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By Suzanne Collins, 2008
ISBN 0439023483
Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one...
1,584 recent check-ins - Secret Avengers
By Marvel,
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An all-new era of Secret Avengers begins here! Watch as Hawkeye takes the reigns as leader to protect the Avengers from the menacing Adaptoids!.
1,058 recent check-ins - Avengers: X-Sanction
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The explosive lead-in to Avengers Vs. X-Men continues! Cable has already taken out three of the Avengers; but can he withstand the raw power of the Red Hulk to ensure the future's safety?!.
925 recent check-ins - Winter Soldier
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Witness the rebirth of The Winter Solider! Teaming up with Black Widow, the former partner of Captain America -- Bucky Barnes -- must put a stop to the Ex-Russian sleeper agents awakening around the world!.
855 recent check-ins - Catching Fire
By Suzanne Collins, 2009
ISBN 0439023491
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of...
635 recent check-ins - Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make
By Alan Richardson, 2008
ISBN 0618829253
Witty, one-of-a-kind imaginative cupcake designs using candies from the local convenience store.America's favorite food photography team, responsible for the covers of America's top magazines, shows how to create funny, scary, and sophisticated masterpieces, using a zipper lock bag and common...
592 recent check-ins - Captain America
By Marvel,
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An all-new super powered HYDRA is back to make Captain America's life a living hell! But that's not all Captain America is struggling with. This man out of time must come face to face with his faith in himself before heading out onto the battlefield.
491 recent check-ins - Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
By Marvel,
ISBN 1846534437
This is it! Miles Morales, the all-new Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, has a suit of his own but must learn the virtues of power and responsibility. Who better to teach him than...Peter Parker?.
432 recent check-ins - Mockingjay
By Suzanne Collins, 2010
ISBN 0439023513
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss.
422 recent check-ins - Twilight
By Stephenie Meyer, 2006
ISBN 0316015849
Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Isabella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire...
354 recent check-ins - Avengers Vs. X-Men
By Marvel,
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IT'S COMING! The Avengers and X-Men have learned that the all-powerful Phoenix Force is on a crash course for Earth...and it needs a new host to unleash its immeasurable power. Good friends become bitter enemies, with the future of the Marvel Universe hanging in the balance.
346 recent check-ins - Seriously...I'm Kidding
By Ellen DeGeneres, 2011
ISBN 0446585025
"I've experienced a whole lot the last few years and I have a lot to share. So I hope that you'll take a moment to sit back, relax and enjoy the words I've put together for you in this book. I think you'll find I've left no stone unturned, no door unopened, no window unbroken, no rug unvacuumed, no...
334 recent check-ins - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
By Stieg Larsson, 2005
ISBN 0307454541
An international publishing sensation, Stieg Larsson's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo combines murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel. Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared...
295 recent check-ins - A Game of Thrones
By George R.R. Martin, 1996
ISBN 0553381687
Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond...
286 recent check-ins - X-Men Legacy
By Marvel,
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Rogue, Gambit, Frenzy, Iceman and Rachel Summers have chosen their sides in Regenesis and have found themselves at the Jean Grey School of Higher Learning .teaching?! Except when demons invade the school, the faculty must think fast to save their students.
281 recent check-ins - The Help
By Kathryn Stockett, 2009
ISBN 0399155341
Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger.
263 recent check-ins - Wolverine
By Marvel,
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Nobody has been put through the wringer more than Wolverine, and now he's hit 300 issues! Logan heads to Tokyo to face his most dangerous foe yet and with a new Silver Samurai AND the return of Sabretooth on the horizon, things aren't looking up for him.
237 recent check-ins - Steve Jobs
By Walter Isaacson, 2011
ISBN 1451648537
Steven Paul Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, to Joanne Simpson and Abdulfattah "John" Jandali, two University of Wisconsin graduate students who gave their unnamed son up for adoption. His father, Abdulfattah Jandali, was a Syrian political science professor and his mother, Joanne Simpson...
