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Open: An Autobiography

By: Andre Agassi

Knopf

From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.

Agassis incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis camp that feels like a prison camp. Lonely, scared, a ninth-grade dropout, he rebels in ways that will soon make him a 1980s icon. He dyes his hair, pierces his ears, dresses like a punk rocker. By the time he turns pro at sixteen, his new look promises to change tennis forever, as does his lightning-fast return.

And yet, despite his raw talent, he struggles early on. We feel his confusion as he loses to the worlds best, his greater confusion as he starts to win. After stumbling in th...

The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

By: Bill Simmons

ESPN

Amazon Best of the Month, October 2009: The Book of Basketball is a 700-page work of hoops genius that would make Dr. James Naismith beam proudly – and probably blush. Author Bill Simmons, best known as ESPN.com's "The Sports Guy," explores the NBA with hilarious insight, brilliant analysis, and a bevy of irreverent footnotes. Simmons is a fan first – a fact best explained in an entertaining foreword by Malcolm Gladwell – and writes from the stands, not the press room. His knowledge and passion for the game provide him with few peers, yet his voice represents those who stick by their teams through thick and thin. As a result, The Book of Basketball is not just a tribute to hardwood heroes, but also a celebration of yelling at TV sets,...

Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)

By: Stephenie Meyer

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Great love stories thrive on sacrifice. Throughout The Twilight Saga (Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse), Stephenie Meyer has emulated great love stories--Romeo and Juliet, Wuthering Heights--with the fated, yet perpetually doomed love of Bella (the human girl) and Edward (the vampire who feeds on animals instead of humans). In Breaking Dawn, the fourth and final installment in the series, Bella’s story plays out in some unexpected ways. The ongoing conflicts that made this series so compelling--a human girl in love with a vampire, a werewolf in love with a human girl, the generations-long feud between werewolves and vampires--resolve pretty quickly, apparently so that Meyer could focus on Bella’s latest opportunity for s...

The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time)

By: Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson

Tor Books

When the Game Was Ours

By: Larry Bird, Earvin Johnson Jr., Jackie MacMullan

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Amazon Exclusive: Bill Walton Reviews When the Game Was Ours

Bill Walton played in the NBA for 13 years, and in 1996, was named one of the top 50 players in NBA history. He's been an analyst for CBS Sports and NBC Sports, and since 2002, he's been a game analyst for ESPN NBA telecasts. Read his guest review of When the Game Was Ours:

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson are transcendent, iconic and timeless standard bearers of excellence who changed "The Game" forever, always bringing out the best in each other and never failing to put a smile on all our faces.

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

By: Christopher McDougall

Knopf

Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the worlds greatest distance runners and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that everything we thought we knew about running is wrong. Isolated by the most savage terrain in North America, the reclusive Tarahumara Indians of Mexicos deadly Copper Canyons are custodians of a lost art. For centuries they have practiced techniques that allow them to run hundreds of miles without rest and chase down anything from a deer to an Olympic marathoner while enjoying every mile of it. Their superhuman talent is matched by uncanny health and serenity, leaving the Tarahumara immune to the diseases and strife that plague mo...

The Hunger Games

By: Suzanne Collins

Scholastic Press

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 girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games." The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When Kat's sister is chosen by lottery, Kat steps up to go in her place.

Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)

By: Suzanne Collins

Scholastic Press

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 safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.

Sookie Stackhouse 8-copy Boxed Set (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood)

By: Charlaine Harris

Ace

Cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse is no typical Southern belle. She can read minds. And she's got a thing for vampires. Which, in a town like Bon Temps, Louisiana, means she'll have to watch her back-and neck...

Includes:

Dead Until Dark
Living Dead in Dallas
Club Dead
Dead to the World
Dead as a Doornail
Definitely Dead
All Together Dead
From Dead to Worse

First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, Book 6)

By: Jim Butcher

Ace Hardcover

The next book in the thrilling New York Times bestselling series.

For years he has endured the endless trials and triumphs of a man whose skill and power could not be restrained. Battling ancient enemies, forging new alliances, and confronting the corruption within his own land, Gaius Octavian became a legendary man of war-and the rightful First Lord of Alera.

But now, the savage Vord are on the march, and Gaius must lead his legions to the Calderon Valley to stand against them-using all of his intelligence, ingenuity, and furycraft to save their world from eternal darkness.

The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game

By: Michael Lewis

W. W. Norton & Company

"Lewis has such a gift for storytelling...he writes as lucidly for sports fans as for those who read him for other reasons."Janet Maslin, New York Times One day Michael Oher will be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football League. When we first meet him, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read or write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white, evangelical family plucks him from the streets. Then two great forces alter Oher: the family's love and the evolution of professional football itself into a game in which the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist becomes the pr...

Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman

By: Jon Krakauer

Doubleday

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The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel

By: Garth Stein

Harper Paperbacks

A heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hopea captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life . . . as only a dog could tell it

Eating the Dinosaur

By: Chuck Klosterman

Scribner

A Book of All-New Pop Culture Pieces by Chuck Klosterman

Chuck Klosterman has chronicled rock music, film, and sports for almost fifteen years. He's covered extreme metal, extreme nostalgia, disposable art, disposable heroes, life on the road, life through the television, urban uncertainty and small-town weirdness. Through a variety of mediums and with a multitude of motives, he's written about everything he can think of (and a lot that he's forgotten). The world keeps accelerating, but the pop ideas keep coming.

In Eating the Dinosaur, Klosterman is more entertaining and incisive than ever. Whether he's dissecting the boredom of voyeurism, the reason why music fan's inevitably hate their favorite band's latest album, or why we love watchi...

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The Time Traveler's Wife

By: Audrey Niffenegger

Mariner Books

A dazzling novel in the most untraditional fashion, this is the remarkable story of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare's passionate love affair endures across a sea of time and captures the two lovers in an impossibly romantic trap, and it is Audrey Niffenegger's cinematic storytelling that makes the novel's unconventional chronology so vibrantly triumphant.

An enchanting debut and a spellbinding tale of fate and belief in the bonds of love, The Time Traveler's Wife is destined to captivate readers for years to come.

An Echo in the Bone: A Novel (Outlander)

By: Diana Gabaldon

Delacorte Press

Diana Gabaldons brilliant storytelling has captivated millions of readers in her bestselling and award-winning Outlander saga. Now, in An Echo in the Bone, the enormously anticipated seventh volume, Gabaldon continues the extraordinary story of the eighteenth-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his twentieth-century time-traveling wife, Claire Randall.

Jamie Fraser, former Jacobite and reluctant rebel, is already certain of three things about the American rebellion: The Americans will win, fighting on the side of victory is no guarantee of survival, and hed rather die than have to face his illegitimate sona young lieutenant in the British armyacross the barrel of a gun.

Claire Randall knows that the Americans will win, too, but not what the ultimate price may be. That...

Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 9)

By: Charlaine Harris

Ace Hardcover

Now an HBO original series, True Blood-the New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series continues.

Except for Sookie Stackhouse, folks in Bon Temps, Louisiana, know little about vamps-and nothing about weres.

Until now. The weres and shifters have finally decided to reveal their existence to the ordinary world. At first all goes well. Then the mutilated body of a were-panther is found near the bar where Sookie works-and she feels compelled to discover who, human or otherwise, did it.

But there's a far greater danger threatening Bon Temps. A race of unhuman beings-older, more powerful, and more secretive than vampires or werewolves-is preparing for war. And Sookie finds herself an all-too human pawn in their battle.

A Touch of Dead (Sookie Stackhouse: The Complete Stories)

By: Charlaine Harris

Ace

Every Sookie Stackhouse short story ever written-in one special volume-from the New York Times bestselling author.

New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris has re-imagined the supernatural world with her "spunky" (Tampa Tribune) Southern Vampire novels starring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. Now, for the first time, here is every Sookie Stackhouse short story ever written-together in one volume.

Stories include "Fairy Dust," "One Word Answer," "Dracula Night," "Lucky," and "Giftwrap."

The Blind Side (Movie Tie-in Edition)

By: Michael Lewis

W. W. Norton & Company

Opening on November 20, 2009, as a major motion picture, starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw. Opening in theaters November 20, 2009, The Blind Side is a feature movie based on Michaels Lewiss New York Times bestseller, produced by Alcon Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The Blind Side tells the inspirational story of Michael Oher, a homeless black teen taken under the wing of the Touhys, a wealthy white Memphis family. Ohers size and speed on the football field bring him accolades. But learning the games strategy and making it as a student take the help of his new family, coaches, and tutor.

Sandra Bullock stars as Leigh Anne Touhy, the sharp-witted and compassionate matriarch. Tim McGraw stars as her s...

Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong

By: Terry Teachout

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Amazon Best Books of the Month, December 2009: Crafted with a musician's ear and an historian's eye, Pops is a vibrant biography of the iconic Louis Armstrong that resonates with the same warmth as ol' Satchmos distinctive voice. Wall Street Journal critic Terry Teachout draws from a wealth of previously unavailable material including over 650 reels of Armstrong's own personal tape recordings to create an engaging profile that slips behind the jazz legend's megawatt smile. Teachout reveals that the beaming visage of "Reverend Satchelmouth" was not simply a mark of racial subservience, but a clear symbol of Louis's refusal to let anything cloud the joy he derived from blowing his horn. "Faced with the terrible realities of the time and place into which he had been ...

The Graveyard Book

By: Neil Gaiman

HarperCollins

In The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman has created a charming allegory of childhood. Although the book opens with a scary scene--a family is stabbed to death by "a man named Jack --the story quickly moves into more child-friendly storytelling. The sole survivor of the attack--an 18-month-old baby--escapes his crib and his house, and toddles to a nearby graveyard. Quickly recognizing that the baby is orphaned, the graveyard's ghostly residents adopt him, name him Nobody ("Bod"), and allow him to live in their tomb. Taking inspiration from Kiplings The Jungle Book, Gaiman describes how the toddler navigates among the headstones, asking a lot of questions and picking up the tricks of the living and the dead. In serial-like episodes, the story follows Bod's progress as he grows ...

