good friend and savior, the Chinese doctor Tao Chien--California opens the door to a new life of freedom and independence for the young Chilean. Her search for the elusive Joaquin gradually turns into another kind of journey that transforms her over time, and what began as a search for love ends up as the conquest of personal freedom. By the time she finally hears news of him, Eliza must decide who her true love really is. Daughter of Fortune is a sweeping portrait of an era, a story rich in character, history, violence, and compassion. In Eliza, Allende has created one of her most appealing heroines, an adventurous, independent-minded, and highly unconventional young woman who has the courage to reinvent herself and to create her own destiny in a new country. A marvel of storytelling, Daughter of Fortune confirms once again Isabel Allende's extraordinary gift for fiction and her place as one of the world's leading writers." |
 | Moonraker Product# 460679929 Selling for $14 "Moonraker, Britain's new ICBM-based national defense system, is ready for testing, but something's not quite right. Once Bond delves deeper into the goings-on at the Moonraker base, he discovers that both the project and its leader, Sir Hugo Drax, are not what they appear to be." |
 | Gone-Away Lake Product# 460680044 Selling for $6 Portia and her cousin Julian discover adventure in a hidden colony of forgotten summer houses on the shores of a swampy lake. |
 | The Odyssey Of Ben O'Neal Product# 460680076 Selling for $5.95 "The further adventures of Ben and Teetoncey as they take to the sea--he, to find his brother, and she to escape a forced return to England." |
 | Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber Product# 460680079 Selling for $17 "In 1804, fifteen-year-old Jacky Faber heads back to sea where she gains control of a British warship and eventually becomes a privateer." |
 | Skates Product# 460680105 Selling for $4.95 "Even with his new in-line skates Tiger is a terrible skater, but Kipper is good and, with a little practice, so is Pig." |
 | Life of Pi: A Novel Product# 460680205 Selling for $15 "The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days while lost at sea. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to tell them 'the truth.' After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional--but is it more true?" |
 | Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold Product# 460680265 Selling for $14 "In Mr. Lewis's sensitive hands the ancient myth retains its fascination while being endowed with new meanings, new depths, new terrors. --Saturday Review" |
 | Escape from the Big Muddy Product# 460680386 Selling for $3.95 "Eric Wilson has done it again -- he's written a turbo-charged adventure mystery that will more than satisfy his legions of young fans. In this, the nineteenth Tom and Liz Austen mystery, Liz Austen is plunged into a deadly world of biker gangs, kidnapping and International smuggling. And imagine: it all starts in rural Saskatchewan." |
 | Tree Castle Island Product# 460680863 Selling for $5.99 "Fourteen-year-old Jack sets out in a handmade canoe for the legendary Okefenokee Swamp. But after several idyllic days of exploring, he's hit with some bad luck. He can't find his way home, and he runs into a hungry alligator who takes a bite out of his canoe. When he pulls up to a remote island, he finds another surprise: a mystery that will reach far into his own past . . . and force him to question the world he's left behind." |
 | Castaways: Stories of Survival Product# 460680926 Selling for $16.89 "How can a castaway survive on a tiny island that's nothing but sand -- no fresh water, no vegetation, no animals, just sand? How can another manage to face down a crocodile, a shark, and the bizarre beasts that roam his stange deserted island and prey on his imagination? And what can a third do when he finds himself adrift one hundred miles from land, surrounded by ocean and sky -- and ghosts? Here are six unforgettable tales of people who are set upon by raging weather, swooping seas, hunger, thirst, wild animals, overwhelming loneliness, and, harshest of all, thier own inner demons. Based on historical accounts and legends and seasoned with Gerald Hausmann's own experiences as a Sea Scout and long-distance swimmer, these exciting stories are fired with desperation, chilled with haunting breezes . . . and warmed by the sweet peace of survival." |
 | Scimitar SL-2 Product# 460680932 Selling for $7.99 "When terrorist Ravi Rashood plots to blow up a volcano and trigger a tsunami that will have devastating consequences for America, U.S. Admiral Arnold Morgan races against time to prevent the attack. By the author of Barracuda 945. Reprint." |
