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Pay It Forward is a wondrous and moving novel about Trevor McKinney, a twelve-year-old boy in a small California town who accepts the challenge that his teacher gives his class, a chance to earn extra credit by coming up with a plan to change the world for the better -- and to put that plan into action.

The idea that Trevor comes up with is so simple and so naïve that when others learn of it they are dismissive. Even Trevor himself begins to doubt when his "pay it forward" plan seems to founder on a combination of bad luck and the worst of human nature.

In the end, Pay It Forward is the story of seemingly ordinary people made extraordinary by the simple faith of a child. In the tradition of the successful and inspirational television show Touched by an Angel, and the phenomenally successful novel and film Forrest Gump, Pay It Forward is a work of charm, wit, and remarkable inspiration, a story of hope for today and for many tomorrows to come.]]> 320 Catherine Ryan Hyde 0743412028 Kit 0   4.11 2000 
author: Catherine Ryan Hyde
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average rating: 4.11
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]]>   4034     In "Life After Death," Chopra draws on cutting-edge scientific discoveries and the great wisdom traditions to provide a map of the afterlife. It's a fascinating journey into many levels of consciousness. But far more important is his urgent message: Who you meet in the afterlife and what you experience there reflect your present beliefs, expectations, and level of awareness. In the here and now you can shape what happens after you die.
By bringing the afterlife into the present moment, "Life After Death" opens up an immense new area of creativity. Ultimately there is no division between life and death--there is only one continuous creative project. Chopra invites us to become cocreators in this subtle realm, and as we come to understand the one reality, we shed our irrational fears and step into a numinous sense of wonder and personal power.]]> 282 Deepak Chopra 0307345785 Kit 0   3.80 2006 
author: Deepak Chopra
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average rating: 3.80
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]]>    354320     New York Times bestseller The Travel Detective
In Hotel Secrets from the Travel Detective, America’s best-known and most trusted travel authority reveals the insider knowl]]>
• How to tell if your room is really clean
• What never to order from room service
• The real way to prevent hotel crime
• How to beat excessive hotel phone charges
• The exact rooms where headline-making events took place

Drawn from the author’s experiences as both an investigative reporter and a constant traveler, Hotel Secrets from the Travel Detective is an essential guide to everything from luxury resorts to motels, from airport hotels and bed-and-breakfasts to outrageous (and often secret) alternatives to hotels.]]> 304 Peter Greenberg 0375759727 Kit 0   3.27 2004 
author: Peter Greenberg
name: Kit
average rating: 3.27
book published: 2004
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]]>    5183168     From ancient Egyptian deities to the Vedic gods of India, from Maya, Inca, and Aztec legends to the Dreamtime of the Aborigines. National Geographic Essential Visual History of World Mythology encompasses myths and creation stories from around the globe that have shaped society for millennia. Accessible, absorbing, and affordable, it will delight casual browsers and mythology buffs alike.

]]> 480National Geographic Society 142620373X Kit 0   4.01 2008 
author: National Geographic Society
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average rating: 4.01
book published: 2008
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]]>    634020     Universe in your Pocket—is packed with masses of general knowledge, facts and figures on:

the Universe and our Solar System the Earth, its Biosphere and its Nations the Animal and Plant Kingdoms the Human Body World Firsts and Great Accomplishments Signals and codes
A vast amount of information you can carry in your pocket, Universe in your Pocketis an essential reference book, bursting with facts and figures relating to the modern world.

