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|  | Auto-da-Fe by D. V. Wedgewood, Elias Canetti
Canetti's only work of fiction, written when he was 26, is a powerful novel of madness and self-destruction. A noted China scholar named Peter Kien has spent his entire inheritance on his obsession: his 25,000 books. Out of guilt for disliking her, he marries his housekeeper, who refuses to believe he has squandered his wealth and tries to reverse the situation, with disastrous results including a fire in which Kien and his books are all destroyed. AUTHOR: D. V. Wedgewood, Elias Canetti
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Mind Over Matters by Michael J. Nelson
Sixty short comic essays from the host of Comedy Channel's MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000. Nelson applies his acerbic wit to animals, art, childhood, and the foibles of new technologies (cell-phones receive the treatment). AUTHOR: Michael J. Nelson
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Complete Manual of Typography by Jim Felici
Description not available.A definitive overview of the craft of typesetting, traces the history of typography from the earliest typesetting and printing systems to the digital age, offers step-by-step instruction in all aspects of typesetting--from setting line length to kerning and tracking--and provides detailed answers to specific questions about typography. Original. (Intermediate) AUTHOR: Jim Felici
PUBLISHER: Addison-Wesley Longman, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Horse Hooves and Chicken Feet by Jacqueline Mair
A companion volume to the well-received collection of American folk material, STOCKINGS OF BUTTERMILK, this collection will show the range and humor of Mexican folklore. To be illustrated in vivid color, in Jacqueline Mair`s folkloric style. AUTHOR: Jacqueline Mair
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God by Joe Coomer
After being widowed, the heroine, an archaeologist, seeks refuge on a houseboat with three other females--one elderly, one a teenager, one a dog. AUTHOR: Joe Coomer
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | All the Stories of Muriel Spark by Muriel Spark
This collection of 41 stories holds, as promised, every story by Muriel Spark, including four never-published tales. AUTHOR: Muriel Spark
PUBLISHER: New Directions Publishing Corporation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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