In 318 BC in the deserts of Libya, Alexander the Great was buried as only a god should be, placed in a Crystal Sarcophagus in a catacomb of chambers, each packed with diamonds, rubies and gold....
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Author: Adams, WillSummary:
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Author: Adams, MarkSummary:
From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating and funny journey into Alaska, America's last frontier, retracing the historic 1899 Harriman Expedition. In 1899...
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Author: ADAMS, DouglasSummary:
A groundbreaking, humourous and extraordinary adventure to find the rarest creatures on Earth. In the 1980s celebreated writer Douglas Adams teamed up with zoologist Mark Carwardine in search of...
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Author: Reed, Rick R.Summary:
It’s 1991, and Dan Calzolaio has just moved to Florida with his lover, Mark, having fled Chicago and Mark’s addictions to begin a new life on the Gulf Coast. Volunteering for the Tampa AIDS...
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Author: Alpert, MarkSummary:
Nothing is as it seems...' When Adam joined the Pioneer program, he became one of six teens to forfeit their bodies for a new, digital existence. Together, the Six were unstoppable, protecting the...
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Author: Charles, KateSummary:
The Reverend Callie Anson should have learned her lesson by now: revisiting the past is seldom a good idea. But she succumbs to peer pressure and attends a reunion at her theological college in...
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Author: Adams, MarkSummary:
A few years ago, Mark Adams made a strange discovery: Everything we know about the lost city of Atlantis comes from the work of one man, the Greek philosopher Plato. Then he made a second,...
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Author: Kline, AdamSummary:
Good and bad luck battle to control the world in this hilarious and enchanting middle grade novel about a lucky rabbit, an evil black cat, and one hapless boy caught between them, from award-...
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Author: Cohen, MarkSummary:
Allan Sherman was the Larry David, the Adam Sandler, the Sacha Baron Cohen of 1963. He led Jewish humour and sensibilities out of ethnic enclaves and into the American mainstream with explosively...
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Author: Svec, Henry AdamSummary:
A grossly inaccurate "memoir" about Canadian folk legends. Henry Adam Svec has been pushing boundaries in Canadian folklore since he unearthed songs by CFL players in Library and...
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The most important anthology of American poetry ever recorded, this essential document is now available in three volumes from Recorded Books, digitally remastered with introductions and brief poet...
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Author: Adler, JackSummary:
Presenting sketches of individuals like Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, Adam Smith and David Hume, Charles Baudelaire and Edouard Manet, David Henry Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Susan Anthony...
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Author: Glenn, JoshuaSummary:
""Dawdler."" ""Layabout."" ""Shit-heel."" ""Loser."" For as long as mankind has had to work for a living, which is...
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Author: Grisham, JohnSummary:
Just before committing suicide, a Mafia lawyer tells 11-year-old Mark Sway something that the police, the FBI and the Mafia want to know. With a one-dollar bill, Mark retains his own lawyer,...
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Author: Adams, JohnSummary:
August 12, 2003, marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sir James Douglas. Although he played an integral role in British Columbia's history, in many ways Douglas remains misunderstood and an...