225 recent check-ins - Breaking Dawn
By Stephenie Meyer, 2008
ISBN 1905654294
Breaking Dawn is split into three separate parts. The first part details Bella's marriage and honeymoon with Edward, which they spend on a private island off the coast of Brazil. Two weeks into their honeymoon, Bella realizes that she is pregnant and that her condition is progressing at an...
223 recent check-ins - Amazing Spider-Man
By Marvel,
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The world's greatest super hero has his hands full as the new and improved Vulture makes his return! Except in order to take the Vulture down, Spidey will have to team up with the most unlikely person he could think of.
211 recent check-ins - The Girl Who Played with Fire
By Stieg Larsson, 2009
ISBN 0307269981
Mikael Blomkvist, crusading journalist and publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business, and government.
203 recent check-ins - Wolverine and the X-Men
By Marvel,
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School is back in session after the new Hellfire Club tried to burn it to the ground. The school's opening may have been a bit rocky, but with two new students joining the roster and someone from the future coming back to haunt it--it could only get better .
201 recent check-ins - A Clash of Kings
By George R.R. Martin, 2002
ISBN 0553381695
Here is the second volume in GEORGE R. R. MARTIN’S magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Storm of Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer.
189 recent check-ins - Uncanny X-Men
By Marvel,
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Jump into a bold new era for mutantkind as the X-Men who stayed behind on Utopia with Cyclops take on all threats to their kind. Entering into X-Men Regenesis with a clear vision, the Extermination team's first threat is none other than the villainous Mr.
178 recent check-ins - Eclipse
By Stephenie Meyer, 2009
ISBN 0316027650
As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob -- knowing that her...
174 recent check-ins - A Storm of Swords
By George R.R. Martin, 2003
ISBN 055357342X
Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer.
170 recent check-ins - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
By J.K. Rowling, 2009
ISBN 0545139708
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final of the Harry Potter novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The book was released on 21 July 2007, ending the series that began in 1997 with the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
168 recent check-ins - Water for Elephants
By Sara Gruen, 2007
ISBN 0006391559
Orphaned and penniless at the height of the Depression, Jacob Jankowski escapes everything he knows by jumping on a passing train--and inadvertently runs away with the circus. So begins Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen's darkly beautiful tale about the characters who inhabit the less-than-greatest...
166 recent check-ins - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
By Stieg Larsson, 2010
ISBN 9780739384190
Lisbeth Salander, the heart of Larsson's two previous novels, is under close supervision in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She's fighting for her life in more ways than one: when she's well enough, she'll stand trial for three murders.
164 recent check-ins - New Moon
By Stephenie Meyer, 2006
ISBN 0316075639
For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of an evil vampire but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that...
163 recent check-ins - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
By J.K. Rowling, 1998
ISBN 054506967X
The debut novel from master storyteller J.K. Rowling tells the story of Harry Potter who, having endured 11 miserable years with his hideous aunt and uncle, is invited on his 11th birthday to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. There he learns of his distinguished wizard pedigree ...
156 recent check-ins - X-Men
By Marvel,
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Sentinels are being sold on the black market! It will be up to the team-up of the X-Men and Iron Man 2.0 to rocket over to Eastern Europe to stop a truly horrible plot resulting in the destruction of mutant kind. No fan can miss out on this action packed series!.
151 recent check-ins - The Avenging Spider-Man
By Marvel,
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This is what you've been waiting for! An all-new, Spider-series that teams the wall-crawler up with some of the greatest heroes in the Marvel Universe. In our first arc, Spider-Man and Red Hulk take on a Moloid army to save J. Jonah Jameson.
148 recent check-ins - 11/22/63
By Stephen King, 2011
ISBN 1451627289
On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Stephen King's heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination.
142 recent check-ins - Uncanny X-Force
By Marvel,
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Return to the Age of Apocalypse as the AoA X-Men, make their final stand against Weapon X!.
