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|  | Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, Frank Kermode, Jeremy Irons
An outsider's account of a troubled aristocratic family, written by the celebrated English novelist. Charles Ryder, the narrator, is a dull and rather pompous undergraduate at Oxford when he meets Sebastian Flyte, a wealthy and sybaritic classmate. The two become improbable friends, and Sebastian brings Charles to Brideshead, his family estate, and introduces him into the circle of rich aristocratic layabouts who inhabit the place. Charles falls in love with Sebastian's sister, Julia, but religious objections (Charles is divorced, and the Flytes are Catholics) stand in the way of their marriage. Although strongly satirical in parts, and written with the savage wit for which Waugh was renowned, BRIDESHEAD REVISITED is a work of rare sensitivity and depth. AUTHOR: Evelyn Waugh, Frank Kermode, Jeremy Irons
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Terminal Event by James S. Thayer
Description not available.Joe Durant, an investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, becomes obsessed with his search for clues about the plane crash that killed his wife, convinced that a bomber destroyed the plane and that he will soon strike again. Reprint. AUTHOR: James S. Thayer
PUBLISHER: Pocket Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Bird Boy by Elizabeth Starr Hill, Lesley Liu
A boy named Chang is unable to speak--the only sounds he can make are those of the cormorants, the birds that his father trains for fishing. Although shy, Chang is thrilled when he is finally old enough to go with his father on a fishing expedition. While on the trip, Chang is teased by one of the other young passengers, a cruel boy named Jinan, but he finds a friend when he meets Jinan`s shy sister, Mei Mei. Then Chang`s father gives him his biggest responsibility ever--raising a cormorant chick of his very own. AUTHOR: Elizabeth Starr Hill, Lesley Liu
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | And the Winner Is... by L. L. Cool J, JibJab Media Staff
Description not available.A young basketball player learns the importance of winning and losing gracefully, in a positive story that explores the themes of good sportsmanship, humility, and belief in oneself. AUTHOR: L. L. Cool J, JibJab Media Staff
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Hurricane Bay by Virginia L. Graham
Kelsey Cunningham is devastated when she learns that her friend, Sheila Warren, has been murdered. Hoping for answers, Kelsey turns to Sheila`s former lover, Dane Whiteclaw, for insight but Dane is reluctant to share what he knows about Sheila`s death, especially since it appears that he`s being set up to take the fall for her murder. Determined to discover who killed Sheila, Kelsey begins tracing her final days, days filled with drugs, sex, and violence. However, things are not always as they seem, and Kelsey, who is beginning to fall for Dane, isn`t sure if she should follow her mind or heart--even though the consequences of that very decision might result in her death. AUTHOR: Virginia L. Graham
PUBLISHER: Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Star Trek by John Vornholt
Description not available.As a mysterious wave of energy sweeps across the Alpha Quadrant, destroying entire populations of planets and creating strange new landscapes and life-forms in its wake, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise race against time to neutralize the threat before it can obliterate Earth itself. Reprint. AUTHOR: John Vornholt
PUBLISHER: Pocket Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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