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Jillian

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By Amy Rost (Compiled by), Amy Rost (Compiled by)
$19.95
ISBN-13: 9781579128005
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Published: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 03/01/2009

This book is full of useful practices, recipes, and formulas for a lifetime of health.
It includes: healing herbs, homeopathic medicine, mediation, aromatherapy, stress reduction, acupressure, Chinese medicine, yoga ayurvedic healing, massage, raw foods, herbal first aid, reflexology, macrobiotics, naturopathic medicine, chakric healing, fasting, floral acupuncture, juicing, self-hypnosis, color zone therapy, gemstones and crystals, Bach flower essences and natural supplements.
If you are looking for a well rounded book on natural medicine, this book is an excellent choice.


Paroles (Hardcover)

$11.95
ISBN-13: 9780872860421
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Published: City Lights Books, 01/01/1990

I discovered this book of poetry in a used bookstore in Santa Barbara when I was in my early twenties. Paroles, or "Words," was originally published in 1946 in Paris. Jacques Prevert was a part of the surrealist movement and his poetry usually centers on life in Paris. Enjoy!


The Redbreast (Paperback)

$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780061134005
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Published: Harper Paperbacks, 01/01/2009

Perfect choice for anyone looking for a great crime novel that is full of action and a taste of WWII history. Quick paced and intelligently written, don't let this one pass you by.


Free-Range Chickens (Paperback)

$13.00
ISBN-13: 9780812977110
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 05/01/2009

Oh my goodness ... YAY! Free Range Chickens has arrived! You'll laugh and laugh and laugh...


The Lies of Locke Lamora (Mass Market Paperback)

$7.99
ISBN-13: 9780553588941
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Published: Spectra, 06/01/2007

If you are looking for a fantasy novel packed with thieves, sharks, murderers, gamblers, and other ne'er-do-wells, then I highly recommend The Lies of Locke Lamora. I laughed out loud a few times, and have never rooted for a team of downright dirty bastards as much as for those found within the pages of this book.


By Eduardo Mendoza, Nick Caistor (Translator)
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9781846590511
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Published: Telegram, 02/01/2009

Our stinky silver-tongued narrator is set loose by the authorities to discover the whereabouts of a missing young girl from a Catholic school. When a Swedish sailor knocks on his door and promptly dies on his bed, the plot thickens, leading you further into the back alleys of Barcelona. Quirky and imaginative, this book will have you chortling out loud and leave you wanting more.


ABC3D (Hardcover)

$19.95
ISBN-13: 9781596434257
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Published: Roaring Brook Press, 10/01/2008

The best ABC book I've seen in a long time. But don't listen to me, check it out!


By Fred Vargas, Sian Reynolds (Translator)
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780143112167
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Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 08/01/2007

This series had been recommended by a co-worker, and sooner or later I finally picked it up and read it. It seemed, after finishing the first book, that I was going through some sort of withdrawal... a desperate need to find out what else these quirky characters were up to, along with the strange cases they always got involved in. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.


$12.00
ISBN-13: 9780385340434
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Published: Dial Press Trade Paperback, 02/01/2008

Shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize, Hisham Matar's debut novel takes place in Libya, ten years after Qaddafi's revolution in 1969. It tells the story of nine-year-old Suleiman, as he struggles to comprehend the world around him. It is a place where men who speak out are hauled from their homes and denounced as traitors and counterrevolutionaries. Public executions are broadcast live as crowds cheer wildly for more. This is a gracefully written book that deals with relationships between people in intimate, realistic, and often tenderhearted ways as their emotions are pulled taut by repression, fear, and hatred.


The Aeneid (Paperback)

By Virgil, Robert Fagles (Translator), Bernard Knox (Introduction by)
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780143105138
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Published: Penguin Classics, 02/01/2008

Princeton scholar Robert Fagles has produced a breathtaking rendition of Virgil's The Aeneid, describing the legendary origin of the Roman nation, and of the Trojan prince Aeneas, who, along with his companions, abandon Troy to its doom. They make sail for Italy, stopping at Carthage and even traveling through the very depths of hell.
With Fagles's use of modern verse, the story loses none of its brilliance, intensity, or passion. He has successfully translated The Aeneid for a modern reader who may have a limited grasp of Latin, or has newly discovered the classics.


$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780375725845
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Published: Vintage, 02/01/2001

Abandoned by his mother, despised by the wet nurses who tended to him, Jean-Babtiste Genouille was brought up at the Cloister of Saint-Merri with no posession other than an exraordinary sense of smell. Years pass, when one day, while out for a walk he catches hint of the most exquisite scent...following it leads him down a path to murder...


The Twelve Caesars (Paperback)

By Suetonius, Robert Graves (Translator), James Rives (Revised by)
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780140455168
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Published: Penguin Classics, 12/01/2007

I read The Twelve Caesars as a compainion to Robert Graves's I, Claudius. Suetonius's writings on the Caesars are brief but informative, often mixed with the authors quirky dry humor. It's a wonderful reference to open again and again.


$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780679781271
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Published: Vintage, 03/01/1997

Martin Dressler is a man of vision.
The story begins with him as a young boy working alongside his father in his family owned cigar shop at the tail-end of the 19th Century. As the years pass, he moves on to build grand hotels—one more exquisite than the last— experiencing along the way many hardships, loves, successes and failure. This book draws you into one man's personal dream.
A sheer delight.


I, Claudius (Paperback)

$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780679724773
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Published: Vintage, 10/01/1989

Robert Graves tells the story of Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus based off of his own translation of Suetonius's The Twelve Caesars. It is a first person narrative being the first of Graves's two-part account of Claudius's early life and reluctant rise to Emperor of Rome (later deified). Gripping and informative, often times humorus, I, Claudius is still one of my favorite books and a perfect choice for those who enjoy historical novels.