 | Julie of the Wolves Product# 460681045 Selling for $16.89 This Newbery Medal winner recounts the thrilling adventure of a 13-year-old Eskimo girl who is protected by wolves while lost on the tundra. |
 | Hippolyta and the Curse of the Amazons Product# 460681154 Selling for $15.89 "Thirteen-year-old Hippolyta, a princess of the Amazons, fights to save her people from destruction when her mother the Queen refuses to sacrifice her second-born male child." |
 | Wilderness Days Product# 460681170 Selling for $18.89 "'Remember -- you make your own luck.' Abandoned in Washington Territory by her faithless fiance, Jane Peck prepares to return home to Philadelphia -- only to learn that the life sheonce knew is no more. Lost and alone, Jane must make a new home for herself as the only pioneer woman in the primitive settlement of Shoalwater Bay. Armed with little more than her finishing-school education, Jane is left to survive everything from the disagreeable habits of her unkempt landlord to the infuriating flawlessness of Shoalwater's latest arrival, Mrs. Frink. All this, as well as a blossoming romance and a perilous manhunt, awaits Jane as she matches wits with the wilderness. The second book of the Boston Jane trilogy, this remarkable, suspense-filled adventure pits Jane Peck against some of her deepest fears in the wild, uncharted frontiers of friendship, love, and the Pacific Northwest." |
 | Jackie's Wild Seattle Product# 460681304 Selling for $16.89 "How do you rescue a wild coyote trapped in an elevator in a downtown Seattle office building? How do you save an injured baby seal at the bottom of a cliff with the tide coming in? Fourteen-year-old Shannon Young, visiting from New Jersey, is about to find out. Shannon's parents, both doctors, are working in refugee camps overseas while she and her little brother, Cody, are spending the summer in Seattle with their mysterious uncle Neal. To their surprise, Uncle Neal drives an ambulance for Jackie's Wild Seattle, an animal rescue center. Shannon and Cody join their uncle and his partner, a border collie, for nine weeks of breathless, sometimes reckless, often hilarious adventure chasing after whatever wild critters need help. When Uncle Neal is injured by a red-tailed hawk, Shannnon summons her courage and becomes the one who rescues the animals. Jackie, who runs the center, believes in the 'circle of healing,' and in Shannon's circle everyone is in need of healing. Traumatized by the events of September 11, Cody is sure disaster is about to strike. Shannon" |
 | James and the Giant Peach Product# 460681407 Selling for $18 "When James Henry Trotter accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree, strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. Then James discovers a secret entranceway into the fruit, and when he crawls inside, he meets a bunch of marvelous oversized friends -- Old-Green-Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybug, Miss Spider, and more. After years of feeling like an outsider in the house of his despicable Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker, James has finally found a place where he belongs. With a snip of the stem, the peach starts rolling away, and the exciting adventure begins!" |
 | The Anybodies Product# 460681475 Selling for $6.99 "After learning that she is not the biological daughter of boring Mr. and Mrs. Drudger, Fern embarks on magical adventures with her real father and finally finds 'a place that feels like home.' Reprint." |
 | Straits Of Power Product# 460681659 Selling for $7.99 "Assigned to recover a German defector who claims to have key intelligence, USS Challenger sub commander Jeffrey Fuller navigates through the densely patrolled waters of Europe and faces a dangerous dilemma when the defector claims that he must infiltrate an allied nation in order to prevent an Armageddon. Reprint." |
 | Abarat Days of Magic, Nights of War Product# 460681669 Selling for $7.99 "In this second addition to the Arabat series, Candy Quackenbush, with the help of the forces of Day, must use all their special powers to stop Christopher Carrion and the Army of Night's devious plot to conquer her beloved islands. Reissue." |
 | Kingdom of the Golden Dragon Product# 460681673 Selling for $29.95 "Escorted by his bold grandmother, reporter Kate Cold, Alexander and his friend, Nadia, enter a magical realm in the Himalayas in search for the Golden Dragon, but the task isn't simple and soon the explorers must seek help from the animal spirits to safely guide them through what lies ahead. Simultaneous." |
