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Lieutenant James Lockwood of the Royal Navy is sent to Antarctica in 1942, ostensibly to set up a weather station that could play a vital role in locating German submarines. When the Germans discover the station and destroy it, Lockwood escapes--but finds himself alone in a bleak and frozen land. How he survives, and what happens when he makes his way back to England, provide the suspense in this literary adventure story that brings Antarctica vividly to life. AUTHOR: James Vance Marshall
PUBLISHER: Soho Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Dreamcatcher
When a seriously ill man bursts into their cabin in the woods, four ordinary hunters are thrust into the middle of an alien invasion plot. With a multi-pronged attack (by multiple species of alien), the invaders try to conquer the Earth using everything from mind control to good, old-fashioned razor-sharp teeth, and our four heroes may be the only ones who can stop them....
CATEGORY: General
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 | A Sleeping Life by Nigel Anthony, Ruth Rendell
Description not available.An expensive leather wallet is Inspector Wexford's only clue to the death of a woman whose body is found on the outskirts of Kingsmarkham and whose past is completely dark. Reprint. 12,500 first printing. AUTHOR: Nigel Anthony, Ruth Rendell
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Federal by Cornelius E. Tierney
For the first time in decades, federal accounting practices have been altered by significant changes imposed by Congress and regulatory agencies, as well as by the establishment in 1990 of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASB). These changes affect the hundreds of thousands of people involved on a daily or repeated basis with planning, budgeting, accounting, processing, and reporting on the activities of federal government programs, including the beneficiaries of federal loans and loan guarantees. Knowledge of how to keep the books Straight is vital to anyone conducting such business. Here is the only book to encompass all the recent revisions including the changes by the new FASB and the Chief Financial Officers Act. Written in nontechnical language for both the professional and nonprofessional, Wiley Federal Accounting Handbook provides all you need to know about the what, why, when, and how of federal financial management, including:The federal budget-process, phases, and conceptsContracts and grantsNonappropriated funds activitiesCosting of entities, programs, and activitiesInteragency expenditures, receipts, transfers, reimbursements, and refundsAssets, liabilities, and net entity positionAnd much moreEssential Information for:federal program managers and analystsfinancial managers and budget analystsauditors and accountantslegislators and their staffsacademics, researchers, and studentsanyone doing business with the federal governmentAlso available: Wiley GAAP for Governments 2000 Wiley GAAP for Governments 2000 for Windows? Wiley GAAP for Governments Field Guide 2000?2001 Other useful references for accounting and auditing professionals: Wiley Practitioner?s Guide to GAAS 2000 for Windows? CD-ROM Wiley Auditor?s SAS Field Guide 2000 (a quick-reference companion to GAAS 2000) Wiley GAAP 2000 Wiley GAAP 2000 for Windows? Wiley IAS 2000 Wiley AUTHOR: Cornelius E. Tierney
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Sister Anne's Hands by K. Wendy Popp, Marybeth Lorbiecki, Wendy Popp
Description not available.Seven-year-old Anna has her first encounter with racism in the 1960s when an African-American nun comes to teach at her parochial school. Reprint. AUTHOR: K. Wendy Popp, Marybeth Lorbiecki, Wendy Popp
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Caution, Men in Trees by Darrell Spencer
This third collection, winner of the 1998 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, is filled with stories of loss and frustration, as in one story that plumbs a man's confusion about his motivations for the unlikely affair he's carrying on, or in another that portrays the collapse of a young marriage despite the couple's efforts to hang on to their happiness. AUTHOR: Darrell Spencer
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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