135 recent check-ins - Hush, Hush
By Becca Fitzpatrick, 2009
ISBN 1416989412
For Nora Grey, romance was not part of the plan. She's never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how much her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Not until Patch came along.With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Nora is drawn to him against her...
131 recent check-ins - Invincible Iron Man
By Marvel,
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The Mandarin is back and he's teamed up with Stane! Tony Stark must go toe to toe against some of his most villainous enemies before the Mandarin destroys the Marvel Universe.
125 recent check-ins - Scarlet Spider
By Marvel,
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Welcome to Houston, Kaine we hope you enjoy your stay! Get ready for a whole new web-slinging experience with all the power and none of the responsibility as Kaine, a clone of Peter Parker, heads down south to take down a villainous threat.
125 recent check-ins - A Feast for Crows
By George R.R. Martin, 2007
ISBN 0553582038
Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn...
123 recent check-ins - Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey
By Betty Degeneres, 2000
ISBN 0688176887
"Mom, I'm gay."With three little words, gay sons and daughters can change their parents' lives forever. Twenty years ago, during a walk on a Mississippi beach, Ellen DeGeneres spoke those simple, powerful words to her mother. That emotional moment eventually brought mother and daughter closer...
119 recent check-ins - Wolverine & the X-Men: Alpha & Omega
By Marvel,
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Wolverine will discover that the hardest prison to escape can be his own mind as he must navigate the labyrinth that Quentin Quire has set up for him!.
117 recent check-ins - Just a Mom
By Betty DeGeneres, 2001
ISBN 1555837131
"Her warmth, straightforward simplicity, and loyalty to her family make this an excellent book for parents striving to be reconciled with their gay children."--Booklist The mother of actress Ellen DeGeneres counsels parents on how to react when their child tells them he or she are gay.
115 recent check-ins - Villains For Hire
By Marvel,
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It's Villain on villain action that will continue to keep you guessing! Misty Knight has hired psychopaths like Tiger Shark and Speed Demon to put an end to the Purple Man's criminal empire. Let the baddest man (or woman) win!.
109 recent check-ins - Carnage, U.S.A.
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Prepare for a whole new brand of terror as Cletus Kasady is let loose on America's heartland! Leaving a wake of bloodshed, no one is safe from Carnage's lunacy - even the Avengers!.
109 recent check-ins - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
By J.K. Rowling, 2006
ISBN 0439785960
The war against Voldemort is not going well; even the Muggles have been affected. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses. And yet...As with all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate. Teenagers...
107 recent check-ins - Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
By Portia de Rossi, 2010
ISBN 1439177783
Portia de Rossi weighed only 82 pounds when she collapsed on the set of the Hollywood film in which she was playing her first leading role. This should have been the culmination of all her years of hard work -- first as a child model in Australia, then as a cast member of one of the hottest shows...
105 recent check-ins - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
By J.K. Rowling, 2003
ISBN 9780439358071
In the richest installment yet of J. K. Rowling's seven-part story, Harry Potter confronts the unreliability of the very government of the magical world, and the impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts. Despite this (or perhaps because of it) Harry finds depth and strength in his friends, beyond...
102 recent check-ins - Fantastic Four
By Marvel,
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THIS IS IT! The historic 50th anniversary of the Fantastic Four, and they're celebrating in style! Featuring top creative talent, Reed Richards and the rest of the Future Foundation prepare for war and unexpected surprises.
101 recent check-ins - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
By J.K. Rowling, 2000
ISBN 0439139597
Throughout the three previous novels in the Harry Potter series, the main character, Harry Potter, has struggled with the difficulties that come with growing up and the added challenge of being a famous wizard. When Harry was a baby, Voldemort, the most powerful evil wizard in living memory, killed...
101 recent check-ins - A Dance with Dragons
By George R.R. Martin, 2011
ISBN 0553801473
In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance -- beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death.
