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|  | In the Country of the Blind by Michael F. Flynn During the 1800s, several inventors manage to extend the capabilities of Charles Babbage`s proto-computer, using it to predict the future and, where it suited them, to alter it. Almost two hundred years later, those alterations begin to collapse, threatening the fabric of late-20th-century culture. AUTHOR: Michael F. Flynn PUBLISHER: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC FORMAT: Paperback CATEGORY: General 
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 | Crisis Point by Ken Currie Description not available.When the U.S. Navy ship Regulus is destroyed by an unknown enemy in the Persian Gulf, global tensions rise, forcing the military and the intelligence community to race against time to find the answers. Original. AUTHOR: Ken Currie PUBLISHER: Dorchester Publishing Company, Incorporated FORMAT: Paperback CATEGORY: General 
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 | Getting into Guitar Improvising by Scott Reed For all guitarists interested in improvising, the material in this method can apply to any style of music. This integrated approach to soloing provides numerous musical examples promotes an understanding of the theory behind improvising, and also promotes better visualization of shapes on the fingerboard through the use of fingerboard diagrams. The material presented in this comprehensive book ranges from fundamental concepts such as understanding modes and scale and chord relationships, to the application of various scales, arpeggios, and chromaticism. In addition, more advanced areas are explored, such as combining scales, using extensions, and superimposing. Includes standard notation and tablature as well as fingerboard diagrams. The included CD demonstrates many of the examples in the book. AUTHOR: Scott Reed PUBLISHER: Mel Bay Publications, Incorporated FORMAT: Audio & Paperback CATEGORY: General 
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 | Bridges! by Carol Johmann, Elizabeth J. Rieth Describes different kinds of bridges, their history, design, construction, and effects on populations, environmental dilemmas, safety, and more. AUTHOR: Carol Johmann, Elizabeth J. Rieth PUBLISHER: Williamson Publishing Company FORMAT: Paperback CATEGORY: General 
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 | Wild People by Hugh Leonard Everything is going well for T.J. Quill, a Dublin movie reviewer. He's the curator of the Sean O'Fearna Center; O'Fearna's widow hires him to write the biography of O'Fearna (a John Ford-like movie director); and he has not only a serviceable wife but a beautiful mistress. All of which means that something is going to go horribly wrong--as indeed it does. But T.J. has more than his share of Irish optimism and, in the end, Irish luck. AUTHOR: Hugh Leonard PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC FORMAT: Hardcover CATEGORY: General 
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 | Bip in a Book by Bruce Goldstone, Marcel Marceau, Steven Rothfeld Dressed as his classic character, Bip, mime Marcel Marceau performs one of his most famous routines-- The Cage. Using the book's physical boundaries as the walls, floor, and ceiling of Bip's cage, the color photographs depict Bip attempting to climb out to freedom. AUTHOR: Bruce Goldstone, Marcel Marceau, Steven Rothfeld PUBLISHER: Stewart, Tabori & Chang FORMAT: Hardcover CATEGORY: General 
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