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Essentials

The Blue Notebook
The Blue Notebook
By James Levine

An unforgettable, deeply affecting tribute to the powers of imagination and the resilience of childhood, The Blue Notebook tells the story of Batuk, a precocious 15-year-old girl from rural India who was sold into sexual slavery by her father when she was nine. As she navigates the grim realities of the Common Street-a street of prostitution in Mumbai where children are kept in cages as they wait for customers to pay for sex-Batuk manages to put pen to paper, recording her private thoughts and stories in a diary. The novel is powerfully told in Batuk's voice, through the words she writes in her journal, where she finds hope and beauty in the bleakest circumstances.

Dune Road
Dune Road
by Jane Green
The Invisible Mountain
The Invisible Mountain
by Carolina De Robertis
The Angel's Game
The Angel's Game
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Dark Places: A Novel
Dark Places: A Novel
by Gillian Flynn
The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder
The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder
by Rebecca Wells
The Magicians
The Magicians
by Lev Grossman
Censoring an Iranian Love Story
Censoring an Iranian Love Story
by Shahriar Mandanipour
Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire: A Novel
Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire: A Novel
by Margot Berwin
Johannes Cabal The Necromancer
Johannes Cabal The Necromancer
by Jonathan L. Howard

Mysteries, Thrillers, Suspense

The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl Who Played with Fire
By Stieg Larrson

Mikael Blomkvist-crusading journalist and publisher of the magazine Millennium-has decided to publish a story exposing an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business, and government.

On the eve of publication, the two reporters responsible for the story are brutally murdered. But perhaps more shocking for Blomkvist: the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander.

Now, as Blomkvist-alone in his belief in her innocence-plunges into his own investigation of the slayings, Salander is drawn into a murderous hunt in which she is the prey, and which compels her to revisit her dark past in an effort to settle with it once and for all.

Die For You
Die For You
by Lisa Unger
The Secret Speech
The Secret Speech
by Tom Rob Smith
Rules of Vengeance
Rules of Vengeance
by Christopher Reich
Swimsuit
Swimsuit
by James Patterson
The Scarecrow
The Scarecrow
by Michael Connelly
The Traffickers
The Traffickers
by W.E.B. Griffin
Blindman's Bluff: Peter Decker / Rina Lazarus Series, Book 18
Blindman's Bluff: Peter Decker / Rina Lazarus Series, Book 18
by Faye Kellerman
Cemetary Dance: Pendergrast Series, Book 9
Cemetary Dance: Pendergrast Series, Book 9
by Douglas Preston
Medusa: NUMA Files Series, Book 8
Medusa: NUMA Files Series, Book 8
by Clive Cussler

Nonfiction

Start Where You Are: Life Lessons in Getting From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Start Where You Are
By Chris Gardner

Ever since the story of his transformation from homeless, single and struggling father to millionaire became known the world over, Chris Gardner - whose life story both inspired the movie The Pursuit of Happyness and became a #1 New York Times Bestseller by the same name - has been inundated with two questions: 'How Did You Do It' and 'How Can I Do it Too?' Gardner's power-packed, transformational reply is the basis of this long-anticipated book.

As a departure from standard self-help tomes that promise overnight riches and exclusive secrets for success, Gardner avoids any tilt toward magical thinking by staying with real issues and solutions impacting individuals in all walks of life. Taking stock of his own credos, including 'The Cavalry Ain't Coming', 'Find Your Button', and 'Seek the Furthest Star' - Gardner's 44 life lessons are earthy, soulful, and always accessible.

Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
by Larry Tye
Born to Run
Born to Run
by Christopher McDougall
Renegade: The Making of President Barack Obama
Renegade: The Making of President Barack Obama
by Richard Wolffe
Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgetting
Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgetting
by Tracy Kidder
Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon
Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon
by Craig Nelson
Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Dies
Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Dies
by Edward Klein
Reagan's Secret War: The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster
Reagan's Secret War: The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World from Nuclear Disaster
by Martin Anderson
Speech-Less: My Ringside Seat at the Unraveling of the Republican Revolution
Speech-Less: My Ringside Seat at the Unraveling of the Republican Revolution
by Matthew Latimer
The Illustrious Dead: Napoleon, Typhus, and the Dream of World Conquest
The Illustrious Dead: Napoleon, Typhus, and the Dream of World Conquest
by Stephan Talty

Listening Library

Oracles of Delphi Keep
Oracles of Delphi Keep
By Victoria Laurie

Along the southern coast of England, atop the White Cliffs of Dover, stands a castle. And at that castle's old keep is an orphanage. Delphi Keep has seen many youngsters come and go through its gates, and Ian Wigby and his sister, Theodosia, are happy to call it home. Life has always been simple at the Keep, and the orphanage safe, until one day, Ian and Theo find a silver treasure box. And within the box, a prophesy. Three thousand years ago a great Greek oracle wrote of a quest. A quest on which the fate of the world depends. A quest that names two children-Ian and Theodosia. Suddenly Delphi Keep is no longer safe. And Ian and Theo, along with a very special group of friends, realize they must unravel the meaning behind the scroll of Dover cavern before darkness falls on the world. And before an unfathomable evil catches up with them.

A Taste for Red
A Taste for Red
by Lewis Harris
Eternal
Eternal
by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Faith, Hope, and Ivy June
Faith, Hope, and Ivy June
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Love, Aubrey
Love, Aubrey
by Suzanne LaFleur
Surf Mules
Surf Mules
by G. Neri
The Problem with the Puddles
The Problem with the Puddles
by Kate Feiffer
The Last Olympian: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series, Book 5
The Last Olympian: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series, Book 5
by Rick Riordan
The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Series, Book 3
The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Series, Book 3
by Michael Scott
The Frost Child: The Navigator Trilogy, Book 3
The Frost Child: The Navigator Trilogy, Book 3
by Eoin McNamee

Featured Audiobooks

Brilliance

Crows & Cards
Crows & Cards
By Joseph Helgerson

Three warnings for listeners who hate surprises:

1. Beware of slivers,
2. and gamblers,
3. and aces.

Zebulon Crabtree found all that out the hard way back in 1849 when his mother and father shipped him off to St. Louis to apprentice with a tanner. Too bad he had serious allergies to fur and advice from his parents. Hearing the beat of a different drummer, Zeb takes up with a riverboat gambler who has some special plans for him, crosses paths with a slave who turns out to be a better friend than cook, and learns that some Indian medicine men can see even though blind. And then there's the Brotherhood ? the one that Zeb can't seem to get out of...

Genesis
Genesis
by Bernard Beckett
Hana's Suitcase: A True Story
Hana's Suitcase: A True Story
by Karen Levine
I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti: A Memoir
I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti: A Memoir
by Giulia Melucci
Carter Finally Gets It
Carter Finally Gets It
by Brent Crawford
Deadlock
Deadlock
by Iris Johansen
Soul Enchilada
Soul Enchilada
by David Macinnis Gill
The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing the Future Can Shape Our Lives
The Power of Premonitions: How Knowing the Future Can Shape Our Lives
by Larry Dossey, M.D.
The Ex-Mrs. Hedgefund
The Ex-Mrs. Hedgefund
by Jill Kargman
The Triggerman's Dance
The Triggerman's Dance
by T. Jefferson Parker

Weston Woods (MP3): Children's Favorites

The Star Spangled Banner
The Star Spangled Banner
By Peter Spier

On September 11, 1814, the British Fleet arrived at the mouth of the Patapsco River. Thus began the Battle of Baltimore, which inspired Francis Scott Key to pen "The Star-Spangled Banner." Featuring Aretha Franklin's soulful, heartfelt voice, our flag's broad stripes and bright stars will shine through in all our children's voices as they sing along in celebration of America's unity and strength.

