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|  | Exile in the Kingdom by Robert Harnum
Philip Carmichael, a top basketball player at his Maine high school, is a very troubled teenager: not only is his father dead, but his mother's boyfriend dies too; his mother neglects him; he's addicted to violent computer and games. Soon his schoolwork suffers, and his girlfriend breaks up with him. The rest of the plot involves his uncle's AK-47, Philip's trial, and an exploration of the problems of teenage gun violence. AUTHOR: Robert Harnum
PUBLISHER: University Press of New England
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Further Cuttings by Flann O'Brien, Kevin O'Nolan
Flann O'Brien wrote his outrageously funny column in the Irish Times from 1947 to 1957 under his real name, Brian Nolan. This volume brings together more of them, heretofore uncollected, on topics that range from bores to diplomacy to the pop psychology of the period. AUTHOR: Flann O'Brien, Kevin O'Nolan
PUBLISHER: Dalkey Archive Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | El Placer de no Trabajar by Ernie J. Zelinski
Description not available.Recommends the advantages of a life that is not dedicated solely to working at a job, and discusses boredom, motivation, meaningful activities, solitude, the simple life, and related topics. AUTHOR: Ernie J. Zelinski
PUBLISHER: Gestio 2000
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Murder in the Middle Pasture by Gerald L. Holmes, John R. Erickson
Description not available.When a calf is murdered, Hank, a wily cowdog and head of ranch security, pursues a gang of wild dogs and a clan of coyotes to find the killer AUTHOR: Gerald L. Holmes, John R. Erickson
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine by Diane Stanley
A fifth-grade girl named Franny begins to notice all sorts of weird things happening at her school--everything from a fad for jelly worms candy to psychosomatic illnesses. Franny soon realizes that all of the students afflicted by these phenomena are readers of a popular series of books by an author named I.M. Fine. Determined to find out how Fine is seemingly able to control her readers (and why she would want to), Franny sets out to track down the elusive author. AUTHOR: Diane Stanley
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Night Secrets by Kat Martin
They had come from opposite worlds: Brianna, a young woman trapped in a life from which she longs to escape, and Capt. Marcus Delaine, the Earl of Hawksmoor, a man whose heart and soul cannot be touched by anyone. When Brianne stows away on his ship, their lives are filled with passion. But when tragedy strikes, Brianne and Marcus are torn from each other. Traveling to England, Brianne is determined to touch the heart of the embittered man Marcus becomes--even if it means losing him forever. AUTHOR: Kat Martin
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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