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|  | Bewitched by Vincent Vincent
A pictorial portrait of the latest girl group sensation. Sinead, Lindsey, Keavy and Edele. Four tomboys in denim are taking the charts by storm! With number one singles and a top three album, they are on a Rollercoaster ride to pop stardom. This picture-packed biography gives you the full stow behind the band's amazing success. Include a complete discography. AUTHOR: Vincent Vincent
PUBLISHER: Music Sales Corporation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests 
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 | Merl Reagle's Sunday Crosswords by Dave Miller, David Rosen, Merl Reagle
Twice cited as Best Sunday Crossword Creator in America by Games magazine, Merl Reagle celebrated his tenth anniversary in 1995 as puzzle creator for The San Francisco Examiner and other major publications. He created the now-famous marriage proposal crossword for a fan`s (successful) proposal in the Examiner. The youngest person ever (at 16) to sell a crossword puzzle to The New York Times, Reagle is quickly becoming a crossword legend, attracting new fans every week. AUTHOR: Dave Miller, David Rosen, Merl Reagle
PUBLISHER: PuzzleWorks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | In a Pickle by Brian Crane
Back by popular demand: a second collection of the best of Pickles. Enjoy another 175 strips from Brian Crane's hugely popular cartoon feature, starring the funny pages' favorite extended family. As if their own foibles were not enough to keep each other amused, Earl and Opal Pickles also cast a wry -- but sympathetic -- glance at divorced daughter Sylvia, who has moved back home with her son Nelson, who represents the household's third generation. The faithful but feckless canine, Roscoe, and Muffin, the imperious feline, offer their own unique perspectives upon the family drama. Syndicated in more than 100 newspapers nationwide -- including the Washington Post and the Dallas Morning News -- Pickles manages to be both hilariously funny and gently touching. It is also well on its way to becoming one of the country's most widely read comic strips. AUTHOR: Brian Crane
PUBLISHER: Longstreet Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Humor
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 | House Painting by Bob Heidt, Mark Dixon
Painting experts Mark Dixon and Bob Heidt explain the entire exterior house painting process from preparation to clean up. They emphasize the importance of proper preparation and give readers step-by-step details that assure a quick neat job. Readers of all skill levels will learn the essential techniques and procedures to produce excellent results. Color throughout. 225 photos. AUTHOR: Bob Heidt, Mark Dixon
PUBLISHER: Taunton Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Home Improvement
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 | The Church Musician by Paul Westermeyer
Originally published in 1988, this practical resource has become a basic text in the study of church music, as well as a handbook for church music leaders, pastors, music committee members, and others. Westermeyer has updated and expanded the volume to reflect the current challenges of contemporary culture, musical and worship styles, and integrity to the gospel. Besides offering practical suggestions, Westermeyer discusses music in the worship life of a congregation and introduces the concept of cantor as leader of the people`s song. More than a how-to manual for musicians, this book is an interdisciplinary study of worship, music, and theology accessible to everyone. AUTHOR: Paul Westermeyer
PUBLISHER: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Havanna Bay
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The body, at least what was left of it, was drifting in Havana Bay the morning Arkady arrived from Moscow. Only the day before, he had received an urgent message from the Russian embassy in Havana that his friend Pribluda was missing and asking that he come. The Cubans insisted that this corpse floating in an inner tube was Pribluda, but Arkady wasn't so sure. You don't investigate assault, you don't investigate murder. Just what do you investigate? Arkady asks Ofelia Osorio, a detective in the Policma Nacional de la Revolucisn. Or is it simply open season on Russians in Havana? The comrades of the Cold War have parted bitterly, and the Russians who used to swarm through Havana's streets are now as rare as they are despised, much more so than Americans. Havana is overrun with color, music, and suspicion. The Revolution's heroes have outlived idealism. The Com-munist world has shrunk to Cuba. Paradise has become a stop on sex tours. It is a city of empty stores and talking drums, Karl Marx and sharp machetes, where an American radical rides around in Hemingway's car to tout island investments and a Wall Street developer on the run from the FBI flies a pirate flag. A dead Russian, a live Russian, Ofelia says. What's the difference? But the dead Russian is followed by the murders of a Cuban boxer and a prostitute. Although none of them is supposed to be investigated, Arkady cannot be stopped. He speaks no Spanish, knows nothing about Cuba, and, as a Russian, is a pariah. However, there is something about this faded, lovely, dangerous city--the rhythms of waves against the seawall, the insinuation of music always in the air, and, finally, Ofelia herself--that plunges Arkady back into life. What ultimately sets the Renko books apart is the careful writing, and, more important, the knowledge of the human heart that is carried through it, through them, first to last. --Chicago Tribune
CATEGORY: Mystery & Thrillers
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