Joel Levy is a freelance writer who spends his time between Britain and France. He has written on technology, and the paranormal, and is especially interested in science and the history of science. He is the author of Really Useful: The Origins of Everyday Things and The KISS Guide to the Unexplained.]]> 144 Joel Levy 0760752508 Kit 0   3.77 2004 
author: Joel Levy
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average rating: 3.77
book published: 2004
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]]>   1076519      256 Skye Alexander 1592332188 Kit 0   3.00 2006 
author: Skye Alexander
name: Kit
average rating: 3.00
book published: 2006
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]]>    104164     The Blue Day Book is a wonderful collection of amusing, poignant animal photos and inspirational text designed to lift the spirits of anyone who s got the blues. No one who has lips will be able to read it without smiling; it s guaranteed. The fact is, we all have our bad days -- they are an intrinsic part of being human. As prescribed by The Blue Day Book in its delightful photo and text messages, the solution is to see each incident in perspective, recognize that our feelings of failure and loss are not unique, and acknowledge the absurdities of our existence, and glory in the potential we all have. In less than one hundred sentences, The Blue Day Book conveys this message with great compassion and humor. Its vehicle is charming black-and-white photographs of animals that are strangely human and completely free of judgment or pretension. The humble marriage of easy text and beautiful images takes us through the entire evolution of a blue day -- examines what it feels like, what causes it, and how to get over it.]]> 92Bradley Trevor Greive 0740704818 Kit 0   4.10 2000 
author: Bradley Trevor Greive
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average rating: 4.10
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]]>    1364319     560 David Hampshire 1901130592 Kit 0   3.62 1993 
author: David Hampshire
name: Kit
average rating: 3.62
book published: 1993
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]]>    1863979      424 Joe Laredo 1905303092 Kit 0   3.00 2007 
author: Joe Laredo
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average rating: 3.00
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]]>    5649166      255 Julie Lloyd 1405488077 Kit 0   4.00 2007 
author: Julie Lloyd
name: Kit
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2007
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]]>   2202199     176 Dannie Abse 1861059876 Kit 0   3.17 2008
author: Dannie Abse
name: Kit
average rating: 3.17
book published: 2008
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]]>   114254      204 Jeffrey Gitomer 1885167660 Kit 0   3.97 2006 
author: Jeffrey Gitomer
name: Kit
average rating: 3.97
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]]>   12627     A brilliant distillation of the real motivations behind U.S. foreign policy, compiled from talks and interviews completed between 1986 and 1991, with particular attention to Central America.

]]> 112 Noam Chomsky 1878825011Kit 0   4.03 1991 
author: Noam Chomsky
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average rating: 4.03
book published: 1991
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author: Richard K. Morgan
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average rating: 4.12
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]]>    1036249     134  0892131144 Kit0   3.51 1982 
author: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
name: Kit
average rating: 3.51
book published: 1982
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]]>   7715143      181 Carol Baldwin 1934338354 Kit 0   5.00 2007 
author: Carol Baldwin
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average rating: 5.00
book published: 2007
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]]>   235517     The Higher Taste is a great introduction to the philosophy and practice of vegetarianism, Hare Krishna style. It lets the reader discover the health and economic advantages, as well as the important ethical and spiritual considerations, of a Krishna conscious approach to diet and nutrition.
Includes 70 scrumptious recipes.]]> 156  0892131284 Kit 0   3.85 1983
author: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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average rating: 3.85
book published: 1983
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]]>    930    
In Memoirs of a Geisha, we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction—at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful—and completely unforgettable.]]> 434 Arthur Golden 0739326228 Kit 0   4.03 1997 
author: Arthur Golden
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average rating: 4.03
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]]>    2213117     New York Times Bestseller!

With the right lifestyle, experts say, chances are that you may live up to a decade longer. What’s the prescription for success? National Geographic Explorer Dan Buettner has traveled the globe to uncover the best strategies for longevity found in the Blue Zones: places in the world where higher percentages of people enjoy remarkably long, full lives. And in this dynamic book he discloses the recipe, blending this unique lifestyle formula with the latest scientific findings to inspire easy, lasting change that may add years to your life.