The Dangerous Book for Boys

By: Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden

William Morrow

Equal parts droll and gorgeous nostalgia book and heartfelt plea for a renewed sense of adventure in the lives of boys and men, Conn and Hal Iggulden's The Dangerous Book for Boys became a mammoth bestseller in the United Kingdom in 2006. Adapted, in moderation, for American customs in this edition (cricket is gone, rugby remains; conkers are out, Navajo Code Talkers in), The Dangerous Book is a guide book for dads as well as their sons, as a reminder of lore and technique that have not yet been completely lost to the digital age. Recall the adventures of Scott of the Antarctic and the Battle of the Somme, relearn how to palm a coin, tan a skin, and, most charmingly, wrap a package in brown paper and string. The book's ambitions are both modest and winningly optimistic: yo...

Hard Work: My Life On and Off the Court

By: Roy Williams, Tim Crothers

Algonquin Books

One of the most respected and successful basketball coaches in the nation, Coach Roy Williams traveled an unlikely path to a career that boasts the highest winning percentage among all active college coaches. Now, for the first time, he tells the story of his life, from his turbulent childhood to the North Carolina Tar Heels 2009 national championship season.

With unbridled honesty, Williams recounts his rough early years in the mountains of Western North Carolina. During the troubled times of his adolescence, Roys escape was a basketball courtwhether it was a neighbor's dirt court or the local school gym where hed shoot for hours at night. There was nowhere else to go, but as it turned out, no place hed rather be. The first in his family to go to college, Williams wound up at ...

The Year of the Flood: A Novel

By: Margaret Atwood

Nan A. Talese

Book Description
The long-awaited new novel from Margaret Atwood. The Year of the Flood is a dystopic masterpiece and a testament to her visionary power.

The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and the social compact is wearing as thin as environmental stability. Adam One, the kindly leader of the God's Gardeners--a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion, as well as the preservation of all plant and animal life--has long predicted a natural disaster that will alter Earth as we know it. Now it has occurred, obliterating most human life. Two women have survived: Ren, a young trapeze dancer locked inside the high-end sex club Scales and Tails, and Toby, a God's Gardener barricaded inside a luxurious spa where many of the treatmen...

Lost Balls: Great Holes, Tough Shots, and Bad Lies

By: Charles Lindsay

Bulfinch

Charles Lindsay's photographs offer a humorous and inquisitive foray into the hazards where golf balls are lost--rough, woods, bunkers, and wetlands--as well as unexpected encounters with wildlife on and off the green. An avid golfer with plenty of experience losing balls, Lindsay photographs his way to the heart of the game with a light touch and an eye for telling details. In the process, he discovers balls ravaged by golfers, gators, and foxes--and lost for over a century.

Lindsay even encounters what is believed to be the world's oldest golf ball--unearthed in a cellar in the Netherlands alongside a primitive club.

The photographs were taken at celebrated courses in North America, England, Scotland, and Ireland: Pebble Beach, Bandon Dunes, Bethpage, Fossil Trace, Troon, St...

The Mysterious Benedict Society

By: Trenton Lee Stewart

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

"Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?"

When this peculiar ad appears in the newspaper, dozens of children enroll to take a series of mysterious, mind-bending tests. (And you, dear reader, can test your wits right alongside them.) But in the end just four very special children will succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and resourceful children could complete. To accomplish it they will have to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.

As our heroes face physical and mental trials beyond their wildest imaginations, they have no choice but to turn to each other for support. But with their newfound friendship at stake, will they be able to p...

To Try Men's Souls: A Novel of George Washington and the Fight for American Freedom

By: Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen, Albert S. Hanser

Thomas Dunne Books

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

By: Max Brooks

Three Rivers Press

The end was near. Voices from the Zombie War The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time. World War Z is the result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of fear and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped huma...

From Dead to Worse (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 8)

By: Charlaine Harris

Ace

After the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina, and the manmade horror of the explosion at the vampire summit, Sookie Stackhouse is safe but dazed, yearning for things to get back to normal. But her boyfriend Quinn is among the missing. And things are changing, whether the weres and vamps in her corner of Louisiana like it or not. In the ensuing battles, Sookie faces danger, deathand once more, betrayal by someone she loves. And when the fur has finished flying and the cold blood ceases flowing, her world will be forever altered.

Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original

By: Robin Kelley

Free Press

"The piano ain't got no wrong notes!" So ranted Thelonious Sphere Monk, who proved his point every time he sat down at the keyboard. His angular melodies and dissonant harmonies shook the jazz world to its foundations, ushering in the birth of "bebop" and establishing Monk as one of America's greatest composers. Yet throughout much of his life, his musical contribution took a backseat to tales of his reputed behavior. Writers tended to obsess over Monk's hats or his proclivity to dance on stage. To his fans, he was the ultimate hipster; to his detractors, he was temperamental, eccentric, taciturn, or childlike. But these labels tell us little about the man or his music.

