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The Walking Drum by Louis L'Amour

Here is an historic adventure of extraordinary power more...0 points

Here is an historic adventure of extraordinary power waiting to sweep you away to exotic lands as one of the most popular writers of our time conquers new storytelling worlds. Louis L'Amour has been best known for his ability to capture the spirit and drama of the authentic American West. Now he guides his readers to an even more distant frontier -- the enthralling lands of the 12th century.At the center of The Walking Drum is Kerbouchard, one of L'Amour's greatest heroes. Warrior, lover, schola...0 points

Jesus' Son: Stories by by Denis Johnson

An intense collection of interconnected stories that more...0 points

An intense collection of interconnected stories that portray life through the eyes of a young man in a small Iowa town, by the author of Already Dead: A California Gothic, Angels and Resuscitation of a Hanged Man.0 points

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The award-winning translation of Dostoevsky's last more...0 points

The award-winning translation of Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel.0 points

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R.R. Martin

Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin's more...0 points

Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes "A Clash of Kings" and "A Storm of Swords". As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin's stunning series is destined to stand as one of...0 points

Armageddon's Children (The Genesis of Shannara, Book 1) by Terry Brooks

Terry Brooks is one of a handful of writers whose more...0 points

Terry Brooks is one of a handful of writers whose work defines modern fantasy fiction. His twenty-three international bestsellers have ranged from the beloved Shannara series to stories that tread a much darker path. Armageddon's Children is a new creation-the perfect opportunity for readers unfamiliar with Brooks's previous work to experience an author at the height of his considerable storytelling powers. It is a gripping chronicle of a once-familiar world now spun shockingly ou...0 points

Red Letter Christians: A Citizen's Guide to Faith and Politics by Tony Campolo

In today s political environment, who speaks for w more...0 points

In today s political environment, who speaks for whom is not always clear. Over the past couple of decades, evangelical Christians have tended to be associated with the religious right and the most conservative positions of the Republican Party. Rebelling against this designation are those who prefer to be called Red Letter Christians, desiring to live out the red letters of Jesus words in the New Testament. Believing that Jesus is neither a Republican nor a Democrat, Red Letter Christians want....0 points

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller

"I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't more...0 points

"I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. . . . I used to not like God because God didn't resolve. But that was before any of this happened." In Donald Miller's early years, he was vaguely familiar with a distant God. But when he came to know Jesus Christ, he pursued the Christian life with great zeal. Within a few years he had a successful ministry that ultimately left him feeling empty, burned out, and, once again, far away from God. In this intimate, soul-searching account...0 points

The Dharma Bums (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Jack Kerouac

The Dharma Bums was published one year after On the more...0 points

The Dharma Bums was published one year after On the Road made Jack Kerouac a celebrity and a spokesperson for the Beat Generation. Sparked by his contagious zest for life, the novel relates the adventures of an ebullient group of Beatnik seekers in a freewheeling exploration of Buddhism and the search for Truth.0 points

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Catch-22 is like no other novel. It is one of the funniest more...0 points

Catch-22 is like no other novel. It is one of the funniest books ever written, a keystone work in American literature, and even added a new term to the dictionary.At the heart of Catch-22 resides the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero endlessly inventive in his schemes to save his skin from the horrible chances of war. His efforts are perfectly understandable because as he furiously scrambles, thousands of people he hasn't even met are trying to kill him. His problem is Colo...0 points

The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, Book 3) by Stephen King

The foundations of Black House were built on The Dark more...0 points

The foundations of Black House were built on The Dark Tower series0 points

First Blood by David Morrell

From New York Times bestselling author David Morre more...0 points

From New York Times bestselling author David Morrell comes the novel upon which the box office superhit Rambo was based. First came the man: a young wanderer in a fatigue coat and long hair. Then came the legend, as John Rambo sprang up from the pages of First Blood to take his place in the American cultural landscape. This remarkable novel pits a young Vietnam veteran against a small town cop who doesn't know whom he's dealing with -- or how far Rambo will take him into a life-and-death struggl...0 points

Main Street (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics) by Sinclair Lewis

Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis, is part of the Barnes more...0 points

Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footno...0 points

A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid

A brilliant look at colonialism and its effects in more...0 points

A brilliant look at colonialism and its effects in Antigua--by the author of Annie John"If you go to Antigua as a tourist, this is what you will see. If you come by aeroplane, you will land at the V. C. Bird International Airport. Vere Cornwall (V. C.) Bird is the Prime Minister of Antigua. You may be the sort of tourist who would wonder why a Prime Minister would want an airport named after him--why not a school, why not a hospital, why not some great public monument. You are a tourist and you....0 points

The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes

"The ultimate book for both the dabbler and serious more...0 points

"The ultimate book for both the dabbler and serious scholar--. [Hughes] is sumptuous and sharp, playful and sparse, grounded in an earthy music--. This book is a glorious revelation."--Boston GlobeSpanning five decades and comprising 868 poems (nearly 300 of which have never before appeared in book form), this magnificent volume is the definitive sampling of a writer who has been called the poet laureate of African America--and perhaps our greatest popular poet since Walt Whitman.  Here, for the...0 points

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Signet Classics) by Mark Twain

Few books capture both the simplicity and complexities more...0 points

Few books capture both the simplicity and complexities of American life quite like these enduring "boyhood" classics by Mark Twain. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Take a lighthearted, nostalgic trip to a simpler time, seen through the eyes of a special boy named Tom Sawyer. It is a summertime world of hooky and adventure, pranks and punishment, villains and young love. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn He has no mother, his father is a drunkard, and he sleeps in a barrel. He's Huck Finn-liar, somet...0 points

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

Following its initial appearance in serial form, Stephen more...0 points

Following its initial appearance in serial form, Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage was published as a complete work in 1895 and quickly became the benchmark for modern anti-war literature. Although the exact battle is never identified, Crane based this story of a soldier's experiences during the American Civil War on the 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville. Many veterans, both Union and Confederate, praised the book's accurate representation of war, and critics consider its sty...0 points

The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka

The only available collection that brings together more...0 points

The only available collection that brings together all of Kafka's stories--those published during his lifetime and those released after his death.0 points

Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit by Al Gore

Re-released on the heels of Al Gores #1 New York T more...0 points

Re-released on the heels of Al Gores #1 New York Times bestseller, An Inconvenient Truth, comes the paperback edition of his classic bestseller, Earth in the Balance. First published in 1992, it helped place the environment on the national agenda; now, as environmental issues move front-and-center in the public consciousness, the time is right to reflect deeply on the fate of our planet and commit ourselves to its future. While An Inconvenient Truth closely examines one menace to our environment...0 points

Ender's Game (Ender, Book 1) by Orson Scott Card

Winner of the Hugo and Nebula AwardsIn order to develop more...0 points

Winner of the Hugo and Nebula AwardsIn order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut-young Ender is the Wiggin drafted...0 points

1776 by David McCullough

"In this stirring book, David McCullough tell more...0 points

"In this stirring book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence -- when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper. Written as a companion work to his celebrated biography of John Adams, David McCullough's 1776 is another l...0 points

The Shawshank Redemption (Two-Disc Special Edition)

When this popular prison drama was released in 199 more...0 points

When this popular prison drama was released in 1994, some critics complained that the movie was too long (142 minutes) to sustain its story. Those complaints miss the point, because the passage of time is crucial to this story about patience, the squeaky wheels of justice, and the growth of a life-long friendship. Only when the film reaches its final, emotionally satisfying scene do you fully understand why writer-director Frank Darabont (adapting a novella by Stephen King) allows the story to u...0 points

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (Widescreen Edition)

Set in a 19th century European village, this stop-motion, more...0 points

Set in a 19th century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor (voiced by Johnny Depp), a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious "Corpse Bride," while his real bride, Victoria, waits bereft in the land of the living.Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colorful than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that can keep him away from his one true...0 points