Buettner’s colossal research effort, funded in part by the National Institute on Aging, has taken him from Costa Rica to Italy to Japan and beyond. In the societies he visits, it’s no coincidence that the way people interact with each other, shed stress, nourish their bodies, and view their world yields more good years of life. You’ll meet a 94-year-old farmer and self-confessed "ladies man" in Costa Rica, an 102-year-old grandmother in Okinawa, a 102-year-old Sardinian who hikes at least six miles a day, and others. By observing their lifestyles, Buettner’s teams have identified critical everyday choices that correspond with the cutting edge of longevity research—and distilled them into a few simple but powerful habits that anyone can embrace.]]> 304 Dan Buettner 1426202741 Kit 0   3.84 2008 
author: Dan Buettner
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average rating: 3.84
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]]>   766686     272 Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khanum 0853980039 Kit 0   4.47 1989 
author: Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khanum
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average rating: 4.47
book published: 1989
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]]>    606818     According to the authors of this extraordinarily provocative, meticulously researched book, not only are these things possible—they're probably true! so revolutionary, so original, so convincing, that the most faithful Christians will be moved; here is the book that has sparked worldwide controversy.
"Enough to seriously challenge many traditional Christian beliefs, if not alter them."—Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Like Chariots of the Gods?...the plot has all the elements of an international thriller."—Newsweek]]> 496Michael Baigent 0440136482 Kit 0   3.41 1982 
author: Michael Baigent
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average rating: 3.41
book published: 1982
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]]>    283866      The Guardians of Tirisfal: a line of champions imbued with godlike powers, each one through the ages charged with fighting a lonely secret war against the Burning Legion. Medivh was fated from birth to become the greatest and most powerful of this noble order. But from the beginning a darkness tainted his soul, corrupting his innocence and turning to evil the powers that should have fought for good. Torn by two destinies, Medivh's struggle against the malice within him became one with the fate of Azeroth itself...and changed the world forever.


THE LAST GUARDIAN
An original tale of magic, warfare, and heroism based on the bestselling, award-winning electronic game from Blizzard Entertainment.
]]> 320 Jeff Grubb 0671041517 Kit 0   3.95 2001 
author: Jeff Grubb
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average rating: 3.95
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]]>   1371727     Mama and I climbed aboard. I waved to Papa until he was only a tiny speck in the distance. The train turned the curve, and he was gone.

The powerful autobiographical account of a young girls' struggle as a Jewish refugee in England from 1939-1945.
]]> 160 Olga Levy Drucker 0805042512 Kit 0   3.81 1992 
author: Olga Levy Drucker
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average rating: 3.81
book published: 1992
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]]>    263365     192 Cameron Tuttle 0811821706 Kit 0   3.87 1999 
author: Cameron Tuttle
name: Kit
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1999
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]]>   51094      207 Budge Wilson 0590469339 Kit 0   4.05 1991 
author: Budge Wilson
name: Kit
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1991
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]]>   2998      331 Frances Hodgson Burnett 0517189607 Kit 0   4.09 1911 
author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
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average rating: 4.09
book published: 1911
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]]>    3851860      192 Roberta McDonald 0973806354 Kit 0   4.00 2007 
author: Roberta McDonald
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average rating: 4.00
book published: 2007
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]]>    1629704     Do you feel stressed, overworked, like you’re running on empty? Are you caught in the race to get it all done—with little time to enjoy the rewards life has to offer?

There’s no doubt about it: these days we are just too busy. With the conveniences of technology, we’re compelled to get more done in less time and end up constantly striving for the next thing – rarely stopping to consider if it’s something we even want. As a result, we end up missing out on the things that truly matter: our relationships, the activities we love, quiet time to reflect and replenish our energy.

Valorie Burton’s How Did I Get So Busy? is the solution for anyone who feels perpetually overwhelmed and overworked: a simple, effective 28-day program to help you rediscover your true priorities, shift out of overdrive, and reclaim your life and schedule. Built around Burton’s “Ten Commandments of Self-Care,” each day presents an easy-to-follow task to help you strip away the meaningless activities that occupy your time and make room for what nourishes you--mind, body, and spirit. The tasks are simple but yield big rewards:

Take a full hour for lunch
Set “no-email” periods
Add fun goals to your to-do list
End your day “on purpose” – meaning that you decide when to leave the office, head home, and fall asleep.

Uplifting and inspiring, How Did I Get So Busy? offers an easy way to be rid of the busywork that fills our days and rediscover the life you’ve always wanted.]]> 256 Valorie Burton 0767926226 Kit 0   3.45 2007 
author: Valorie Burton
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average rating: 3.45
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]]>   1230376      160 Steve McLean 1894864530 Kit 0   2.00 2006 
author: Steve McLean
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average rating: 2.00
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]]>    2018682     
In an age when science is supposed to be king, scientists are beset by experimental results they simply can’t explain. But, if the past is anything to go by, these anomalies contain the seeds of future revolutions. While taking readers on an entertaining tour d’horizon of the strangest of scientific findings – involving everything from our lack of free will to Martian methane that offers new evidence of life on the planet – Michael Brooks argues that the things we don’t understand are the key to what we are about to discover.