In the first book on Thelonious Monk based on exclusive access to the Monk family papers and private recordin...

The Daring Book for Girls

By: Andrea J. Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz

William Morrow

The Daring Book for Girls is the manual for everything that girls need to knowand that doesn't mean sewing buttonholes! Whether it's female heroes in history, secret note-passing skills, science projects, friendship bracelets, double dutch, cats cradle, the perfect cartwheel or the eternal mystery of what boys are thinking, this book has it all. But it's not just a guide to giggling at sleepoversalthough that's included, of course! Whether readers consider themselves tomboys, girly-girls, or a little bit of both, this book is every girl's invitation to adventure.

Sent (Missing)

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

"I think it's probably safe to say, given when you should have landed, that you're...um..."

"Tell me!"

"I think, right now, you're the king of England."

Thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip are reeling from the news that they're both missing children from history, kidnapped from their proper time period. Before they can fully absorb this revelation, a time purist named JB zaps Chip and another boy, Alex, back to the fifteenth century, where they supposedly belong. Determined not to lose their friends, Jonah and his sister, Katherine, grab Chip's arms just as he's being sent away. The result? Jonah and Katherine also end up in the fifteenth century, where they decidedly do not belong.

Chip's true identity is Edward V, king of England, and Alex is his younger brother, Richard,...

The Ghost King: Transitions, Book III

By: R.A. Salvatore

Wizards of the Coast

Don't miss the gripping conclusion to Salvatore's New York Times best-selling Transitions trilogy!

When the Spellplague ravages Faern, Drizzt and his companions are caught in the chaos. Seeking out the help of the priest Cadderly–the hero of the recently reissued series The Cleric Quintet–Drizzt finds himself facing his most powerful and elusive foe, the twisted Crenshinibon, the demonic crystal shard he believed had been destroyed years ago.

Leviathan

By: Scott Westerfeld

Simon Pulse

It is the cusp of World War I, and all the European powers are arming up. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers, steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ fabricated animals as their weaponry. Their Leviathan is a whale airship, and the most masterful beast in the British fleet.

Aleksandar Ferdinand, prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is on the run. His own people have turned on him. His title is worthless. All he has is a battle-torn Stormwalker and a loyal crew of men.

Deryn Sharp is a commoner, a girl disguised as a boy in the British Air Service. She's a brilliant airman. But her secret is in constant danger of being discovered.

With the Great War brewing, Alek's and Deryn's paths cross in the most unex...

Bicycle Diaries

By: David Byrne

Viking Adult

A renowned musician and visual artist presents an idiosyncratic behind-thehandlebars view of the world's cities

Since the early 1980s, David Byrne has been riding a bike as his principal means of transportation in New York City. Two decades ago, he discovered folding bikes and started taking them on tour. Byrne's choice was made out of convenience rather than political motivation, but the more cities he saw from his bicycle, the more he became hooked on this mode of transport and the sense of liberation it provided. Convinced that urban biking opens one's eyes to the inner workings and rhythms of a city's geography and population, Byrne began keeping a journal of his observations and insights.

An account of what he sees and whom he meets as he pedals through metrop...

Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance

By: Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker

Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Super Bowlwinning coach and #1 New York Times best selling author Tony Dungy has had an unusual opportunity to reflect on what it takes to achieve significance. He is looked to by many as the epitome of the success and significance that is highly valued in our culture. He also works every day with young men who are trying to achieve significance through football and all that goes with a professional athletic careersuch as money, power, and celebrity. Coach Dungy has had all that, but he passionately believes that there is a different path to significance, a path characterized by attitudes, ambitions, and allegiances that are all too rare but uncommonly rewarding. Uncommon reveals lessons on achieving significance that the coach has learned from his remarkable parents, his ...

Encyclopedia of Immaturity (Klutz)

By: Editors of Klutz

Klutz

The Klutz Encyclopedia of Immaturity is the perfect companion for the secret show-off in you. If you're a parent or teacher, you may want to hide this book from your kids, but you'll definitely want a copy for yourself. Don't let the "Immaturity" label fool you. These are some of the coolest and funniest stunts and activities you've ever seen. Some may be new to you, but we're betting you've pulled a few of these in your past already. Brush up on the old ones and learn some new tricks--then try them out on an appreciative audience. You will find yourself surrounded by admirers who can only hope they'll grow up to be as immature...um...clever as you!

Marvel Encyclopedia

By: Tom DeFalco, Peter Sanderson, Tom Brevoort, Michael Teitelbaum, Daniel Wallace, Andrew Darling, M...

DK Publishing

Celebrate 70 years of Marvel Comics with The Marvel Encyclopedia! Fully updated with new images and text, this one-volume encyclopedia contains more than 1,000 of Marvel's greatest-from well-known characters such as Spider-Man, the Hulk and Wolverine to lesser known heroes and villains.

An essential book both for new fans and for those who grew up loving the comics, The Marvel Encyclopedia is full of artwork, stats, and history for every character in the Marvel Universe. Updates on characters include information from the story arcs of Civil War and Annihilation, and brings fans up to date with the aftermath of Secret Invasion.