 | Abarat: Days of Magic Nights of War Product# 460681782 Selling for $39.95 "Candy Quackenbush's adventures in the Abarat continue as she makes a startling realization as to who she is, and the forces of Night begin plans for war." |
 | The Giant Rat Of Sumatra or Pirates Galore Product# 460681822 Selling for $16.89 "Shipwreck, a twelve-year-old cabin boy on a pirate ship, finds himself in San Diego, California, in 1846 as war breaks out between the United States and Mexico." |
 | The Brink of Ex-stink-tion Product# 460681872 Selling for $3.99 "Secret agent and kid race car driver Otto Pillip heads to Maasailand in Africa with his aunts to stop a skunky villain from spreading his evil stink juice throughout the land. Includes words spelled backwards, anagrams, and palindromes." |
 | The Return of Meteor Boy? Product# 460681929 Selling for $17.89 "Determined to uncover the truth about whether or not Meteor Boy died on his perilous mission 25-years ago, Ordinary Boy leaves Superopolis to begin a dangerous mission of his own in order to get to the bottom of this great mystery once and for all." |
 | Alfred Digs Product# 460681971 Selling for $17.89 "Alfred the aardvark lives with his mother on the 'A' page of the dictionary, and when his pet ant, Itty Bitty, slips out of the ant farm to visit the zoo, Alfred goes after him, digging all the way down to 'Z.'" |
 | Fly by Night Product# 460682115 Selling for $17.89 "Mosca Mye and her homicidal goose, Saracen, travel to the city of Mandelion on the heels of smooth-talking con-man, Eponymous Clent." |
 | Day With Wilbur Robinson Product# 460682149 Selling for $17.89 "While spending the day in the Robinson household, Wilbur's best friend joins in the search for Grandfather Robinson's missing false teeth and meets one wacky relative after another." |
 | Dove Product# 460682191 Selling for $13 "In 1965, 16-year-old Robin Lee Graham began a solo around-the-world voyage from San Pedro, California, in his 24-foot sloop, Dove. Five years and 33,000 miles later, he had accomplished what few would dare attempt, returning to port with a wife and daughter and enough extraordinary experiences to fill this bestselling book. Originally published in 1972. 32 pages of photographs." |
| Daughter of Fortune Product# 460682253 Selling for $14 "Orphaned at birth, Eliza Sommers is raised in the British colony of Valparaiso, Chile, by the well-intentioned Victorian spinster Miss Rose and her more rigid brother Jeremy. Just as she meets and falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquin Andieta, a lowly clerk who works for Jeremy, gold is discovered in the hills of northern California. By 1849, Chileans of every stripe have fallen prey to feverish dreams of wealth. Joaquin takes off for San Francisco to seek his fortune, and Eliza, pregnant with his child, decides to follow him. So begins Isabel Allende's enchanting new novel, Daughter of Fortune, her most ambitious work of fiction yet. As we follow her spirited heroine on a perilous journey north in the hold of a ship to the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco and northern California, we enter a world whose newly arrived inhabitants are driven mad by gold fever. A society of single men and prostitutes among whom Eliza moves--with the help of her good friend and savior, the Chinese doctor Tao Chien--California opens the door to a new life of freedom and independence for the young Chilean. Her search for the elusive Joaquin gradually turns into another kind of journey that transforms her over time, and what began as a search for love ends up as the conquest of personal freedom. By the time she finally hears news of him, Eliza must decide who her true love really is. Daughter of Fortune is a sweeping portrait of an era, a story rich in character, history, violence, and compassion. In Eliza, Allende has created one of her most appealing heroines, an adventurous, independent-minded, and highly unconventional young woman who has the courage to reinvent herself and to create her own destiny in a new country. A marvel of storytelling, Daughter of Fortune confirms once again Isabel Allende's extraordinary gift for fiction and her place as one of the world's leading writers." |
 | I Don't Know but I'Ve Been Told Product# 460682323 Selling for $12.95 "' 'I was a paratrooper in the 2nd 304 Scout Reconnaissance Platoon, 82nd Airborne Division. You don't know me without that. It's where I come from.' So begins Raul Correa's raw, mesmerizing tale of a peacetime soldier. To escape trouble at home, the young narrator enlists in the U.S. Army. Soon he's one of Fort Bragg's Recon Dogs, wild, scrappy, and jumping from airplanes -- after taking mescaline to heighten the experience. He is also discovering the power of stories told by bull-slinging buddies and Vietnam vets to give him a connection to the past, a place in the world, and a sense of self -- even when they're not true. But drawn to shady schemes and seedy bars, the narrator and the Recon Dogs get shipped to Panama, where something unexpected happens to give the soldier a heart-wrenching story of his own. A cathartic free fall of a novel,' I Don't Know But I've Been Told captures the cadences of real men talking to create a portrait of the military that is dead-on, funny, harsh, and true." |