This mind-boggling but entirely accessible survey of the outer limits of human knowledge is based on a short article by Michael Brooks for New Scientist magazine. It became the sixth most circulated story on the internet in 2005, and provoked widespread comment and compliments (Google “13 things that do not make sense” to see).

Michael Brooks has now dug deeply into those mysteries, with extraordinary results.]]> 256 Michael Brooks 0385664230Kit 0   3.77 2008 
author: Michael Brooks
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Say you’re at a party. You’ve had a martini or three, and you mingle through the crowd, wondering how long you need to stay before going out for pizza. Suddenly you’re introduced to someone new, Dr. Nice Tomeetya. You forget the pizza. Now is the perfect time to bring up all those strange questions you’d like to ask during an office visit with your own doctor but haven’t had the guts (or more likely the time) to do so. You’re filled with liquid courage . . . now is your chance! If you’ve ever wanted to ask a doctor . . .

•How do people in wheelchairs have sex?

•Why do I get a killer headache when I suck down my milkshake too fast?

•Can I lose my contact lens inside my head forever?

•Why does asparagus make my pee smell?

•Why do old people grow hair on their ears?

•Is the old adage “beer before liquor, never sicker, liquor before beer . . .” really true?

. . . then Why Do Men Have Nipples? is the book for you.

Compiled by Billy Goldberg, an emergency medicine physician, and Mark Leyner, bestselling author and well-known satirist, Why Do Men Have Nipples? offers real factual and really funny answers to some of the big questions about the oddities of our bodies.]]> 224 Mark Leyner 1400082315 Kit 0   3.42 1995 
author: Mark Leyner
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average rating: 3.42
book published: 1995
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]]>    7002858     The answer to life's questions lie within this ancient oracle, discovered by Napoleon's armies in Egypt's ancient Valley of the Kings. The original oracle, a papyrus roll, was purportedly found in a Pharaoh's tomb during the 1798-1799 French invasion of Alexandria and Cairo. Taken from its 1835 publication, this edition contains the very same interpretations, techniques, and guidance that Europe's most notorious Emperor was said to have used throughout his life, particularly during the 1800s in his astonishing rise to world power. It is said that Napoleon relied upon the Book of Fate for many years, and yet when his pride and ambition became overwhelming rejected its counsel - his downfall followed soon afterward. As psychic and historian Judy Hall explains her comprehensive Introduction, after the death of the Emperor the oracle reached a small Paris publisher, and stayed in print throughout the 19th century all over Europe.

The Oracle, an astounding fragment of divination heritage, contains questions and answers that cover every area of life; from travel and romance to family and marriage, finances and career achievement. Whatever your dilemma, consult the Oracle, tried and tested over centuries. This handbook of kings will help you find the answer.
]]> 96 Barnes & Noble0760739757 Kit 0   3.00 2003 
author: Barnes & Noble
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average rating: 3.00
book published: 2003
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]]>   790194     Worst-Case Scenario series provides maximum protectionand gives you something scary to read around the campfire. Profiles of worst-case locations and intrepid explorers, charts and graphs of perilous situations, offbeat lists and factshere is all the information you need in the wilderness to feel safe and terrified at the same time.]]> 288 David Borgenicht 0811858278 Kit 0   3.94 2007 
author: David Borgenicht
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average rating: 3.94
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]]>    123369     The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook are back—and they've brought a date. Whatever your own dating nightmares are, take it from the professionals, things can get worse. Just in time for Valentine's Day, here are dozens of scenarios covering every phase of the romantic—or not so romantic—turn of events. Learn how to remove stubborn articles of clothing, slip away from a blind date, and get rid of unsightly stains. Discover the secrets of dealing with a bad kisser and of surviving a meeting with your date's parents. Hands-on, step-by-step illustrated instructions help guide you through these and many more perils d'amor. Tasteful and useful, and with an appendix of great pickup lines, breakup lines, and all-purpose excuses, this is the book you need when you wake up next to someone whose name you can't remember.]]> 176 Joshua Piven 0811832414 Kit 0   3.45 2001 
author: Joshua Piven
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average rating: 3.45
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]]>   5659     One of the most celebrated works of classic literature for children

