Wednesday, September 3, 2008

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The Books on Tape and Listening Library September half-off sale is here!
Choose from hundreds of audiobook titles, all marked 50% off! The sale started September 1st and ends September 30th. Don't miss out on this great deal!

The sale includes some of today's most popular authors: James Patterson, Dean Koontz, Iris Johansen, Danielle Steel, Sue Grafton, David Baldacci, Carl Hiaasen, Christopher Paolini, Kate DiCamilllo, Rick Riordan, Stephenie Meyer, Meg Cabot, Judy Blume, Barbara Park, Mary Pope Osborne and more!

Gravedigger's Daughter

In 1936 the Schwarts, an immigrant family desperate to escape Nazi Germany, settle in a small town in upstate New York, where the father, a former high school teacher, is demeaned by the only job he can get: gravedigger and cemetery caretaker. After local prejudice and the family's own emotional frailty result in unspeakable tragedy, the gravedigger's daughter, Rebecca, begins her astonishing pilgrimage into America, an odyssey of erotic risk and imaginative daring, ingenious self-invention, and, in the end, a bittersweet-but very "American"-triumph. "You are born here, they will not hurt you"-so the gravedigger has predicted for his daughter, which will turn out to be true.

In The Gravedigger's Daughter, Oates has created a masterpiece of domestic yet mythic realism, at once emotionally engaging and intellectually provocative: an intimately observed testimony to the resilience of the individual.

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King Dork

Tom Henderson (aka King Dork, Chi-mo, Hender-fag, and Sheepie) is a typical American high school loser. Zero athletic skills, a nonexistent social life, and an inexhaustible supply of rock-and-roll dreams. Up until the tenth grade, he spent his days with his alphabetical-order friend, Sam Hellerman, attempting self-preservation by avoiding the general normal/psychotic high school student body and administration.

Until he discovers the book - The Catcher in the Rye - that will change the world as he knows it. When Tom finds his deceased father's copy of the Salinger classic, then discovers a secret code, a funeral card, and a twenty-four-hour Martinizing receipt, he finds himself in the middle of several interlocking conspiracies and at least half a dozen mysteries involving dead people, naked people, fake people, ESP, blood, guitars, monks, witchcraft, the Bible, girls, the Crusades, a devil head, and rock and roll. And it looks like it's all just the tip of a very odd iceberg of clues that may very well help Tom unravel the puzzle of his father's death and-strangely-reveal the secret to attracting semihot girls. Though being in a band could possibly be the secret to the girl thing-but good luck finding a drummer who can count to four.

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Counting in the City

Math in Our World presents the complete range of math concepts and skills students are expected to master during the first grade. The series moves sequentially, each book covering a different math topic. The first volume reviews the math concepts students should have learned in kindergarten. The next six books cover counting, adding and subtracting, tables and graphs, money, patterns, and measuring. The eighth volume is a summary of the math concepts students have studied throughout the year. The text in each book has been carefully leveled to match students' reading levels as they progress from the beginning of first grade to the end. In addition, each book presents situations that show the relevance of math to children's daily lives.

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46 Science Fair Projects for the Evil Genius

Want to win first place in the next science fair? 46 Science Fair Projects for the Evil Genius has everything you need to create amazing, sophisticated projects that will wow the judges and keep everyone talking long after the awards are handed out.

Using inexpensive, easy-to-find parts and tools, and following standard science fair requirements, these creative new projects test 46 theories from various disciplines, including physics, astronomy, energy, environmental science, and economics. Each project begins with an intriguing hypothesis that leaves plenty of room for you to add your own tweaks, making the project entirely different and new-the only limit is your imagination!

Regardless of your skill level, 46 Science Fair Projects for the Evil Genius provides you with all the parts lists and tools you need to test the hypotheses and complete projects with ease, such as:

• Water, Water, Everywhere-the effect of salt water flooding a lawn.
• Sounds fishy-do goldfish have a water temperature preference?
• Not Just Lemonade-is adding lemon to cleaners just for marketing?

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Rave America

Through hundreds of interviews with DJs, recording artists, producers, promoters, drug lords, club celebrities, and nightworld casualties, this book takes readers into the deepest recesses of the electronic dance culture, uncovering secrets and stories never before seen in print. The book begins with a whirlwind tour of North American club culture in the 70s and 80s, then plunges into the diverse sounds, sights, and histories of some of the most vital rave territories: the deafening walls of sound of DJ Frankie Bones's earliest New York Storm raves; the acid-fuelled dreams of San Francisco's hippiefied Full Moon beach parties; Florida's DJ Icey and his factions of teenage breakdancers on Ecstasy; the dark Satanic techno rituals of the Midwest's Drop Bass Network; the twelve-hour post-aids "muscle raves" of the cross-country gay circuit parties. From the most jaded scenester, to those who just want to uncover a bit of nighttime drama, this book is a definite must for anyone who's ever wondered what's been lurking beneath the gleam of this decade's dance floors.

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Iron Man

1. Love Disease

2. Strange Feeling

3. Empty Promises

4. Salty Tears

5. No More Crying

6. Ashes in My Ashtray

7. Don't Waste My Time

8. Quiet Little Town

9. Hard Come, Easy Go

10. Icepick Through My Heart

11. Fire and Water

12. Changed Man

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Zondervan

Zondervan is a leading Christian communication company featuring such authors as Rich Warren, author of Purpose Driven Life; Karen Kingsbury, New York Times best-selling author; and Rob Bell, author of Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith and, Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections between Sexuality and Spirituality, and featured in NOOMA.

For Zondervan, it starts with meeting the needs of people with resources that glorify Jesus Christ and promote biblical principles. To do that they have had to create resources that fit the changing technology of today's culture. People today can listen to their Bible on their iPod, read a book on their PDA, or watch a video on Zondervan's website about their favorite author's new book--because Zondervan understands that Christianity has to be accessible everywhere, ready to go in any format necessary.

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