Apt. #3
Apt. #3
by Ezra Jack Keats
Caps for Sale
Caps for Sale
by Esphyr Slobodkina
Danny and the Dinosaur
Danny and the Dinosaur
by Syd Hoff
Goggles
Goggles
by Ezra Jack Keats
Possum Magic
Possum Magic
by Mem Fox
Stone Soup
Stone Soup
by Marcia Brown
May I Bring a Friend?
May I Bring a Friend?
by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Emperor's New Clothes
by Hans Christian Anderson
The Most Wonderful Egg in the World
The Most Wonderful Egg in the World
by Helme Heine

Hachette

La Cabana: Donde la Tragedia Se Encuentra Con la Eternidad
La Cabana (The Shack)
By William P. Young

Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in this midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change his life forever.In an age where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant, The Shack wrestles with the timeless question: Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain? The answers that astounded and transformed Mack finds will do the same for readers.

Moving Forward: Taking the Lead in Your Life
Moving Forward: Taking the Lead in Your Life
by Dave Pelzer
Outliers: The Story of Success
Outliers: The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell
Matter
Matter
by Iain M. Banks
The Gold Coast: John Sutter Series, Book 1
The Gold Coast: John Sutter Series, Book 1
by Nelson DeMille
100 Ways to Simplify Your Life
100 Ways to Simplify Your Life
by Joyce Meyer
Beat the Reaper: A Novel
Beat the Reaper: A Novel
by Josh Bazell
Fast Profits in Hard Times: 10 Secret Strategies to Make You Rich in an Up or Down Economy
Fast Profits in Hard Times: 10 Secret Strategies to Make You Rich in an Up or Down Economy
by Jordan E. Goodman
Nicholas Sparks Box Set: True Believer and At First Sight: Featuring the Unabridged Recordings of True Believer and At First Sight
Nicholas Sparks Box Set: True Believer and At First Sight: Featuring the Unabridged Recordings of True Believer and At First Sight
by Nicholas Sparks
The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life
The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life
by Ben Sherwood

Rooftop Comedy: Stand Up Audio

My First CD
My First CD
By Kevin Bozeman

Fresh off appearances on HBO, Comedy Central's Comics Come Home, Premium Blend, and Star Search, Kevin Bozeman's debut comedy album covers everything from movies to bankruptcy to the ladies to affirmative action. And more. Recorded live at Giggles Comedy Pub in Brookfield, Wisconsin.

Put Your Keys in the Keybowl
Put Your Keys in the Keybowl
by Lisa Landry
Hardcore
Hardcore
by Kevin Avery
I'm Cool With Being Third
I'm Cool With Being Third
by Dave Waite
Monque
Monque
by Jeremy Essig
Homeperm
Homeperm
by Andi Smith
A Fun Bunch of Guys
A Fun Bunch of Guys
by Mike Lukas
Stand-Up Comedy
Stand-Up Comedy
by Tommy Johnagin
Tastes Like Pennies
Tastes Like Pennies
by Eddie Pence
You'd Be Crazy Too!
You'd Be Crazy Too!
by Leanne Morgan

Featured eBooks

50% Off Dummies Guides

Pregnancy For Dummies®
Pregnancy For Dummies
By Joanne Stone, MD

With robust sales and its own four-part cable TV series, Pregnancy For Dummies has been a perennial favorite, giving parents-to-be authoritative, friendly, up-to-date advice on every aspect of pregnancy and childbirth. This new edition offers all of the latest information expecting parents want to know, including expanded coverage on the health and well-being of both mother and child.

It takes readers through the first, second, and third trimesters, providing new and updated coverage of prenatal genetic screening and diagnosis, amniocentesis, new high-tech ultrasounds, and the revised FDA/USDA food pyramid. It also discusses the recent celebrity trend of "on-demand" cesarean sections, multiple births, what to expect in labor and delivery, postpartum care, choosing bottle or breastfeeding, preparing a home (and siblings) for a new baby, caring for preemies, and the mother's mental as well as physical health.