TM & 2009 Marvel Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Licensed by Marvel Characters B.V. All rights reserved.

Once a Runner: A Novel

By: John L Parker

Scribner

Once a Runner captures the essence of what it means to be a competitive runner; to devote your entire existence to a single-minded pursuit of excellence. It has become one of the most beloved sports novels ever written.

Originally self-published in 1978 and sold at road races out of the trunk of the author's car, the book eventually found its way into the hands of high school, college, and postgraduate athletes all over the country. Reading it became a rite of passage on many teams, and tattered copies were handed down like sacred texts from generation to generation. It ranked as the number one most sought-after out-of-print book in the United States in 2007.

Once a Runner is the story of Quenton Cassidy, a collegiate runner at fictional Southeastern University whose l...

The Maze Runner (Maze Runner Trilogy (Hardback))

By: James Dashner

Delacorte Books for Young Readers

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But hes not alone. When the lifts doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Gladea large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls.

Just like Thomas, the Gladers dont know why or how they got to the Glade. All they know is that every morning the stone doors to the maze that surrounds them have opened. Every night theyve closed tight. And every 30 days a new boy has been delivered in the lift.

Thomas was expected. But the next day, a girl is sent upthe first girl to ever arrive in the Glade. And more surprising yet is the message she delivers.

Thomas might be more important than he could ever guess. If only he could unlock the dark ...

Blue Moon: The Immortals

By: Alyson Noel

St. Martin's Griffin

The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-stopping World Series: The Story of the ...

By: Joe Posnanski

William Morrow

There are memorable teams in baseballand then there are utterly unforgettable teams like the 1975 Cincinnati Reds. From 1972 to 1976, the franchise known as the Big Red Machine dominated the National League, winning four division crowns, three league pennants, and two World Series titles. But their 1975 season has become the stuff of sports legend.

In The Machine, award-winning sports columnist Joe Posnanski captures all of the passion and tension, drama and glory of this extraordinary team considered to be one of the greatest ever to take the field. Helmed by Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson, the lineup for the '75 Reds is a Who's Who of baseball stars: Pete Rose, Ken Griffey, Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench, Tony Perez, George Foster, Cesar Geronimo, and Dave Concepci...

Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life

By: Tony Dungy

Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Tony Dungy's words and example have intrigued millions of people, particularly following his victory in Super Bowl XLI, the first for an African American coach. How is it possible for a coach--especia

Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years

By: Charles Schulz

Andrews McMeel Publishing

Sixty years of Peanuts, generations of fans, a gang of beloved characters, but only one creator: the legend, Charles M. Schulz.

Andrews McMeel is proud to showcase the exclusive Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years. It is packed with commentary from throughout Schulz's career, making this book not only a heartwarming tribute but also a true collector's item.

This special 60th anniversary tribute is arranged decade, to spotlight the highlights and development of this world favorite classic.

K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain

By: Ed Viesturs, David Roberts

Broadway

115042 Features: Get the harsh inside details without the usual rose-colored lenses, Viesturs delivers the story of each climber in the harsh light of day when life-threatening situations cause tensions to build as personalities clash Specifications: Pages: 352 pages Edition: first Jacket: hardcover ISBN-10: 0767932501 Publisher: Broadway

Warriors: Ravenpaw's Path #1: Shattered Peace

By: Erin Hunter

HarperCollins

Ravenpaw has settled into life on the farm, away from the forest and Tigerstar's evil eye. He knows that leaving the warrior clans was the right choice, and he appreciates his quiet days and peaceful nights with his best friend, Barley. But when five rogue cats from Twolegplace come to the barn seeking shelter, Ravenpaw's new life is threatened. He and Barley must try to find a way to overpower the roguesbefore they lose their home for good.

Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel

By: Kurt Vonnegut

Dial Press Trade Paperback

Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes unstuck in time after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life, concentrating on his (and Vonnegut's) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the firebombing of Dresden.

Don't let the ease of reading fool you--Vonnegut's isn't a conventional, or simple, novel. He writes, "There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick, and so much the listless playthings of enormous forces. One of the main effects of war, after all, is that peo...

J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2010: For Preparing Your 2009 Tax Return

By: J. K. Lasser

Wiley

America's number one bestselling tax guide offers the best balance of thoroughness, organization, and usability

For over half a century, more than 39 million Americans have turned to J.K. Lasser for easy-to-follow, expert advice and guidance on planning and filing their taxes. Written by a team of tax specialists, J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2010 includes all the outstanding features that have made this book the nation's all-time top-selling tax guide.

