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|  | Slowness by Barrett Whitener, Linda Asher, Milan Kundera
Two tales of seduction, separated by more than 200 years, interweave and oscillate between the sublime and the comic in this, Milan Kundera's lightest novel. In the 18th century, the marvellous Madame de T. summons a young nobleman to her chateau and gives him an unforgettable lesson in the art of seduction and the pleasures of love. In the same chateau at the end of the 20th century, a hapless intellectual, distracted by his desire to be the center of attention at a convention of entomologists, misses the opportunity to be with a beautiful stranger and suffers the ridicule of his peers. Ruminating on how the pleasures of slowness have disappeared in today's fast-paced, future-shocked world, Kundera explores the secret bond between slowness and memory and the connection between our era's desire to forget and the way we have given ourselves over to the demon of speed. AUTHOR: Barrett Whitener, Linda Asher, Milan Kundera
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | The Magic School Bus by Rebecca Carmi
Description not available.When Dorothy Ann and the other kids in Ms. Frizzle's class go in search of the kookaburra, they end up in Australia, where they encounter a herd of kangaroo and a Tasmanian devil. AUTHOR: Rebecca Carmi
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells
Pushing 40, Siddalee Walker looks back on her Southern childhood: her alcoholic and abusive mother, self-pitying father, and wacked-out siblings. In her first novel, Wells manages to make comedy out of some stock situations. AUTHOR: Rebecca Wells
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Trucks Board Book by Byron Barton
Simple text and colorful illustrations introduce readers to this mode of transportation. AUTHOR: Byron Barton
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | If I Should Die Before I Wake by Han Nolan
Hilary, a sixteen-year-old Neo-Nazi, is injured in a motorcycle accident and brought to a hospital where she lies in a coma. Her roommate is Chana, an elderly Holocaust survivor--the only member of her family to live through the horrors of World War II. While unconscious, Hilary begins to re-live Chana's wartime experiences. AUTHOR: Han Nolan
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Last Judgement by Iain Pears
Description not available.Hired to deliver a painting from a Parisian art dealer to a client in Rome, British art historian and amateur sleuth Jonathan Argyll suddenly finds himself caught up in a double murder and begins a probe that uncovers a secret hidden since World War II. Reprint. AUTHOR: Iain Pears
PUBLISHER: Berkley Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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