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The further adventures of the unicorn girl.

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From Publishers Weekly -- Homecoming for Acorna of the Linyaari turns out to be not only bittersweet (because of the damage sustained to the planet during its occupation by the Khleevi) but treacherous in this fanciful continuation of the Adventures of the Unicorn Girl (Acorna; Acorna's Quest; etc.) from fantasy titans McCaffrey (The Dragonriders of Pern) and Scarborough (The Healer's War). Acorna finds out that there's much more to her world than she or anyone else had imagined. It all starts ... read more.
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Cool-handed and strong, series detective Dan Roman ( The Burned Woman, LJ 5/1/89, Natural Prey, et al. ) tracks a rich-kid runaway (female and pregnant) 12 years after the fact. The woman's mother, feeble and blind but still outspoken, wants the family money in family hands when she dies. Roman pursues information on Loretta Arganian (a.k.a. Nancy Taylor) from Texas to Nevada to Tennessee and back, uncovering evidence of a lesbian relat...
Out Of The Shadows - A Dan Roman Mystery
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Fred Hoyle, distinguished and controversial British astronomer, mathematician, popularizer of science, and novelist, who rejected the 'big bang' theory. "Every cluster of galaxies, every star, every atom had a beginning, but the universe itself did not," Hoyle claimed. He coined the phrase "big bang" to mock the opposing model, according to which the universe originated from a spontaneous explosion. Hoyle also suggested that life had a cosmic, not terrestrial origin, and viruses could originate ...
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The American Heritage Cookbook
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The further adventures of the unicorn girl.

** Signed by both authors **

From Publishers Weekly -- Homecoming for Acorna of the Linyaari turns out to be not only bittersweet (because of the damage sustained to the planet during its occupation by the Khleevi) but treacherous in this fanciful continuation of the Adventures of the Unicorn Girl (Acorna; Acorna's Quest; etc.) from fantasy titans McCaffrey (The Dragonriders of Pern) and Scarborough (The Healer's War). Acorna fi...
Acorna's Search
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The book and the campaign it covered are throwbacks to an era more and more citizens, increasingly mired in sound-bites and tabloidism, are at least subconsciously desperate to resuscitate. You'll be amazed at how knowledgeable (and sometimes even wise) both White and the candidates he covers--Kennedy and Nixon--seem....
The Making Of The President 1960
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Filled with more than 400 popular recipes, millions of people have tried and loved these dishes collected here for permanent reference. Peppered throughout the cookbook are fascinating short histories of major brand-name food products and the people behind the companies that made them famous. Celebrate and enjoy the best contributions from the companies that have become part of America's food heritage....
Best Recipes Of The Great Food Companies
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10 step-by-step projects using border fabrics and beads....
Machine Embroidery and More
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Murder In Ordinary Time - A Sister Mary Helen Mystery
Murder In Ordinary Time - A Sister Mary Helen Mystery

1991 First Edition.Signed Book Plate to previous owner. Just one bite of that irresistible Christmas cookie and Christina Kelly, Channel 5's leading investigative reporter, was on the air--dead. The odor of bitter almond told Sister May Helen the...

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The Greatest Player Who Never Lived - A Golf Story
The Greatest Player Who Never Lived - A Golf Story

2000 First Edition. Signed Edition. Unwritten in the annals of the sporting world is the story of a man with unlimited potential who was denied his rightful place in the lore of golf His story had remained a mystery for so many years, yet it wasn...

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Disney's Magic Eye - 3D Illusions
Disney's Magic Eye - 3D Illusions

1994 First Edition. All you need to "see" the 3D illusions are your two eyes and some patience! Here's the opportunity to see your favorite Disney characters in a whole new dimension! This wonderful collection weds the timeless magic of Disney w...

$24.00
Puss In Boots
Puss In Boots

1990 First Edition. Translated by Malcolm Arthur. Caldecott Honor Book. From Publishers Weekly: Perrault's tale of the cat who makes his master's fortune has never received a more faithful yet remarkably original treatment. Marcellino ( A Rat...

$17.75
Imajica
Imajica

1991 First Edition. From master storyteller Clive Barker comes an epic tale of myth, magic, and forbidden passion. Imajica is an epic beyond compare: vast in conception, obsessively detailed in execution, and apocalyptic in its resolution. A...