Meet little Mole, willful Ratty, Badger the perennial bachelor, and petulant Toad. In the almost one hundred years since their first appearance in 1908, they've become emblematic archetypes of eccentricity, folly, and friendship. And their misadventures-in gypsy caravans, stolen sports cars, and their Wild Wood-continue to capture readers' imaginations and warm their hearts long after they grow up. Begun as a series of letters from Kenneth Grahame to his son, The Wind in the Willows is a timeless tale of animal cunning and human camaraderie. This Penguin Classics edition features an appendix of the letters in which Grahame first related the exploits of Toad.]]> 256 Kenneth Grahame 0143039091 Kit 0   3.95 1908 
author: Kenneth Grahame
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average rating: 3.95
book published: 1908
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]]>    2369082     This book explores both the facts and the emotions behind the newspaper headlines and medical textbooks. It includes the tragic, hideously deformed Joseph Merrick, known as the Elephant Man;the famous midget Tom Thumb;the French four-legged woman;and the hideously deformed Devil Boy of Brazil, rescued from a life of misery by a Scottish surgeon.]]> 192 Mike Parker 0600586111 Kit 0   3.38 2005 
author: Mike Parker
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average rating: 3.38
book published: 2005
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]]>    544592    Famous Last Words is, unexpectedly, bursting with life, hope, wisdom, and often laughter. Here are writers, philosophers, athletes, gangsters, kings, queens, movie stars, and politicians, in all sorts of moods and states of prepa]]>
There's the droll: It's the wallpaper or me. One of us has to go (Oscar Wilde); the blasé: How are the Mets doing today? (Moe Berg); the cranky: It wasn't worth it (Louis B. Mayer); the wistful: That was the best ice cream soda I ever tasted (Lou Costello); the optimistic: I shall hear in heaven! (Beethoven); and the overly optimistic: I've never felt better (Douglas Fairbanks).

Ultimately, every one of these parting statements is a reflection of the person behind it. Each is accompanied by a mini-biography of the speaker, including the context of death, from the golf course (That was a great game of golf, fellers Bing Crosby) to a favorite armchair (Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough-Karl Marx).]]> 192 Ray Robinson 0761126090 Kit 0   3.59 2003 
author: Ray Robinson
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average rating: 3.59
book published: 2003
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From the editors of the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning comes another collection of terse true tales—this time simple sagas exploring the complexities of the human heart. Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak contains hundreds of personal stories about the pinnacles and pitfalls of romance. Brilliant in their brevity, these insightful slivers of passion, pain, and connection capture every shade of love and loss—six words at a time.]]> 144 Larry Smith 0061714623 Kit 0   3.88 2008 
author: Larry Smith
name: Kit
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2008
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Now in bite-size mantras, the abridged empathetic wit and wisdom of the number one New York Times bestseller He's Just Not That Into You will recharge and inspire your dating outlook one wake-up call at a time.

For ages women have come together over coffee, cocktails, or late-night phone chats to analyze the puzzling behavior of men. Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo are here to say that —despite good intentions— you're wasting your time. Men are not complicated, although they'd like you to think they are. And there are no mixed messages.

He's Just Not That Into You —based on a popular episode of Sex and the City— educates otherwise smart women on how to tell when a guy just doesn't like them enough, so they can stop wasting time making excuses for a dead-end relationship. This book knows you're a beautiful, smart, funny woman who deserves better.]]> 208 Greg Behrendt141694740X Kit 0   3.64 2004 
author: Greg Behrendt
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average rating: 3.64
book published: 2004
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]]>   294418      Elyne Mitchell 0006930220 Kit 0   3.971973 
author: Elyne Mitchell
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average rating: 3.97
book published: 1973
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]]>    75518      221 Amélie Nothomb 225311118X Kit 0  3.79 1992 
author: Amélie Nothomb
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average rating: 3.79
book published: 1992
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