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|  | The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell
Durrell's monumental four-novel exploration of love, character, friendship, and death includes JUSTINE, CLEA, BALTHAZAR, and MOUNTOLIVE. Published between 1957 and 1960, the quartet, which follows the romantic and political fortunes of a group of friends in Egypt, was an international success, and marked Durrell as an important writer. AUTHOR: Lawrence Durrell
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Other
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Pearl Database Programming Bible by Brent Michalski
Description not available.Discusses various database models and how to create database-driven applications using Perl, including automatic e-mail reports, a Web-based shopping cart, and a SOAP-based catalog using Perl. AUTHOR: Brent Michalski
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Miami Gets it Straight by Fredrick L. McKissack, Michael Chesworth, Pat McKissack
Miami Jackson is looking forward to summer vacation--only five days of school left. Still, five days seems like a long time to Miami as he tries to outwit his nemesis and keep a secret from his best friend. Illustrations accompany the text of this beginning reader book. AUTHOR: Fredrick L. McKissack, Michael Chesworth, Pat McKissack
PUBLISHER: Random House Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Maps by Nuruddin Farah
MAPS is part of Farah's Blood in the Sun trilogy, about the civil strife in Somalia under a totalitarian dictatorship. Askar, whose parents are dead, has been raised by an Ethiopian woman, Misra--and because Somalia is at war with Ethiopia, Askar's loyalties are divided. But Misra gives him the maps that fascinate him all his life, and that awaken in him an interest in boundaries and limits as well as in other places. AUTHOR: Nuruddin Farah
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Burma Road by Donovan Webster
Follows the adventures of the American Hump pilots who flew hair-raising missions to make food-drops in China; tells the true story that inspired the famous film The Bridge on the River Kwai; and recounts the grueling jungle operations of Merrill`s Marauders and the British Chindit Brigades AUTHOR: Donovan Webster
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: General
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 | Beauty Story by Luke Jennings
Description not available.While covering the launch of a new perfume young British journalist Alison MacAteer arrives at Darne Castle, the location for the filming of a commercial, and stumbles on the shadowy tale of Eleanor Duboys, a sixteenth-century beauty who had mysteriouslydisappeared there AUTHOR: Luke Jennings
PUBLISHER: Random House UK, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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