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In this readable narrative, author Larson (The Devil in the White City, Thunderstruck) offers a real-life, eyewit ... -
Our sharpest and most original social critic goes "undercover" as an unskilled worker to reveal the dark side of ... -
After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed "New Yorker" writer Grann set out to solve "the greates ... -
Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. Following the low-budget Oakland Athletics, their lar ... -
New York Times Bestseller, With a New Afterword "Schlosser has a flair for dazzling scene-setting and an arsenal ... -
In this landmark work, the author of "Blink" and "The Tipping Point" asks what makes high-achievers different? Br ... -
On April 20, 1999, two boys left an indelible stamp on the American psyche. Their goal was simple: to blow up the ... -
Based on careful research at the Smithsonian Institution, this volume issues a bold, direct challenge to the erro ... -
When Alice Ozma was in 4th grade, she and her father decided to see if he could read aloud to her for 100 consecu ... -
In a smart, entertaining, reassuring book that reads like fiction, Alexandra Robbins manages to cross Gossip Girl ... -
33,000 pages 44 million words 10 billion years of history 1 obsessed man Part memoir and part education (or lack ... -
No drinking. No smoking. No cursing. No dancing. No R-rated movies. Kevin Roose wasn't used to rules like these. ... -
In this paperback edition of the 2005 bestseller, Levitt (economics, U. of Chicago) and Dubner (former New York T ... -
A story of a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe and his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his fat ... -
Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, thi ... -
Now in its 60th year -- the landmark bestseller by the great Viennese psychiatrist remembered for his tremendous ... -
In his million-copy bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel , Jared Diamond examined how and why Western civilizations ... -
Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the best books of 2011 A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Ye ... -
Boys, let us get up a club. With those words, six restless young men raided the linens at a friend's mansion, pul ... -
Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two ... -
Engaging text and photographs vividly showcase each element of the periodic table, offering a heightened sense of ... -
For use in schools and libraries only. Paulsen relates the nature lore and autobiographical incidents behind the ... -
Being a teenager is both wonderful and challenging. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Covey ... -
NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Swanson delivers a riveting account of the chase for Abraham Lincoln's as ... -
September 11, 2001 Monologues from Stuyvesant High School Tuesday, September 11, seemed like any other day at Stu ... -
Nelson tells the true story of 11-year-old Hunter Scott, who in 1998 began to uncover the truth behind a historic ... -
On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last ninety-one kakapo parrots on earth. ... -
During her unparalleled fifty-year history, Barbie has been the doll that some people love-and some people love t ... -
On March 2, 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. In her own w ...
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Sabriel
By: Garth Nix
Sent to a boarding school in Ancelstierre as a young child, Sabriel has had little experience with the random power of Free Magic or the Dead who refuse to stay dead in the Old Kingdom. But ...
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Paul
By: Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Seth Rogen, Simon Pegg
Two sci-fi geeks take a pilgrimage to America's UFO heartland. There they meet a smart-aleck alien, Paul, who takes them on an insane road trip. As they struggle to return Paul home, the little gre...
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Such Hot Blood
By: Airborne Toxic Event
The Airborne Toxic Event got their name from a section in author Don DeLillo's novel White Noise. They return with Such Hot Blood, their third studio album.
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Poetry Contest: 2013 Prize Announcements
Posted by: TracieP | Posted on: May 02 2013
In honor of National Poetry Month this April, the Palatine Public Library District sponsored its fourth annual poetry contest. The contest wrapped up with a special ceremony to celebrate the winners and participants on Saturday, April 27th, 2013.