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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage  marks a new direction in Murakami's fiction: a return to the lyrical realism not seen since his 1987 novel  Norwegian Wood , but set against the social realities of contemporary Japan.   Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of...

Hear the Wind Sing Acclaimed, best-selling Haruki Murakami's debut short novels, newly re-translated and in one English-language volume for the first time--with a new introduction by the author. After almost thirty years out of print, the first major works of fiction by...

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giant s   Malcolm Gladwell's provocative new #1 bestseller -- now in paperback. Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a pebble and a...

The Hunger Games,(Hunger Games Trilogy Book one) First in the ground-breaking HUNGER GAMES trilogy. Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called The Hunger Games....

Catching Fire: 2/3 (Hunger Games Trilogy)   The second book in the ground-breaking HUNGER GAMES trilogy. After winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta return to their district, hoping for a peaceful future. But their victory has caused rebellion to break out ... and...

Mockingjay (Hunger Games Trilogy)   The final book in the ground-breaking HUNGER GAMES trilogy. Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The...

If I Stay NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING CHLOE GRACE MORETZ 'Just listen,' Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel.' I open my eyes wide now. I sit up as much as I can. And I listen. 'Stay,' he says. Everybody has to make...

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared   Sitting quietly in his room in an old people's home, Allan Karlsson is waiting for a party he doesn't want to begin. His one-hundredth birthday party to be precise. The Mayor will be there. The press will be...

The Art of Creative Thinking A scuba diving company faces bankruptcy because sharks have infested the area. Solution? Open the world's first extreme diving school. The Art of Creative Thinking reveals how we can transform ourselves, our businesses and our society through a...

Investing 101 A crash course in managing personal wealth!Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy details of investing into tedious discourse that would put even Warren Buffett to sleep. "Investing 101" cuts out the boring explanations, and instead provides a hands-on lesson that...

Matilda "Her own small bedroom now became her reading-room and there she would sit and read most afternoons, often with a mug of hot chocolate beside her." Matilda's parents are stupid and nasty and fail to see the potential in their gifted daughter; they think she should be...

The Witches The Witches is an award-winning story by Roald Dahl about a boy, his grandmother, and a hotel full of witches. "This is not a fairy tale. This is about real witches." This is a book about 'real witches', the ones that absolutely loathe children and are...

George's Marvelous Medicine "Oh, how he hated Grandma! He really hated that horrid old witchy woman."   George's grandma is a horrid, grizzly, grumpy, selfish old woman with pale brown teeth and a puckered-up mouth like a dog's bottom, so George creates a very special...

The Quiet American With a new introduction by Zadie Smith   Into the intrigue and violence of Indo-China comes Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious “Third Force.” As his naïve optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler,...

Eleanor & Park A New York Times Best Seller! A 2014 Michael L. Printz Honor Book for Excellence in Young Adult Literature Eleanor & Park is the winner of the 2013 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Best Fiction Book. A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book...

HBR Guide to Negotiating (HBR Guide Series) Whether you’re discussing the terms of a high-stakes deal, forming a key partnership, asking for a raise, or planning a family event, negotiating can be stressful. One person makes a demand, the other concedes a point. In the end, you...

Rich Dad's Retire Young Retire Rich If you don't plan on working hard all your life... this book is for you. If you're ready to retire (or want to retire early enough to enjoy your retirement years) you can learn from Robert's story of how he and his wife Kim started with...

The Fault in Our Stars Despite the tumour-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support...