Babette's Feast

Artistic, sensual and sacred passions unite in Bab more...0 points

Artistic, sensual and sacred passions unite in Babette's Feast. Written and directed by Gabriel Axel, from a short story by Out of Africa's Isak Dinesen, this Oscar(r)-winning*film offers "an irresistible mixture of dry wit and robust humanity" (Newsweek). Onthe desolate coast of Denmark live Martina and Philippa, the beautiful daughters of a devout clergyman who preaches salvation through self-denial. Both girls sacrifice youthful passion to faith and duty, and even many years after their fathe...0 points

No Country for Old Men

The Coen brothers make their finest thriller since more...0 points

The Coen brothers make their finest thriller since Fargo with a restrained adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel. Not that there aren't moments of intense violence, but No Country for Old Men is their quietest, most existential film yet. In this modern-day Western, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) is a Vietnam vet who could use a break. One morning while hunting antelope, he spies several trucks surrounded by dead bodies (both human and canine). In examining the site, he finds a case filled with $2 m...0 points

There Will Be Blood

THERE WILL BE BLOOD - WIDESCREEN (DVD MOVIE)0 points

Fargo (Special Edition)

Nominated* for seven Oscars(r) and winner of two, more...0 points

Nominated* for seven Oscars(r) and winner of two, this darkly amusing thriller combines a first-rate cast, "a dazzling mix of mirth and malice" (Rolling Stone) and a bizarre kidnapping plot that unravels the Midwest like never before. Starring Frances McDormand, William H. Macy and Steve Buscemi, Fargo is a brilliant tour de force from the creators of Raising Arizonaand O Brother, Where Art Thou? *1996: Best Picture, Director, Actress (McDormand, won), Supporting Actor (Macy), Original Screenpla...0 points

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Disenchanted with the daily drudge of crushing roc more...0 points

Disenchanted with the daily drudge of crushing rocks on a prison farm in Mississippi, the dapper, silver-tongued Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney, THE PERFECT STORM) busts loose. Except he's still shackled to his own chain-mates from the chain gang -- bad-tempered Pete (John Turturro, SUMMER OF SAM), and sweet, dimwitted Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson, HAMLET). With nothing to lose and buried loot to regain -- before it's lost forever in a flood -- the three embark on the adventure of a lifetime...0 points

PCU

Welcome to Port Chester University where the Polit more...0 points

Welcome to Port Chester University where the Politically Correct go head-to-head with the Party Animals in the rowdiest college comedy since "Animal House."System Requirements:Starring: Jeremy Piven David Spade Megan Ward Jon Favreau Chris Young Directed By: Hart Bochner Running Time: 80 Min. Color Copyright 2003 Twentieth Century Fox.Format: DVD MOVIE0 points

The Simpsons Movie (Widescreen Edition)

Homer accidentally causes an environmental catastr more...0 points

Homer accidentally causes an environmental catastrophe which could doom Springfield forever. Homer now must save the city and rescue his family. Springfield's usual characters and new favorites all turn up in the first ever movie length version of the hit TV show 18 years in the making.System Requirements:Run time: 87 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/TEEN Rating: PG-13 UPC: 024543484271 Manufacturer No: 22484270 points

12 Angry Men (50th Anniversary Edition)

Eleven jurors are convinced that the defendant is more...0 points

Eleven jurors are convinced that the defendant is guilty of murder. The twelfth has no doubt of his innocence. How can this one man steer the others toward the same conclusion? It's a case of seemingly overwhelming evidence against a teenager accused of killing his father in "one of the best pictures ever made" (The Hollywood Reporter).System Requirements:Running Time: 96 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/FIGHTING THE SYSTEM Rating: PG UPC: 027616097101 Manufacturer No: M1097100 points

Fight Club (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

2-Disc set is loaded with Extra Punch!Bonus Featur more...0 points

2-Disc set is loaded with Extra Punch!Bonus FeaturesFour audio commentaries by the cast and crew including David Fincher Brad Pitt Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter.Five deleted scenes and outtakes.Original sketches oil paintings storyboards publicity stills and lobby cards.17 behind-the-scenes vignettes.Anamorphic widescreen formatLanguages:English 5.1 surround; English and French Dolby SurroundAnd much more!System Requirements:Starring: Brad Pitt Edward Norton Helena Bonham Carter Meat Lo...0 points