As an added value, you can gain direct access to dozens of bonuses through jklasser.com, including links to the latest tax forms from the IRS, up-to-the-minute tax law changes, small business help, and much more. The book of choice for today's serious taxpayer Your Income Tax 2010 contains

Max (Maximum Ride, Book 5)

By: James Patterson

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

James Patterson's bestselling Maximum Ride series is back, with Max and the gang as The Protectors. Someone--or something--is decimating ships and sea life off Hawaii's coast, and Max and her flock find themselves sucked into the Navy's top-secret investigation of the catastrophe. Their objective: Rescue Max's activist mom from a wicked subterranean enemy. The hitch: They must dive deep into dark waters, where gruesome evil dwells... and for high-flying Maximum Ride, could there be anything more terrifying than being trapped in the great abyss? Now in paperback, this soaring new adventure takes Maximum Ride and the Flock into terrifying new territory--fans, hold your breath!

Twilight (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Summit Entertainment

Genre: Suspense
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 21-MAR-2009
Media Type: DVD

True Blood: The Complete First Season (HBO Series)

HBO Home Video

Alan Ball’s True Blood series works well for television, as it has enough sensationalism to tantalize and enough story girth to make the viewer care about the characters. That one can finally invest emotion into monsters, including an undead Civil War victim, a transformer who can shapeshift into various animals, and a female mind reader, speaks volumes about America’s willingness to accept fantasy. Of course, television has always produced good fantasy shows (I Dream of Jeannie), but True Blood’s Southern Goth brand of fun horror is more macabre and more perverse, not to mention gorier, than most shows of its kind to date. Adapted from Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels, True Blood thrills because of its equal blend in...

True Blood: The Complete Second Season (HBO Series)

HBO Home Video

Welcome back to Bon Temps, home to mystery, Southern sensuality and dark secrets. For Sookie Stackhouse, life is more dangerous than ever after she and Bill become more deeply involved. Meanwhile, Tara finds herself under a lover’s spell; Sam puts his trust in an unlikely ally; Jason becomes involved with an anti-vampire sect; Eric becomes interested in Sookie after he recruits her to investigate the disappearance of his 2,000-year-old maker; and Maryann is revealed to possess a power that can control almost everyone in town. Then, after making a shocking discovery, Sookie, Bill and Sam must form the last line of defense against a diabolical plan that raises this award-winning series to bloody new heights.

True Blood: The Complete Second Season includes all 12...

Supernatural - The Complete Third Season

Warner Home Video

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/02/2008

Supernatural - The Complete First Season

Warner Home Video

Brothers seek out and fight supernatural forces in an attempt to find their mysteriously missing father and the person or force responsible for their mother's death.
Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 09/05/06
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language: ENGLISH
Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve

Supernatural: The Complete Fourth Season

Warner

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/01/2009 Run time: 1152 minutes Rating: Nr

Moonlight - The Complete Series

Warner Home Video

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 01/20/2009 Rating: Nr

Interview with the Vampire [Blu-ray]

Warner

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 10/07/2008 Rating: R

The Complete Thin Man Collection (The Thin Man / After the Thin Man / Another Thin Man / Shadow o...

Warner Home Video

The sparkling series featured the irresistible William Powell and Myrna Loy chemistry as husband and wife sleuths who solved murders with the aid of their wire-haired terrier Asta. Set in the glamorous world of 1930s upper-class Manhattan The Thin Man and its sequels established the standard for witty comedy clever dialogue and urbane one upmanship. The 7-Disc set includes THE THIN MAN AFTER THE THIN MAN ANOTHER THIN MAN SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN SONG OF THE THIN MAN THE THIN MAN GOES HOME and the ALIAS NICK & NORA bonus documentary disc.Running Time: 592 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/CLASSIC UPC: 012569673991 Manufacturer No: 67399

True Blood: The Complete First Season (HBO Series) [Blu-ray]

Hbo Home Video

Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 05/19/2009 Run time: 720 minutes

Drag Me to Hell

Universal Studios

No description available for this title.
Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 10/13/09
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language: ENGLISH
Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Screen Gems

Genre: Action/Adventure
Rating: R
Release Date: 12-MAY-2009
Media Type: DVD

Drag Me to Hell (Unrated Director's Cut) [Blu-ray]

Universal Studios

Universal Pictures Drag Me to Hell (Blu-ray)After nearly two decades of successful detours into mature thrillers (THE GIFT, A SIMPLE PLAN) and superhero blockbusters(the Spider-Man series), director Sam Raimi returns--full tilt--to his scrappy horror roots with DRAG ME TO HELL. Alison Lohman stars as Christine Brown, a soft-spoken Southern girl with a good heart, a PhD-toting boyfriend (Justin Long), and a job as a loan officer at a bank just outside of Los Angeles. When evicting a vile and negligent old woman named Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) seems to be the only way to secure an important promotion, Christine pushes her moral flexibility about as far as itcan go (not very far at all) only to dearly pay the price as the recipient of a rather nasty curse.The next three days of Christine?s...

The Matrix (10th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]

WARNER HOME VIDEO

A computer programmer is mankind's last chance for survival against the machines that generated a computer based reality in which we all live. Neo (Keanu Reeves) tries to live up to his calling as the chosen one and lead mankind to freedom from their comatose slave.

The Thing [Blu-ray]

Universal Studios

IN 1970S AMERICA, A DETECTIVE WORKS TO BRING DOWN THE DRUGEMPIRE OF FRANK LUCAS, A HEROIN KINGPIN FROM MANHATTAN, WHO ISSMUGGLING THE DRUG INTO THE COUNTRY FROM THE FAR EAST.