 | Talking Earth Product# 460682693 Selling for $5.99 'Billie Wind is disciplined for doubting the beliefs of her Seminole tribe. She chooses her punishment--to journey into the Florida Everglades until she hears the animal gods who talk. . . . The conservation message grows naturally out of the excitement of the survival adventure story.'--'The New York Times.' |
 | Ascension Product# 460682722 Selling for $4.99 "A young mermaid of the Bluefin clan, sixteen-year-old Nia hopes to become an Avatar, responsible for the protection of Atlantis, unaware that a prophecy foretells the destruction of the city should she be selected." |
 | Harold and the Purple Crayon Product# 460682753 Selling for $6.99 'An ingenious and original picture story in which a small boy out for a walk--happily with crayon in hand--draws himself some wonderful adventures. A little book that will be loved.'--'The Horn Book.' Full-color illustrations. |
 | Harold's ABC Product# 460682754 Selling for $6.99 "Taking along his purple crayon, Harold journeys from A to Z, each letter generating a picture from which the word becomes part of an uninterrupted story." |
 | Chang's Paper Pony Product# 460682809 Selling for $3.99 "In San Francisco during the 1850's gold rush, Chang, the son of Chinese immigrants, wants a pony but cannot afford one until his friend Big Pete finds a solution." |
 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Product# 460686577 Selling for $4.99 "Join Tom Sawyer's wild adventures along the banks of the Mississippi River. Tom and his best friend, Huck Finn, share exciting make-believe escapades as treasure hunters, swashbuckling pirates, and soldiers in battle. They also unwittingly become real-life witnesses to a terrible crime." |
 | Website of the Warped Wizard Product# 460686831 Selling for $4.99 "When Jessica's friend Matt suggests visiting a new Web site, she is hardly prepared for the twisted cyber world, a topsy-turvy Camelot, that she and Matt enter. Can they uncover the mastermind behind this medieval madness before their crusade is cut short? Illustrations." |
| Moonraker Product# 460686851 Selling for $14 "Moonraker, Britain's new ICBM-based national defense system, is ready for testing, but something's not quite right. Once Bond delves deeper into the goings-on at the Moonraker base, he discovers that both the project and its leader, Sir Hugo Drax, are not what they appear to be." |
 | A Rose for Pinkerton Product# 460686887 Selling for $6.99 "Pinkerton, the Great Dane, intimidated by Rose, the kitten, who wants to be a Great Dane herself, goes to the International Pet Show for expert advice." |
 | The Adventures of Augie March Product# 460687080 Selling for $16 "Augie's nonconformity leads him into an eventful, humorous, and sometimes earthy way of life." |
| Gone-Away Lake Product# 460687267 Selling for $6 Portia and her cousin Julian discover adventure in a hidden colony of forgotten summer houses on the shores of a swampy lake. |
| The Odyssey Of Ben O'Neal Product# 460687353 Selling for $5.95 "The further adventures of Ben and Teetoncey as they take to the sea--he, to find his brother, and she to escape a forced return to England." |
| Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber Product# 460687357 Selling for $17 "In 1804, fifteen-year-old Jacky Faber heads back to sea where she gains control of a British warship and eventually becomes a privateer." |
| Life of Pi: A Novel Product# 460687578 Selling for $15 "The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days while lost at sea. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to tell them 'the truth.' After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional--but is it more true?" |
| Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold Product# 460687701 Selling for $14 "In Mr. Lewis's sensitive hands the ancient myth retains its fascination while being endowed with new meanings, new depths, new terrors. --Saturday Review" |