99 recent check-ins - Adam Lambert Details Magazine November 2009
By Details,
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Adam said: “It’s all fantasy – that’s what entertainment is. I’m here to entertain you, and if my sexuality is apparent and you respond to it, and you’re attracted to it, then great, I’m doing my job.”.
98 recent check-ins - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
By J.K. Rowling, 1999
ISBN 0439136369
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling. The book was published on 8 July 1999. The novel won the 1999 Whitbread Book Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the 2000 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, and was short-listed for other...
97 recent check-ins - Fear Itself: The Fearless
By Marvel,
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The hunt is on! Mystical hammers lay strewn across the entire Marvel Universe and in Fear Itself: The Fearless from the blockbuster creative team of Matt Fraction, Cullen Bunn, Chris Yost, Mark Bagley & Paul Pelletier, Valkyrie is off to find them! Her mission is simple -- find these weapons of...
95 recent check-ins - The Funny Thing Is...
By Ellen DeGeneres, 2004
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Ellen DeGeneres published her first book of comic essays, the #1 bestselling My Point...and I Do Have One, way back in 1996. Not one to rest on her laurels, the witty star of stage and screen has since dedicated her life to writing a hilarious new book.
92 recent check-ins - My Point...And I Do Have One
By Ellen Degeneres, 2007
ISBN 0553384228
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ellen DeGeneres shares her hilarious take on everything from our most baffling human foibles–including how we behave in elevators, airplanes, and restrooms, and why we’re so scared of the boogeyman–to fashion trends, celebrity, and her secret recipe for...
91 recent check-ins - New Mutants
By Marvel,
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The fan-demanded return of BLINK drags Dani Moonstar and her team of New Mutants right into the heart of X-Men Regenesis! The New Mutants have no time to rest as Cyclops sends them on a wild goose chase across the Marvel Universe. What has Blink done to require immediate extraction and is she to...
91 recent check-ins - The New Avengers
By Marvel,
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Norman Osborn is back and he's brought with him a whole new H.A.M.M.E.R! Not only that but he's putting together a whole new team of Dark Avengers to get his revenge on those who put him away. What will this mean for the New Avengers?.
91 recent check-ins - Generation Hope
By Marvel,
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It's training day as Hope and the rest of her team settle in on Utopia. As the team goes head to head against Cyclops' Extinction Team, a new mutant is waiting to be found. But when the team heads out into hostile territory, can they make it out alive?.
90 recent check-ins - Magneto: Not A Hero
By Marvel,
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The Master of Magnetism is caught on video murdering members of an anti-mutant group. Has he thrown away everything he's earned with the X-Men? Is this the only time he's gotten caught? Find out as this series changes the way you look at the best X-Villain of all time!.
88 recent check-ins - Journey Into Mystery
By Marvel,
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Fallout from Fear Itself leaves thousands trapped in deadly fever dreams around the world and somehow, it's Loki's fault. Guest starring the Son of Satan, Loki must work quickly to save thousands from perishing. Even the gods must pay for their indiscretions.
84 recent check-ins - The Incredible Hulk
By Marvel,
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Hold on to your seats for the biggest, baddest, most Incredible Hulk ever! Join Legendary Artist Marc Silverstri as he teams with Jason Aaron for a Hulk story unlike anything you've ever seen in the all-new Incredible Hulk! With gamma radiation expert Bruce Banner torn asunder from his monstrous...
78 recent check-ins - The Hobbit: or, There and Back Again
By J.R.R. Tolkien, 1937
ISBN 0395177111
There and Back Again, better known by its abbreviated title The Hobbit, is a fantasy novel written as a and children's book by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published on September 21st, 1937 to wide critical acclaim, and was later nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York...