True Blood: The Complete Second Season (HBO Series) [Blu-ray]

HBO Home Video

Welcome back to Bon Temps, home to mystery, Southern sensuality and dark secrets. For Sookie Stackhouse, life is more dangerous than ever after she and Bill become more deeply involved. Meanwhile, Tara finds herself under a lover’s spell; Sam puts his trust in an unlikely ally; Jason becomes involved with an anti-vampire sect; Eric becomes interested in Sookie after he recruits her to investigate the disappearance of his 2,000-year-old maker; and Maryann is revealed to possess a power that can control almost everyone in town. Then, after making a shocking discovery, Sookie, Bill and Sam must form the last line of defense against a diabolical plan that raises this award-winning series to bloody new heights.

True Blood: The Complete Second Season includes all ...

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [Blu-ray]

Dreamworks Video

Genre: Musicals
Rating: R
Release Date: 21-OCT-2008
Media Type: Blu-Ray

Jennifer's Body (+ Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]

20th Century Fox

Stills from Jennifer's Body (Click for larger image)

Jennifer's Body

20th Century Fox

Stills from Jennifer's Body (Click for larger image)

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Remastered) [Blu-ray]

Paramount

No description available for this title.
Item Type: BLU-RAY DVD Movie
Item Rating: PG
Street Date: 09/22/09
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language: ENGLISH
Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve

Dante's Cove: The Complete First Season

Liberation Ent

Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 08/08/2006

Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Manos, the Hands of Fate

Rhino Theatrical

Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 11/20/2001

Drive Thru

Lions Gate

High schooler Mackenzie Carpenter thinks her biggest problem is dying of boredom in the bucolic wasteland of Orange County... until her classmates start dying of massive blood loss and Horny The Clown the mascot for local burger favorite HELLA-BURGER begins madly stalking her with cryptic messages hidden in 70's kitsch toys. It isn't until Mac discovers her unbelievable connection to Horny and his victims that she realizes if she's going to live to see 18 she must come face-to-face with the killer clown in the bloodiest week Blanca Carne California has ever known.System Requirements:Running Time: 91 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: R UPC: 031398196518 Manufacturer No: 19651

The Mummy Returns (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition)

Universal Studios

Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 8-JUL-2008
Media Type: DVD

Open Water (Full Screen Edition)

Lions Gate

Shot on digital video with a pair of unknown actors (Blanchard Ryan and Daniel Travis) who tread water for most of the film's brisk 79-minute running time, Open Water is a fact-based exercise in primal fear that will scare the socks off anyone who dreads death from the deep, but it's familiar stuff if you've ever watched "Shark Week" on the Discovery Channel (which is mentioned in writer-director Chris Kentis's economical screenplay). If you can't accept that a trendy young couple could be accidentally abandoned during an open-sea diving excursion (but hey, it really happened!), then you'll surely be hooked by the intense what's-gonna-happen anxiety that escalates when the horrified vacationers realize they've got unwanted company. It's too easy to call Open Water a poor m...

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

Mpi Home Video

Studio: Mpi Home Video Release Date: 08/27/2002 Run time: 124 minutes Rating: Nr

Bloody Moon

Severin

Re-Mastered In High-Definition And Featuring An All-New Interview With Jess Franco!As the body-count genre stabbed its way into audiences hearts in the early 80s EuroTrash auteur Jess Franco (SADOMANIA MANSION OF THE LIVING DEAD) was asked to create his own saga of slaughtered schoolgirls complete with gratuitous nudity graphic violence and gory set pieces. But just when you thought you d seen it all Franco shocked the world by delivering surprising style genuine suspense and a cavalcade of depravity that includes incest voyeurism and roller disco. The luscious Olivia Pascal of VANESSA fame stars in this twisted thriller that was banned in England yet is now presented uncut and uncensored including the complete stone mill power saw sequence for the first time ever in America!F...

Tomb of Terrors 50 Movie Pack

Pendulum Pictures

TOMB OF TERRORS 50 MOVIEPACK (DVD MOVIE)

Profile of a Serial Killer

Lions Gate

No Description Available.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: UN
Release Date: 19-OCT-2004
Media Type: DVD

B.T.K.

Lions Gate

INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS, THIS SHOCKING NEW THRILLER IS A GRISLY JOURNEY INTO THE NIGHTMARISH WORLD OF THE B.T.K. KILLER.

Caged Fury / Drug Traffikers / Savage Dawn (Triple Feature)

Image Entertainment

Three hardcore tales of down-and-dirty revenge!

Erik Estrada (TV's CHiPs) blasts into non-stop action when two innocent women are jailed and forced to become sex slaves - and only one detective (Estrada) can release the women's Caged Fury! Bo Svenson (Kill Bill Vol. 2, The Delta Force) is a Native American who raises hellfire after he's beaten and run out of town for trying to save an ancient burial ground in the gritty spaghetti Western Drug Traffickers: The Return of Thunder Warrior. And Vietnam combat hero Stryker (Lance Henriksen, Aliens, TV's Millennium) is a town's only hope for ending a violent motorcycle gang's reign of terror in Savage Dawn, which also stars William Forsythe, George Kennedy and Karen Black.