 | The Last Dive: A Father and Son's Fatal Descent into the Ocean's Depths Product# 460766093 Selling for $25 "What price would you pay for adventure and knowledge? Chris and Chrissy Rouse, an experienced father-and-son scuba diving team, hoped to achieve widespread recognition for their outstanding but controversial diving skills. Obsessed and ambitious, they sought to solve the secrets of a mysterious, undocumented World War II German U-boat that lay under 230 feet of water, only a half-day's mission from New York Harbor. They paid the ultimate price in their quest for fame. This gripping narrative recounts the Rouses' growing lust for what many consider the world's most dangerous sport -- as well as for the cowboy culture of the deepdiving community. Father and son were only eighteen years apart in age, and their constant battles of will earned them the nickname 'the Bicker Brothers.' Many friends wondered which would win out if it came down to a life-or-death diving situation: Chris's protective instincts or Chrissy's desire to surpass his father's successes. In the surreal topographies of underwater caves and shipwrecks, divers can encounter the unfathomable." |
 | Confirmed Kill Product# 460766226 Selling for $6.99 "When Intelligence uncovers information about a terrorist threat in the jungles of Inonesia, Army Ranger snipers Kyle Monroe and Wade Curtis are sent in to eliminate to problem, but their mission is undermined by the presence by an overweight, undertrained colonel whose ineptitude could spell disaster for everyone. Original." |
 | Hunter Killer Product# 460766303 Selling for $7.99 "When a rogue Saudi Arabian prince plots a coup d'etat with the assistance of the French, American admiral Arnold Morgan is assigned to counter the work of HAMAS terrorist Ravi Rashood in the face of mounting international opposition. By the author of H.M.S. Unseen. Reprint." |
 | Forest of the Pygmies Product# 460766318 Selling for $19.99 "Alexander Cold knows all too well his grandmother Kate is never far from an adventure. When International Geographic commissions her to write an article about the first elephant-led safaris in Africa, they head -- with Nadia Santos and the magazine's photography crew -- to the blazing, red plains of Kenya. Days into the tour, a Catholic missionary approaches their camp in search of his companions who have mysteriously disappeared. Kate, Alexander, Nadia, and their team, agreeing to aid the rescue, enlist the help of a local pilot to lead them to the swampy forests of Ngoubé . There they discover a clan of Pygmies who unveil a harsh and surprising world of corruption, slavery, and poaching. Alexander and Nadia, entrusting the magical strengths of Jaguar and Eagle, their totemic animal spirits, launch a spectacular and precarious struggle to restore freedom and return leadership to its rightful hands. The final installment of Isabel Allende's celebrated trilogy of the journeys of Jaguar and Eagle soars with radiant settings, spirits, beings -- and the transformation of an extraordinary friendship." |
 | The Hero Revealed Product# 460766325 Selling for $16.89 "Ordinary Boy, the only resident of Superopolis without a superpower, uncovers and foils a sinister plot to destroy the town." |
 | Young Zorro: The Iron Brand Product# 460766364 Selling for $15.99 "When men start disappearing from the pueblo of Los Angeles and cattle are missing from his father's rancho, young Diego de la Vega and his best friend, Bernardo, encounter an injustice so wicked that they must take action." |
 | The Blue Bear: A True Story of Friendship and Discovery in the Alaskan Wild Product# 460766424 Selling for $13.95 "With a body twisted by adolescent scoliosis and memories of the brutal death of a woman he loved, Lynn Schooler kept the world at arm's length, drifting through the wilds of Alaska as a commercial fisherman, outdoorsman, and wilderness guide. In 1990, Schooler met Japanese photographer Michio Hoshino, and began a profound friendship cemented by a shared love of adventure and a passionate quest to find the elusive glacier bear, an exceedingly rare creature, seldom seen and shrouded in legend. But only after Hoshino's tragic death from a bear attack does Schooler succeed in photographing the animal -- completing a remarkable journey that ultimately brings new meaning to his life. 'The Blue Bear is an unforgettable book. Set amid the wild archipelagoes, deep glittering fjords, and dense primordial forests of Alaska's Glacier Coast, it is rich with the lyric sensibility and stunning prose of such nature classics as Barry Lopez's 'Arctic Dreams and Peter Matthiessen's 'The Snow Leopard." |
| Football Genius Product# 460766494 Selling for $17.89 "Troy, a sixth-grader with an unusual gift for predicting football plays before they occur, attempts to use his ability to help his favorite team, the Atlanta Falcons, but he must first prove himself to the coach and players." |