77 recent check-ins - A Reliable Wife
By Robert Goolrick, 2009
ISBN 1565125967
Rural Wisconsin, 1909. In the bitter cold, Ralph Truitt, a successful businessman, stands alone on a train platform waiting for the woman who answered his newspaper advertisement for "a reliable wife." But when Catherine Land steps off the train from Chicago, she's not the "simple, honest woman"...
77 recent check-ins - 1Q84
By Haruki Murakami, 2011
ISBN 9780307593313
The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo. A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver's enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. Meanwhile, an aspiring writer named Tengo takes on a suspect ghostwriting project.
74 recent check-ins - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
By J.K. Rowling, 1999
ISBN 0747562180
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second installment in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling. The plot follows Harry's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, during which a series of messages on the walls on the school's corridors warn that the "Chamber...
73 recent check-ins - Dead or Alive
By Tom Clancy, 2010
ISBN 0399157239
For years, Jack Ryan, Jr. and his colleagues at the Campus have waged an unofficial and highly effective campaign against the terrorists who threaten western civilization. The most dangerous of these is the Emir. This sadistic killer has masterminded the most vicious attacks on the west and has...
71 recent check-ins - Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
By Elizabeth Gilbert, 2007
ISBN 0143038419
This heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life.
71 recent check-ins - Frankenstein: Lost Souls
By Dean Koontz, 2010
ISBN 9780553808018
#1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz brings his fertile imagination and unparalleled storytelling abilities to one of the most timeless--and terrifying--creations in all of fiction: the legend of Frankenstein. In Lost Souls, Koontz puts a singular twist on this classic tale of ambition...
67 recent check-ins - Female Force: Ellen DeGeneres
By Sandra Ruckdeschel, 2010
ISBN 1450700179
Ellen DeGeneres is taking the world by storm! Emmy Awards! Endless accolades! It all seems so easy, but her journey to get where she is now was not always a smooth one. She has felt the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. But through it all, she managed to stay true to herself and prove that...
65 recent check-ins - Battle Scars
By Marvel,
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Who is Army Ranger Marcus Johnson? With Captain America, Hawkeye, Taskmaster, Deadpool & Nick Fury all out for his head/safety, they'll have to act fast before his secret tears the Marvel Universe apart.
63 recent check-ins - Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary
By David Sedaris, 2010
ISBN 1600244998
This collection of sharply observed animal-themed tales is a delight, told with David Sedaris's trademark blend of hilarity and goodnaturedness. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of our own everyday interactions.
62 recent check-ins - Edge
By Jeffery Deaver, 2010
ISBN 1439156352
Behind the well-known U.S. security organizations -- the FBI and CIA among them -- lies a heavily guarded, anonymous government agency dedicated to intelligence surveillance and to a highly specialized brand of citizen protection. Shock waves of alarm ripple through the clandestine agency when...
61 recent check-ins - Bridget Jones's Diary
By Helen Fielding, 1996
ISBN 0141000198
This laugh-out-loud chronicle charts a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a single girl on a permanent, doomed quest for self-improvement--in which she resolves to: visit the gym three times a week not merely to buy a sandwich, form a functional relationship with a responsible adult, and not fall...
59 recent check-ins - Little Bee
By Chris Cleave, 2009
ISBN 1416589635
From the author of the international bestseller "Incendiary" comes a haunting novel about the tenuous friendship that blooms between two disparate strangers--one an illegal Nigerian refugee, the other a recent widow from suburban London.
59 recent check-ins - Room
By Emma Donoghue, 2010
ISBN 9780316098335
To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.
59 recent check-ins - The Passage
By Justin Cronin, 2010
ISBN 9780345504968
First, the unthinkable: a security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment. Then, the unspeakable: a night of chaos and carnage gives way to sunrise on a nation, and ultimately a world, forever altered. All that remains for the...
58 recent check-ins - Ellen: The Real Story of Ellen DeGeneres
By Kathleen Tracy, 2005
ISBN 0786017503
All Ellen DeGeneres wanted to be was funny. She kept her humor clean and steered clear of politics and social agendas, instead honing a quirky, off-center, mistrustful view of the world. I was coming home from kindergarten--well, they told me it was kindergarten.