Bike Repair & Maintenance For Dummies®
Bike Repair & Maintenance For Dummies®
by Dennis Bailey
Living the Country Lifestyle All-In-One For Dummies
Living the Country Lifestyle All-In-One For Dummies
by
Power Boating For Dummies®
Power Boating For Dummies®
by Randy Vance
Making Millions For Dummies®
Making Millions For Dummies®
by Robert Doyen
Divorce For Dummies®
Divorce For Dummies®
by John Ventura
NASCAR For Dummies®
NASCAR For Dummies®
by Mark Martin
Maui For Dummies®: Dummies Travel Series, Book 129
Maui For Dummies®: Dummies Travel Series, Book 129
by Cheryl Farr Leas
Real Estate Investing For Dummies®
Real Estate Investing For Dummies®
by Eric Tyson, MBA
Walt Disney World & Orlando For Dummies<sup>®</sup>
Walt Disney World & Orlando For Dummies®
by Laura Lea Miller

HarperCollins: New Releases

My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up
My Booky Wook
By Russell Brand

Russell Brand learned early on to make a joke of fear and failure. From a troubled childhood in industrial Essex, England, to his descent into addictions to alcohol, drugs, and sex in the seamy underbelly of London, Brand has seen his share of both and miraculously lived to tell the tale. In My Booky Wook he leads readers on a rollicking journey through his disastrous school career, his infamous antics on MTV, and his multifarious sexual adventures. But this irreverent memoir is a story not simply of struggle but also of redemption, a testament to the difficulty of discovering what you want from life and the remarkable power of a bloody-minded determination to get it. My Booky Wook is a giddy trip through the brilliant mind of one of Britain's most valuable exports.

Flyaway: How a Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings
Flyaway: How a Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings
by Suzie Gilbert
Serendipity Market
Serendipity Market
by Penny Blubaugh
It's Not Necessarily Not the Truth: Dreaming Bigger Than the Town You're From
It's Not Necessarily Not the Truth: Dreaming Bigger Than the Town You're From
by Jaime Pressly
The Stepmother
The Stepmother
by Carrie Adams
Life Sentences
Life Sentences
by Laura Lippman
Wonderful World
Wonderful World
by Javier Calvo
Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible
Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible
by David Plotz
The Weight of a Mustard Seed: The Intimate Story of an Iraqi General and His Family During Thirty Years of Tyranny
The Weight of a Mustard Seed: The Intimate Story of an Iraqi General and His Family During Thirty Years of Tyranny
by Wendell Steavenson
Unbelievable: Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena, from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory
Unbelievable: Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena, from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory
by Stacy Horn

Harlequin: Spring Romance

Multiples Mystery
Multiples Mystery
By Alice Sharpe

Olivia Capri knew giving birth to quads would cause a stir in her media-starved small town. But she didn't realize it would bring back Zac Bishop, the boy she'd once loved with all her teenaged heart. Luckily, as sheriff, he'd returned just in time. It seemed someone was after her and her babies thanks to a past she knew nothing about. And though she knew whoever it was didn't stand a chance against Zac and his protective nature, reminiscing about old times stirred up too many long-buried emotions. Still, Zac assured her everything would be okay, all she had to do was trust him. And she did. With everything but her heart.

A Comfortable Wife
A Comfortable Wife
by Stephanie Laurens
Brady: The Rebel Rancher
Brady: The Rebel Rancher
by Patricia Thayer
Captain Langthorne's Proposal
Captain Langthorne's Proposal
by Elizabeth Beacon
Child's Play
Child's Play
by Cindi Myers
Cinderella's Wedding Wish
Cinderella's Wedding Wish
by Jessica Hart
Cowboy Commando
Cowboy Commando
by Joanna Wayne
Her Cattleman Boss
Her Cattleman Boss
by Barbara Hannay
Questions of Honor
Questions of Honor
by Kate Welsh
The Triplets' Rodeo Man
The Triplets' Rodeo Man
by Tina Leonard

Kensington

Up to No Good
Up to No Good
By Carl Weber

There is always a man around the corner. And church trustee James Black should know-he's usually that very man, carrying on affairs with married women and sleeping with one conquest after another. He has charm and good looks, and he knows how to use them. But when the tables turn and he suddenly finds himself in love with the woman of his dreams, he's not the only one who's surprised. And his marriage proposal quickly generates a ripple effect of shocking proportions.... The other women in James's neighborhood have a thing or two to say about James's new love. His daughter Jamie, only six months younger than his new fiancé, has every intention of dismantling his new relationship. But her plate becomes full when she discovers a mystery woman has been secretly calling her lover, Louis.

