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|  | Devils by David Magarshack, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Michael R. Katz
During a time of revolution, Nikolay Stavrogin, a brilliant but alienated young aristocrat, becomes a criminal, a degenerate, and an exploiter of women because of his inability to feel genuine emotion. Dostoyevsky hoped, in this novel, to rally the Russian upper classes to turn away from their own nihilistic self-absorption and identify with the masses, to avert the real revolution he saw coming. The title, translated variously as THE POSSESSED or DEMONS refers to the tide of new political ideas that spread through Russia in the late 19th century--ideas Dostoyevsky saw as dangerous and destructive. AUTHOR: David Magarshack, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Michael R. Katz
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Sammy Keyes & the Hotel Thief by Tara Sands, Wendelin Van Draanen
When amateur detective Samantha (Sammy) Keyes observes a crime in progress, she thinks she's on the way to cracking her first case. Unfortunately, when she goes to the police with information about the crime, they don't believe her. Left to her own devices, Sammy sets out to catch the thief. AUTHOR: Tara Sands, Wendelin Van Draanen
PUBLISHER: Random House Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Holden
Description not available.A retelling of the classic story finds the town of Hamelin plagued by rats until its citizens hire a piper to play a sweet tune that will lure away the pests, but when the people refuse to pay him, he also lures away their children. AUTHOR: Robert Holden
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Gap into Ruin by Stephen R. Donaldson
In the fifth book of The Gap series, a struggle for control that has merely been simmering is about to come to a boil within the United Mining Company. Chief Executive Holt Fasner has made a deal with the Ammion--aliens who plan to conquer the human race. Warden Dios, the police boss of UMC, is trying to stave the Ammion off with his small but dedicated force. AUTHOR: Stephen R. Donaldson
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Donde Esta Max? by Jacqueline Cordova, Mary E. Pearson, Samantha L. Walker
Description not available.When the class gerbil escapes from his cage, the children look everywhere for it and find a way to get it to return home. AUTHOR: Jacqueline Cordova, Mary E. Pearson, Samantha L. Walker
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Jakob Nielsen's 50 Web Sites by Jakob Nielsen, Marie Tahir
The book begins with a briefing on Jakob's web usability principles, themselves culled from years of research. The 50 sites fall under such categories as Fortune 500 Sites, Highest-Traffic Sites, and E-Commerce Sites. The content is simply presented: Four book pages are devoted to each homepage. The first page is a clean screenshot of the site's homepage (for readers to make their own, unbiased judgments), followed by a page that explains the site's purpose and summarizes its success--or failure--at usabilty. The third and fourth pages are devoted to crtiques, where Jakob and Marie present no-holds-barred commentary for specific usability practices, as well as suggestions for improvement. Although only the homepage of each site is analyzed, many of the critiques can be applied to overall website design. AUTHOR: Jakob Nielsen, Marie Tahir
PUBLISHER: New Riders Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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