58 recent check-ins - Kraken
By China Mieville, 2010
ISBN 9780345497499
With this outrageous new novel, China Miéville has written one of the strangest, funniest, and flat-out scariest books you will read this--or any other--year. The London that comes to life in Kraken is a weird metropolis awash in secret currents of myth and magic, where criminals, police...
58 recent check-ins - Soulless
By Gail Carriger, 2009
ISBN 0316056634
Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently...
58 recent check-ins - The Fault in Our Stars
By John Green, 2012
ISBN 0525478817
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be...
57 recent check-ins - Ellen DeGeneres: A Biography
By Lisa Iannucci, 2008
ISBN 0313353700
In 1997 Ellen DeGeneres made television history when she came out to the American public on her nationally syndicated sitcom. In spite of the controversy stirred by this personal revelation, Ellen DeGeneres has gone on to become on one the most popular personalities in Hollywood.
55 recent check-ins - Little Cakes from the Whimsical Bakehouse: Cupcakes, Small Cakes, Muffins, and Other Mini Treats
By Kaye Hansen, 2008
ISBN 0307382826
The mania for miniature sweets is gaining momentum–maybe due to happy memories of the magical tea parties of our childhood, or the intimacy of having our own tiny treat in a supersized world, with no need to share! The mother-daughter team at the Riviera Bakehouse in Westchester, New York, and...
53 recent check-ins - Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
By Gregory Maguire, 2007
ISBN 0061350966
When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil? Gregory Maguire creates...
52 recent check-ins - Inheritance
By Christopher Paolini, 2011
ISBN 0375872035
Not so very long ago, Eragon -- Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider -- was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders. Long months of training and battle have brought victories and hope, but they...
51 recent check-ins - Of Love and Evil
By Anne Rice, 2010
ISBN 1400043549
Anne Rice's lyrical, haunting new novel, a metaphysical thriller of angels and assassins once again summons up dark and dangerous worlds set in times past. Anne Rice takes us to other realms, this time to the world of fifteenth-century Rome, a city of domes and rooftop gardens, rising towers and...
51 recent check-ins - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
By Jonathan Safran Foer, 2006
ISBN 0618711651
Jonathan Safran Foer emerged as one of the most original writers of his generation with his best-selling debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated. Now, with humor, tenderness, and awe, he confronts the traumas of our recent history.Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission...
48 recent check-ins - Assholes Finish First
By Tucker Max, 2010
ISBN 1416938745
What do you do after you write a #1 bestselling book about your drunken, sexual misadventures that makes you rich and famous? Celebrate by getting more drunk and having insane amounts of sex, obviously. Stuffed full of ridiculous stories of bad decisions, debauchery, and sexual recklessness...
48 recent check-ins - Changeless
By Gail Carriger, 2010
ISBN 0316074144
Alexia Maccon, now known as the Lady Maccon, awakens in the wee hours of the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top of his lungs. Then he disappears - leaving her to deal with a regiment of supernatural soldiers encamped on her...
47 recent check-ins - The Bible
By Anonymous, N/A
ISBN 0141441518
The Bible (from Greek τὰ βιβλία ta biblia "the books") is a collection of sacred scripture of both Judaism and Christianity. There is no single version; both the individual books (Biblical canon) and their order vary between denominations. The Jewish Tanakh divides the Hebrew Bible into 24...
45 recent check-ins - Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion
By Gary Vaynerchuk, 2009
ISBN 0061914177
Gary Vaynerchuk has captured attention with his pioneering, multi-faceted approach to personal branding and business. After primarily utilizing traditional advertising techniques to build his family's local wine business into a national industry leader, Gary rapidly leveraged social media tools...
45 recent check-ins - The Night Circus
By Erin Morgenstern, 2011
ISBN 0385534639
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.
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