Blind Trust
Blind Trust
by Leslie Esdaile
The King's Daughter
The King's Daughter
by Barbara Kyle
Too Much of a Good Thing
Too Much of a Good Thing
by J.J. Murray
Wicked Game
Wicked Game
by Lisa Jackson
Cream Puff Murder
Cream Puff Murder
by Joanne Fluke
Heart of Ice
Heart of Ice
by Gregg Olsen
Lost Souls
Lost Souls
by Lisa Jackson
The Company We Keep
The Company We Keep
by Mary Monroe
The Nightingale
The Nightingale
by Morgana Gallaway

Featured Music

Rothmar Media

Solo Ukulele Songs
Solo Ukulele Songs
By The Molokai Ten

1. Aloha Mama

2. Beach Dance

3. Cloudburst

4. Hula Dance

5. Kahuna

6. Ocean Rider

7. Poi Beach

8. Shark Hunter

9. Sunrise Glow

10. Thunderstorm

11. Ukulele Dance

12. Whale Stirrings

13. Wiki Smile

Smooth Jazz Cocktail Hour, Volume 1
Smooth Jazz Cocktail Hour, Volume 1
by Underground Jazz Society
The World's Best Graduation Album
The World's Best Graduation Album
by The Pennrose Orchestra
Be a Patriot, Volume 1
Be a Patriot, Volume 1
by The Old Glory Players
Caliente Dance Party
Caliente Dance Party
by The Latin Knights
Classical Piano Timeless Masterpieces
Classical Piano Timeless Masterpieces
by The Pennrose Orchestra
Liszt Classical Piano Works, Volume 1 Mary Shields
Liszt Classical Piano Works, Volume 1 Mary Shields
by Mary Shields
Mozart Classical Piano Sonatas, Volume 1
Mozart Classical Piano Sonatas, Volume 1
by The New Baldwin Orchestra
Ragtime Rarities
Ragtime Rarities
by Ragtime Allstars
Schubert & Chopin Back To Back
Schubert & Chopin Back To Back
by The Pennrose Orchestra

Featured Video

Vanguard Cinema

Wesley Cash
Wesley Cash
By Chad Matthews

Wesley Cash returns home with dreams of settling down and rebuilding the family cattle business. Once home however, Cash is told that his birthright, a hundred thousand acre ranch, has been sold and that his love is in the arms of another man. Without the ranch, Cash has nothing and decides to leave, but not before convincing his love to go with him. In the climax, Wesley comes face to face with death, and a dark family secret is revealed.

First, Last and Deposit
First, Last and Deposit
by Peter Hyoguchi
Flickering Lights
Flickering Lights
by Anders Thomas Jensen
Redboy 13
Redboy 13
by Marcus Van Bavel
Scratch The Surface
Scratch The Surface
by Tara Fitzpatrick
Searching For Wooden Watermelons
Searching For Wooden Watermelons
by Bryan Goldsworthy
The Bed You Sleep In
The Bed You Sleep In
by Jon Jost
The Phoenix Lights
The Phoenix Lights
by Lynne D. Kitei
Vernie
Vernie
by David Tufford
Warpath
Warpath
by Peter Maris

In Every Issue...

Get to Know: Vanguard Cinema

Vanguard was formed in August 1993 by its current owner and CEO Freyr Thor. Mr. Thor graduated with an MA degree in Film Production from SFSU, school of creative arts, department of Cinema in 1991, under the leadership of August Coppola, and earned an MBA in global business management from the University of Phoenix in 2005.

In 15 years of operation Vanguard has built a solid reputation as one of the leading release studios of independent films in the United States. It follows the footsteps of companies such as Miramax in its inception, while continuing to be a grass roots organization, resisting evolution into mainstream, and choosing to remain true to its original mission of opening doors to the market for new talent on the edge of discovery.

Vanguard's insistence on its core mission coupled with its longevity producing unparalleled expertise, making it a unique studio in the American film market.

Vanguard has often promoted the career starting films of current major stars and directors. This includes Amanda Peet (Animal Room), Cillian Murphy (Disco Pigs) and directors Bryan Singer (Public Access) and George Hickenlooper (Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade).


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