$8.50
Hong Kong - A Jake Grafton Novel
Hong Kong - A Jake Grafton Novel

2000 First Edition. The U.S. Government sends Jake Grafton to Hong Kong to find out how deeply the U.S. consul-general, Tiger Cole, is embedded in a dangerous plan to overthrow the Chinese regime. He takes his wife Callie with him. They haven't r...

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The Renegades of Pern
The Renegades of Pern

1989 First Edition.Dragonriders of Pern Series. As long as the people of Pern could remember, the Holds had protected them from Thread, the deadly silver strands that fell from the sky and ravaged the land. In exchange for sanctuary in the huge...

$6.99
Trumps of Doom - The New Amber Novel
Trumps of Doom - The New Amber Novel

1985 Book Club Edition. Fighting off an unknown assailant every April 30th, California computer hacker Merle Corey discovers that he is actually Merlin, the son of the missing Prince Corwin of the royal house of Amb...

$3.99
Dragon's Treasure
Dragon's Treasure

2004 First American Edition.Elizabeth A. Lynn is a World Fantasy Award-Winning Author. With Dragon's Winter, two-time World Fantasy Award-winner Elizabeth A. Lynn made a triumphant return to the fantasy realm after over a decade. Now, she returns...

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Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys
Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys

1995 First Edition. Second Printing. For thousands of years, women have asked themselves: What is the deal with guys, anyway? What are they thinking? The answer, of course, is: virtually nothing. Deep down inside, guys are extremely shallow. B...

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Dave Barry Turns 40
Dave Barry Turns 40

1990 First Edition. "Just the ticket for the '90s." - San Francisco Chronicle - If you're too young for a nursing home yet too old to be a rock star, if your marriage is as exciting as scraping grass off the lawnmower blades, then this hilar...

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The Voices of Heaven
The Voices of Heaven

1994 First Edition. From Booklist: Pohl's Nebula Grand Master award for lifetime achievement has not affected his prolific output: witness this absorbing tale of extraterrestrial intrigue. Along with the expected aliens and duplicitous humans, P...

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The California Book of The Dead
The California Book of The Dead

1997 First Edition. From Kirkus Reviews: A joyful, wry, reflective exploration of San Francisco New Age life, circa the present. Akin to Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City, an eclectic collection of characters are rounded up to illustrate the ...

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Hell Gate
Hell Gate

1990 First Edition. A young Long Island couple, Kevin and Yvonne McNulty, are splitting up and selling off their assets, including their twenty-six foot sailboat. To save the hefty cost of delivery, they decide to take it to the new owner themsel...

$7.50
The Walking Spell
The Walking Spell

1992 First Edition.Carol Dawson's first novel. When Sarah Grissom is seven years old, her brother and her cousins - the Northgates - play a trick on her. They pretend there's a ghost in the attic of the grandmother's big, rambling East Texas hous...

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The Penance Was Death
The Penance Was Death

1964 First Edition. Four murders are committed within one week. The first, the body of the godmother of charming young Dale Moncure, is discovered within the sacristy of the parish church shortly after the victim had left the confessional. The ...

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Foggage
Foggage

1983 First American Edition. Forty-year-old Kevin Hurley and his twin sister Maureen live on a farm in Ireland with their bedridden ninety-six-year-old father. Kevin is a good, hard-working farmer; Maureen feeds him plenty of potatoes, mustard, a...

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Dangerous To Lean Out - A Cock Robin Mystery
Dangerous To Lean Out - A Cock Robin Mystery

1961 First Edition. What exactly was going on in the gritty London night club called The Duck Who Knew Too Much? Too much... Bernard Feston, special agent for Scotland Yard, sat peering over his double Scotch as a little Swiss stripper did her ...

$7.99
Full Fathom Five
Full Fathom Five

1965 Book Club Edition. A Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award Novel. Embarking on a journey of self-discovery, the narrator in this distinguished novel perceives early that the course lies behind him with the first landmarks in the ident...

$3.99
Mrs. Peachtree and The Eighth Avenue Cat
Mrs. Peachtree and The Eighth Avenue Cat

1994 First Edition. In a heartwarming story set in turn-of-the-century New York, Mrs. Peachtree, the proprietor of a tea shop, finds herself pursued, despite her best efforts, by the affections of a scruffy, stray cat. By the author of On Grandma...

$10.50





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