Memento

Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential) and Joe Pantoliano (The more...0 points

Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential) and Joe Pantoliano (The Matrix) shine in this absolute stunner of a movie. Memento combines a bold, mind-bending script with compelling action and virtuoso performances. Pearce plays Leonard Shelby, hunting down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The problem is that "the incident" that robbed Leonard of his wife also stole his ability to make new memories. Unable to retain a location, a face, or a new clue on his own, Leonard continues his search with the hel...0 points

American Beauty (Widescreen Edition)

From its first gliding aerial shot of a generic suburban more...0 points

From its first gliding aerial shot of a generic suburban street, American Beauty moves with a mesmerizing confidence and acuity epitomized by Kevin Spacey's calm narration. Spacey is Lester Burnham, a harried Everyman whose midlife awakening is the spine of the story, and his very first lines hook us with their teasing fatalism--like Sunset Boulevard's Joe Gillis, Burnham tells us his story from beyond the grave. It's an audacious start for a film that justifies that audacity. Weaving social sat...0 points

Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)

Billy Wilder's noir-comic classic about death and more...0 points

Billy Wilder's noir-comic classic about death and decay in Hollywood remains as pungent as ever in its power to provoke shock, laughter, and gasps of astonishment. Joe Gillis (William Holden), a broke and cynical young screenwriter, is attempting to ditch a pair of repo men late one afternoon when he pulls off L.A.'s storied Sunset Boulevard and into the driveway of a seedy mansion belonging to Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), a forgotten silent movie luminary whose brilliant acting career wither...0 points

Full Metal Jacket

The story of an 18-year-old marine recruit named P more...0 points

The story of an 18-year-old marine recruit named Private Joker - from his carnage-and-machismo boot camp to his climactic involvement in the heavy fighting in Hue during the 1968 Tet Offensive.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 085391163114 Manufacturer No: 1163110 points

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition)

Could this be the funniest movie ever made? By any more...0 points

Could this be the funniest movie ever made? By any rational measure of comedy, this medieval romp from the Monty Python troupe certainly belongs on the short list of candidates. According to Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide, it's "recommended for fans only," but we say hogwash to that--you could be a complete newcomer to the Python phenomenon and still find this send-up of the Arthurian legend to be wet-your-pants hilarious. It's basically a series of sketches woven together as King Arthur's...0 points

Dead Alive

If you're not a connoisseur of graphic horror and more...0 points

If you're not a connoisseur of graphic horror and gruesome gore, you'd better steer clear of this wicked 1992 horror-comedy from the demented mind and delirious camera of New Zealand-born writer-director Peter Jackson. However, if nonstop mayhem and extreme violence are your idea of great entertainment, you're sure to appreciate Jackson's gleefully inventive approach to a story that can judiciously be described as sick, twisted, and totally outrageous. The movie's central character is a poor sch...0 points

Yojimbo & Sanjuro - Two Films By Akira Kurosawa - Criterion Collection

Thanks to perhaps the most indelible character in more...0 points

Thanks to perhaps the most indelible character in Akira Kurosawa's oeuvre Yojimbo surpassed even Seven Samurai in popularity when it was released. The masterless samurai Sanjuro who slyly manipulates two warring clans to his own advantage in a small dusty village was so entertainingly embodied by the brilliant Toshiro Mifune that it was only a matter of time before he returned in a sequel. Made just one year later Sanjuro matches Yojimbo?s storytelling dexterity yet adds a layer of world-weary p...0 points

Sideways (Widescreen Edition)

ACADEMY AWARD WINNER BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY WINNER more...0 points

ACADEMY AWARD WINNER BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY WINNER OF 2 GOLDEN GLOBES, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE (COMEDY / MUSICAL) In this intoxicating, intelligent comedy, director Alexander Payne (Election, About Schmidt) serves up "one of the best movies of the year" (Entertainment Weekly) about the ups, downs and sideways journeys of life. A wine-tasting road trip through California's famed Central Coast takes an unexpected detour as Miles (Paul Giamatti) and Jack (Thomas Haden Church) hit the gas en route t...0 points