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|  | Ingenious Pain by Andrew Miller
A novel set in the 18th century, about a boy who cannot feel pain--and therefore cannot imagine the pain of others. He begins his career as a freak in a carnival, but eventually becomes a successful physician. It is not until he falls in love, on a visit to Russia, that he begins to understand what pain, and also sympathy, is. AUTHOR: Andrew Miller
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Trade Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Staring at the Sun by Julian Barnes
This novel about an ordinary woman, Jean Serjeant, who believes the world is anything but ordinary, chronicles her life from childhood to her late nineties. AUTHOR: Julian Barnes
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Auntie Mayhem by Mary R. Daheim
Description not available.B&B hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn is happy to escape her own hotelier woes for a few days and nights in a quaint English manor, but when a box of poisoned sweets dispatches the owner, she decides to roll up her sleeves and catch a killer. Reprint. AUTHOR: Mary R. Daheim
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Magic School Bus Going Batty by Scholastic Staff
When the Magic School Bus turns into a bat, the gang gets the inside story on this eerie yet fascinating creature of the night. AUTHOR: Scholastic Staff
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Girl Gives Birth to Own Prom Date by Todd Strasser
Nicole is more than a little disappointed when Brad doesn't invite her to the prom. Desperate for a date, Nicole recruits her childhood sandbox pal and next-door neighbor, Chase. Unfortunately Chase is the grungy type, and not exactly what Nicole considers to be prime prom date material. Will Nicole be able to transform Chase into her dream date? AUTHOR: Todd Strasser
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Amazonia by James Rollins
Ethnobotanist Nate Rand travels into the Amazon jungle with a small group of fellow scientists in an attempt to find his father, a researcher who disappeared four years before. He finds himself the target of a soldier-of-fortune, Louis Favre, and Favre's sexy henchwoman, Tshui. He also discovers the existence of a bizarre protein, long known to the jungle's indigenous people, that could prove devastating to the human race if it fell into the wrong hands. AUTHOR: James Rollins
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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