Masters of Horror: Season One Box Set, Vol. 2

Starz / Anchor Bay

Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 08/28/2007 Rating: Nr

Children of the Living Dead

Live / Artisan

The Val Lewton Horror Collection with Martin Scorsese Presents Val Lewton Documentary (Cat People...

Warner Home Video

No description available for this title.
Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 01/29/08
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language: ENGLISH
Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve

The Headless Ghost

Cheezy Flicks Ent

Studio: Music Video Dist Release Date: 06/24/2008

Decrepit Crypt of Nightmares 50 Movie Pack

Pendulum Pictures

Pendulum Pictures has pioneered the delivery of outstanding value in Indy horror compilations with its ongoing line of 6 movie packs but now we're bringing you 50 mind-blowing horrific features on 12 chill-packed DVDs in Decrepit Crypt of Nightmares. So check your sanity at the door and get ready for a blood-soaked marathon of gore madness and depravity. With so many hours of terror the nightmares will never end.Included:1. Before I Die2. Bewitching The3. Blood Sucking Babes from Burbank4. Burning Dead5. Candle in the Dark A6. Catholic Ghoulgirls7. Crate The8. Crawlspace The9. Dead 710. Dead Body Man11. Dead is Dead12. Dead Live The13. Demon Slaughter14. Dominion15. Edgar Allan Poe's Madhouse16. Goblin17. Goth18. Hellbound: Book of the Dead19. Hell's Highway20. High Desert21. Hip Hop Lo...

He Knows You're Alone

Warner Home Video

A RELUCTANT BRIDE TO BE IS STALKED BY A SERIAL KILLER WHO ONLYKILLS BRIDES & THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM. WHILE HER FRIENDS GETWHACKED ONE BY ONE, A HARD BOILED RENEGADE COP WHOSE BRIDE HADBEEN KILLED YEARS BEFORE TRIES TO HUNT HIM DOWN BEFORE IT IS TOOLATE.

12 Days of Terror

Allumination

12 DAYS OF TERROR is based on a real incident that occurred in New Jersey at the beginning of the 20th century. A spate of shark attacks bloodied the usually placid New Jersey shore terrifying residents and creating a panic that inspired author Peter Benchley to write JAWS. This dramatization stars John Rhys-Davis and Colin Eggsfield in lead roles.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: PG-13 UPC: 084296407958 Manufacturer No: 40795

Beware! The Blob!

Image Entertainment

No Description Available
No Track Information Available
Media Type: DVD
Artist: WALKER/STAHL/CAMBRIDGE
Title: BEWARE THE BLOB
Street Release Date: 09/19/2000
Domestic
Genre: HORROR

Hideaway

Sony Pictures

No Description Available.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 7-DEC-2004
Media Type: DVD

A Haunting: Twilight of Evil [Blu-ray]

Timeless Media Group

Genre: Television: Discovery Channel
Rating: UN
Release Date: 4-AUG-2009
Media Type: Blu-Ray

Last House on the Beach

Severin

Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 09/30/2008

Lust for a Vampire

Starz / Anchor Bay

Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 11/11/2008

The Hills Have Eyes (2-Disc Edition)

Vanguard

No Description Available.
Genre: Horror
Rating: R
Release Date: 1-MAR-2006
Media Type: DVD

The Rage (2007) (Unrated)

Screen Media

No Description Available.
Genre: Horror
Rating: UN
Release Date: 26-FEB-2008
Media Type: DVD

Ed Gein

First Look Pictures

Studio: First Look Home Entertain Release Date: 06/21/2005 Run time: 89 minutes Rating: R

Gorilla at Large/Mystery on Monster Island

20th Century Fox

No Description Available.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 11-SEP-2007
Media Type: DVD

Emanuelle Collection Triple Pack

MEDIA BLASTERS, INC DVD

EMANUELLE COLLECTION - TRIPLE PACK (DVD MOVIE)

Shocker

Universal Studios

Bonus features: theatrical trailer film highlights talent bios production notes and web links. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/02/2003 Starring: Michael Murphy Richard Brooks Run time: 109 minutes Rating: R Director: Wes Craven

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Alpha Video

A milestone of the silent film era and one of the first "art films" to gain international acclaim, this eerie German classic from 1919 remains the most prominent example of German expressionism in the emerging art of the cinema. Stylistically, the look of the film's painted sets--distorted perspectives, sharp angles, twisted architecture--was designed to reflect (or express) the splintered psychology of its title character, a sinister figure who uses a lanky somnambulist (Conrad Veidt) as a circus attraction. But when Caligari and his sleepwalker are suspected of murder, their novelty act is surrounded by more supernatural implications. With its mad-doctor scenario, striking visuals, and a haunting, zombie-like character at its center, Caligari was one of the first horror films t...